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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.”

Weekly Media Roundup: October 9, 2024

What Do Teens Do After School? Utica Hoping They'll Head to Parkway Recreation Center, Utica Observer Dispatch (New York) This fall, Parkway Recreation Center in Utica, New York will open a free afterschool program for teenagers, providing them a safe space to engage in leadership...

BY: Magen Eissenstat      10/09/24

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...

BY: Magen Eissenstat      10/02/24

Weekly Media Roundup: September 25, 2024

Beaufort County Innovative Afterschool Program Lands $2.3M Grant from Coastal Community Foundation, Post and Courier (South Carolina) Thanks to a $2.3 million Catalyst Grant, the largest ever awarded by the Coastal Community Foundation, the UNITED (Uniting Neighbors for Instructional...

BY: Magen Eissenstat      09/25/24

Weekly Media Roundup: September 18, 2024

In Visit to Detroit, Usher Praises Boys & Girls Club After-School Programs, Detroit Free Press (Michigan) Last week, R&B artist Usher held “Usher’s Club Takeover” at the Boys & Girls Club of Southeastern Michigan in Detroit. At the two-day event, more than 1,500...

BY: Magen Eissenstat      09/18/24

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...

BY: Magen Eissenstat      09/11/24

Weekly Media Roundup: September 4, 2024

Edwardsburg Launches Before and After School Care Program on First Day of Classes, WNDU (Michigan) Camp Fire River Bend is opening a new before-school and afterschool program for students in kindergarten through fifth grade in Edwardsburg, Michigan, and it already has a waitlist....

BY: Magen Eissenstat      09/04/24

Weekly Media Roundup: August 28, 2024

Anonymous Donor Saves Troy After-School Program, News 10 (New York) For 45 years, the Ark has provided a safe, enriching afterschool program for students in Troy, New York. But when the program lost a grant that covered 90 percent of its budget, Executive Director Penny Holmes worried it would...

BY: Magen Eissenstat      08/28/24

Weekly Media Roundup: August 21, 2024

Madison Out-of-School Time (MOST) to Recognize Outstanding Youth Workers for Their Dedication and Creativity Supporting Youth, Madison 365 (Wisconsin) Next week, Madison, Wisconsin Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway will honor 11 afterschool staff members as Madison-area Out-of-School Time (MOST)...

BY: Magen Eissenstat      08/21/24

Weekly Media Roundup: August 14, 2024

Virginia Designates Additional Aid for At-Risk Students, Virginia Mercury (Virginia) Beginning this fall, Virginia schools will have an additional $180 million per year to support at-risk students. A 2023 study found that Virginia provided less state funding for at-risk students than the...

BY: Magen Eissenstat      08/14/24

Weekly Media Roundup: August 7, 2024

Chicago Touts After-School Program Growth But Cuts Funding, Chalkbeat Weeks before the school year begins, many Chicago afterschool programs are facing dramatic funding cuts as federal COVID funds wind down and Chicago Public Schools is allocating fewer resources to out-of-school time programs....

BY: Magen Eissenstat      08/07/24