Youth Services
NAS JRB Youth Center
Next to Belle Chasse Academy
Ph: 391-1331
NSA Youth Center
Bldg. 720 Ph: 678-2284
The Youth Program provides services that contribute effectively to the morale and well being of youth ages 6-12 years.
The Youth Centers offer a wide range of activities, which focus on assisting children in learning to make appropriate decisions about their own behavior. We also help youngsters overcome the stress and trauma associated with relocating and adjusting to new friends and peer groups. Each program has been designed to enhance your child’s existing skills, promote physical fitness, encourage creativity, cultivate new interest areas and develop lifelong recreation skills.
The School Age Care Programs consists of Before & After School Programs, Summer Day Camp, Mini-Camp and special event activities. Indoor activities include group games, board games, figurine and doll play, puzzles, air hockey, video games, arts and crafts and karaoke. Outdoor play activities include playground time, basketball, soccer, t-ball, flag football and four square.
The Youth Centers also offers special events such as Kid’s Night Out, Parent’s Night Out, a base wide Easter Egg Hunt and other recreational activities.
NAS JRB Teen Center Ph: 678-7510
The teen center is designed and geared towards teens aged 13 through 17 (18 yrs. old if still enrolled in high school). The Teen Center offers a variety of quality clubs to our youth. Teens can join the Torch Club, Teen Supreme, Smart Moves for Boys, Smart Moves for Girls, Career Launch and more. The facility boasts a Snack Bar, Movie Room, Computer Lab, State of the Art Music Room, Lounge Area and more. The Center has assorted board games, a pool table, foosball, video and arcade games, such as PS2, Game Cube, and Xbox. A wide variety of recreational activities and programs are offered to the teens of our community throughout the year.
We have a full time Sports Coordinator on board who provides a balanced and varied sports program for youth ages 6-17 years old.
Belle Chasse Academy
Located on Naval Air Station, Joint Reserve Base New Orleans in Belle Chasse, La., Belle Chasse Academy (BCA) is the first-ever public charter school to be built on a military installation.
BCA opened its doors in September 2002 and has a current student enrollment of over 900 children in grades K-8. Conceived by military personnel, educators, and community leaders in 2000, BCA incorporated as a Louisiana non-profit corporation in January 2001. BCA is an approved Type II charter by the Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education.
BCA serves military children of active duty, reserve and retired members.
BCA seeks to provide a challenging core curriculum for all students, using research-proved curricula in a mastery-based approach that ensures competence before students proceed to new material, without delaying students who are ready to advance more quickly.
Complementing the school’s rigorous academic program will be a structured, orderly environment, shaped in large measure by a fully integrated character education program.
The mission of BCA is the establishment of a quality community charter school which fosters an educational environment focused on academic excellence and tailored to the needs of the military dependent child, specifically providing:
• Acknowledgement of the unique needs of the military child
• Reduction of service-connected disruption and stress
• Substantial and direct community and parental participation
The following documentation is to be presented at the time of enrollment:
• Child’s Social Security number
• Proof of residence
• A copy of the current IEP if the student has been receiving special education services
Before the child can attend school, the following must be provided:
• A certified copy of your child’s birth certificate or completion of an affidavit
• A certificate of physical examination done within one year of school entrance for students entering grades kindergarten through five
• Documentary proof of adequate immunization against DTP — diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis (whooping cough); polio; MMR — measles (rubeola), mumps, rubella (German measles); hepatitis B; and varicella (chicken pox). All students are required to present evidence of having two doses of the MMR vaccine.
For more information, please visit the school’s Web site at www.bellechasseacademy.com or call (504) 433-5850.
