Bea's Kids provides hundreds of Kindergarten through 12th grade students a safe, structured environment to receive assistance with homework, age-appropriate learning-based activities, personal development programs and the opportunity to practice self-discipline while building leadership skills.** Bea’s Kids Objectives: • Encourage our students to stay in school • Improve overall grades • Build self-esteem • Pass core subjects • Graduate high school • College readiness • Higher aspirations for the future **In Texas, 26 percent - more than one million youth - in grades K-12 are responsible for taking care of themselves after-school. Nationwide, more than 15 million school-age children are on their own after school. (Afterschool Alliance 2009)