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After school Programs and Activities for school aged children and youth in the Hyde Park-Kenwood area

Presented by the Hyde Park-Kenwood Community Conference/Hyde Park Schools Committee and the HPKCC website, www.hydepark.org. Committee Chair Nancy Baum. hpkcc@aol.com

Visit a Report on the March 28, 2007 Schools Committee forum, After School Matters- from the April 2007 Conference Reporter- in the Schools Committee Features "After School Matters" page. Includes providers with contacts. That page will also include follow up material. Other reports will be located there or in the Schools Committee page.

Our simplified alpha HPKCC Youth Programs Database in pdf: http://www.hydepark.org/schools
Alternative Portal : HPKCC Youth Programs Database, a major project of the HPKCC Schools Committee.

Also highly recommended is Project Exploration's (vitae below) Discover Your Summer, with a host of nationwide camp, internship or jobs learning opps.for youth: http://www.projectexploration.org.dys.htm. And Black Excel Chicago KidStart Summer Jobs at http://www.blackexcel.org;
http://www.GearUpChicago.org; cuip.uchicago.edu/schools/gearup/chicago/resources.
Read also about University of Chicago and alumni partnership in programs in area schools in our UC & Schools page.

The Chicago Weekly News April 24 carried a significant article on how arts and particularly media after and in school programs have the potential to save public education, but the obstacles are great.

This page offers a Directory, broken down by type, of after school providers in the general area and a selection outside. Most schools have internal after school programs (see school directory at conclusion of the document), although they often do not last beyond 3 or 4 pm. Here are some providers and opportunities in the larger community. Please note that this page is under construction and is preliminary. A printable final simplified alpha spreadsheet of key providers is in the HPKC Youth Programs Database linked above.

 

Some hints before the main directory

Most schools as well as parks with field houses have after school and day-0ff from school programs that include tutoring, and some schools have mandated on-site or web tutoring under "No child left behind." There are many commercial tutoring companies including Education Solutions, Huntington, Kumon, Kaplan, Princeton, Sylvan, and web based such as Brainfuse.) Tutoring is a major initiative of the Blue Gargoyle,
To Chicago Public Schools Office of Afterschool Programs, CPS Student Zone: http://zone.cps.k12.il.us/, (see below) Education Station and Homework Mastery Center,
www.tutormentorconnection.org. Schools post-homework, notices etc. are in CPS'
School Notes.

Don't overlook getting involved not only with the extracurricular clubs and organizations in your school but using your required community service to learn new skills and confidence and make new connections. And reach other to organizations that can use your help and teach you much--Hospitals, camera and drama groups, the Historical Society, Garden Fair and service organizations and much more that have "junior" auxiliaries. Check also with the police districts for Explorer groups and more (see below). Some businesses may have ways to take on junior employees. And there is Junior Achievement through which you can learn to set up and run a business.

Artists, such as from the Art Institute, go into the schools (example KAM Nursery School) to bring specific broader lessons, such as attachment to nature and environmental concern. At the other end of the spectrum is one-on-one engagement whether tutoring or Next Step programs working with teen parents.

In addition in the www.hydepark.org website, The Hyde Park Neighborhood Club, the Hyde Park Art Center, Blackstone Library offer classes including day-off-from-school programs. For such general cultural classes check the Cultural Resources Page or the Cultural Calendar. Ask local churches and synagogues also. See also the Recreation and Fitness Resources Directory, Nichols Park Gym.

SAT PSAT etc. prep courses. In addition to such nationwide companies as Kaplan, there are small tutorial groups such as:

Academic, Tutoring, mentoring, service and similar programs (you in turn can be a tutor!) (Included are some preschool programs that are in the HPKCC After School Resources Guide (in progress).) See also below for CPS supplemental educational and similar tutoring services

Chicago KidStart and related programs (See more After School Matters programs at start of next section.)

And there are organizations dedicated to getting specific kinds of knowledge or skills into schools, offering broad partnerships with schools, banks etc. Examples include financial and housing skills. Some providers are: Civic Empowerment, http://www.civicempowerment.org; Partners in Community Building, http://www.picbchicago.org.

Cultural and Arts providers or places for youth, likely including in the after school hours

 

 

Cultural, Arts and Science organizations or places otherwise providing activities in schools, and having some activities for school kids during closed school days, or providing activities during other times. Museums in detail next section.

Note other activities like Chicago International Children's Film Festival, October 18-October 28 2007, 773 281-9075 http://www.cicff.org.

 

Museums and Centers