Athletics & Program Guide

spring 2021 Athletics & Program Guide

Registration Opens: February 9 for members, February 11 for non-members

PROGRAMS start: Week of March 15

127 Mount Vernon St. Boston, MA 02108 (617) 227-5838 hillhouseboston.org SPRING Monday 2021

Art Room Boston Common Joy Street Online SEMI-PRIVATE PODS AVAILABLE

Animal Education Art Inquire with staff to schedule, (3-5 years) 617-227-5838 10:15-11:00

Science Experiment Half Kick Soccer (3-5 years) Bitty Basketball (3-4 years) Intro to Chess (4-6 years) Explorers (3-5 years) 1:30-2:15 3:30-4:15 3:15-4:00 3:15-4:00 Half Kick Soccer (3-5 years) 6U Basketball (6-7 years) Intermediate Chess Science Experiment 2:15-3:00 4:15-5:00 (7-10 years) Explorers (3-5 years) 4:00-4:45 United Soccer Footskills 4:15-5:00 4:00-5:00

Majors Baseball (11-13 years) 8U Basketball Clinics 5:00-7:00 (7-9 years) 5:00-6:00

Registration Opens: February 9 for members 127 Mount Vernon St. February 11 for non-members Boston, MA 02108 (617) 227-5838 Indoor Programs Start: The week of March 15 hillhouseboston.org SPRING Tuesday 2021

Art Room TERSF Boston Common SEMI-PRIVATE PODS AVAILABLE

Art in Nature (3-5 years) Little Groove Music Inquire with staff to schedule, outdoors weather permitting (3mo - 4 years) 617-227-5838 11:15-12:00 10:00-10:40 Little Groove Music 10:45-11:25 Little Groove Music 11:30-12:10

Storybook STEM (3-5 years) Red Sox Rookie League Half Kick Soccer (3-5 years) 4:00-4:45 (4 years) 2:30-3:15 4:30-5:15 Knitting Club (7-12 years) Tennis Club (3-5 years) 5:00-5:45 T-Ball (5-6 years) 3:00-3:45 5:15-6:00 Tennis Club (5-6 years) 3:45-4:30 Beginner Tennis Club (6-12 years) 4:30-5:15

Advanced Tennis Club (7-12 years) 5:15-6:00 Girls Running Club (7-12 years) 5:00-6:00 AAA/Majors Skills Clinics (9-13 years) 5:00-6:00

Main Assembly Art Room Boston Common TERSF Joy Street Online

Ocean Explorers (3-5 years) 11:15-12:00

Jungle Gym (4-6 years) Half Kick Soccer (3-5 years) Half Kick Soccer (3-5 years) Bitty Basketball (3-4 years) Art of Cooking (3-6 years) 2:00-2:45 1:30-2:15 4:30-5:15 3:30-4:15 3:30-4:15 Musical Theater & Arts Tennis Club (3-5 years) Field Hockey (6-8 years) Toddler Storybook Ballet (6-10 years) 3:00-3:45 4:30-5:30 (3-4 years) 4:00-5:30 4:30-5:15 Tennis Club (5-6 years) AAA Baseball (9-10 years) 3:45-4:30 5:15-6:15 Beginner Tennis Club (6-12 years) 4:30-5:15

Advanced Tennis Club Field Hockey (9-12 years) Storybook Ballet (4-6 years) Great HH Bake Off (7-12 years) 5:30-6:30 5:30-6:15 (7-12 years) 5:15-6:00 5:15-6:00 Majors Baseball (11-13 years) 5:00-7:00

SEMI-PRIVATE PODS AVAILABLE Inquire with staff to schedule, 617-227-5838

Main Assembly Art Room Boston Common TERSF SEMI-PRIVATE PODS AVAILABLE

Art in Nature Inquire with staff to schedule, (3-5 years) 617-227-5838 11:15-12:00

Jungle Gym (4-6 years) Stuffed Animal Design Tiny Track & Field Beginner Karate 2:00-2:45 (5-7 years) (3-6 years) (5-7 years) 4:15-5:00 2:00-2:45 4:00-4:45 Get Into Gymastics (3-5 years) Half Kick Soccer (3-5 years) 3:00-3:45 3:00-3:45 Get Into Gymastics Tennis Club (3-5 years) (3-5 years) 3:00-3:45 4:00-4:45 Tennis Club (5-6 years) 3:45-4:30 Beginner Tennis Club (6-12 years) 4:30-5:15

Gymnastics (6-7 years) Fashion Design (7-12 years) Advanced Tennis Club Intermediate Karate 5:00-5:45 5:15-6:00 (7-12 years) (7-12 years) 5:15-6:00 5:00-5:45 AAA/Majors Skills Clinics Half Kick Soccer (3-5 years) (9-13 years) 4:30-5:15 5:00-6:00 6U Soccer Clinics (4.5-5 years) 5:15-6:15 Girls Softball (6-12 years) 5:15-6:15

Main Assembly Art Room Boston Common TERSF SEMI-PRIVATE PODS AVAILABLE

Mundo de Colores Little Groove Music Inquire with staff to schedule, Open Pod (3 months - 4 years) 617-227-5838 (1-3 years) 10:00-10:40 10:00-10:45 Little Groove Music 10:45-11:25 Little Groove Music 11:30-12:10

Ninja Warrior Training Half Kick Soccer (3-5 years) Born to Play Baseball (3-5 years) 12:30-1:15 (3 years) 1:30-2:15 3:30-4:15 Intro to Flag Football Get Into Gymnastics (5-6 years) AA Baseball (7-8 years) (3-5 years) 4:00-5:00 4:30-5:30 3:00-3:45 United Goalkeeper Clinic Get Into Gymnastics 4:45-5:30 (3-5 years) 4:00-4:45

Gymnastics (6-7 years) Friday Flag Football United Soccer Practice 5:00-5:45 (7-12 years) 5:30-7:00 5:00-6:00

Boston Common TERSF TERSF Inquire with staff to schedule, 617-227-5838 Majors Baseball (11-13 years) AAA Baseball (9-10 years) Half Kick Soccer (3-5 years) 9:00-11:00 9:00-11:00 11:00-11:45 Half Kick Soccer (3-5 years) NE W Ultimate Frisbee 9:30-10:15 (8-13 years) 11:00-12:00 United Soccer Games 10:00-3:00 Half Kick Soccer (3-5 years) Sunday Soccer (6-12 years) 10:30-11:15 12:00-1:00 T-Ball (5-6 years) Track & Field (7-12 years) 11:00-11:50 1:00-2:00 Half Kick Soccer (3-5 years) NFL Flag Football Clinics 11:30-12:15 (6-12 years) 2:00-3:00 AA Baseball (7-8 years) 12:00-1:00 & 1:00-2:00

NOTE: Participants must meet a program’s minimum Knitting Club (7-12 years) BASEBALL Majors Baseball (11-13 years) age requirement by April 1, 2021. Mondays | 5:00 AA Baseball (7-8 years) Mondays & Wednesdays | 5:00-7:00 Schedule and programs are subject to change. For new knitters or those looking for a group to Fridays | 4:30-5:30 Saturdays | 9:00-11:00 knit with, this club is for you! This weekly class Games TBA, Saturdays | 12:00-1:00 & 1:00-2:00 After years of learning fundamentals and ART will focus on introductory and intermediate In this coach/machine-pitched league, players honing their skills, players will be in an Animal Education Art (3-5 years) knitting techniques using a variety of knitting continue to build upon the basic fundamentals ideal position to succeed in this Little Mondays | 10:15 methods and tools. Join friends and create a developed in T-Ball while learning live hitting, League accredited program based on the bundle of colorful pieces while learning skills In this art class, students will focus on a position play and the basics of formal game- inimitable Boston Common baseball field. that last a lifetime! different animal each week, learning about play with rules being introduced gradually The emphasis is on challenging yourself what makes them special like where they and having fun competing against friends Mundo de Colores (1-3 years) throughout the season. Participants practice are from and what they eat. After learning once during the week and play one game each for the Hill House league championship about the animal, students will create an Fridays | 10:00 while also playing teams from surrounding Art projects and crafts will help your little one weekend. All players are assigned to a co-ed art project inspired by the animal, merging team and will receive a shirt and hat. neighborhoods. Teams will have a mix of zoology with creating! learn simple Spanish words and phrases. With practices and games each week. Top coaching interactive activities and songs included, your AAA Baseball (9-10 years) and increased playing time will ensure Art in Nature (3-5 years) child will become more comfortable with the Wednesdays | 5:15-6:15 maximum development. Find Girls Softball Tuesdays and Wednesdays | 11:15 Spanish language. Mundo de Colores promotes Games TBA, Saturdays | 9:00-11:00 under Softball. Weather permitting development of hand-eye coordination, In this player-pitched league, participants learn Exploring the elements through nature. By visual and fine motor skills, sequencing and AAA/Majors Skills Clinics (9-13 years) more specialized and advanced positional skills making natural brushes, paining branches arranging abilities. While getting messy and Tuesdays or Thursdays | 5:00-7:00 pm while playing in a formalized, official league and wood sculptures. Seasonal projects using creative, young artists will start to become aware Separate from our normal Majors schedule, with the rules and techniques they have learned pumpkins, leaves, snow, flowers, dirt and much of different colors, shapes, shades and textures. these add-on auxiliary clinics will run on in AA. Participants practice once during the more. We will explore sensory bins with sands, Tuesdays and Thursdays for our most week and play one game each weekend. All dirt and other items to see what happens when Ocean Explorers (3-5 years) passionate players. Clinics will be led by players are assigned to a co-ed team and will we add water, snow, sticks and lots more. Wednesdays | 11:15 Majors staff and continue to build on the receive a shirt and hat. Dive into this new art class with us as we learn skills being worked on throughout the Fashion Design (7-12 years) all about the ocean and the creatures that call it Born to Play Baseball (3 years) season. Whether this is extra fielding, batting Thursdays | 5:15 home. Students can make a splash in our water Fridays | 3:30 practice, working on pitching mechanics, Get ready to explore the world of fashion, tank and will create a new art project related to Introduce your child to America’s favorite or catching, this will be your program to get from creating your own textiles to sewing up the lesson each week, learning with a greater pastime through this beloved Hill House class. those extra repetitions in and stay ahead of cool outfits, you will learn the ins and outs of understanding of the seven seas. Kids will learn the fundamentals of baseball the pack! what’s in and what’s out. This class will focus through fun games and activities. These littlest on the basics of hand sewing, color, fashion Stuffed Animal Design (5-7 years) baseball players will learn hitting, fielding and illustration, and textiles. Participants will Thursdays | 4:15 throwing from an experienced, supportive create outfits for their favorite dolls or stuffed This class is for students looking to learn how team of coaches. animals, learn to create fun and interesting to create with a needle and thread as well as patterns, and create a fashion portfolio of their some basics of knitting with the ultimate goal dream outfits. Unleash your inner fashionista of creating stuffed animals while gaining skills in this exciting new class. useful for other crafts too.

Have questions about our program offerings? Registration Opens: February 9 for members 127 Mount Vernon St. Contact Chelsea for enrichment programs and Marshall February 11 for non-members Boston, MA 02108 for athletics at 617-227-5838. (617) 227-5838 Indoor Programs Start: The week of March 15 hillhouseboston.org Program Descriptions SPRING All programs run for 10 weeks at 45 minutes unless otherwise noted. 2021

Red Sox Rookie League (4 years) 6U Basketball Clinics (6-7 years) COOKING Storybook Ballet (4-6 years) Tuesdays | 4:30-5:15 Mondays | 4:15-5:00 All cooking classes will be held online this spring Wednesdays | 5:30 For any eager players ready to graduate from Has your child played basketball at some level Art of Cooking (3-5 years) Storytelling and pre-ballet instruction combine Born to Play Baseball! The Rookie League will before but still a beginner? This is the ideal Wednesdays | 3:30 to create fairy tale-inspired classes full of invite all 4 year olds to participate in staff-led class for you. Fun games, drills and scrimmage Whether your child is interested in becoming a adventure and fun. Proper classroom etiquette clinics that expand on the basic skills and fun time will take your child’s play to the next head chef or simply creating a delicious snack, gives children a foundation for learning ballet games that all new players will need to know to level…with a smile on their face! the Art of Cooking is a wonderful opportunity basics. Join us for one of our most popular Hill join a team in T-Ball the following spring. All to connect your culinary explorer to old House dance classes! Please note: this is a drop- equipment will be provided, and all players will 8U Basketball Clinics (7-9 years ) off class. All participants must be potty-trained. Mondays | 5:00-6:00 favorites and a few new things, too! This class receive a hat and t-shirt. will develop your child’s listening skills, ability If you count down the days until the start of FIELD HOCKEY to follow directions and work together with T-Ball (5-6 years) Hill House’s basketball season, this is a class others in a fun and creative atmosphere. In Girls Field Hockey (6-12 years) Tuesdays | 5:15 just for you! Continue to develop dribbling, addition to taking home tasty treats, children Wednesdays | 4:30-5:30 (6-8 years) Games TBA, Saturdays | 11:00-11:50 shooting and strategic skills on the court will also create their own cookbooks to take Wednesdays | 5:30-6:30 (9-12 years) T-Ball invites you to embark on your child’s as you gain valuable playing time with your home at the end of the semester. Please note: Join us as we head out to the fields to learn the first experience with Hill House team play. winter teammate for an additional season. this is a drop-off class. Participants must be basics of this sport. Proper grip, ball control Participants learn the basics of teamwork Just like our winter soccer clinic and our fall potty trained. and body positioning will all be instilled as we and simple baseball technique in a hands-on batting practices, keep your body in motion run drills to help players solidify the rules of environment. T-Ball participants practice and your muscle memory fresh, in season Great Hill House Bake Off (7-12 years) the sport as they practice passing and scoring once during the week and play one game each and out. Wednesdays | 5:15 out on the fields. weekend. All players are assigned to a co-ed CHESS This class is geared towards older kids who team and will receive a shirt and hat. wish to take baking to the next level. In fun All chess classes will be held online this spring FOOTBALL competitive teams, students will compete in Friday Flag Football (7-12 years) BASKETBALL Intermediate Chess (7-10 years) this drop-off class to create wonderful bakes Fridays | 5:15-6:30 Bitty Basketball (3-4 years) Mondays | 4:00 and learn how they can improve their skills Flag Football introduces children to the game Mondays | 3:30 Taught by Chess Master, Vadim M, this course and techniques just like they’re in a cooking of flag football through drills and scrimmages. will build strategy and game play each week at a T.V. show! Wednesdays | 3:30 Children will learn the fundamental skills level suited to each participant. By the end of Learn the fundamentals of basketball with our necessary to excel in football and will receive the semester, children will have the knowledge DANCE patient, creative instructors. Participants will instruction designed to improve their to fully enjoy the game of chess. This class learn skills and techniques through simple, Toddler Storybook Ballet (3-4 years) speed, agility and overall athleticism. The always fills so sign up quickly! fun games and activities. Kids will learn Wednesdays | 4:30 program promises exercise and instills good proper dribbling and shooting methods. Not Intro to Chess (5-7 years) Storytelling and pre-ballet instruction combine sportsmanship and teamwork. Build up your only do they have more fun than those who Mondays | 3:15 to create fairy tale-inspired classes full of skills to play in the Boston NFL Flag Football don’t play, but Bitty Basketballers are also adventure and fun. Fun and stories will blend Just want to play and learn the basics of League in the fall. better prepared for our U6 Basketball League into learning ballet basics. Spark your little chess? This course is an introduction to the when they’re the right age. one’s interest in dance at this young age! rules and general play of the game of chess. Participants will learn basics and the program will be based on facilitated matches against other children. Registration Opens: February 9 for members 127 Mount Vernon St. February 11 for non-members Boston, MA 02108 (617) 227-5838 Indoor Programs Start: The week of March 15 hillhouseboston.org Program Descriptions SPRING All programs run for 10 weeks at 45 minutes unless otherwise noted. 2021

Intro to Flag Football (5-6 years) Ninja Warrior Training (3-5 years) GYMNASTICS Intermediate Karate 1 (7-12 years) Fridays | 4:00-5:00 Fridays | 1:30 Get into Gymnastics (3-5 years) Thursdays | 5:00 The perfect introduction to Flag Football This fun active ‘training’ will work on skills Thursdays | 3:00 & 4:00 At this level, with some practice under their and a child’s first taste of playing the game in such as balance, power, speed, and agility; Fridays | 3:00 & 4:00 belt, students know that the rules are in place a fun and safe environment. Run through turning all participants into future Hill to protect them. Respect has taught them Aged out of Jumping Jacks but loved the plays while learning the basics of the game House ninja warriors! There will be new caution. Participants understand eye-contact rolls, balance beams and bars? Take the next with the Hill House coaches. Time will be split obstacle courses and challenges each week as a method of communication. At this level, step and join us in the firehouse for the between learning a new skill each week and to test our participants and help strengthen students will continue to practice sparring basics of gymnastics in the fun introductory implementing that in a game at the end. Build their ninja skills. and the benefits of self-defense as they begin class. By the end of the program your little up your skills to play in the Boston NFL Flag to earn stripes and different color belts and one will be able demonstrate a variety of Football League in the fall. Tiny Track and Field (3-6 years) practice goal-setting and obtainment. Thursdays | 2:00 gymnastic skills and have fun doing it! NFL Flag Football Clinics (6-12 years) In this class, children will be introduced to Gymnastics (6-7 years) MUSIC Sundays | 2:00 a variety of skills that will be sure to get them Thursdays & Fridays | 5:00 Little Groove Music (3 months-4 years) Come sharpen your football skills for the NFL ready for the future Olympics. This program Is your child bouncing around the house – they Tuesdays | 10:00, 10:45, 11:30 Fall Flag Football League with our NFL Flag will combine motor skills development and are ready for gymnastics! Join our supportive Fridays | 10:00, 10:45, 11:30 Football Clinic. Players will work in drill-based helpful techniques with a major focus on fun! instructor to learn the basics in gymnastics and activities and hone in on football attributes These exercises and games will prepare athletes These music classes are designed to help use balance beams, tumble mats, spring boards that will be essential for games in the fall. Our for a future in cross-country, track and field infants, toddlers and preschoolers learn and and more. A great introductory without all the clinics will spark their passion for the sport events, while inspiring a love for running and interact through sound, sight and touch in travel and competitiveness. while growing their understanding of the being active. a live music setting. Children enjoy using importance on being a member of a team. their bodies and voices to sing along to catchy Track & Field (7-12 years) KARATE songs that help them build important motor FOREIGN LANGUAGE Sundays | 1:00 Beginner Karate (5-7 years) and social skills. They will also have fun using real instruments such as drums, shakers and Mundo de Colores (12 months-3 years) Get ready, set, go and come join our Hill Thursdays | 4:00 House family for our new, co-ed Spring Track Beginner Karate focuses on rule-play and tambourines. Children also interact with Fridays | 10:00 and Field Program! Runners, of all skill sets, trusting that three basic rules will ensure a safe puppets, bubbles, balls, pom poms, building Art projects and crafts will help your little will engage in team bonding exercises and martial arts experience! Children will learn blocks and one large parachute! one learn simple Spanish phrases and colors. fun drills in order to develop teamwork and the most basic dojo (training hall) etiquette: Mundo de Colores promotes development Private Music Lessons (6-12 years) fundamental athletic skills. We will work hard, how to bow and how to listen with their eyes. of hand-eye coordination, visual and fine Call (617) 227-5838 to inquire about availability have fun, and run into this new adventure Attentive practice will keep students aware motor skills, sequencing and arranging Our private music lessons provide your child together! of their surroundings and fellow students abilities, awareness of colors, shapes, shades, with one-on-one music instruction. Gifted as they begin to learn the basics of sparring textures and decision-making techniques. NEW piano, guitar and percussion teachers work to Ultimate Frisbee (8-13 years) in relation to defending themselves. Raising Sundays | 11:00 cultivate skills and foster your child’s love of Fitness Fun their hand to speak, or demonstrating the Come on down to the Ebersol fields on Statue of Liberty, gives them a lot of power music by incorporating requests and popular Girls Running Club (7-12 years) Sundays this spring for this brand new and a voice in the class. music along with the classics during lesson times. Tuesdays | 5:00 program! Learn the basics of Ultimate Frisbee This program for girls will meet on the Boston from Hill House staff and volunteers which Common. New and experienced distance helps develop your all-around athleticism. runners will be coached toward success and the Work on your fundamentals and build into Registration Opens: February 9 for members 127 Mount Vernon St. fun scrimmage gameplay each week, and enjoy season will culminate with the opportunity to February 11 for non-members Boston, MA 02108 compete in a local 5K. beautiful spring days out on the Esplanade! (617) 227-5838 Indoor Programs Start: The week of March 15 hillhouseboston.org Program Descriptions SPRING All programs run for 10 weeks at 45 minutes unless otherwise noted. 2021 SOCCER 6U Soccer Clinic (4.5-5 years) based practices will be combined with games TENNIS during our one weeknight session. Players all Half Kick Soccer (3-5 years) Thursdays | 5:15-6:15 Tennis Club (4-12 years) This clinic sill help solidify the basics of the receive a hat, jersey and be assigned a team. Mondays | 1:30 & 2:15 Travel games against the North End will be Tuesdays, Wednesdays & Thursdays Tuesdays | 2:30 world’s most popular sport for your young 3:00 (3-5years) athlete. Games and drills will allow players to get an option as well during the season. Wednesdays | 1:30 & 4:30 3:45 (5-6years) used to having a ball at their feet. We will work Thursdays | 3:00 4:30 Beginners (6-12years) to develop listening and cooperation skills. A STEM (sCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, Fridays | 12:30 5:15 Intermediate/Advanced (7-12years) focus on dribbling, passing and shooting will ENGINEERING AND MATh) Saturdays | 9:30, 10:30, 11:30 give players a chance to compete against one Science Experiment Explorers (3-5 years) Grab your racquet and head to the Boston Sundays | 11:00 Common tennis courts to build your skills. another. We aim to assist in the development Mondays | 3:15 and 4:15 Through energetic games and age-appropriate Open to beginner and strong players alike as of player’s skills so that they might achieve their Your curious scientist will exposed to all activities, participants will learn basic dribbling, the individual attention from our instructors maximum potential at their own pace. Based on sorts of experiments in this class! Learn how passing and shooting skills in addition to the will challenge players at their own individual numbers, all players enrolled will train in small clouds are formed and watch a rainstorm in most basic rules of soccer. The primary goal of skill level. We are happy to have expanded this groups determined by age and ability. The a bottle, see what happens when vinegar and Half Kick is to encourage further participation program to multiple classes this spring, which primary focus at this level is the development of baking soda combine, discuss density as we by making soccer fun and engaging. fundamental skills in a fun environment with will develop each player’s “love” for tennis. see which objects sink or float and delight as Taught by experienced Tennis Pros. Hill House United the beginnings of structured team play. colors dance as they pass through a prism. (continuation of fall season) Look forward to getting your hands messy as SOFTBALL THEATRE Monday Skills Clinics | 4:00-5:00 we explore all that science has to offer! Girls AA Softball – Coach Pitch Musical Theater & Arts (6-9 years) Fridays | 5:30-7:00 Please note: this is a drop-off class. All Wednesdays | 4:00-5:30 United Goalkeeper Clinic: Fridays | 4:45 (6-9 years) participants must be potty-trained. Thursdays | 5:15-6:15 Explore the art of musical theater, set and Weekend games | Visit bays.org costume design! The first part of this class will Building on the basic principles taught Storybook STEM (3-5 years) Hill House United is a travel soccer program be spent in our Performance Hall (the Main in co-ed T-Ball, AA will offer girls the Tuesdays | 4:00 for more advanced players looking to learn Assembly Room, of course!) learning lines opportunity to learn their own sport with Begin your child’s exploration into STEM and compete at a higher level. Teams compete and songs, blocking and choreography. Next, this new coach-pitch offering. This will give through a fun, story based exploration of in the Boston Area Youth Soccer League and participants will travel up to the art room, girls their first exposure to hitting pitching engineering and much more. Solve problems play other local travel teams. Playing requires where they’ll work to create backdrops, props, from our instructors, team defense and and test out “what ifs” from your favorite a significant commitment due to the travel and other inspired works of art to complement formal games. Clinic-based practices will childhood stories. With different stories and around the Greater Boston area. their theatrical work. be combined with games In one weeknight age appropriate tasks each week your little one Sunday Soccer (6-12 years) session. Players all receive a hat, jersey and will be amazed what they can achieve. TUMBLING & MOVEMENT Sundays | 2:00-3:30 will be assigned to a team. Please note: this is a drop-off class. All Jungle Gym (4-6 years) Polish your skills in the off-season with this Girls AAA Softball – Player Pitch participants must be potty-trained. Sunday afternoon clinic. Players will work on Wednesdays & Thursdays | 2:00 (8-12 years) all aspects of the game, including dribbling, This program is designed for kids who love passing, shooting and team strategy. Hill Thursdays | 5:15-6:15 being active. With music and gym equipment, House’s Sunday Soccer program will develop Building on the principles taught in AA this class will allow students to socialize and all aspects of a player’s game by placing them Softball, the AAA program will test girls with participate in fun activities like obstacle courses! in a fast, fun setting. Enjoy playtime on the their ability to hit live pitching from other Esplanade each week as the weather grows players. Our athletics staff and volunteers Registration Opens: February 9 for members 127 Mount Vernon St. warmer! Open to all experience levels. will lead these teams and help teach new February 11 for non-members Boston, MA 02108 concepts such as positional defense, hitting (617) 227-5838 techniques and pitching mechanics. Clinic Indoor Programs Start: The week of March 15 hillhouseboston.org Spring 2021 ATHLETIC AND PROGRAM GUIDE

Each season, Hill House administrators, instructors, board members and volunteers work together to fund and execute athletics, programs and service This Season At-a-Glance activities in order to meet the diverse social, educational, cultural and recreational needs of individuals and families residing in Boston’s downtown neighborhoods. March 15 Indoor Programs Begin May 25 Fall Registration Through quality programs, collaborative partnerships and volunteer support, our Opens for Members organization seeks to build and foster a strong sense of urban community and April 5 Boston Common Fields Open improve the quality of life for residents of all ages. May 27 Fall Registration April 19 Hill House Closed–Patriot’s Day Opens for Public

Membership—$150/yr Registration Opens May 4 Soccer League Registration May 30 Summer Art, Music and Sports Opens for Members Did you know that if your family registers February 9 for members, 10am Programming Begins for 3 programs each year, a Hill House February 11 for non-members, 10am May 6 Soccer League Registration June 14 Summer Camp Begins Membership pays for itself? Hill House Opens for Public Members can register early for programs at Programs Start a reduced rate and are able to participate in May 18 & 20 United Soccer Tryouts free art and playgroup classes. Indoors on March 15

CALL 617-227-5838, x 230 EMAIL [email protected] VISIT www.hillhouseboston.org Questions? Lauren Hoops-Schmieg, Executive Director Vonnika Figaro, Program Office Assistant [email protected] x180 [email protected], x100 Meredith Adamczyk Ryan Flanagan, Senior Athletics Coordinator Director of Marketing & Community Outreach [email protected], x106 [email protected] x230 Patty Kennedy, Finance Manager Marshall Caldera, Athletics Director [email protected] x120 [email protected] x130 Josh Oliver, Athletics Coordinator Adriana Donohue [email protected], x105 Senior Instructor for Enrichment Programs Dianne Powers, Senior Development Director [email protected], x104 [email protected] x220 Chelsea Evered, Program Manager [email protected] x140

Registration Opens: February 9 for members 127 Mount Vernon St. February 11 for non-members Boston, MA 02108 (617) 227-5838 Indoor Programs Start: The week of March 15 hillhouseboston.org