South Connection

South Connection is Oakwood's enrichment program that provides supervised activities for K-6 students throughout the school year and during the summer.

South Connection believes:

• That each child is unique
• That elementary school-age children should have a healthy and safe after-school experience
• That a structured, enriched environment enhances a child’s emotional and developmental growth
• That parent-school-community cooperation is essential for healthy child development
• That children need opportunities to explore and learn in a variety of settings
• That a child’s sense of security is enhanced by adult attention and supervision
• That a child’s self-esteem develops through positive experiences with adults and other children
• That each child needs age appropriate opportunities to develop problem solving and decision-making skills
• That children learn in varied ways from many life experiences and that exposure to a wide age range of people, multi-generational, is actually beneficial

Goals and Objectives

1. To provide a safe, nurturing environment for elementary-age children
2. To give children a chance to relax and renew their energies by means of exercises and activities designed toward this end
3. To provide a wide variety of activities in which children can be involved
4. To provide opportunities for children to make choices about activities, practice being responsible, and use problem solving skills
5. To provide appropriate physical activities to channel children’s energies and strengthen their bodies
6. To introduce children to experiences in arts, crafts, music, drama, and nature and help them develop their own creativity
7. To enhance the child’s feeling of self-esteem
8. To facilitate the development of each child’s social skills and encourage treating everyone with kindness and respect
9. To provide opportunities for children to develop relationships with adults and other children

Please make sure to read this important information about signing up for the South Connection program.

The application process for Summer 2024 and Fall 2024-2025 will be done on the same Google Form this year. We will be using a time stamped online link. The link form requires only first and last name of the student, a parent’s/guardian’s email, and a parent/ guardian phone number before submitting.

Once this step is completed, a box will pop up with a link for another form to fill out with more details regarding Summer/Fall program, days, and times you are requesting and other pertinent information needed to complete registration for both Summer 2024 and Fall 2024-2025.  Please be proactive by familiarizing yourself with the location of the link before it goes active, since the programs have historically filled within the first minute.  

The Link became active Monday, March 4, 2024, at 8:00 P.M and there is currently a waitlist for both Summer 2024 and Fall 2024-2025 programs.