Students learn basketball skills, good sportsmanship, and sense of team spirit. Players are divided into groups based on experience and skill level. Each class session includes a lesson filled with drills and a game or scrimmage. 

Students will hone their skills as photographers as they learn the basics of composition, lighting, exposure, and post production!

We are proud to offer Youth Swim Lessons as a choice in our After-School Programs. Children receive the same instruction and swim experience as our Youth swim lessons.  Your child will be picked up directly from their classroom at school dismissal, have a snack, and be transported to the Downtown Community Center for childcare activities provided by our After-school staff.

To find out more on our After-School programs, please click here.

Please note that swim offerings and schedules vary by school. 

If you attend a school that is not in our network, you may sign your student up for drop-off After School at the Downtown Community Center.

Discover the mysteries of magic, the art of sleight of hand, and various types of tricks!ious types of tricks!

In our art classes, students will have the opportunity to develop their skills in fundamental drawing, painting, and clay sculpting techniques, as well as explore a wide range of creative crafts. Throughout each session, they will work with a variety of art media, including watercolors, acrylics, oil pastels, chalk, colored pencils, pen and ink, clay, collages, and more, all tailored to their age and skill level.

A high-energy, intense class for dancers of all experience levels. The dance studio will be hopping to today's pop stars as students learn individual and teamwork skills that evolve into polished dance numbers. All students participate in a Manhattan Youth dance performance at the end of each semester

Our blend of intramural sports and non-competitive sports skills and drills is sure to meet your young athlete's needs! Students will engage in a variety of seasonal sports responding to the physical fitness and socioemotional need for students eager to have a fun environment, where they can reconnect with their peers, and their favorite after-school coaches and group leaders. 

Our classes cover a diverse range of songs, from classic jazz standards to popular tunes, and focus on teaching students vocal production, singing, and choreography. Students will also have the opportunity to learn about rhythm, music theory, ear training, and harmony.

Our blend of intramural sports and non-competitive sports skills and drills is sure to meet your young athlete's needs! Students will engage in a variety of seasonal sports responding to the physical fitness and socioemotional need for students eager to have a fun environment, where they can reconnect with their peers, and their favorite after-school coaches and group leaders. 

In this course, students will learn the basics of the Spanish language through a variety of activities such as brief conversations, directed dialogues, worksheets, and short writing exercises. Additionally, audio and visual aids, as well as short reading passages, will be utilized to enhance the learning experience.

In this hands-on class, young filmmakers will conceptualize stories and bring them to life. Students will learn how to handle and use camera equipment, basic short composition, direction, collaboration, and basic editing skills in order to turn their story ideas into short films.

Students develop skills, good sportsmanship and a sense of team spirit. Players are divided into groups based on experience and skill level. Each class session includes a lesson, drills and a game or scrimmage.

Students will be doing a fun-filled activity related to Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math every time they attend this club. These STEAM activities will enrich and will perk the student's interest in these subject areas as well as explore, play and try new things.

We are proud to offer Youth Swim Lessons as a choice in our After-School Programs. Children receive the same instruction and swim experience as our Youth swim lessons.  Your child will be picked up directly from their classroom at school dismissal, have a snack, and be transported to the Downtown Community Center for childcare activities provided by our After-school staff.

To find out more on our After-School programs, please click here.

Please note that swim offerings and schedules vary by school. 

If you attend a school that is not in our network, you may sign your student up for drop-off After School at the Downtown Community Center.

Aspiring students will be crafting exquisite pieces of ornamental art that resemble professionally designed jewelry on a smaller scale.

In Origami and Paper Arts, craftsmanship and originality come together to give your child the immersive experience of creating their very own journals, diaries, paper art figures and books! 

In this course beginning percussion students perform together and learn snare drum, bass drum, cymbals, tambourine, triangle, simple mallet playing, and timpani in an ensemble setting

Your young athlete will engage in skills and drill along all seasonal sports! They will compete in basketball, tee ball, flag football and more! 

Science is about exploring, experimenting, asking questions, and having fun! In this class, your student will do all of the above. We will be learning about how matter behaves through fun activities and chemical reactions.

Parkour has quickly become one of the world's fastest-growing and most highly efficient training methods for mind, body and spirit. Using the natural environment as a play space, practitioners (called traceurs) test their limits by running, climbing, jumping, vaulting and rolling over obstacles, as a means of adapting to and then overcoming the mental, physical and even emotional challenges that arise from the physical barriers themselves.