Program Profile
Quincy Junior High School Promotes Hands-on Science Learning
At Quincy Junior High School, part of Quincy School District 172’s 21st CCLC program, students get to participate in year-long afterschool clubs on a range of topics, including science. These clubs offer science experiments, as well as projects like planning and managing school gardens and recycling programs.
News from the Field
Students from Peoria Explore Local History and Film Making for Black History Month
Peoria Public Schools District 150 21st CCLC partnered with Artists ReEnvisioning Tomorrow of Peoria to help students learn about local history, explore career options, and build academic skills by exploring their community. Last winter, this collaboration enabled seventh- and eighth-grade students at Glen Oak Community Learning Center to conduct research and create a series of Black History Month public service announcements (PSAs) that showcased prominent African American members of the Peoria community.
HHMI BioInteractive
HHMI BioInteractive offers data-rich activities, case studies, videos, and interactive media that are designed to connect students to big ideas in biology, promote engagement with science practices, and instill awe and wonder about the living world. The website also provides educators with planning tools to build resource playlists, storylines and professional learning materials and other opportunities to deepen their scientific and pedagogical expertise.
NOAA Planet Stewards Education Project
The (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) NOAA Planet Stewards Education Project provides formal and informal educators working with elementary- through college-aged students with the information and resources to build individual and community scientific literacy skills to respond to environmental challenges monitored by NOAA.
Important Dates and Events
Grants and Other Opportunities
The Max and Victoria Dreyfus Foundation provides grants ranging from $1,000 to $20,000 to nonprofit organizations located in the United States. Candidates for funding include performing arts programs, schools, educational and skills training programs, programs for youth, and other community-based organizations and their programs. Application deadlines are on November 10 for spring funding and May 10 for fall funding. Learn more on the Max and Victoria Dreyfus Foundation website.
The Lisa Libraries donates new children's books and small libraries to organizations that work with children in low-income and underserved areas. Some of the libraries established have been at daycare centers, visiting areas in prisons for children of incarcerated parents, and afterschool programs. Organizations can write to The Lisa Libraries and include the following: information about the program, the number of children served, age range of children served, information about the socioeconomic status of the community served by the applicant organization (such as eligibility statistics for Title I and Federal School Lunch Program), and a breakdown of how the books would be used. Learn more on the Lisa Libraries website.
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