Join us in welcoming Grace Lutheran Child Learning Center

to the Pathway to Accreditation! 

Grace Lutheran Child Learning Center is a brand new child care facility in Rancho Sahuarita providing high-quality, safe, private, afterschool care for children in Kindergarten through 5th grade.

CONGRATULATIONS!

Interested in joining the AzCASE team? We're hiring!

The Quality & Accreditation Coordinator will coordinate the facilitation of quality assurance processes for out-of-school time programs across the state. The perfect candidate is interested in gaining a deeper understanding of systems-level work, connecting with and supporting out-of-school time professionals, and getting to know the broader out-of-school time community across Arizona.

Apply today!

Looking for a way to hone your social media skills? Come contract with AzCASE for 5-10 hours a week running our social media campaigns. To apply email info@azafterschool.org

The Fall 2023 edition of 

AfterSchool Today is here!

Published bi-annually by the National AfterSchool Association, AfterSchool Today is the leading publication for professionals in the OST and afterschool fields.

We are honored to share expertise and insight from OST leaders and professionals from around the country and across the field. This edition of AST is focused on health equity for our communities and those we serve — including ourselves and our staff!

Read the issue here

Nearly 90% of public schools now offer afterschool programs

by Colleen Connolly for Youth Today

On a given Monday after school, public school students in the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont — a rural part of the state in the northeast corner — could learn how to cook with foods straight from the farm. On Tuesday, they could practice martial arts. On Wednesday, they might participate in a Lego building competition. And it all takes place right at school. 

This last year, they’ve also been able to ride bikes with their friends around their schools thanks to three new mobile bike trailers — with 40 bikes each, plus helmets and gear — that make stops at the nine different elementary schools in the area. 

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