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Free and Cheap After-school Classes and Programs for Kids8/11/2019
Back-to-school season is also back-to-after-school season, when families look for enriching and fun programs for their children. Options for arts, sports, and other recreational classes for kids in the LA area are numerous and varied—lucky us!—but many are tough to manage on a budget. The good news is there are also several free and cheap ways to engage students’ minds and bodies in the hours after school lets out.Weekend activity programmes for children

The first place to check is always your child’s own school campus; most Los Angeles elementary and middle schools host a program that offers low-cost enrichment classes on property. Programs like STAR, CREST, THINK Together, LA’s Best, Beyond the Bell, Prime Time, LACER, Jaxx Theatricals, and JMG Sportswise all offer a selection of age-appropriate classes that don’t require leaving school grounds; and an up side of the down-turned economy is that these programs are able to recruit some super talented professionals to share their skills. Most programs offer scholarships and financial aid; we recommend getting aid applications in early, so that waiting for approval doesn’t interfere with securing a place in the class your child wants.

Police Activities League

A great source of totally free programming is the Police Activities League, which has been providing educational, athletic, and other recreational activities to local youth for decades. LAPD’s PAL website provides contact numbers for local organizers, plus many of LA’s incorporated communities have local police forces with their own PAL programs that may be easier to navigate. Santa Monica PAL, for example, offers free drop-in activities at Virginia and Memorial Parks daily after school, and Pasadena PAL has a dedicated facility with free after-school activities.

Boys and Girls Clubs

The folks at the Boys and Girls Club have been doing this since long before anyone ever hyphenated the words “after” “school” and “enrichment.” For a small annual membership fee, usually around $20, kids can take part in the club’s sports, arts, homework help, and computer lab – and even eat a free snack while they’re doing it. Many local clubs offer daily transport from the public school to the club for an extra annual fee (prices vary by location). If you want school pick-up, apply early, as space is limited. The national website has a page for finding the nearest club by zip code.

YMCA

Another national organization with a long history of kids’ programming is the YMCA – and as we all know, it’s fun to hang at the YMCA! The nearly 10,000 local kids’ programs across the country vary some, but not by much. A number of branches in the greater LA area welcome kids after school for homework help and enrichment classes such as science, creative writing, cartooning, and computer lessons. Prices vary by location, and some scholarships are available.

City Parks

Local parks are often a resource worth checking for free and super-cheap programs. LA Parks and Rec, for example, often has interesting youth programs going on at Barnsdall Arts Park. Torrance Parks and Rec offers residents a daily after-school program (with scholarships available), on campus at most of its elementary and middle schools. Santa Monica offers free daily homework help and other free after school adventures until 7pm at Virginia Park.

City and County Libraries

Libraries offer a whole lot more than just books, and with multiple branches of the LA County Library and LA City Library, as well as public library systems in Beverly Hills, Santa Monica, Burbank, Glendale, Pasadena, Torrance, Redondo Beach, and Long Beach, there’s always one close by. While you’re not likely to find daily child care, you can expect to find free book clubs, homework help, chess clubs, and knitting classes, as well as opportunities to play Wii, build with Legos, and create craft projects on a weekly basis.

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