{"id":2297,"date":"2025-09-17T20:41:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-17T20:41:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mpsschoolwebsi.wpenginepowered.com\/jackson\/?page_id=2297"},"modified":"2026-05-01T13:49:57","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T13:49:57","slug":"after-school-program","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/k12.mps.school\/jackson\/families\/after-school-program\/","title":{"rendered":"After-School Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The Gwen T. Jackson School Safe Place provides after-school childcare and enrichment activities to K4 through fifth-grade students at Jackson.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Open from 2:15 to 6:00 p.m. on school days, the program provides structure and supervision by following a 1:15 staff: child ratio. The Safe Place supports Jackson student achievement and learning goals by offering enrichment activities that prepare youth for high school, college, and career success:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Academic support<\/li>\n<li>Hands-on learning<\/li>\n<li>Leadership development<\/li>\n<li>Summer camp<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Gwen T. Jackson School Safe Place is led by three partners:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Milwaukee Recreation<\/li>\n<li>Neu-Life Community Development<\/li>\n<li>Gwen T. Jackson School<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Costs<\/h2>\n<p>Milwaukee Public Schools Safe Places charge a nominal program fee, and most Safe Place programs accept Wisconsin Shares childcare subsidies. The inability to pay fees or to receive Wisconsin Shares authorization cannot be a barrier to participation for students.<\/p>\n<p>For additional fee information, please contact the Gwen T. Jackson School Safe Place coordinator at (414) 333-8522.<\/p>\n<h2>Registration and Information<\/h2>\n<p>Parents\/guardians can complete Safe Place Youth Participant Registration and Emergency &amp; Health History forms in advance, or get copies on-site. Completed forms must be submitted to the Gwen T. Jackson School Safe Place. Additional forms may be required as part of the registration process.<\/p>\n<p>For additional registration information, please contact the Gwen T. Jackson School Safe Place coordinator at (414) 333-8522.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Gwen T. Jackson School Safe Place provides after-school childcare and enrichment activities to K4 through fifth-grade students at Jackson. Open from 2:15 to 6:00 p.m. on school days, the program provides structure and supervision by following a 1:15 staff: child ratio. The Safe Place supports Jackson student achievement and learning goals by offering enrichment [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":150,"featured_media":0,"parent":2106,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","_mc_calendar":[],"footnotes":""},"class_list":{"0":"post-2297","1":"page","2":"type-page","3":"status-publish","5":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/k12.mps.school\/jackson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2297","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/k12.mps.school\/jackson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/k12.mps.school\/jackson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/k12.mps.school\/jackson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/150"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/k12.mps.school\/jackson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2297"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/k12.mps.school\/jackson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2297\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/k12.mps.school\/jackson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2106"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/k12.mps.school\/jackson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2297"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}