Welcome to our new blog Feel Good Friday! Aa an expansion to our Happy posts, we wanted to share more than what we are feeling happy for. Many things can contribute to happiness. Happiness in itself is a state of contentment; it is more long-lived than joy or pleasure. On the other hand, happiness can […]
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Welcome back to this week’s segment of After School Tea Time! Get your teacups 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 Middlesex County- In our program the children take turns reading every day from a book that […]
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 – There was recently an incident in our program where a child made […]
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Calling program leaders and staff! The American Institutes for Research (AIR) is developing a readiness survey and reflection toolkit that will help afterschool, summer, and other out-of-school time (OST) program leaders and staff understand how ready they are for new initiatives or changes. AIR is currently piloting the survey with a focus on social and […]
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 – Recently in our program we had a situation where a child […]
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In Case you didn’t know… An updated landing page has been launched with important information on the Project COVID DeteCT program. The Connecticut Department of Public Health (DPH), along with the Connecticut State Department of Education (CSDE), is offering FREE weekly COVID-19 screening testing to ALL PK-12 public and private schools through the Project COVID DeteCT testing program. Weekly screening […]
Read More Welcome back to After School Tea Time! Keep those questions coming because you never know who you could be helping. Grab a seat and get your teacups ready for this week’s question! Question from Fairfield County – In our program there has recently been an increase of children who are feeling upset and anxious about […]
Read More Welcome back to this week’s segment of After School Teatime! We’ve been receiving many questions about pandemic-related situations, and we want to let you know we are here to support you with advice in any way we can! Keep those questions coming in because you never know who else you might be helping out by […]
Read More Welcome back to After School Tea Time! We hope that you had an amazing holiday break. We are looking forward to spilling more tea with you this year and getting your questions answered. Get your teacups ready because you won’t want to miss out! Question from Fairfield County – “My child’s program just went virtual […]
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In support of January Mentoring Month, Million Women Mentors-CT & The Connecticut Afterschool Alliance invite you to attend this Virtual Coffee event about STEM Pathways. Virtual Coffee about STEM PathwaysWed. Jan. 12, 9:3010:30 am Learn about current and upcoming statewide programs for increasing career path awareness and exposure to STEM futures. Moderated by MWM CT […]
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