Erie County Community Programming
Erie Community Programming

Trinity Center After School & Summer Programming |

  • After-School Program (ages 5-15 years old) Note: 5-year-old must be attending Kindergarten 
  • Café offering hot meals after school and throughout the summer
  • Drug & Alcohol Prevention Programs, 
  • Evidenced Based Life-Skills Training Program (all ages) 
  • Anti-Bulling Groups
  • Social Skills Building
  • Erie Arts & Culture Partnership programming
  • Adolescent Health Rhythms (drumming circles) 
  • Internet Access/Computer Lab 
  • Arts & Crafts, Horticulture, Gardening
  • Recreation (sports (IBL-Basketball League), table games, field trips)
  • Guest Speakers
  • Family Night (game nights, movie nights, cooking, guest speakers, meal served)
  • Small Bites (nutrition and cooking)
  • Crazy8 Math Program
  • BOKS Kid’s Program (fitness and nutrition program)
  •  Junior Achievement (financial literacy)
  • Homework help
  • Volunteer Projects 

Volunteers and donations are always welcomed!

If your church or community group would like more information on volunteering their time at Bethesda Trinity Center or you need more information about our programs, please contact Esther Thompson at (814) 724-7510 ext. 526 or Amy Helmer at ext. 524.


Erie County Alternative Education Program | 
Bethesda is a Pennsylvania Department of Education approved private provider of Alternative Education For Disruptive Youth (AEDY) services. We contract with local school districts to provide educational services to students in grades 6-12 who have been removed from the regular education setting for certain disciplinary reasons. Students are provided with comprehensive academic instruction along with therapeutic and developmental counseling to assist them in meeting their behavioral goals and returning to the regular school setting.

Truancy Services | 

Bethesda Lutheran Services is committed to improving the attendance of our youth within Erie City and Erie County schools. The Truancy Monitor is responsible for implementing programs, educating and facilitating groups for parents and students to promote the importance of school attendance. The goal is to make school attendance a school wide initiative where students take accountability for attendance.
 
The Truancy Monitor works closely with each school, student, family, Office of Children & Youth, Magisterial District Judges and the Student Assistance Program (SAP) to improve school attendance. Fifteen full time Truancy Monitors cover Erie City and Erie County schools the monitors interact with students throughout the day and in the hallways to build rapport.    

Finally, the Community Based Attendance Program (CBAP) is the apex of the attendance improvement program to decrease truancy. Programs run 2-3 times per month with Magisterial District Judges , truancy monitors, area agencies and school representatives presenting. Parents are given pre and post tests to determine what they know before the class and what they learned during the class. Class is limited to 25 people so as to make it comfortable and easier to have questions answered or concerns expressed 

Refocus Rooms | 

The Refocus Program is a support program that offers a proactive approach to dealing with the very diverse individual needs of students. Staff provide the encouragement and academic support that is essential to student success by providing flexibility in a customized approach for each student. It is an atmosphere of caring and learning that supports both academic and emotional health.
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