“I love the AfterZone because I am really learning how to make stuff!” Person: AfterZone Youth
Author: administrator
Patrick Duhon
Director of Expanded Learning Patrick Duhon works jointly with PASA and PPSD to develop mutually-aligned practices and was responsible for co-designing the AfterZone model. Prior to PASA, Patrick directed the launch of the local City Year AmeriCorps national service program Read More …
Wallace Foundation Releases Report Surrounding Sustainable Systems
The Wallace Foundation, a major supporter of the city of Providence and the Providence After School Alliance, has just published a report entitled, Opportunity in Hard Times: Building Out-of-School Time Learning Systems that Last. This report is the result of Read More …
Albany Mayor Praises PASA
On the heels of a visit to Providence in March, the Mayor of Albany, Gerald Jennings, has penned an op-ed for the Providence Business News. In it, he commends the work of the Providence After School Alliance, its partners, and Read More …
PASA & Mayor Cicilline Unveil High School Plan
At the Met School Black Box Theatre, on Monday, April 6, PASA announced its plans to move forward on a new high school initiative. This initiative looks to build deeper connections between high school youth and the after-school opportunities available Read More …
PASA a National Semifinalist for Prestigious Award
The Ash Institute for Democratic Governance and Innovation at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government has announced the semifinalists for the 2009 Innovations in American Government Award, and PASA is among those honored.
Education Leaders Praise Providence and PASA
Executive Director of the George Lucas Educational Foundation Milton Chen and Mott Foundation Program Officer Ann-Me Chung recently sent an op-ed to the Providence Journal, citing the reasons why educational innovation is an absolute in these times, and why Providence Read More …
Providence Business News Features PASA in Cover Story
On March 23, a team of dignitaries from Albany, NY, including Mayor Gerald Jennings, his superintendent, and police chief, arrived in Providence. They had come to see firsthand the work of PASA, the city, and the community in building an Read More …
Mayor Cicilline Works to Secure Funding for PASA and the Providence Public School Department
Mayor David Cicilline was in Washington recently, meeting with President Barack Obama and 80 other mayors to discuss the recovery plan. Providence is well poised for U.S. Department of Education innovation funding due to the Providence School District and PASA’s Read More …
The Mott Foundation Awards Grant to PASA, City of Providence, and Providence Public School District
PASA, the city of Providence, and the Providence Public School District are the recipients of a 3-year New Day for Learning grant from the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, in recognition of a collective re-imagining of how, when, and where Providence’s Read More …