21st Century Community Learning Center

The 21st Century Community Learning Center (CCLC) is a comprehensive afterschool program, which supports students’ academic, behavioral, emotional and social growth in an atmosphere of mutual respect and encouragement. The program serves students in 3rd through 8th grades at Lafayette and Smalley schools in Bound Brook, 3rd and 4th grades at Roosevelt school in Manville, and 5th through 8th grades at ABIS in Manville. A summer program is also provided.

The program provides students with:

• academic enrichment and tutoring,
• character education,
• cultural and artistic opportunities (such as art, computer technology, science, home economics, and music),
• educational field trips (such as museums, science centers, performing arts centers, and local historical sites),
• health, nutrition, fitness and physical activity,
• on-site counseling, and
• positive recreation.

Research and studies say that children who participate in structured afterschool programs are more likely to:

• improve their grades,
• behave in school,
• develop better social skills,
• refuse alcohol and drugs,
• have higher self-confidence,
• avoid criminal or risky behavior, and
• have higher aspirations for their future.

You can email our programs at either smalley21stcclc@middleearthnj.org or roosevelt21stcclc@middleearthnj.org if you have any questions.

Read with Jan Program

As an additional service to our students enrolled in 21st CCLC, we host Family Reading Nights during the school year, in partnership with Literacy Volunteers of Somerset County. All of our afterschool families are invited to listen to a story, play a game or make a craft related to the story, and share dinner together. Students who attend receive a free book!

This fantastic program is made possible thanks to a generous donation from the Drew McLachlan Memorial Fund to honor Jan McLachlan who was a past Board President of Middle Earth and who had a passion for education, reading and helping youth. We are honored to be able to pay tribute to such a strong and valuable supporter of our work while providing Family Reading Nights to our afterschool students.