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In honor of Martin Luther King Jr., Cool Kids Comedy Club has a dream that we can work together to get five more students sponsored for our session this weekend!

Tap the link in our bio or our comments to make your generous donation today!

Today, January 10th, 2024, Kayla Howard, Alicia Hillman, and Garry White met with Councilmember Berdetta Hodge to discuss, draft, and finalize their strategic plan to outreach and partner with primary, secondary, and post-secondary educational institutions in the east valley.

We are super excited for the support they are receiving to carry out their mission of teaching students essential life and literacy skills through the art of comedy in a safe, supportive, and screen-free environment.

If you are not already, follow Cool Kids Comedy Club to see what other amazing things they accomplish in 2024 with your support.

Stop what you’re doing and help us celebrate the newest member of the Cool Kids Comedy Club team, Hillary Grady, our Director of Strategic Partnerships!

Hillary Grady started her comedy career in 2023 to add a creative outlet to her 15 years of business-to-business experience in the corporate financial sector. Serving on her son’s school PTA board as an auditor and fundraising chairperson, Hillary loves creating connections and developing mutually beneficial partnerships within the local community. Hillary holds a Master’s degree in Business Administration and is also a Certified Flight Instructor. Hilary believes the most rewarding aspect of Cool Kids Comedy Club is the ability to witness students form meaningful friendships while collaborating with others to create something they are proud of!

Our second Cool Kids Comedy Club meeting will be held on Saturday, January 20th, 2023 at the Tempe Public Library.

The entry fee of $50 per child includes four hours of whole, small group, and individual learning and behavior support, snacks, and one lunch at no additional charge.

There are limited spots available so be sure to click the link in our bio to help your child learn and practice important life and literacy skills in a safe, supportive, screen-free environment!

Kayla “Wild Child” Howard is a fearless, unconventional, forward-thinking entrepreneur, standup comedian, radio personality, and talk show host. Her one-liner style of comedy includes jokes about her children, her tenure as a teacher, love, and relationships. In 2023, she founded Cool Kids Comedy Club to help underrepresented students in Arizona learn writing, empowerment, listening, social and speaking skills through the art of comedy.

She was a High School Special Education teacher and curriculum writer for over nine years and holds a Bachelor’s Degree as well as a Master’s Degree from Arizona State University in the field of education.

When she’s not performing standup comedy, tutoring students in math, or interviewing guests on her talk show, you can find her spending time with her children, family, and friends, painting, or traveling to where her adventurous life leads her next.

The entry fee of $50 per child includes ample learning time, snacks and lunch at no additional cost.

There are limited spots available so be sure to click the link in our bio to help your child learn and practice important life skills in a creative way!

Our second Cool Kids Comedy Club meeting on Saturday, January 20th, 2023 at the Tempe Public Library will be instructed by traveling comedian and magician Pro4ecy!

Pro4ecy began his career as a magician in high school and continued to wow audiences with his comedic genius since he became a professional comedian in 2019. Not only is he a comedian and magician, he’s also a father, a multilinguist, an actor, a model, and an avid supporter of building connections evidenced by him traveling to multiple states and countries, notably Denmark, Ireland, and England, to perform. One of the things he loves most about Cool Kids Comedy Club is the fact that it provides children a community to belong to, rely on, and thrive in.

The entry fee of $50 per child includes four hours of whole group and individual learning and behavior support, one snack, and one lunch!

There are limited spots available so be sure to click the link in our bio to help your child learn and practice important life skills in a creative way!

On December 20th, 2023, Kayla Howard, the founder/CEO and Garry White, Director of Innovation and met with Tempe City Councilmember Berdetta Hodge about Cool Kids Comedy Club, a nonprofit organization founded to help underrepresented students in grades K-12 learn essential life and literacy skills through the art of comedy.

On Wednesday, January 10th, 2024, they will be meeting again at Tempe City Hall to create a strategic plan to outreach schools in the area of most need in the east valley.

Thank you to every parent/guardian, comedian, business owner, and supporter who has reached out in support of the successful launch of such a unique and impactful organization.

If you’re not already, follow Cool Kids Comedy Club on IG () to see the other amazing things we accomplish in 2024. ❤️

Our first Cool Kids Comedy Club( meeting was, Saturday, December 16th, 2023 at the Tempe Public Library(), led by our very own Director of Innovation and Support: Garry White ()!

It was such an awesome experience teaching children in our community essential life and literacy skills through the art of comedy!

Registration is now open for our next class scheduled for January 20th, 2023 from 10 AM to 2 PM at the Tempe Public Library!

The entry fee of $50 per child includes four hours of whole group, small group, and individual learning and behavior support, as well as snacks and lunch.

There are limited spots available so be sure to click the link in my bio to help your child learn and practice important life skills in a creative way!

Our first Cool Kids Comedy Club() meeting is today, Saturday, December 16th, 2023 at the Tempe Public Library () and our December 2023 instructor is the Director of Innovation and Support: Garry White ()!

Garry White began his comedy career in Tempe, Arizona, the city he was raised in, in April 2023. Not only is he a comedian, he is a father, a former class clown, and an avid supporter of all initiatives that provide children a sense of safety, purpose, and belonging. One of the things he loves most about Cool Kids Comedy Club is the support, self-reliance, and skills we give students to pursue healthy, extracurricular activities outside of sports.

Click the link in my bio to be added to our email list to receive our 2024 class schedule!

The top initiatives that Cool Kids Comedy Club support are anti-bullying, inclusive education, and youth mental health awareness.

In our program, we have a zero-tolerance policy for bullying as evidenced by our preventative practices which include but are not limited to: a low student-to instructor ratio to ensure students have adequate support and supervision, commitment to practice empathy and kindness by modeling it for and teaching it to our members, and ensuring a safe and supportive environment for all members.

Additionally, we practice inclusivity by embracing students of all races, backgrounds, genders, talents, abilities and other diverse characteristics that make learning together fun.

Finally, we prioritize youth mental health awareness by fostering positive relationships with our members, their families, and the community, promoting healthy self-care and self-expression, and by helping students learn positive coping skills to use to manage their frustration.

The response to Cool Kids Comedy Club has been overwhelmingly positive from other comedians, businesses, and the community of children and families we serve and we can’t say thank you enough.

A lot of parents have reached out and expressed interest in having their children participate but are in need of financial assistance due to reasons including but not limited to: being single parents, navigating an unexpected loss in income and dealing with the sudden death of a loved one with the holidays right around the corner.

If you or someone you know is willing to sponsor a child who wants to attend Cool Kids Comedy Club but can’t, please don’t hesitate to send us a DM to give a child in Arizona the opportunity to build, maintain, and expand on their writing, empowerment, listening, social, and speaking skills through clean, creative joke-writing this holiday season.

Here at Cool Kids Comedy Club, we are safety-focused, sensory-friendly, and student-centered.

Our instructors are vetted and supported by our founder who has a special education teaching career that spans over 12 years. Additionally, we have created a supportive environment where students are free to take risks and learn new things with our support.

Our workshop is sensory-friendly meaning students of all abilities receive universal accommodations including smaller class sizes, frequent opportunities for movement, and frequent breaks as needed.

We use whole group, small group, and individual learning and behavior support and strategies to help students build, maintain and expound on their writing, empowerment, listening, social and speaking skills, or WELSS skills.

Our first meeting will be Saturday, December 16th, 2023 at the Tempe Public Library in the Ironwood Classroom from 10 AM to 2 PM.

The tuition fee of $50 per child includes four hours of whole group and individual learning and behavior support, one snack, and one lunch!

There are limited spots available so be sure to click the link in our bio to help your child learn and practice important life skills in a creative way!

Here at Cool Kids Comedy Club, we focus on our proprietary WELSS (writing, empowerment, listening, social and speaking) Skills by incorporating strategies in our lessons that help our members build, maintain, or expand upon these skills depending on their level of proficiency.

In other words, we meet members where they are in order to help prepare them for where they want to be.

Our first meeting will be Saturday, December 16th, 2023 at the Tempe Public Library in the Ironwood Classroom from 10 AM to 2 PM.

The tuition fee of $50 per child includes four hours of whole group and individual learning and behavior support, one snack, and one lunch!

There are limited spots available so be sure to click the link in our bio to help your child learn and practice important life skills in a creative way!