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March 2011 Newsletter - Summer Edition |
Greetings After School professionals and advocates. Welcome to the “Summer" edition of the After School News. You may be wondering why we are putting out a summer themed newsletter in March. Aside from wanting to put this fierce winter behind us, we thought it would be a good idea to start thinking about summer events, opportunities and ideas to help you plan the most exciting summer programs possible. The warm weather is right around the corner. Soon the sounds of outdoor play and ice cream trucks will be a welcomed reality. So too will be the yearly excitement of summer programs in full swing! Happy reading.
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Enter our Faces of After School Art Contest Today! |
Faces of After School is a statewide after school art contest in which the many faces of after school come alive in artistic self-portraits! Children and youth participating in after school programs throughout Connecticut can enter the contest by creating self-portraits using any two-dimensional medium!
Many of the Faces of After School self-portraits will be on display in an art exhibit at the New Britain Museum of American Art, as well as in a virtual display on our Web site. All of the information, guidelines and even ideas for lesson plans on how to create a self portrait can be found here.
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Summer Learning Day is June 21! |
Now is the time to start planning for Summer 
Learning Day, the national advocacy day for the summer learning field. Across the country, summer learning advocates take time the week of June 21 to highlight how they maintain and advance participants' academic growth, support working families, keep children safe and healthy, and send young people back to school ready to learn.
Summer Learning Day celebrations span a wide range of activities, from distributing fruit pops along with information about an upcoming summer program to organizing a read-a-long book distribution or a service learning project.
For more information, visit www.summerlearning.org/sld.
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Announcing NIOST's Annual Summer Seminars |
This July, join the National Institute on Out-of-School Time (NIOST) in improving your after school program! Come and improve your skills and network with other youth-serving professionals from around the country at the 2011 NIOST Summer Seminars at the John Hancock Conference Center in Boston, MA.
Choose from two July 13-14th seminars and/or their July 11-12th seminars.
For more information on all seminars, to register, and for travel and tourist information for the Boston area, please visit www.NIOST.org.
Early bird rates through April 30, 2011. Group discounts available.
Download the brochure with all the information here.
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Mystic Seaport Offers Programs and Outreach |
By Sarah Cahill, Director of Education and Outreach, Mystic Seaport
Mystic Seaport is happy to share an opportunity for you and your programs. I bet many of you did not even know that Mystic Seaport does outreach programs where we come to you! AND we even have grant money available for those programs this year (yes, I did say grant money). Our outreach programs typically are one hour, one-time sessions (you can add another one-hour session on the same day at the same site, but these are not multiple week sessions just FYI). You can find out more about them at: www.mysticseaport.org/outreachprograms.
We also have grant funding available for guided educational tours here at the Seaport. You can find out more about those at www.mysticseaport.org/guidedtours.
Here’s how it works: if you are interested in having us come to do a program at your site, OR if you would like a guided tour here at the Seaport, send me an email (sarah.cahill@mysticseaport.org) explaining the percentage of students at your school/program who receive free/reduced price lunch. I will then take that percentage off of your total price.
Once pricing is determined, you can decide which program you would like and make “formal” reservations with our Central Reservations department: 860-572-5322 or reservations.desk@mysticseaport.org.
For more information on these and all of our educational programs, you can also download our full Education Brochure here.
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Curriculum Resource: Get Ready for Summer! |
Travel the world in your summer program!
All Over the World is a dynamic global literacy curriculum for upper elementary and middle school age youth.
The All Over the World curriculum features:
· A user-friendly facilitator's guide for summer and after school program staff, teachers, and educators desiring to bring global literacy into their program
· Twelve flexible session plans for 12 to 20 students
· Developmentally appropriate, hands-on activities that cater to various learning styles
· Expedition Exposition, a youth-led culminating event that allows participants to share their expertise with friends, family, and community members.
Buy the curriculum.
Train your staff with supplemental materials.
Members of the Network are entitled to rent out our latest athletic acquisition. Quick Start Tennis Kits contain everything you will need to start up your very own tennis program. If you choose to participate, all you need to do is commit to providing tennis instruction using the USTA Quick Start curriculum for five hours each week over a twelve week period. Kits can be picked up at either our Branford or Manchester offices. Kits are designed for indoor or outdoor use. A contract must be submitted before obtaining the kit. (Download contract here).
Each kit contains:
(3)Wilson US Open Junior Tennis Racquet 25 Inch
(5)Wilson US Open Junior Tennis Racquet 23 Inch
(2)Wilson US Open Junior Tennis Racquet 21 Inch
(1)Quick Start Tennis: A Guide for Parents and Recreational Coaches
(1)6-pack of Gamma Quick Kids 36 foam tennis balls.
(15)Quick Start 60 Orange Balls
(1)10 ft. Wilson Tennis Net |
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