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Weekly Media Roundup: July 2, 2025

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Weekly Media Roundup: May 7, 2025

Opinion: We Need Heroes. Alaska After-School Programs Are Full of Them., Anchorage Daily News (Alaska) In a recent guest column in the Anchorage Daily News, Alaska Afterschool Network Executive...

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Weekly Media Roundup: April 23, 2025

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Weekly Media Roundup: April 16, 2025

Students Run Their Own Small Businesses at Kid Biz Market Event in Peoria, Arizona Republic (Arizona) At a student-run market in Peoria, Arizona, elementary and middle school students from the Kid...

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Weekly Media Roundup: April 9, 2025

P.S. 125 Community Continues to Petition for Funding, Months After Losing Free After-School Program, Columbia Spectator (New York) After losing funding for its afterschool program, Ralph Bunche...

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Weekly Media Roundup: April 2, 2025

What Happens When Kids Get Time Off and Parents Don’t?, Vox Each year during schools’ spring breaks, many afterschool programs provide free or low-cost day camps that “reinforce...

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Weekly Media Roundup: March 26, 2025

BUSD layoffs: Families Fear Afterschool Cuts Will Further Cripple Understaffed Program, BerkeleySide (California) More than 100 parents came to a recent Berkeley City Council meeting to urge...

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Weekly Media Roundup: March 12, 2025

Grant Will Help Pathways/Senderos Center Upgrade Tech for Youth Programs, New Britain Herald (Connecticut) Thanks to a grant from the American Savings Foundation, the Pathways/Senderos Center in...

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Weekly Media Roundup: March 5, 2025

YMCA, Rotary Club Partner to Launch Anti-Bullying Program, Kansas City Star (Missouri) In St. Joseph, Missouri, the Rotary Club is partnering with the YMCA to offer an anti-bullying afterschool...

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