Trying to track down Jeff Cole, Network Lead for Beyond School Bells, is not an easy task at the Nebraska Children and Families Foundation office in Lincoln. But when you look at everything the Beyond School Bells initiative has been…
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Catching up with Beyond School Bells
Tagged with: beyond school bells, Civic Nebraska, elo, expanded learning opportunities, Innovation Fellowship, STEM, STEM learning, Think Make Create Labs, TMC Labs
Posted in Middle Childhood, News and Events
Posted in Middle Childhood, News and Events
Nebraska Children’s Beyond School Bells hosts fifth annual Stakeholders Summit
On October 26, Beyond School Bells hosted its fifth annual Expanded Learning Opportunities (ELO) Stakeholder’s Summit. Approximately 60 stakeholders representing various interests and perspectives attended this half-day event, which was held in Nebraska Children’s Lincoln offices. The summit opened with…
Tagged with: Anna Wishart, beyond school bells, elos, expanded learning opportunities, mobile makerspace, Stakeholders Summit, think make create, TMC Labs
Posted in Middle Childhood, News and Events
Posted in Middle Childhood, News and Events
Conservation Management Internship Program Field Journal, part 3
Over the past few weeks, Nebraska Children has been sharing Anna Wishart’s Field Journal highlighting the experiences she oversaw as a one of two mentors participating in Nebraska Children’s Conservation Management Summer Internship program. Building on the past two installments,…
Tagged with: Anna Wishart, beyond school bells, Conservation Management, Girls Inc., internship, Native Futures, STEM
Posted in News and Events, Teen/Early Adulthood
Posted in News and Events, Teen/Early Adulthood
Conservation Management Internship Program Field Journal, part 1
This summer, Beyond School Bells, a statewide partnership of Nebraska Children, worked with a coalition of partners to design and implement a summer internship program in conservation management. The program had multiple goals: to expose high school students to careers in…
Tagged with: Anna Wishart, beyond school bells, Conservation Management, Girls Inc., internship, Native Futures, STEM
Posted in News and Events, Teen/Early Adulthood
Posted in News and Events, Teen/Early Adulthood
Nebraska’s ELO Design Challenge: Opening New Doors to Learning
Opportunity knocked. Beyond School Bells and a strong coalition of districts and partners from around the state responded. Beyond School Bells (BSB), a public-private partnership at Nebraska Children, is proud to be a lead partner in Nebraska’s Expanded Learning Opportunity…
Tagged with: afterschool, beyond school bells, design challenge, elo, STEM
Posted in Middle Childhood, News and Events
Posted in Middle Childhood, News and Events
Afterschool programming a concern for federal, local budgets
Proposed 2018-19 Federal Budget eliminates funding for afterschool President Trump recently released his first federal budget proposal, in which he proposed elimination of the only dedicated source of federal funding for afterschool and summer programs, the 21st Century Community Learning Center Program.…
Tagged with: beyond school bells, Legislature, policy
Posted in Cradle to career, Early Childhood, Legislature, News and Events
Posted in Cradle to career, Early Childhood, Legislature, News and Events
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…
