Programs Honored with TASC “Partnerships with a Purpose” Award

TASC launched a celebration of its tenth anniversary year by honoring three outstanding collaborations between New York City public schools and the community organizations that operate their daily after-school programs. For a decade TASC has supported community organizations that collaborate with principals, teachers and parents to offer high quality programs that incorporate arts, sports and academic support.

The honorees are:

Morningside Center for Teaching Social Responsibility & PS 24 in Brooklyn
www.morningsidecenter.org
Established in 1999, the PAZ (Peace from A to Z) Out-of-School Time program at PS 24 provides more than 300 students with conflict resolution and student leadership programming that builds on school-day curriculum while offering students an opportunity for hands-on involvement. PAZ features innovative arts programming and participates in the Comic Book Project. The staffs of PAZ and PS 24 share key members, meet regularly and engage parents to serve their students both as school aides during the day and counselors after school.

Women's Housing and Economic Development Corporation & PS 218 in the Bronx
www.whedco.org
Established in 1999, the after-school program at PS 218 currently serves more than 400 students through a wide variety of activities including Project STEP (Students Toward Educational Promise), a program that supports academic gains and admission into competitive high schools. The program has included various TASC initiatives including After-School Education Apprentices and the Coaching Project. WHEDCo's Director of Youth Programming serves on the PS 218's School Leadership Team, allowing for the creation of new programming that complements and expands upon the school day.

The Child Center of NY & PS 24 in Queens
www.childcenterny.org
Established in 1999, the success of the LATCH (Literacy Arts Technology Civics Health) after-school program at PS 24 is the result of collaboration between the Child Center and PS 24 through a series of transitions that nearly closed the program. Today more than 200 children are served through diverse programming designed to prepare the participants, many of whom are new immigrants from China or India, for healthy development and transition into adolescence. In addition to the close relationship of the Child Center and the school staff, the program has benefited from multiple program enrichments such as Sport for All and TASC Masters of Literacy.