East Side House MS 203 After School Program

n addition to challenging academic work we are also committed to promoting flexible self-motivated learning outside of the classroom. During and after school our writers in residence run workshops publish a school newspaper and literary magazine and coordinate the Writers’ Forum reading series in which our students convene to hear from professional writers of every genre. Our teachers facilitate a wide variety of extracurricular arts and athletics programs including drama art chorus debate baseball and boys and girls basketball and track. During the year our students participate in regular field trips to arts institutions colleges and universities. And during the summer months our student services team helps connect students with jobs internships and programs that allow them to travel all over the world from Tokyo to Mexico from Thailand to London.

At Bronx Letters we celebrate hard work curiosity self-expression and service. Our graduates are highly articulate critical readers and writers fully prepared to tackle the opportunities theyll meet in college and their careers. They are capable problem solvers. They take pride in their independence organization and confidence. They celebrate their engagement with and service to the community. They are healthy energized and fit. They cultivate and pursue wide and varied ambitions to be anything from poets journalists and musicians to politicians doctors and scientists. They are ready to maximize their learning and growth not only during their college years which serve as the gateway to so much future opportunity and success but throughout their lives. This facility is authorized to administer over-the-counter topical ointments only

Licenses & Accreditations:

New York State Office of Children & Family Services -