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@RemakeLearningDays @RemakeDays Ac ross Ame rica Highlights from the Inaugural Year Remake Learning Days Across America April 12 - May 24, 2019 Remake Learning Days Across America (RLDAA) is a celebration of innovative experiences and opportunities for youth to develop their sense of creativity, perseverance and curiosity. This festival of learning began in 2016 in Southwestern Pennsylvania and West Virginia, and in 2019, the festival took root in seven additional regions with support from national co-hosts Remake Learning, PBS Kids and Digital Promise. The regional festivals are intentionally designed with a focus on equity and inclusion and events are hands-on, STEAM- oriented educational experiences for youth of all ages (pre-K through high school) and their families and caregivers. In order to prepare our youth for a time of unprecedented technological and societal change, we must engage families and give them the opportunity to experience creative, relevant learning together. That’s what Remake Learning Days helps us do. With regions joining together across the nation, we are igniting an important conversation about our future. Learn more at RemakeLearningDays.org 9 REGIONS Chattanooga, TN Chicago, IL Eastern KY Knoxville, TN Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Northeast Ohio Southeastern PA Southwestern PA West Virginia National Co-Hosts National Sponsors RemakeLearningDays.org - 1 TENS OF THOUSANDS ATTENDEES explore and tinker *estimated attendance of 50,000+ PRIMARY LEARNING THEMES 100+ Technology - 185 events MEDIA Maker -176 events STORIES Arts - 165 events Getting Smart The 74 Youth Voice- 110 events Hechinger Report EdSurge Science - 103 events NPR’s The Confluence and more. Outdoor Learning 70 events 500+ ORGANIZATIONS hosted family-friendly learning events Across America, a variety of organizations joined this celebration of learning, such as schools, museums, libraries, after school organizations, early child care centers, universities,tech startups, media centers and more. 850+ EVENTS 790 events 34.4 MILLION 20.3 MILLION reach to individuals completely free IMPRESSIONS on Twitter on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram to families #RemakeLearningDays @RemakeLearningDays It was fun watching“ my child learn I really enjoyed“ the event “I learned how“ fun and easy it is new things while enjoying the activities. and spending the time to learn to make a video about media. I loved that it was free and with my daughter.” How getting the word out about close to home.” - PARENT FROM WEST VIRGINIA violence is important.” - PARENT FROM EASTERN KENTUCKY - YOUTH ATTENDEE FROM CHICAGO RemakeLearningDays.org - 2 Eastern KY Knoxville, TN Southwestern PA Remake Learning Days Across America launched in 2019! We would like to thank all of these organizations for making Remake Learning Days Across America a success in its inaugural year. Remake Learning Days Wesley Christian School Beaver Area School District Hope Academy of Music SmartKids Child Care and - Eastern KY WestCare Emergency Shelter Beaver Valley Intermediate Unit and the Arts Learning Center BirdBrain Technologies Hopewell Area School District Smithsonian Learning Lab April 12-20, 2019 Boys and Girls Club Hosanna House Inc Snapology Regional Host & PBS Affiliate Braddock Carnegie Library Intermediate Unit 1 Educational South Allegheny School district Partner: Remake Learning Days - Knoxville, TN Brashear Association Campus at Waynesburg South Butler Community Library April 15-20, 2019 Brothers and Sisters Emerging Joe Walker Elementary School South Fayette School District Regional Host: Burgettstown Area School District Leadership Pittsburgh, Inc. South Fayette Township Library Butler Intermediate High School Mad Science South Fayette Township Allen Baptist Church Campus School of Carlow Manchester Craftsmen’s Guild School District Allen Elementary University Manchester Growing Springdale Free Public Library AppHarvest, Inc. Carlow University’s Center Together Farm St. James School, Sewickley Betsy Layne Elementary The Children’s Center of for Youth Media Advocacy McGuffey School District STORExpress Big Creek Baptist Church Knoxville, Inc. Carnegie Free Library of Millvale Community Library The Citizen Science Lab Bit Source TN College of Applied Beaver Falls Mon Valley School The Education Partnership Bobby Davis Museum and Park Technology Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh Moon Area School District The Frick Pittsburgh Breathitt County Museum Carnegie Musuem of Art Mt. Lebanon Public Library The Legacy Arts Project City Perk Remake Learning Days Carnegie Science Center National Robotics League The Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy Duff Allen Central Elementary - Southwestern PA Center of Life Nazareth Prep The Queen’s Gambit Chess East Kentucky Science Center May 9-19, 2019 Chartiers Valley School District New Castle Area School District Institute East Perry Elementary Regional Host: Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh New Castle Jr.-Sr. High School The Shop at Carlynton Epling Illustrations Clairton City School District New Century Careers High School Floyd Co. Extension Collaboration Nation New Kensington Art Center The Society to Preserve the Floyd County Cornell School District North Allegheny School District Millvale Murals of Maxo Vanka Conservation District Cranberry Township Public North Hills High School The Three Rivers Village School Floyd County Public Library Library North Hills Middle School Trinity Area School District Gear Up PBS Affiliate Partner: Deer Lakes- East Union Northgarte School District Ujamaa Collective Harry M. Caudill Memorial Library Intermediate Norwin School District Union Area School District Hazard Community & Derry Area School District Pace School Union Project Technical College Duquesne Elementary School Parents in Toto Autism Resource Upper St. Clair High School Hindman Settlement School Duquesne University Center Urban Academy Jenny Wiley Theatre 1Hood Media East Allegheny School District Penn State New Kensington/ABC Waynesburg Central John Morris 5A Elite Youth Empowerment Elizabeth Forward School District CREATE Elementary School Johnson County Public Library A+ Schools Entertainment Technology Center Pittsburgh Brashear High School Wendover Middle School Kentucky Valley Educational ABC CREATE - Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh Center for Creative West Jefferson Hills Cooperative ACH Clear Pathways Eva K Bowlby Public Library Reuse School District Knott County Schools ALBERT GALLATIN HIGH FANS of Play Pittsburgh Cultural Trust West Middlesex Laurel County Public Library SCHOOL Film Pittsburgh’s TEEN SCREEN Pittsburgh Festival Opera West Point Elementary School Lee County Elementary Alison Park Elementary School Fort Cherry School District Pittsburgh Glass Center Western Allegheny Michael Mullins GEAR-UP East Ky All for All Fort Ligonier Pittsburgh Linden Elementary Community Library NKY Makerspace Allegheny County Housing Fox Chapel Area School District Pittsburgh Woolslair Western PA Boys and Girls Club Perry County Public Library Authority Deborah D. Booker Franklin Regional School District Pivik Elementary School and The Pittsburgh Project Perry Promise Neighborhood Community Center (DDBCC) Frazier School District Playful Pittsburgh Collaborative Western Pennsylvania School for Pike County Extension Office Allegheny Intermediate Unit - Fred Rogers Center for Early Pleasant Hills Public Library Blind Children Pikeville Area Family YMCA Center for Creativity Learning and Children’s Media Project Destiny Whitehall Public Library Pikeville Elementary School Allegheny Valley School District at Saint Vincent College Propel Schools Woodland Hills Pikeville High School Alumni Theater Company Girls of Steel Robotics Providence Family Intermediate School ROY F COLLIER COMMUNITY Animal Friends Greater Valley Community Support Center Woodland Hills Junior CENTER Arts Excursions Unlimited Services Inc. Quaker Valley Middle School Senior High School Rustic Roots On Second Assemble Greensburg Salem School District Quaker Valley School District World Affairs Council Selling to the World ASSET STEM Education Grounded Strategies Robert Morris University of PIttsburgh Sew-N-Love Shoppe Attack Theatre Gwen’s Girls Robinson Twp Library WQED Multimedia Somerset Community College Auberle Hampton Township School Sarah Heinz House YMCA Lighthouse Project South Floyd Elementary Avonworth Elementary School District Schell Games Yough School District St. Vincent Mission, Inc. Avonworth Primary Center Harry W. Lockley Early Scott Township Public Library Youth Enrichment Services, Inc. Star City Arts Avonworth School District Learning Center Scottdale Public Library Youth Undoing Institutional The Arty Bus B.F. Jones Memorial Library Heinz History Center Sewickley Public Library Racism Pittsburgh The Challenger Learning Center BALDWIN BOROUGH PUBLIC Higher Achievement Shady Side Academy YouthPlaces Inc. of Kentucky LIBRARY Hill Youth Partnership Country Day School UK Robinson Center for Baldwin-Whitehall School District for Enrichment Sharpsburg Community Library Appalachian Resource BCLC Project, Mt. Lebanon SD, Hills-Hendersonville Elem SLB Radio Productions Sustainability Falk Laboratory School, Phipps Homewood Children’s Village Slippery Rock High School University of Pikeville Conservatory and Botanical Viper Elementary Gardens RemakeLearningDays.org - 3 Remake Learning Days The Passage Remake Learning Days Triangle Learning Days - West Virginia Tyner YFD Center - Chi May 17-18, 2019 VW eLab at Red Bank May 9-19, 2019 Regional Host: Westview Elementary
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