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Middle School

Program Description

We use an application process to narrow the scope of service as students enter middle school. P4K staff members and mentors provide students with dynamic and immersive opportunities to explore a wide array of careers and postsecondary pathways, including business and college tours!

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Meet Our Middle School Staff

Cindy Alcaraz Dubon Lead Bilingual Program Coordinator 402-930-3016 calcaraz@p4k.org

Damien Coran Program & Curriculum Supervisor 402-557-6379 dcoran@p4k.org

Hope Rodenbarger Program Coordinator 402-557-6396 hrodenbarger@p4k.org

Jessica Cipriano-Ponce Lead Bilingual Program Coordinator 402-557-6376 jcipriano-ponce@p4k.org

Joanne Poppleton Director of Elementary & Middle School Programming 402-557-6364 jpoppleton@p4k.org

Tanajah Everett Program Coordinator 402-557-6391 teverett@p4k.org

Our Middle School Goals

Middle school is the time we work with our students on gaining new experiences, engaging activities and creating new goals.

Our programming gets our students ready to climb into their next exciting academic adventure ahead! We’re talking grades, showing up, making friends, and learning new skills like it’s nobody’s business.

Let’s fire up those imaginations and show students the opportunities beyond their current universe, filling their hearts with dreams and their minds with the possibilities.

It’s all about setting goals, exploring opportunities, diving into cool careers, artsy escapades, and mingling with new pals.

Pump up that confidence and arm them with a toolbox of skills to take on whatever comes their way!

Tutoring Program

P4K provides a tutoring program for participating middle school students. In ratios of 4-to-1, qualified tutors will lead 1-hour sessions designed to help students achieve academic success.

College & Career Tours

During the summer months and while OPS is closed, students have ample opportunities to tour local universities, businesses, and corporations, exploring a variety of career pathways.

PlaySmart Leadership Camp

During this week-long summer camp, students learn more about the leadership qualities they possess and how to leverage these qualities in their friend circle, school and chosen career fields.

PlaySmart & Partnership 4 Kids

Through the leadership of Nicole and Derick Leathers, PlaySmart Summer Leadership Camp merged with P4K in 2021 to better serve metro-area youth. The successful model consists of a dynamic group of friends, coaches, teachers, speakers, program leaders, volunteers, mentors, and partners. Students from northeast and southeast Omaha and from neighboring rural communities work together through leadership development, academic support, postsecondary exploration, and career readiness. This unique approach to empowering youth from diverse communities will help to level the playing field for all.

What Our Students Have to Say