Archive for August 2019

Colorado Afterschool Partnership / 2019 / August

Conrad Challenge combines STEM and entrepreneurism, open for teams

Click here to download a copy of the 2019-2020 Conrad Challenge poster How did the Challenge begin? The Challenge is named for my late husband, Pete, an Apollo astronaut and Moon walker.... read more →

Host a sizzling Lights On Event: A Pitch Contest

Students, you could name the next Mars rover!

In December 2008, a young student named Clara Ma submitted a name for a project NASA then called the “Mars Science Laboratory.” With a 250 word essay, Clara suggested the... read more →

Weekly Media Roundup: August 28, 2019

The time is now: Share your afterschool success story with senators

VerMoney: Teaching financial literacy in afterschool

To elevate equity, diversity, and inclusion, go deeper into your quality standards

4-H is seeking Game Changers this October

Weekly Media Roundup, August 21, 2019

Facebook’s Engineer For The Week program showed my students they are leaders – and just how far their skills can take them

Promoting Strong Colorado Out-of-School Time Partnerships

The Colorado Afterschool Partnership (CAP) is a growing network of youth service professionals, advocates and community stakeholders working to build a sustainable model of afterschool, out-of-school and summer systems that strengthen Colorado. CAP is part of the National Network of Statewide Afterschool Networks, funded in part by the C.S. Mott Foundation.