Word: after-school
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...reaping what we've been sowing for the past 20 to 30 years," says Corinne Gregory, founder of the PoliteChild. "Society has gotten increasingly callous and me-centered, and we're fed up with [the results]." Her firm, based in Woodinville, Wash., began in 2001 as an after-school program and is now a national enterprise with 2,000 alumni. Gregory's pupils are taught to mind their p's and q's and remember their three c's: caring, compassion and consideration...
...participate in all sorts of physical activities, and the program is expanding this year to take in more cities. Beyond that, Nick is planning to give more than half a million dollars in direct grants to schools and other organizations. The money will help reinstate PE classes and create after-school destinations where kids can play safely...
...bright afternoon sun, the two Crimson teams took part in City Kicks and helped teach a number of urban elementary schoolers—in grades three through five—who participate in the New England’s SCORES program. SCORES is an eclectic after-school program mixing soccer with academic study and community service...
Claire E. Gauthier, a volunteer with the High Flight after-school program based in Waltham, brought several students with her to the retreat...
...fact, he and former Carswell Professor of Philosophy K. Anthony Appiah started the Martin Luther King after-school program in Roxbury. The program teaches computer skills and black history using Encarta Africana, which Gates and Appiah developed together...