Welcome to the
Caroline After School Program (CASP) !
CASP News
Click here for enrollment information and registration for 2023-2024.
CASP is hiring Program Aides for the 2023-2024 school year.
New resource this year - how to set up an automated bill pay! Click here.
CASP would like to thank the following organizations for their support:
-Community Foundation of Tompkins County Inc. - The Lane Family Fund
-The Legacy Foundation of Tompkins County
-Community Organization Grant (COG) Friends of the Library
-Tompkins County Recovery Fund
-Triad Foundation
-Aldi
-Wegmans
-Staples
-Rainbow Loom
-All who contributed to our supply drive!
Amazon Wish List
About CASP
CASP is a private, non-profit, parent-governed organization primarily serving children attending Caroline Elementary School. Children are admitted to CASP on a first-come, first-serve basis. No student will be excluded solely on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, income, or special needs.
The objectives of CASP are to
Provide a safe environment
Provide enjoyable and recreational activities
Provide engaging and enriching activities
Encourage children to assume individual responsibility
Foster both group and individual cooperation
Facilitate development of social interactions
Foster student health and wellness through a combination of physical activity and adequate nourishing food
Provide a quiet place for all children to do their homework
Help children develop a sense of identity and self-worth
Promote caring and friendship
Assist children in finding appropriate outlets for anger and frustration; to re-direct harmful and/or destructive tendencies
Encourage autonomy
Provide contact with the larger community
Reduce gender-stereotyping tendencies
Our Mission
The mission of CASP is to provide high-quality full time after school care and supplemental full day care to area children in kindergarten through fifth grade. CASP will provide a safe, supportive and nurturing environment for enjoyable recreational activities that will foster:
Social skills (sharing, consideration, respect, sportsmanship and cooperation)
Sense of identity and self-worth
Individual responsibility
Emotional growth
Creative and artistic expression