At Milagro Center, children and youth receive comprehensive support that includes Cultural Arts, Living Values, Academic Support, and Mentoring. Cultural Arts programs offer a unique opportunity for children to discover their creative potential while having fun. The Living Values program focuses on character and social development, teaching children the values of respect, kindness, and appreciation. Academic Support is designed to help children achieve their academic goals by providing tutoring and mentoring. Finally, the Mentoring program provides individualized attention to children, allowing them to build meaningful relationships and gain confidence.
Milagro Center is a 501 (c)3 nonprofit organization with a mission to ensure the success of underserved children and youth in the Delray Beach community. This organization, founded in 1997 by local leaders, provides integrated programs that focus on empowering at-risk youth and their families. Through Cultural Arts, Living Values, Academic Support, and Mentoring, children and youth are offered comprehensive support to discover their creative potential and reach their academic goals. Milagro Center provides a unique opportunity for these children and youth to have fun while learning the values of respect, kindness, and appreciation. With this support, these individuals gain the confidence to “reach for the stars” and succeed in school and in life.
Programs at The Milagro Center in Delray Beach, FL
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S.T.A.R.S. Program
As Milagro Center’s flagship program, STARS (Standing Together Achieving Recognition and Success) serves over 50 children grades K-5 on an annual basis through its year-round program. Nationally accredited through Council on Accreditation and Gold Seal approved by the Florida Department of Health, Milagro Center’s unique model of small class sizes allows the focus to be on the students by providing individualized attention and addressing specific needs as they arise. Each day, students are immersed in the cultural arts as well as receive literacy and math tutoring, homework assistance and on-site mentoring. It is also with the help of many community partners that Milagro students are able to have new experiences like learning to swim, mime or take a Zumba class.
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Teen Leadership Program
Milagro Center’s Teen Leadership program was established in 2011 to continue serving the children who were transitioning out of the STARS program. Based on the STARS program curriculum, the Teen Leadership Program provides a safe place for over 50 economically-challenged high school teens to come weekdays after school and during the summer months. The teens receive daily homework assistance, math and language arts tutoring, art, music and dance instruction, Living Values education, PSAT /SAT/ACT prep, career development and planning and other resources to help them succeed in school to graduate and prepare them to become productive and self- supporting members of the community.
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Junior Teen Leadership Program
To provide a vital bridge between our STARS and Teen Leadership Programs, Milagro Center opened the new Virginia and Harvey Kimmel Milagro Junior Teen Center in April 2019. Located adjacent to our current Teen Center, this new facility focuses on the unique social and emotional needs of 6th, 7th, an 8th graders. The Junior Teen Leadership Program provides dedicated year-round after-school and summer camp programs focusing o academic classes, tutoring, cultural arts experiences (dance, art, musical instrument lessons), mentoring, living values, and a vibrant mix of enrichment activities to prepare these youth for the challenging transition to high school and overall success.