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Mega-wattage of Lights On Afterschool

by Behnosh Najafi | | Posted under School's Out News

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We had a wonderful Lights On Afterschool event in Seattle last week at South Shore School in one of the most ethnically diverse neighborhoods in the country. We titled our event Lights On Afterschool: Celebrating Science & Technology! and invited science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) focused organizations: Puget Sound Off and Technology Access Foundation along with Pacific Science Center, Yakima Valley Tri Cities MESA, King County Youth Development Network, SOAR, School’s Out Washington, Kid’s Co., and Pacific Northwest Girls Collaborative Project.

We even had a program bring several tables full of interactive bilingual (Spanish-English) science exhibits from across the state. To kick-off the evening the Washington Afterschool Network presented the Hall of Fame awards and youth performed. Through the help of partners (Kids Co.), we were also able to provide a Torani soda bar, free pizza and raffle prizes to all attendees. We had a little over 250 people total in attendance. The Washington News Service did a fantastic interview and we were covered in a few local papers!

Nationally this was a record year with over 9,300 events! More than half of states (27) grew their number of events by more than 50% and Washington State grew by 75%! Well done! See the table below with all states info.

Do you have photos from Lights On? You could win $1,000!

Your Lights On Afterschool photo could be worth $1,000! Bright House Networks has teamed up with the Afterschool Alliance to support  the afterschool programs that keep our kids safe, inspire them to learn and help working families through the Lights On Afterschool Photo Contest.  How can you win? Take pictures that show the spirit of your event. Between Oct 18 and 31, enter your best photo in the  Lights On Afterschool Photo Contest on Facebook.  Then, rally your troops to vote for your entry.  The 3 entries with the most votes will each win a $1,000 donation to your afterschool program.  Photos can be of events, people, places or anything related to Lights On Afterschool, and must include a caption that describes the photo and how they are celebrating afterschool. See official rules for more details.  Submissions are only accepted until Oct 31.

Thanks for being part of the nation’s largest rally for afterschool!

2012 Lights On Afterschool Events by State
2012 2011 Growth 2012 2011 Growth
AE 15 7 114% MS 36 38 -5%
AK 119 67 78% MT 47 43 9%
AL 123 81 52% NC 129 129 0%
AR 79 62 27% ND 30 23 30%
AZ 75 82 -9% NE 50 32 56%
CA 1223 935 31% NH 74 35 111%
CO 34 28 21% NJ 140 95 47%
CT 122 79 54% NM 80 72 11%
DC 34 18 89% NV 44 28 57%
DE 13 10 30% NY 445 395 13%
FL 792 500 58% OH 131 140 -6%
GA 262 183 43% OK 69 66 5%
HI 180 12 1400% OR 38 25 52%
IA 21 17 24% PA 446 275 62%
ID 31 24 29% RI 20 15 33%
IL 291 147 98% SC 87 61 43%
IN 96 71 35% SD 76 39 95%
KS 108 56 93% TN 130 50 160%
KY 79 61 30% TX 849 405 110%
LA 32 42 -24% UT 221 113 96%
MA 110 70 57% VA 212 105 102%
MD 110 104 6% VT 125 42 198%
ME 45 26 73% WA 91 52 75%
MI 533 244 118% WI 93 85 9%
MN 33 34 -3% WV 55 31 77%
MO 353 219 61% WY 20 10 100%

 

Recap of the School’s Out event by Vicki Raya, EdLab and Afterschool Ambassador.


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