This is a free, enriching after-school program for children. Queens Library’s STACKS program begins on October 5, and runs from 3 to 6 pm Monday thru Friday.
Here’s more about Queens Library’s free STACKS program:
- Serves 730 students ages 6-14 at 20 branches
- Offers hands-on, supervised activities and games that expand students’ curiosity and stimulate learning
- Assists wide range of students including boys and girls from immigrant households (where English is rarely spoken by parents)
- Is enrollment-based and facilitated by qualified, caring Leader(s), who track each student’s progress
Queens Library President/CEO Dennis M. Walcott said, “STACKS gives children help with homework and school projects and a safe haven in the afternoons. Students share their learning with adults and siblings at home. Having schoolwork done in a supervised environment also takes some pressure off working parents.”
Qeens Library seeks public-private alliances to help underwrite STACKS. Recently, Investors Foundation provided the program with an $11,000 grant.
“Thanks to funders like Investors Foundation, Queens Library can contribute to academic success and quality family time,” said Mr. Walcott.
