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Representative Mia Love’s Assistant Laurel Price visits CEP program April 26
Robert Frost Elementary Afterschool Program coordinators invited Congressional Representative Mia Love to visit their program. Laurel Price, Rep. Love’s District Director, visited on April 26. She listened to stories from parents and students about the benefits the program has on their lives and education. Ms. Price […]
KUTV news – Federal budget cuts could end after-school programs
(KUTV) For hundreds of students at Monroe Elementary in West Valley City, the final bell doesn’t signal the end of the school day.
Almost a third of Monroe’s 650 students participate in the school’s 35 extracurricular activities, which include everything from tutoring and reading, to coding and science.
Thursday, the Trump administration announced budget cuts that could put an end to after school programs across the nation.
“It’s devastating. How can you abandon our children? They’re the future of America,” said Margaret Peterson, executive director of the Community Education Partnership of West Valley City, Inc.
In Utah, budget cuts would eliminate the 21st Century Community Learning Center program, which provides funding to 19 programs and would impact 5,000 students in Granite School District.
Elia Ramirez is just one of the parents whose child would be impacted by the cuts. Her daughter Angelia participates in four after school programs. Elia says she has seen huge changes in her daughter since she began participating in the programs.
“She reads more fluently, she decides to go to the library and get books. She gets very, very excited about reading,” Ramirez said.
Statistics show a 64 percent academic improvement in students who participate in after school programs.
“As a parent we like it because it gives us the extra time for our children to learn more,” Ramirez said.
Ramirez emphasized the importance of the after school programs for children whose parents don’t speak very much English. Ramirez said she “speaks Spanglish,” but appreciates the fact that her daughter can have even more help with her homework.
For Angelia, and her classmates who take advantage of the extracurriculars, the budget cuts could be devastating.
“Our kids love being in after school. They beg me to be in after school,” Sue Dickey, after school program coordinator said.
Peterson fears taking away after school programs could mean students don’t have the same opportunities to succeed later in life. “Kids will lose. Families will lose,” Peterson said.
Fox 13 News – President Trump proposes slashing after school, anti-poverty programs
Click here to read the full article SALT LAKE CITY — Among the programs President Donald Trump’s new budget blueprint would slash is funding for after school programs for low income students throughout Utah. “I was devastated. How can you abandon the future of children […]
Salt Lake Tribune – Here’s how President Trump’s proposed budget hikes and spending cuts might affect Utah
Click here to read the full article “…..Margaret Peterson, who directs after-school programming for 23 public schools in West Valley City, cringes at the president’s call to kill the 21st Century Community Learning Centers program, which supports academic enrichment for primarily low-income students. The West […]
CEP/Dry Creek Charity Collaboration continues third year 2017
Dry Creek Partnership – Mini Grant Program
- 2015 – 11 applications awarded totaling $17,500
- 2016 – 13 applications awarded totaling $17,000
- 2017 – 8 applications awarded totaling $23,875
Valley Jr. Promoting Afterschool
Valley Jr. High – new banner mounted on front of the school and second banner inside the front door – promoting afterschool.
Dry Creek Art Project at Farnsworth Elementary
The Farnsworth 2016 project was an art history program where students studied famous artists, and created silhouettes of the artists and themselves.
2016 Program Director of the Year
Utah Afterschool Network selects CEP Executive Director as 2016 Program Director of the Year! Congratulations, Margaret! Thanks for all your hard work!
CEP is a 501(c)3 non profit corporation dedicated to provide before and after school educational opportunities for children, youth, and families in West Valley City, Utah.
Regular Education Teachers of over 13,400 Students Participating 30 days or more in CEP 21st Century Grant Afterschool Programs at 19 Granite District Schools in West Valley City report substantial and consistent improvement during the day over 8 years, 2011 through 2018. CEP provides other grant programs at 5 additional District schools in West Valley City for over 1,000 students.