Download the press release about Five Summer Learning Programs!

 

RIASPA is chairing the Expanded Learning Time Committee of the Rhode Island Urban Education Task Force. One of its tasks is to develop an Action Plan to submit to Governor Carcieri this summer. We want to hear from you to help shape the Action Plan!

 

Grant Opportunity!
Expanded Learning Opportunities and High School Graduation Credit Grant, funded by the Nellie Mae Education Foundation and the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation. Download the three documents of the RFP:
RFP
Proposal Cover Page
Partner Memorandum of Understanding


Rhode Island Summer Learning Demonstration Project
In partnership with the Nellie Mae Education Foundation, RIASPA is pleased to announce the five programs selected for the 2009 Rhode Island Summer Learning Demonstration Project. These five programs were selected for their innovative approaches to summer learning. The goal of the project is to mitigate summer learning loss of underserved learners through the provision of programming that connects the best aspects of in-school summer programs with the best aspects of community based enrichment and experiential summer learning. Read more

Read about a unique partnership among RIASPA, the United Way of Rhode Island, and the Pawtucket Red Sox to help these five programs!

 

 

SAVE THESE DATES!


Thursday, July 9
National Summer Learning Day!
Go to the National Center for Summer Learning web site for more details!


Tuesday, September 29
Quarterly Membership Meeting
Location: TBD

Friday, October 23
RIASPA's 2009 Lights On Afterschool! Breakfast of Champions Event
Re-Imagining Afterschool
+ Featuring national speakers Soledad O'Brien and Jonathan Kozol! +
Location: Providence Marriott Hotel on Orms



Check out our Professional Development Page!

COMMUNITY CALENDAR OF EVENTS more

 

 

 

 
Newport Community Schools

Founded in 2001, the Newport Community School (NCS) provides high-quality, out-of-school time programs to Thompson Middle School and Rogers High School students and families attending grades 6 - 12.

 

Initial funding came from a five-year grant from the United Way of RI to serve middle school children. Subsequent funding from the 21st Century Community Learning Centers Initiative (21st CCLC) extended NCS’s reach into the city’s only high school, resulting in a seamless delivery of service occurs from grades 6 – 12, as both schools are governed by the same procedures. (Interestingly, this coming fall, NCS will begin serving fifth graders, as the district moves fifth graders into the middle school.) Funding and support from a number of other sources—including but not limited to Ronald McDonald House Charities, Newport Partnership for Families, Prince Charitable Trusts, and the TriMix Foundation—have helped NCS expand and grow as an organization.

 

NCS blends lifelong learning into its programs for children and youth. Additionally they place high emphasis on family engagement. Read more

 

ADVOCACY CORNER

+ Public Policy Matters! Get the latest policy update on afterschool!

+ Read about RIASPA's research on afterschool transportation.

+ Become an Afterschool Advocate and make a difference for Afterschool!


OUR NEWEST SECTION!

Spotlight on Youth Voice
Twice a year, a youth attending afterschool or summer programming will write an article for our site. First up is Emely Barroso, a junior from Feinstein High School. Read her first-person account of how her afterschool programs have fed her passion for the arts.

Voices from the Field--a quarterly article written by a fellow afterschool professional! Learn how the SCOPE Central Falls program creates innovative summer programming based on research from the National Center for Summer Learning.


OTHER NEWS

The following three documents commissioned by RIASPA are now available:

Supporting Student Success: A Blueprint for Expanded Learning Opportunities in Rhode Island

Quantitative Parent Survey

Afterschool Program Cost Calculator



Afterschool Alliance Public Service Announcement Videos  more