hello, i'm pat lawson muse. many local students are already at school. for others, summer vacation starts later this month. this morning on news 4 your sunday, we're talking with four organizations planningle a who lot of fun and educational programs for their summer campers. all four non-profits are partf the catalog. joining me is zachary clark who is executive directorf 826 d.c. welcome. >> happy to be here. d.c. what is 826 >> you wouldn't know it by the

name but we're a writing center and publishing house for d.c.yo uth. we work with more than 3,000 youth teaching writing in schools andn our writing center in columbia heights and publishing their work in books. focused. eracy >> yes. it's hard to learn writing, right? we think that it sort of comes naturally but it takes a lot of work and practice and so what we offer tond students a teachers across the district is t opportunity to develop writing as aractice and life long skill. >> who do you teach? >> 300 students. half stundents come to the center. we teach writing workshops and weave field trips and on site book binding studio and the other half we go to their classrooms and work with their

teachers to develop a writing currulum that inspires them to love write. >> so you're working with the schools all yearlong. >> all yearlong. >> then when summer comes you have a special writing science camp. >> yes. one of the exciting things we have learned is that it's not just english teachers that have interested in us teaching writing t our students. it's science teachers as well. writing is across all disciplines. so in the summer we use it as an opportunity to pair science with writing and you might they ey'repposed but they're not because in writing you need to know how to write for observation, you need to know how to write hypothesis and research so over thee summer w use that as an t opportunity write curriculum that pairs science exploration with skill development. >> all right. so this summer, your program, your camp is entitled whose garden is this? >> yes. so this is the third summer that

we have been leading science based writing intensive workshops is. a couple of years ago we lead a two-week workshop. last year it was based on building the city of to wrrow. so worked with engineers and their and space museum to teach students about what it means to build a sustainable city and this year, whose garden was this, our third year of our science intensive is about conversation ethics, being a good steward of the environment, what we can do to protect a make better the world around us so we're bringing in differents authorhat write about aenvironmental issues bringing in poets and journalists working with these udents to get a better understanding of how to be environmental stewards and using >> so this is a two-week camp? >> a two-week intensive. it will b held at our writing center which is in columbia

heights and it will culminate in a b professionalound book of seir writing. >> it's much fun if you love writing which i do. the programs are free. >>grhe ps are free. >> and the camp is free. >> the camp is free. we are generously sported by donors through philanthrop and local funders like harmon foundation which allows us to bring these rigorous and dynamic writing programs to our families and teachers anddents at themetely no charge for >> you still have room for whose garden is this. >> yeah. it fills up fast but we are currently registering and folks can find information about that program as well a all the other programs we run throughout the year at our website 826d.c..org and they can also find out how to find books of our students writing. so ts is a book that we just published. >> i want to show it.

this is such a beautiful book. >> thank you. >> this is a product of o one your yearlong programs. >> yes. we worked with two third grade r clasms. so about 56 third grade authors developed this book of science based fairy tales. they wrote all of them in collaboration with illustrators and coaches and editors a then we celebrate it with the book at the end of the year. so all the science learning and imagination and inventiveness that went into this book, we're really excited to bring that into our summer program this year. this is just fantastic. i'm too old toenroll. >> come on by. there's room for everyone. >> thank you so much.ou >> thank yor having me. >> have fun with the kids this summer. fr theriting desk to the soccer field. next dc. scores. we'll be right back.

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d.c. scores k givess the confidence to play on the playing field and i life off the field. joining ushi is the c program officer for d.c. scores. u use a very creative combination of poetry and soccer and service projects. >> we build nghborhood that give kids the confidence to succeed on theie playing fld and in the classroom and throughout their lives and we do this through that unique model. we run free after school programs and it' combination of soccer and poetry and service so that same tm that takes the field is also the same team in thelassroom working on original pieces of work, performing that on stage and being change makers in the community through service

projects so our programs are really based off of teachers that are trusted mentors that lead this team through a journey throughout the year. >> so you work with 3,000 students? >> that's right. we work with fwrads, first grade throughth grade but also have a very active alumni network of high school and younger clege age students as well. >> how many schools are you in? >> about 7 schools. >> pretty well integrated then. >> absolutely. we rely on a lot ofhe school partnerships to help us form what the program looks like.

so 90% ofoa our cchesrs are teacherom within the school building which is a key part of our model because not onlyth do have a really trusted adult mentor in the after school hou a butlso someone that they can rely on and go to for help throughout the school day as well. >> it's summer and every kid is looking for smp. tell u about your summer m. progra >> yeah, so they're similar to ourrograms throughout the year. we still seeur olves as an after school program. we're still trying to provide an oppounity for the kids to be safe and g supported andive them opportunities to develop things they're interested in and also in specific topics. we'll bring in theater specialists and different ways

to ge them a variety of opportunities to see differ avenues they can be successful and pursue in the future. >> they give a lot of exposure to different activities. >> absolutely. we have som that are just specific to you. we had so much interest that we're trying to add additional camp to make sure that we can meet all the needs of the youth in the city. >> by popular demand. do you have to know howo play soccer to appreciate these camps? >> absolutely not. what we take pride in is taking youth from a variety of experiences and backgrounds and putting them in environments to feel successful and supported from their teammates and their coaches. so first time soccer players, first time soccer players, we welcome etch in and it's our job to create that environment for them to thrive and be succe

successful. >> are you full yet? ri>> we're neacapacity. but we're adding additional camps. we're also looking for additional volunteers and people to get involved to allow us to do more for the youth that really need usth in city. >> and then you mention free. >> 100% free. we see ourselves as an organization as someone that strives to break down barriers so kids rardless of their background or zip code should not have opportunities taken from them that all kids deserve. so our programs are 100% free. >> it' the place to go to get more information. sounds like a lot of fun. thank you smuch. >> appreciate it. >> coming back, soccer, poverty,

nutrition. the joyintroduce you to of motion. stay with us for that.

joy of motion is in the business of bringing people together to learn, create and dance. joining us now are mallory who is assistant manager with the joy of motion. >> now we have done soccer and writing and now we're going to dance. >>ou have been around a long time and you he been in the catag for decades. >> yes, the organization is 32 years old. serve dancers of all abilities and backgrounds and we

bring dan styles from hip hop to ballet all the way to cuban soccer. >> you swear you can teach anybody to dance. >> we have classes where you can come in with zero experience and wean send you out confident that you can call yourself at least a beginner dancer. >> you bring a beginners nondancers together with folks that know what they're doing out there on the dance floor. >> that's correcer ths several professional dancers on our faculty and staff. we have plenty of instructors and then we offer adult drop in class classes. >> is there any indication that

dancing with the stars has boosted interested in this kind of dancing and boosted your class participation? >> i would say so, especially the classes that we offer. some of these more based in the ballroom styles and along with that, shows like so you think you can dance are definitely upng the popularity of thend ballet a contemporary and hip hop and giving kids something to look out and aspire to. >> our camps are geared toward students grades 1 through 12. >> you teach first graders to dance? >> yes. we start with much younger dancers in o community dance school but for summer camp we start at the first grade and offered ps are

throughout the summer. in either one week or two week camps. half day or full day camps there's really a little bit of something for everyone. >> how long are the camps? >> we have ten different sessions. but we run from june 17th through aust 23rd is our summer camp period. >> you know, dancing is not just fun. it's sort of therapudic for children. >> i like toce think of as a form of expression that is pretty primal and children are able to access that much more equally than adults sometimes so

starting dance at a young age can help you learn how to express yourself better than you might be able to otherwise. >> and build self-confiecnce. >> esplly in classes you're learning how to work with people and all learning how to be in the same boat where you're arning the samechoreography so it builds a sense of confidence where you might have gotten into this class thinking that you can never have done this. you could never have learned how to do this turn, this laep, this particular dance and you see yourself achieve these goals and especially wit dance where you get toll see ahe progress that you're making. >> do you have room in your camps? or are you filling up fast? >> like i said, we have camps over the summer and we have about 30 campers per camp this summer.

a few are closed right now but most are still open. >> $290 up to 795. aid?ou offer financial >> we sure do. more information can be found on our website. >> what's that website address? >> it's joy of motion org. >> thank you so much: and next theater lab is d.c.'s largest most comprehensive independent non-profit school for the dramatic arts. we'll take you there after this.

it's good to have you with us haladies. >> t you so much. >> we know you have great programs. tell us some of the more unique ones. >> it's a theater school whose mission is to transform lives through theater education which sounds lofty but it's hat theater is designed to do. it teaches us that we're all of who we could be. we have pple that are beginners through people training for the professional stage one of the classes we love for adults is called anyone can act. you come in and you do fun stuff and then we see where that takes you. >> and yci have a s program now for teens. >> right. so one of our summer programs is an acting and musical theater institute for teams and this summer we're premiering a new musical called alex in wonder

land a gender journey down the rabbit hole and we're excited about it because it's about a young rson's experience to non-binary r gender experience and that's just something that i know that our teens are really thinking a lot about now but there really hahn been a musical that explores it so our students are really about it. >> that's one of your summer progems. you hav whole lot of camps that are filling up or just about full. tell us about some. >> we do. we have our summer youth program. it focuses on kids first grade through 88th grade. h our rising first and second graders they can be in wizards camp as well as shakespear camp which is my personal favorite. and we have a program called creating a worldmi pree where they get to create their own

heow and perform it at the end. >> at end of most of your mps and programs, the kids put on performances? >> absolutely. with our youngers group it's more of a sharing. with our teens it's a full on production that rs for performances and we're doing newsies this summer which is an exciting and timely musical. we hope people will come and see it. >>hat are theosts for the sessions in summer camp? >> they can range from 360 to 100 depending on the camp. >> and you also offer assistance for them, correct? >> yeah. we do. we actually -- a third of our kids participate onull or really substantial scholarships. this year we're giving out 132,000 dollars in scholarships to kids in need through our cindicates campaign.

>> he was a big supporter of yours. >> he was and we have a scholarship in his name. the jim vance memorial scholarship. >> we have featured you on this program a number of times because you're doing great work. >> we're all drama llamas. >> so your website address? >> theaterla org. >> simple enough to remember. all right. thank you so much. happy summer and happy camping toll the kids and to learn more about these camps or to make a donation or to volunteer for any of the groups that we met today go to the catalog for philanthropy website. nd you can watch on nbc shington.com just click on community. i'm pat lawson muse.

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