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After School

Girls in the Game offers elementary, middle, and high school after-school programs. The unique program model incorporates three components into each session:

• Physical activity
• Nutrition and health education
• Life skill/leadership development

Like all Girls in the Game programs, After School covers a wide variety of familiar sports (such as basketball and volleyball) and less familiar sports and fitness activities (such as lacrosse and yoga). By providing a variety of sports and fitness programming, After School ensures that no girl is always the star athlete or the bench warmer, but everyone participates and enjoys the benefits of a healthy lifestyle.

In addition to increasing girls' physical activity levels, After School also addresses girls’ social and emotional health in a positive, all-girl setting where girls are empowered to find their voices, explore new physical activities, make healthy choices, and support one another. Programming is tailored to each school and can be designed to run before, during or after the school day.

Programming is divided into three types:

• Elementary program for girls grades 2-5
• Teen Club for girls in grades 6-12
• Union Park program, an intensive, three-day-per-week program for girls ages 6-13 who live near Union Park in the Near West Side

Click on any of the above for more information.

If you’re interested in bringing a Girls in the Game After School program to your school, contact Monique Turner at mturner@girlsinthegame.org or 312-674-0000.