Programs
C.A.M.P Rondo 2.0
Children's Academic Mastery Program
The Pandemic brought on new educational challenges for all youth in our community. We have come to realize the compounding effects that it had on kids in lower-income areas who have had less access to things like the internet or some that children that maybe had to share the same computer with multiple siblings hindering their ability to participate and get the most out of the NTI segments at school. After taking note of the widened education gap caused by this pandemic we have decided to launch camp rondo 2.0 in the summer of 2021. This will be an academic-based camp set apart from the annual basketball camp to help ensure that kids get supplemental instruction Via our partnership with NBA Math Hoops and Brainstem's Code For Gold initiative. Over the course of this camp, Participants will become more proficient in math through competitive math games, as well as learn new skills like coding, and robotics. This is an effort to close the gap in education caused by poverty, and the lack of resources that a lot of the highly populated minority areas face.
The Pandemic brought on new educational challenges for all youth in our community. We have come to realize the compounding effects that it had on kids in lower-income areas who have had less access to things like the internet or some that children that maybe had to share the same computer with multiple siblings hindering their ability to participate and get the most out of the NTI segments at school.
After taking note of the widened education gap caused by this pandemic we have decided to launch C.A.M.P Rondo 2.0 in the summer of 2021. This will be an academic-based camp set apart from the annual basketball camp to help ensure that kids get supplemental instruction Via our partnership with NBA Math Hoops and Brainstem's Code For Gold initiative. Over the course of this camp, Participants will become more proficient in math through competitive math games, as well as learn new skills like coding, and robotics. This is an effort to close the gap in education caused by poverty, and the lack of resources that a lot of the highly populated minority areas face.
Our next phase is to continue to grow and expand the works of our Community Lockers Rooms that will serve as a resource for youth.
Our institutions have become very punitive in nature, with incarceration, suspension, and expulsion, often being the first way to address deficiencies. We are seeking to implement a positive behavior-based reinforcement strategy, that provides incentives for youth to do better and show higher levels of community and civic engagement.
We are painfully aware that for many, their race and zip code create a special set of restraints that make life more difficult to navigate through.
Our goal is to gather baseline data on our youth, assign them to report to a locker room at least once a week to check progress, and give them incentives along the way.
Positive Behavior-based strategies are proven effective. When youth are experiencing high rates of poverty and are not given the opportunity to access resources for themselves, they often make very poor, life-altering choices. We believe that utilizing a point system that rewards positive behaviors, both raise the child’s expectations, and gives them the opportunity to earn the clothing, shoes, and other items, that they often go without.
We want to reinforce that effort and hard work pay off, and nothing will be given to them if they are not willing to do their part.
If you wish to mail your donation, please send it to:
Bluegrass Community Foundation
C/O Rajon Rondo Foundation- Assisting Youth
499 East High Street, Suite 112
To Learn More:
Feel free to call us at 502-289-1846 or email us at info@rrondofoundation.org, one of our team members will be glad to speak with you.
Lexington, Kentucky 40507
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