TARGET
Teaching and Reaching Gaining Excellence Together (TARGET) is an after-school program at Pembroke Elementary School for children residing in the Laurel Gardens Housing Community in Danbury. The TARGET program operates on-site two days a week 2:30–5:30 P.M. It also runs during daytime hours in the summer when school is not in session.
Program Objectives
TARGET provides provide a safe place for 30 participants ages 6 – 10 to learn social skills that will encourage healthy decision-making. The program offers a safe and nurturing environment to develop positive living and emotional skills and gives homework assistance and literacy instruction to assist in increasing academic success.
“The program taught me a lot about service and being part of a community.”
