tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5472753710924113198Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:30:20 +0000http://kingstreetvoices.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Bethany)Blogger91125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5472753710924113198.post-7254865124054241860Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:51:00 +00002009-11-03T16:53:09.727-05:00Taylor used the facepaint option!http://kingstreetvoices.blogspot.com/2009/11/more-photoediting.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Bethany)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5472753710924113198.post-4403908423419945616Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:05:00 +00002009-11-03T16:06:55.177-05:00Makayla used picnik.com to edit this photo of herself.http://kingstreetvoices.blogspot.com/2009/11/photoediting-in-resource-room.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Bethany)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5472753710924113198.post-8563870011301260470Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:30:00 +00002009-11-03T11:29:40.288-05:00A word of warning: the video camera ran out of batteries right before we finished.  So, if you're wondering, "He found his supper waiting for him, and it was still hot." http://kingstreetvoices.blogspot.com/2009/11/readers-theater.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Bethany)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5472753710924113198.post-8034106260634618210Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:41:00 +00002009-10-30T11:45:03.249-04:00The teens and afterschoolers took a bunch of pictures at our Fall Community Dinner.  This slide show is a conglomeration of all the photos.  Be sure to join us on December 7th for our Holiday Community Dinner, sponsored by the Windjammer! http://kingstreetvoices.blogspot.com/2009/10/fall-community-dinner.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Bethany)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5472753710924113198.post-1781954341563210744Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:34:00 +00002009-10-28T11:51:46.799-04:00For the past 14 years, the King Street Preschool has benefitted from weekly visits to Shelburne farms where children learn about animals, farming, and the world around them.  The Free Press ran an article about it today.  Here's the link:  Kids Say Goodbye to Animals at Shelburne Falls.http://kingstreetvoices.blogspot.com/2009/10/preschool-in-free-press.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Bethany)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5472753710924113198.post-3904293199483084203Mon, 12 Oct 2009 22:07:00 +00002009-10-12T18:07:40.115-04:00<//embed></ embed=""><//></ embed=""><//></><//></ embed=""><//></><//></><//></><//> http://kingstreetvoices.blogspot.com/2009/10/more-photos-from-afterschool.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Bethany)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5472753710924113198.post-3267082472946038474Thu, 01 Oct 2009 19:24:00 +00002009-10-01T15:24:18.071-04:00Our technology coordinator (that's me!) LOVES numbers, and I've been keeping track of the ways that the afterschoolers use the technology for a while now.  This month, I decided to add the numbers up, so here they are: In September, 41 Afterschoolers chose to use technology over the course of 14 recorded days (the actual number of days of program was higher, but I started recording after a weekhttp://kingstreetvoices.blogspot.com/2009/10/king-street-september-technostats.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Bethany)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5472753710924113198.post-4552090835144076077Fri, 25 Sep 2009 19:44:00 +00002009-09-25T15:44:55.785-04:00So, we've been a little quiet on the blog-front for awhile, but the school year has started back up and the Afterschoolers have been taking a LOT of pictures during technology time. Here are just a few of them: http://kingstreetvoices.blogspot.com/2009/09/september-at-king-street.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Bethany)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5472753710924113198.post-2962905259737684445Thu, 30 Jul 2009 17:53:00 +00002009-07-30T13:53:51.627-04:00please only click on this if you are with a King Street Staff Member.http://kingstreetvoices.blogspot.com/2009/07/king-street-survey-for-children.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jordan)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5472753710924113198.post-9078346729514036026Wed, 22 Jul 2009 20:37:00 +00002009-07-22T16:46:36.178-04:00Time's running out to purchase raffle tickets to win a trip to the U.S. Open!  Visit the King Street Center page to find out all the details on just what you could win.http://kingstreetvoices.blogspot.com/2009/07/support-king-street-and-win-trip-to-us.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Bethany)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5472753710924113198.post-8346194594715818186Fri, 26 Jun 2009 14:18:00 +00002009-06-26T12:00:03.330-04:00Volleyball is another new activity we're adding to our repertoire here at the King Street Center.  Here's a great video of our teens and one of our staff members trying it out with a tennis net we rigged up to be close to volleyball height.  It's certainly new to us here and we're hoping to develop a partnership with some local volleyball coaches to be able to build a good foundation for http://kingstreetvoices.blogspot.com/2009/06/our-teens-learning-to-play-volleyball.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jordan)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5472753710924113198.post-813897451847537433Thu, 25 Jun 2009 19:30:00 +00002009-06-25T15:47:08.177-04:00Some shots of the Lemonade Stand from today:By the way, the King Street staffers ordered 4 citrus coolers, one without sugar.  Delicious.http://kingstreetvoices.blogspot.com/2009/06/delicious-lemonade.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Bethany)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5472753710924113198.post-3312558589827342082Thu, 25 Jun 2009 14:50:00 +00002009-06-25T10:53:36.393-04:00What's green, blue, and red all over the King Street neighborhood?Why, US, of course!If you see someone wearing a King Street Center t-shirt, let them know that you believe in King Street, too.http://kingstreetvoices.blogspot.com/2009/06/t-shirts.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Bethany)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5472753710924113198.post-4588407695308561949Fri, 12 Jun 2009 18:43:00 +00002009-06-12T14:46:47.635-04:00Go Vicky, Leisa, and Mary Alice!Here's the story from WCAX.http://kingstreetvoices.blogspot.com/2009/06/vicky-wins-award-from-police-foundation.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Bethany)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5472753710924113198.post-3588675154115704100Wed, 10 Jun 2009 18:04:00 +00002009-06-10T14:08:23.468-04:00We're ramping up for the 2009 Kids' Lemonade season, and to celebrate, Teen Futures Coordinator Jim Young tried on the stand's lemon suit today.  Mmm . . . delicious citrus drink.http://kingstreetvoices.blogspot.com/2009/06/kidss-lemonade-starts-on-june-23rd.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Bethany)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5472753710924113198.post-642948650048704856Fri, 22 May 2009 17:43:00 +00002009-05-22T14:08:40.818-04:00shipwreckboatLast fall, Rick Stoner generously donated a Shipwreck Tour trip to King Street.  So, this Wednesday, the Afterschoolers got to go to the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum, travel out on a boat, and look at shipwrecks.This trip was great because we were on a boat.  No, really.  That's what was so great. Seriously. For example, the adults didn't know until we got there how many of the children had http://kingstreetvoices.blogspot.com/2009/05/lake-champlain-maritime-museum.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Bethany)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5472753710924113198.post-3711759271084759485Thu, 14 May 2009 17:47:00 +00002009-05-14T14:21:01.317-04:00 One of my favorite things about vacation camp is taking the King Street Kids on a hike. Extended time in the woods isn't a common event in a lot of our kids' lives, and their comments reflect an astonishment at every flower, tree, animal, rock formation, and view that they see.  In honor of that, when we went to Shelburne Bay this year, we gave cameras and video recorders to the King Street http://kingstreetvoices.blogspot.com/2009/05/vacation-camp-2009.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Bethany)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5472753710924113198.post-8612565668979635648Mon, 11 May 2009 18:21:00 +00002009-05-11T14:45:08.530-04:00http://kingstreetvoices.blogspot.com/2009/05/keybank-volunteers-make-news.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Bethany)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5472753710924113198.post-8654726485339697717Tue, 21 Apr 2009 20:23:00 +00002009-04-21T17:15:44.030-04:00Ben and Jerry'sFree Cone DayKing Street Youth CenterDuring vacation camp today the afterschool kids braved the rain to go to Ben and Jerry's Free Cone day. The line was long, but we made it! And our ice cream was delicious. http://kingstreetvoices.blogspot.com/2009/04/king-street-goes-to-free-cone-day.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jordan)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5472753710924113198.post-4637176038235654872Thu, 16 Apr 2009 14:53:00 +00002009-04-16T11:45:51.775-04:00 http://kingstreetvoices.blogspot.com/2009/04/more-animations.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Bethany)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5472753710924113198.post-741096579424691644Wed, 08 Apr 2009 17:01:00 +00002009-04-08T13:08:24.181-04:00Becca adds another claymation piece to our vault with this one.  This is the story of Super Snake, who visits a melting island of clay.   (That's board member James Mix in the background!) http://kingstreetvoices.blogspot.com/2009/04/adventures-of-super-snake.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Bethany)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5472753710924113198.post-5176656780633090279Thu, 26 Mar 2009 18:43:00 +00002009-03-26T15:18:02.776-04:00We started working on animations recently.  In the first video, we made a flip book and then photographed each page.  It's a sad story about the loss of a flower, but in the end, the hero uses telekinesis to bring the flower back up to her level. In this movie, the superhero doesn't look where she's going, and she knocks the top off a house as she flies by.  We used the flipbook technique for http://kingstreetvoices.blogspot.com/2009/03/animation.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Bethany)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5472753710924113198.post-6660085638678400459Wed, 25 Mar 2009 19:18:00 +00002009-03-26T15:27:19.228-04:00On March 23rd, King Street's Executive Director, Vicky Smith, appeared on CCTV's Live at 5:25 with Wanda Hines and Daniello Balón to discuss the Social Equity Investment Project.http://kingstreetvoices.blogspot.com/2009/03/vicky-on-cctv-discussing-social-equity.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Bethany)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5472753710924113198.post-4351893877692410923Fri, 06 Mar 2009 15:33:00 +00002009-03-09T10:52:42.936-04:00Youth, mentors, volunteers, and staff from the King Street Youth Center come together for an afternoon of fun and excitement at the Third Annual Talent Extravaganza at Contois Auditorium on Saturday, March 14 at 2 pm. The talent show was created by the Greenblott family of Burlington as a way of celebrating the many talents of our city’s young people. Youth and adult performers have been http://kingstreetvoices.blogspot.com/2009/03/upcoming-talent-extravaganza.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jordan)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5472753710924113198.post-1392836503297776944Mon, 09 Feb 2009 18:12:00 +00002009-02-09T14:27:29.161-05:00volunteerstripsskating On January 26th, the CVU Girls' Hockey Team took the King Street Afterschoolers skating.  It was a huge success, and the King Street Kids keep asking when we get to go again.  Soon . . . we hope! Here's a video of everyone having fun on the ice: Thank you to everyone from CVU who made the event happen.  Two weeks later, the kids are still telling each other stories about their day.http://kingstreetvoices.blogspot.com/2009/02/skating-with-cvu-girls-hockey-team.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Bethany)