- High-quality, school-linked afterschool programs
are a proven method for improving academic achievement, decreasing
grade retention, and increasing student attendance and interest
in school.*
- Experiential and non-traditional educational opportunities
during the non-school hours can be used to enhance and extend
classroom learning.
- Teens who do not participate in afterschool
programs are nearly three times more likely to skip classes
at school than
teens who do participate.*
*Harvard Family
Research Project, “A Review of Out-of-School
Time Program Quasi-Experimental and Experimental Evaluation Results,” 2003
*After School for America’s Teens, YMCA of the USA, 2001
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