Programs and activities for pre-teen in Somerville, MA and surrounding areas.
Programs & Activities
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Sports, Fitness and Recreation
Somerville YMCA
The Somerville YMCA hosts various fitness facilities and offers a variety of camps, programs, and activities for children year-round. As well as swimming, the YMCA offers indoors soccer, basketball, karate and gymnastics for different age groups.
101 Highland Ave., Somerville MA 02143
Somerville Youth Hockey
Somerville Youth Hockey offers Learn to Skate and Learn to Play Hockey programs for ages 3 and up as well as competition programs.
Somerville Youth Soccer League
The objective of the SYSL is to provide an opportunity for youth to participate in the sport of soccer as part of an organization comprising players, parents, volunteers and corporate sponsors. The SYSL is devoted to providing training in the rules and regulations of the sport, encouraging the development of individual skills, promoting physical fitness, and fostering teamwork and fair play.
Swimming
See Kennedy Pool and Somerville YMCA
Local Clubs and Activities
The Welcome Project
The Welcome Project provides many classes, activities, and programs for both children and adults throughout the local community.
530 Mystic Avenue, #111 Somerville MA 02145
SHINE
This is a free program for girls in grades 6 and 7. It combines dance and math instruction in order to help girls gain confidence in both domains by using kinesthetic learning (movement, dance) to reinforce mathematical concepts. The math is aligned with common core standards and is intended to help girls excel in their mathematical schoolwork and daily lives, while gaining general confidence they can bring to any endeavor. The program is hosted on the MIT campus.
Visual Arts, Performing Arts and Music
Tufts Community Music Program
Since its opening in February of 2007, the Perry and Marty Granoff Music Center has become a resource for the local community. In addition to the regular 150 plus concerts and events presented in the center's Distler Performance Hall and Fisher Performance Room (which are all open to the public to attend), Tufts Music also offers a wide range of other community music programs. These include: Saturday music classes for children and teenagers, the Tufts Youth Philharmonic on Friday afternoons, weekday evening classes and ensembles for adults, a two week summer music program for children ages 7-12, a special Sundays at Tufts Community Concert series with a rotating slate of artist and music genres, and Saturday Family and Children's Concerts.
Science, Technology, Engineering and Math
Science Club for Girls
Since its founding in 1994, Science Club for Girls (SCFG) has provided the very best in girls-specific programming by connecting girls in K-12 grades, especially those from underrepresented groups, with female mentor-scientists through free science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) programs in a fun, nurturing, interactive environment
