Toddlers are encouraged to think about the world around them using a story and an activity. We will introduce STEM topics through storytelling, movement, experiments and discovery.
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K-4
Homework Club at Elmwood Gardens and Kelley Falls
The Meelia Center partners with Manchester Housing to provide in-person tutor support for MSD students living in Kelley Falls and Elmwood Gardens. In-person tutoring takes place at the community centers after school, and will include support for enrichment activities.
Remote Tutoring Collaborative
The Meelia Center partners with the Manchester School District to provide free remote tutoring to underrepresented K-12 students in 10 schools across the district. Students who identify with groups often underrepresented in high school & college graduation are referred for tutoring by their teachers, parents or community. Current schools served include Bakersville, Northwest, Webster, Southside, McLaughlin, Parkside, West, Central, Memorial and MST. Flexible afterschool hours for tutor support.
Media Power Youth Out-Of-School Programming
Media Power Youth provides a wide variety of youth programs during afterschool, summer, and vacation weeks through local youth serving organizations. We work collaboratively with these organizations to create custom programming that fits the needs of their youth. These programs are designed to help students build 21st century skills including critical-thinking, self-regulation, social awareness, and empathic communication by engaging students in the media that shape our world. Topics include digital citizenship, media and mental health, news literacy, managing screentime, leadership & advocacy, music analysis, and film. Media is constantly evolving and we regularly update our programs to address this dynamic landscape. Many of our programs feature media creation elements that help students learn new technology skills and find their own voice advocating for themselves and the people they care about.
Programming is available at various locations, please contact us for more information.
Media Power Youth Teaching and Classroom Resources
Media Power Youth offers media literacy and health curricula, including Media Literacy for Safe & Health Choices and Screenshots (digital wellness). We also partner with schools to address real-time media challenges, such as cyberbullying and the influence of media on substance use. We provide teacher’s guides, infographics, instructional materials, and other communication tools to support school initiatives. We host parent and family educational events and facilitate learning activities as a classroom guest. Our goal is to support educators and counselors in building students’ critical thinking and social emotional skills while inspiring creative media making and exploration across a range of academic subjects.
If you are an educator or youth-serving professional, please contact us to learn about our available resources.
MPAL Athletics
MPAL’s athletic programs give youth the chance to move, grow, and challenge themselves while building confidence, character, and a strong sense of community. Every program is rooted in respect, responsibility, and teamwork, with supportive coaches and mentors helping participants discover their strengths both on and off the mat.
Current offerings include Aikido, Boxing, Indoor Soccer (grades 2–4), Skateboarding, Wrestling, and S.H.E. (Strong. Healthy. Empowered.), a girls-only wellness program focused on strength, confidence, and self-esteem. From learning discipline and focus through martial arts and boxing, to teamwork and energy-filled play on the soccer field, to creativity and skill-building in our indoor skatepark, MPAL programs meet youth where they are and help them level up in a safe, encouraging environment.
All programs are free, with registration required.
MCMS 21st Century Community Learning Centers After School Music Program
MCMS provides music exploratory experiences to students enrolled in 21st Century Community Learning Centers.
Private Lessons
MCMS offers high quality musical instruction on every instrument including voice.
Music Ensembles
The Music School offers numerous opportunities for students and adults to learn and perform together. Ensembles include orchestra, concert band, choirs, jazz ensemble, rock and blues, percussion, and flute ensembles.
Music Therapy
Music Therapy is an established health profession in which a music therapist uses music and all of its attributes, to help clients meet non-musical goals. These goal areas include, but are not limited to: physical/motor development, cognitive functioning, social-emotional awareness, and communication skills. Playing and/or listening to music activates both hemispheres of the brain simultaneously, opening up new pathways to learn or re-learn skills and is universally accessible.
Girls Incorporated of New Hampshire
We provide programs in the school day, after school and summer camp programs at our center on Varney Street.
Afterschool Troops
Afterschool Troops in several schools for the year, and several troops through 21C Summer programs, several troops in other youth-based organizations, and the Discovery Zone at the Mall of NH where there are free programs for girls, plus we have a robust network of community troops led by volunteers in Manchester, STEM Mobile that brings STEM programs straight to girls, and a Day Camp where girls can attend summer camp (Camp Kettleford)
FIRST Program Teams
FIRST programs inspire innovation and leadership through engaging, hands-on robotics challenges developed to ignite curiosity and passion in students in grades K-12. Programs include FIRST LEGO League, FIRST Tech Challenge, and FIRST Robotics Competition.
Services for refugees and other immigrants
BCNH helps refugees and other immigrants navigate their way to safe, healthy, productive, prosperous, and connected lives in New Hampshire. The organization’s case managers are refugees and immigrants themselves and speak the languages of Manchester’s largest refugee communities. For a complete list of services, please visit www.bcinnh.org.
Asthma Care for Kids
This program is helping teachers, parents and coaches to better understand asthma. This workshop is an “Asthma 101” for adults who work with children or young people. This program provides the essentials about how best to manage any child living with asthma.