SIXTH STREET YOUTH PROGRAM || AFTER SCHOOL 2023-2024
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Sixth Street Youth Program (SSYP) is a dynamic after school program that offers New York City youth (ages 6-11, grades 1-5) quality after school workshops in a community-oriented class setting. With a limited enrollment of up to 25 students per day and an average staff to student ratio of 1:6, each child receives thoughtful guidance and support that is needed to foster their individual and creative growth.
Our program is committed to developing strong community, expressive creative skills, mindfulness, and social and environmental awareness and activism among our youth. We boast an unique curriculum that uses the arts as a vehicle for kids to learn about urban sustainability, climate justice and issues that affect our local community. Our mission is to cultivate a warm and inclusive atmosphere that honors each student’s unique strengths. |
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2023-2024 AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM DATES AND TIMES:
DATES: September 7, 2023 through June 26, 2024 . *Not including holidays listed by the NYC DOE* See Calendar Here
TIMES: MONDAYS - FRIDAYS, 3 PM - 6PM.
LOCATION: Sixth Street Community Center. 638 E. 6th Street, New York, NY
DAILY PICK-UPS OFFERED FROM: Earth School, The Neighborhood School (TNS), PS 19/East Village Community School (EVCS) & Children's Workshop School (CWS)
Download the Program Application for the 2023-24 School Year!
Please email us (youth@sixthstreetcenter.org) to inquire about available spots. Admission is rolling as long as spots are available.
Submit completed applications via email to youth@sixthstreetcenter.org.
RATES: Sliding scale based on household income. Families earning less than $90,000 qualify for reduced rates.
**Thanks to funding from Assembly Member Harvey Epstein, we are able to offer 10 free spots to low-income families that qualify.**
If you would like your child to be considered for one of the free spots, please read our FAQ sheet and fill out our Reduced Rates Form pages 6 and 7. Please indicate in the notes you'd like to be considered for a free spot.
DATES: September 7, 2023 through June 26, 2024 . *Not including holidays listed by the NYC DOE* See Calendar Here
TIMES: MONDAYS - FRIDAYS, 3 PM - 6PM.
LOCATION: Sixth Street Community Center. 638 E. 6th Street, New York, NY
DAILY PICK-UPS OFFERED FROM: Earth School, The Neighborhood School (TNS), PS 19/East Village Community School (EVCS) & Children's Workshop School (CWS)
Download the Program Application for the 2023-24 School Year!
Please email us (youth@sixthstreetcenter.org) to inquire about available spots. Admission is rolling as long as spots are available.
Submit completed applications via email to youth@sixthstreetcenter.org.
RATES: Sliding scale based on household income. Families earning less than $90,000 qualify for reduced rates.
**Thanks to funding from Assembly Member Harvey Epstein, we are able to offer 10 free spots to low-income families that qualify.**
If you would like your child to be considered for one of the free spots, please read our FAQ sheet and fill out our Reduced Rates Form pages 6 and 7. Please indicate in the notes you'd like to be considered for a free spot.
Donations to our Youth Program make it possible for us to offer free spots and sliding scale rates to families who need them.
To register your child for the 2023-24 After School Year, download our application and check out our reduced rates FAQs and single page form.
Contact: youth@sixthstreetcenter.org for any questions!
Contact: youth@sixthstreetcenter.org for any questions!
SSYP WORKSHOPS
ARTS WORKSHOPSTaught by professional artists and experienced teaching artists, we explore a diversity of mediums such as acrylic, textiles, ink, clay and watercolor. Past projects have included batik dye, tye-dye, pillow making, weaving, mixed-media, Suminagashi water ink prints, collograph and lino-cut printmaking.
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URBAN SUSTAINABILITYOur urban sustainability curriculum is rooted in inquiry, exploration and practice. We believe that exposing youth to sustainable ideas and approaches at an early age can have a profound impact on how they operate within greater society later on in life. This year our youth program took on a big challenge, working to become the first zero waste after school in the Lower East Side!
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URBAN FARMINGOur students have access to the 5th Street Farm located on Earth School's rooftop one day a week. Students learn how to maintain an urban rooftop farm and harvest produce from the earth. We will often use fresh veggies and herbs that we harvest up on the garden in addition to our center's CSA produce in cooking workshops!
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CLIMATE JUSTICEOur students are introduced to several key social and environmental justice issues that affect the local community. We creatively engage them through kid-led, inquiry based projects. The curriculum is centered around empowering young people to be change-makers in their communities.
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