Hall Passages: Missoula schools join nationwide celebration of after-school programs

Flagship http://www.flagshipprogram.org/ serves more than 1,700 students in Missoula each year, with more than 400 free after-school and summer programs.

Students from eight different Missoula County Public Schools helped themselves to NASA stickers and an assortment of snacks as they gathered for an event to celebrate Missoula’s after-school programs recently.

Missoula’s "Lights On" event was one of more than 8,000 celebrations of after-school programs across the nation that keep the lights on and doors open for students after school.

Students in the Flagship http://www.flagshipprogram.org/ programs attended this year’s space-themed event at the University of Montana’s University Center Theatre, where they listened to speakers and watched "Earthrise," a film about Apollo 8 astronauts who captured the first image of Earth from outer space.

CAMERON EVANS [email protected]

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