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Home My WebLink About7.2, Fall 2009 Teen Quarterly Report or . 11/� 19 _'_182• � ". AGENDA STATEMENT ��`% � YOUTH ADVISORY COMMITEE � rl,°il MEETING DATE:JANUARY 27,2010 SUBJECT: Fall 2009 Teen Quarterly Report Report Prepared by, Frank Luna, Recreation Supervisor ATTACHMENTS: None RECOMMENDATION: Receive Report FINANCIAL STATEMENT: None DESCRIPTION: The Parks and Community Services Department provides activities to teens in the community that enhance their social, intellectual, physical and emotional development. During the fall 2009 quarter, the Department offered Teen Events, Student Union and, the Teen Website programs. Following is a summary of the Teen Events, Student Union and Teen Website programs. -Teen Events The City implements a variety of teen events to offer teens in the community a specific activity just for their age group. Four events were offered including Capture the Cauldron, Teen Skate Competition at the Day on the Glen Festival,Dive-In Movie and Middle School Dance. These events gave the opportunity for youth to engage in a positive and safe environment while enjoying the company of friends. Following is a summary of participation in Teen Events. Teen Events • Registration Type 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 Capture the Cauldron/Creature 48 42 58 86 115 Day on the Glen Skateboard Comp 50 91 52 200 Karaoke& Pizza Night Q-Zar Night Youth Music Showcase 162 Boomers Blast 14 Monster Bash 10 Dive-In (swim party) 12 • Middle School Dance 50 Total Attendance • 160 143 210 286 291 • COPIES TO: • ITEM NO.: 7.2 G:\YAC\09\1 OAGENDASTMNT\7.2 Capture the Cauldron event, is always a very popular event amongst teens. The Dive-In event was marketed at the middle schools and high school with flyers and posters available at the each school's orientation day. The event was broadcasted at each schools daily announcement. Information was also included in the fall activity guide and available on the city and teen website. The skate board competition was marketed with flyers and posters at all Dublin elementary schools, middle schools and high school. The event was advertised at local skate board businesses and posters were posted at the San Ramon, Pleasanton and Dublin skate parks. Student Unions Student Union is an after school recreation program designed specifically for middle school students. An emphasis is placed on academic enrichment and recreation/leisure enrichment. Student Union programs are held in two eighteen-week sessions at Wells Middle School and Fallon School. The program offers a variety of fun activities for teens, including educational programs, sporting events, arts and crafts, science projects and music events. The program also features the popular homework club, and two exciting excursion throughout the school year. The program will be held on Monday from 2:00 p.m to 5:30 p.m and Tuesday through Friday from 3:00 p.m to - 5:30 p.m. Students participate in Homework Club each day of the week. Activities may include poetry, improve karaoke, sports such as whiffle ball, dodgeball, basketball, science projects, special guest speakers and table games..All activities are subject to change - The following table summarizes program registration. Student Union Registration Comparison Registration Type 2009 2008 2007 2006 Wells Middle School 68 64 51 53 Fallon Middle School 65 49 56 37 Total Registration . 135 113' 107 90 Avg. Daily Attendance 17 16 16 . 15 (per site) • Full-Session 56 51 49 41 20-Day Pass 79 62 58 49 - Teen Website The teen website report provides monthly statistics for the website on the number of sessions (visitors), pages requested, and hits to the site. The number of visitors the website had during the months of September 2009 through November 2009 was 3,833. The number of hits was 35,484. The number of hits is calculated by every time the user clicks their mouse when using the website. The pages requested is the -popularity of the pages visited on the site. 6,429 pages were visited on the site during this time period. The most popular page visited during this period was the resources page which includes a list of various teen social service organizations such as Axis Community Health, Tough Love, Planned Parenthood, Suicide Hotline and many more self-help organizations. The second popular page was the jobs page followed by the games page. Website Usage _ Fall 2009 Summer 2009 Spring 2009 Winter 2009 (No Fall 2008 Statistics) Number of Visitors 3,833 3,895 • 4,107 5,418 Number of Hits 35,484 42,843 44,104 55,052 2of3 . Staffhas promoted the teen website at different locations throughout the community that teens frequently visit. The locations included Dublin High School, Wells and Fallon middle schools, and the Dublin Library. Also, Staff promotes the website at teen special events such as Capture the Creature, middle school dance, and Youth Music Showcase. Staff has promoted the website at Dublin High during lunchtime hours. Staff continues to work collaboratively with the Dublin High Journalism class which produces the school newspaper "The Dublin Shield". The Dublin Shield is included on the website, and is updated frequently. • RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends that the Youth Advisory Committee receive the report. • • • • • • 3 of .