 District Attorney Darren Root Attends LOA Event Topeka-KS, The Kansas Enrichment Network hosted a LOA celebration of the arts at Washburn Mulvane Art Museum with an Open House for youth, parents, and city leaders. The event was highlighted by special guest, Assistant District Attorney Darren Root. |
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Holy Savior Students
Light up Keeper of the Plains Plaza
Wichita-KS, Holy Savior Catholic Academy participated in a nationwide celebration of afterschool programs on Thursday, Oct. 1, 2012. More than 75 students, parents, and staff members joined Holy Savior supporters and community leaders as part of the annual Lights On Afterschool Celebration at the Mid-America All-Indian Center and the Keeper of the Plains Plaza in downtown Wichita. Lights On Afterschool is an event held each year to call attention to the importance of after school programs for children, families and communities.
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Roles Models Who Give Us Reasons to Believe
Kansas City-KS, Jarius Jones, math teacher at F.L. Schlagle High School is a activily involved in his school and community as champion for youth. Research supports that positive role models make a significant impact in the lives of our children both academically and emotionally on a daily basis.
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Roleplay Reader
Playbook Reader's Theater
is a downloadable readers-theater that will help students have fun with Thanksgiving and Christmas ... all in one twist of a tale! The story is designed for 6 readers and covers a wide span of reading levels (Stages 2-5) to allow multiple classes and grades to enjoy the script together and even take part in a performance!. Learn more about Roleplay Reader!
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Social Media Revolution 2
Social media and mobile statistics are hard to ignore based on the book Socialnomics by Erik Qualman. Watch on YouTube
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Spring Conference:
2013 Best Practices Forum on Dropout Prevention
April 14-17, 2013
InterContinental Hotel Kansas City, MO |
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Dear Followers,
During this month of Thanksgiving, the Network wishes to extend our sincere thank you to our followers, partners, and youth workers for your tireless work to enhance and support the lives of Kansas youth. On a daily basis, many of you strive to make a difference within your local communities by offering quality afterschool programming and expanded learning opportunities. Maya Angelou once wrote, "I've learned that you shouldn't go through life with a catcher's mitt on both hands. You need to be able to throw something back." This month, the Network recognizes those individuals and communities who put their heart and soul into throwing something back, whether they are a rural school responding to challenges like sustainability. A fine example is The Walton 21st CCLC Rural Life Center in south central Kansas. We salute neighborhood programs like the Kansas City Kansas Organic Teaching Garden. Here, a group of motivated middle school students saw a need and created family gardens starting with only a handful of seeds and a vision. Just as programs and schools are the backbone of our communities, it's the individuals within our neighborhoods who swing into action to close the gap and make the real progress toward positive youth development. Jarius Jones, high school math teacher and active community leader was recently inducted into the Reason to Believe Hall of Fame for being an exemplary youth role model. Thank you to all of our followers who continue to balance your busy lives while enhancing your communities.
Be Inspired!
Claudia Conner, Coordinator
Kansas Enrichment Network |
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Save the Date!
KC Expanded Learning Opportunties Conference
K-State University at the Olathe Campus
February 23, 2013
8:30-3:30
More Information Coming Soon!
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 STEM Funding Guide & Toolkit
We know funding for afterschool STEM programs is a major concern for program providers. Afterschool Alliance has produced a resource to help program leaders identify and select available funding opportunities for aferschool STEM. Know Your Funders: A Guide to STEM Funding for Afterschool is written in partnership with The Finance Project and the Noyce Foundation.
Afterschool Alliance has also developed a new toolkit to help programs become an advocate for STEM in afterschool. Making the Case for STEM Afterschool is a guide to assist programs in targeting key stakeholders to enhance advocacy efforts and to assist in developing talking points to support afterschool funding needs in communities.
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 Rural Education How a Focus on Farming Saved a Rural Kansas School Walton, KS-Located in the Flint Hills and named after one of the original investors in the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe railroad is very much connected to the wider world. Walton 21st Century Rural Life Center is a K-4 charter school serving 170 students with a novel curriculum of hands-on learning that is entirely focused on agriculture. Walton is one of only two elementary schools in the country with an agrairan hands-on curriculum and considered a success story. When the U.S. Department of Education asks low-achieving schools to be turned around, rural educators usually say they lack options. Schools in many communities can't be closed because there are no other choices, and populations are too thin to support charter schools. In contrast, the Walton Rural LIfe Center teachi students through hands-on inquiry, project-based curricula, team work, and from daily agriculture life lessons. Students from this tiny rural pocket in Kansas perform in the top 5% in Kansas standardized achievement tests. The U.S. Department of Education has recognized has recognized it as a successful school. to date, Walton 21st Century Rural Life Center has a waiting list extending into 2015. |
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Utilizing the Village: Building Supports for Students Success in Rural Communities
Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education with support from Jobs for the Future, Utilizing the Village: Building Support for Students Success in Rural Communities is a three-part webinar series that focuses on rural dropout prevention and recovery. The series is tailored to the unique needs of rural communities and feature strategies that are cost effective and easy to implement in middle and high schools. State and district leaders, principals, practitioners, and community partners come away with new resources and ideas presented by staff from leading organizations such as the Rural School and Community Trust and the Everyone Graduates Center at John Hopkins University. Participants have opportunities to engage in lively on-line discussions and share best practices with peers. To learn more visit Rural Webinars. |
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Jones Institute for Educational Excellence Presents
Tools of the Trade:
Using Technology in the Common Core Classroom
December 11, 2012
8:30-3:30 p.m.
Teachers and administrtors will learn how to enhance implementation of the Common Core State Standards using digital resources
Reaching Rigor of All Students in the Common Core
December 13, 2012
8:30-3:30 p.m.
Teachers, specialists, and admiistrators will explore scaffolding techniques to assist ELA students master complex reading texts.
Workshops will be held at Emporia State Univeristy, Emporia Kansas.
Register online at www.emporia.edu/jones or call 1-877-378-5433
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Articles:
Together Can and Should Make a Difference
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Webinars:
Is My Child Ready for Transitions?
A Kansas Model for Parents, Guardians and Families
Dec. 11, 2012
6:30-7:30 pm
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Youth service clubs programming at generationOn
(www.generationOn.org)
GenerationOn is a national and global youth service organization whose mission is to inspire, equip and mobilize young people to take action that changes the world and themselves through service. We offer free service-oriented resources through our Kids Care Clubs program (ages 5-10) and our Service Clubs program (ages 11-18), among other programs.
GenerationOn has a current $300 mini-grant opportunity for afterschool professionals, parents, and students at afterschool programs throughout Kansas. This mini-grant provides support for groups of young people who implement community service projects in their schools or communities. Audiences that might be particularly interested in this opportunity:
- 1Afterschool professionals focusing on youth leadership or character development who seek funding to enhance their service learning programming. Adult program professionals or participating youth (ages 13+) can apply for the mini-grant.
- Students who participate in afterschool programs or members of a youth leadership group who need small funding resources to enhance program services. Adult advisors can apply for the grant on behalf of their group and students in middle and high school (ages 13+) can apply for the grant themselves.
- Teachersinterested in starting a service group during afterschool time. Teachers can serve as Club advisors and can apply for the grant on behalf of their class or group.
- Parents interested in forming community- student service projects. Parents can start a Club for kids or teens based out of their school or elsewhere, and can use the free resources from our website to lead youth in service. Parents can apply for the grant on behalf of their group.
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