School-Aged Child Care Services

Empowering Girls One Move At A Time

In honor of International Women's Month, Chess in the Schools (CIS) held their annual All Girls NYC Chess Championship on Saturday, March 7th at PS 11 in Manhattan. Five girls represented Team CPC-DYCD at the tournament.

NYC FIRST Lego League

Team 21 City Shapers spent another weekend competing in the FIRST Lego League Semi-Finals for a chance to advance to the finals. On Sunday, March 1st, the team of 11 fifth graders from Chrystie Street School-Age Center spent the entire day at John Dewey High School competing against 35 teams.

CPC Testifies About Childhood Literacy and ELLs at Youth Services Committee Hearing

Mary Cheng, CPC Childhood Development Services Director, testified about the value of literacy programming at our 11 afterschool sites and how the benefits impact the lives of young English language learners and their families during the NYC Council Youth Services Committee hearing on January 14th.

CPC Chrystie Street Advances to Lego League Semi-Finals

After meeting week after week for the past three months and accumulating over 25 hours of engineering and coding time, the day of the competition finally arrived. On Saturday, February 1st, 11 fifth graders from Chrystie Street School-Age Child Care Center represented their group and CPC in the DYCD-sponsored FIRST Lego League Qualifier.

CPC Chrystie Street Raises $1,400 in Rice Bowl Campaign

The kids at CPC Chrystie Street School Age Child Care Center ended 2019 by giving back. They participated in a Rice Bowls campaign to collect money to provide food for children living in 58 home orphanages in nine countries.

Paralympian Rudy Garcia-Tolson Visits CPC Chrystie Street School-Age Child Care Center

Paralympian, paratriathlete, and motivational speaker Rudy Garcia-Tolson spent an afternoon at CPC Chrystie Street School-Age Child Care Center on December 11th. He was able to share his inspirational life story as a double above-knee amputee through a partnership with Rising New York Road Runners.

CPC School-Age Programs Keep Calm and Play Chess

What do CPC school-age participants do on the weekends?  Play chess, of course! On November 23rd, eighteen CPC kids participated in NYC Department of Youth and Community Development's (DYCD’s) 6th Annual Chess Masters Tournament

CPC Queens School-Age Child Care Center Students Learn About Healthy Living with the Mets and Olympic Boxers

Thanks to ROC NATION, the students of CPC Queens School-Age Child Care Center (SACCC) at PS 20 were able to meet NY Mets players J.D. Davis and Dominic Smith, as well as Chinese Olympic boxers, Zhilei Zhang and Fanlong Meng.

Youth of CPC-Trinity Youth Arts Network Sing and Perform on Guitar, Ukulele, and Recorder

Two CPC-Trinity Youth Arts Network concerts at St. Paul’s Chapel and Oversea Chinese Mission Church on June 17th and June 18th 2019 featured performances by children and youth from CPC’s afterschool programs.

Youth Committee Hosts Sugary Drink Awareness Workshops at Afterschool Sites

The interactive workshops included engaging videos, sugary drink ranking and matching games in which participants had to guess how many grams of sugar are in different drinks, and even a Kahoot! quiz game.

First Place Awarded to Seven CPC Chrystie Street Afterschool Children

Saturday, May 4th was a very exciting day for seven children from CPC Chrystie Street School-Age Child Care Center.  Surely, the force was with them as they competed in the 22nd Annual Cullman Rookie Chess Tournament and won the first place team trophy! 

Anastasiia Sergienko is named Water Champion at NYC DEP 32nd Annual Water Resources Art & Poetry Contest

On Thursday, May 24, 2018, Homecrest SACCC at P.S.

Trinity Church Wall Street: Partners in Music Education [Video]

Trinity Church Wall Street partners with CPC’s afterschool childcare programs to provide music education to more than 280 children across Manhattan’s Chinatown.

Ready Readers Bring Books To Life

Our Ready Readers program at Homecrest SACCC at P.S.

CPC Confucius Plaza Day Care Center's First Ready Readers Parent Engagement Night

An afternoon of fun read alouds, games, activites, food and prizes

Recipe Rescue Your Breakfast With Sitora

In December, students from our Homecrest SACCC at P.S. 153 after-school program entered into Department of Youth and Community Development's Recipe Rescue culinary competition. Students were challenged to create a healthier version of their choice of an original family recipe.

Learning Chess, Building Confidence

On Saturday, December 2, 2017, students from CPC’s Homecrest SACC at P.S. 153 attended the 4th Annual NYC Dept. for Youth & Community Development (DYCD) Chess Masters Tournament.

Students Bring Holiday Cheer to Flushing with Flushing BID and Macys

The joy of the holidays is never more apparent than on the faces of children. CPC Queens School-Age Child Care Center was thrilled to join the Flushing BID and Macys’ Holidays Lighting 2017.

CPC Awarded Grant to Extend CPC Youth Arts Network

CPC is excited to announce the expansion of the CPC Youth Arts Network with the continued support of the Trinity Church Wall Street Grants Program. CPC began the CPC Youth Arts Network during the 2014-2015 school year through a grant from the Trinity Church Wall Street Grants Program.

CPC Assistant Program Director Recognized at 2nd Annual COMPASS Cares Afterschool Professionals Breakfast

On Thursday, May 25th, 2017, CPC Homcrest School-Age Child Care Center at P.S.

Book Signing for "Satellite Baby" with CPC's Young Authors

On May 22, 2017, CPC's young authors at the CPC Queens School-Age Child Care Center celebrated the launch of their book titled Satellite Baby. A “satellite baby” is a child who is born in the US but is sent for kinship care abroad and then returns to the US to be r

NYer of the Week: Lois Lee

On February 10, 2017, Lois Lee, Director of CPC Queens School-Age Child Care Center @ PS20 and CPC Queens Corona UPK, was featured as NY1's "NYer of the Week".

Learning and Building Confidence at DYCD Chess Masters Tournament

On Saturday, January 28, 2017, Stacey Kourbanov (4th grade) and Shahrom Sayfullobekov (5th grade) represented CPC's Homecrest COMPASS @ PS153 at the 3rd Annual DYCD Chess Masters Tournament. Shahrom and Stacey joined over three hundred students from DYCD programs for the tournament.

CPC Increases Awareness for the Developmental Needs of Satellite Babies

On December 21, 2016, Sinovision broadcasted a story on the increasing number of “satellite babies”  in the US.

“My Family” Warms Hearts and Wins Young Poet’s Society Competition

In honor of the season for giving, NYC Department of Youth & Community Development (DYCD) hosted a “Young Poet’s Society” competition. The competition invited youth who are enrolled in a DYCD funded program to submit a poem around the theme of “family”.

Born in U.S., Raised in China, Satellite Babies on WNYC & NPR

CPC School-Aged Child Care program Director Lois Lee, and former Queens School-Aged Child Care Center student and now high school volunteer, Vicky Pan, told WNYC the story and challenge of living in one country with relatives during the first years of their lives while th

CPC Staff Honored at DYCD COMPASS CARES Professional Achievement Awards

On May 26, 2016, CPC Queens School-Age Child Care Center program director Lois Lee was honored for Professional Excellence at the NYC Department of Youth & Community Development (DYCD) Comprehensive After School System of New York City (COMPASS) C

CPC Featured in "Satellite Baby" Documentary

The families of CPC's Queens School-Age Child Care Center @ PS20 worked with documentary director Jenny Schweitzer and Aeon to produce a short documentary on "satellite babies".

The Race to the Finish Line

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Students Enjoy Dance with the New Victory Theater Dance Troupe

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100 Youth Volunteered at the Carnival For All Children

On June 30, 2015, CPC and Assemblymember Ron Kim hosted a "Carnival For All Children" with over 1,000 children and parents in attendance and staffed by over 100 CPC volunteers, many of them high school youth.

CPC Queens School Age Child Care Center Leads the Trend for Increased School Day and After School Partnership

A balance of day school education, after school assistance, enrichment and access to community resources is becoming the new norm for child development today.

CPC Trinity Music Program Brings Holiday Cheer to Manhattan

Throughout the month of December, the children of CPC's Trinity Music Program have been proudly sharing their choral skills and the joy of the Holidays through song.