At the beginning of each semester, children are evaluated individually by our full-time aquatic director and certified teaching staff. Groups are assigned by age and ability. Classes are limited to 3-6 students per instructor, depending on the age and ability level of the swimmers. Parents receive progress reports at the end of each semester that outline the skills their children have acquired, as well as areas of potential improvement.

Our young chefs learn essential kitchen skills, from measuring and converting fractions to slicing and chopping to sauteing and plating. We develop and encourage nutritious food choices while working together to prepare snacks and meals. Every class ends with a delicious treat!

Most children entering kindergarten are not ready for full-on team sports. We use active games to introduce young children to fundamental sport skills, and get their bodies moving by running, jumping, throwing, and catching.

Our multidisciplinary art classes offer students a chance to explore different media from drawing and painting to collage and sculpture. Projects are selected to provide inspiration for free expression and to develop specific skills.Exploring drawing, painting, sculpting, printmaking and other methods through age-appropriate structured projects and free exploration, students have fun while learning the basic fundamentals of art.

This hands on-club offers girls the opportunity to explore Video Game Design and Computer Generated Imaging in a project-based environment that both celebrates their gender and boosts their confidence in technology. All Girls Coding aims to get girls programming and creating interactive art, media and narratives while imparting valuable skills in computational thinking and mathematics.

We offer a formal Homework Club, as a class choice for students who need extra help focusing on their assignments. 

Learn the secrets of magic, sleight of hand and tricks of all kinds!

A medley of sports and games, balancing individual and team games. Includes an eight week Olympics event incorporating what the students have been learning all year.

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

Using a special project kit composed of technical LEGO bricks the students can build over 100 different simple machines and models. The models are used to illustrate key STEM topics, like energy, biology, construction engineering, forces of nature, gravity and force. The specially trained instructors provide short presentations on various STEM concepts. Presentations are followed by LEGO model/machine building to enhance and reinforce their learning and understanding.

Students conduct hands-on experiments with materials from everyday life. A combination of kitchen and eath science, Students will work on projects including plants and animals, the solar system, balls and ramps, paper airplanes, rockets, weather systems.

This energetic class builds strength, flexibility and fitness. Students develop acrobatic skills while having fun!!

Our young chefs learn essential kitchen skills, from measuring and converting fractions to slicing and chopping to sauteing and plating. We develop and encourage nutritious food choices while working together to prepare snacks and meals. Every class ends with a delicious treat!

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.

We offer a formal Homework Club, as a class choice for students who need extra help focusing on their assignments. 

Students learn self-defense, focus, concentration and discipline in a non-contact weekly martial arts workout. Classes are grouped by age and belt level. All levels work on forms, and bag work: kicks, punches, blocks and footwork. Sparring begins at yellow belt. At the end of each semester, we have an exhibition and test, where students have an opportunity for belt advancement (by teacher recommendation).

Students build awareness of action, character and theme through theater games, improvisations, playmaking, rehearsal and performance. 

Never mind that chess is a great exercise for the mind that increases math and literacy abilities. Chess is a great game, and kids love it! We offer beginner, intermediate and advanced chess classes, as well as an annual tournament for students in our Manhattan Youth programs.

Our young chefs learn essential kitchen skills, from measuring and converting fractions to slicing and chopping to sauteing and plating. We develop and encourage nutritious food choices while working together to prepare snacks and meals. Every class ends with a delicious treat!

Chess is a great game, and kids love it! It also happens to be a powerful exercise for the mind that increases math and literacy abilities. We offer beginner, intermediate and advanced chess classes, as well as tournaments for kids who can't get enough chess.

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. 

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

We offer a formal Homework Club, as a class choice for students who need extra help focusing on their assignments. 

Our multidisciplinary art classes offer students a chance to explore different media from drawing and painting to collage and sculpture. Projects are selected to provide inspiration for free expression and to develop specific skills. Exploring drawing, painting, sculpting, printmaking and other methods through age-appropriate structured projects and free exploration, students have fun while learning the basic fundamentals of art.

In this gamers intensive class students will learn the basics of coding, 3D modeling and computer environments. They will start off learning through Minecraft, with the possibility of models made in TinkerCad and other code platforms. Our veteran students will be encouraged to code more complicated game mechanics.

Broadway performers help students develop singing, dancing and acting skills. Students work as a cast throughout the semester on scenes and musical production numbers. At the end of each semester, the class will perform on stage for family and friends!

A high-energy class for dancers of all experience levels. The dance studio will be hopping 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

Kids will receive daily challenges of structures to build with Legos. There will also be time for students to explore on their own and in small groups, building creations of their own invention.

Every kid knows that you don't really learn anything unless you make a mess and get your hands dirty. This class focuses on everything oozy, grimy, slippery and slimy that exists in nature or can be made (safely!) in a test tube. Fun for all!

Students who are ready for a challenge take their skills to the next level preparing to compete in tournaments.

Our young chefs learn essential kitchen skills, from measuring and converting fractions to slicing and chopping to sauteing and plating. We develop and encourage nutritious food choices while working together to prepare snacks and meals. Every class ends with a delicious treat!

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.

We offer a formal Homework Club, as a class choice for students who need extra help focusing on their assignments. 

Students develop fundamental sport skills, concentration and sportmanship while playing sports and games with Coach Vinny. The semester is broken into two-month-long units, each concentrating on a different sport. Options include Soccer, Baseball, Kickball, Field Hockey and Basketball. The year culminates in a tournament combining the skills from throughout the year.

Because coed sports programs often attract mostly boys, we have carved out a day in our gym schedule that is open exclusively to girls. We have enlisted the help of the Women's Sports Foundation to create a girl-friendly sports environment, where girls will play basketball, volleyball, soccer and more. All other sports and fitness classes will continue to be open to both boys and girls.

Run like the wind in this fun fitness club! Children will learn all the basic elements of a track and field competition, including sprints, middle and long distance running, long jumps, shot put and relay races.

Students are introduced to Spanish through songs, games, cultural activities, workbooks and art projects.

Most children entering kindergarten are not ready for full-on team sports. We use active games to introduce young children to fundamental sport skills, and get their bodies moving by running, jumping, throwing, and catching.

Students learn self-defense, focus, concentration and discipline in a non-contact weekly martial arts workout. Classes are grouped by age and belt level. All levels work on forms, and bag work: kicks, punches, blocks and footwork. Sparring begins at yellow belt. At the end of each semester, we have an exhibition and test, where students have an opportunity for belt advancement (by teacher recommendation).

This energetic class builds strength, flexibility and fitness. Students develop acrobatic skills such as tumbling, flips, balance, endurance and coordination.

Students will create small scale original works of ornamental art that look like professionally made jewelry. DIY projects include galaxy jars, finger-knitted scarves, dream catchers, jewelry boxes, and more!

Beginning in environments such as Minecraft and Roblox and eventually graduating to industry standard tools and level editors, students will learn the fundamentals of building environments in 3D that are easy, fun and rewarding to traverse. These skills can then be applied to building levels and environments in video games and other three-dimensional immersive spaces.

Students are introduced to Spanish through songs, games, cultural activities, workbooks and art projects.

Students are introduced to Spanish through songs, games, cultural activities, workbooks and art projects.

This class is designed for students who have some programming under their belts. Students will learn how to integrate more complex programming concepts into their games and computational art using MIT's Scratch programming language (such as custom functions, and more advanced math than they might have otherwise been using). Through hands on projects elucidating a single new concept that build upon one another, culminating in a project of the students' own design.

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.