Youth Program

Adventures in Learning

A homework assistance, tutoring and academic enrichment program for youngsters in grades 1 through 6 attending school in Manhasset & Great Neck.  Children also have opportunities to join their fellow “Adventurers” on a variety of trips including a holiday theater performance in New York City.  Parents are encouraged to attend conferences and educational workshops offered throughout the year.   www.adventures-in-learning.org

Summer Program

85 youngsters ages 5 to 13 enjoy a 6-week full day (8:00 AM to 6:00 PM) program of educational enrichment, recreation, cultural awareness, and performing arts classes and activities and twice weekly trips.  All participants receive breakfast, lunch, and an afternoon snack.  Twelve to fifteen high school and college students who are Manhasset and Great Neck residents are hired as counselors and group leaders for the program.

After School Programs

Once homework is completed youngsters have opportunities to participate in programs and activities that help build self-esteem, encourage creativity, teach tolerance and acceptance, and offer opportunities for youngsters to experience success.  These activities include…

 -Arts & Crafts

-African Dance Classes

-Scouting for Boys & Girls

-Board Game Tournaments

-“Mad Science” Programs

-Poetry Workshops

-Open Recreation:

                       -Basketball

                             -Volleyball

                             -Dodgeball

                             -Parachute Game

-Movie Nights

-Holiday/School Vacation Programs

-Field Trips

YOUTHWORKS

A program that provides at-risk, out-of-school, disabled youths ages 17-21 opportunities to reinforce their academic and job-seeking skills.  The program offers individual and/or group instruction to prepare students for the GED exam, teaches computer and office skills, and provides monetary incentives and paid internships for teens that have left high school without graduating.  Through meetings with local guidance counselors and a bulk mailing in the MGN EOC “target community”, a concerted effort is made to recruit and enroll young people from Manhasset and Great Neck in the program.

Youth Council

Middle and high school age youth meet weekly to share their ideas and concerns and plan relevant, age-appropriate trips, activities, and programs, for them-selves and their peers.