IMC Weekendschool
About charity
IMC Weekend School is a school for supplementary education for children aged ten to fourteen from underprivileged neighborhoods in the bigger cities in the Netherlands.
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Als IMC Weekendschool leren wij onze leerlingen en alumni over het belang van netwerken. Dit gebeurt in het kader van onze doelstelling de verbondenheid met bredere lagen uit de samenleving te vergroten van kinderen uit sociaaleconomische achterstandswijken. Onze partners helpen ons bij het behalen van deze doelstelling.
Daarom nodigt IMC Weekendschool al haar partners uit voor de allereerste Landelijke Partnerbijeenkomst. Deze bijeenkomst vindt plaats op woensdag 16 mei, van 14.00 tot 18.00 uur, in het landgoed van de Baak, De Horst 1, te Driebergen. De Baak stelt speciaal voor deze bijeenkomst het landgoed ter beschikking. Wij zijn hen daar zeer dankbaar voor.
Het programma zal inspirerend en interactief zijn en de middag wordt afgesloten met een borrel. Voor de partnerbijeenkomst worden alle betrokken partners van de negen IMC Weekendschool vestigingen, het Future for Life Institute en de Research & Development groep uitgeno
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Motivated children are introduced at the weekend school to numerous interesting disciplines in the worlds of sciences, arts and cultural studies. Volunteer experts serve as guest teachers. They provide an overview of their disciplines while working together with the students. The curriculum, which covers three years, comprises disciplines such as medicine, law, computer studies, philosophy, poetry, mathematics, astrology and visual arts. In three years, the students attend approximately fifteen weekend school disciplines each comprising four Sundays on average. In addition, there are courses such as presentation, research information and debate, and the participants are encouraged to organize guest lectures themselves on topics of their own interest.Goal
Objectives of the weekend school are to help children from under resourced neighborhoods to improve their perspectives, to acquire self-confidence and to acquire a sense of connectedness to Dutch society.Main activities
Funding – Companies and foundations finance all nine Weekend Schools, the research group and alumni activities. There is no governmental money involved. Main sponsors are IMC (market maker), Essent (energy provider), the Rabobank, IBM the Netherlands, the Dutch Postcode Lottery and numerous other companies and foundations. Research – IMC Weekend School has a research unit where the target groups, methods and working factors are studied. One of the researches is a three-year longitudinal study into the effects on the participants. Follow-up trajectory – After three years, weekend school participants receive the highly valued weekend school certificate. This diploma is the entrance ticket to the follow-up trajectory for alumni aged 14-18. Part of the follow-up trajectory is help by establishing hard to find apprenticeships. Sponsor and guest teacher network – Each year, one weekend school welcomes over 200 guest teachers (times nine schools). Sponsors and guest teachers infrequently exchange experiences and play a vital role in the continuation of the weekend schools. Alumni network – Currently, the oldest IMC Weekend School alumni are 23 years of age. They return to the weekend schools to teach the younger generations, and there is a board of alumni advisors. The alumni network will increase significantly over the coming years and will become more and more important for the weekend school practices.
