The JCC offers Beacon Centers at I.S. 49 and Tottenville High School and a COMPASS Program at P.S. 65. All of these after school programs are free and funded by the NYC Department of Youth and Community Development (DYCD).

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JCC Beacon Centers

The JCC Beacon Centers serve the community on the North Shore at I.S. 49 Middle School and on the South Shore at Tottenville High School. Beacon Centers are school-based programs that serve children, adolescences, and adults as a community center providing year-round after-school, evening, weekend, and school holiday programming. 

Our Beacon focuses on positive youth development, social emotional learning, enrichment, and recreation. We aim to foster leadership skills through entrepreneurship and youth advocacy. by offering a wide variety of essential services to school-age children as well as their parents and the community.

The mission of the Beacon program is to provide activities that are not generally available during the school day. The Beacon program also works closely with each principal to support their ongoing academic needs. Regularly scheduled after school, evening, Saturday, and summer camp programs include academic help (STEM based), social services, recreational, leadership development, nutritional enhancements, music, dance, art, and drama.

​There is a registration process for enrollment into the JCC Beacon programs with applications available at each site. The JCC Beacon Program is funded by the Department of Youth and Community Development (DYCD), a NYC agency.

JCC Beacon Program @ I.S. 49
Desiree Scott, ​[email protected]

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JCC Beacon Program @ Tottenville High School
Cliff Bloom, Director, [email protected] 718.605.3033

COMPASS Program at P.S. 65

The JCC COMPASS program provides after school programming for elementary aged children in the north shore area. Similar to the JCC Beacon program, the program complements the school day by offering academics, socialization, recreation, and the arts. Parents and the surrounding community are also provided with opportunities to support the efforts of the program by civic engagement events that bring the community together. To enroll in the COMPASS program, applications can be submitted to the COMPASS office at PS 65. The JCC COMPASS program is funded by the Department of Youth and Community Development (DYCD), a NYC agency.

P.S. 65
Seth Kaplan, Director, [email protected] 347.466.4407

SONYC PROGRAM AT EAGLE ACADEMY FOR YOUNG MEN

The JCC SONYC program serves the young scholars of Eagle Academy in the Berta Dreyfus Campus. The mission of the SONYC program is to serve middle school participants with opportunities during after school time that will allow them to develop leadership skills while strengthening their academic progress through various project-based activities such as STEM, cooking, leadership development, entrepreneurship, and recreational activities.
For more information, contact Jeanette Velasquez at [email protected] or 718.727.6201 x3313/14

Adolescent Literacy

​Our JCC Adolescent Literacy program provides services to students who need individualized and focused academic support in after school programs. ELA and STEM instruction infused into digital literacy will be the focus of this program at IS 61. Components will include exploration of gaming and gaming design culminating in a gaming fair. 
For more information, contact E. Ferrara at 718-508-3885.