Schools in the Kansas City area will be celebrating Lights On Afterschool the second week of October with events on Oct. 15, 16 and 17.

Lights On Afterschool is a national celebration of after school programs headed by the Afterschool Alliance. School across the country hold evening events free for families and students. 

View the map below for Lights On Afterschool programs in your area:

Kansas City Public Schools

Tuesday, October 15

• Longfellow Elementary, 3:30-6:30pm Emergency and Crime Prevention

Wednesday, October 16

• ACCPA, 3:30 – 6:30pm, Crime Prevention Throughout the Village
• Attucks Elementary, 3:30-6pm, Healthy Living- Part 4
• Banneker Elementary, 5:30-7:00pm, Don't Get It Twisted, Crime Fighters are Truly Gifted
• Border Star Montessori, 5-7pm, Lights on Against Bullying
• Faxon Elementary, 4-6pm, United We Stand We Divided We Fall
• Garcia Elementary, 4:30-6pm, Family Game Night 
• Garfield Elementary, 4-6pm, Create a Rainbow Plate!
• Gladstone Elementary, 5-7pm, We Are the World
• Hartman Elementary, 5-7pm, Hawaiian Luau/  Fire safety
• James Elementary, 4:30-6:30pm, Fall Festival
• King Elementary, 4:30-6pm, Health and Safety
•  Melcher Elementary, 4:30-6pm, Family, Friends, Food and Fun...Fire Safety 101
• Pitcher Elementary, 5-7pm, CRIME PREVENTION- An Informative Event
• Rogers Elementary, 5-6pm, Let Your Light Shine
• Wendell Phillips & Phyllis Wheatley, 4:30-6pm, Taking a Bite out of Crime!
• Whittier Elementary, 5-6pm, Whittier's Healthy Eaters

Tuesday, October 22

• Foreign Language Academy, 5:30-7pm, Literacy Night

Center School District

Wednesday, October 16

• Boone Elementary 2-6pm, Police, Pups and Crime Prevention
  

Thursday, October 17

• Center Elementary 4 - 6pm Safe School Safe Neighborhood

Charter Schools

Wednesday, October 16

• Tolbert Academy, 3:30 - 6pm, Under the Sea

Fort Osage School District

Sunday, October 6

• Fort Osage Schools Community Family Carnival, 3 - 6pm, East Side Baptist Church

Grandview School District

Thursday, October 17

• Belvidere Elementary, 5 - 6pm, Spotlighting Belvidere After School Program

Hickman Mills School District

Wednesday, October 16

• Dobbs Elementary, 5:15 - 6:15pm, Strong Bodies, Strong Minds 

Friday, October 25

• Family Night, 4-7pm, District Stadium
  

Wednesday, October 23

• Burke Elementary, 3:30-6pm, Lights On Afterschool

Wednesday, October 30

• Smith-Hale Middle, 3:30-5:30pm, LINC Program Highlights & Registration Fair

Independence School District

Tuesday, October 29

• Santa Fe Trail Elementary, 6:30 - 8pm, Fall Festival "Family Game Night" 

Friday, November 1

• Van Horn High School, 7 - 9pm, Monster Mash Food Drive Bash

North Kansas City School District

Wednesday, October 16

• Chouteau Elementary, 5:30 - 7pm, A Night of Safety & Self Defense
• Topping Elementary, 5:30 - 7pm, Keeping Our Community Safe!