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After-school programs Picks up from Coppin, Vare-Washington, Kirkbride and Southwark Near Nebinger

Dandelion After School

Play-based aftercare from The Dandelion Project, built around social-emotional learning

Runs After school Day camps Summer

Aftercare In Passyunk Square Grades not published Checked October 7, 2026

After school

Where
1415 S 9th St
Hours
After school, with a snack. End time not published.
Days
Monday to Friday. Enroll for 1 to 5 days a week.
Cost
$165 a month for each weekday enrolled, billed monthly (two days a week is $330 a month). Pickup from the schools it lists is free. 5% off for siblings, 5% off for a full week, 10% off for BIPOC youth.
Register
Online. The Sign Up button on Dandelion’s page opens its booking page.
Contact
215-792-3289
hello@thedandelionproject.us

Dandelion’s page doesn’t give grades or an end time, so ask before you sign up. Each afternoon mixes cooking, crafts, dramatic play, music, games and neighborhood walks.

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Prices, hours and pickup routes change during the year. Confirm with the provider before you enroll.

Day camps

Camps
A spring break camp the week the district is off, 9 am to 3 pm, on a sliding scale of $260 to $400 for the week. Kids cook and bake, do crafts and small science experiments, build with recycled materials and walk to nearby playgrounds. Next spring’s dates and sign-up weren’t posted when we checked.
Days posted
None yet for the days still to come. This page changes when it posts them.
Where
1415 S 9th St
Plan the days offCamp details and sign-upWho else is open

Day-camp dates come from the program’s own site and change as it posts them. Confirm before you count on a day.

Summer

Listed as The Dandelion Project summer camp Ages 5–15 $400 a week 2026 details, as a guide Checked October 7, 2026

These are its summer 2026 details, shown as a guide. It hasn’t posted summer 2027 yet. This page changes when it does. Get an email when it does.

Weeks it ran in 2026

  1. Jun7no camp
  2. Jun14runs
  3. Jun21runs
  4. Jun28runs
  5. Jul5runs
  6. Jul12runs
  7. Jul19runs
  8. Jul26runs
  9. Aug2runs
  10. Aug9runs
  11. Aug16runs
  12. Aug23runs
  13. Aug30no camp

Each box is a week, named by its Monday in 2027: last summer’s weeks, moved to the same week of the calendar.

Ages
Ages 5–11; one band camp week for ages 10–15
Weeks
June 15 to August 28, 2026
Hours
9 am to 3 pm
Before and after
After care is run by ZoomDance in the same building on select weeks.
Cost
$400 a week, with sliding-scale codes that bring it down as far as $260
Help with cost
A trust-based sliding scale: families who need to pay less pick a lower rate at checkout.
Where
1415 S 9th St; FDR Park (Passyunk Square, South Philadelphia)
Add to your summerThe camp’s websiteWhich camps run each week

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Which schools it works for

Nearby, no pickup

George W. Nebinger School

We couldn’t find a pickup from Nebinger, so your child would need to get there. About a 15-minute walk south of Nebinger.

Nebinger isn’t on Dandelion’s pickup list. Its page invites families at other South Philly schools to get in touch.

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Picks up from Coppin

Fanny Jackson Coppin School

Picks up from Coppin at dismissal, which is 2:54 pm. About a 10-minute walk from Coppin.

Dandelion lists free pickup from Coppin Monday to Friday.

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Picks up from Vare-Washington

Vare-Washington Elementary School

Picks up from Vare-Washington at dismissal, which is 2:54 pm. About half a mile west of Vare-Washington.

Dandelion lists free pickup from Vare-Washington. Its page reads “Monday Friday”, which could mean every day or those two days, so ask which.

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Picks up from Kirkbride

Eliza B. Kirkbride School

Picks up from Kirkbride at dismissal, which is 3:39 pm. About a 5-minute walk from Kirkbride.

Dandelion lists free pickup from Kirkbride Monday to Friday.

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Picks up from Southwark

Southwark School

Picks up from Southwark at dismissal, which is 3:39 pm. About a 10-minute walk north of Southwark.

Dandelion lists free pickup from Southwark on Mondays, Thursdays and Fridays.

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Checked October 7, 2026. Sources: Dandelion After School Summer: The Dandelion Project summer campSuggest a correction