academic enrichment programs

in-person tutoring

Every Tuesday evening from 6:30 to 8:00 pm*, students gather with their tutors for homework help, extra instruction and reading enrichment. A hot meal is served, friendships are formed and students get the extra help they need. All school-aged children are welcome, from kindergarten through 12th Grade. Click here if you’re interested in enrolling your child.

*Welcome Back Party/Dinner and Registration is Tuesday, September 12, 2023. First tutoring session is Tuesday, September 19, 2023.

Online tutoring

As of March 2020, when the Covid-19 pandemic began, HCC has offered free one-on-one Online Tutoring to all school-aged children for up to four hours per week. Tutors and students are paired, great relationships are formed and students are able to get the extra help and support they need. This program has been so successful that we will continue Online Tutoring even though In-person tutoring resumes September 18, 2023.

Click here if you’d like to enroll your student.

community arts

Creative movement, music and the visual arts help provide children with the emotional and behavioral skills needed to succeed in school. The HCC Community Arts Program is a free program consisting of three 12-week sessions featuring Dance/Music, Spoken Word/Theater and the Visual Arts on Thursdays from 6:30 to 8:00 pm* during the school year along with cultural field trips in the summer. A hot meal is served prior to class to ensure kids are ready to move, create and have fun!

Click here if you’d like to enroll your student.

*Welcome Back Party/Dinner and Registration is Tuesday, September 12, 2023. First Community Arts session is Thursday, September 21, 2023.

summer intensive reading clinic

Only 47% of children in North Lawndale public schools read at or above the National Average – compared to 86% in Lincoln Park. Our Summer Intensive Reading Clinic addresses this inequity with an 8-week intensive course that meets four times per week. Referred children are tested, and a unique reading program is developed for each child. Their progress is monitored throughout the summer. All children become more confident readers; most improve their reading ability by at least a grade.

Click here if you feel your child would benefit from this program.