The Newark Thrives Steering Committee announced the launch of Newark Thrives!, a citywide network of out-of-school time program providers, expanded learning time funders, higher education institutions, public and charter school advocates, parents, and youth. 
Read more in this article by The Newark Times entitled, Why You Need To Know About Newark Thrives! 

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The 2017 SUMMER PROGRAM DIRECTORY is now available on the Newark Public Schools website.   
If your summer program is not listed please contact Josephine Russo at jrusso@newark-thrives.org

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The PROGRAM LOCATOR blueprint was built by No Talent Hack during the HackNewark event. The hackathon event was organized by My Brother's Keeper Newark, the City of Newark's Office of Information Technology, in partnership with Code for Newark. 
Learn more about this event from NJTECH Weekly article entitled, HackNewark Helps Newark Thrives 

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The NEWARK THRIVES! LOGO IMAGE COMPETITION engaged youth people throughout the City of Newark. The winner, 9 year old Jahsyn Reid, had an opportunity to work with a professional graphic designer to develop the Newark Thrives! logo. 
Learn more about this opportunity from The Newark Times article entitled, Newark Thrives Host Youth Logo Image Competition 

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