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Recent News
State
Afterschool Programs Benefit Mexico’s Children
Thanks to several Afterschool programs statewide,
the Volunteer Optometrists for Humanity mission will
be able to provide over 800 more eyeglasses to
Mexico’s
Children. Programs participated in a statewide
eyeglass collection project as part of
National & Global Youth Service Day. Way to go!
Native Youth Club Honored
at Afterschool for All Challenge in D.C.
The Afterschool Alliance and MetLife Foundation
recently recognized the Native Youth Club in Sioux
Falls, South Dakota as an Afterschool Innovator for
involving the community in its program and forging
partnerships between school and community. Native
Youth Club was one of four organizations honored at
the “Breakfast of Champions” at the Afterschool for
All Challenge in May as an Afterschool Innovator.
Each has been profiled in Afterschool Innovations
in Brief, a series of Issue Briefs developed by the
Afterschool Alliance with support from MetLife
Foundation.
ESDS First Tribal School in
US to Have Accredited Program
The National AfterSchool Association recently
notified the Enemy Swim Day School
(ESDS) Afterschool Program they have met the
requirements for national accreditation. Only six
other programs in South Dakota besides ESDS are
accredited. ESDS Afterschool Program is also the
first and only BIA/Tribal school in the nation to be
accredited. Way to go!
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!
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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Update – June, 2008
I attended SD Alliance for Children meeting
in Pierre on May 7th. It was a meeting of
many of the organizations across the state
that supports child care, early education
and school-age care. The meeting was to
decide if the Alliance still wanted to meet
and be an organization. We had a good
working day with everyone in consensus that
working together we can help the children
across the state without “reinventing the
wheel!”
The NAA’s accreditation program is
transitioning to the Council on
Accreditation (COA) on September 1, 2008. If
your site has started the accreditation
process, NAA will see you through it.
The insurance that is now offered to all NAA
members through a partnership with Forrest
T. Jones and Company is a huge benefit. If
you are a member of SoDakSACA, you are also
a member of NAA so Comprehensive Health
Plans, 10 year Level Term Life, Personal
Automobile Insurance and Educators
Professional Liability Insurance plans are
available to you! Call toll free
880-821-7303 or visit them at
www.ftj.com/TIE for complete plan
information.
A networking group of people from across the
state will be having a face to face meeting
in Pierre this month to discuss the Mott
Grant. We have applied for it in the past
and were denied. Now, we are meeting to
discuss the future of the group and if we
want to proceed.
We are working on the SoDakSACA conference
for October 3 & 4 at Watertown, SD. I am
chair of the food program and would like a
co-chairman. If you would be interested,
please call me at 698-3257.
Have a fun summer! Ann Erickson, Advisor
2007
Advisor Updates
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Ann Erickson
Sisseton Past President
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