After School and Saturday Programs

MS 217, The Green Magnet School for Career Exploration, offers extensive after school and Saturday programs through St. John’s All Stars, Queens Community House, and the C.H.A.M.P.S. Middle School Sport and Fitness League. Career and academic programs include an Animal Science-Vet Tech program, the Heart Surgery Program, Integrated Algebra Regents, Mouse Squad, Go Green 217, and the Future Cities Engineering Program.

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Heart Surgery Program
As part of the Magnet’s career exploration initiative, the Magnet is funding a highly rigorous afterschool academic Heart Surgery Program. Students who are interested in exploring careers in health care participate in 36 hours of hands-on labs, showcasing careers in medical technology, sports medicine, and exercise physiology. Students study the comparative physiology and anatomy of the cardiovascular systems of amphibians, reptiles, and mammals. Students love the unique hands on experience. Look at the photos of the class dissecting a heart.
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Future Cities Competition

M. S. 217 has in-depth dance, chorus, visual art, and instrumental music programs. SmartMusic and PowerPoint technology are integrated into these talent programs. 

• Instrumental Music:  Beginning and Advanced Band, Jazz Band, Strings, Guitar. 

• Visual Art: Architecture, Drawing, Painting, and Design

• Dance: Choreography and Performance: Ballet, Tap, Jazz, Contemporary, African, Latin, Hip Hop

• Chorus: Vocal Development, Performance, and the History of Music: Renaissance - 21st Century

Coaching is available to all students for auditions at La Guardia, Frank Sinatra, and other schools. Many students are accepted to these schools. Classes attend performances at Alvin Ailey, Jazz at Lincoln Center, Broadway plays, and more.  Students perform for the school community numerous times throughout the school year.
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