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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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Annual
Highlights - Afterschool Day at the Capitol
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Afterschool
Day at the Capitol
Each year during
legislative session, OST programs converge on Pierre
to participate in the annual SoDakSACA-sponsored
“Afterschool Day at the Capitol”. Programs have
booths highlighting what ‘after school programs’ are
all about, and feature what their program provides
the children in their own communities. The day is
usually held in late January or early February, and
legislators and the Governor are invited to come to
the Rotunda to visit the booths. It is also open to
the public.
Due to weather issues,
the 2005 Afterschool Day at the Capitol was
cancelled.
Scheduling conflicts
prevented us from having the event in 2006.
2007 Afterschool
Day at the Capitol
The 2007 Afterschool Day
at the Capitol was held on February 6 from 9:00am –
2:00pm in the Capitol Rotunda, and was a huge
success. The participating programs were amazing.
They presented information about their programs and
the importance of afterschool care to the public as
well as the legislators.
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The Governor was
present for a
photo with the student ambassadors and all
of the adults who helped make this event
possible. The Governor also took time to
sign pictures, t-shirts and
collect trinkets
from the children. |
The Lieutenant Governor
was also in attendance. Fifteen programs and
thirteen student ambassadors participated in the Day
at the Capitol. The wide variety of programs
displayed a wonderful showcase of afterschool needs
being meet across South Dakota. The participating
programs included: Enemy Swim Day School Afterschool
Program, BFACC Oasis, Boys and Girls Club of Pierre,
Hands on Partnership (Dept Ed., State Library),
Southern Hills OST and Preschool, Kids Inc.
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Afterschool
Enrichment Program, New Visions 21st CCLC,
Ellsworth AFB., Wall After School Program,
Newell HOPE Program, Wakpala 21st CCLC
Afterschool
Program, Totally
Kids, Wessington Afterschool Program,
Liberty Center Inc., and the Multi-Cultural
Center ASP. |
Above Photo: Sisseton’s Westside Afterschool
Program (left) & Lennox Totally Kids (right) |
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Afterschool Day
at the Capitol raised public awareness of
the importance in quality
afterschool
care. We hope the event had a positive
impact on legislators, to vote in
support of our
youth and youth programming. We will be
hosting this event again next year and hope
to see more programs and new ideas. |
Event co-chairs for 2007
were Ryan Zens, Ellsworth AFB and Linda Merkwan,
Kids Inc-Sioux
Falls.
(Photo left to right: Ryan Zens, SoDakSACA President
Joan Severson, and Linda Merkwan)
Everyone had a
great day!
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Photo at Right:
Big smiles from the ‘boys’ from Wakpala 21st
CCLC program! |
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Photo at Left:
Displays from So. Hills OST Program –
Sioux Falls & Kids Inc.-Sioux Falls |
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Photo at Right:
Staff member and youth from the
Multi-Cultural Center in Sioux Falls. |
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Photo at Left:
Governor Rounds Surrounded!
Students and staff presented gifts to the
Governor
from their programs. |
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Photo at Right:
Display booth from Enemy Swim Day School |
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Photo at Left:
Ellsworth AFB Afterschool Program
display. |
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Photo at left:
Governor Rounds signs an autograph
for student at 2007 Afterschool Day at the
Capitol. |
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Afterschool Days
at the Capitol – Memories Album
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2004
Afterschool Day at the Capitol
The 2004
Afterschool Day at the Capitol was held on
February 4 from 9:00-2:00p.m.
Twelve
organizations and programs participated in
the annual event sponsored by the South
Dakota School-Age Care Alliance. |
The day was spent
visiting with the legislators and visitors to the
Capitol about the need for quality school-age care.
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The following
organizations and programs were showcased:
Club MORRE – Madison; Club E3 – Wessington;
Cooperative Extension Youth Development/4-H
– Brookings; YWCA KIDS' KLUB – Mitchell;
Mobridge CARE; Wakpala 21st CCLC;
Multi-cultural After-school Program - Sioux
Falls; |
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HOPE Program – Newell;
EBB – Flandreau; Boys & Girls Club – Pierre; and
Boys & Girls Club of the Yankton Sioux – Wagner.
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Great shot of
the rotunda, and some of the exhibit booths
participating in 2004! |
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Nice
shot of our SoDakSACA booth! |
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2003 Afterschool
Day at the Capitol
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Governor Mike
Rounds with students from the EBB program in
Flandreau. |
Afterschool Day
at the Capitol – 2002
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Governor William
Janklow, a major supporter of afterschool
program development in South Dakota, with
students from the EBB program of Flandreau.
The students were in costume as “Hugs and
Kisses” and were handing out Hersheys
candies to people who stopped at their
booth. |
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2001 Afterschool
Day at the Capitol – Our Very First!
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The first
Afterschool Day at the Capitol was held in
Pierre at the Capitol Rotunda during the
2001 legislative session. Lori Laughlin,
Black Hills Special Services Cooperative,
and Billie Jo Bakeberg, Spearfish Kids Club
Kids director, coordinated the event. |
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Several OST programs
from throughout the state were represented at the
event, and many state legislators came down to the
rotunda to visit the booths. (Photo at Left: Billie
Jo Bakeberg & Lori Laughlin)
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Governor Bill
Janklow and Senator Tom Daschle surprised
the group by visiting the booths, and posing
for numerous pictures. A big highlight of
the day!
Photo at right:
Senator Tom Daschle posing with Marcie
Reagan & students of the YMCA Bridges
Program in Aberdeen. |
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(Photo at left:
Governor Bill Janklow posing with the
Deadwood and Belle Fourche JAM programs.)
Governor Bill
Janklow began a statewide initiative in 1997
with the Office of Child Care Services to
help develop and support afterschool
programs in South Dakota. |
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Photo at right:
Governor Bill Janklow posing with students
from the Flandreau EBB program. Student at
right is a nephew of Senator Sutton, and
expressed to Governor Janklow “I’d think I’d
like to be Governor some day”. |
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