Date: Oct 16, 2015 Location: New Britain YWCA, 19 Franklin Square, New Britain, CT (Free parking is available on premises) Time: 9:30 AM - 12:00 PM Waterbury Grantees 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM - APT overview New Britain Grantees 10:30 AM  - 12:00 PM Please make sure you choose your...

INTRODUCING ...to this Fall's After School Conference....Leslie Beller, your INTERACTIVE keynote speaker and founder of MHA Labs. (Means and Measure of Human Achievement) You will find her engaging and insightful; a speaker who practices what she preaches. In her hands-on workshop you will work in teams to create skill-building activities...

The CT After School Network is so proud of our own Ken Anthony, who recently completed his Doctorate in Education at the University of Hartford.  His innovative research explores school-afterschool partnerships and identified ways to increase collaboration that help support children's learning experiences, and it's already turning heads! In fact, Ken...

Poison ivy, the plant we love to hate.  How much do you know about it?  Could you identify it?  What makes it "poison"?  What happens when you get the oil (urushiol) on you skin or clothes? How do you treat it? The effects of poison ivy go back ages but...

Innovative STEM programming is a great way to start the new school year!  Through My Window is free multimedia curriculum that combines engineering, technology, literacy, and arts for children and young teens in grades 4-8! The Through My Window learning environment (throughmywindow.org) includes the STEM mystery novel Talk to Me; online...

So welcome back.  It's been a very quiet summer.  Recently I heard a program on NPR about pupil shape.  You know, those dark holes in the center of your eyes.  They open up when it's dark and they shrink when it's bright.  Bet you never thought about the shape of...

Connecticut After School Network is switching it up! Now offering... First Fridays On the first Friday of each month, after school educators come together with content experts in a friendly and engaging conversation about one key area of after school program quality.  Explore tools and strategies, try new activities and...

Calling for exhibitors, advertisement and bag stuffers for our 2015 Fall Annual Conference Click here to access application.

Inspiring Greatness in Education Inspiring Greatness in Education describes the 21st Century Schools program (21C), a whole-school reform model developed by Edward Zigler over 20 years ago and since then has been in a constant state of testing, implementation, and scaling up. (more…)