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Our Platform of Onsite Programs & Virtual Programs
We are excited to announce that we will be returning to on-site programs (Session 7) on April 20th. We will continue both Zoom Virtual programming as well as our on-site ones. We are happy to announce that the program will no longer be known as the Next Phase, instead, we will be calling it OK Programs as we slowly transition back into normal life while doing everything we can to prevent and protect against COVID spread.
Our incredible staff and bank of great partnerships give us the facility, personnel, and the confidence to forge ahead and offer this interim style of programming.
This program is offered in 3-hour blocks, with 2 blocks available on each program day. We are currently offering In-Person OK Programs 3 days per week.
3 hours per session
2 sessions per day
3 days per week
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday
AM BLOCK | 9:00 am-12:00 pm
PM BLOCK | 3:00 pm – 6:00 pm
This program is offered in 1-hour blocks, with 4 blocks available on each program day. We are currently offering Zoom Online OK Programs 3 days per week.
1 hour per session
4 sessions per day
3 days per week
Monday, Wednesday, Friday
10 am – 11 am | 12 pm – 1 pm
2 pm – 3 pm | 4 pm – 5 pm
REGISTRATION OPENS
Tuesday, March 16 @ 5:00 PM
REGISTRATION CLOSES
Monday, March 22 @ 5:00 PM
FINAL REGISTRATION PLAN TO BE COMMUNICATED NO LATER THAN
Monday, April 5th
FIRST DAY OF ON-SITE PROGRAMS (Session 7)
Tuesday, April 20th
FIRST DAY OF VIRTUAL PROGRAMS (Session 7)
Monday, April 12th
Michael Carmody
Executive Director
mike@opportunityknocksnow.org
We will still adhere to COVID guidelines of 6ft social distancing
All or our site selections and group structures will follow CDC/IDPH and Restore Illinois guidelines. All sites will hold at least 100 square feet of space per participant, with no more than 7 Warriors per site/session and utilizing outdoor spaces as much as possible. All participants and staff will wear masks and adhere to social distancing guidance. If a Warrior is unable to wear a mask as suggested by CDC guidelines, the family must contact OK to discuss options for special accommodations
Each of the two activity sessions will draw from a menu of activity options that focus on 5 areas of choice. The content of these onsite activities will evolve from session to session and follow a theme, which will be guided by a collaboration between OK Staff and OK Warriors.
Warriors will get together to start off their Mornings with friends. During this time, Warriors will start the session with a quick one minute mindful activity followed by a movement icebreaker where Warriors will introduce themselves and lead an exercise. Each day Warriors will be assigned one of eight roles. The roles are as follows: Way of the Warrior, joke of the day, question of the day, weather report, sports report, newscast report, picture of the day, and song of the day. We usually end the ZOOM meet with a song of the day where the assigned Warriors provides a song and we sing and dance to it.
During our ZOOM Lunch, Warriors will get together to chat and eat lunch from their own homes. We go around and share what everyone is having for lunch. On these days we also focused on introducing and connecting Warriors to community members or like we like to call it celebrity guests. ZOOM Lunch is more focused on socializing with our peers.
It’s time to get your body moving. In this zoom session warriors will participate in an interactive physical activity with their peers and the instructor. This is our movement ZOOM so expect to exercise, dance, jump, and get your bodies moving. These ZOOM can also occasionally bring in one of our community partners to lead a class. These classes can be anything from exercise to yoga.
Provide fun and engaging activities that explore important life skills. Practice using their voice through making decisions and choices. Foster interdependent relationships and a supportive community while practicing these skills. Ultimately leading to enhanced confidence and self-efficacy while performing specific life skills.
Warriors will get together to start off their Mornings with friends. During this time, Warriors will start the session with a quick one minute mindful activity followed by a movement icebreaker where Warriors will introduce themselves and lead an exercise. Each day Warriors will be assigned one of eight roles. The roles are as follows: Way of the Warrior, joke of the day, question of the day, weather report, sports report, newscast report, picture of the day, and song of the day. We usually end the ZOOM meet with a song of the day where the assigned Warriors provides a song and we sing and dance to it.
During our ZOOM Lunch, Warriors will get together to chat and eat lunch from their own homes. We go around and share what everyone is having for lunch. On these days we also focused on introducing and connecting Warriors to community members or like we like to call it celebrity guests. ZOOM Lunch is more focused on socializing with our peers.
It’s time to get your body moving. In this zoom session warriors will participate in an interactive physical activity with their peers and the instructor. This is our movement ZOOM so expect to exercise, dance, jump, and get your bodies moving. These ZOOM can also occasionally bring in one of our community partners to lead a class. These classes can be anything from exercise to yoga.
All about Arts and Craft – In this session, Warriors will follow a tutorial video or a guide from staff and come up with some really interesting art/drawings. Each session is something new. Don’t really have artistic skills? No worries, it is all about having fun, everyone’s artwork is different!
Warriors will get together to start off their Mornings with friends. During this time, Warriors will start the session with a quick one minute mindful activity followed by a movement icebreaker where Warriors will introduce themselves and lead an exercise. Each day Warriors will be assigned one of eight roles. The roles are as follows: Way of the Warrior, joke of the day, question of the day, weather report, sports report, newscast report, picture of the day, and song of the day. We usually end the ZOOM meet with a song of the day where the assigned Warriors provides a song and we sing and dance to it.
During our ZOOM Lunch, Warriors will get together to chat and eat lunch from their own homes. We go around and share what everyone is having for lunch. On these days we also focused on introducing and connecting Warriors to community members or like we like to call it celebrity guests. ZOOM Lunch is more focused on socializing with our peers.
It’s time to get your body moving. In this zoom session warriors will participate in an interactive physical activity with their peers and the instructor. This is our movement ZOOM so expect to exercise, dance, jump, and get your bodies moving. These ZOOM can also occasionally bring in one of our community partners to lead a class. These classes can be anything from exercise to yoga.
Provide fun and engaging activities that explore important life skills. Practice using their voice through making decisions and choices. Foster interdependent relationships and a supportive community while practicing these skills. Ultimately leading to enhanced confidence and self-efficacy while performing specific life skills.
It has been already been a year since the Pandemic shocked the world as we know it. In that time we have worked tirelessly to bring back a bit of normal life here at OK through proper safety protocols and getting vaccinated.
This Pact was created to outline our expectations of all participants and staff in maintaining the safest environment for programs. The following expectations are required of ALL humans participating in OK activities.
Opportunity Knocks will be committed to the following in compliance with the CDC and Illinois Department of Public Health and local public health agencies:
We will continue to develop our staff protocols for health, safety, and response. Our protocols have been in place since mid-March and continue to evolve based on public health guidance. All of our team members are required to perform a daily health screen. Training and review of our protocols will continue to be a high priority.
All program spaces will be routinely cleaned and disinfected before, during, and after sessions
If there is a suspected illness onsite or offsite, OK will execute a contact tracing protocol that will reach all staff, participants, and community members that may have been exposed. We will follow the CDC guidelines on this protocol
OK will ensure that all program sites are sufficiently supplied with ample space per person, PPE for cases of potential exposure, handwashing & hand sanitizer We will provide break areas for Warriors needing sensory breaks throughout the day
We will be limiting access to our programs as it relates to guests, volunteers, partners, etc. Programs hosted at the RFCC will be subject to RFCC building entry restrictions. We will be using alternative entry and exit points at the RFCC and families will be asked to adhere to our curbside pickup and drop off protocol.