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Parsley, Danette; Ristvey, John – Afterschool Matters, 2014
Though school is out for the summer, ninth- and tenth-grade students at Union Intermediate High School are burning off energy playing a game of tag on the soccer field. But that is not all they are doing. They are also synthesizing and applying key chemistry concepts they have just learned related to the conditions of the early solar system. They…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, High School Students, Secondary School Science, Team Sports
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Hartmann, Tracey; Good, Deborah; Edmunds, Kimberly – Afterschool Matters, 2011
"Exito" means "success" in Spanish, so it is a fitting name for a dropout prevention program. Set in a large neighborhood high school in a low-income, largely Latino section of Philadelphia, Exito supports ninth- and tenth-grade students who are at risk of dropping out of school by providing them with afterschool programming…
Descriptors: At Risk Students, Dropouts, After School Programs, Program Implementation