Curbing Summer Learning Loss & Keeping Youth Safe!
Summer vacation provides youth a much needed period of relaxation and recreational freedom before the next academic year. However, what is intended to be a few months of revitalization often…
Are your pool’s lifeguards up to the job?
Do you take your kids to the water in the summer?
Eight ways to know if your lifeguards are up to the job—and are being given the support they need. Here’s the full article from Slate.com: http://slate.me/1KZ8xfI
The two minutes you spend reading this could save a life! (more…)
If you or your kids will go in the water this summer, please read this
Drowning Doesn’t Look Like Drowning
In many child drownings, adults are nearby but have no idea the victim is dying. Here’s what to look for from Slate.com: http://slate.me/Zqm3k9
The two minutes you spend reading this could save a life! (more…)
Super Summer …… Five ways your community can #KeepKidsLearning
How would our communities look, feel and achieve differently if every child, not just those with means, had a place to eat and a way to keep learning over the…
Summer Staff Kick-Off
Most of you are familiar with our Summer Staff Kickoff. The Summer Staff Kick-Off is designed to provide program staff with tools that will help make their jobs easier and…
Summer Program Tips, Strategies & Activities
Full of articles, tips and strategies edited from 20 years of School-Age NOTES newsletters, this easy-to-use resource covers the planning steps from January to May and the programming approaches from field trips to themes. (more…)
Professional Development Catalog 2015-16
We are excited to share our newly developed 2015-16 Professional Development Catalog. This one stop resource lays out an entire year of professional development offerings for after school directors, supervisors,…
Lights on Afterschool is Coming!!
REGISTER YOUR LIGHTS ON AFTERSCHOOL EVENT TODAY On October 22nd, communities across the country will come together for Lights on Afterschool, the only nationwide celebration of afterschool. If you are…
U.S. Capitol Building
More Connecticut Support Needed for Afterschool in the Every Child Achieves Act
Local voice matters...I recently looked over the signatories of a letter that is going to Congress about after school. As I looked down the list, after Arkansas and California's large…
If you’re ever going to be near water this summer, please read this
Drowning Doesn’t Look Like Drowning
In many child drownings, adults are nearby but have no idea the victim is dying. Here’s what to look for from Slate.com: http://slate.me/Zqm3k9
The two minutes you spend reading this could save a life! (more…)