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Weekly Media Roundup: September 11, 2024

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Weekly Media Roundup: September 11, 2024

Philadelphia Program Allows Students to Tap into Healing Power of Music, WHYY (Pennsylvania)

Students in afterschool programs across Philadelphia are expressing themselves and processing difficult emotions through songwriting thanks to Beyond The Bars, a local nonprofit. Matt Kerr founded the program in 2015 to bring music therapy to incarcerated teenagers, and now partners with afterschool programs at schools and community centers as well. “It’s such a natural means of expressing what’s hard to say,” Kerr told WHYY. “It’s one of the things that we can both do as self-expression and also communal expression.”

YWCA McLean County Offers Free Before and After-School Care to Sheridan Families, WGLT (Illinois)

Thanks to a $60,000 grant from the Illinois State Board of Education, YWCA McLean County is offering its Young Wonders Early Learning and Youth Development program at no cost to families at its Sheridan location.  “There’s just a higher population of low-income families [at Sheridan], and so this grant will give them the opportunity not only to get caught up on other bills that they have but also to receive free parent education,” Melissa Breeden, YWCA McLean County’s vice president of education and curriculum, told WGLT. The YMCA McLean County has five additional afterschool program sites and chose to direct the grant funding to the program with the greatest need for financial assistance.

DC Promotes More than 120 Free After-School Programs, WTOP News (District of Columbia)

Last weekend, parents and students in the District of Columbia gathered to explore more than 120 free afterschool programs made possible by $25 million in city funding for out-of-school time activities. Programs advertised offerings including poetry, break dancing, tutoring, football, entrepreneurship, African drumming, chess, podcasting, and more.  “Because I’m a parent, that is why I’m here. I need my daughter to know … what’s available to us to be able to get her a better education … I want her to be in the STEM [science, technology, engineering and math] programs, I want her to get into the arts,” Taseeta Samuel, parent of a fifth grader, told WTOP News.

Generous Grant Supports Grounds for Sculpture After-School Programs with Trenton and Hamilton Students, Trenton Daily (New Jersey)

With support from the John Ben Snow Memorial Trust, Grounds For Sculpture (GFS) will partner with three local organizations in New Jersey, enhancing their STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art and math) afterschool programs with a creative arts-based curriculum. “Through this partnership, our scholars have the opportunity to experience GFS’ art collection, practice and explore different crafts, and present their social justice capstone projects to the community on their beautiful grounds,” Natalie Tung, executive director of HomeWorks, told the Trenton Daily. In addition to HomeWorks, Grounds For Sculpture is also collaborating with the Hamilton YMCA and The Father Center of New Jersey.

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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

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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

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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....

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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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