The YMCA of Metro Atlanta announced that enrollment is open for its Y Explore Afterschool Programs for the 2024-2025 school year. The Y serves over 53 metro Atlanta elementary schools and offers programs at 11 Y locations.
Y Explore Afterschool Programs include an innovative, learner-centered curriculum and programmed activities, club activities and imagination stations for students in kindergarten through fifth grade. Y Explore programs support language and literacy and integrate social emotional learning.
“Y Explore Afterschool Programs are designed to help students grow their desire to learn, gain critical thinking skills and enhance their social emotional skills,” said Lauren Koontz, president and CEO of the YMCA of Metro Atlanta. “Through our afterschool curriculum, children will find new opportunities to learn and grow in a welcoming and accepting environment.”
The cost for children to attend is $85 full-time or $45 part-time. A free/reduced lunch rate is available for $55 full-time for those in need.
For additional information or to register a child for Y Explore Afterschool Programs, visit https://ymcaatlanta.org/learning/afterschool.
The following YMCA locations offer afterschool programs.
Andrew and Walter Young Family YMCA
2220 Campbellton Road SW, Atlanta, GA 30311
Arthur M. Blank Family Youth YMCA
555 Luckie Street, Atlanta, GA 30313
Carl E. Sanders at Buckhead Family YMCA
1160 Moores Mill Rd NW, Atlanta, GA 30327
Cowart Family YMC
3692 Ashford Dunwoody Rd, Atlanta, GA 30319
Covington Family YMCA
2140 Newton Drive, Covington, GA 30014
East Lake Family YMCA
275 Eva Davis Way, Atlanta, GA 30317
J.M. Tull-Gwinnett Family YMCA
2985 Sugarloaf Parkway, Lawrenceville, GA 30045
Robert D. Fowler Family YMCA
5600 W. Jones Bridge Rd., Peachtree Corners, GA 30092
Summit Family YMCA
1765 East Hwy 34, Newnan, GA 30265
Villages at Carver Family YMCA
1600 Pryor Road, Atlanta, GA 30315
Wade Walker Park Family YMCA
5605 Rockbridge Road, Stone Mountain, GA 30088
