Middle School Learning Center

Movin' After School
Is your After School Program ready to increase physical activity and promote healthy lifestyle choices? Through policy change, Movin After School will assist you and your program staff to increase physical activity time in your after school programming and will assist you as you encourage youth make healthy lifestyle choices. Space is limited!
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Where: Hope Center, 2209 North 20th Street
Omaha, NE 68110
When:Tuesday, Sep 21 2010,9:00 am to 11:00 am READ MORE

The Life Course Model II
Learn how to implement the Life Course model into your daily work with youth. This GOASA professional development training will continue to increase your awareness and knowledge of the Life Course Model. This is a more in-depth approach to applying this model to curriculum and practice. This session is intended for people who attended last year as well as for “first-timers.”
Where:Kroc Center, 2825 Y Street, Omaha, NE 68107
When:Wednesday, Sep 29 2010, 9:00 am to 12:00 pm
Total seats available: 70
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Click here for a downloadable version of the 2010/2011 MSLC Policy Handbook for parents and students. READ MORE

The Friends of the Omaha Public Library Book Sale
Friday, September 10, 2010, 10 am to 8 pm
Saturday, September 11, 2010,10 am to 5:30 pm
Sunday, September 12, 2010,12 noon to 5 pm
The Friends of the Omaha Public Library quarterly book sale will be held at Swanson Library, 90th & West Dodge. A Preview Sale for the members of the Friends will be held Thursday, September 9, 6 pm to 8:30 pm. Come to the sale on Thursday and become a member at the door for only $15.00. READ MORE

Click here to view the most recent Building Bright Futures newsletter.
BBF newsletter.pdf READ MORE

Expanding Horizons for Student Success – the Afterschool Way will be September 24, 2010 at the Embassy Suites Conference Center in LaVista. The purpose of the conference is to provide support for programs that provide services for children during non-school hours and are (or want to be) aligned with a school district’s learning objectives.
If you have questions, contact Karen Stevens, 21st CCLC Director, at karen.stevens@nebraska.gov READ MORE

The Greater Omaha After School Alliance (GOASA) and the Mayor’s Office invite you to take a look at the updated Omaha After School Initiative Program Resource Guide, an informational guide for students, parents, and program providers. In this guide you will find important information about local after school programs including:
•Locations of programs
•When programs are offered
•Services provided
•Program contact information
If you would like to have your agencies information added to this guide please contact Barb Farho at bfarho@ci.omaha.ne.us .
Omaha After School Provider Resource Guide May 2010.pdf READ MORE

Homework struggles? Get free help from expert tutors at Omaha Public Library
Children and teenagers in Omaha never have to be stumped by a tough homework assignment again! Students from kindergarten thru 12th grade, in introductory-level college courses, and adult
learners can simply visit an Omaha Public Library or the Library’s website to get free help from qualified tutors. Omaha Public Library now offers Live Homework Help®, an online tutoring service from Tutor.com ™ that connects students to expert tutors (without charge) in math, science,social studies, and English via the Internet. Spanish-speaking tutors are available to help students in math and science.
For more information about this new service visit www.omahapubliclibrary.org for information about additional
services offered by Omaha Public Library.
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April 28, 2009
STATE ED BOARD ANNOUNCES GRANTS FOR BEFORE and AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS
Three Nebraska communities were recently awarded new federal grants for before- and after-school programs. Before- and after-school programs will soon open at nine new sites in the Gibbon, Lincoln and Omaha communities. These programs provide extra help for students in reading, mathematics and other studies. The State Board of Education approved grants for the following new programs:
-Middle School Learning Center Initiative (Omaha Community Foundation) received a $312,775 grant for Omaha programs at Marrs Middle School, McMillan Middle School, Morton Middle School and Norris Middle School.

Published October 22, 2008
Michaela Saunders
Omaha World Herald Staff Writer
Mayor Fahey hosts a breakfast to plan the future of his growing Middle School Learning Center Initiative.Every middle school student in the Omaha metro area deserves an after-school program like those that Antoinette Herbert and Maison Horton attend.

Published March 29, 2008
by Liz Stinson
Omaha World Herald Staff Writer
Omaha middle school students will have two more options when it comes to choosing after-school activities next year.

Mayor Mike Fahey announced Wednesday that King and Monroe Middle Schools will be added to the list of four middle schools in the Omaha Public Schools that already have after-school programs. The addition of the two schools is a part of the Middle School Learning Center initiative that the Mayor's Office piloted during the past school year at Marrs, Norris, Morton and McMillan.

Published March 15, 2008
By Joe Morton
Omaha World Herald Staff Writer
WASHINGTON -- Omaha officials came to Washington this week to tout the city's new after-school programs, both to their peers and to lawmakers on Capitol Hill.

Published October 19, 2007
by Jeffrey Robb
Omaha World Herald Staff Writer
Classes are over, and school is the last place many middle school students want to be. Yet a new initiative is trying to keep students at school into the late afternoon and early evening, when those kids might want to just go home or hang out with friends. How do you persuade young adolescents to stay at school? How about an iPod for attending often enough? Maybe a gift card to your favorite store? Or a seat on an excellent field trip?

Published November 2007
Bela Shaw
National League of Cities
The City of Omaha, Nebraska is making significant progress in improving access to afterschool programs for the city’s most disadvantaged youth. Mayor Mike Fahey has made expanding afterschool programs a priority by creating the Greater Omaha After School Alliance (GOASA).