Programming

HIGH FIVE® Quality at Play
St. Alban’s Boys’ and Girls’ Club is a proud partner in Parks and Recreation Ontario’s HIGH FIVE® program.  This program provides agencies with tools for measuring the success of their recreation programs for children in the area of healthy childhood  development. When children participate in recreational play, they develop physically, emotionally, socially and cognitively. What they learn at play provides a strong foundation that will help prepare them for future life experiences. Through our programs we strive to provide activities and environments where children feel safe, welcome, competent, connected, empowered and special.

Asset Building
The children and youth program staff at St. Alban's are trained in and use the Search Institute's framework of Developmental Assets. These 40 Developmental Assets are concrete, common sense, positive experiences and qualities essential to raising successful young people. These assets have the power during critical adolescent years to influence choices young people make and help them become caring, responsible adults. Search Institute organizes the 40 developmental assets into eight categories. The first four categories (20 assets) are "external assets"—relationships, experiences, and opportunities provided by nuclear and extended families, caring adults and peers, neighborhoods, and institutions within communities. The other four categories are "internal assets," which focus on the commitments, values, skills, and outlook on life that guide young people's choices.