The State of Afterschool
Allegheny Partners for Out-of-School Time has released three reports analyzing afterschool school in Allegheny County. These findings have introduced afterschool and out-of-school time community members to trends and developments surrounding participation, parents thoughts, funding, and future directions in quality out-of-school time. It was found that afterschool participation in Allegheny County is higher than both Pennsylvania and the national average with nearly 3 in 10 children in Allegheny County (28 percent) participate in an afterschool program. This is 11 percentage points higher than Pennsylvania (17 percent) and 10 percentage points higher than the national average (18 percent). Two other important discoveries were that out-of-school time is commonly available for ages 5-12, but less available for 13-19 year-olds and Allegheny County out-of-school time programs serve 28% of Allegheny County's school-age population.
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America After 3PM
More and more, parents understand the benefits of afterschool programs and are enrolling their kids in record numbers. Participation in afterschool programs continues to grow, but for every child who participates, there are two more who would like to if a program were available. America After 3PM spans a decade of data chronicling how children spend the hours between 3 and 6 p.m. the hours after school ends and before parents typically return home from work. It highlights the trends of afterschool program participation, documents the benefits associated with participation in afterschool programs, and measures public support for afterschool programs.
Click here to download the full report and key findings.
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Final Call
Get in your last minute RSVPs! On Thursday, October 23, APOST will be shining light on after school programs at the nationally celebrated Lights On Afterschool! Lights On Afterschool presented by Bayer Healthcare will be held at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History. All preregistered programs receive t-shirts, drawstring bags, and dinner for their youth. Starting at 3:30 PM, bring out your youth to have a fun filled afternoon with a photo booth, various activties, cariacture artists, a DJ and much more!
Email apost@uwac.org to register your youth today!
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You Decide
Digital Bytes is a youth-facing interactive website that addresses key digital literacy and citizenship topics. Activities include media deconstruction, media production, self-reflection, and community/sharing. After school programs that are taking a project-based learning approach are involved to pilot this great resource. For more information please contact Jennifer Ehehalt at jehehalt@commonsense.org. Deadline to participate is November 3, 2014.
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Survey
Allegheny Partners for Out-of-School Time is dedicated to building a quality system that will contribute to the healthy, successful development of young people and allow them to realize their fullest potential by participating in high-quality out-of-school time opportunities.
The purpose of this survey is assist APOST in providing parents with a comprehensive program search tool that will allow them to select the afterschool program that best fits the needs of children and their families.
Click here to complete and share with your network
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