Our kids are not ok. We must tap tried-and-true solutions like afterschool. Experts have declared children’s mental health “a national emergency,” citing lockdowns, school closures, and other unprecedented challenges related to the pandemic. Young people are experiencing more anxiety, depression, anger, fear, hostility, and aggression. ER visits for teen suicide attempts have dramatically increased. Children […]
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Million Girls Moonshot needs your help! Million Girls Moonshot is asking afterschool and summer programs statewide to share information about their programming to help increase the quality of STEM learning opportunities for all young people. Everyone who responds will be entered into a drawing to win one of ten $100 Visa gift cards. Take the […]
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Welcome back to this week’s segment of After School Tea Time! Get your tea cups ready because we have more to spill this week! Keep your questions coming because you could be helping someone who has similar questions! Question from New Haven County- We recently hired a new staff person, and we are having some […]
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Georgia Statewide Afterschool Network Mental Health Toolkit Mental health is in the spotlight this year for State Legislators. Georgia has created a Mental Health Toolkit to serve as a tool to help afterschool providers better understand mental health within their programs. Through the tools available, providers learn ways to see, observe, and recognize the ways […]
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Our Feel Good Friday blog gives us an inside to learning more about the Network staff! Here is what is making us feel good lately! We look forward to sharing our small blurbs and hope you do too. Comment or share what you think…would you like to be included? Send your feel-good moment to Marla […]
Read More Welcome back to this week’s segment of After School Tea Time! Get your tea cups ready because we have more to spill this week! Keep your questions coming because you could be helping someone who has similar questions! Question from Fairfield County- From your years of experience in the field, what would you say are […]
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Our Feel Good Friday blog gives us an inside to learning more about the Network staff! Here is what is making us feel good lately! We look forward to sharing our small blurbs and hope you do too. Comment or share what you think…would you like to be included? Send your feel-good moment to Marla […]
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Hello there sky gazers! The weather seems to be holding out this Spring. But do not worry, there is still plenty to see in May…if the clouds let up of course.
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NOAA Ocean Service Education recently announced several new Ocean Literacy resources: Ocean Literacy Guide,The Handbook for Increasing Ocean Literacy,Ocean Literacy Scope and Sequence for Grades K–12,Alignment of Ocean Literacy to the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) You can access all of these resources as well as the Climate Literacy Essential Principles in English and in Spanish […]
Read More Welcome back to this week’s segment of After School Tea Time! Get your tea cups ready because we have more to spill this week! Keep your questions coming because you could be helping someone who has similar questions! Question from New Haven County- Are there any resources for summer programming? We want to incorporate some […]
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