After-School

“I am smart,” “I am loved,” “I am respectful,” “I am brave,” “I am strong,” and “Never give up” are just a few affirmations that fill the halls of The Center during our daily after-school programming.

Our Program

Students sitting down and writing on paper

YARP

Young Artists in Residence
Project, at the Watermill
Center meets and strengthens
experiences in visual and
performance art.

Children looking at an object in museum

Parrish Art Museum

Meets at the Center or at
the Parrish Museum-expanding
creativity and exposure to fine arts.

Chef teaching kids culinary arts

Culinary Arts Program

Our program offers hands
on cooking experiences and
healthy nutritional education
for our teens, children,
and adults.

Group of children posing for picture

In-Kind Dining

In partnership with Dopo La Spiaggia in Sag Harbor

Children learning scrabble

Scrabble Club

Meets once a week.
Our youth
compete in regional and
national tournaments.

Chess board with game pieces

Chess Club

Meets weekly as part of our After School Program.

Group photo of musicians and children

Music

Our Music Program was inspired by Jazz4Jennings. The Center now has 12 keyboards, 2 trumpets, a drum set, 2 pianos and African drums.

Child drawing with marker

Cool Kids Thrift Shop

Created during the holiday
season, the Cool Kids Thrift
Shop is utilized to teach our
children entrepreneurship.

Children learning principles of science

S.T.E.A.M

With a collaboration with the SOFO Museum, kids are encouraged to
explore and understand
science principles through experiments and observations. They learn about technology by using digital tools and exploring coding concepts.

Child on horse with instructors next to them

Horseback Riding lessons

With the help from Center of Therapeutic Riding of the East End, this teaches kids about responsibility, patience,
empathy, and self-discipline.

Children learning ceramics

Ceramics

The art of making sculptures
and other objects out of clay.

Children learning how to garden

Gardening

Learn how to grow different types of vegetables, which vegetables to grow during each season, how to successfully care for them,
prevent pests and weather from destroying them, and how to harvest plants at maturity.

Young girl learning how to make jewelry

Jewelry Club

Learn to make your own unique, handmade jewelry using a wide variety of materials, including
beads, sheet metal,
manufactured findings, stones, and other supplies.

Kids learning how to sew

Sewing

Kids learn to sew with a sewing machine and gain an understanding of sewing basics as they make a variety of projects. Students will
leave this class with the skills and confidence to tackle more sewing projects as they develop valuable exposure to creativity, design, fine motor skills, construction/assembly, and more.

The Center, affords the working community with resources that
support families as a whole; offering a wide variety of programs and
services, providing much-needed support and relief, ensuring that our youth, young adults and families are “Always Better at The Center”