After-school Program
Urban STEAM Lab offers afterschool pick-up and care for 2nd grade through 5th grade for two of our local schools: PS102 & PS127. Students are picked up promptly at 2:30p from their schools and head directly to Urban STEAM Lab for hands-on learning, inquiry, connections, and fun. The STEAM theme changes weekly and will include topics such as oceanic science, Newton’s Laws of motion, maker challenges, light and sound, map skills, and so much more.
There are some significant changes in billing and pick-up options for the 2023/2024 school year, so be sure to read carefully!
Daily schedule:
2:30-3p: Enjoy our walk to Urban STEAM Lab and maybe collect some specimens for later viewing! Backpacks will be pulled by staff in a wagon.
3-3:15p: Brain food and water break. Snacks are provided. No peanuts allowed, if you choose to pack snack for your scientist.
3:15-4:30p: Project-based learning! We will be creating, thinking, tinkering, and investigating the theme of the week.
4:30: First pick-up time.
4:30-5:30p: Homework time! This time will be dedicated to starting and working towards completing any homework. Instructors will be available for questions and guidance.
5:30-6p: Wrap-up, unwind, and play some board games if homework is done.
6p: Extended day pick-up time.
Tuition
For 2 days/week (4:30p pick-up): $2500/school year or $250/month
For 3 days/week (4:30p pick-up): $3700/school year or $370/month
For 4 days/week (4:30p pick-up): $4900/school year or $490/month
For 5 days/week (4:30p pick-up): $6100/school year or $610/month
Extended day add-on (6:00 pick-up): $15/day
To continue our mission of making science education accessible, reduced tuition will be offered on a sliding scale. Inquire directly for details.
Other Pertinent Details (TLDR)
After-school will be available Monday through Friday from 2:30-4:30p with an extended day option until 6p.
After-school program tuition is broken up into 10 equal payments over the school year, billed monthly via payment plan on the 5th.
Sibling discount of 10% total purchase.
Schools we will be picking up from: PS102 and PS127.
PS102 students go to the Owl’s Head location at 113A Bay Ridge Avenue. Drop-offs and students that self-dismiss from school are welcome.
PS127 students go to the 5th Avenue location at 7912 5th Avenue. Drop-offs and students that self-dismiss from school are welcome.
There will be 2 instructors/staff present during pick-up and class time.
Note from Alexia:
There are some changes happening this school year! Change is nerve-wracking, but also exciting. I wanted to take the time to explain why we felt it was time to update our after-school format:
Age group: We were accepting K-1st graders in the last couple of years, and are now only offering after-school for 2nd grade and up. We love to challenge our students, and we felt our 3rd-5th graders were not getting the most out of our program. Even though our younger kiddos only made up for 1/3 of the class, we had to water down most of the projects, activities, and concepts to meet the younger ones’ needs.
Pick-up and extended day: We want to focus on what we do best: hands-on science. Our experiments will end at 4:30p. If parents need additional care and homework completed, we will still be happy to do so from 4:30-6:00p. That means there are two pick-up times to choose from: 4:30p and 6:00p (additional fee at $15/day). We love supporting parents by helping students to complete their homework, however, it burned all of our scientists’ energy stores by completing it before our science project of the day.
Billing: Rather than a monthly subscription, families will be billed via payment plan (10 payments) of the entire cost of the academic year tuition. The cancellation policy will remain the same: you can cancel with no penalty with a month’s written (email) notice.
I hope this transparency helps you to understand these updates. Thank you for your continued love and support over the last few years. I am so excited to show you what we’ve been cooking up for next year!
Alexia