Access 21 Information | Out-of-School Time Program
School Year 2025-2026
Access 21 (Grades 9-12)
Applications for the 2025-2026 School Year:
Access 21 (Grades 9-12)
Applications for the 2025-2026 School Year:
Program dates: Tuesday September 16, 2025.
Dates & Times of Operations: Start Date Tuesday September 16, 2025 2:15PM-5:00 PM
Access 21 is an Out-of School Time Enrichment Program offered at Haverhill High School for students in grades 9-12. The program is funded by 21st Century Community Learning Centers federal grants.
Transportation home is available Tuesday through Thursday when programs are in session. Healthy snacks are provided.
With Federal Grant Funding, we hope to provide the following enrichment opportunities:
Glee Club: Singers, dancers, musicians, and all-around music lovers are welcome to join our contemporary singing and dancing group. Our goal is to showcase students singing and dancing to all genres of music as well as music of their choosing, in a diverse, student-led, welcoming environment. This is a performance-based activity with evening Cabaret and Showcase performances throughout the year.
Life Skills Enrichment: A variety of programming is adapted to the unique needs of special education students. Activities may include physical activity, cooking, photography, art, internet safety, and overall access to assistive technology.
Robotics Club: Design, Build and Program Robots. Learn to use a variety of robotic platforms and controllers including Mindstorms, Drones, Crickets, iRobot Creates, and Personal Exploration Rover. Improve in math while having fun, working with your friends and learning engineering concepts.
WELLNESS COLLECTIVE: Learn about different facets of Mental Health and Wellness while working with a group of peers to gather resources and design a website to share your findings with the greater school and city community.
Importance of Social Emotional Well-Being
*Improves Mental Health
*Strengthen Relationships
*Boost Self-Esteem
*Encourages Empathy
INTERNSHIP: For ages 16 and up – During this semester-long experience, students will analyze their interests, develop a focus for career exploration, create a resume, and learn workplace etiquette and workplace safety, before being placed at a local business for real work experience. Internships help students make more informed college and career choices, provide students with valuable industry contacts and may lead to Letters of Recommendation.
Fall Internship Classes:
Internship classes will be held at HHS on a date and time to be determined., beginning in October for students who have interviewed with the HHS Internship staff. HHS Internship staff will communicate program details with the students interns.
Generally, applications received by noon on the 15th of each month will be considered for enrollment to start the next month. Applications received after noon on the 15th will be considered for enrollment to start the following month. Please wait for enrollment confirmation before sending your child to Discovery Club/Access 21.
Application:
English SY 2025-2026 Discovery Club Application
Spanish SY 2025-2026 Discovery Club Application-Spanish
Portuguese SY 2025-2026 Discovery Club Application-Portuguese
Creole SY 2025-2026 Discovery Club Application- Creole
Current USDA Nondiscrimination Statement as of 7/9/2025
In accordance with federal civil rights law and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) civil rights regulations and policies, this institution is prohibited from discriminating on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex (including gender identity and sexual orientation), disability, age, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity.
Program information may be made available in languages other than English. Persons with disabilities who require alternative means of communication to obtain program information (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, American Sign Language), should contact the responsible state or local agency that administers the program or USDA’s TARGET Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and TTY) or contact USDA through the Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339.
To file a program discrimination complaint, a Complainant should complete a Form AD-3027, USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form which can be obtained online at: https://www.usda.gov/sites/default/files/documents/USDA-OASCR%20P-Complaint-Form-0508-0002-508-11-28-17Fax2Mail.pdf, from any USDA office, by calling (866) 632-9992, or by writing a letter addressed to USDA. The letter must contain the complainant’s name, address, telephone number, and a written description of the alleged discriminatory action in sufficient detail to inform the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights (ASCR) about the nature and date of an alleged civil rights violation. The completed AD-3027 form or letter must be submitted to USDA by:
mail:
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights
1400 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, D.C. 20250-9410; or
fax:
(833) 256-1665 or (202) 690-7442; or
email:
Program.Intake@usda.gov
This institution is an equal opportunity provider.
If you have any questions please reach out to the Discovery Club Office.
Krista, Meghan and Tita
Telephone: 978-420-1955 ✦ Email: krista.lamontagne@haverhill-ps.org ( After School Program Director)
978-420-1954 ✦ Email: meghan.obrien@haverhill-ps.org (Assistant After School Program Director)
978-420-1956 ✦ Email: angela.antonopoulos@haverhill-ps.org (Data Management Specialist)
Discovery@haverhill-ps.org