After School Programs

Youth Services School Based Programs keep kids safe, provides healthy adult role models, teach new skills and give youth confidence in themselves through a variety of partnerships, activities clubs and field trips. Youth Services currently provides support to schools and families through Afterschool Programs, Summer Programming and Parent Support  in Kearns, West Valley City and Magna.  The programs are held on site at each of the schools, working closely with school administration to ensure our staff are helping to make positive change within the communities.  Parents must fill out a Registration Form for their youth to be able to attend. This is available either at the school or by contacting the Program Coordinators individually. Activities include academic support, film making, skateboarding, snowboarding, DJ classes, dance, arts, sports, service projects throughout the community, and off-site field trips.  

Students who attend the program have reported an increase in their attendance at school, improved their grades and an increase of self-worth. 

Here is a wonderful example from one of our students, Jessica Rodriguez.  She has been awarded with an American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) Scholarship for her strong commitment to protecting and enhancing civil liberties in her community. She has been participating in our Afterschool Program and she is now a peer mentor and a panelist on the Magna/Kearns Peer Court.

The program is run in collaboration with Salt Lake County Library Services, Parks and Recreation Department and Aging & Adult Services. Email the program manager using the form below for more information about the Afterschool Program.

Kearns Jr. High Afterschool Coordinator
Jan van der Beek
Office: 801-520-9344
School: 385-646-5213

Kearns Community School Programs Coordinator
Bellkis Villa
Cell: 385-414-1513

Kennedy Jr. High Afterschool Coordinator
Frank Bedolla
Office: 385-468-4437
Cell: 801-618-9861

Matheson Jr. High Afterschool Coordinator
James Hamell
Cell: 801-718-4556

Cyprus High School Afterschool Coordinator
Ricky Vigil
Cell: 801-597-6842

Magna Elementary Afterschool Coordinator
Connie Paredes 
Cell: 385-414-1963

Pleasant Green Elementary Afterschool Coordinator
Patrick Holman-Hart 
Cell: 801-651-2892

Lake Ridge Elementary Afterschool Coordinator
Miranda Lavallee
Cell: 801-842-5398

Copper Hills Elementary Afterschool Coordinator
Maggie Despain
Cell: 385-235-1134

Elk Run Elementary Afterschool Coordinator
Ashley McPhee
Cell: 385-242-6272

South Kearns Elementary Afterschool Coordinator
April Garner 
Cell: 385-414-4368

David Gourley Elementary Afterschool Coordinator
Katie Morell
Cell: 385-258-5298

Mill Creek Elementary Afterschool Coordinator 
Crystal Newman 
Cell: 385-258-5075

West Kearns Elementary Afterschool Coordinator
Kim Jones
Cell: 385-258-6471

Afterschool Supervisor
Kira Coelho
Cell: 385-258-7241