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Weekly Media Roundup: October 2, 2024

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Weekly Media Roundup: October 2, 2024

Minneapolis, St. Paul Educators Rally as Pandemic-Era Funding for Arts, After-School Programs Dries Up, WCCO-TV (Minnesota)

As federal COVID relief funding winds down, parents, educators and lawmakers rallied at Adams Immersion Elementary School in St. Paul to call on lawmakers to prevent drastic cuts to afterschool programs and other critical supports. “We cannot afford for funding to fall back to pre-pandemic levels. We know if school funding increases, academic outcomes improve," U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar told WCCO-TV. St. Paul Public Schools received more than $200 million in pandemic funding.

Sprouting Readers Afterschool Program Promotes Literacy and Well-Being, RoughDraft Atlanta (Georgia)

At the Sprouting Readers afterschool program in Atlanta, students in kindergarten through third grade benefit from small-group literacy tutoring led by students from Emory University. The program, which also includes healthy snacks and nutrition education, was created to boost literacy rates and address food insecurity in under-resourced communities. “We can always use more general operating funds to expand,” Joan Wilson, Assistant Director of the Emory University School of Medicine, Urban Health Initiative, told RoughDraft Atlanta .“We just started working with children in refugee families at the Clarkston Community Center. More general operating funds would help us when new opportunities like this happen. Reading just opens so many doors for children.”

New NASA After School Program Engages Students With STEM Learning, WDTV 5 (West Virginia)

Thanks to a new partnership between NASA and 21st Century Community Learning Centers, about 1,000 students across 10 states will benefit from expanded STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) activities at their afterschool programs. The programming will focus on real-world problem solving and hands-on learning. “Students across the country are going to be getting a whole lot more opportunity now to try science and space programs now with the start of this collaboration,” Cindy Marten, U.S. Deputy Secretary of Education, told WDTV. “They’re building airplanes, they’re looking at aerodynamics. And a partnership with NASA is incredible for kids to actually get to see what it’s like to work in the sciences field.”

NAACP Awards: 'I'm being honored for something I love, love love love to do', The News-Gazette (Illinois)

Ten years ago, Angel Johnson created Angel’s Youth Center in Champaign, Illinois to help students stay safe from gun violence, succeed in school and reach their career goals. Today, the afterschool program offers tutoring, financial literacy, cooking, and career exploration, including guest speakers ranging from a local radio host to a heart surgeon. Last weekend, NAACP Champaign County honored Johnson with its Community Outreach Award. “When the NAACP said we want to honor you for all the hard work you’ve done in this community with these youth, it hit me. My dream came true,” Johnson told the News-Gazette. “I love youth. My dream came true, right, because I’m being honored for something I love, love love love to do.”

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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

Weekly Media Roundup: December 4, 2024

New Program Helps Connect Older Kids to Valuable Activities, Pigeon 605 (South Dakota) Through Sioux Falls Thrive’s new Youth Connect website, parents can explore afterschool programs available in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.  “Our goal is to make it super-easy for families, kids...

BY: Magen Eissenstat      12/04/24

Weekly Media Roundup: November 27, 2024

Detroit After-School Program Mentoring Children Through Art, Music Looking to Expand, WDIV (Michigan) At the New City Kids afterschool program in Detroit, teen mentors inspire younger students to pursue music, dance, and the arts while also providing homework assistance. The teen mentors...

BY: Magen Eissenstat      11/27/24

Weekly Media Roundup: November 20, 2024

After-School Program Opens in Lewis County for the First Time in Years, WDTV 5 (West Virginia) Thanks to a partnership between the City of Weston and AmeriCorps, students at Robert L. Bland Middle School in West Virginia will take part in a comprehensive afterschool program this year....

BY: Magen Eissenstat      11/20/24

Weekly Media Roundup: November 13, 2024

Flower City Arts Center Empowers Students to Share Stories Through Photography, Spectrum News 1 (New York) Through photography, sculpture, and painting, the afterschool program at the Flower City Arts Center in Rochester, New York is empowering middle and high schoolers to express themselves...

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