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19th Annual Lights On After School

Post author:CTAfterSchoolNetwork
Post published:October 4, 2018
Post category:Advocacy Events Featured Inspiration Leadership Programming Resources

Celebrate the 19th annual Lights On Afterschool Oct. 25, 2018! Launched in October 2000, Lights On Afterschool is the only nationwide event celebrating afterschool programs and their important role in the lives of…

Building Positive Staff Culture

Post author:Rose Dugas
Post published:July 6, 2018
Post category:Featured General Interest Inspiration Leadership
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I came across an article at Edutopia.com on building a positive staff culture. I thought back over my work lifetime and realized, as many people do, that there were some…

Teen Toddlers

Post author:Tiana Brown
Post published:May 22, 2018
Post category:Featured Inspiration Leadership Quality Resources Social-Emotional Learning
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If you are an 80’s baby, you probably played with a toy kitchen set. I did. When I was four years old, Santa brought me a kitchen set for Christmas.…

Why Summer Matters to Me

Post author:Sarah Motta
Post published:March 23, 2018
Post category:Advocacy Featured General Interest Inspiration Summer Learning

With spring just around the corner, I cannot help but think forward to the summer. The summer often gets glorified for students as a time full of fun in the…

Annual Art Contest

Post author:CTAfterSchoolNetwork
Post published:December 19, 2017
Post category:Contest Events Featured Inspiration Programming Quality

The Connecticut After School Network’s Annual Art Contest

“After School Builds Bright Tomorrows….”

This year we are doing a MURAL! Get your after school kids together and create a program mural; it can be by age group or whole program group.

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Happy Holidays!

Post author:CTAfterSchoolNetwork
Post published:December 15, 2017
Post category:General Interest Inspiration
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With the coming Holidays, I thought we would share just who celebrates the holidays during the month of December. Here is a calendar and a brief explanation of 14 different…

After School Survey

Post author:CTAfterSchoolNetwork
Post published:September 12, 2017
Post category:Conferences Inspiration Programming Quality Research

We need your help! The following survey will only take a few seconds...we promise! Our survey consists of only 5 questions and will be used later on during conference. Share…

Being Trauma Informed

Post author:CTAfterSchoolNetwork
Post published:August 31, 2017
Post category:Featured Inspiration Leadership Quality
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Remember when people asked children, "what's wrong with you"? We still do this. Rather we should be asking, "what happened to you". Childhood trauma is more common than we care…

Congratulations!

Post author:CTAfterSchoolNetwork
Post published:August 15, 2017
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The Connecticut After School Network wants to congratulate Mallory Deprey from the New Britain YWCA who was chosen in this year’s class of White Riley Peterson Fellows. She, along with…

What College Campuses can do for After-School Programs

Post author:Mark Fopeano, & Victoria Bosman
Post published:July 12, 2017
Post category:Featured Inspiration Leadership Programming Quality Research
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Victoria Bosman, AmeriCorps VISTA at Dwight Hall at Yale Mark Fopeano, Program Manager at Dwight Hall at Yale Our 8th grade students in the Jones-Zimmermann Academic Mentoring Program (J-Z AMP)…