Fall 2026 / WINTER 2027
after school
Our after-school program is open to current ALC students and to young people from the wider community.
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Welcome to Agile Learning Center’s after school program
ALC After School is a place to make, play, explore, and spend time with other young people. Open to ages 6 to 17 years old*, ALC After School runs Monday through Thursday, with a different program each day. There’s time for engaging activities as well as the choice, independence, and supportive community at the heart of ALC. Choose what interests you and build a week that works for you!
*Check offerings for specific age minimums
Fall 2026 offerings
ASL – Beginner
Mondays, 3:30-5:20pm
Ages: 8+
Max class size: 10
ASL instructor: Maureen Collins
Explore American Sign Language in a lively, hands-on class led by Maureen Collins, a Deaf educator and native ASL signer. Maureen learned ASL at age three, earned a BA from Gallaudet University and an MA in Education from NYU, taught at PS 47 for 28 years, and taught ASL at NYU for six years. She is excited to join us as an after-school facilitator and says, “Teaching ASL has always been something I truly love. It is a beautiful and expressive language, and I enjoy sharing it with others and helping people develop an appreciation for Deaf culture and the language.”
Students will build practical communication skills through everyday ASL vocabulary, basic conversation, interactive signing activities, fingerspelling and the ASL alphabet. Each session includes instruction with Maureen until 5pm, with students invited to stay until 5:20pm for informal practice, games, and conversation.
Dungeons & dragons
Tuesdays, 3:30-5:20pm
Ages: 8+
Max class size: 6
Game Master: Arthur Velwest
Join us for exciting, collaborative gameplay adapted to your play style. Together with the other players, we’ll craft a story driven by the characters we create, and the choices we make.
Led by our own skilled Game Master with over 10 years of experience, students will learn collaborative storytelling, improvisational techniques, and social problem solving. Whether this is your first time, or your hundredth, this is an adventure you’re sure to remember for years to come!
Come be part of the story.
Photography
Wednesdays, 3:30-5:20pm
Ages: 10+ (or with facilitator approval)
Max class size: 8
Instructor: Isa Frost
Learn to see the world through a photographer’s eye. After time to snack and settle in, students explore fundamentals like light, shadow, composition, perspective, reflections, portraiture, and creative techniques, then head into Central Park for a guided photo walk to put them into practice.
All ages and experience levels are welcome, and any camera—from a smartphone to a professional camera—will work. The class is led by an internationally exhibited photographer whose work has been shown in New York and around the world.
SELF-DIRECTED
Thursdays, 3:30-5:20pm
Ages: 6+
Max class size: 8
Facilitator: Arthur Velwest
Get to know what it means to be “self-directed” on Thursday afternoons at ALC. Enjoy time, space, tools, and support to follow what interests you. Build something, make art or music, play a game, work on a project, find collaborators, or start something entirely new.
Facilitators are there to offer ideas, resources, and help when it’s useful, while young people decide how they want to spend their time and what they want to explore in our space.
After school calendar:
Fall/winter 2026-2027 term
September 21st : Fall term begins
November 25th, 26th: NO AFTER SCHOOL
December 21-January 1st, 2027 : NO AFTERSCHOOL
January 4th: After school resumes after winter break
January 28th, 2027: Last day of Fall term
*Please note that the program will run normally on both Columbus day and MLK Jr. Day.
After school Fees:
Fall/winter 2026-2027 term
Regular rate: The program costs $1097 for the semester for each day enrolled.
Reduced rate: Current ALC students and any siblings who enroll during the same semester receive a 40% discount.
Ways to pay: Enrollment is for the full semester, but families may pay tuition in full at the time of registration, or in three installments. An invoice with payment instructions and due dates will be sent after registration.
Not sure it’s for you?: We want students to have an opportunity to make sure a program is a good fit. Families who withdraw after either of the first two class meetings will be responsible only for the classes already attended, and any remaining tuition paid will be refunded. See our complete policies here.