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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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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
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