Afterschool News

In many areas, 2009 sucked profoundly - bad economy, bickering health-scare debate, the Yankees winning the World Series again.

Union County Sheriff's Office Seize Weapons in Springfield and Roselle Park By County of Union 12/24/2009 Union County Sheriff Ralph Froehlich and Sheriff's Officers James Miller, Sean Perez and Anthony Zignauskas display a variety of weapons recently seized in while the officers were executing warrants in two domestic violence cases in Springfield ...

I call it the "liberal tell," where the early and obvious politics of the film gives away the entire story before the second act begins, and "Avatar" might be the sorriest example of this yet.

Harrison School of the Arts theater student Demonte Cheeks talks with eighth grade boys at Sleepy Hill Middle School during a breakout discussion after a presentation about anit-bullying they performed for the Monday November 16, 2009 in Lakeland, Florida.

Three tickets have officially declared their candidacy for the positions of Undergraduate Council President and Vice President, according to an e-mailed statement sent by the UC Election Commission Tuesday Night.

Children, parents, and community leaders gathered at ABLE Families last Thursday night for a Lights On Afterschool rally.

The United Way of Marion County is spreading the word about its services and letting folks know the best way to donate.

Michael Hill, of the Topeka RoadRunners, signs 10-year-old Hali Dehncke's shirt on Thursday at the second annual Lights on Afterschool Event at Christ the King Church, 5973 S.W. 25th.

Hundreds of students, parents and volunteers flocked to the Middletown Mall Thursday to honor afterschool programs.

LANCASTER - At 3 p.m. on a typical weekday, 90 students in and around Lancaster board their school buses and, instead of heading home, go to the Robert K. Fox Family Y. It's there that the students have the chance to grab a snack, swim in the pool and work on their homework until their parents get off work and can come to pick them up.

The Boys & Girls Clubs of West Central Missouri are celebrating "Lights on Afterschool" in October.

Helen Miller, court manager at the Farmington Magistrate Court, was awarded Magistrate Court Employee of the Year at the Sept.

It's September! That means summer is over and the kids are back in school. Time to clean up from all the summer fun.

Today's indie trailer is for a film by New York filmmaker Antonio Campos. It's called Afterschool and premiered at Cannes in 2008.

Robert, the whey-faced protagonist of Afterschool , is a withdrawn and emotionally stymied freshman at a co-ed private school in New England.

Romantic comedy set in a mythical world where everyone is truthful and gullible except for the one person who has learned how to lie his way to fame and fortune while manipulating his way into the heart of the woman of his dreams .

It's the start of his first semester there, and he already finds himself being teased by bullies about still being a virgin and for not trying out for any sports teams.

Babies. Porn. Masturbation. Knock, knock. So begins Tisch alumnus Antonio Campos' first feature film, "Afterschool." Reminiscent of Gus Van Sant's "Elephant," both in directorial style and basic plot, the film examines what happens when a sheltered school community is exposed to the horrors of the outside world.

You have a choice when sitting down to watch a oeAfterschool,a an arresting feature by Antonio Campos about death at a snooty prep school.

When "Afterschool," the impressive debut feature from the young American director Antonio Campos, first appeared on the festival circuit last year, it got described in various quarters as the first important movie of the YouTube generation.