Afterschool Alliance is turning lemons into lemonade. For the past 20 years, you’ve been able to attend local Lights On Afterschool events in your community, where you’ve been able to see afterschool youth in action first-hand, from making robots and launching rockets to dance performances to color runs and art shows. Since you can’t attend this year, […]

It’s on! We’re proud to be joining the Afterschool Alliance and thousands of OST programs in the largest nationwide showcase of afterschool programs during the 21st annual Lights On Afterschool celebration on October 22nd! And if you only want to participate digitally, go ahead and skip to the bottom of the page (but you still […]

Making toasted pumpkin seeds is a great way to teach students about nutrition (they’re high in protein), cooking safety, and recycling (eating the pulp from the pumpkin instead of throwing it away). First, if you are scooping seeds out of a fresh pumpkin, soak the seeds to remove the pumpkin meat, and let them completely […]

News Release Contacts: Mary Graham 615-495-9970 Mary.graham@uwtn.org Million Girls Moonshot Comes to Tennessee! State’s Afterschool Network Joins Nationwide Effort to Close the Gender Gap in STEM Tech and philanthropic leaders launch collective impact initiative to work with afterschool programs in Tennessee and nationwide to increase diversity and equity in science, technology, engineering and math Nashville, […]