Leah Sergeant and the City of Tempe Kid Zone Enrichment Program will be honored with the Jane Romatzke Leadership Award at The Spotlight on Afterschool: Awards of Excellence Banquet. The banquet is sponsored by the Arizona Center for Afterschool Excellence. The banquet will take place 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 7 at the Phoenix Marriott, 200 N. Center St., Mesa.
The event kicks off the 16th annual Arizona Afterschool Conference for nearly 600 teachers, afterschool directors, administrators, program organizers and professionals from throughout Arizona who will discuss effective means of providing afterschool activities for children.
Sergeant began working in the afterschool field in 1988 teaching tennis and swimming. Currently responsible for hiring, training and retaining quality employees for the City of Tempe’s Kid Zone Enrichment program, she has been a member and volunteer of the Arizona Center for Afterschool Excellence for ten years and has presented workshops at the annual conference.
“The value and importance of afterschool programs is well documented in terms of the impact on a child’s educational progress during school,” said Lisa Rice, Executive Director, Arizona Center for Afterschool Excellence. “The individuals and programs being honored at the banquet represent the best and the brightest in the field who, much too often, fall under the radar screen when it comes to recognizing the significance these programs bring to students in communities around the state.”
