CHRYSALIS AFTER-SCHOOL ENTERS 13th YEAR!

Chrysalis After-School Fast Facts:

• Created by Chrysalis in 1998
• Provided free of charge to nearly 6,000 girls to-date
• Staff training and program evaluation included each year
• Total Chrysalis investment well over $2 million
• Member and lead partner in Iowa Afterschool Alliance (statewide and national network of afterschool providers).

Chrysalis After-School is guided by Chrysalis priorities, the Iowa Core Curriculum, and Framework for 21st Century Learning goals and encompasses:

• LEADERSHIP – accountability, communication, ethics, people skills, social responsibility;
• ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT - critical thinking, financial literacy, personal responsibility, self-direction;
• RESILIENCE – health and wellness, problem-solving, creativity, adaptability;
• CONNECTEDNESS – global awareness, collaboration, teamwork, school success, community involvement.

Chrysalis After-School 2010-11 Elementary Programs (and partners):

• Bondurant (Bondurant-Farrar)
• Brubaker (DMPS)
• Capitol View (DMPS)
• Carver (DMPS-2 programs)
• Clay (SE Polk)
• Edmunds (DMPS)
• Hillis (DMPS)
• Holy Family (EFR)
• Monroe (DMPS)
• North Polk (Girl Scouts)
• Samuelson (DMPS)
• South Union (DMPS)

Chrysalis After-School 2010-11 Middle School Programs (and partners):

• Bondurant (Bondurant-Farrar)
• Brody (DMPS)
• Goodrell (Polk County Extension)
• Hiatt (DMPS)
• Holy Family (EFR)
• Hoyt (DMPS)
• McCombs (DMPS)
• Merrill (DMPS)
• Moulton (Children and Family Urban Ministries)
• SE Polk Jr. High (SE Polk-2 programs)
• Woodside (Polk County Extension)

Chrysalis After-School 2010-11 Special Programs:

• Community! Youth Concepts - high school girls with disabilities
• Culture, Inc. - arts and culture for girls
• The Center - GLBTQI girls group
• Wonder Girls - Children and Family Urban Ministries