The Fishing School

TFS kids participate in STEAM + Arts activities each week. This month, in Literacy Arts, our kids are reading myths and folklore from Native American, Caribbean, and African cultures and then creating their own stories!" What will they create? Stay tuned!

—skills that will shape their futures! 💡✨ We love seeing their excitement as they explore and discover. 🚀 Here’s to nurturing the next generation of leaders, innovators, and changemakers! #afterschoollearning #thefishingschool #nextgeneration

Happy #STEMDay! Today, we're celebrating the power of science, technology, engineering, and math to unlock potential and inspire curiosity. At The Fishing School, our students dive into hands-on STEM activities that open doors to creativity, critical thinking, and problem-solving

We have just two weeks left of our Are You Fitter than a Fifth Grader virtual event! If you still need to sign up, join our event at charityfootprints.com/eventdetails?i…. Sign up or donate today!

Get fit, explore your neighborhood, and support a great cause! Every dollar raised during our event - Are You Fitter than a Fifth Grader - supports our free, research-based afterschool and summer camp programming. Donate today! charityfootprints.com/eventdetails?i…

Today's the day! Our Virtual Fitness Challenge is underway - from now until October 20th, compete to top our leaderboards by getting fit, raising money, and completing program activities. You can sign up for the challenge on Charity Footprints and get moving!

@CarolynWashow @krassenstein @MrBeast @elonmusk Carolyn, thank you so much for considering us! You're absolutely correct - We'd use such a generous grant to support our mission of preparing DC youth for success in high school and in life by improving their academic performance and life skills!

Weekend Question: If Jeff Bezos gave you a $1,000,000,000, how would you best use it to help the most people over the longest period of time? This is a question to everyone including @MrBeast himself as well as @elonmusk (although it's a bit ironic). Here is my answer: My biggest worry in this initiative would be the ability to trust those I give the money to. On average, about 67 percent of the funds donated to charities actually get used directly, and 33 percent go to the fundraisers themselves. Therefore I would probably start my own foundation, where all employees, including myself, work without a salary. Next I would focus almost entirely on education. I feel that education (ages 3 to bachelors degree) would likely give the most bang for the buck. Instead of giving scholarships or providing debt forgiveness, I would probably partner with Khan Academy and other non-profit online course initiatives and launch a free education portal online, that would allow for the earning of actual degrees. I would also work to perfect this new portal and try to raise additional capital to push forward curriculum for all ages. If we want to promote college education, the solution is not to give $50k a year to students via scholarships who then spend it at for-profit universities and colleges. It's to make getting a college education affordable, or even free. With AI, the internet and the ability for young people to learn on their own, with direction, there really shouldn't be a reason why one can't take free online course and merely attend a testing facility once per semester to see if they pass the class. I'd love to hear your ideas

Thank you all so much for your support of our #DoMore24 Campaign! Our donation platform is still live, which means more time to make an impact for our students. If you haven’t already, please donate - domore24.org/fishingschool. No gift is too small.

Join the Do More 24 movement today by visiting ow.ly/aoY550Oq0Ue today! This 24-hour day of giving will help raise money for families in the #NationalCapitalArea, in perfect alignment with our commitment to serving DC students and their families through year-round programs.

DoMore24 is an opportunity for United Way partners to engage their networks in a 24-hour giving campaign while raising awareness about our A.L.I.C.E. (Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed) neighbors. Visit our Do More 24 page at ow.ly/yy0950OoiKA today!

Our students love our STEAM curriculum! We focus on STEAM to ensure that students in our community are exposed to science, technology, engineering, art, and math at an early age. Check out our future scientists, educators, and more in action!

Thanks to @MayorBowser for her support of #LightsOnAfterschool Day. Now let's ensure DC's OST programs receive the funding they need to keep young people excited about and engaged in safe, enriching, and fun activities when they're not in school.

Because of the great engagement so far, we have decided to extend our event until November 18th, giving everyone an opportunity to spread the word and catch up to our students. Register now - ow.ly/21yL50LgF4C

Are You Fitter than a Fifth Grader? We are challenging our supporters to see who can out-move our students! All participants will raise money to increase access to high-quality academic and life skills interventions for students in DC. Click to register! ow.ly/chwy50L1q2i

Aaand we're off! Starting today, participants in our virtual fitness challenge are tracking their activities to see if they can out move our fifth graders and encourage their networks to support our programming. There's still time to join- click here today ow.ly/RxiS50KRK9M

Our virtual fitness challenge kicks off tomorrow and competition is already lining up! Our students, staff, and board are excited, how about you? Gather a group of friends and create a team to maximize your peer-to-peer fundraising. Click here to join: ow.ly/U9jo50KQEC4

Are You Fitter Than A Fifth Grader? Join our virtual fitness challenge to figure out if you have what it takes to out move our fifth graders! Registration is open now! ow.ly/AnUr50KEHiU

Today’s the day! Registration is officially open for our Virtual Fitness Challenge! Click here to learn more: dash.atlasgo.org/challenges/62f…. Have questions? Email Devonta Williams dawilliams@fishingschool.org

Looking for a fun way to get active this fall? Join us by walking, running, biking, dancing – however you like to move – in support of our vital out of school time programs. Registration opens tomorrow on our AtlasGo event page! Check it out: dash.atlasgo.org/challenges/62f…