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Save the Date! Lights On Afterschool Bus Tours

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Wednesday, September 1, 2010

Mark your calendars for our 2nd Annual Lights on Afterschool Bus Tours on Thursday, October 21st from 4PM - 5:30PM. We will be offering guests a choice of three different neighborhoods to visit. Each route will visit three programs:

Pleasant Grove (Camp Fire, Thriving Minds, Wilkinson Center)

Richardson (Boys and Girls Club of Greater Dallas, Neighborhood Service Council, Richardson ISD's 21st Century PACE)

West Dallas (Junior Players at Anita Martinez Recreation Center, Trinity River Mission, West Dallas Community Centers, Inc.)

DASN Is Moving to the Wilson Historic District!

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Wednesday, September 1, 2010

Thanks to the generosity of the Meadows Foundation, Dallas AfterSchool Network is honored to be moving into a house in the Wilson Historic District this fall. We look forward to serving afterschool professionals from across North Texas in this historic building located in a neighborhood with many other nonprofits. DASN will be moving into our new home in late October or early November. Our new address will be 2910 Swiss Avenue, Dallas, TX 75204. Come see us!

Get Up and Give! Day - Please Support Dallas AfterSchool Network

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Wednesday, September 1, 2010

Wednesday, September 8th from 7AM - 7PM is Get Up and Give! Day North Texas. All contributions made to Dallas AfterSchool Network through DonorBridge at this time will be matched.

DASN Sends 500 Students to the House of Blues... to Learn History!

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Wednesday, September 1, 2010

Think the House of Blues nightclub is just for adults? Think again. Thanks to a new partnership between the International House of Blues Foundation and Dallas AfterSchool Network, more than 500 Dallas-area students were invited to the HOB this summer to learn...history!

Oh, The Fun We Had Learning This Summer!

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Wednesday, September 1, 2010

So much for kicking back and relaxing during these long, hot summer months. Dallas AfterSchool Network and its member providers know that the 10 to 12 summer weeks away from instruction and reading takes a toll, causing a lot of students to actually regress academically. The cumulative effect of this "summer slide" year-after-year creates two-thirds of the academic achievement gap between low-income students and their more advantaged peers.

From Oak Cliff to NYU with $50,000 in Scholarships

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Wednesday, September 1, 2010

How do we know afterschool programs work for our students? Meet Darrius Shaw, the Texas Youth of the Year for Boys and Girls Club. Raised by his great-grandmother in Oak Cliff, Darrius attended the local Boys and Girls Club since he was 6 years of age. The staff and volunteers at Boys and Girls Club served as his extended family, mentors and tutors throughout his youth.

DASN Improving Summer Program Quality

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Thursday, July 1, 2010

DASN trained nearly 300 new summer program staff with fun and active learning at our Play to Learn Expo on June 4. Participants learned new skills such as classroom management, developing hands-on curriculum to keep students academically engaged during the summer and bringing science and math into the summer program environment.

Afterschool Achievers - Spotlighting Student Success

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Thursday, July 1, 2010

On May 11, more than 500 guests attended Dallas AfterSchool Network's inaugural Afterschool Achievers awards ceremony at the Lakewood Theater. Hosted by Rob McCollum, WFAA-TV, 20 Dallas AfterSchool Network member programs recognized 40 students for their academic, athletic, artistic or leadership accomplishments. Students from the YMCA, Big Thought, Dallas Community Lighthouse, Richardson ISD PACE and St. Anthony Community Center entertained with songs, dances and other performances. Watch student performances from Afterschool Achievers or view our photos.

Afterschool Success Story

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Thursday, July 1, 2010

How do we know afterschool programs work for our students? Meet Kedrick*, a 7th grade student who was scoring 65% on his TAKS Reading exam. After one year of attending a quality afterschool program, Kedrick scored a 95% on his TAKS Reading exam! That is the power of a quality afterschool program that provides mentoring, tutoring and expanded learning opportunities.

See Your Investment In Action

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Wednesday, March 10, 2010

The best way to understand the impact of Dallas AfterSchool Network on the local afterschool field is to participate in one of our member events. We host monthly member meetings on the 2nd Wednesday of each month from 9:30 - 11:00am. Feel free to join us at an upcoming meeting to see for yourself the magic that is created by bringing providers together, leveraging resources and sharing knowledge across the network. View our events calendar to find out where we will be this spring.