Skip To Main Content

Before/After School Program

children's mural

Medford Before/After School Office

Address: 489 Winthrop Street

Phone: 781-393-2211

Email:before-afterschool@medford.k12.ma.us

Facebook

Facebook Link

  AfterMedford

Overview

Medford Before & After School offers safe, strengths-based programs where students grow socially, emotionally, and physically through play-based learning and recreation. We are part of the Medford Public Schools.

Medford Before & After School offers Before and After School care at all four MPS elementary schools. MPS also works with EEC-licensed community partners to offer further After School programming options for families and students. 

2025-26

We are fully enrolled with a waitlist. Email us at before-afterschool@medford.k12.ma.us your child's name, school, and grade to inquire about availability.

2026-27

After School

Registration for the After School Lottery is now open! Please fill out this form: https://forms.gle/fkP2i7KbucJGgMfp9

The lottery will close on Monday, May 18 at 1 p.m. Results will be shared at 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday, May 19.

If you are a family currently in our After School program and looking to Re-Register, please use this Re-Registration Form: https://forms.gle/UdCjfturu9SH1Nps8

Please see below for more information about our 26/27 MPS After School Program. Click Here to view the Medford After School Family Handbook. 

Before School

If you are looking to register for Before School next year, please use this form: https://forms.gle/fkP2i7KbucJGgMfp9

If you are a family looking to re-register for Before School next year, you will receive communication directly from our MPS Central Office this spring, 

REgistration Procedures

Applying for After school

  • Visit Here for Information about our 2026/27 MPS After School Program Operations

  • The Lottery sign-up for families new to the program or currently on a waitlist can be found here: https://forms.gle/ZbnYFU1vCkBq24XVA

  • If you are moving to Medford, you must register for school before applying for the after school.

Waitlist

  • For the 2026/27 School year, the waitlist is resetting. You must register for the lottery above to have a spot next year.

  • While capacity is increasing at all four schools, given the high demand for programming waitlists may need to still be maintained in our After School programs.

  • These waitlists will be made public after the lottery is run in May.

  • If your student is currently enrolled in Medford Public Schools, you may apply to be added to one of our programs at any time. Please contact the Before & AfterSchool office at before-afterschool@medford.k12.ma.us.

  • If you are moving to Medford, you must register for school before being placed on the Before or After School waitlist pool. 

Enrollment:

  • Once your child is enrolled in the program, the spot is guaranteed through 5th grade if you choose to stay enrolled. 

    • This spot is NOT guaranteed if you change schools within the district.

    • This spot is NOT guaranteed if the student is asked to leave the program per Handbook.

  •  Spots in the program will be offered to rising K students who have older siblings already in MPS After School care. 

2026/27 MPS After School Timeline