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Riseup Stars Afterschool Programs, San Diego, CA (2025)

06/03/2025

🌟 What an inspiring day at Google! 🌟

We hosted a student hackathon where 40 middle school students from Paramount USD presented their own games, music, and interactive projects — all built using code! 🎮🎵💻

Just 3 months ago, these students had never coded before. Many had never been to a tech company or seen a future in STEAM.

Thanks to our Future Makers program, Google’s incredible team, and the support of Think Together, these students had the chance to:
✨ Present their creations on stage
✨ Explore real careers in tech
✨ Witness Gemini and Veo 3 in action — Google’s newest AI tools for creators

This is what happens when creativity, technology, and opportunity come together.
🚀 This is the future of learning.

05/30/2025

We’re incredibly thankful for our talented yoga and mindfulness instructor, Sepi Dayan, who crafted these heartfelt affirmations to nurture confidence and joy in every child. With the support of our strong, dedicated team, we create a safe, uplifting space for kids to grow and thrive✨

Check out Sepi’s affirmations⭐

05/23/2025

🌟 At Rising Stars, we embed three core values into every program we design — from after-school enrichment to school-day workshops and youth leadership events:

1. Learning is most powerful when it’s joyful.
Whether it’s through coding their first app, expressing themselves through dance, or playing sports in a team — every moment of joy, connection, and agency matters.

2. Let students build, not just memorize.
We believe in a future where students don’t just memorize — they build, create, move, and lead.

3. Make kids feel seen and know they matter.
One of the most important roles of educators today is ensuring every child feels seen, valued, and empowered. Because when students know they matter, they can change the world. 🌍

These principles guide everything we do — and they’re why we show up every day.

🌠Let’s build the future of education together.

05/07/2025

Meet Randi! With 21 years in early education, Randi’s passion shines through everything she does—from mentoring our instructors to building programs where students feel seen, supported, and inspired⭐️

At Rising Stars, she’s helping shape the future of after-school learning by creating spaces where both kids and educators can grow and thrive✨

We’re so lucky to have her on our team! 💛

05/05/2025

Meet Juan, one of our amazing Coding Instructors at Rising Stars🌟

A Computer Science grad from CSU Fullerton, Juan is passionate about helping students in grades 1–7 discover their creativity, problem-solving skills, and confidence through coding and STEAM projects💻

Outside of class, he’s building apps like Inclusi to make resources more accessible for immigrant communities—because he believes technology should lift everyone up📱

✨ Why he teaches: "Every child deserves to feel like a creator. Watching students realize, 'I didn’t know I could do this!' is the best part of what I do. At Rising Stars, we’re not just teaching skills—we’re opening doors to brighter futures."🌐

04/30/2025

Sharing today our core 5 values that are driving all of our programs and work at Rising Stars🚀

We’re inspired by innovative thought leaders and rising stars in education to champion:
✨ Reimagining Education – Learning as active, joyful, and relevant to students’ lives.
✨ Student-Centered Innovation: Elevating youth voice, leadership, and creativity to drive change.
✨ Holistic Enrichment: Blending STEAM, wellness, movement, SEL, and career readiness for well-rounded growth.
✨ Empowered Instructors: Supporting teachers as facilitators, innovators, and leaders in the classroom.
✨ Equity & Access: Ensuring every student, regardless of background, has opportunities to thrive.

Let’s reimagine eductaion together—where every student’s potential shines! 🚀
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04/25/2025

🎉 We’re proud to serve 80 schools and reach over 3,000 students this school year!

Huge thanks to our incredible district partners for believing in our mission and helping us reimagine what afterschool can be—a space for innovation, inspiration, wellness and impact.

Together, we’re building brighter futures—one program, one student at a time. 💡📚

04/25/2025

✨Spring Break is in full bloom!
Take a deep breath, feel the sunshine, and let yourself recharge.

To all our incredible educators and afterschool staff — thank you for everything you do. Your dedication all year long inspires us, and now it’s your turn to rest, reflect, and soak up the joy of the season.
You’ve more than earned it!

Happy Spring Break from all of us at Rising Stars!

04/23/2025

🌟 Thank You, Afterschool Heroes! 🌟 Happy Afterschool Professionals Appreciation Week!

This week, we’re celebrating the heart of everything we do — our incredible afterschool professionals who make a profound difference in students' lives every single day:

✨ To our dedicated school district and site staff — thank you for creating safe, supportive, and enriching environments where students thrive.

✨ To our inspiring instructors — thank you for empowering students through creativity, movement, innovation, and care.

From coding breakthroughs and STEAM builds to sports wins, dance energy, and mindfulness moments — your passion goes far beyond the classroom. 💛

🙌 Your impact is immeasurable.

💙 Your work changes lives.

🎉 This week (and always), we celebrate YOU.

06/18/2024

The revolutionary new science 💡 of exercise and the brain 🧠 explains how physical activity and movement 🏃‍♂️ 🏃‍♀️ affect the learning process and can help with SIGNIFICANTLY improving 📈 learning at schools 🏫

It has been widely known that sports and movement programs contribute to lower risk of disease, improved physical strength, better physical and emotional health, and other qualities that contribute to a better life.

New science of exercise and the brain explains how physical activity and movement affects not only physical health, but also mental health and improves the learning process inlcuding academic performance.

The book called Spark by the bestselling author and renowned psychiatrist John J. Ratey, MD talks about the groundbreaking and fascinating investigation into the transformative effects of exercise on the brain filled with amazing case studies.

Spark by John Ratey delves into the science behind exercise and brain health. Ratey argues that exercise is not only good for the body, but it’s also good for the brain. Your brain is the dominant control center of your body, and its health directly affects, among other things, your mood, your attention, and your ability to learn. Ratey argues that your overall physical well-being is so intimately linked to brain function that maintaining it should be a top priority, and he hopes to convince us to make exercise a routine part of our lives.

On further research, Ratey found that exercise helps us learn in primarily two ways:
- Exercise strengthens neurons
- Exercise stimulates the growth of new neurons

Some of the key ideas 💡 from the book:
1. Exercising is not only good for our bodies but also is good for our brains.

2. Exercise and movement helps improve cognitive performance, memory and learning ability which ultimately helps students at schools receive, process and memorize new information and stay focused.

3. When attention deficit disorder makes it hard to focus, physical exercise can lend a hand to the students struggling with ADHD.

4. Exercise regulates our stress response. Stress and depression isn’t just in our mind, it’s in our body, too. Exercise can help alleviate a depression and help coping with stress that enormous amount of students are experiencing while going through the school.

Slides with the summary and key ideas from the book:
https://lnkd.in/ex5nXhdE

06/11/2024

Kids and adolescents need 60 minutes of activity every day 🧠
Help your kids get more physical activity - use this tool to find ways to fit more activity into their day: https://lnkd.in/ehbeFAmW

06/04/2024

Why School Wellness is Crucial for Our Future

In today’s fast-paced world, the well-being of students is more important than ever. School wellness isn't just about physical health; it encompasses mental, emotional, and social health too. Here are a few key reasons why prioritizing wellness in schools is essential:

👉 Enhanced Academic Performance: Healthy students are better learners. Studies show that children who engage in regular physical activity and have access to nutritious food perform better academically. Wellness programs that include physical education, healthy meals, and mental health resources can significantly boost students' cognitive function and concentration.

👉 Mental Health Support: The pressures of modern life can take a toll on young minds. Schools that provide mental health resources, such as counseling and stress management programs, help students navigate challenges, reduce anxiety, and build resilience. Early intervention is key to preventing more serious mental health issues later in life.

👉 Positive School Environment: A focus on wellness creates a positive school culture where students feel safe, supported, and engaged. This sense of community enhances social connections and fosters a more inclusive environment where every student can thrive hence less student behavior issues.

👉 Lifelong Healthy Habits: Schools play a pivotal role in shaping the habits of young people. By integrating wellness into the curriculum, schools teach students the importance of maintaining a healthy lifestyle, which can lead to lifelong benefits. This includes understanding nutrition, the value of physical activity, and the importance of mental well-being.

👉 Reduced Absenteeism: Healthy students are less likely to miss school due to illness. Wellness initiatives that promote physical and mental health can reduce absenteeism, ensuring that students are present and ready to learn and are more engaged.

Investing in school wellness is investing in our future. When we prioritize the health and well-being of students, we lay the foundation for a more prosperous, empathetic, and resilient society. Let’s work together to ensure that wellness is at the heart of our educational systems.

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