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Sunrise Monthly SunLetter
September 4th, 2015: Gearing up for Fall Programming
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Welcome to the belated August SunLetter! It is our pleasure to debut the new and improved Sunrise website, designed by the wonderful folks at The Tactile Group! Sunrise Summer Camp, JumpStart and High School WorkReady students had a ball this summer, enjoying lots of hands-on and experiential, educational and fun activities, trips and lessons. Our first summer running JumpStart was a hit - attendance was high as rising 9th graders got some great support preparing for high school, college and careers. Summer Camp students enjoyed many recreational activities, with literacy support in conjunction with the Free Library of Philadelphia's citywide Read by 4th Campaign, their hands-on "Simple Machines" Project Based Learning unit with visiting partners The Claymobile, The Hacktory, Drexel Department of Making + Doing, and the Franklin Institute's Traveling Science program as well as invention-based activities in the classrooms and art room. WorkReady students gained great life experience and discipline in their work sites spread throughout the city, and built on future planning in their weekly classes held at South Philly High. There was much inter-program collaboration, which we love to do. Now, we plan to roll out limited September programming amid the "budget freeze" in Harrisburg - see registration details below.
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It's a Fact: Afterschool Programs Help Kids Nationwide Succeed in School and Life
Quality programs foster teamwork, encourage responsibility, and teach kids important skills that help boost their academic performance.
But even with overwhelming parent support, these programs are at risk of devastating cuts. Will you take two minutes to ask your Representative to support student success?
Thank you for your support of afterschool—10.2 million children and youth thank you, too!
(Source: http://www.afterschoolalliance.org/)
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Sunrise of Philadelphia's Youth Voice Radio Podcast students have finished Episode 7: The Music Episode! In this episode, students discussed different styles of music, and looked into how music impacts people.
Listen to Episode 7
Through the Sunrise Youth Voice Radio podcast, students have the opportunity to display, express, and inquire into the many things that affect young people living in Philadelphia today.
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Sunrise Summer 21st Century STEAM Workshops for Middle Schoolers this year included Howard Tucker's World Rhythms Club, Coach Troy Holiday's Basketball Club, DJ Lorne Peart's DJ Club as well as the Motivos Zine Club with Motivos Magazine Founder, Jenee Chizick.
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Coming Soon:
Afterschool Programming
Applications for Sunrise elementary and middle school programming at Southwark School will be available September 8-11th at our Southwark office. Programs for returning students with completed appiications will begin at Southwark on September 16th - all other students will be put on a waiting list and contacted once we have received a DHS-OST (Department of Human Services - Out of School Time) contract for the school year. For questions about K-8 programming, email JLaquer@SunriseofPhila.org
For high school students, Sunrise will be running Teen Lounge and Credit Recovery programs at South Philadelphia High School beginning September 16th - for application information or questions about high school programming, email JSnavely@SunriseofPhila.org
Sunrise is always on the lookout for new volunteers and advisory board members! Please contact us for details at Sunrise@SunriseofPhila.org.
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We wish our partners a fantastic start to the 2015-16 school year, and we thank you for your support of afterschool in Pennsylvania and beyond.
-The SunTeam
www.SunriseofPhila.org
No child will be denied participation to this program for reason of discrimination of sex, race, religion or the inability to pay costs. Sunrise of Philadelphia is an equal opportunity at will employer.
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