Over the course of six weeks, the Nebraska Children blog has invited Jeff Cole, Associate Vice President of School-Community Partnerships for Beyond School Bells, to write some guest posts sharing his program’s work. My previous posts have focused on Beyond…
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Beyond School Bells, part 4: Environmental education
Over the course of six weeks, the Nebraska Children blog has invited Jeff Cole, Associate Vice President of School-Community Partnerships for Beyond School Bells, to write some guest posts sharing his program’s work. In addition to supporting a wide variety…
Posted in Middle Childhood
Beyond School Bells, part 1: Our mission
Over the course of six weeks, the Nebraska Children blog has invited Jeff Cole, Associate Vice President of School-Community Partnerships for Beyond School Bells, to write some guest posts sharing his program’s work. Beyond School Bells (BSB) started 15 years…
Posted in Middle Childhood, Uncategorized
Kids need to be kids . . . especially when they’re in foster care
Nebraska policymakers are currently discussing how to implement the Strengthening Families Act (SFA) in our state. While there are many parts to this important legislation, what we believe will be most critical to system-served youth are the components that relate…
Beyond School Bells unveils mobile maker lab in Nebraska
Beyond School Bells, a collaboration of Nebraska Children, recently unveiled TMC Labs. TMC (Think, Make, Create) labs is a 6’x12′ trailer that houses hands-on, interactive learning resources in science, technology, engineering, mathematics and the arts. We delivered the TMC Labs…
Beyond School Bells receives Ron Raikes Innovation for Opportunity Award
Jeff Cole of Nebraska Children and the Beyond School Bells collaboration were recently selected as the first recipient of the Ron Raikes Innovation for Opportunity Award. The award was given at a statewide ARKSARBEN recognition event at the Museum of Nebraska Art in Kearney on…
ELO Success in Chadron
Expanded Learning Opportunities (ELOs) are expanding horizons for students in Chadron. The afterschool and summer learning programs tap the community’s business, university and extension learning resources to enrich student experiences and improve classroom performance.
ELO Success in Crete
Amazing things are happening in the afterschool and summer programs in Crete. Kids are learning music, robotics, cooking, performing arts and lab science . . . all while getting extra homework help to boost their classroom performance.
ELO Success in Omaha
Collective For Youth, an organization based in Omaha, is doing an outstanding job working with the Omaha Public School district to bring high-quality Expanded Learning Opportunities (afterschool and summer programming) to 29 schools. Students receive healthy meals, strategic individualized tutoring,…
Tagged with: afterschool, afterschool program, beyond school bells, CLC, collective for youth, elo, omaha, STEM
Posted in Middle Childhood
Posted in Middle Childhood
ELO success in Columbus
The Communities Together Can program in Columbus was developed to serve the high number of working families in the central Nebraska community. At first, the primary need it served was child care – a safe, structured and supervised place for…
Tagged with: afterschool, afterschool program, beyond school bells, CLC, columbus, elo
Posted in Middle Childhood
Posted in Middle Childhood
Growing the Good Life 