YOUR SOURCE FOR SUMMER LEARNING NEWS
January 16, 2018
Issue No. 5
Greetings!
Happy New Year! I hope you were able to enjoy a bit of downtime with friends and family during the holidays. It’s cold and grey outside of my window—winter is certainly here—and yet, we’re already thinking about June, July, and August.

Two thousand eighteen was a big year for the National Summer Learning Association (NSLA) with the introduction of a new strategic plan, a summer learning kick-off at the NYSE, a research symposium, and a dynamic national conference in Kansas City, Missouri.
Start the new year strong with the tools and best practices to power your planning and execution of high-quality summer programs in the coming season. NSLA is excited to present a free summer program planning webinar series beginning  Wednesday, February 27 at 1:00 PM (EST) with Getting to Work on Summer Learning , featuring the new Summer Learning Toolkit by The Wallace Foundation.

Getting to Work on Summer Learning, Second Edition by the Rand Corporation explains the elements of successful programs and offers school districts and community providers planning advice on staffing, student recruitment, creating a positive climate and so much more.

Dive into the accompanying online Summer Learning Toolkit, mapped to RAND's findings, which features more than 50 practical tools and planning resources to help school districts and their partners design and deliver high-quality summer programs. 
Scholarships valued at $1,500 are available for the 33rd annual National Child Nutrition Conference. Join more than 1,400 child nutrition leaders in Chicago on April 23-25, 2019.
The New York Life Foundation is awarding 26 grants to out-of-school time programs serving disadvantaged middle school youth through the Afterschool Alliance Aim High grant program.