2/5 TRAINING POSTPONED DUE TO SNOW

FIRST FRIDAYS – ESSENTIALS OF GRANT WRITING – WILL BE RESCHEDULED The Connecticut After School Network First Friday training on the Essentials of Grant Writing which had been scheduled for tomorrow, Friday, February 5 is postponed because of the impending snow storm. Weather experts have just increased the expected amount of snow accumulation for tomorrow morning […]

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Upcoming Free PD from Mystic Seaport

UPCOMING FREE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SESSIONS, NEWLY DESIGNED WEBSITE FOR TEACHERS, AND RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP OPPORTUNITY FROM MYSTIC SEAPORT! The Historian as a Detective with Dr. Elysa Engelman Wednesday, February 10, 4-6 pm The world around us is filled with primary source material and clues about the past. It’s also filled with legends and stories that may […]

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Is Snow Safe to Eat?

WATCH OUT WHERE THE HUSKIES GO AN’ DON’T YOU EAT THAT YELLOW SNOW WATCH OUT WHERE THE HUSKIES GO AN’ DON’T YOU EAT THAT YELLOW SNOW Frank Zappa So the questions is, “can I eat snow that isn’t yellow, or brown, or anything but white”. The answer?  Well, yes and no.  A lot of it […]

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STEM Learning Webinar

STEM Learning 2016: Collaboration, Communications and Curriculum to increase opportunities for young people  – Welcome to the future of STEM Learning, where new opportunities in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics learning for youth happen across communities both in and out of school. The webinar will highlight what’s coming in the STEM learning sphere in 2016, […]

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Discovering Great Artists

“Discovering Great Artists” has 75 great artists featured in 110 amazingly fun and unique quality art appreciation activities for children.

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5 Things to Know About Boys

I received a newsletter from the website: childtrends.org which piqued my interest considering it is a much talked about subject in my family.  Basically we ask, “what the heck is going on with boys”.  Well Child Trends took a stab at it and analyzed a 2010-2011 National Survey of Children’s Health and supplemented the data […]

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Saying Goodbye

This month one of our staff retired.  We fondly (behind her back) referred to her as one of our founding mothers. Sue Krampitz was our office manager.  She was a whiz bang at it also.  You didn’t get away with not submitting your receipts or making small mistakes in your timesheet.  She is and was […]

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Upcoming Workshop Opportunites

First Fridays – Essentials of Grant Writing Date:  February 5, 2016 Time:  10:00 – 12:00pm Location:  CASN Office, Building 1, Hartford Looking for funding to support your after school or summer program? How do you identify potential funders and develop your idea into a proposal and budget? We will discuss ways to make your case more […]

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Incorporating Restorative Justice in Afterschool Settings Webinar

Join the The Rhode Island Statewide Afterschool Network as they host this month’s webinar. Incorporating Restorative Justice in Afterschool Settings – What is restorative justice? How is incorporating restorative justice techniques into afterschool programming empower students to resolve their conflicts as a community? The Rhode Island Statewide Afterschool Network and Youth in Action, an organization based […]

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Superheroes Unmasked

Everyone has a superhero within. Superheroes Unmasked empowers children to learn from the inside out.

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