Wednesday, January 26, 2011

City, school leaders aim to turn a violent area of Oakland into a safe haven - Contra Costa Times

City, school leaders aim to turn a violent area of Oakland into a safe haven
Contra Costa Times
It aims to add 50 mentors to existing after-school programs, including seven Oakland Police Department officers and 18 high school students from Coliseum ...

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Snowfall Causes Cancellations and Closures - Patch

Snowfall Causes Cancellations and Closures
Patch
Westhampton Beach School District: Will not be having an early dismissal, but all after-school programs and activities have been cancelled. ...

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Bridgewater-Raritan halts proposal to absorb before and after school programs - myCentralJersy.com

Bridgewater-Raritan halts proposal to absorb before and after school programs
myCentralJersy.com
Adelaide Rose of Bridgewater said she has two sons in the after-school programs. One son, age 6, is in Hamilton School's program. The other, age 10, ...
Bridgewater-Raritan school budget, after-school programs are topics at board ...NJ.com

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E-Mail About Book Questioning the Holocaust Shakes a School - New York Times

E-Mail About Book Questioning the Holocaust Shakes a School
New York Times
The e-mail list of the Public School 290 PTA is a useful source on matters like fund-raising, after-school programs and the rules for the ...

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Cities look at after-school programs - Coastal Courier

Cities look at after-school programs
Coastal Courier
Stacey also attended GMA's training on after-school programs in Savannah during the June GMA convention and saw first-hand how Savannah Mayor Otis Johnson's ...

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Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Family Finance: A gap year need not break the bank - Chicago Sun-Times

Family Finance: A gap year need not break the bank
Chicago Sun-Times
Cowen both assisted a second-grade teacher and helped out with after school programs. He learned to admire the difficult work done by the teachers and ...

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E-Mail About Book Questioning the Holocaust Shakes a School - New York Times

E-Mail About Book Questioning the Holocaust Shakes a School
New York Times
The e-mail list of the Public School 290 PTA is a useful source on matters like fund-raising, after-school programs and the rules for the ...

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Bridgewater-Raritan halts proposal to absorb before and after school programs - myCentralJersy.com

Bridgewater-Raritan halts proposal to absorb before and after school programs
myCentralJersy.com
Adelaide Rose of Bridgewater said she has two sons in the after-school programs. One son, age 6, is in Hamilton School's program. The other, age 10, ...
Bridgewater-Raritan school budget, after-school programs are topics at board ...NJ.com

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Non-profit employee accused of distributing child porn - abc13.com

Non-profit employee accused of distributing child porn
abc13.com
HOUSTON (KTRK) -- An employee of a Houston non-profit organization dedicated to helping kids in after-school programs is being held on accusations of ...
Judge: Houston man accused of distributing child porn to stay in custody until ...KHOU

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CALL FOR APPLICATIONS FOR THE RBC AFTER-SCHOOL GRANTS PROJECT - DigitalJournal.com (press release)

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS FOR THE RBC AFTER-SCHOOL GRANTS PROJECT
DigitalJournal.com (press release)
"Research has shown that participation in after-school programs helps students enhance their academic performance, improve social skills and motivate them ...

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At forum, six candidates for mayor discuss KC schools - Kansas City Star

At forum, six candidates for mayor discuss KC schools
Kansas City Star
... pledged to use the office to help school districts in Kansas City through internships and after-school programs and by reducing crime and blight. ...

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Gentry Middle School evacuated - Mount Airy News

Gentry Middle School evacuated
Mount Airy News
Even though school already had let out for the day, kids in after school programs at Gentry Middle School and those attending a basketball game were ...



North Boone Community Steps Up to Save Sports for Students - MyStateline.com

North Boone Community Steps Up to Save Sports for Students
MyStateline.com
It was just over a year ago that North Boone's school board had to make a difficult decision: Should they get rid of numerous after school programs to save ...



Emanuel: Ads could help pay for after-school programs - Chicago Sun-Times

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Emanuel: Ads could help pay for after-school programs
Chicago Sun-Times
The good news was that Chicago kids participate in after-school programs at a rate of 27 percent — nearly double the national average. ...
Emanuel's plan to raise millions without raising taxesWLS
Emanuel proposes city ad-selling programChicago Tribune (blog)
Tanned, Rested and ReadyNBC Chicago (blog)

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Bridgewater-Raritan Regional School District may take over before and after ... - myCentralJersy.com

Bridgewater-Raritan Regional School District may take over before and after ...
myCentralJersy.com
... Regional School Board of Education will considering taking over the district's before- and after-school programs to generate revenue in the budget. ...

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Program makes sure kids aren't left out in the cold - New Britain Herald

Program makes sure kids aren't left out in the cold
New Britain Herald
NEW BRITAIN — Student participants in the city's Parks and Recreation after-school programs can now have an extra day of fun at ...


Monday, January 24, 2011

After-school program vital to Woodburn - Woodburn Independent

After-school program vital to Woodburn
Woodburn Independent
To keep the after-school programs afloat however, will be difficult for the committee in this economic climate. In 2014, when the 21st Century grant runs ...
County Commissioner starts plan to save local Boys and Girls clubThe Independent Florida Alligator

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Safe Haven after school programs in Chicago - locatons - Examiner.com

Safe Haven after school programs in Chicago - locatons
Examiner.com
The Save Haven program offers after-school hours at 27 sites throughout the City of Chicago through May 20, 2011, according to a press statement by Mayor ...

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Keeping after-school programs alive - Burbank Leader

Burbank Leader

Keeping after-school programs alive
Burbank Leader
A nonprofit has shouldered the operations since last summer. The city is rexamining its budget contraints. From left, Audrey Batwinas, 11, Alexandria Cetin, ...



After school programs kick off statewide assessment - Wyoming Business Report

After school programs kick off statewide assessment
Wyoming Business Report
LANDER —— You might not think that after school programs have much to do with business, but according to Linda Barton, director of the Wyoming ...



Emanuel: Ads could help pay for after-school programs - Chicago Sun-Times

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Emanuel: Ads could help pay for after-school programs
Chicago Sun-Times
The good news was that Chicago kids participate in after-school programs at a rate of 27 percent — nearly double the national average. ...
Emanuel's plan to raise millions without raising taxesWLS
Emanuel proposes city ad-selling programChicago Tribune (blog)
Tanned, Rested and ReadyNBC Chicago (blog)

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Delaware County's Rep. Davidson blazed a trail of firsts - Philadelphia Inquirer

Delaware County's Rep. Davidson blazed a trail of firsts
Philadelphia Inquirer
... parents struggling with addiction, offering day camps and after-school programs as well as resources to help parents get into rehabilitation programs. ...



Bridgewater-Raritan Regional School District may take over before and after ... - myCentralJersy.com

Bridgewater-Raritan Regional School District may take over before and after ...
myCentralJersy.com
... Regional School Board of Education will considering taking over the district's before- and after-school programs to generate revenue in the budget. ...

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Friday, January 21, 2011

Solomon schechter unveils after school academy - New Jersey Jewish Standard

Solomon schechter unveils after school academy
New Jersey Jewish Standard
... joked that in some ways the program will have the school competing against itself, since it already offers so many after-school programs. ...



After-school program vital to Woodburn - Woodburn Independent

After-school program vital to Woodburn
Woodburn Independent
To keep the after-school programs afloat however, will be difficult for the committee in this economic climate. In 2014, when the 21st Century grant runs ...
County Commissioner starts plan to save local Boys and Girls clubThe Independent Florida Alligator

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Bias Feared in Public School Proposal To Absorb Yiddish Special Ed Program - Forward

Forward

Bias Feared in Public School Proposal To Absorb Yiddish Special Ed Program
Forward
... to teach limmud'e kodesh — religious studies — during the school day, but that private funds were being raised for before- and after-school programs. ...

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Keeping after-school programs alive - Burbank Leader

Burbank Leader

Keeping after-school programs alive
Burbank Leader
A nonprofit has shouldered the operations since last summer. The city is rexamining its budget contraints. From left, Audrey Batwinas, 11, Alexandria Cetin, ...



Positive efforts now encouraging women to enter STEM fields - Virginia Tech Collegiate Times

Positive efforts now encouraging women to enter STEM fields
Virginia Tech Collegiate Times
Whether it be through summer camps, after-school programs or talks by female professionals, there has been an increased interest in the STEM professions and ...

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Wakefield's before and after school program growing - Wakefield Observer

Wakefield's before and after school program growing
Wakefield Observer
Our high school student helpers at each school are tremendous role models for the children attending the after school programs. The program activities and ...

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Normal may raise rates at pools, golf courses - Bloomington Pantagraph

Normal may raise rates at pools, golf courses
Bloomington Pantagraph
The town's proposed 2011-12 fiscal year budget suggests price increases in those three areas, and in the before- and after-school programs. ...



Emanuel: Ads could help pay for after-school programs - Chicago Sun-Times

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Emanuel: Ads could help pay for after-school programs
Chicago Sun-Times
The good news was that Chicago kids participate in after-school programs at a rate of 27 percent — nearly double the national average. ...
Emanuel's plan to raise millions without raising taxesWLS
Emanuel proposes city ad-selling programChicago Tribune (blog)
Tanned, Rested and ReadyNBC Chicago (blog)
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Classical Academy of Naples offers after-school programs - Naples Daily News

Classical Academy of Naples offers after-school programs
Naples Daily News
The Classical Academy of Naples offers a unique traditional liberal arts and sciences education. It is geared for families interested in a personalized, ...

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Sunday, January 16, 2011

US plan aims to make school meals more healthful - San Francisco Chronicle

US plan aims to make school meals more healthful
San Francisco Chronicle
Arnell Hinkle, executive director of the California Adolescent Nutrition and Fitness Program, a Berkeley nonprofit that works on after-school programs, ...

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District knows school budget process will not be easy - NorthJersey.com

NorthJersey.com

District knows school budget process will not be easy
NorthJersey.com
To get the budget under cap it cut teachers, demoted full-time employees to part time, eliminated programs, got rid of after school programs, ...

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Piqua in top spot in Pepsi challenge - WDTN

WDTN

Piqua in top spot in Pepsi challenge
WDTN
... School is up for a $50000 grant that would replace its gym, complete with its old tile floor, with a new fitness center and after school programs. ...


Thursday, January 13, 2011

Renovations of school facilities largest investment in 23 years - Saipan Tribune

Renovations of school facilities largest investment in 23 years
Saipan Tribune
According to Sablan, a significant portion of the SFSF was also used to help teachers become highly qualified, improve schools and after-school programs, ...

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Winter/Spring enrichment classes at Hobomock Elementary School - Hanson Express

Winter/Spring enrichment classes at Hobomock Elementary School
Hanson Express
By Administrator Hobomock Elementary School is offering a new selection of before- and after-school programs. Taught by Pembroke Public Schools staff, ...



Sakonnet Arts Network looking for sponsors to help fund after-school program - Fall River Herald News

Sakonnet Arts Network looking for sponsors to help fund after-school program
Fall River Herald News
The news was devastating for Sakonnet Arts, which has expanded its after-school programs in the past year to include graphic arts and culinary arts to its ...

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Before making changes, Cambridge school district listens - Cambridge Chronicle

Before making changes, Cambridge school district listens
Cambridge Chronicle
Others talked about the district's language emersion and Montessori programs, recreation and physical education, after school programs and the Family ...

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School canceled Thursday and Friday - Forsyth County News Online

School canceled Thursday and Friday
Forsyth County News Online
All after-school programs, athletic events and activities have also been postponed. District spokeswoman Jennifer Caracciolo said central office 12-month ...

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What to Expect From a New Schools CEO - Huffington Post (blog)

What to Expect From a New Schools CEO
Huffington Post (blog)
... did say he supports "anything we can do to ensure stability in schools," noting that many children rely on schools for meals and after-school programs. ...

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Proposed school-day changes vex CMS parents - Charlotte Observer

Charlotte Observer

Proposed school-day changes vex CMS parents
Charlotte Observer
CMS officials say they are checking their before- and after-school programs to make sure families have adequate options. Child Care Resources, a nonprofit ...



Update: After School Programs, PSAL Games Being Held Today - Patch

Update: After School Programs, PSAL Games Being Held Today
Patch
Update, 8:48 am: New York City's after-school programs and PSAL will continue as scheduled, but school field trips have been cancelled for the day. ...

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