🚨 Open Spots! 🚨

Apply to these Summer programs below!

Apply to an After School Matters program and expect to:

• Learn new skills
• Make friends
• Stay active
• Earn money

Summer programs run June 23 - August 1.*

Limited opportunities remain!

*Select ASM programs begin the week of June 18, and July 4 is a non-program day.

⬇️ Below is a list of programs with open spots.

Already applied but haven't heard back? Log back into your application via the Summer 2025 Teen Dashboard (on the Apply page) and check on the status of each program.

To apply to programs with open spots, search for the program you want to apply for, add it to your application, and click "Next" all the way through to fully submit the application.

Continue to check your email for enrollment offers. You have 72 hours to accept or decline your offer via the Teen Dashboard.

Programs with Open Spots: Categorized by North and West Side, Downtown, and South Side. *BE SURE YOU REVIEW THE LOCATION OF THE PROGRAM AND ONLY APPLY IF YOU CAN TRULY ATTEND.

North and West Side:

• ComEd Youth Ambassadors @ Humboldt Park Field House
• ComEd Youth Ambassadors @ Lutz Center
• Exigent
• Firehouse Music Movement
• HHW Vocal Arts Ensemble
• Intro to Mariachi Rhythm @ LVLHS
• Intro to Mariachi Vocals @ True Value
• MACC' Hornets Performing Arts (HPAs)
• Mindfulness Leader Apprenticeship
• Peoples Gas @ Lutz Center
• Rhythm & Ras: Bomba Performance Arts
• Spanish Dance Experience @ NEIU
• The Berklee Initiative Music Studio
• The Business of Music - Apprenticeship

Downtown:

• ComEd Youth Ambassadors @ Gallery 37
• Jazz Improvisation 101 @ Gallery 37
• Peoples Gas @ Gallery 37
• Studio Screenprinting @ Gallery 37

South Side:

• Advanced Chitown Champions: Tumble Into Leadership 14 & 15
• Advanced Tumbling Into Fitness
• Ballet Folklorico @ Solorio (14-15)
• Band Techniques (14-15)
• Basketball Training at Bogan (for 14-15 year olds)
• ComEd Youth Ambassadors @ Gately
• ComEd Youth Ambassadors @ Sarah E. Goode STEM Academy
• Majorettes @ Sarah E Goode (14-15)
• Peoples Gas @ Gately
• ProdiG Dance Intro
• Radio/TV @ Englewood STEM
• Summer Soccer All-Stars
• Teatro Tariakuri Stage Production
• TGMG Sports and Mentoring
• TSG B-Ball Skills & Management @ Richards HS 14-15

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These programs are supported by the City of Chicago and the Illinois State Board of Education, Chicago Public Schools, and other generous public and private donors.