Try Out These Free Summer Resources

June 9, 2025

PRIME TIME PALM BEACH COUNTY

Bi-weekly E-Newsletter

The best resource for out-of-school time news, inspiration and offerings.

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SELF-PACED TRAINING SUMMER OFFERING

Resiliency and Life Skills Basics Onboarding

One Hour Self-Paced - Tuesday June 3, 2025 through Sunday, August 31, 2025

What do Resiliency and Life Skills really mean? In this self-paced virtual training, participants will be able to develop a foundational understanding of resiliency and life skills, including an introduction to common language and structures used in state and national frameworks to guide effective implementation in OST settings. Participants also reflect upon why resiliency and life skills are important in their personal lives and in the lives of peers and youth, the science of resilience, and apply learning through interactive self-awareness practices, journaling and self-check exercises.

SAVE AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMS FOR 1.4 MILLION CHILDREN

A LOOK BACK AT THE AFTERSCHOOL SYMPOSIUM

Afterschool Symposium 2025

Thank you for joining us at this year's 2025 Afterschool Symposium. Attendees returned to their sites after the event ready to empower young minds, engage with the communities they serve and create lasting impacts in the lives of the young people and their families that they work with every day.

FREE SUMMER RESOURCES

No school? No problem! Summer BreakSpot offers a place where kids and teens 18 and under can access no-cost meals. Breakfast, lunch and/or snacks are served up every weekday at more than 3,000 locations across Florida, including schools, community centers, churches and more.

No application is necessary – all you have to do is show up! So, tell your friends, family, and neighbors, and join the Summer Break Spot this summer.

Find a Location

High-quality summer learning programs are proven to increase students academic performance and develop well-being and life skills. The Wallace Foundation's Summer Learning Toolkit empowers you to provide this content and create long-lasting impacts on the youth you serve. With more than 50, evidence-based tools and resources the Summer Learning Toolkit helps educators deliver programs that make a real difference.

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OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUTH

FINANCIAL INCENTIVES JUST FOR YOU

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ACHIEVE Application

Prime Time Offers Financial Rewards for Continuing Your Training/Education

Financial incentives for practitioners actively participating in the Palm Beach County Quality Improvement System are available through the Prime Time ACHIEVE Out-of-School Time (OST) incentive award program. Supplements range from $100.00 to $3,000.00 depending on the training and education obtained.

*This notification is for new applicants only. If you have received ACHIEVE OST in the past, please wait until you receive an email from ntarsia@primetimepbc.org to re-apply.

STEAM SPOTLIGHT

BRING 'TAG YOUR IT' TO YOUR SUMMER PROGRAM

Prime Time's Tag Your It Program, with a curriculum by Inwater Research Group, allows the youth in your program to experience what real marine biologists are doing with sea turtles right off the shore on Florida's coasts. Youth will use the same professional techniques as these scientist while they explore the world of sea turtle migration, tagging, and conservation.

Contact Prime Time's STEAM Professional Development Specialist, Patricia Sasson, to bring this program to your site this summer!

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As a connector in the out-of-school time (OST) field, Prime Time uses its bi-weekly e-newsletter to inform more than 2,500 subscribers of opportunities to advance the field, highlights from local OST programs and resources worth sharing with friends and families. Prime Time wants to hear your stories and news regarding the out-of-school time field.

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