After-School All-Stars
After-School All-Stars provides free, comprehensive after-school and summer programs that keep children and youth safe and help them succeed in school and life by providing critical support and services to low-income youth, bridging the opportunity gap and providing them with a wide range of enrichment activities in health & wellness, STEM learning, visual and performing arts, career exploration, and academic readiness.
After-School All-Stars content on Mizzen is geared primarily towards middle and high school youth and explores Advanced Manufacturing career readiness, 21st Century skill-building activities, community-building games, and more.
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I Love My Neighbor!
Belonging and Community, Leadership and Teamwork
I Love My Neighbor!
After-School All-Stars
6 - 8
5 Minutes
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High Five!
Belonging and Community, Leadership and Teamwork
High Five!
After-School All-Stars
K - 8
5 Minutes
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Gallery Walk
Arts in Action, Leadership and Teamwork
Gallery Walk
After-School All-Stars
6 - 12
30 Minutes
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One Minute Speeches
Stories and Perspectives, Belonging and Community
One Minute Speeches
After-School All-Stars
6 - 12
10 Minutes
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Roundtable Review
Stories and Perspectives, Belonging and Community
Roundtable Review
After-School All-Stars
6 - 12
5 Minutes
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Building Well-rounded Teams: Step in the Circle If...
Belonging and Community, Leadership and Teamwork
Building Well-rounded Teams: Step in the Circle If...
After-School All-Stars
6 - 12
30 Minutes
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Manufacturing and Automation Career Interest Quizzes
Future Ready: Learning and Earning, Leadership and Teamwork
Manufacturing and Automation Career Interest Quizzes
After-School All-Stars
6 - 8
20 Minutes
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One-Way Paper Talk
Belonging and Community, Leadership and Teamwork
One-Way Paper Talk
After-School All-Stars
6 - 8
5 Minutes
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Would You Rather?
Belonging and Community, Leadership and Teamwork
Would You Rather?
After-School All-Stars
6 - 12
10 Minutes
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Word Box
Stories and Perspectives, Digital Voices
Word Box
After-School All-Stars
6 - 12
5 Minutes
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Back-to-Back Drawings
Belonging and Community, Stories and Perspectives
Back-to-Back Drawings
After-School All-Stars
6 - 8
10 Minutes
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Intro to Advanced Manufacturing and Automation
STEM Lab: Build, Tinker, Explore, Future Ready: Learning and Earning
Intro to Advanced Manufacturing and Automation
After-School All-Stars
6 - 8
20 Minutes
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I Love My Neighbor!
Belonging and Community, Leadership and Teamwork
I Love My Neighbor!
After-School All-Stars
6 - 8
5 Minutes
Discover Activity
High Five!
Belonging and Community, Leadership and Teamwork
High Five!
After-School All-Stars
K - 8
5 Minutes
Discover Activity
Gallery Walk
Arts in Action, Leadership and Teamwork
Gallery Walk
After-School All-Stars
6 - 12
30 Minutes
Discover Activity
One Minute Speeches
Stories and Perspectives, Belonging and Community
One Minute Speeches
After-School All-Stars
6 - 12
10 Minutes
Discover Activity
Roundtable Review
Stories and Perspectives, Belonging and Community
Roundtable Review
After-School All-Stars
6 - 12
5 Minutes
Discover Activity
Building Well-rounded Teams: Step in the Circle If...
Belonging and Community, Leadership and Teamwork
Building Well-rounded Teams: Step in the Circle If...
After-School All-Stars
6 - 12
30 Minutes
Discover Activity
Manufacturing and Automation Career Interest Quizzes
Future Ready: Learning and Earning, Leadership and Teamwork
Manufacturing and Automation Career Interest Quizzes
After-School All-Stars
6 - 8
20 Minutes
Discover Activity
One-Way Paper Talk
Belonging and Community, Leadership and Teamwork
One-Way Paper Talk
After-School All-Stars
6 - 8
5 Minutes
Discover Activity
Would You Rather?
Belonging and Community, Leadership and Teamwork
Would You Rather?
After-School All-Stars
6 - 12
10 Minutes
Discover Activity
Word Box
Stories and Perspectives, Digital Voices
Word Box
After-School All-Stars
6 - 12
5 Minutes
Discover Activity
Back-to-Back Drawings
Belonging and Community, Stories and Perspectives
Back-to-Back Drawings
After-School All-Stars
6 - 8
10 Minutes
Discover Activity
Intro to Advanced Manufacturing and Automation
STEM Lab: Build, Tinker, Explore, Future Ready: Learning and Earning
Intro to Advanced Manufacturing and Automation
After-School All-Stars
6 - 8
20 Minutes
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Leadership and Team Building
Leadership and Teamwork
23 Activities
Leadership and Team Building
K - 12
14 Hours 55 Minutes
Great things happen when leadership and teamwork come together! This collection of engaging K-12 activities help youth awaken their inner leader while strengthening the skills that make collaboration meaningful. Through playful challenges, cooperative tasks, and reflective moments, learners build communication, problem-solving, and shared responsibility. Whether someone is stepping into leadership for the first time or refining their strengths, each experience encourages confidence, connection, and positive group dynamics.
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23 Days of Fun, Healthy and Creative Activities for December
Belonging and Community, Whole Body, Whole Self
25 Activities
23 Days of Fun, Healthy and Creative Activities for December
K - 12
20 Hours 35 Minutes
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Grow & Go: Learn with Lt. Governor Gilchrist (Future Ready)
Stories and Perspectives, Future Ready: Learning and Earning, Digital Voices
9 Activities
Grow & Go: Learn with Lt. Governor Gilchrist (Future Ready)
K - 12
6 Hours 55 Minutes
Gear up for 21st century learning with Michigan Lieutenant Governor Garlin Gilchrist II and Mizzen!
Designed to create awareness and discussion about how technology and innovation impact the workplace and workforce, this playlist with activities for grades K-12 explores skills and competencies required to success in 21st century careers.
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American History: Elevating Black Voices (6-12)
Leadership and Teamwork, We The People, Stories and Perspectives
13 Activities
American History: Elevating Black Voices (6-12)
6 - 12
9 Hours 10 Minutes
The American History: Elevating Black Voices Collection is a weekly, inquiry-driven playlist that invites learners to examine how storytelling, innovation, creativity, and leadership shape American history and civic life. Through complex texts, Innovator Trading Cards, and theme-based activities across literacy, STEM, the arts, and collaborative problem-solving, students engage with lesser-known Black Americans—whose contributions have influenced systems, culture, and community change. Each week introduces a thematic lens that builds historical analysis, critical reading, argumentation, and interdisciplinary thinking, culminating in a challenge-based game that requires evidence, reasoning, and collaboration. Designed to support meaningful discussion and application, this Collection highlights innovation as a collective process and underscores the power of amplifying voices that shape our shared history.
This collection is designed to have learners apply ideas from the weekly themes introduced through the Innovator Playing Cards with additional related activities; it is recommended to follow this sequence to maintain consistency:
Week 1: Storytelling and Voice
Designing Innovator Trading Cards
What Makes a Good Story?
One Minute Speeches
Erasure Poetry as Resistance
Week 2: Inventing and Problem Solving
Designing Innovator Trading Cards
Cell City
Catapult (Team Building) Game
Build an Extension Arm
Week 3: Creativity and Expression
Designing Innovator Trading Cards
Create a Cardboard Self-Portrait
Improv: Say the Line
How to Look at Dance
Week 4: Leadership and Change
Designing Innovator Trading Cards
Playing Innovator Trading Cards
Analyzing and Constructing Timelines of Racial (In)justice
Dream Team
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2020 National Summer Learning Association Awardees
Leadership and Teamwork
10 Activities
2020 National Summer Learning Association Awardees
K - 12
9 Hours 30 Minutes
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Strengthen Social and Emotional Learning with Johnny Crowder
Whole Body, Whole Self, Belonging and Community
12 Activities
Strengthen Social and Emotional Learning with Johnny Crowder
K - 12
Like learning algebra or how to ride a bike, social and emotional learning (SEL) calls for patience, compassion, and everyday practice. That’s what brain science and experience say, and it’s at the core of this playlist. Through activities that teach mindfulness meditation, how to identify your strengths and talents, and cultivating compassion through service, you’ll find practical experiences, resources, and tips for empowering youth while helping them navigate stress and build healthy relationships.
“I often wonder how much different my life would look if I was offered support earlier. Before I was struggling, before I withdrew, before I exhibited all sorts of behavioral health issues. The power of prevention is something we can’t waste. We need to use our own hindsight into what would have helped us when we were young to set this next generation up for the success we never had.” — Johnny Crowder
Johnny Crowder is a suicide/abuse survivor, TEDx speaker, touring musician, Certified Peer Recovery Specialist, and the Founder & CEO of Cope Notes, a text-based mental health platform that provides daily support to youth and adults in nearly 100 countries around the world.
Discover Collection
Leadership and Team Building
Leadership and Teamwork
23 Activities
Leadership and Team Building
K - 12
14 Hours 55 Minutes
Great things happen when leadership and teamwork come together! This collection of engaging K-12 activities help youth awaken their inner leader while strengthening the skills that make collaboration meaningful. Through playful challenges, cooperative tasks, and reflective moments, learners build communication, problem-solving, and shared responsibility. Whether someone is stepping into leadership for the first time or refining their strengths, each experience encourages confidence, connection, and positive group dynamics.
Discover Collection
23 Days of Fun, Healthy and Creative Activities for December
Belonging and Community, Whole Body, Whole Self
25 Activities
23 Days of Fun, Healthy and Creative Activities for December
K - 12
20 Hours 35 Minutes
Discover Collection
Grow & Go: Learn with Lt. Governor Gilchrist (Future Ready)
Stories and Perspectives, Future Ready: Learning and Earning, Digital Voices
9 Activities
Grow & Go: Learn with Lt. Governor Gilchrist (Future Ready)
K - 12
6 Hours 55 Minutes
Gear up for 21st century learning with Michigan Lieutenant Governor Garlin Gilchrist II and Mizzen!
Designed to create awareness and discussion about how technology and innovation impact the workplace and workforce, this playlist with activities for grades K-12 explores skills and competencies required to success in 21st century careers.
Discover Collection
American History: Elevating Black Voices (6-12)
Leadership and Teamwork, We The People, Stories and Perspectives
13 Activities
American History: Elevating Black Voices (6-12)
6 - 12
9 Hours 10 Minutes
The American History: Elevating Black Voices Collection is a weekly, inquiry-driven playlist that invites learners to examine how storytelling, innovation, creativity, and leadership shape American history and civic life. Through complex texts, Innovator Trading Cards, and theme-based activities across literacy, STEM, the arts, and collaborative problem-solving, students engage with lesser-known Black Americans—whose contributions have influenced systems, culture, and community change. Each week introduces a thematic lens that builds historical analysis, critical reading, argumentation, and interdisciplinary thinking, culminating in a challenge-based game that requires evidence, reasoning, and collaboration. Designed to support meaningful discussion and application, this Collection highlights innovation as a collective process and underscores the power of amplifying voices that shape our shared history.
This collection is designed to have learners apply ideas from the weekly themes introduced through the Innovator Playing Cards with additional related activities; it is recommended to follow this sequence to maintain consistency:
Week 1: Storytelling and Voice
Designing Innovator Trading Cards
What Makes a Good Story?
One Minute Speeches
Erasure Poetry as Resistance
Week 2: Inventing and Problem Solving
Designing Innovator Trading Cards
Cell City
Catapult (Team Building) Game
Build an Extension Arm
Week 3: Creativity and Expression
Designing Innovator Trading Cards
Create a Cardboard Self-Portrait
Improv: Say the Line
How to Look at Dance
Week 4: Leadership and Change
Designing Innovator Trading Cards
Playing Innovator Trading Cards
Analyzing and Constructing Timelines of Racial (In)justice
Dream Team
Discover Collection
2020 National Summer Learning Association Awardees
Leadership and Teamwork
10 Activities
2020 National Summer Learning Association Awardees
K - 12
9 Hours 30 Minutes
Discover Collection
Strengthen Social and Emotional Learning with Johnny Crowder
Whole Body, Whole Self, Belonging and Community
12 Activities
Strengthen Social and Emotional Learning with Johnny Crowder
K - 12
Like learning algebra or how to ride a bike, social and emotional learning (SEL) calls for patience, compassion, and everyday practice. That’s what brain science and experience say, and it’s at the core of this playlist. Through activities that teach mindfulness meditation, how to identify your strengths and talents, and cultivating compassion through service, you’ll find practical experiences, resources, and tips for empowering youth while helping them navigate stress and build healthy relationships.
“I often wonder how much different my life would look if I was offered support earlier. Before I was struggling, before I withdrew, before I exhibited all sorts of behavioral health issues. The power of prevention is something we can’t waste. We need to use our own hindsight into what would have helped us when we were young to set this next generation up for the success we never had.” — Johnny Crowder
Johnny Crowder is a suicide/abuse survivor, TEDx speaker, touring musician, Certified Peer Recovery Specialist, and the Founder & CEO of Cope Notes, a text-based mental health platform that provides daily support to youth and adults in nearly 100 countries around the world.
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Copyright © 2026, Mizzen Education, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit on a mission to empower, uplift and support out-of-school time educators.
Copyright © 2026, Mizzen Education, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit on a mission to empower, uplift and support out-of-school time educators.