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.
SodakSACA 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. In recent years, SoDakSACA has co-sponsored the statewide Lights On Afterschool event. SoDakSACA began hosting the annual OST Directors’ Retreat in 2013 to continue this unique leadership training opportunity for directors, which was started by the Division of Child Care in 2004.
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Sharing a summer opportunity. Message from Markie Scholz: I wanted to let the Afterschool programs in South Dakota know that I have funding left in my grant with the South Dakota Arts Council. This lets me match 50%/50% with non profit organizations in South Dakota. I am doing workshops and shows in several centers and would love to do more locations. My website is Dragons Are Too Seldom Puppet Productions. I have been doing shows and workshops around South Dakota and the United States for over 50 years. It is a blast!
• In the puppet making workshop each student makes a sock puppet, learns to manipulate and put together a short presentation and has lots of fun. I provide all of the supplies. Each workshop lasts an hour to an hour and a half, depending on the age of the participants. They, of course, keep their puppets and I provide instructions on how to write scripts and put on a production dragonsaretooseldom.com/workshops/
• Several shows are available but the one that seems to be the most appropriate is "In the Center of Things" In the Center of Things, is an anti-bullying show that through fun and humor helps kids find solutions to being bullied. It comes with a downloadable PDF with all kinds of activities to do with the students.
My grant expires June 30th and I have until May 31st to get contracts done. If anyone would like to book shows and/or workshops my cell is 605 645-8985 and my email address is markie@DragonsAreTooSeldom.com Thanks.
Markie Scholz
DragonsAreTooSeldom.com
605 642-4805 cell 605 645-8985
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