AZ In Action
AfterZone Photography
Attention all aficionados of the arts: Nathan Bishop's AfterZone Photography Club, lead by Visual Art Teacher Arthi Sundaresh, is now online! Check out their work on Ms. Sundaresh's web site, under "Photography Club." This session, students will be working on independent and group projects, including beginning a Nathan Bishop Oral History Project. We can't wait!
Program Profile: KidSoccer at Nickerson Community Center
KidSoccer coach Alipio Clarence Filho (Ali to his students) hails from Cape Verde and has a passion for the black and white ball. In addition to teaching the fundamentals of soccer, including kicking, passing, goalkeeping, and the rules of the game, he believes that through soccer youth learn other important life skills: teamwork, confidence, sportsmanship, leadership. For example, KidSoccer students are given the responsibility of leading their teammates in both pregame stretching and postgame cool down.
Ali, who works with the Nickerson Community Center and is an endorsed provider, not only coaches youth from the AfterZones, but also runs community soccer programs in Olneyville. Often, his AfterZone and community teams are treated to tournaments, where they get a chance to show off their newly acquired skills and engage in healthy competition. Because of positive experiences in the AfterZone program, many of Ali’s students double up and join his community league as well, which speaks greatly to Ali’s commitment and compassion.
Video Highlight: Youth Producers
This program is designed to teach and guide students from the conception and pre-production phase of video projects into the production phase. Students are given specific roles such as producer, director, camera operator and art director, and learn to use a camera and other video production equipment as well as how to develop an idea and turn it into an realized project. The final product is a DVD that students present at the end-of-session celebrations. Desi Washington, the Director of Media Youth Television, has been offering this and other programs in the AfterZones and at Olneyville Community Schools for several years.
Check out "The Thief," created during the 2009 Summer AfterZone Session:
Be featured!
Want to see your AfterZone program featured on our AZ in Action page? Contact:
Jeremy Hawkins, Public Relations/Development Coordinator
401.490.9599 x163
jhawkins@mypasa.org