By Emily Busam, Communications and Development Associate A few weeks ago, AfterZone and Hub alumnus Raymond Fernandez made a surprise visit to the PASA office. Slung over his back was his acoustic guitar, something he carries with him regularly, a Read More …
Category: In the News
Wallace Foundation Report: Wallace Perspective – Growing Together, Learning Together
The Wallace Foundation has released a new report that provides a digest of the latest thinking on how to build and sustain an after-school system, and what challenges and opportunities lie ahead. PASA’s Executive Director, Hillary Salmons, is quoted in Read More …
Esek Hopkins’ Little Einsteins in the NASA STEM Challenge Final Showcase!
On Thursday, May 28th, the U.S. Department of Education will recognize PASA AfterZone students from Esek Hopkins Middle School (Team Name: Little Einsteins) for their innovative solutions to an engineering design challenge on Thursday, May 28 from 1:30 p.m. to Read More …
Spring Cleaning? e-Waste Drive Hosted by Bridge Technical Talent
Bridge Technical Talent is hosting an e-Waste Drive this Saturday, from 8am to 12 noon at the University Heights Whole Foods in Providence. This is your chance to drop off any of your old or unwanted electronics which helps reduce Read More …
All PASA AfterZone & HUB programs are cancelled for Monday.
Keep checking here throughout the day for more updates as the storm heads to Providence. Stay warm and safe, everyone.
Blue State Coffee supports PASA
Do you love coffee? Do you want to support quality after-school and expanded learning opportunities for the middle and high school students in Providence? Blue State Coffee: PVD has selected PASA to support for the next six months (January to Read More …
Providence After School Alliance & Boston After School and Beyond: Partners in STEM programming and digital badges
We are pleased to announce that the American Institutes for Research was awarded a National Science Foundation grant to study summer STEM programming in PASA’s Summer Scholars and Boston After School and Beyond’s (BASB) summer programming. We’re hoping their observations Read More …
Guest Blog: Aligning Expanded Learning with New State Standards
This post originally appeared on the Cross & Joftus blog. Cross & Joftus works with states, foundations, school districts, and nonprofit organizations to meet their education goals. PASA worked with Cross & Joftus to identify areas of Common Core alignment and Read More …
New Farm Fresh Partnership: AfterZone and Roch’s Work Together to Get Students Healthy Snacks
This summer, the AfterZone is partnering with Rhode Island’s Roch’s Produce to provide healthy snacks from local farmers. Roch’s is a Rhode Island born and operated produce market and wholesaler that was started by Joseph Roch as a family business in the Read More …
By the Power Scholars Academy: BELL and Y-USA Take Summer to Scale
As cities around the country prepare to launch their summer learning models, and we here in Providence gear up for the AfterZone Summer Scholars, the question of how to cost-effectively scale summer learning while retaining a high level of program Read More …