Community Opportunities

Upward Bound helps high school students overcome social, academic, and cultural barriers to higher education through career exploration, college prep workshops, cultural experiences, tutoring, and mentorship.

Talent Search is an early intervention program for students in grades six through 12 that helps young people better understand their educational opportunities and options. Talent Search works primarily with students who would be the first in their family to complete a college degree and are from low-income households, but can also provide services to any student needing help preparing for college. 

Take advantage of this free online summer program to help your child build academic skills and routines in preparation for kindergarten. The program provides 20-25 minutes of daily age-appropriate reading, mathematics, and science instruction and includes all necessary software and technology — including home internet access if needed — for FREE.

Waterford.org is making its Upstart Summer Learning Path program available to Virginia families at no cost through a partnership with the Overdeck Family Foundation.

Discover the offerings of your local library in town. From storytime to yoga, there are options for everyone in the family to get involved!

Summer Camps at the Science Museum of Western Virginia encourage hypothesis testing, problem-solving, and teamwork to complete hands-on science challenges. From Forensic Science Camp to Pokemon Camp, there is an option for all curious campers.

Explore dance, acting, health, creativity and more at a week-long summer camp hosted by the June Bug Center in Floyd. Registration continues through July.  

Stop by the circulation desk at the Montgomery-Floyd Regional Library and register to receive a folder and activity sheet. Track your activities by coloring in a circle after completion. Activities can include reading, singing, counting, and drawing. Once a completed log is turned in, you can pick out a free book!

Prefer to register and track progress online? Sign up on Beanstack at https://mfrl.beanstack.org/reader365 

Any child who is 5 or under that has not started kindergarten is eligible to sign up. 

This online enrichment program is open to all learners in grades K–5. The World Tour courses offer enrichment instruction in Chinese, French, or Spanish to develop vocabulary and communication skills.

Snail Mail is a free activity booklet that includes developmentally appropriate activities for 1st through 8th grade youth and their families. Snail Mail offers a collection of crafts, puzzles, coloring pages, and other activities that explore computer science. Each activity is written in English and Spanish and is mailed right to your home address! 

The Eureka Workshop Camps and Classes introduce children to concepts that will allow them to create a physical artifact that will reinforce the new information. The curriculum is designed to teach children computer science concepts that apply to all programming languages. Learn and play with us!