Our Compass Afterschool Program provides a variety of “out-of-school” learning experiences to local middle & high schoolers

Using a highly collaborative and mindfully coordinated approach to support the whole child with academic success, and complete physical and social-emotional wellness, Midcoast Youth Center, in collaboration with RSU1 and community partners, delivers critically-needed afterschool and summer programming for eligible youth to:

• create a culture of mattering, ensuring each student feels significant and finds success through youth leadership and mentoring from caring adults;
• improve physical & mental wellbeing through accessible recreational activities, yoga and mindfulness;
• improve academic performance through support/enrichment from highly qualified educators;
• explore interests with diverse Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math enrichment (STEM) and access to visual and performing arts; 
• strengthen student families through prevention programming and adult educational opportunities.

Program cost is free. The school-year program follows the RSU 1 school calendar. Please watch social media for weather-related closures.

We are also excited to offer students Sources of Strength "to harness the power of peer social networks to create healthy norms and culture, ultimately preventing suicide, violence, bullying, and substance misuse. Sources of Strength aims to prevent adverse outcomes by increasing well-being, help-seeking, resiliency, healthy coping, and belonging. Sources of Strength moves beyond a singular focus on risk factors by utilizing an upstream approach for youth suicide prevention. This upstream model strengthens multiple sources of support, or protective factors, for young people so that when times get hard, they have strengths to rely on."