Word: afterschool
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Sosenko hasn't been able to enjoy himself much for the past several months. He hardly has the time or energy to play video games with his son Nick, 10. For the first time in recent memory, he has missed some of his 12-year-old daughter Teresa's afterschool volleyball games, though he still manages to take the kids to their classes at the Ukrainian cultural center on Saturdays. (The family speaks Ukrainian at home.) Sosenko has always been a bit moody. His office is littered with Tasmanian-devil toys given to him by his family, an inside joke...
...pressure to do well is a constant, but positive, factor in her life. “It makes me want to take advantage of everything Harvard has to offer.” She is involved with the Cuban American Undergraduate Student Organization (CAUSA) and the Mission Hill afterschool program, in addition to independant tutoring. “I do have to work harder than everyone else I know,” she says. “I don’t feel like there is anything about Harvard that I take for granted...
...corporate boardroom with a Beavis and Butthead table and Anthony Kiedis’ signature framed on the wall and was asked to speak about issues facing American college kids. I babbled about sex education. Another challenge: how would I rally against date rape without sounding like an afterschool special? Strike one against Nikki...
...years later, Turnbull founded the Boys Choir at Ephesus Church in Harlem as an afterschool program...
Turnbull says he soon found he could not accomplish this “total development” in a low-commitment afterschool program. He wanted to create an antidote to academically poor public schools, bad guidance counselors and unsupportive home lives...