MidCity Excellence Distance Learning (4-8-20)

MidCity Excellence Distance Learning (4-8-20)

Extracurricular activities are shut down and kids can't hang out with their friends.leaving kids with more free time than ever before.

Kq2's kilee thomas joins us in studio with how one local program is helping fill the time.

The covid-19 health crisis has left kids stuck at home without much of a day to day scheduleleaving kids bored and parents scrambling to find safe activities to do inside midcity excellence says they're stepping in to help midcity excellence staff say kids without a structured schedule get into more troubleso, they've come up with a plan that keeps kids busy while giving parents a break bringing a new meaning to the term homework now have more time on their hands even though they are doing a lot of homework and zoom meetings with their regular day teachers, but some of their parents still have to work and some of the parents need them to have more enrichment type of activities to do."

Long time educators and therapists hop on zoom to host various art and counseling classes online teaching families creative outlets on how to cope with boredom and stress relating to covid-19midcity is offering these courses every tuesday and thursday at 4:30.youth already enrolled in the normal after school program at midcity excellence will receive a link, but for those who are new to mce's after school program, can join the live stream on their facebook reporting in studio, kilee thomas, kq2 news.

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