Programs

Making A Difference Everywhere

Making A Difference Everywhere offers leadership, mentoring, and drug and gang prevention for 200 students, ages 9-14, through after-school and summer basketball programs and family events in the Bronzeville, Lawndale, and Uptown communities. Please visit our website at www.madeforchicago.com.

Program Spotlight

Erie Elementary Charter School

Erie Elementary Charter School (EECS) provides children in grades K-5 with a high-quality education that values their unique life experience, language and culture. Our innovative curriculum, infused with the Spanish language, the arts, and an emphasis on lifelong learning, creates a culture of high expectations for our students. EECS offers enriching learning opportunities both during and after school, including dual language instruction, technology access, Judo training, field trips, music, and now, visual arts with a professional artist.

Website: www.eriecharterschool.org

Afterschool Program Research

The Promising Afterschool Programs Study found that regular participation in high-quality afterschool programs is linked to significant gains in standardized test scores and work habits as well as reductions in behavior problems among disadvantaged students.