Providence After School Alliance

The AfterZone is a unique, coordinated, citywide network of of museums, arts, environmental education, and youth organizations where middle school youth participate in dynamic enrichment activities like music, art, and sports that contribute to their healthy social and emotional development.

What better way to get to know PASA's work than to see it in action?

For the past two summers, PASA’s AfterZone Summer Scholars Program has targeted students from Providence middle schools testing just below proficiency in math and literacy. The Summer Scholars program focuses on science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) skills and combines the best of formal teaching with the best of after-school and youth development to provide students with hands-on learning experiences to build skills in STEM subjects. The program utilizes teaching teams that consist of a district teacher, a community-based STEM educator, and an AfterZone staff member to co-teach a 4-week curriculum.  The teams engage in intensive joint planning before the program begins to incorporate academic content with hands-on learning.  

Check out what field work in Providence looks like!

Students study local ecosystems by collecting and examining different species of algae, learn basic geometry and physics while sailing boats, and get exposed to green technology and engineering by building their own solar-powered go-carts.

Providence filmmaker, Desi Washington followed students from our AfterZone Summer Scholars program around Providence and beyond to get their take on summer learning.