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Weekly Media Roundup: May 1, 2024

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Weekly Media Roundup: May 1, 2024

A Clovis Mother Identifies a Critical Need: More After-School Child Care, The Fresno Bee (California)

In a recent guest column for the Fresno Bee, Noha Elbaz shared how post-pandemic staffing shortages at afterschool programs have impacted her family. Before COVID, her family benefited from comprehensive out-of-school time programming offered by the Clovis Unified School District. “Post-pandemic, it’s been a different story. There are fewer locations, fewer spots in each location, four days a week instead of five for the limited summer weeks, more scheduled days off, and higher prices,” Elbaz writes. She advocates for higher wages for afterschool providers so districts can recruit and retain the staff needed to provide quality programs for all students.

Cities and Schools See New Opportunities to Partner on Child Care With State Grants, South Dakota Searchlight

Across South Dakota, 13 communities are receiving $3.7 million from the Governor’s Office of Economic Development to increase access to quality, affordable child care. In rural Gregory County, which didn’t previously have any licensed afterschool programs, the funding will enable child care providers to partner with school campuses to provide afterschool programming for up to 90 students. “I don’t think families here understand how much they’ve rearranged their lives to accommodate the lack of after-school care,” Burke Business Promotion Council President Kelsea Sutton told the South Dakota Searchlight. “Whether that’s a grandparent reducing their work hours to take care of their grandkids after school, a parent doing that, or even a family making not the best or safest decision so they can have a full work day.”

Liberty City After-School Activity Center Changes Lives of Those They Serve, CBS News Miami (Florida)

In response to its community’s needs, the Multi-Ethnic Youth Group Association (MEYGA) Learning Center in Liberty City, Florida, has expanded its afterschool program to include remedial learning opportunities for students struggling in a traditional school setting. “To have a person, a mentor, that looks like you, that comes from the community and knows the struggle, it makes everything a little bit different,” MEYGA Learning Center founder and longtime Liberty City resident Samantha Quarterman told CBS News Miami. MEYGA provides financial, educational, and family support services to Liberty City residents in need.

Kids Klub Staff Recognizes After School Professionals Week, KNOP (Nebraska)

In honor of Afterschool Professionals Week, Kids Klub Director Carrie Lienemann is celebrating the organization’s staff at its seven 21st Century Community Learning Centers. “Twenty-two years ago, before I worked here, people had a vision and there were 21st Century federal grants that had become available to start after school programs. Nobody really knew what that was and so we started with a little grant. We were in four elementary schools and we have just grown since then,” Lienemann told KNOP. Kids Klub currently works with 32 community partners to offer engaging activities that focus on education, fitness, and nutrition.

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