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2008 Afterschool for All Challenge
May 13 & 14, 2008
Washington DC.

Join the Afterschool Alliance at the 7th Annual Afterschool for All Challenge, where we will team up with the National League of Cities to bring you two days of workshops, speakers, advocacy opportunities and fun. For more information click here!

9th Annual SoDakSACA Conference
October 3-4, 2008
Watertown Convention Center
Watertown, SD

Join us in October for our 9th annual school-age conference! Featured keynotes for 2008 will be Bill Michealis and Ezra Holland, a GREAT training combo from California. (For more info on Bill & Ezra, click here!  More details will be available in May; so keep checking back for conference updates!

9th Annual Lights On Afterschool!
October 16, 2008

Lights On Afterschool is celebrated nationwide to call attention to the importance of afterschool programs for America's children, families and communities. This annual national event is a project of the Afterschool Alliance, a nonprofit organization dedicated to ensuring that all children have access to quality, affordable afterschool programs. Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has served as Chair of Lights On Afterschool since 2001. Since then, the number of events hosted in each state has grown dramatically, with over 10,000 events expected in 2008. For information on signing up to host an event in 2008, click here!


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SoDakSaca Mission Statement

The mission of the SoDakSACA is to promote quality Out-of-School Time programs for children and youth through professional development and public advocacy.

History

Prior to 1998, South Dakota out-of-school time (OST) directors and their staff did not know one another, and there was no formal network to provide support for this group. There was also no conference or training available specifically geared for school-age care professionals.

Interest in forming an affiliate organization to the National School-Age Care Alliance (NSACA) grew, after a statewide conference on school-age care in 1998, sponsored by the state Child Care Services office. Many directors and staff also attended the national NSACA conference in San Antonio in 1999, and our goal became one of forming our own organization and becoming affiliated by the next NSACA conference in April 2000.

Our first official meeting was called to order in October, 1999, at the South Dakota Association for the Education of Young Children (SDAEYC) conference in Aberdeen, SD, with election of officers and board members, and the passage of by-laws.

In late October 1999, Sioux Falls was the site of the first SoDakSACA sponsored workshop. Jim "Mr. H-A-P-P-Y!!" Atkinson attracted approximately 90 new members.

SoDakSACA officially became a NSACA, now known as NAA (National Afterschool Association), affiliate in March of 2000.

Since that time, SoDakSACA sponsors the SoDakSACA Conference annually in October, and also the Afterschool Day at the Capitol each year in January or early February at the State Capitol Rotunda.

 
     

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