Thursday, May 30, 2013

After-school changes taking shape - Gustine Press-Standard

After-school changes taking shape
Gustine Press-Standard
Mary Hill, director of the district's after-school programs, laid out the strategy for Orestimba. When it became evident that the district was in jeopardy of losing its grant funding – which provided $291,000 in current-year funding for OHS and another ...

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Sunday, May 26, 2013

Funding for after-school programs in five area schools in jeopardy - Petoskey News-Review

Funding for after-school programs in five area schools in jeopardy
Petoskey News-Review
Funding for programs at Pellston Middle School, Alanson Public Schools K-8, Boyne City Elementary School, East Jordan Elementary School and Ellsworth Public Schools K-8, is currently in the last year of a five-year grant cycle. Charlevoix-Emmet ...



Big rally against childcare and after-school cuts - New York Daily News

New York Daily News

Big rally against childcare and after-school cuts
New York Daily News
The Campaign for Children, a coalition of more than 150 childcare and after-school programs, protested the city plan to cut funding for the programs at Public School 215 in Far Rockaway. The city has proposed cutting the programs for more than 47,000 ...



After-school programs help MSU students prepare for teaching careers - Montana State University

After-school programs help MSU students prepare for teaching careers
Montana State University
Research from 2008 showed that prospective teachers who engage in after-school programs develop stronger skills in communication, teamwork, flexibility, self-motivation, organization and confidence. They also develop a more solid understanding of ...

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Wednesday, May 15, 2013

SCV Rotary Club Brings 700 Books To After School Programs - KHTS Radio

SCV Rotary Club Brings 700 Books To After School Programs
KHTS Radio
Dante Acosta and Ralph Wronker affixing new book plates on some of the donated books. The SCV Rotary Club teamed up with the Saugus Union School District to donate 700 books to their Before and After School Programs for elementary schools ...



How Good Are City's After-School Programs? - urbanmilwaukee

urbanmilwaukee

How Good Are City's After-School Programs?
urbanmilwaukee
The analysis is part of a larger study examining the quality of hundreds of Milwaukee after-school programs and investigating policy barriers to quality improvements, according to Anneliese Dickman, research director at the PPF. Parents of children who ...



Outside firm handles after-school programs in Wilmette - Wilmette Life

Outside firm handles after-school programs in Wilmette
Wilmette Life
Post-3:15 p.m. enrichment programs, which used to be the province of the school, and then the PTA, are this year something that somebody else takes care of. An outside firm, Wilmette-based Right at School, employs 215 instructors, CEO Mark Rothschild, ...



Baltimore Education Advocates Pushing for Increased After School Spending - Patch.com

Baltimore Education Advocates Pushing for Increased After School Spending
Patch.com
"Mayor Rawlings-Blake publicly committed in August of 2011 to double funding for after school programs if elected. After proposing a cut last year, the Mayor found an additional $750,000 to increase total funding to $5.4 million for FY13. The FY14 ...



Notable Gifts: Y's after-school programs get $10K from UPS Foundation - Richmond Times Dispatch

Notable Gifts: Y's after-school programs get $10K from UPS Foundation
Richmond Times Dispatch
“This generous support allows more children to have access to our YMCA after-school programs that cultivate the values, relationships and skills that will last them into adulthood.” “The UPS Foundation is honored to support the YMCA of Greater Richmond ...



Message from Staten Island to NYC Mayor Bloomberg: Don't cut after-school ... - SILive.com

News 12 Long Island

Message from Staten Island to NYC Mayor Bloomberg: Don't cut after-school ...
SILive.com
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Outside PS 57 in Clifton on Thursday afternoon, parents, students and children's advocates sought to communicate a clear message to Mayor Michael Bloomberg: They won't stand for cuts to children's after-school programs.
Campaign for Children holds Mother's Day march to protest education cutsNews 12 Brooklyn (subscription)

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After-school programs help MSU students prepare for teaching careers - Montana State University

After-school programs help MSU students prepare for teaching careers
Montana State University
Research from 2008 showed that prospective teachers who engage in after-school programs develop stronger skills in communication, teamwork, flexibility, self-motivation, organization and confidence. They also develop a more solid understanding of ...

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Monday, May 13, 2013

Baltimore Education Advocates Pushing for Increased After School Spending - Patch.com

Baltimore Education Advocates Pushing for Increased After School Spending
Patch.com
"Mayor Rawlings-Blake publicly committed in August of 2011 to double funding for after school programs if elected. After proposing a cut last year, the Mayor found an additional $750,000 to increase total funding to $5.4 million for FY13. The FY14 ...



McGee urges state support for after-school programs - Marblehead Reporter

McGee urges state support for after-school programs
Marblehead Reporter
State Sen. Thomas McGee, D-Lynn, whose district includes Marblehead and Swampscott, spoke April 23 at the Massachusetts State House in front of hundreds of afterschool and out-of-school-time advocates about the expanded learning opportunities and ...

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Outside firm handles after-school programs in Wilmette - Wilmette Life

Outside firm handles after-school programs in Wilmette
Wilmette Life
Post-3:15 p.m. enrichment programs, which used to be the province of the school, and then the PTA, are this year something that somebody else takes care of. An outside firm, Wilmette-based Right at School, employs 215 instructors, CEO Mark Rothschild, ...



Notable Gifts: Y's after-school programs get $10K from UPS Foundation - Richmond Times Dispatch

Notable Gifts: Y's after-school programs get $10K from UPS Foundation
Richmond Times Dispatch
“This generous support allows more children to have access to our YMCA after-school programs that cultivate the values, relationships and skills that will last them into adulthood.” “The UPS Foundation is honored to support the YMCA of Greater Richmond ...



Message from Staten Island to NYC Mayor Bloomberg: Don't cut after-school ... - SILive.com

Message from Staten Island to NYC Mayor Bloomberg: Don't cut after-school ...
SILive.com
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Outside PS 57 in Clifton on Thursday afternoon, parents, students and children's advocates sought to communicate a clear message to Mayor Michael Bloomberg: They won't stand for cuts to children's after-school programs.



Staten Island electeds react to Bloomberg budget proposal - SILive.com

Wall Street Journal

Staten Island electeds react to Bloomberg budget proposal
SILive.com
"Once again, the budget includes unacceptable cuts to child care and after school programs, threatens the closure of firehouses and contains little in the way of economic stimulus to spur growth of high wage jobs or locally based development on Staten ...
Mayor balances NYC budget with unexpected tax gainCrain's New York Business

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Brown: Summer, after-school programs a great deal - Times Record News

Brown: Summer, after-school programs a great deal
Times Record News
Brown: Summer, after-school programs a great deal. Nancy Brown; Times Record News; Posted April 24, 2013 at midnight. Discuss; Print; A; A; A. Share this on Facebook · Tweet this · Email this to a friend. Free! Buy one get one free. Free gift with ...

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After-school programs help MSU students prepare for teaching careers - Montana State University

After-school programs help MSU students prepare for teaching careers
Montana State University
Research from 2008 showed that prospective teachers who engage in after-school programs develop stronger skills in communication, teamwork, flexibility, self-motivation, organization and confidence. They also develop a more solid understanding of ...



How Good Are City's After-School Programs? - urbanmilwaukee

urbanmilwaukee

How Good Are City's After-School Programs?
urbanmilwaukee
The analysis is part of a larger study examining the quality of hundreds of Milwaukee after-school programs and investigating policy barriers to quality improvements, according to Anneliese Dickman, research director at the PPF. Parents of children who ...


Sunday, May 12, 2013

Staten Island electeds react to Bloomberg budget proposal - SILive.com

Wall Street Journal

Staten Island electeds react to Bloomberg budget proposal
SILive.com
"Once again, the budget includes unacceptable cuts to child care and after school programs, threatens the closure of firehouses and contains little in the way of economic stimulus to spur growth of high wage jobs or locally based development on Staten ...
Mayor balances NYC budget with unexpected tax gainCrain's New York Business

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Saturday, May 4, 2013

After-school programs help MSU students prepare for teaching careers - Montana State University

Montana State University

After-school programs help MSU students prepare for teaching careers
Montana State University
Research from 2008 showed that prospective teachers who engage in after-school programs develop stronger skills in communication, teamwork, flexibility, self-motivation, organization and confidence. They also develop a more solid understanding of ...



Carver honors Whitcomb for making kids' lives better - New Canaan Advertiser

New Canaan Advertiser

Carver honors Whitcomb for making kids' lives better
New Canaan Advertiser
Carver's after-school programs impact 4,000 children every year through academic, enrichment and athletic programs that include SAT test prep, college tours, STEM and work internship programs, summer camp, and basketball programs that reach the state ...



Staten Island electeds react to Bloomberg budget proposal - SILive.com

Capital New York

Staten Island electeds react to Bloomberg budget proposal
SILive.com
"Once again, the budget includes unacceptable cuts to child care and after school programs, threatens the closure of firehouses and contains little in the way of economic stimulus to spur growth of high wage jobs or locally based development on Staten ...
Mayor balances NYC budget with unexpected tax gainCrain's New York Business
Bloomberg Defends Legacy with Final BudgetSchoolBook
Mayor Sets Line On Police ForceWall Street Journal
New York Times
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Fontana Unified after-school program remains in limbo - San Bernardino Sun

Fontana Unified after-school program remains in limbo
San Bernardino Sun
Vincent Becerra, 15, told the board he has attended after-school programs in several other California school districts and Fontana Unified's was by far the best. Garcia said many area school districts are moving away from city parks and recreation ...



District to pilot after-school nutrition program | Health - WTSP 10 News

District to pilot after-school nutrition program | Health
WTSP 10 News
It will replace an existing after-school snack program, which has provided a small snack to children enrolled in after-school programs. “The principals of these schools are excited about the program,” said Beverly Girard, director of Food and Nutrition ...

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Friday, May 3, 2013

Brown: Summer, after-school programs a great deal - Times Record News

Brown: Summer, after-school programs a great deal
Times Record News
Brown: Summer, after-school programs a great deal. Nancy Brown; Times Record News; Posted April 24, 2013 at midnight. Discuss; Print; A; A; A. Share this on Facebook; Tweet this. Email this to a friend. Free! Buy one get one free. Free gift with ...

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Notable Gifts: Y's after-school programs get $10K from UPS Foundation - Richmond Times Dispatch

Notable Gifts: Y's after-school programs get $10K from UPS Foundation
Richmond Times Dispatch
“This generous support allows more children to have access to our YMCA after-school programs that cultivate the values, relationships and skills that will last them into adulthood.” “The UPS Foundation is honored to support the YMCA of Greater Richmond ...



District Sports Donates $30000 To DC Scores After School Program - W*USA 9

District Sports Donates $30000 To DC Scores After School Program
W*USA 9
None of this would be possible without DC Scores, which provides after-school programs for low-income youth in Washington. Thursday, DC Scores is announcing its two-year partnership with District Sports, the largest provider of recreational soccer ...



District to pilot after-school nutrition program | Health - WTSP 10 News

District to pilot after-school nutrition program | Health
WTSP 10 News
It will replace an existing after-school snack program, which has provided a small snack to children enrolled in after-school programs. “The principals of these schools are excited about the program,” said Beverly Girard, director of Food and Nutrition ...

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Fontana school board deadlocks on after-school program - San Bernardino Sun

Fontana school board deadlocks on after-school program
San Bernardino Sun
Vincent Becerra, 15, told the board that he has attended after-school programs in several other California school district's and FUSD's was by far the best. Garcia many area school district's are moving away from city parks and recreation department ...

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Bloomberg Defends Legacy with Final Budget - SchoolBook

Wall Street Journal

Bloomberg Defends Legacy with Final Budget
SchoolBook
Updated Editor's Note: SchoolBook added details regarding child care and after-school programs to a report from WNYC's Anna Sale which first appeared on www.wnyc.org. Mayor Michael Bloomberg's budget functioned as a rebuttal to the candidates ...
Mayor balances NYC budget with unexpected tax gainCrain's New York Business
Mayor Sets Line On Police ForceWall Street Journal
Bloomberg Unveils Budget Amid Race to Succeed HimNew York Times

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Wednesday, May 1, 2013

Modesto's after-school programs offer safe haven, place to keep learning - Modesto Bee

Modesto Bee

Modesto's after-school programs offer safe haven, place to keep learning
Modesto Bee
MODESTO -- At nearly two dozen Modesto schools, kids race to do homework, hang out with friends and play after the final bell — all without leaving campus. They're the lucky ones, because at some schools, more than 100 students wait for openings.



New Orleans College Prep seeks federal grant for after-school programs - The lens

New Orleans College Prep seeks federal grant for after-school programs
The lens
New Orleans College Prep seeks federal grant for after-school programs. By Joshua Johnston, Charter school reporter April 4, 2013 4:19pm. Tweet PRINT. The board of directors of New Orleans College Preparatory Academies met briefly March 22 to pass a ...



Cities Should Embrace After-School Learning - Education Week News

Cities Should Embrace After-School Learning
Education Week News
Over the years, municipal leaders have expressed growing interest in supporting after-school programs, as the National League of Cities Institute for Youth, Education, and Families documented in a 2011 report highlighting our cities and 23 others. Why?



NYC plan to cut after-school programs sparks protest in Queens - Queens Chronicle

NYC plan to cut after-school programs sparks protest in Queens
Queens Chronicle
With chants of “save our centers” reverberating across the steps of Queens Borough Hall, hundreds of young students, representing various after-school programs and encouraged by their mentors and elected officials, made their voices heard at a rally on ...

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Brown: Summer, after-school programs a great deal - Times Record News

Brown: Summer, after-school programs a great deal
Times Record News
Brown: Summer, after-school programs a great deal. Nancy Brown; Times Record News; Posted April 24, 2013 at midnight. Discuss; Print; A; A; A. Share this on Facebook · Tweet this · Email this to a friend. Free! Buy one get one free. Free gift with ...



Notable Gifts: Y's after-school programs get $10K from UPS Foundation - Richmond Times Dispatch

Notable Gifts: Y's after-school programs get $10K from UPS Foundation
Richmond Times Dispatch
“This generous support allows more children to have access to our YMCA after-school programs that cultivate the values, relationships and skills that will last them into adulthood.” “The UPS Foundation is honored to support the YMCA of Greater Richmond ...



Lowcountry student defends school programs in Washington, DC - Live 5 News

Lowcountry student defends school programs in Washington, DC
Live 5 News
While at the nation's capital, Daniel asked that the Head Start program and the Twenty-First Century after-school programs continued to be funded by the government despite recent budget cuts. "In order to ensure that our future's leaders are prepared ...



Outside firm handles after-school programs in Wilmette - Wilmette Life

Outside firm handles after-school programs in Wilmette
Wilmette Life
Post-3:15 p.m. enrichment programs, which used to be the province of the school, and then the PTA, are this year something that somebody else takes care of. An outside firm, Wilmette-based Right at School, employs 215 instructors, CEO Mark Rothschild, ...