Archives:

Select:

Weekly Media Roundup - January 24, 2013

READ FULL STORY

Weekly Media Roundup - January 24, 2013

Students at Our Lady of Lourdes Regional School in Coal Township created the second edition of a comic book developed as part of the Teens in Innovative Educational Structures (TIES) afterschool program. The second installment The Adventures of Kid Feedback: Creatures of the Deep features hero Kid Feedback faced with the challenge of saving the fictional city of Seamokin. In the afterschool program the students learned sketching, blending and other drawing techniques to illustrate the comic book in pencil, ink, colored pencils and watercolors.
 
MyCentralJersey.com reports afterschool students are working to implement Project Sticker Shock—a statewide youth initiative that engages student volunteers who visit participating merchants to place brightly colored stickers on alcoholic products that appeal to underage drinkers. The students are part of Perth Amboy’s Youth Community Leadership Academy, an afterschool program offered at Perth Amboy High School in partnership with the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence of Middlesex County Inc. The program aims to educate the public and change community attitudes about selling and serving alcohol to anyone under 21.
 
At Como Elementary School about 65 students stay three hours after school to study music theory and to learn how to play an instrument, but next fall the afterschool program will expand into the school day. Late last year Fort Worth school district officials announced that the The B Sharp Youth Music Program became the district’s first elementary “Gold Seal Program of Choice,” and as such will be expanded into the school day next fall, the Star-Telegram reports. The afterschool elementary students involved in the B Sharp program make up the district's only elementary-level symphonic orchestra.
 
Afterschool students at Boynton Beach’s Poinciana Elementary School in Boynton Beach built a robot that can help the elderly by retrieving medicine bottles and flipping switches and levers. Gloria Gibson, the afterschool program director, said students spend two hours after school each day working with Brickit, a foot-long robot made of Legos, and the students have to learn computer programming, work with decimals and familiarize themselves with various angles. The students had to build a robot around the theme of "senior solutions" in order to compete in the FIRST Lego League Tournament, the Sun-Sentinel reports.

Weekly Media Roundup: March 20, 2024

Matthew McConaughey and ASU Are Helping an Arizona School District. Here's How, Arizona Republic (Arizona) Matthew McConaughey and Arizona State University (ASU) have teamed up to help a Phoenix-area school district apply for federal afterschool funding included in the Bipartisan Safer...

BY: Magen Eissenstat      03/20/24

Weekly Media Roundup: March 13, 2024

English Learners Stopped Coming to Class During the Pandemic. One Group is Tackling the Problem By Helping Their Parents, Hechinger Report In North Carolina, nearly one third of English language learning students were chronically absent last year, a rate significantly higher than the...

BY: Magen Eissenstat      03/13/24

Weekly Media Roundup: March 6, 2024

Charlotte Afterschool Program Aims to Break Cycle of Youth Crime and Violence, WBTV (North Carolina) In response to the 33 percent rise in juvenile gun violence in Charlotte, North Carolina, county leaders presented The Way Forward plan to city council members this week. The plan includes...

BY: Magen Eissenstat      03/06/24

Weekly Media Roundup: February 28, 2024

Program Designed to Boost Reading Rates in NW Tallahassee is Reaching More Students, WTXL (Florida) At Springwood Elementary School’s afterschool program in Tallahassee, Florida, students are paired with volunteers from United Way’s ReadingPals program, working together to improve...

BY: Magen Eissenstat      02/28/24

Weekly Media Roundup: February 21, 2024

Missoula After-School Program for BIPOC Youth Creating Next Generation of Leaders, KTVQ-TV (Montana) At the Association for BIPOC (Black Indigenous People of Color) Youth afterschool program in Missoula, Montana, students of color build community, take part in mindfulness activities, and develop...

BY: Magen Eissenstat      02/21/24

Weekly Media Roundup: February 14, 2024

Viewpoint: Invest in Out-of-School Programs to Help Solve State’s Educational Challenges, South Bend Tribune (Indiana) Indiana lawmakers are considering continuing the state’s pandemic-era investments in out-of-school time learning, including afterschool and summer learning programs....

BY: Magen Eissenstat      02/14/24

Weekly Media Roundup: February 7, 2024

Rangers Star Welcomes Kids to the Ice in After School Program, NBC4 (New York) With help from a donation from the Garden of Dreams Foundation, 50 students in the WHEDco (Women’s Housing and Economic Development Corporation) afterschool program in the South Bronx are lacing up skates and...

BY: Magen Eissenstat      02/07/24

Weekly Media Roundup: January 31, 2024

Advocates of Afterschool Opportunities Rally in Albany for $119M Funding Boost, Spectrum News 1 (New York) On Tuesday, afterschool leaders, students, and lawmakers gathered in Albany, New York to press for an additional $119 million in state funding to ensure universal access to afterschool. At...

BY: Magen Eissenstat      01/31/24

Weekly Media Roundup: January 24, 2024

'Articulate Their Pain': Preventing Teen Suicide Through the Power of Music, Spectrum News 1 (North Carolina) DDAAT-App, a mental health nonprofit with an afterschool program in Charlotte, North Carolina, is partnering with The Bridge, a music studio, to give students access to recording...

BY: Magen Eissenstat      01/24/24

Weekly Media Roundup: January 17, 2024

Bessie Coleman After School Aviation Program to be Tested in Oklahoma, General Aviation News (Oklahoma) Sixth and 7th graders in Tulsa, Oklahoma are exploring careers in aerospace and aeronautics by building planes, flying drones, and participating in other hands-on projects thanks to a...

BY: Magen Eissenstat      01/17/24