< PreviousAfter-School All-Stars (ASAS) North Texas is devoted to the improvement and empowerment of all-inclusive education. One example would be Edward H. Cary Middle School (Cary Middle School), which had been identified as an “Improvement Required” school by the state. ASAS North Texas launched at Cary Middle School in 2014 with a mission to partner with the school’s academic staff to improve overall student performance. The school had experienced significant turnover in leadership and faculty and needed a partner to engage and develop students through enrichment. Since ASAS North Texas launched at the school and worked closely with teachers and staff to provide students with more than academic support after school, Cary Middle School has since then renounced their “Improvement Required” status. ASAS North Texas strives to provide a sense of continuity with all program activities. The site coordinator and program staff partner together to familiarize themselves with each student’s personal needs. This collaboration has allowed for a strong partnership to emerge between the school and ASAS North Texas program staff. Through continued collaboration, ASAS North Texas works with the school administration to ensure all partnership goals are aligned to enhance academic and social-emotional learning. Both ASAS and the school staff communicate proactively to provide students with the necessary skills for advancing successfully through middle school and beyond. Our hope is to provide students with the necessary enrichment programs to develop their own individual skillsets. NORTH TEXAS OUR CHAPTERS 671 STUDENTS 6 SCHOOLS 100% QUALIFY FOR FREE OR REDUCED LUNCH PROGRAM PARTNERS LEADERSHIP MARISSA CASTRO MIKOY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR MARY SILVERMAN BOARD CHAIR REVENUE 32% Event EXPENSES 47% Foundation 3% Other 77% Program 14% Administration 9% Fundraising 9% Corporate 8% Individual 1% Government DEMOGRAPHIC 71% Hispanic/Latinx 26% Black/African American 3% WhiteORLANDO OUR CHAPTERS After-School All-Stars (ASAS) Orlando aims to cultivate a supportive and empowering community for all students. We know not every child may have a positive perception of what the word “home” means, but our hope is that they will feel at home in ASAS and feel that they belong. We want students to feel empowered to be young, full of life, and fully themselves. We aspire to make middle school an enjoyable experience where students can experience personal growth unlike ever before. One of the students who drastically marked our lives was Wallace Wyatt III. Not only was he a student in our program, but he moved on to be an intern, and is now a site coordinator for our North Texas chapter. He has gone on to positively impact so many others, while guiding them in finding their own authentic voice. He longs to see students speak up for what they need in order to be successful in life. And we can confidently say, there is nothing more rewarding than to see students give back to their communities. 3,893 STUDENTS 21 SCHOOLS 79% QUALIFY FOR FREE OR REDUCED LUNCH PROGRAM PARTNERS EXPENSES 93% Program 6% Administration 1% Fundraising DEMOGRAPHIC 39% Black/African American 3% Asian American/Pacific Islander 35% Hispanic/Latinx 21% White REVENUE 87% Government 10% Corporate 3% Foundation 2% Other LEADERSHIP DAN TOFFOLI EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR COLBY ARROW BOARD CHAIR MAYOR BUDDY DYER HONORARY CHAIRPHILADELPHIA & CAMDEN After-School All-Stars (ASAS) Philadelphia and Camden students at our Molina Upper Elementary location take a moment to show off their hard work cooking in our Kids in the Kitchen program. Sponsored by the Junior League of Philadelphia, our healthy eating programs work to teach students healthy eating habits and cooking skills that will last a lifetime. Students can work with program leaders to try out new recipes, use their hands, and even try what they create. At three of our other school sites, the Vetri Community Partnership offers a similar program seeking to create learning based in cooking, nutrition, and STEAM concepts for student engagement through culinary education. ASAS Philadelphia and Camden go beyond programming to ensure all students get equal opportunity to succeed in school and in life. Our focus is building relationships with and for our students, from mentorship to daily social connections with peers. We strive to uplift youth and provide a sense of safety during one of the most unsure periods of their lifetime. Our hope is to empower them to establish outstanding decision making and relationship building skills. OUR CHAPTERS EXPENSES 84% Program 16% Administration 436 STUDENTS 5 SCHOOLS 100% QUALIFY FOR FREE OR REDUCED LUNCH PROGRAM PARTNERS LEADERSHIP KELLY WOODLAND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR LISA LEWIS BOARD CHAIR DEMOGRAPHIC REVENUE 44% Hispanic/Latinx 71% Foundation 5% White 1% Individual 41% Black/African American 20% Government 5% Asian American/Pacific Islander 7% Corporate 4% Other 1% Native American/Alaskan Native 1% EventAfter-School All-Stars (ASAS) Puget Sound actively strives to fulfill Greater Seattle’s need for comprehensive after-school programs tailored for under-resourced middle school youth. In addition to homework help and tutoring, we offer a variety of enrichment and wellness programs for students to select from, including DJ/ music production, coding and game design, outdoor education, dance, career exploration, cooking, cultural arts, service-learning, sports, yoga, photography, and more. We also coordinate several field trips throughout the school year as part of our career exploration initiative. For instance, students in our after-school programs have visited the Seattle Police Department, Virginia Mason Athletic Center (Seahawks headquarters), 5th Avenue Theater, Microsoft Gaming Studios, Amazon headquarters, Beecher’s Foundation Pure Food Kids Workshop, Alaska Airlines Aviation Day, Camp Waskowitz, One Mind Yoga Issaquah, T-Mobile Tech Experience Center, and more. These unique, enriching experiences help students develop the hard and soft skills they need to build resilience and create their own paths to success. PUGET SOUND OUR CHAPTERS 446 STUDENTS 2 SCHOOLS 61% QUALIFY FOR FREE OR REDUCED LUNCH PROGRAM PARTNERS LEADERSHIP RANNA DAUD EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR CHRISTIAN TINDER BOARD CHAIR EXPENSES 83% Program 16% Administration 1% Fundraising DEMOGRAPHIC REVENUE 35% Black/African American 34% Foundation 14% Hispanic/Latinx 8% Individual 25% Asian American/Pacific Islander 29% Other 22% White 22% Corporate 2% Native American/Alaskan Native 2% Other 7% EventAfter-School All-Stars (ASAS) San Antonio has tirelessly fought for the funding and expansion of the chapter since its initial opening. One of our first expansions was possible due to a generous gift in 2003 from ASAS board member, Todd Wagner—we were able to expand into two new schools. Opportunity came knocking when an existing afterschool program provider pulled out of two middle schools and three elementary schools, allowing us to step into the gap and serve the local community. With more schools, funding from 21st Century grants, and hard work from staff, ASAS San Antonio can provide more students in the Edgewood Independent School District with comprehensive afterschool programming. There has been a greater sense of community and engagement and students’ test scores have even increased as a result. What started in only two schools has since grown into so much more. ASAS San Antonio can now proudly be found in 32 schools, including all ten elementary schools in the Edgewood Independent School District, plus Brentwood Middle School. After-School All-Stars San Antonio aims to bring opportunities and work with local communities to strengthen their students’ sense of community. Fiesta Week is a great example of building community among students of San Antonio; it is a week dedicated to Texas’ independence from Mexico, and every school participates in the ceremony. Every year, students are asked to design a medal that the ASAS board will then vote on and fund to gift to every student. Students wear this medal proudly and as a badge of honor. SAN ANTONIO OUR CHAPTERS 2,986 STUDENTS 32 SCHOOLS 92% QUALIFY FOR FREE OR REDUCED LUNCH PROGRAM PARTNERS LEADERSHIP DR. PATRICIA KARAM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR JANE MACON BOARD CHAIR EXPENSESDEMOGRAPHICREVENUE 83% Program95% Hispanic/Latinx88% Government 10% Administration3% Black/African American11% Event 7% Fundraising2% White1% FoundationAfter-School All-Stars (ASAS) South Florida takes advantage of the warm weather and year-round sunshine to grow herbs and seasonal vegetables, which students then use in cooking class, take home to their families, and prepare and serve to the school community at culminating events. Just a short 30 miles to the south of Miami is Homestead, an agricultural community with miles of lush farmland and raw wilderness that stretch as far as the eye can see. As Miami-Dade County’s second-oldest city (it was incorporated in 1913) it’s laden with lightless rough roads that turn pitch black after sunset–a challenge for any school bus to travel on. It’s a stark contrast to the manicured landscapes, high-rise condos, and bright lights of Miami Beach. Palm trees, fruit, spices, and other exotic plants grow in the mild, warm climate, and landscapers come to purchase the palms that will decorate the beautiful hotels that line the Beach where snowbirds flock to every winter, fueling the robust hospitality economy. But for the migrant workers and their kids living in Homestead, there’s no vacation wonderland to where they can escape. ASAS South Florida serves three schools in Homestead and the unincorporated areas around it: Homestead Middle School, Mandarin Lakes K-8 Academy, and Redlands Middle School. The students are the children of migrant agricultural workers, many of whom are undocumented. Like most of Miami, Spanish is the unofficial “official” language. Most students speak English and help translate for their parents and grandparents. Along with these language barriers, it’s somewhat challenging to recruit students to the afterschool program. Often, parents are afraid to have any written records that could be used against them if they were detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Schools are safe havens, and ICE can’t legally detain students coming to or from school. That sense of security changed recently when a parent at an ASAS site in Homestead was picked up by ICE. It was a reminder of the fragility of these families’ situation. Despite the hesitation to enroll their children, the lure of free transportation, homework help, and meals the program offers often wins parents over. Most parents take the bus to pick up their students, and most have already endured a grueling 3-hour round-trip commute to jobs in northern Miami Dade, so not having to pick up their student makes life a bit easier. Our focus is to keep students safe during the hours of after-school. Our hope is that students gain valuable skills and go on to create their own brighter futures. SOUTH FLORIDA OUR CHAPTERS EXPENSES REVENUEDEMOGRAPHICS 92% Program 88% Government51% Black/African American 4% Administration 4% Fundraising 8% Individual44% Hispanic/Latinx 3% Foundation3% White 1% Corporate2% Other 3,455 STUDENTS 35 SCHOOLS 87% QUALIFY FOR FREE OR REDUCED LUNCH PROGRAM PARTNERS LEADERSHIP SEAN PROSPECT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR CARLOS SALADRIGAS BOARD CHAIRAfter-School All-Stars (ASAS) Tampa Bay provides academic and enrichment programs to children in local middle schools in the Tampa Bay area. We partner with the City of Tampa, Hillsborough County Schools, and local community leaders to create a safe educational environment for our youth. We aim to increase overall attendance and engagement from our students. One of the ways was by planning an ASAS Winter Wonderland dance—word got out fast and before we knew it, everyone wanted to come, so we made it a school wide dance. After the dance, students were inquiring how to be a part of the planning committee for the next dance and we ended up increasing our student intake, engagement, and attendance. Additionally, ASAS Tampa Bay has gone above and beyond to combat summer learning loss by providing seven weeks of summer programming, including project-based learning, swimming lessons, dance, cooking, sports, art and more. The summer program theme took students on a journey to all the world’s continents, learning customs, geographic features, economics and cultural characteristics. TAMPA BAY OUR CHAPTERS 516 STUDENTS 2 SCHOOLS 94% QUALIFY FOR FREE OR REDUCED LUNCH PROGRAM PARTNERS LEADERSHIP JOE MANGIONE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR BILL GIESEKING BOARD CHAIR EXPENSES 88% Program 12% Administration DEMOGRAPHIC REVENUE 55% Black/African American 70% Government 1% Asian American/Pacific Islander 2% Individual 31% Hispanic/Latinx 19% Foundation 11% White 9% Corporate 1% Native American/Alaskan Native 1% OtherTOLEDO OUR CHAPTERS After-School All-Stars (ASAS) Toledo has been fighting for families since day one. Toledo was once a thriving downtown area, until it suffered from urban sprawl, and left behind families with fewer opportunities for employment and resources. Families who lived locally were forced to search for employment elsewhere, which made it more difficult for parents to be home at an appropriate time to also pick up their children from school. The Toledo Public Schools Superintendent recognized the tremendous opportunity gap students in the downtown area faced and decided to partner with After-School All-Stars to provide comprehensive afterschool programs that would engage and support students’ academic and social-emotional needs. ASAS Toledo is primarily focused on keeping children safe and furthering their opportunities in life. EXPENSES 79% Program 12% Administration 9% Fundraising 294 STUDENTS 3 SCHOOLS 80% QUALIFY FOR FREE OR REDUCED LUNCH PROGRAM PARTNERS DEMOGRAPHIC REVENUE 42% White 82% Government 1% Asian American/Pacific Islander 2% Individual 35% Black/African American 10% Corporate21% Hispanic/Latinx 6% Foundation 1% Native American/Alaskan Native LEADERSHIP TRACY ENSIGN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR CHRIS O’SHAUGHNESSY BOARD CHAIR KAREN KASICH HONORARY CHAIRWASHINGTON DC OUR CHAPTERS After-School All-Stars (ASAS) Washington, D.C. has played a monumental part in the safety and edu- cation of students in areas of the city that are particularly considered to be disadvantaged and under resourced. Research shows that the most dangerous part of the day is between 3 p.m. and 6 p.m., which is why ASAS DC fights to provide free, advanced afterschool programming for all middle school students; some programs include: drone engineering, robotics, healthy cooking, yoga, and music production. Our hope is that children will never have to worry about their safety but will fully be able to focus on expanding their capacity in a safe and welcoming environment. After-School All-Stars DC is proud to serve the students of this diverse and vibrant community, and as we grow and build relationships throughout DC, our hope is to bring these opportunities to every middle school student within the district. 896 STUDENTS 7 SCHOOLS 91% QUALIFY FOR FREE OR REDUCED LUNCH PROGRAM PARTNERS EXPENSES LEADERSHIP DANIELA GRIGONI EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR BRENDAN WHITSITT BOARD CHAIR 83% Program 15% Administration 2% Fundraising DEMOGRAPHIC 82% Black/African American 1% Asian American/Pacific Islander 13% Hispanic/Latinx 4% White REVENUE 43% Government 5% Event 41% Foundation 7% Corporate 3% Individual 1% OtherSCHOOL DISTRICT AND CHARTER PARTNERS Atlanta Public Schools Bright Star Schools Broward County Public Schools Chicago Public Schools Clark County School District Cleveland Metropolitan School District Columbus Public Schools Dallas Independent School District Department of Youth and Community Development District of Columbia Charter Schools District of Columbia Public Schools Edgewood Indepdendent School District Extera Public Schools Futon County Schools Hawaii Department of Education Hillsborough County Public Schools Honolulu School District Kau-Keeau-Pahoa Complex Kent School District Las Virgenes Unified School District Leilehua-Mililani-Waialua Complex Area Leeward Oahu School District Los Angeles Leadership Academy Los Angeles Public Charter Schools Los Angeles Unified School District Lucerne Valley Unified School District Mastery Charter Schools Miami-Dade County Public Schools Montebello Unified School District Nānākuli-Wai’anae Complex Area Newark Public Schools New York City Department of Education Oakland Unified School District Orange County Public Schools Philips Academy Charter School Renton School District San Antonio Independent School District School District of Philadelphia Synergy Charter Academy Toledo Public Schools Windward Oahu School DistrictNext >