- o this time, there are not. However, Afterschool Achievement receives guidance from its funding agencies (GaDOE for the YES Program and o this time, there are not. However, Afterschool Achievement receives guidance from its funding agencies (GaDOE for the YES Program and DHS for the High Achievers Program) concerning programs and activities offered. The dictates of these entities will be followed should they decide to cancel programs.

## Science Education Center

- • What programs are you hoping to offer from late summer through the next academic year? How many participants do you anticipate sending
- each program?
- • All of our programs occur between August 2020 - July 2021. Below is a breakdown of our 12 most popular events and the anticipated participants.
- • We do expect our numbers to be different based on how the community transitions back to some level of normalcy. These are the max number of
- • participants we anticipate.
- 1. STEMing into the Community programs - science demonstrations and hands-on STEM marketplace held in community centers, public parks, and

other universities (August 2020-July 2021) We usually host around 1000 participants for the entire year.

- 2. Science Parent Nights at local K-12 schools (August 2020-May 2021) We usually see about 500 participants including parents, teachers and

students throughout the year.

- 3. STEAM Days at local K-12 schools (August 2020-May 2021) Last year we saw almost 600 students and teachers throughout the year.
- 4. Career Days at local K-12 schools (August 2020-May 2021) We usually average about 200 students at our Career Day events.
- 5. Science Fair Bootcamp - teacher professional development workshop hosted on our campus for K-12 state-wide educators (September 2020) - Last year we welcomed 75 teachers and academic coaches from around the state to our workshop.
- 6. National Chemistry Week - weeklong festivities on campus and around Milledgeville (October 2020) National Chemistry Week is a collaboration between the Science Education Center, the Middle GA local section of the American Chemical Society, and the GC Chemistry Club. Last year, our events welcomed over 3000 participants throughout the week.
- 7. Regional Science and Engineering Fair - held on our campus for 12 counties in central Georgia (February 2021) In February 2020, we hosted almost 500 students, teachers, parents and community members at our regional competition.
- 8. Primary and Elementary State Science Fair - held on our campus for all K-5 students in the state of Georgia (March 2021) This is the state-wide competition for all grades K-5 and in March 2020 we welcomed over 650 students, teachers, parents, school administrators, and community members to our campus.
- 9. Young Scientists Academy - applications and interviews (April and May 2021) This process only sees about 30 students, teachers and GC faculty and staff in the months of April and May.
- 10. Young Scientists Academy and Project SEED (8 weeklong program runs through June 2021 until July 2021) — high school internship program hosted at Georgia College for financially disadvantaged, minority students. Last summer we hosted 10 students with 2 GC undergraduates serving as mentors and 2 faculty members.
- 11. Science Camp, JR. (June 2021) - we host up to 15 participants with 2-3 GC undergraduates working as camp counselors and 1-2 faculty/staff members.
- 12. Science Camp (July 2021) - we host up to 30 participants with 2-3 GC undergraduates working as camp counselors and 1-2 faculty/staff members
- • As we plan these programs, what policies, guidelines and practices would you recommend we implement for on-campus programs to ensure the safety of participants and GC faculty, staff, and students? For example, do we restrict the number of participants based on the nature of the activities or size of