Our afterschool programming is free for students who participate in the free or reduced lunch program or Medicaid.
During the 2011 programming year, Common Threads will serve approximately 1,000 students drawn primarily from a number of low-income neighborhoods in Chicago, DC, Miami and Los Angeles.
Chicago
We currently serve students at the following locations:
- Bridgeport Sheridan School
- Englewood Lavizzo School
- East Garfield Park Bethune School, Gregory School
- Humboldt Park Von Humboldt School
- Chicago Lawn Claremont Academy
- Kenwood Garden Shoesmith School, NKO Charter School
- Lincoln Park St. Vincent Depaul Center, St.Helen School
- Little Village Madero Middle School
- Logan Square Chicago International Charter School - Bucktown
- Pilsen Ruiz Elementary
- Rogers Park Jordan Community School
- South Deering Marsh School
- South Loop South Loop School
- South Shore Bradwell Academy
Los Angeles
We currently serve students at the following locations:
- Echo Park Para Los Ninos
- South Central Challenger's Boys and Girls Club
Miami
We currently serve students at the following locations:
- Miami Amigos for Kids
- North Miami Florida International University; WJ Bryan Elementary
- Upper East Side Morningside Elementary School
Washington, DC
We currently serve students at the following locations:
- Anacostia Washington Middle School for Girls
- Brookland NE E. W. Stokes Charter School, West Education Campus
- Downtown CulinAerie
Partner Organizations
Common Threads partners with public schools, health educators, neighborhood groups, and community organizations that serve low-income and at-risk youth. We offer our classes to students enrolled in these programs or schools, as well as to unaffiliated neighborhood children.
Partner organizations and schools include:
- Amigos for Kids/ Mater Academy Little Havana - Miami
- Bancroft Elementary School Mt. Pleasant - Washington, DC
- Bethune Elementary School Garfield Park - Chicago
- Bradwell Elementary School South Shore - Chicago
- Challenger's Boys and Girls Club Los Angeles South Central - Los Angeles
- Claremont Academy Chicago Lawn - Chicago
- E. W. Stokes Charter School Brookland NE - Washington, DC
- Gregory School East Garfield Park - Chicago
- Jordan Community School Rogers Park - Chicago
- Lavizzo Elementary School Roseland - Chicago
- Madero Middle School Little Village - Chicago
- Marsh School South Deering - Chicago
- Morningside Elementary School Upper East Side - Miami
- NKO Charter School Kenwood Garden
- North Miami Elementary School North Miami - Miami
- Ruiz Elementary Pilsen - Chicago
- Sheridan School Bridgeport - Chicago
- Shoesmith Elementary School Hyde Park/Kenwood- Chicago
- South Loop School Near South Side - Chicago
- St. Helen School Ukranian Village - Chicago
- St. Vincent DePaul Center Lincoln Park - Chicago
- Von Humboldt Elementary School Humboldt Park - Chicago
- Walsh School Pilsen - Chicago
- Washington Middle School for Girls Anacostia - Washington, DC
- WJ Bryan Elementary School North Miami - Miami
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