Welcome To School's Out Washington Take a Look at This!  Take our brief online survey and win great stuff! The first 100 responders automatically receive a $25 gift card to Barnes and Noble. Wow! Get your summer planning groove on by attending our fantabulous Summer Planning Mini-Conference on May 16, 2008, in Bellevue. Get a FREE Science is Cool! kit for your program by attending the upcoming Science is Cool! workshop on April 30, 2008, in Tukwila. Registration for the 2008 Bridge Conference is now open! We are participating in a marathon again to raise money for the Feed Your Brain Grant Program!  We're looking for pledges to support this vital funding source for rural programs in Washington State. April and May workshop listings are now on-line - check 'em out here!  Take care of your STARS credit needs and have fun doing it. The May Networking Meetings are coming up. Please note that the Tukwila Meeting is now on May 22! Congratulations to the 2008 Quality Enhancement Grant Winners!

School's Out Washington is a statewide organization focused on building community-based systems to improve the quality and availability of afterschool programs for Washington’s school-age children.  

Since 1987, we have served as an intermediary organization in the field of afterschool programming in Washington State.  SOWA provides training to afterschool program staff, advocates with public policy makers, and cultivates leadership at the grassroots and institutional levels for afterschool programs and issues. 

Our ambitious reach is reflected in our mission statement:

School’s Out provides services and guidance for organizations to ensure
all young people have safe places to learn and grow when not in school.
  School’s Out is dedicated to building community systems to support
quality out-of-school time programs for Washington’s 5-14 year olds through training, advocacy and leadership.