STEM Beyond the School Day

Thinking Like Engineers We’re starting a new series focused on STEM Learning (Science Technology Engineering & Math) in out of school time programming. 

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Million Girls Moonshot Blog 1

A three-part webinar series presented by Dr. Christine Cunningham & Shannon McManus

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Connecticut After School Helpline

We are introducing our newest resource –The Network Afterschool Helpline!  

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American Democracy Game Makes Learning Civics Fun

The National Conference of State Legislators is sharing one of their newer relaunched features which is called The American Democracy Game. This game is meant to be a way for children in middle school to put themselves in shoes of a lawmaker and find out what it is like to deal with public policy issues.

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Creating Culture in a Cafeteria Classroom – A COVID19 Consideration

Mask Break Bags As the 20/21 school year started, I reflected on our 2020 summer program. I am thankful that I made it through camp without showing any COVID19 symptoms. You could say it was a matter of luck because (unfortunately) several summer programs we heard about in the news were not as lucky, but […]

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Visual Cues – COVID Protocols for Schools

As we look forward to the coming school year we know that providing our staff and the children in our programs with clear guidance and structure is going to be the key to keeping everyone safe.  Verbal cues and discussion will be helpful but clear visuals will be key in helping everyone succeed.  The following […]

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CSDE Launches CT Learning Hub

Provides All Students Access to Free High Quality, High Impact Resources to Accelerate Learning and Advance Equity The Connecticut State Department of Education (CSDE) today announced the launch of the CT Learning Hub, a free centralized platform to provide students, teachers, and families with universally available, multilingual, quality content in order to advance equitable access […]

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Resources for Anti-Racism and Equity Education

The 50 State Afterschool Networks have put together an initial list of anti-racism and equity teaching resources. Please feel free to download it and share as you wish. The document is set up as a Google spreadsheet with descriptions and live links to various sites, and is sorted into four categories: – Resources for Providers […]

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A COVID Summer — Program Planning

The Connecticut After School Network held its first Summer Planning Roundtable on May 21st with over 80 people attending virtually. As expected, many questions were discussed in 5 distinct areas (Activities, Funding, Logistics, Guidance, and Safety). Please see our Q & A here: Link to Google Sheet – Click here – Read Only). If you […]

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Choose Love

Are you feeling kind of grumpy and out of sorts; working hard to keep yourself motivated and moving?  This website might help.  It was created by a mother of a Sandy Hook child who died but left a loving message for his mother.  She took this message to heart and created a website in his […]

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