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After School Matters (ASM) offers you hands-on career experience and job training. Take part in arts, sports, technology, communications, and science programs. Learn a new skill, work with experts, earn a stipend, and have fun.
With determination and good attendance, you can move up the ASM ladder of opportunity from Club37 programs to pre-apprenticeships, apprenticeships, advanced apprenticeships, and finally, internships.
Grade(s) 9,10,11,12 GPA all Gender all
What you gain
- Fun, real-world experiences
- Career exploration in the arts, sports, technology, and communications
- New skills
- Stipends at advanced level
What you need
- Open to students aged 14 to 21 who live in Chicago
- See After School Matters for requirements for different programs.
How much it costs
- No cost to CPS students.
Where
- Available to all CPS high school students at the following high schools and other locations.
When
- Programs take place after school three days a week for three hours each day.
- Each program lasts ten weeks during the school year.
- There are new programs each semester.
How to find
out more
- Watch for ASM promotion in your school at the beginning of each semester.
