Snow days at the Boys and Girls Club

This week’s cold weather and icy conditions have forced many Coast schools to close with some students getting a few days off from classes this week.
News 25’s Jaylon Morris takes us behind the scenes at the Boys and Girls Club in D’Iberville to show us how kids are getting a mental work out.
D’Iberville High School Student Tracy Roberts Tores said, “You see it snowing and it’s like, for some people, they have never seen snow so it’s amazing. It’s the first time they’ve ever seen it.”
Yes, snow can be amazing, but parents on the Gulf Coast must wonder what productive things their little ones are doing while they are at work. Could it be studying? “Not really,” said Tracy.
Or possibly reading? “um, yeah. Text messages.”
Don’t worry parents. Staff members like Maria Nichols make sure the kids at this Boys and Girls Club on these snow days are hitting the books. “We have certain curriculum that we continue to do on a regular basis and one of those is the STRIDE program which I run here.”
The computer-based program helps students to enhance their skills in math, science, and language arts, but after the lesson kids are serving other lessons on the basketball court.
Although snow days can be a swish, most students don’t want to think about rebounding to their regular school activity. D’iberville Middle School Student Jarvis Brown said, “Well to be honest, not really, because I want to spend my time home with my family so we can have fun, go out and eat ya know.”