Upcoming Professional Development Opportunities:
• 21st Century
Community Learning
Center Summer
Institute
July 31 - Aug. 1, 2012
New Orleans, LA
• South Dakota
School Age Care
Alliance Conference
Oct. 5-6, 2012
Sioux Falls, SD
• SD Parent Resource
Network Annual
Conference
Oct. 27, 2012
Rapid City, SD
• Department of
Education
Calendar of Events
Check out the SD
Department of
Education's calendar
of events. Many
events are open to
everyone.
Mark’s Money Tip:
Project Completion
Reports (PCR’s) are
due within 90 days of
the end of the grant
period.Grant period
for 21st CCLC grants
ends June 30, 2012,
and the PRC is due
no later than Sept. 30,
2012. You do not have
to wait 90 days before
submitting the PCR.
Once you have sent
the final Financial
Status Report for the
grant period the PCR
can be submitted.
PCR’s must be
submitted before
carrryover requests
can be reviewed for
approval.
Mark Gageby is a management analyst for the South Dakota Department of Education and oversees funding for the 21st Century Community Learning Centers grant program.
Resource Corner:
We had many great
resources offered at
the annual
conference; we
hope you’ve had time
to sort through them
and find some new
favorites. Let us know
if there’s any that
you found helpful
and we can highlight
it our next newsletter.
Give us your feedback
Email Jill Cotton your
comments about this
newsletter. Your
comments will provide
direction for future
issues.
Center Highlight:
Lutheran Social Services, Hilltop Methodist
Cleveland Elementary and the Sioux Falls Elementary Immersion Center are the primary schools but they also serve students from Harvey Dunn, Rosa Parks, and John Harris
After-School Program
Grades: K-8, Daily Attendance: 75
Hours: 2:45 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Summer Program
- Daily Attendance: 75-85
- Hours: 7 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Choices, Choices, Choices…
The Hilltop After School and Summer Program thrives on the belief that students learn best when they are making choices. They offer students a variety of positive choices and they decide how they want to learn. On a typical day students come after school, eat a healthy snack and choose from a menu of activities that might include a science experiment, a math game, an art lesson, outside time, a club, etc. In the summer students can make similar choices in higher doses and add in a weekly theme with field trips, guest speakers, and even more fun activities.
The importance of Service Learning
Students especially enjoy service-learning activities where they learn to be more connected to their community by making a difference for others. Some favorite service-learning activities include making blankets for pets at the humane society (students learn measurement, the color wheel, animal science and more), writing letters to people in the military, making cards for hospice patients, cleaning up parks, etc.
Celebrating diversity
Since this grant serves the Immersion Center, there is a very diverse student population. Many were born right here in South Dakota and many were born in countries all over the world. Heather DeWit, the Director of Childcare and Education with LSS, says they are fortunate to have such a wide variety of students attending the center. “Our students have become community leaders for unity by demonstrating what they learn each day.” One fourth-grade student put it best last summer when he said, “What I learned this summer is that it doesn’t matter what country you’re from, or even what school you go to. It only matters if you’re nice.”
Working together and looking forward
Teamwork and cooperation lead to big learning at Hilltop and the kids are excited to show what they are learning. They host frequent parent nights for hands-on family learning that fit with a fun theme. DeWit is very excited to be adding two new locations like Hilltop to the Lutheran Social Services team which will allow them to serve many more students.
Congratulations!!
• Belle Fourche School District
• Black Hills Special Services, Rapid City Academies
• Boys and Girls Club of the Missouri River, Wagner and Marty
• Lutheran Social Services of South Dakota and Hilltop Methodist, Sioux Falls
• Mobridge-Pollock School District
• Smee School District
• Washington Pavilion, Sioux Falls
• YMCA of Rapid City, Valley View Elementary and Rapid Valley Elementary
• YMCA of Rapid City, Downtown Teen Center
South Dakota now has a powerful voice on the Nation Afterschool Association Board
Thank You!
Ramkota Conference Center, Pierre
“Making Moments Count with Countless Resources”
We want to thank all of you who attended our annual conference last month. It was one of biggest in years! We received many positive comments about the speakers and presenters. Hopefully you came away energized and ready to show your students lots of new science experiments! Mark your calendars for June 17-18, 2013, for next year’s conference.
Wellness Tip
http://www.food.com/recipes/canning-vegetables
http://www.tasteofhome.com/Recipes/Seasonal-Recipes/Garden-Recipes/Freezing-Fruit-and-Blanching-Vegetables
http://www.tasteofhome.com/Recipes/Seasonal-Recipes/Garden-Recipes/Vegetable-Storage
Sue Burgard, S.D. Department of Education
sue.burgard@state.sd.us,
(605) 773-5238
Jill Cotton, S.D. Department of Education
jill.cotton@state.sd.us,
(605) 773-4693