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Weekly Media Roundup: June 5, 2024

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Weekly Media Roundup: June 5, 2024

Pandemic Aid for Schools is Ending Soon. Many After-School Programs May Go With It, NPR

A recent Afterschool Alliance analysis found that 4 million additional students were able to access afterschool program thanks to Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) funds. But as those funds expire this fall, many of those students may lose access. For example, in Tulsa, Oklahoma, out-of-school time nonprofit The Opp will need to scale back its support for 450 afterschool programs to just 75. Afterschool Alliance Senior Vice President for Policy Erik Peterson told NPR that funding for afterschool programs is important because programs help students develop communication, problem solving, and conflict resolution, which “employers look for in terms of so-called ‘21st-century skills’ or workforce skills, but also really the skills just anyone needs to be successful — both in school, but really, in life.”

HOMETOWN HERO: Delray Beach Nonprofit Dedicated to Helping Children Learn to Read, CBS 12 News (Florida)

At the Roots and Wings’ Project Uplift afterschool program in Delray Beach, Florida, third graders work closely with reading specialists to improve their reading skills. “We think the secret to the success of the program is that it's after school,” Roots and Wings founder Ted Hoskinson told CBS 12 News. “It’s in school, a safe place for the kids, taught by the teachers who know them best.” The afterschool program serves more than 1,000 students in 13 Palm Beach County elementary schools.

Iowa After School Program Empowers Young Girls Through Photography, KCCI (Iowa)

In Des Moines, Iowa, girls at the Butterfly Effect afterschool program are learning how to use a real camera, not a cellphone, to frame and capture pictures. “Get them away from Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Snapchat, you know, instant gratification, into a more thoughtful, artistic way to view the world,” local photographer Dan Troxell told KCCI. Troxell is partnering with the afterschool program, sharing his 200 cameras with the students and teaching them how to develop film and capture moments through a different lens.

After-School Care is Critical to Michigan’s Future Success, Leaders Say, Michigan Advance (Michigan)

At the Detroit Regional Chamber’s recent Mackinac Policy Conference, a panel of community leaders shared how afterschool programs enable parents to work, develop students as leaders, and strengthen communities. Panelists pointed to the need for more sustainable funding to scale investments, so all young people have access to opportunities after school. “I think we’re having a moment where we’re shifting the discussion from ‘That’s a family responsibility’ or ‘That’s a community only responsibility’ to saying, ‘Actually, this is infrastructure that matters intensely for the goals that we have as a state, for our talent goals,’” Michelle Richard, Acting Director of Michigan Department of Lifelong Education, Advancement, and Potential, told Michigan Advance.

Weekly Media Roundup: February 26, 2025

Discover How the Leaps After School Program is Transforming Lives at Harrison Elementary, News Channel 9 (Tennessee) At Harrison Elementary’s Leaps After School Program in Chattanooga, Tennessee, students are publishing a newspaper focusing on Black historical figures to be displayed...

BY: Magen Eissenstat      02/26/25

Weekly Media Roundup: February 19, 2025

Durham Teens Fight for After-School Program Funding Amid Youth Gun Violence: 'My Safe Space,' ABC 11 (North Carolina) In Durham, North Carolina, teenagers rallied together to urge Durham City Council members to increase funding for afterschool programs, sharing how critical these...

BY: Magen Eissenstat      02/19/25

Weekly Media Roundup: February 12, 2025

'He Invests His Own Money': After School Program Started by Pasco School Employee Still Going Strong, WFTS-TV (Florida) In the 1980s, Eugene Scott founded an afterschool program called This Is How We Do It to provide food, music, dance, mentorship and more to students in his Pasco County...

BY: Magen Eissenstat      02/12/25

Weekly Media Roundup: February 5, 2025

Claysburg-Kimmel Touts New Programs for Students, Altoona Mirror (Pennsylvania) Students at the Bulldog After-School Club in Claysburg, Pennsylvania are participating in new educational activities with a Beam mobile projector that transforms the center into an interactive visual playground. The...

BY: Magen Eissenstat      02/05/25

Weekly Media Roundup: January 29, 2025

Afterschool Program Introduces West Columbia Students to Technology, The Facts (Texas) Students at West Columbia Elementary in Texas are taking part in hands-on science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) activities in the new Robocatters afterschool program, which already has a long...

BY: Magen Eissenstat      01/29/25

Weekly Media Roundup: January 22, 2025

Another Year, Another Long Waitlist for BUSD After-School Program, Berkeleyside (California) Due to ongoing staffing shortages, more than 200 students are currently waitlisted for afterschool programs at Berkeley Unified School District. Parents in the district’s PTA Collaborative on...

BY: Magen Eissenstat      01/22/25

Weekly Media Roundup: January 15, 2025

New 4-H Program Will Bring STEAM to Area Students, KNEB (Nebraska) Students in rural Expanding Learning Opportunity programs in Nebraska are exploring aerospace, electronics, engineering, robotics and more thanks to a partnership with 4-H. The Think Make Create Lab is a six-by-12 mobile trailer...

BY: Magen Eissenstat      01/15/25

Weekly Media Roundup: January 8, 2025

Parks and Recreation Secures Grant to Bring Physical Activity Education to Youth in Afterschool Program, WBIW (Indiana) More than 50 students in the Banneker Afterschool program in Bloomington, Indiana are taking part in fun physical activities this year led by Indiana University School of...

BY: Magen Eissenstat      01/08/25

Weekly Media Roundup: December 18, 2024

Mason City YMCA Teaching Social and Emotional Skills to Kids, News-Press Now (Iowa) Students in the Mason City YMCA afterschool program in Iowa practice communication, emotional regulation, empathy and more in twice-weekly social and emotional learning sessions, learning, for instance, to take...

BY: Magen Eissenstat      12/18/24

Weekly Media Roundup: December 11, 2024

Usher Helps Cut Ribbon On New Content Studio at Metro Boys and Girls, WSB-TV (Georgia) This week, superstar Usher visited the Whitehead Boys & Girls Club in Atlanta, Georgia, to unveil a new content studio he donated featuring soundboards, mics, computers and other audio equipment. The...

BY: Magen Eissenstat      12/11/24