The Mobile Engineering Education Lab is a K-8 outreach program privately funded by The Mallory Foundation through UNR’s College of Engineering. We employ current UNR engineering students, who present one hour engineering lessons to individuals classes or large groups. The purpose is to generate excitement in the STEM areas and to introduce students to engineering.
GoToCollegeNevada.org is a program funded by the Department of Education and the Nevada System of Higher Education which assists students in learning about and preparing for college after high school. It provides information and resources necessary for college preparation.
4-H is a community of young people across America learning leadership, citizenship and life skills.
4-H began a century ago as an educational program for the nation’s rural youth. 4-H is the youth development education program of University of Nevada Cooperative Extension.
4-H is the largest out-of-school youth organization in the United States with over 7 million members. There are over 49,000 young people engaged in 4-H programs across the state of Nevada. The 4-H program promotes life skills development through an expanding number of delivery modes: 4-H community and project clubs, military, and 4-H afterschool programs; special interest groups; school enrichment; camping and more.
4-H participants are all youth, ages 5 to 19, taking part in programs provided as the result of actions planned and initiated by Cooperative Extension personnel in cooperation with volunteers.
Since 2002, CSTEM has operated as a non-profit organization providing services to teachers and students in areas of communication, science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (CSTEM). Through action research, CSTEM has developed a program that supports and services Pre K-12 pipeline teams, enriching the teaching and learning process for both teachers and students around the world.
The mission of GEAR UP is to significantly increase the number of low-income students who are prepared to enter and succeed in postsecondary education. GEAR UP is designed to enable more young Americans to stay in school, study hard and take the right courses to succeed in college. The aim is to help communities create new or expanded school programs and provide educational opportunities for students. Additionally, GEAR UP prompts local schools, community-based organizations, private industry and institutions of higher education to work in partnerships to help students, and their parents, gain needed knowledge and bolster academic programs in their schools.
The mission of the Educational Talent Search Program is to identify disadvantaged youth with potential for post-secondary education, encourage them to continue and graduate from secondary schools and to enroll in post-secondary education programs. In addition, Educational Talent Search encourages high school dropouts to return to school.
Sierra Nevada Journeys is the leading provider of experiential education in the greater Reno/Lake Tahoe area, serving both students and teachers in Nevada and California. We carry out our mission through in-school lessons, after-school programs, field-based experiences, residential outdoor school, and summer camps. Each program focuses on hands-on, inquiry-based education. We sustain those student learning experiences through professional development opportunities for educators. Sierra Nevada Journeys works with more than 6,000 students and 1,000 teachers each year.
The Nevada Afterschool Network is here to provide outreach and advocacy for parents, children and out-of-school program providers. We want to be the best Network we can be, so we rely on your feedback and participation to make the Network achieve it’s goals. We support out-of-school-time programs to provide access to safe and quality opportunities for all school-age youth. Let us know if you want to help in any way and if we can help you achieve your out-of-school goals!