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Weekly Media Roundup: May 16, 2018

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Weekly Media Roundup: May 16, 2018

After School Club Teaches Students Patience and Discipline (Tapinto.net, New Jersey)

The Korean martial art of Kumdo has made its way to a Camden afterschool program. Kipp Lanning Square Middle School students learn a lot more than simple fighting tactics from their sparring sessions – Kumdo also helps teach youths discipline, persistence, and patience. Matt George, P.E. instructor at KLMS, explained to Tapinto.net that the role of instructors is to “really harp on values, and how to have patience, and how to show grit — all those types of things.”

Hundreds Gather at the State Capitol to Protect After-School Programs (KTXL, California)

This week, hundreds of Californians rallied at the State Capitol to ensure that children continue to benefit from afterschool programs that serve roughly 860,000 students across the state. According to advocates, proposed federal budget cuts threaten to rob the state government of the funding it needs to keep these programs afloat. But students, advocates, and state lawmakers alike were determined to ensure that the doors to California’s afterschool programs remain open. “We have hope that some way, somehow we will get the money,” afterschool program advocate Nathan Houston told KTXL.

Lincoln-Douglas Students Learn About Art – and Life (Herald-Whig, Illinois)

At Lincoln Douglas Elementary School, art and culture collide in an hour-long afterschool program run by a local museum. Every week, children get to paint, draw or color in the style of a new famous artist from history, from Leonardo da Vinci to Henri Rousseau. The program allows children to explore both their critical thinking and creative skills while building relationships with their classmates. Second-grader Olivia summed up why she loves the program to the Herald-Whig: “My favorite thing to do is art. It helps me make friends.”

Bronx School Uses ‘Kid Rock’ After-School Program to Share Lessons About Foster Care (WPIX, New York)

The afterschool program Haven Kids Rock at Mott Haven Academy in the South Bronx gives a voice to the voiceless through music and drama. The music program is putting on an upcoming original show, “Unstoppable, the Musical,” that will explore the diverse stories of foster children, who make up more than a third of the school’s population. The program has allowed Mott Haven students to learn more about diversity, inclusion and empathy than they ever could in a classroom. “It’s a good way to see nothing’s impossible, you lost your parent, but you can still dream,” ninth grader Marangelic Glasthal told WPIX.

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

Weekly Media Roundup: January 10, 2024

Glendale Middle School Coach Who Inspires All Gifted With Dream Team Surprise, Fox 13 (Utah) This week, Fox 13’s “Dream Team” in Salt Lake City surprised Glendale Middle School physical education teacher, coach and afterschool program director Lucas Tucker at a school assembly...

BY: Magen Eissenstat      01/10/24

Weekly Media Roundup: January 3, 2024

Robbinsville Extended Day Program is Much More than Childcare, Communitynews.org (New Jersey) At the Sharon Elementary School’s Robbinsville Extended Day (RED) program in New Jersey, students take part in yoga, financial literacy courses, robotics, cooking classes, sign language...

BY: Magen Eissenstat      01/03/24

Weekly Media Roundup: December 20, 2023

Numerous Metro Detroit Before- and After-School Programs to Receive Portion of $50M MiLEAP Grant, WXYZ (Michigan) Thanks to $50 million in grants from the Michigan Department of Lifelong Education, Advancement, and Potential (MiLEAP), 67,000 Michigan students will be able to attend...

BY: Magen Eissenstat      12/20/23

Weekly Media Roundup: December 13, 2023

Federal Grant Helps Restart University of Tulsa Partnership With Kendall-Whittier Elementary, Tulsa World (Oklahoma) Thanks to a 21st Century Community Learning Centers grant, college students from the University of Tulsa will once again help lead the Youth Scholars afterschool program at...

BY: Magen Eissenstat      12/13/23

Weekly Media Roundup: December 6, 2023

Wakeman Boys & Girls Club's Financial Literacy Program Aims to Give Bridgeport Teens Life Skills, The Register Citizen (Connecticut) Teens in Bridgeport, Connecticut will learn about credit cards, loans, budgeting, college financial planning and more as part of Wakeman Boys & Girls...

BY: Magen Eissenstat      12/06/23

Weekly Media Roundup: November 29, 2023

Tackling Absenteeism: Kalamazoo Schools and Community Programs Unite to Keep Students Engaged, WWMT (Michigan) With absenteeism at a historic high of 27 percent in 2022, Kalamazoo Public Schools in Michigan are working with local afterschool programs to develop relationships, improve attendance,...

BY: Magen Eissenstat      11/29/23

Weekly Media Roundup: November 22, 2023

Bend Park District Helps Student Workers with College Tuition, The Bulletin (Oregon) At Bend Park and Recreation District’s Kids Inc. afterschool program, college students from Central Oregon Community College (COCC) and Oregon State University-Cascades are leading STEAM (science,...

BY: Charlotte Steinecke      11/22/23