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Weekly Media Roundup: May 19, 2021

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Weekly Media Roundup: May 19, 2021

New Website Helps Parents Find Summer Learning Opportunities for Children, Maui Now (Hawaii)

To assist parents with their search for available summer learning programs, the Hawai’i Afterschool Alliance launched its Summer 2021 website, an interactive map with listings of opportunities and enrollment information. “After this past year, we have so much ground we need to make up – academically, socially, emotionally, physically and more,” Paula Adams, the executive director of the Hawai’i Afterschool Alliance and an Afterschool Alliance Afterschool Ambassador, told Maui Now. “Summer learning programs are an ideal solution, creating fun educational and enrichment activities with plenty of time to engage with friends and adults.”

Wanted in Dallas ISD: 1,800 tutors to help students catch up after COVID-19 disruptions, Dallas Morning News (Texas)

This fall, the Dallas Independent School District plans to offer free afterschool programs at 61 of its schools. Each school will have the flexibility to plan programs that meet students’ needs and interests, including tutoring hubs, athletics and art. “It’s going to help us significantly with learning loss and that’s really our biggest objective,” Superintendent Michael Hinojosa told the Dallas Morning News. The district also plans to hire additional tutors to work with students during the school day.

Why Summer Learning Programs Are Pushing More Fun Than Academics, EdSurge

Across the country, school districts and nonprofit partners are designing exciting, engaging summer learning programs to boost students’ confidence, help them explore new interests, and support them academically and emotionally as they recover from the pandemic. In San Diego, students may learn songwriting or design a geocache scavenger hunt for the zoo. In Pittsburgh, they may create podcasts or try robotics.  “If we can help our students get back to feeling good about themselves, feeling good about school, good about learning, that will probably be the most important support that we can create for them in order to accelerate their academics,” Richard Barrera, president of the San Diego Unified school board, told EdSurge. “We're not just creating this program because we had a pandemic. Students should have had these programs for the last 40 years and they should have them going forward for the next 40.”

Wren Center Staff, B&GC of Central Carolina Make big changes, Sacrifices During Pandemic, Chatham News Record (North Carolina)

With just three staff members, the Boys & Girls Club Wren Family Center in Siler City, North Carolina has overcome numerous challenges to continue meeting students’ holistic needs throughout the pandemic. First, the afterschool program pivoted to virtual programming, and then it transformed into a safe, enriching space where students could do remote learning. Staff served free meals, helped students with schoolwork, kept them engaged with fun activities such as tie-dying, sewing, and smoothie making, and supported them emotionally as they coped with the stresses of the pandemic, police brutality and more. “When I was home all day, I felt like I was in a cage,” a fifth grader named Jaysa told the Chatham News Record. “But when I came here, even with my mask on, I felt like I was free to just be me."

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