Archives:

Select:

Weekly Media Roundup: March 16, 2016

READ FULL STORY

Weekly Media Roundup: March 16, 2016

After-School Club in Mitchell Lends Focus to Entrepreneurship (Scottsbluff Star-Herald, Nebraska)

Students are learning what it takes to be an entrepreneur and run their own business in EntrepreneurShip Investigation (ESI), an afterschool club for fifth through seventh graders. The club supports kids who come up with business ideas and coaches them through developing and supplying a product, which they then sell at an expo at Mitchell Elementary School in May. The club also features guest speakers who talk about their experience owning a business. “I think this club gives them a heads-up on what opportunities they can create for themselves in the future,” fourth grade teacher Michelle Engstrom told the Star-Herald.

Next Stop, Mars: Flying with NASA (Daily Independent, California)

A group of fourth and fifth grade students in the High Desert Leapin’ Lizards afterschool program may be the first people to set foot on Mars in 2030 – at least NASA education specialist David Alexander thinks so. Alexander held a teleconference with kids in the program last week where they discussed the details of NASA’s space shuttle program and some of the basic physics involved in sending people to Mars, planting the seed in their minds that one day they could be astronauts too, according to the Daily Independent.

Campbell Students Learn by Building Bicycles (Cincinnati Enquirer, Ohio)

Students in Campbell County Middle School’s Club 21 are learning important science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) skills by building bicycles from scratch and creating objects on a 3-D printer after school. Kids in the club will work with volunteer mentors—including a police officer, a teacher and a counselor—to put together their bicycles over the next ten weeks. “I think these kids learn not only the ins and outs of putting a bike together, but following instructions and patience,” CCMS counselor and club mentor Kelly Crowley told the Cincinnati Enquirer. The STEM clubs are part of the Greater Cincinnati STEM Collaborative.

Elementary School Robotics Team Beats Middle School Students (Grand Traverse Herald, Michigan)

A team of elementary schoolers from Long Lake Elementary are heading to Louisville, Kentucky next month to compete in the world championship VEX robotics competition after besting a number of middle school teams at a state-level competition. The RoboRunners team meets regularly after school to design their robots for competition, learning a host of important STEM and life skills along the way, from computer programming to teamwork. Most importantly, it’s a fun and engaging way for kids to spend their after school hours, according to ten-year-old Valerie Marinello, whose mom initially signed her up for the club. “I’m so glad she signed me up because I’m having so much fun and I love being on robotics,” she told the Grand Traverse Herald

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