The Child Center of NY, Inc., Basie Beacon Afterschool Program
Phone: (718) 276-6771Kevin Yaboa, Site Director
Office Hours: 10:00 am - 6:00 pm
Program Hours: Monday - Friday 2:40 pm - 6:00 pm
Afterschool Program:
- Homework Help
- Scholar's Academy
- Sports
- Tech Zone
- STEM/STEAM
- Social Recreation
- Arts & Crafts
- Dance (Majorette/Hip Hop)
- Drumline
- CCNY Top Chefs (Culinary)
Rising Ground
Driven by the belief that each of us can thrive when life has hope and opportunity, Rising Ground provides caring support and proven paths to positive change, helping children, adults, and families rise above adversity.
Restorative Justice
Restorative Justice is an approach to dealing with conflicts that is not punitive but emphasizes accountability and reconciliation of the offender with the larger community.The underlying principle is that relationships are important, and when an incident occurs, the focus is on the harm caused to the relationship and the subsequent repairing of that harm; rather than; what rule has been broken and therefore what consequences will be imposed. For more information: C.akil@schools.nyc.gov
What are Restorative Practices?
- Restorative Practices involve the building of positive relationships and establishing a supportive environment that is fair, consistent, and democratic.
- It involves interventions when harm has happened, such as mediations, as well as practices that help to prevent harm and conflict. This is done by creating a sense of belonging, safety, and social responsibility within the school community.
A Restorative Approach to conflict and wrongdoing consists of asking key questions:
- What happened, and what were you thinking at the time?
- What have you thought about since?
- Who has been affected by what happened and how?
- What about this has been the hardest for you?
- What needs to be done to make it right?
Benefits to Restorative Practices in the School Setting
- A safer, more caring environment.
- A more effective teaching and learning environment.
- A greater commitment by everyone to taking the time to listen to one another.
- A reduction in bullying and other interpersonal conflicts.
- A greater awareness around the importance of connectedness among young people.
- Addresses the need to belong and feel valued by peers and significant adults.
- Greater emphasis on responses to inappropriate behavior that seek to reconnect, and not further disconnect the youth.
- Reductions in suspensions and expulsions.
- A greater confidence in the staff team to deal with challenging situations.
Urban Advantage Science Initiative
Since 2004, UA has worked with eight of New York City’s leading cultural institutions to support hands-on science instruction in the city’s middle schools. These institutions include the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH), the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, the New York Botanical Garden, the New York Hall of Science, the Queens Botanical Garden, the Staten Island Zoo, the Wildlife Conservation Society’s Bronx Zoo, and the New York Aquarium.UA is designed to support the scientific education goal of grades 3-8 in the public school system and is founded on six components tailored to schools and their students, staff, and families.
- High-quality professional learning courses for teachers and administrators.
- Classroom materials and equipment that promote active engagement with science practices in the classroom.
- Access to UA Partner institutions through free school and family field trips.
- Family outreach through family events, celebrations of student achievement, and parent coordinator workshops.
- Capacity-building and sustainability structures, including support for the development of lead teachers.
- Assessment of program goals, student learning, systems of delivery, and outcomes.
Motivation Reader’s Mastermind Network
Founded in 2015, the MRMNetwork strives to provide self-improvement and motivational books to New Yorkers through teleconferencing. The Network’s outreach has been augmented by committed members, partnerships with community-based organizations, hosting live readings at parks and libraries, and organizing trips that renew and stimulate the mind, body, and spirit. Our mission is to encourage, inspire, and empower people everywhere to believe in and develop their unlimited potential and to courageously pursue their cherished dreams.
ANet Achievement Network
ANet is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the idea that every child deserves an excellent education and the opportunities it provides. Through an integrated system of tools and training, ANet helps school leaders and districts across the U.S. boost student learning through coaching and implementation that’s grounded by learning standards and informed by data.
New York City Community Schools
Beginning in Fall 2014, 45 schools became NYC Community Schools as part of an attendance-improvement and drop-out-prevention grant in partnership with United Way NYC. Currently, there are 316 Community Schools in every borough. Community Schools support the whole child, the child’s family, and learning from inside and outside of the classroom. Community School success is based on the opportunities we offer to our students and their families through access to after-school and summer activities, school-based health services, support services, and social services for children and adults. Learn more at here.
Teaching Matters
At Teaching Matters, we envision a nation where every student has equitable access to excellent teaching, regardless of zip code. Teaching Matters is a national professional learning organization dedicated to increasing teacher effectiveness, a critical factor in student success.
National Paideia Center
The National Paideia Center (NPC) is one of the oldest, continually active school reform organizations in the country. Founded in 1988 at the University of North Carolina by then-President William Friday and philosopher Mortimer Adler, it was created to provide equity in education through intellectual and creative rigor for all students. Today, the NPC headquarters is in Asheville, North Carolina, but we work with schools throughout the United States and in several foreign countries. Our current focus is serving the needs of schools and school systems as well as individual teachers, featuring a contemporary approach to the implementation of the Paideia Seminar and the Paideia Project.
Magic Box Productions
We are committed to helping students develop visual and digital literacy from an early age. Founded in 2004 by documentary filmmaker and Executive Director Nelle Stokes, Magic Box Productions is an award-winning nonprofit that provides exemplary media arts workshops that help students bridge the digital divide.
PBL Works
Project Based Learning (PBL) is a teaching method in which students learn by actively engaging in real-world and personally meaningful projects. Students work on a project over an extended period of time – from a week up to a semester – that engages them in solving a real-world problem or answering a complex question. They demonstrate their knowledge and skills by creating a public product or presentation for a real audience.
Roundabout
Roundabout celebrates the power of theatre by spotlighting classics from the past, cultivating new works of the present, and educating minds for the future.
Queens Theatre
Queens Theatre is the premier performing arts venue in Queens. Queens Theatre’s mission is to provide quality and diverse performing arts activities that are economically and geographically accessible to the 2.2 million residents of Queens, the most ethnically diverse county in the nation, and the surrounding metropolitan region. To foster greater cultural awareness and appreciation, the Theatre presents and produces programs that reflect this diversity and features international, national and local artists.