About

District 75 Middle School After-School (MSAS) Program

District 75 has numerous schools located across all five boroughs participating in the NYCDOE Middle School After-School Program (also refered to as the Middle School After School Initiative). Students are provided with enrichment activities, leadership development, academic support, physical activity, and healthy living instruction. Family engagement is an additional component of the program.

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Enrichment Activities

These activities are designed to build basic literacy and math skills, as well as “21st Century skills” like teamwork, problem solving and critical think­ing. Activities will focus on literacy, the arts, STEM, or a combination of these areas, and, ideally, tap into available resources of the school and the community, such as libraries and cultural entities.

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Leadership Development
These activities are designed to foster engagement in school and community and develop skills that encompass a range of critical competen­cies. They will help middle school students make informed choices about their futures and encourage socially responsible behaviors. Programs would include service learning and civic engagement projects. In addition, programs would include activities designed to help participants successfully transition to high school, including awareness and explo­ration of post-secondary education options and career opportunities.

 

Academic Support
These services include homework help, individual or small group tutoring, and independent, or self-directed, reading time. Such services may be de­signed in accordance with explicit policies agreed upon with the principals of the schools attended by the participants.

 

Physical Activity and Healthy Living
These activities include sports, martial arts, dance, and other forms of physical exercise, as well as active learning designed to teach healthy living practices and the importance of physical activity and good nutrition.

 

Family Engagement
Parents’ involvement and support are crucial in helping children achieve the benefits of after-school programming. Parents are needed as key partners who can help motivate their children to enroll in an after-school program and attend on a regular basis. They can also be invited to celebrate their achievements, whether these are improved grades in school, performances in theater productions, or completion of successful community service projects. DOE staff and/or after-school program staff ensure that parents of middle school students are informed about school and after-school offerings, receive periodic updates on their children’s participation and progress, given a menu of ways they can be­come involved in their school after-school community, and offered strategies for advocat­ing on behalf of their children.