Danita:  Business analyst and mother of two children attending school in School District 43 (SD43).

​Cindy:  BC certified teacher with a specialty in music, has two children also attending SD43. 

Block 8 Academy

​Cindy and Danita decided to launch Block 8 Academy after spending countless hours researching the best activities for social, physical, emotional and cognitive development of children, and then picking their own children up at school to taxi them to activities (only to wait at the activity to drive the next leg of the trip)

Currently, children in before and after school care are excluded from many after school activities.  All arts, music and athletic activities must be scheduled after dinner, during an already busy time.  

Parents with flexible work schedules often spend hours driving their children from activity to activity.
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With our program, students from kindergarten to Grade 6 will have access to these activities during care hours, thus freeing up the family time after dinner.  Adding a homework help component to our program further decreases the stress for families once children arrive home from care.