Afterschool Program

                


Click here to view a clip from a recent tap performance by after school students.

Click here to view a clip from a The New Britain Dance Performance by after school students.

Click here to view a clip from a recent dance workshop with Aniruddha Knight



Click here to hear the Green Street Arts Center Song.

Click here to hear Afterschool Program student Liz R. interviewing WNPR Reporter Lucy Nalpathanchil.


Green Street Arts Center provides an afternoon haven where Middletown area children and young adults can explore their creativity and develop practical skills for everyday life. Each weekday afternoon, students in our multidisciplinary After School Program receive a nutritional snack, homework assistance, mentoring, and arts enrichment, all in the context of a safe environment that keeps the children busy, engaged, and off the streets. The After School Program is open to area students between the ages of 7 and 18, offering them a safe place to go each weekday afternoon and giving them the opportunity to enrich their lives through the arts and learn other transferable skills.  Students participate in arts activities (theatre games, free dance and music jam), recreational arts (salsa, tap, music, art and science, comic book illustration and videography), free arts classes (playwriting, electives, after school clubs) and private vocal and instrumental lessons, as well as sound recording classes. Each student is also cared for by specially trained Green Street staff, teaching artists, community volunteers and Wesleyan students.  Equally vital to the program is the nutritional snack, time to socialize and homework help that students receive each day. Over 45 Wesleyan student volunteers not only help students with their homework, but many have also become valued mentors for the students.

Green Street's After School Program provides the community with a unique opportunity to keep each child safe and inspired as he or she builds a relationship with the arts and utilizes the resources of the program.  As important, the program continues to focus on serving Middletown's deserving, yet underserved children and young adults, offering scholarships to ensure all children the opportunity to participate in the program regardless of economic background.

For more information on the After School Program and financial aid information, please call Patricia Sotarello, Afterschool and Summer Program Coordinator, at (860) 685-7798. 

Green Street Arts Center   51 Green Street   Middletown, CT   06457  |  (860) 685-7871