New After School Program Available in Hoboken this School Year

A new after school program is coming to Hoboken this fall.

SchoolPlus Hudson, which started a year ago in Jersey City, will open in Hoboken, according to an announcement from the program.

The program is designed to expand "children's academic experience with math, reading, writing, art, chess and Russian language."

The program, meant to supplement a basic school curriculum, is open on Saturdays, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in Jersey City, and weekdays at the Hoboken location, which is located at the BAMA galleries at 946 Bloomfield St.

In Jersey City, 80 students were signed up. Fifteen teachers are working for the school.

The program is open for students from 2-years-old through eighth grade.

SchoolPlus Hudson was started by a local mom who felt there was a void in what was being offered in the schools in the Hudson County, according to the press release. After sending her son to a SchoolPlus location in Manhattan she realized it was something that could benefit the local area close to her Hoboken home.

The school also offers a summer program, has plans on launching an adult chess class and will be holding a children's chess tournament later this year.