AfterSchool

Offered Monday through Friday, MCS’s Afterschool program provides families with extended-day coverage through a wealth of activities for students from the 4-5s through 9-10s and, depending on interest, Fifth and Sixth Grades. African drumming, ceramics, nature exploration, sports, language classes, musical theater, and coding are some examples of the types of classes offered in after school, where children learn by doing — a Manhattan Country School credo.

The hallmark of MCS’s Afterschool program is mixed-age groupings, where children of different grades interact, learn from each other, and form friendships. There are two sessions of after school each academic year (known as Fall Session and Spring Session), with no gap between sessions to ensure continued extended-day coverage.

  • Chess

  • Ceramics

  • Nature Atelier

  • Drumming

  • Cooking

  • Dungeons and Dragons

A TYPICAL DAY

The above represents an example of a typical day of Afterschool. Class offerings differ from day to day and session to session.

  • Afterschool operates on a two-session basis. For the 2024 - 2025 school year, the first session (referred to as the Fall Session) runs Monday, September 9 through Friday, January 31. The second session (known as the Spring Session) will run from Monday, February 3 through Wednesday, June 11.

    Afterschool is offered on Mondays through Fridays whenever school is open for the full day, beginning at dismissal and ending with pickup between 5:30 - 6 p.m. There is no Afterschool on half days.

  • The cost of Afterschool is determined based on what is needed to properly compensate our teachers while maintaining our low student-to-teacher ratio, therefore, programmatic structure and costs may change from year to year.

    There are discounts offered when enrolling more than one child and when enrolling on multiple days. Families are charged their after school fees monthly through Blackbaud Tuition Management.

  • MCS offers emergency childcare, known as Emergency Afterschool, to accommodate last-minute changes in parents’ and caregivers’ schedules. For the 2024 - 2025 school year, the Emergency Afterschool fee is $40 (for a 4:30 p.m. pickup) or $60 (for pickup between 5:30 - 6:00 p.m.) per child.

  • Enrollment for Afterschool happens via Sign Up Genius. Families are sent a communication with class descriptions and schedules, as well as links to enrollment, in advance of the links going live.

For more information about Manhattan Country School's Afterschool program please contact Caroline Biggers, Director of Auxiliary Programs.