How to Apply to Brainfood After School 2009-2010

Brainfood After School
September 2009 - May 2010

During the school year, Brainfood offers four classes:

Monday & Wednesday class (Columbia Heights 4 – 6:30pm)

Monday & Wednesday class (Chinatown 4 – 6:30pm)

Tuesday & Thursday class (Columbia Heights 4 – 6:30pm)

Tuesday & Thursday class (Chinatown site 4 – 6:30pm)

Students who are interested in joining Brainfood need to be able to attend program for the entire school year (September – May). Brainfood classes start the week of September 21st.

Students who are interested in joining the After School should complete the following steps:

Step 1: Fill out an Application
Brainfood will be recruiting at local high schools during August and September. Interested youth can fill out an application during the recruitment session at their school site and turn it in directly to Brainfood staff.

If students are not able to attend a recruitment session or Brainfood does not recruit at your school, interested youth will need to fill out a Brainfood After School application and fax, email, or mail in the completed application by Tuesday, September 8th.

Click here to download an application.
  
Fax to: (202) 478-0502
Email to: Amy Brady
Mail to: Brainfood, 755 8th St. NW, Washington DC, 20001

*If students have not mailed or sent in their application by September 8th, they are welcome to attend one of the Brainfood After School Orientations and bring their filled out application with them.

Step 2: Attend ONE of the Orientation Sessions
Attending an orientation session is MANDATORY for enrollment into the 09-10 program. Youth only need to attend one orientation session.
 

• At orientation, youth will learn more about the program, meet program staff, tour the facilities, and be interviewed to determine their schedule compatibility and their interest in the program.
• Depending on the number of youth who attend orientation, applicants may be notified by September 18th if they are accepted into the program.
• Priority will be given to applicants who (1) reside and/or attend school in Washington, DC, (2) can arrive at their assigned class location by 4pm, and (3) can attend the program for the entire school year.

*** After orientation, students may be admitted on a case-by-case basis as spaces open up.