After-school instruction benefits Laurel Blue Ribbon school
Wyan-Pine Grove Elementary School, a 2018 National Blue Ribbon School in Laurel County, provides after-school instruction that helps both struggling and high-performing students.
Student Council talks about teacher shortages, inclusion
The Kentucky Department of Education’s Student Council met Feb. 13 for the first time in the 2019-2020 school year.
Deadline nearing for out-of-school grant program
The New York Life Foundation and the Afterschool Alliance are awarding $1.35 million to out-of-school programs serving disadvantaged middle school students through the Aim High grant program.
Covington Partners coordinator named an Afterschool Ambassador
Tom Haggard, a resource development coordinator at Covington Partners, which works with Covington Independent schools to promote youth development, has been named one of 15 afterschool leaders from around the nation to serve as Afterschool Ambassadors for 2017-18 by the Afterschool Alliance.
Making coding more friendly
A Livingston County teacher is introducing special education students to the world of coding through an after-school program, and perhaps opening doors for them along the way.
An attractive after-school option
More than half of the student body at Spencer County Middle School has been drawn to an after-school program that they helped build.
Corbin after-school program receives award, $10,000 prize
Karen West, left, executive director of Redhound Enrichment, accepts the Dollar General Afterschool Literacy Award from Lindsey Sublett, community initiatives administrator with Dollar General Corporation at the National AfterSchool Association’s annual convention in Orlando, Fla.Photo submitted, March 20, 2016 Corbin Independent Schools’ Redhound Enrichment after-school program has received the Dollar General Afterschool Literacy Award for its excellence in [...]
Corbin Independent educator participates in U.S. Senate briefing
Karen West Corbin Independent School District educator Karen West participated in a briefing for the United States Senate in Washington, D.C., on May 22. She was part of a three-person panel who shared research, results, and programming information regarding the benefits of expanded school time during afterschool and summer programs in the public school setting. West is an [...]