Program:
Year-Round Preschool for Children 18 months - 5 Years Old
- Budget:
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$1,045,611
- Category:
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Education
- Population Served:
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Ethnic/Racial Minorities -- General
Program Description:
Harbor Preschool Program serves toddlers and
preschoolers year-round, full day, enabling each child to engage in and benefit
from a robust early learning experience: rigorous reading and math curriculum;
computer technology for literacy skill building, ongoing student assessment,
beautiful Central Park location, balanced child-directed choices with
consistent classroom structure, swimming lessons (Spring), dance/movement
classes, educational trips, indoor/outdoor play, targeted student learning
plans, and nutritious meals.
The Harbor’s Preschool Program, licensed by the
New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene and the Bureau of Child
Care, is developmentally focused and promotes measurable standards that prepare
our student for kindergarten and beyond by building a strong academic base. Our
Preschool Program faculty delivers high impact instruction, supported by an
active Parent Advisory Council which continues to assist the Harbor in
fulfilling its mission.
Boys & Girls Harbor has more than 40 years of
expertise in building stable and nurturing relationships with toddlers and
preschool children, working in partnership with our children’s families, our
committed faculty, social workers, and staff to attend to each child’s
individual need and stage of development.
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Program:
Afterschool and Summer Enrichment for Elementary, Middle, and High School Students
- Budget:
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$2,169,228
- Category:
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Education
- Population Served:
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Ethnic/Racial Minorities -- General
Program Description:
Harbor Afterschool Programs are multi-disciplinary
and serve 475 students; they are designed to enhance academic skills during the
critical afterschool hours by building upon the efforts of the schools our
students attend. Employing activity-based lessons that instill a love of
learning while developing life skills for future college/workforce success
through 3 programs:
1.
Jr./Sr. Education Program (5-12 Year Olds) provides
resources to improve the academic and social skills of children through activity-based instruction in literature and language arts, science, mathematics,
history, geography, world culture; visual arts, music and theatre arts;
tutoring, community volunteering; and peer leadership (e.g. Harbor City
microsociety).
2.
Upward Bound serves high school students to
increase the rates at which they enroll and graduate from post-secondary
education institutions. The program provides resources including: mentoring,
workshops in test taking/writing, library research, personal and financial
counseling, college readiness support (tutoring, SAT prep, college tours,
admissions process); and volunteerism.
3.
Genesis serves teenage students to prevent onset
of substance abuse. Experienced faculty and mentors provide individual
counseling and peer discussion groups, academic tutoring, financial literacy,
career/college guidance, and family workshops. The program includes exposure to
summer employment opportunities, cultural institutions, colleges, and
businesses to expand students’ frame of reference.
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Program:
Performing Arts Conservatory
- Budget:
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$1,000,069
- Category:
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Arts, Culture & Humanities
- Population Served:
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Children and Youth (infants - 19 years.)
Program Description:
Harbor Conservatory for the Performing Arts is an
integral component of the Harbor’s education philosophy; the Conservatory is
Harlem’s largest multi-disciplinary arts training organization, offering arts
exposure and training to students of all ages and levels of proficiency and
aspiration.
Also known as a pre-professional training institute, and
internationally recognized as a leading school for Latin music training, the
Harbor Conservatory offers low cost training in music, dance and theater to
more than 500 youth annually, led by a distinguished faculty of more than sixty
professional artists/teachers.
Through Conservatory offerings of 50+ courses,
the Harbor combines arts training with the vital cultural roots of the local
community of East/Central Harlem, to create a rich curriculum and powerful
training experience. A performance oriented program with a highly-esteemed
international faculty, Harbor Conservatory students and alumni have been into
professional schools, appeared on television and radio, concert stages and
performed feature roles in Broadway productions. Alumni often return to join
our faculty.
The Harbor has launched an initiative to integrate the performing
arts into all Harbor programs (e.g. Literacy through Music and Movement has
been integrated into the Preschool Program). The Conservatory is partially
funded by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, and the New York
State Council on the Arts.
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