Posts by Katie Jacob
Prime Time Sponsors Kids Fitness Festival of the Palm Beaches
Source: Prime Time Palm Beach County Date: July 18, 2019 Prime Time Palm Beach County sponsored more than 900 children to attend the Kids Fitness Festival of the Palm Beaches on July 17-18, 2019. The event was hosted by the Palm Beach County Sports Commission at the South Florida Fairgrounds. Full of excitement and energy, festival…
Read MorePrime Time Showcases Palm Beach County’s Summer Camps and its Partners to Celebrate Summer Learning Week
Source: Prime Time Palm Beach County Date: July 15, 2019 To celebrate National Summer Learning Week, Prime Time Palm Beach County visited local summer camps that are participants of the Palm Beach County Quality Improvement System (QIS). You may be thinking, “a participant of what?” The QIS is basically a support system that Prime Time…
Read MoreIgniting the Hearts and Minds of Our Children and Youth
Written by Rose Newbold, Quality Advisor, Prime Time Palm Beach County Never in a thousand years would I have thought that I would be a part of something so amazing: igniting the hearts and minds of our children and youth! I think back to 1993 when I wanted to become a police officer. When applying…
Read MorePrime Time Palm Beach County to Support Increased Quality in Out-of-School Time Programming in Martin County
Boynton Beach – The Children’s Services Council of Martin County (CSC) awarded a contract to Prime Time Palm Beach County (Prime Time) to develop a quality improvement system for afterschool in Martin County, based on the model that Prime Time has developed in its home county. The Martin County Out-of-school Time Quality Improvement Initiative will…
Read MoreMeaningful and Impactful Learning is Happening Outside of the Classroom
written by Anita Winkis, Quality Advisor, Prime Time Palm Beach County As the 2018-2019 school year came to a close, I spent time with out-of-school time directors as they prepared for summer. I discovered one consistent theme among them all: OST directors LOVE summer camp. They broke out into smiles when I asked them about…
Read MoreA True Professional in the Out-of-School Time Field
Written by Elisa Moro, Career Advisor & Registry Coach, Prime Time Palm Beach County Youth Development Specialist at City of Greenacres Youth Programs, Amrita Rampersad, has been working in the out-of-school time field for more than four years and enjoys being able to inspire youth, expand their learning and help them to experience new things…
Read MoreMoving Up with Confidence
Written by Elisa Moro, Career Advisor & Registry Coach, Prime Time Palm Beach County Working with youth is something Katie Wilke has always known she wanted to do. She has been working in the out-of-school time field for five years and loves watching the children grow into amazing people and being able to have a positive…
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