about our school partnerships


Partnering After-school Agencies and Schools

In the current school year 2023-24, Dance to Unite is partnering with seven after-school programs and one day school program, providing 13 classes a week from October to June, full school year-round, serving 265 underserved students who reside in Manhattan's Lower East Side, Chinatown, Brooklyn and the Bronx.


Current After-School Partner Agencies 2023-2024:

  • Educational Alliance / Manhattan's Lower East Side (2013 - present)

  • Chinese American Planning Council (CPC) / Chinatown and Brooklyn (2016 - present)

  • International School for Liberal Arts / (2017 - present)

  • Mercy Center (March 2024-present)

Current Day School Partnership 2023-2024:

  • PS130 Day School (since February 2022- present)

Current After-School Participating Schools and Community Centers 2023-2024:

  • P.S 140 / Manhattan's Lower East Side (2013 - present)

  • P.S 2 / Chinatown (2013 - present)

  • P.S 42 / Chinatown (2013 - present)

  • P.S 64 / Lower East Side (2016 - present)

  • P.S 153 / Brooklyn (2016 - present)

  • M.S International School of Liberal Arts / Bronx (2017 - present)

  • Mercy Community Center / Bronx (2024 - present)

Past After-School Partner Agencies and Schools:

  • Grand Street Settlement - Beacon Center / Manhattan's Lower East Side (2009 - 2012)

  • Grand Street Settlement - Bushwick Hylan Center / Brooklyn (2010)

  • The Youth Success Network / New Jersey (August 2014)

  • Encore / Brooklyn (2013 - 2015)

  • Simpson Street Development Association (SISDA) / Bronx (2014-15)

  • Harlem Center for Education / East Harlem (2015)

  • Harlem RBI / East Harlem (2015 - 2016)

  • Bronx Community Charter After School / North Bronx (2015)

  • McBurney YMCA/ Chelsea (2014 - 2016)

  • Immigration Social Services (ISS) / Chinatown (2013 - 2016)

  • Wediko Children's Services / Bronx (2015 - 2017)

  • Union Settlement with Rising Stars After School Program / East Harlem (2015 - 2018)

  • University Settlement / (2017 - 2022)

  • P.S 188 / Manhattan's Lower East Side (2013 - 2014)

  • Brooklyn's Endeavor Middle School / Brooklyn (2014 - 2015)

  • P.S 171 Patrick Henry / East Harlem (2015)

  • 116 Rafael Hernandez School / Bronx (2014)

  • Harlem RBI's Community Space / East Harlem (2015)

  • P.S 33 / Chelsea (2014 - 2017)

  • P.S 142 / Lower East Side (2017)

  • Washington Houses Community center / East Harlem (2015 - 2018)

  • M.S 363 / Bronx (2015 - 2017)

  • P.S 130 / Chinatown (2016) - Afterschool partnership.

  • Bronx Community Charter School / North Bronx (2015 - 2017)

  • P.S 134 / Lower East Side (2017 - 2020)

  • P.S 63 / Lower East Side (2017 - 2022)