By Dylan Scott Originally Posted in Governing Magazine March 7th, 2013 “Maybe it sucks,” Hillary Salmons, executive director of the Providence After School Alliance, told the audience at a conference last month centered on after-school programs and why attendance Read More …
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Rent a House for Brown Graduation Weekend and Give Providence Youth a Leg Up!
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Rent a house from our My PASA, Su Casa program for the 2013 Brown Commencement and Alumni weekend! Stay in comfort and style, while helping to support the Providence After School Alliance continue to provide quality after-school programming for the city’s middle and Read More …
Video Spotlight: Bryan Talks About Why ELOs Are Awesome
Now that the Hub’s ELOs are in full swing, students have begun talking about why the experience is meaningful to them! Hear what Bryan has to say about his credit-bearing photography ELO at AS220 below, or check out some student Read More …
Hot off the Presses: EdWeek Spotlight on Hub Badges
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Juan Batista, 16, a student at William B. Cooley Sr. High School, practices using a steadying device to shoot video on the streets of Providence, R.I. He is participating in the city school district’s expanded-learning program. —Gretchen Ertl for Education Read More …
Hot Off the Presses: Hub Expanded Learning Featured in Providence Business News
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Photo Courtesy of Nicole Van Slyke Artist-educator Andrew Oesch leads a group of Juanita Sanchez Educational Complex students in an activity as part of the Hub’s Art and Design Lab ELO, provided by the RISD Museum of Art. By Read More …
Hub Success Story: The Peña Sisters
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Meet Elizabeth and Carolina Peña! They moved to the United States two years ago and spoke no English. They decided to take the Hub’s Web Journalism ELO for English Language Learers at Inspiring Minds last year “to show to the Read More …
Dance Jam Provides Rousing AfterZone Half-Time Show
Yesterday wrapped up an amazing fall season of basketaball in the AfterZone, with the Gilbert Stuart Dragons defeating the DelSesto Jaguars by ONE POINT. It was a nail-biting game, but the Providence CityArts 4 Youth Dance Jam program provided a Read More …
BIF-8: Middle School Angst? No Such Thing Here!
If we could all get in touch with our inner pre-adolescent personality, we might have a deeper understanding of who we are now — Hillary Salmons PASA’s Executive Director, Hillary Salmons, was one of BIF-8’s rousing storytellers in September, using Read More …
Don’t Let Good Solutions Go to Waste
Save the Bay Educator Grainne Lanigan leads a group of AfterZone Scholars in marine data collection There are over 1 million nonprofits across America, but it’s challenging to know which of them have high impact and the most potential Read More …
Frontiers in Urban Science Exploration: 2012 Forum Highlights
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This week, PASA was lucky enough to host the 2012 Frontiers in Urban Science Exploration Forum which brings together 6 cities from around the country to share best practices from informal science education. Thanks to CBASS and TASC for Read More …