We started in the mind of our founder, Barbra Williams, who had been working as a Special Ed. teacher and later a Behaviorist in the public school system. She saw huge potential going to waste in many of the children she worked with, and thought there must be a way to capture the interest and imagination of these brilliant young minds before they fell through the cracks. She founded Behavioral Educational Assessment Services, Inc. as a way to provide behavior assessments and support to families, so they could be better equipped to get their children what they needed to succeed. Since then, we have shortened our name and broadened our focus to provide an after-school program that promotes Social Emotional Learning to help prevent negative behavior rather than only react to it. Now, we’re building an elementary school that encourages creativity, addresses the social and emotional needs of young people, and nourishes them academically.
BEAS Academy provides support to families and helps students improve academic performance, close achievement gaps, enhance social-emotional well-being, and increase the lifelong potential for success through our classes and educational enrichment, after-school programs, and parent education.
THE NEED
Research shows that extracurricular activities help children:
- Develop social skills and emotional intelligence.
- Apply their academic studies to real-world situations.
- Improve communication skills and benefit from others’ ideas and perspectives.
Unfortunately, budget cuts often force schools to cut their extracurricular programming first. After-school programs that focus on social-emotional learning can help fill the void ensuring that children don’t miss out on a valuable educational experience.
WE SEE POTENTIAL; THE SKY’S THE LIMIT!
Every student comes to school with different backgrounds, interests, perspectives, learning styles, and home life. We craft an educational experience that is tailored to encourage them to meet their potential. We want our students to be curious and engaged in their learning.
Children rise to the level of expectation placed on them. We set a high bar and celebrate when each child excels.
Overcoming social challenges is one of the most important ways to help children have success in school. We create an environment where children develop a sense of belonging and feel valued.
We inspire learning and mastery of skills, development of self-reliance, and confidence to help young people become strong contributors to their communities.
VISION
We envision a world of possibilities where, if our students can see it, they can do it. To achieve this, we are focused on growing a strong social-emotional after-school program that helps children define their interests and gives them the social skills that will carry them successfully through life.
GOAL
Our goal is to address the growing need for social development in school-age children.
In the short term, we aim to kick off a strong evidence-based social-emotional after-school program with an enthusiastic group of students. As we grow and maintain our site-based program, we aim to expand our program to offer more activities and reach more children from a wider range of ages. To achieve this goal, we will continue to develop strong community partnerships with school sites, local experts, and professionals.
