Falls Church Recreation & Parks
Fall 2021 Registration Dates: Residents: August 16; Non-Residents: August 23 Register Online at www.fallschurchva.gov/register Farmers Market Halloween Carnival Saturday, October 30, 12noon-5pm Infants to Kindergarteners Come enjoy a spooktacular family fun event at The Falls Church Community Center (223 Little Falls St.). Enjoy games, inflatables, candy and more! Costumes encouraged. Please check www. fallschurchva.gov/halloween photo by Gary Mester for more information. OPEN YEAR ROUND! Saturdays in City Hall Parking Lot, 300 Park Avenue Now-December 18, 2021, 8am-Noon Enjoy fresh fruit, vegetables, flowers and more!
Veterans Day Ceremony Sunset Cinema Falls Church Veterans Memorial 223 Little Falls St., Friday evenings, September 17, 24, and October 1 Falls Church VA, 22046 8:00pm or dusk Join us in honoring our Military Veterans on Thursday, Bring the entire family out to enjoy a free movie on the November 11 at 11am. big screen in Historic Cherry Hill Park. All you need is a chair or blanket and some bug spray. Please check www. fallschurchva.gov/sunsetcinema for more information.
45th Annual Falls Church Festival Holiday Gift and Craft Show Saturday, December 4, 9am-4pm and Sunday, December 5, 11am-4pm Falls Church Community Center 223 Little Falls St., Falls Church VA, 22046 Get your holiday shopping done early! Enjoy crafters and merchants showcasing their spectacular items. A list of vendors will be posted on www.fallschurchva.gov/craftshow.
Saturday, September 11, 10am-4pm Cherry Hill Park, 312 Park Avenue Come out and grab a taste from one of Falls Church’s local restaurants, enjoy live entertainment, children’s activities, amusement rides and more! For more information: www.fallschurchva.gov/festival General Information
Falls Church Community Center, Table of Contents Kenneth R. Burnett Building Adult Sports...... 25 Hours of Operation Art Classes...... 10 Monday-Thursday: 8am-10pm Camps...... 7 Friday: 8am-11pm Saturday: 8:30am-11pm Cherry Hill Farmhouse...... 4-5 Sunday: 2-6pm (April-December) Dance Classes...... 13-15 12-6pm (January-March) Enrichment Classes...... 9 Community Center Holiday Schedule Facilities...... 29-33 The building will be closed August 21-30. The gymnasium Falls Church Clubs...... 26 will remain closed through Labor Day. Customer service staff will be available during this closure. Fencing...... 18 The building will also be closed Labor Day, Thanksgiving Fitness Classes...... 19-20 Day, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, New Years’ Eve, and General Information...... 3, 34 New Years’ Day. Information for Residents...... 31 Hobby Class Holiday Schedule Martial Arts Classes...... 18 Classes will not be held on City-observed legal holidays Mary Riles Styles Public Library...... 33 unless otherwise noted. Music Classes...... 12 Teen Gym Time Pickleball...... 17 Ages 13-19 only: Friday and Saturday, 7-11pm Preschool Programs...... 8 Adult Gym Time Registration Information & Form...... 35 Ages 19 and over only: Monday, 8-11pm. Subject to gym availability. School Break Programs...... 6 Senior Center...... 27-28 Phone Numbers Special Events...... 2 Falls Church Community Center...... 703-248-5077 Solid Waste Services...... 32 Recreation & Parks Department Office...... 703-248-5027 Technology Classes...... 11 Falls Church Senior Center...... 703-248-5020 Teen Programs...... 21-23 Teen Center Office...... 703-248-5325 Cherry Hill Farmhouse...... 703-248-5171 Tennis...... 16 Fax ...... 703-536-8150 Yoga Classes...... 19 Open Gym...... 703-248-5077 Youth Sports...... 24 Inclement Weather Hotline...... 703-248-5077
Recreation & Parks Staff Advisory Board of Recreation and Parks Daniel J. Schlitt, Director Charles O’Hara, Chair Amy Youngs, Hobby Class Coordinator, Deputy Director Leslie Rye, Vice Chair Jimmy Ruby, Sports Coordinator, Senior Program Supervisor Laura Downs, School Board Representative Scarlett Williams, Special Events, Program Supervisor Letty Hardi, City Council Liaison Ryan Amato, Camps and Youth Sports, Program Supervisor Jenna Schroeder Tracy Browand, Senior Center Coordinator, Senior Recreation Specialist Melissa Teates, Planning Commission Representative Corey Jannicelli, Cherry Hill Farmhouse, Senior Recreation Specialist Liz Weatherly Taylor Ford, Recreation Specialist Thomas Downs, Student Representative Jessica Hilgendorf, Senior Administrative Assistant Nate Kusic, Student Representative Lisa Reid, Administrative Assistant Emma Roncoroni, Student Representative Howard Herman, Farmers’ Market Manager Mike Noyes, Crew Leader, Parks and Landscape Maintenance Juan Salguero, Building Maintenance Worker William Andrews, Building Maintenance Worker Raul Chafloque, Landscape Maintenance Worker Charlie Buettner, Landscape Maintenance Worker
Fall 2021 3 Cherry Hill Farmhouse
Cherry Hill Farmhouse Farm Day 312 Park Avenue 703-248-5171 Enjoy a day of old fashioned fun and activities for the whole family, including: petting farm, pony rides, pumpkin painting, The Cherry Hill Farmhouse is located on Park Avenue, near scare crow making (bring your own long pants and a sleeved City Hall and the Falls Church Community Center. The shirt), live music, tours of the farmhouse and barn, blacksmith house hosts several special events, educational workshops, demonstrations, and food. Free Admission, fee for activities. and seasonal programs annually. It is also available to rent for Email [email protected] for more information. special occasions. Date: Sat 10/9 Time: 10am-3pm Cherry Hill Farmhouse was completed in 1845. The well- Location: Cherry Hill Farmhouse & Park preserved house is an excellent example of a Greek Revival Style framed home of the period. Today the house is fully Home School Program: Life on a 19th furnished with antiques of the mid-19th century. Historic interpretations of the house focus primarily on the time Century Farm Ages 5-13 period 1856-1865 when the Blaisdell family lived at Children will tour the farmhouse and barn to learn how Cherry Hill. technology of the day made life easier for the 19th century farmer. Activities include identifying tools a housewife would William Blaisdell purchased the 73-acre farm in 1856. He have used in her kitchen and tools a farmer would use in his sold the produce he grew on the premises at the Centre barn. Parent/Guardian attends with child. Market in Washington, D.C. Mr. Blaisdell successfully Date: Fri 10/22 Time: 10-11:30am managed the farm through the Civil War. The City of Falls 121030-A Fee: R: $5 / NR: $5 Church now owns and operates the Cherry Hill Farmhouse Location: Cherry Hill Farmhouse Museum, and its remaining property, known today as Cherry Hill Park. The household furnishings and antique tool collection in the Barn are owned by the Friends of Girl Scout Day – Detectives Cherry Hill Foundation, Inc. Hear stories about the importance of coded messages in the Today, reenactments, concerts, readings, lectures, Civil War, practice the power of observation, study your workshops, teas, and private events take place at Cherry Hill fingerprints, identify the difference between a true signature throughout the year. Special tours can be arranged for large and a forgery and try out your skills following clues. Online groups, scout troops, and school children by calling 703- registration not available for this program. Email cjannicelli@ 248-5171. The house is open to the public Tuesday through fallschurchva.gov for more information Friday between the hours of 9am and 3pm. April through Date: Sat 10/23 Time: 2-4pm October the house is also open on Saturdays from 10am- POS # 0478 Fee: $10 (actual badge not included) 12noon. We strongly encourage all visitors to call ahead to Location: Cherry Hill Farmhouse ensure tour availability, 703-248-5171. Cherry Hill can also be rented for special occasions. The Halloween Literary Evening house and surrounding park provide a lovely setting for The Victorian Era gave us the stories of ghosts and mystery. wedding receptions and small parties. The house capacity is Join the Victorian Society at Falls Church for an evening 50 people for a standing event and 20 for a seated gathering. reading of some popular Victorian tales. For larger parties, the outside grounds can be used and a **Reservations required** tent is recommended. Reservations may be made through Email [email protected] for more information the Recreation and Parks Department at 703-248-5027. and reservations. For more information on any scheduled events, rental Date: Fri 10/29 Time: 8pm information, and availability of the Cherry Hill Farmhouse, Fee: $5/person Location: Cherry Hill Farmhouse please call 703-248-5171.
4 Falls Church Recreation and Parks CherryGeneral Hill Information Farmhouse Girl Scout Day - Making A Very Victorian Games Christmas Brownies - Scouts will tour the Start your Christmas Season off with a farmhouse, complete a scavenger hunt, visit to Cherry Hill Farmhouse to see how and learn a variety of parlor games. Christmas was celebrated in the 1860s. Girls will create their own parlor games Costumed re-enactors welcome friends and invent a sport using Victorian era and neighbors who gather for some toys. This program fulfills all badge holiday cheer in the midst of the conflict. requirements.Email cjannicelli@ Period decorations, music, holiday stories, fallschurchva.gov for more information. and children’s activities are all part of the Date: Sat 11/6 Time: 2-4pm festivities. POS # 086 Fee: $10 (actual badge Email [email protected] for not included) more information. Location: Cherry Hill Farmhouse Date: Sat 11/27 Time: 10am-2pm Fee: Free Admission Location: Cherry Hill Farmhouse Girl Scout Day – Playing the Past Children’s Holiday Holiday Tea All Ages Junior Scouts will learn about a girl’s life Shoppe in the 1800s as they tour the farmhouse Enjoy a special holiday tea and talk at and listen to the oral histories of past This fun annual event is an opportunity the historic farmhouse. The house will occupants. Girls will have the chance for children to purchase inexpensive gifts be decorated in mid-19th century period to get into character trying on period for their family members with help from décor and will include a tree. The talk clothes, writing with quill pens, making volunteers. All gifts are $6 or less and gift will be presented by the 1858 mistress of butter and playing parlor games. This wrapped for free. Hosted by the Friends Cherry Hill. As always, the tea consists program fulfills all badge requirements. of Cherry Hill Foundation. of tea sandwiches, assorted sweets, warm Email [email protected] for Email [email protected] scones and a bottomless cup of tea. more information. for more information. No registration Hosted by the Friends of Cherry Hill Date: Sat 11/20 Time: 2-4pm required. Foundation. POS # 0479 Fee: $10 (actual badge Date: Sat 12/4 Time: 9am-3pm ***Reservations are Required*** not included) Location: Cherry Hill Farmhouse Please direct questions to Corey Jannicelli Location: Cherry Hill Farmhouse at [email protected], but enroll through the Recreation and Parks Department. Date: Sat 12/11 Time: 2-4pm 131501-A Fee: $35 Date: Sun 12/12 Time: 2-4pm 131501-B Fee: $35 Location: Cherry Hill Farmhouse
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Fall 2021 5 SchoolGeneral Breaks Information & Holiday Programs
Wednesday Early Release Dramatic Kids! Ages 7-11 Kindergarten- 5th Grade AWAKEN CREATIVITY while building Join us on early release Wednesdays for confidence, courage, and character in this recreational fun and games. Recreation fun, dynamic one-day theater camp for and Parks staff will join students at the kids! Explore imaginations and artistic school to provide a variety of activities talents by playing acting games and along with outdoor play. Activities may learning the fundamentals of dramatic include arts and crafts, games, hands on storytelling facilitated by one of our science experiments, a variety of sports talented Teaching Artists. A showcase of activities, and free play. Children should students' original work will be performed bring a snack. for their friends and family at the end of Mt. Daniel Elementary the day! Note: Price includes a supply fee. Wed 9/1-12/15 1:15-4pm Thu 9/16 9am-5:30pm 120700-A R: $275 181001-A R: $135 / NR: $155 All American Sports Oak Street Elementary Instructor: CARE Actor Camp Ages 6-12 Wed 9/1-12/15 1:15-4pm Location: Community Room Our 22nd year of offering fun camp 120700-B R: $275 programs. This is the ultimate sports Instructor: Recreation Department Staff Giant Basketball camp and is ideal for all children who Location: Classroom at Mt. Daniel or Oak Street want to have fun and play while being Academy Ages 6-14 Elementary exposed to a variety of sports. Campers *Skip Dates: 9/8, 10/13, 11/3, 11/10, 11/17, Basketball camp with former NBA Star will participate in basketball, soccer, flag 11/24 Gheorghe Muresan. Camp includes full football, whiffleball, and volleyball in day of learning basketball fundamentals addition to many other sports related and competitions. Basketball drills, Art: Clay Makers! Ages 6-12 activities. Each camper will be grouped 1v1, 3v3, 5v5, shooting competitions, according to age or ability to ensure The magic of clay is awesome! Whether rebounding, passing, dribbling, and maximum learning and skill development its jewelry for mom, animals in the wild, shooting. while having FUN. Senior staff are a garden of flowers and bugs, keychain Mon 10/11 9am-3pm current/former teachers, many with years emojis, new additions to an old mug, if 180902-A R: $60 / NR: $80 of experience. Staff to camper ratio 10:1. you can think it, chances are we can make Instructor: The Giant Basketball Academy Thu 11/4 9am-3pm it. The possibilities are endless, so we're Location: Gym-Full 181401-A R: $70 / NR: $90 definitely gonna try it out! We will use Instructor: SportzCampz4Kidz our clay craft tool kit to tackle projects with clay and see how creative we can get. Whimsical Week of Harry Location: Gym-Full Fri 9/3 9am-3pm Potter Ages 6-12 180101-A R: $65 / NR: $85 Join us for a two-day wizardry adventure Slime Time Ages 6-12 Instructor: Baroody Camps inspired by the JK Rowling series. Who doesn't LOVE slime?! It's easy to Location: Art Room Come explore the same subjects that make and guaranteed FUN! Some are Harry studied at Hogwarts including magnetic, some are inspired by famous Love the Ball Soccer Astronomy, Potions, Defense Against the wizarding books. Others are glittery Dark Arts, Transfiguration, Herbology Ages 6-12 or glow in the dark. It doesn't matter and much more! Other activities include how we make it, it's the fun that comes Love the Ball soccer camps' goal is for wand making, house sorting, and in figuring it out. Our slime camp is children to have memorable, positive enjoying wizarding treats. designed to see just how many ways experiences through soccer. A day Mon & Tue 11/1-2 9am-3pm and kinds of slime we can create. We'll filled with happiness, enjoyment, and 181004-A R: $100 / NR: $120 discuss what an activator is and why no promotion of self-confidence. Teamwork Instructor: Recreation Department Staff slime is complete without it. We'll learn and cooperation will be encouraged as Location: Art Room how different ingredients will change the players learn new daily moves as part outcome, texture, and use of slime. Slime of our “1000 touch curriculum” to is awesome, but learning why it works is implement into small sided scrimmages. pretty cool too. Materials are included in Tue 9/7 9am-3pm the price of the camp. 180901-A R: $70 / NR: $90 Wed 11/24 9am-3pm Instructor: Love the Ball 181465-A R: $65 / NR: $85 Location: Gym-Full Instructor: Baroody Camps Location: Art Room 6 Falls Church Recreation and Parks WinterGeneral Break Information Camps
Books for Cooks Ages 6-12 Silver Knights Chess What do you get when you combine a Ages 6-12 love of books and a love of cooking? One In Chess Camp, campers play and learn happy kid! Tiny Chefs presents Books for about chess with Silver Knights! We've Cooks, a program combining children's taught tens of thousands of children literature with the fun and deliciousness including national champions, but most of food. Together, we'll explore students are beginners looking to learn contemporary children's classics like and have fun! Campers are broken up in Adam Rubin's "Dragons Love Tacos", Mo groups by skill level. Activities include Willems' "The Duckling Gets a Cookie?!", learning the rules, openings, tactics, Jory John and Pete Oswald's "The Coach endgames, studying master games, Potato". After story time, students will and playing lots of games against other learn to make related recipes like Crispy students. Campers will take breaks for Black Bean Tacos, Soft Chocolate Chip snacks, fresh air, lunch and recess. At the Cookies, and Roasted Sweet Potato Fries. end of the week, campers receive a t-shirt Mon-Wed 12/20-22 9am-3pm and chess set. 180301-A R: $250 / NR: $270 Cheer & Hip Hop Dance Mon-Thu 12/27-30 9am-3pm Instructor: Tiny Chefs Ages 6-13 181003-A R: $279 / NR: $299 Location: Art Room Our Cheer and Hip-Hop program Instructor: Silver Knights Enrichment focuses on teaching fun cheers and Location: Community Room modern hip hop movements with a STEM: Game of Drones vivacious urban feel. Our hip hop portion Ages 8-12 of the camp will focus on rhythm and Get ready to roll up your sleeves and join musicality, how to "find the beat," us in this one-of-a-kind design, build, count music and dance in with a team. and fly activity called TinkRdrones. In Different styles of hip-hop dance will be this camp, students will design, create, combined with fun choreography. Our program, and learn to fly their very own cheer portion of the camp will teach quadcopter (drone with 4 propellers) from various dance and cheer combinations, scratch! During the project, students will basic stunts, and fun choreography. Along learn about the science of flight as they with these skills, participants will receive design their drones in ways that allow them daily take home activities that build to achieve compromises between speed, teamwork, confidence, and leadership acrobatics, and stability. As the project skills. On the last day we will provide commences, each student will be given a performance to showcase what our basic components needed to make a drone participants have learned! and will be introduced to concepts on how Mon-Thu 12/27-30 9am-3pm the parts work together to enable flight. 180201-A R: $185 / NR: $205 They will be testing and using brushed Instructor: Athletes Global DC motors, flight-controller boards (with Location: Dance Studio wireless receivers), motor mounts, LEDs, and transmitters. Once drone construction is finished, students will polish their Spy Science! Ages 6-12 piloting skills as they learn to fly their How do detectives and investigators use drones. Along the way, they will develop science to solve a mystery? We will spend STEAM skills and apply their reasoning this camp understanding forensic science and problem-solving skills to solve for and learning the tricks of the spy trade. many challenges. And the best part? They We'll investigate fingerprints, spying get to take it home and show their family techniques (surveillance), secret codes, and friends what they've created. invisible ink, evidence under a black Mon-Wed 12/20-22 9am-3pm light, and other sneaky science! Materials 181430-A R: $175 / NR: $195 are included in the price of the camp. Fee Reduction Program Instructor: Baroody Camps Mon-Thu 12/27-30 9am-3pm Programa de Eeducción Location: Community Room 181002-A R: $260 / NR: $280 Instructor: Baroody Camps de Tarifas www.fallschurchva.gov/FeeReduction Location: Art Room
Fall 2021 7 PreschoolGeneral Information Programs Ignite Your Imagination Does your child have a wonderful imagination? Each class, children will listen to a story, talk about the characters and setting, then use their imagination to create art based on what they read about. Age 3 as of September 17, 2021 Fri 9/17-12/17 9-10:15am 111010-A R: $234 / NR: $254 Age 4 or 5 as of September 17, 2021 Fri 9/17-12/17 10:30-11:45am All Preschool Programs are licensed by the Virginia Department of Education 111010-B R: $234 / NR: $254 (VDOE). All programs will require specific paperwork to be turned in. Children Instructor: Preschool Staff must be potty trained. Proof of age via a birth certificate and your child’s physical Location: Preschool Room and immunization report will be required on the first day of the program. All other *Skip Dates: 11/26 paperwork must be turned in prior to the first day of class.
Let's Learn Spanish Explore The World Ages 3-5 Outside Your Window Join us for this interactive class that will Ages 4-5 introduce numbers, colors and basic Children will go on nature walks through Spanish vocabulary through songs, hands Cherry Hill Park and investigate different on activities, story time and more! insects that can be found right outside Age 3 as of Sept 13, 2021 your window! Mon 9/13-12/13 9-10:15am Age 4 or 5 as of September 15, 2021 111006-A R: $234 / NR: $254 Wed 9/15-11/17 9-10:15am Age 4 or 5 as of September 13, 2021 111008-A R: $180 / NR: $200 Mon 9/13-12/13 10:30-11:45am Instructor: Preschool Staff 111006-B R: $234 / NR: $254 Location: Preschool Room Instructor: Preschool Staff Location: Preschool Room *Skip Dates: 10/11 Planets In Our Solar System Ages 4-5 This 10-week course will take you around Kindergarten Readiness the Sun. Each week, children will learn Ages 4-5 about one of the 8 planets, sun and moon This program will offer your child the through hands on activities, crafts and opportunity to socialize with children books. They’ll even get to create their entering Kindergarten in September own Solar System. 2022. Your child will be able to enhance Age 4 or 5 as of September 15, 2021 and strengthen his or her independent Wed 9/15-11/17 10:30-11:45am learning abilities in a productive and 111009-A R: $180 / NR: $200 positive classroom environment. This Instructor: Preschool Staff class will also initiate language arts and Location: Preschool Room mathematical skills. Age 4 or 5 as of September 14, 2021 Tue & Thu 9/14-12/16 9-11am 111007-A R: $575 / NR: $595 Instructor: Preschool Staff Location: Preschool Room Fee Reduction Program *Skip Dates: 9/16, 11/2, 11/4, 11/11, 11/25 Programa de Eeducción de Tarifas www.fallschurchva.gov/FeeReduction
8 Falls Church Recreation and Parks Enrichment Classes
Run Club Ages 5-12 Cheer Ages 6-12 Floor Hockey Ages 7-12 Is your child ready to burn off some Our cheer class is designed to teach basic Floor hockey is an action packed game steam during this crazy time & have to advanced concepts of cheer. We will where boys and girls move constantly. some fun? Join this co-ed running club work on motions and jump technique, Kids will learn the basics of hockey in a where your child will have the chance to stunting basics and cheer dances! All safe, age appropriate environment and meet new friends, have a team building of our cheerleaders will gain strength, will learn to compete as a team with high experience, move their bodies with fun performance techniques and improve effort and sportsmanship in each session. running activities such as relays, speed, on their showmanship! Whether you are Each class will end with full games, but agility & quickness, & pacing all packed new to cheerleading or building on your will begin with lead-up games and skill into an hour of movement, character foundation; we will help you to be your building to help them hone skills that building, and team fun. We will be best! translate across all sports. This is a great building our cardiovascular system and Thu 9/23-12/16 6:15-7:15pm game that can be played while distancing! muscles. 120411-A R: $180 / NR: $200 Tue 9/14-11/16 3-3:55pm Wed 9/15-11/3 2-2:55pm Instructor: Adrenaline Staff 120921-A R: $135 / NR: $155 120920-A R: $120 / NR: $140 Location: Community Room Instructor: Baroody Camps Wed 9/15-11/3 3-3:55pm *Skip Dates: 11/4, 11/11, 11/25 Location: Cherry Hill Park Basketball Court 120920-B R: $120 / NR: $140 *Skip Dates: 11/2 Instructor: Baroody Camps Ages 6-12 Location: Larry Graves #3 Books for Cooks What do you get when you get when you Theater & Acting Class combine a love of books and a love of cook- Ages 9-12 Chess Club Ages 5-13 ing? One happy kid! Our Books for Cooks, Our theater and acting program focuses Join us for chess club online or in enrichment class merges children's litera- on improving the participants in voice, person! Learn chess from a Silver Knights ture with the fun and deliciousness of food. acting, stage presence, creativity, singing Chess coach! We teach more than Together we'll explore contemporary chil- and dancing skills. Our participants will 4,000 children each week. State and dren's classics like Adam Rubin's “Dragons discover, explore, and develop the artist national champions have come from our Love Tacos”, Mo Willems’ “The Duckling within them. We help our participants programs, but most of our students are Gets a Cookie?!” and Laura Numeroff's cultivate their improving and cold script just looking to have fun! Class time is “If You Give a Pig a Pancake”. Afterwards, reading skills, while learning creative split between lesson and play. Lessons students will learn to make related recipes dramatics. Our class ends with a short range from learning the rules to advanced like Crispy Black Bean Tacos and Whole play, which is our grand finale. We tournament strategies, depending on Grain Pancakes with Blueberry Syrup. encourage parents and peers to attend this the children. Play time is structured to Sat 9/18-11/6 12:30-1:30pm day of FUN at the end of the program! pair each student against an opponent of 120309-A R: $250 / NR: $270 Tue 9/21-11/9 5-6pm similar skill. All grades and skill levels are Instructor: Tiny Chefs 120784-A R: $100 / NR: $120 welcome. Silver Knights will supply all Location: Art Room Instructor: Athletes Global the equipment during chess club. Virtual Location: Community Room class participants will be emailed a link *Skip Dates: 11/2 prior to the first class and will have access Voice Overs…Now Is Your to great additional online offerings like Time! Ages 18 & Up weekly online tournaments and bonus In what could be the most enlightening Resume Writing & broadcast lessons! 2 hours you’ve ever spent, this class Interviewing Online: will show you how you can actually Ages 13 & Up Tue 10/5-12/14 6-7pm begin using your speaking voice for Our program will help you learn how to 120785-A R: $199 / NR: $219 commercials, films, videos, and more. create an effective resume or to improve In Person: In this introductory class, you will learn upon the one that you already have. Our Tue 10/5-12/14 6-7pm about a unique, outside the box way to goal is to prepare you for the interview 120785-B R: $199 / NR: $219 break into this creative, fulfilling, and for the dream job you really want. Instructor: Silver Knights Enrichment potentially lucrative industry. Whether Wed 9/22-11/3 7-8pm Location: Senior Center-Left you choose to pursue voice-overs part- 130784-A R: $100 / NR: $120 *Skip Dates: 11/2 time or full-time, this could be the game Instructor: Athletes Global changer you’ve been looking for. Location: Community Room Tue 10/19 6:30-8:30pm 150741-A R: $15 / NR: $25 Instructor: Such A Voice Location: Teen Center
Fall 2021 9 Art Classes
Mini Doodlers Ages 3-6 Doodlers Ages 6-12 This is a special art class just for toddlers This popular multi-media art program and parents (or helpers). Children helps kids stretch their creative muscles and develop their creativity through exercise their right brains in action oriented carefully designed lessons that ignite the classes filled with color, texture, shape and imagination and develop skills. Using real fun! Our art lessons are carefully crafted artists materials including watercolors, to promote uniqueness and imaginative tempera paints, oil pastels, creative thinking as kids create their own unique tools, and more, the children create masterpieces through painting, drawing, masterpieces that are truly unique. cutting, molding and exploring creative Indoors: materials. Each lesson introduces a new Sat 9/18-11/6 11-11:45am technique and artists style. 110102-A R: $130 / NR: $150 Indoors: Outdoors: Wed 9/22-11/10 5-6pm Mon 9/13-11/8* 11:30a-12:15pm 120148-A R: $140 / NR: $160 110102-B R: $130 / NR: $150 Sat 9/18-11/6 2:30-3:30pm Twoosy Doodlers Tue 9/14-11/9* 11:30a-12:15pm 120148-B R: $140 / NR: $160 Ages 20 months - 3 years 110102-C R: $130 / NR: $150 Outdoors: This is a special art class just for toddlers Wed 9/15-11/3 11:15a-12pm Sat 9/18-11/6 1am-2pm and parents (or helpers). Little fingers 110102-D R: $130 / NR: $150 120148-C R: $140 / NR: $160 will experiment with painting, gluing, Instructor: Abrakadoodle Instructor: Abrakadoodle sticking, printing and creating, while Location: Roberts Park Shelter Location: Roberts Park Shelter developing fine motor, language, and self- *Skip Dates: 10/11, 11/2 help skills. This is an "I can do it!" class Artistic Drawing with that is fun and creative! Each session has Clay Makers! Ages 5-10 Young Rembrandts new activities and parents and helpers get Ages 6-10 to play too. The magic of clay is awesome! Whether Young Rembrandts™ Drawing curriculum Each participant and his/her adult helper its jewelry for mom, animals in the wild, uses a structured stepwise format to will have their own set of supplies and a garden of flowers and bugs, keychain teach elementary students useful drawing their own area to maintain some distance emojis, new additions to an old mug, if skills, while developing creative thinking from other participants. Each participant you can think it, chances are we can make strategies. Students deconstruct complex is limited to one adult helper at this time. it. The possibilities are endless, so we're definitely gonna try it out! We will use objects into familiar shapes; then use Indoors: problem solving and imagination to Sat 9/18-11/6 10:30-11:10am our clay craft tool kit to tackle projects with clay and see how creative we can get. make their own works of art. Our 110101-A R: $130 / NR: $150 Tue 9/28-12/7 4:30-5:30pm Artistic Drawing curriculum develops Outdoors: 120152-A R: $185 / NR: $205 academically relevant skills, including Mon 9/13-11/8* 10:30-11:10am Instructor: Baroody Camps spatial-motor planning, mental discipline 110101-B R: $130 / NR: $150 Location: Art Room and fine motor skills, while providing Tue 9/14-11/9* 10:30-11:10am *Skip Dates: 11/2 a fun, enriching experience for our 110101-C R: $130 / NR: $150 students. New lessons every season! Wed 9/15-11/3 10:15-11am Sat 9/25-11/13 10-11am 110101-D R: $130 / NR: $150 120141-A R: $168 / NR: $188 Instructor: Abrakadoodle Instructor: Young Rembrandts Location: Roberts Park Shelter Location: Teen Center *Skip Dates: 10/11, 11/2
10 Falls Church Recreation and Parks Technology Classes WeDo Robotics: Aircrafts Ages 5-9 In this robotics class, we build, code, and have fun with LEGO® WeDo 2.0, a hands-on activity that combines LEGO® bricks, kid-friendly software, and engaging projects which inspire kids to explore the world of robotics! In Aircraft and Helicopters, we will give your child an opportunity to be a part of a team to build a different type of aircraft each week. During this session, children will learn how to build Aircraft, Minecraft Modding Roblox, Imaginative Helicopters and space crafts robots with Ages 6-9 Game Design Ages 10-14 walking mechanisms, convert rotational Software: MCreator motion into translational motion, Software: Roblox Studio increase force with levers, gears and Skill Level: Beginner Skill Level: Intermediate belt drives. Using special programming In this class, students will learn how In this course, students will advance their software, students will be able to bring to create their own custom gameplay coding, design, and game development their projects to life. In every lesson, your items and elements using MCreator skills, tinkering with Roblox Studio young engineers will build and learn and Minecraft. Students will learn how and the Lua programming language it about a different type of aircraft robot to create artwork for various items, and employs. “Roblox, Imaginative Game each with a unique functionality. implement them into the game with Design” provides students between Thu 9/9-11/18 5-6pm custom behaviors. Design your own the ages of 10 -14 with fundamental 120709-A R: $176 / NR: $196 custom blocks, weapons, food, biomes coding concepts and techniques that Instructor: Baroody Camps and more! Does your child spend hours will allow them to eventually move on Location: Art Room at a time playing Minecraft? Have them to AP Computer Science. This course *Skip Dates: 9/16, 11/4, 11/11, 11/25 learn how to improve their gameplay is perfect for any student looking for an experience, and create your own custom opportunity to advance their careers as mods to take home today! computer engineers, game developers, Roblox, Imaginative Sat 9/18-10/23 9-10am and tech-savvy entrepreneurs. Do not Game Design Ages 6-9 120716-A R: $149 / NR: $169 miss your chance to code alongside a Software: Roblox Studio Instructor: Cyberteck Academy group of aspiring computer scientists. Skill Level: Beginner Location: Community Room Fri 9/17-10/22 6:45-7:45pm 120754-A R: $149 / NR: $169 In this course, students will learn how to use coding fundamentals to strategically Minecraft Modding Instructor: Cyberteck Academy Location: Community Room engineer an immersive, imaginative Ages 10-14 cosmos for one of the fastest-growing Software: MCreator gaming platforms in the world. “Roblox, In this class, students will learn how Imaginative Game Design” provides to create their own custom gameplay students with hands-on experiences in items and elements using MCreator innovation and the underlying mechanics and Minecraft. Students will learn how of 3D gaming. This is the perfect course to create artwork for various items, and for any student looking to advance their implement them into the game with skills in science, technology, engineering, custom behaviors. Design your own art, and mathematics (STEAM). Do not custom blocks, weapons, food, biomes miss your chance to publish, share, and and more! Does your child spend hours play games with your friends. at a time playing Minecraft? Have them Fri 9/17-10/22 5:30-6:30pm learn how to improve their gameplay 120710-A R: $149 / NR: $169 experience, and create your own custom Instructor: Cyberteck Academy mods to take home today! Fee Reduction Program Location: Community Room Sat 9/18-10/23 10:15-11:15am Programa de Eeducción 120742-A R: $149 / NR: $169 de Tarifas Instructor: Cyberteck Academy www.fallschurchva.gov/FeeReduction Location: Community Room
Fall 2021 11 Music Classes
Music Together Ages Birth-5 Music Together® is an internationally recognized mixed-age music and movement class. The Music Together approach develops every child's birthright of basic music competence by experiencing music through playful activities rather than learning music concepts. We will begin our semester outdoors at Cherry Hill Park, and move indoors to the community center after several weeks as COVID-19 vaccination percentages increase in our area. Interactive music making--singing, chanting, small movement, and simple dancing led by early childhood music specialist Kathleen Cobucci. Please bring your own blanket to define your family’s space. Tuition includes a take home cd, songbook, and digital download code of the semester’s songs. Sun 9/12-12/19 4-4:45pm Tue 9/14-12/14 10:15-11am 110608-A R: $259 / NR: $279 110608-F R: $298 / NR: $318 Sun 9/12-12/19 5-5:45pm Thu 9/2-12/16 3-3:45pm 110608-B R: $259 / NR: $279 110608-G R: $278 / NR: $298 Mon 9/13-12/13 9:15-10am Thu 9/2-12/16 4-4:45pm 110608-C R: $278 / NR: $298 110608-H R: $278 / NR: $298 Mon 9/13-12/13 10:15-11am Instructor: Little Steps Music, LLC 110608-D R: $278 / NR: $298 Location: Grass Area in Cherry Hill Park Tue 9/14-12/14 9:15-10am Rain/Cold Location: Community Room 110608-E R: $298 / NR: $318 *Skip Dates: 9/16, 10/11, 10/31, 11/1, 11/2, 11/4, 11/7, 11/11, 11/25, 11/28, 12/5
Group Piano Class Ages 5-12 Group Violin Class Students will participate in an ensemble Ages 5-12 music group. Students will learn about Students will participate in an ensemble the instruments as well as how to play music group. Students will learn about in a music group. Rental Instruments the instruments as well as how to play and Music Included. Students will take in a music group. Rental Instruments instruments and music home in between and Music Included. Students will take classes to enjoy. A rental agreement instruments and music home in between must be signed and instruments must be classes to enjoy. A rental agreement returned in the same condition at the last must be signed and instruments must be scheduled class date. returned in the same condition at the last Sat 9/18-10/23 11:45a-12:45pm scheduled class date. 120606-A R: $152 / NR: $172 Sat 9/18-10/23 1-2pm Sat 10/30-12/18 11:45a-12:45pm 120607-A R: $152 / NR: $172 120606-B R: $152 / NR: $172 Sat 10/30-12/18 1-2pm Instructor: Learn Now Music 120607-B R: $152 / NR: $172 Location: Community Room Instructor: Learn Now Music *Skip Dates: 11/27, 12/4 Location: Community Room *Skip Dates: 11/27, 12/4
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12 Falls Church Recreation and Parks GeneralDance Information Classes
Preschool Dance A Ages 2-3 Preschool Dance C Ages 4-5 DanceAbility A cheerful introduction to dance, A cheerful introduction to dance, Ages 3 & Up movement, and expression for 2 & 3 movement, and expression for 4 to 5 (Adaptive Movement for Dancers of year olds in a nurturing, playful, creative year olds in a nurturing, playful, creative Differing Abilities) environment. Emphasis will be placed on class structure. Students will focus on Meets only on the following Fridays: beginning ballet technique while we help ballet and tap basics while improving 9/24, 10/22, 11/19 & 12/10 our youngest dancers develop balance, coordination, flexibility, balance, rhythm A fun, inclusive, and adaptive movement coordination, and rhythm. Parents and and a love of dance. Preschool C students class allowing dancers of differing abilities guardians must stay on the premises but begin to learn terminology and structure to explore and experience the joy of dance not in the classroom. All dancers must of a more formal dance class. Parents or in a supportive and creative community. meet the class age requirement by the first guardians requested to stay on premises This class will introduce various styles of day of class. but not in the classroom. Ballet shoes and movement with a strong focus on creative Mon 9/20-12/13 4:15-4:45pm tap shoes, (or “noisy” shoes such as dress and imaginative dance for students of all 110202-A R: $100 / NR: $120 shoes) are recommended. physical and cognitive abilities. Activities Tue 9/21-12/14 9:30-10am Mon 9/20-12/13 5:45-6:30pm will stimulate gross and fine motor 110202-B R: $100 / NR: $120 110204-A R: $150 / NR: $170 skills, social development, and sensory, Sat 9/18-12/18 9:30-10am Tue 9/21-12/14 10:45-11:30am visual, and auditory processing skills 110202-C R: $100 / NR: $120 110204-B R: $150 / NR: $170 while encouraging exploration and self- Instructor: Every Body Dance Sat 9/18-12/18 12-12:45pm expression through dance in an exciting Location: Session A&B: Dance Left; Session C: 110204-C R: $150 / NR: $170 and supportive environment. Peer helpers Dance-Right Instructor: Every Body Dance will be present to encourage and guide. *Skip Dates: 10/11, 11/2, 11/27, 12/4 Location: Session A&B: Dance Left; Session C: No experience necessary! Dance-Right Fri 9/24-12/10 5:30-6:15pm *Skip Dates: 10/11, 11/2, 11/27, 12/4 120203-A R: $70 / NR: $90 Instructor: Every Body Dance Bop and Groove Ages 3-6 Location: Dance-Full *Skip Dates: 10/1, 10/8, 10/15, 10/29, 11/5, Does your little one love to dance around 11/12, 11/26, 12/3 the house to their favorite songs? If so, then this is the perfect class for your little mover. This high energy beginner dance Adrenaline Hip Hop class with teach your child the basics in Ages 5-12 years both jazz and hip hop helping to improve Our ADF hip-hop dancers will learn Preschool Dance B their rhythm, coordination and balance. the latest street dancing technique, Ages 3-4 Thu 9/23-12/16 5-6pm performance skills and confidence. Hip A cheerful introduction to dance, 110219-A R: $180 / NR: $200 Hop is an ever-evolving style performed movement, and expression for 3 to 4 Instructor: Adrenaline Staff to current hip-hop music. The Adrenaline year olds in a nurturing, playful, creative Location: Community Room Dance Force classes offer the ability to class structure. Students will focus on *Skip Dates: 11/4, 11/11, 11/25 improve hip-hop style, increase memory ballet and tap basics while improving and improve balance by staying grounded coordination, flexibility, balance, rhythm and strong through upper and lower body and a love of dance. Parents or guardians Storybook Ballet Ages 3-6 movement. Adrenaline’s experienced staff must stay on premises but not in the This ballet class will expose your brings excitement to this class with the classroom. Ballet shoes and tap shoes, little dancer to many of the classical latest hip-hop moves and age appropriate (or “noisy” shoes such as dress shoes) are ballet stories such as Sleeping Beauty, music! recommended. Cinderella and The Nutcracker through Ages 5-7 Mon 9/20-12/13 3:30-4:15pm literature, storytelling and music. Basic Wed 9/15-12/15 5-6pm 110203-A R: $150 / NR: $170 ballet concepts will be introduced to 120249-A R: $234 / NR: $254 Tue 9/21-12/14 10-10:45am lay a positive technical foundation (i.e.: Ages 8-12 110203-B R: $150 / NR: $170 positions, plies, etc.). Students will enjoy Mon 9/13-12/13 5:45-6:45pm Sat 9/18-12/18 11:15a-12pm being exposed to real ballet stories to 120249-B R: $234 / NR: $254 110203-C R: $150 / NR: $170 create a love for this classical art form! Instructor: Adrenaline Staff Instructor: Every Body Dance Fri 9/17-12/17 1-2pm Location: Community Room Location: Session A&B: Dance Left; Session C: 110221-A R: $234 / NR: $254 *Skip Dates: 10/11, 11/24 Dance-Right Instructor: Adrenaline Staff *Skip Dates: 10/11, 11/2, 11/27, 12/4 Location: Dance-Left *Skip Dates: 11/26 Fall 2021 13 DanceGeneral Classes Information
Ballet/Tap/Jazz 1 Ages 5-7 Ballet 1 & 2/3 Ages 5-12 This class will bring together elements Level 1: of ballet, tap, and jazz. Basic ballet This ballet class focuses on beginning principles, jazz technique, and the joyful ballet technique in a fun and encouraging rhythms of tap will expose your child to environment. A developmentally all the wonders of dance while improving appropriate starting point (or strength, flexibility, coordination, continuation from preschool classes) for rhythm and musicality. Students will be building the fundamentals of classical introduced to the terminology and skills ballet, this class is the perfect balance that are the building blocks for future of structured learning and creative dance training while having all kinds of expression. The primary goal of Ballet 1 fun. Tap shoes and ballet shoes required. is to help students build a love for this Dancewear or other form-fitting clothing classic form of dance and for students required. to feel successful while learning. No Dance for Music Theatre Mon 9/20-12/13 4:45-5:45pm experience necessary! Ages 5-18 120207-A R: $200 / NR: $220 Level 2/3: Level 1 &2: Thu 9/23-12/16 5:30-6:30pm This ballet class for older students Lured by the neon lights of Broadway? 120207-B R: $160 / NR: $180 provides outstanding technical This unique class brings together dance Sat 9/18-12/18 10-11am instruction in a positive and encouraging and theater in a celebration of the magic 120207-C R: $200 / NR: $220 environment. Class is a structured, of musical theater. We’ll focus on the Instructor: Every Body Dance classical ballet class designed to build dance techniques used to bring musicals Location: Session A: Dance Left; Session B&C: a love for this classic form of dance to life, including basic jazz, modern and Dance-Right while helping students to feel successful, lyrical dance steps, as well as building *Skip Dates: 10/11, 11/4, 11/11, 11/25, 11/27, increase coordination, balance, musicality, stage presence. With an emphasis on the 12/4 and general health. Perfect for older use of expression and drama through beginners as well as students looking for movement, this upbeat class is sure to be the next step after our Level 1 classes. No a real hit! experience necessary! Teen: Level 1 – Ages 5-7 Mon 9/20-12/13 6:15-7pm Have a teen who loves the stage and is 120208-A R: $150 / NR: $170 lured by the neon lights of Broadway? Sat 9/18-12/18 1:30-2:15p This unique class brings together dance and theater in a celebration of the magic 120208-B R: $150 / NR: $170 of musical theater. We’ll focus on the Level 2/3 – Ages 8-12 dance techniques used to bring musicals Thu 9/23-12/16 7:15-8:15p to life, including basic jazz, modern and 120208-C R: $160 / NR: $180 lyrical dance steps, as well as building Instructor: Every Body Dance stage presence. With an emphasis on the Location: Dance Left use of expression and drama through *Skip Dates: 10/11, 11/4, 11/11, 11/25, 11/27, movement, this upbeat class is sure to be 12/4 a real hit. Perfect for students who are involved in theater, voice or dance who want to bring those pieces together. Level 1 – Ages 5-7 Mon 9/20-12/13 5:30-6:15pm 120209-A R: $150 / NR: $170 Level 2 – Ages 8-10 Thu 9/23-12/16 5:30-7:15pm 120209-B R: $120 / NR: $140 Teen Musical Theatre – Ages 12-18 Thu 9/23-12/16 7:45-8:45pm 120209-C R: $160 / NR: $180 Instructor: Every Body Dance Location: Session A: Dance Right; Session B: Dance Left; Session C: Art Room *Skip Dates: 10/11, 11/4, 11/11, 11/25
14 Falls Church Recreation and Parks Dance Classes
Jazz/Hip Hop Ages 5-13 Latin Club Dances (Salsa, High-energy jazz class with a hip-hop flair Bachata, Merengue) and music that gets kids dancing. This Ages 16 & Up class teaches age-appropriate technique Easy, fun basic steps and turns to the 3 and fun moves that will light up the most popular club dances out there. You dance floor. A focus on building basic will be ready to hit the dance floor in no dance technique will improve balance, time. coordination, flexibility, and rhythm Wed 9/22-12/15 7:30-8:25pm through “street jazz” elements and a 150217-A R: $117 / NR: $137 variety of styles. Jazz shoes and dancewear Instructor: Marilu Ubas or other form-fitting clothing required. Location: Dance-Right Level 1 – Ages 5-7 *Skip Dates: 11/25 Wed 9/22-12/15 4:30-5:15pm 120210-A R: $150 / NR: $170 Social Ballroom Dancing Level 2 – Ages 8-10 Wed 9/22-12/15 5:15-6pm Ages 18 & Up 120210-B R: $150 / NR: $170 You don't need to be embarrassed at any more weddings! Become familiar with Level 3 – Ages 11-13 Adult Ballet Ages 15 & Up basic dances, such as the waltz, fox trot, Wed 9/22-12/15 6-7pm and swing in a short min-session so that 120210-C R: $200 / NR: $220 (Beginner-Intermediate Level) you comfortable on any dance floor. You Instructor: Every Body Dance No prior experience necessary but also appropriate for adults with prior dance are encouraged to sign up as a couple to Location: Dance-Left ensure a dancing partner. *Skip Dates: 11/24 experience. This class is designed for adults wishing to explore the art of Mon 9/20-11/15 7-8:15pm ballet, return to a former passion, refine 150214-A R: $96 / NR: $116 Teen Contemporary/ technical ability, or simply exercise in a Instructor: De Burnett Eddleman Lyrical Ages 12-18 fun, judgement-free studio environment. Location: Senior Center-Right *Skip Dates: 10/11 For those who love both the grace and Classes will consist of barre exercises the strength of dance! Lyrical dance is focusing on proper alignment, core a fusion of ballet and jazz, blending strength, control, and flexibility as well as the sustained, controlled movement center work introducing simple jumps, of ballet with the freedom, power and turns, and combinations. dynamics of jazz and modern dance. Sat 9/18-12/18 9-10am Students will learn lyrical technique along 150208-A R: $200 / NR: $220 with methods for expressing emotion Instructor: Every Body Dance through movement. Ballet shoes required. Location: Dance-Left Dancewear or other form-fitting clothing *Skip Dates: 11/27, 12/4 required. Thu 9/23-12/16 6:45-7:45pm All Level Line Dance 140200-A R: $160 / NR: $180 Ages 16 & Up Instructor: Every Body Dance Learn the popular line dances or just Location: Art Room come for the great exercise. Dance to *Skip Dates: 11/4, 11/11, 11/25 all genres of music like Top 40s, Latin, Country, Ballroom, Swing, Big Band, Motown, and more. Line dancing is one of the most fun dances out there because you can do it anywhere, and you do not need a partner! Wed 9/22-12/15 6:30-7:25pm 150213-A R: $117 / NR: $137 Instructor: Marilu Ubas Fee Reduction Program Location: Dance-Right Programa de Eeducción *Skip Dates: 11/25 de Tarifas www.fallschurchva.gov/FeeReduction
Fall 2021 15 GeneralTennis Information City of Falls Church / FirstServe Tennis 2021 FALL Tennis & Pickleball Program Tennis & Pickleball Everyone! Whatever your level of play, you are just a few hours of FirstServe Tennis instruction away from a lifelong love of racquet sports! Join FirstServe Tennis Academy on court for first-rate instructional programs for players of all abilities, junior to adult! Gregg Deinhart and Stephan Schlagenhauff are USPTA, PPR and Easitennis certified instructors who lead a talented staff teaching in a friendly, fun and supportive environment. By keeping class size small, students benefit from individual attention that leads to quick results. Player-coach lesson ratios are 6:1 or better for juniors and 5:1 for adult intro classes, making our ratios among the best, if not the best, in Northern Virginia for both athletic and academic programs. Tennis 2 Adult Drill, Rally & Play Ages 18 & Up Contact FirstServe Tennis for program, racquet/paddle and equipment Players with limited on-court experience recommendations. Private lessons are also available upon request. refine stroke production and learn how Email [email protected], call 703-868-8172 or visit www.tenniseveryone.net to play competitive points! Players drill for more information. strokes, develop rallying skills, and engage in point play. For players who have completed Tennis 1 or with coach's Tennis1&2: Rally Tennis 3: Transition to recommendation. Ratio 5:1. Fundamentals Ages 6-8 Matchplay Ages 10-14 Wed 9/22-11/17 8:50-10pm Players learn and review the fundamental This program teaches the skills necessary 150902-A R: $270 / NR: $290 strokes with emphasis on developing to play tennis matches for the first Instructor: FirstServe Tennis rallying skills. Due to Covid-19 time emphasizing serving and peer- Location: Cavalier Trail Court #1 precautions, a tennis racquet is required. to-peer hitting. Each session is a mix Contact FirstServe Tennis at 703-868- of instruction and match play. Ideal Adult Tennis 3: 8172 to purchase and have delivered to for players ready to transition from Intermediate Drill your first lesson. Player-Coach ratio is our Tennis 1&2 programs. Coach’s Ages 18 & Up 6:1. recommendation required by contacting Techniques for improved shot Ages 6-8 [email protected] before Wed 9/22-11/17 4:30-5:20pm registering. Ratio 6:1. making, tactics and strategy-based 120902-A R: $198 / NR: $218 Wed 9/22-11/17 7:30-8:40pm drilling combine with match play for 120905-A R: $248 / NR: $268 intermediate players. Ratio 8:1. Ages 8-10 Wed 9/15-11/17 9:05-10:35am Wed 9/22-11/17 5:30-6:20p Instructor: FirstServe Tennis 150903-A R: $299 / NR: $319 120902-B R: $198 / NR: $218 Location: Cavalier Trail Court #1 Wed 9/15-11/17 10:45am-12:15pm Ages 10-14 150903-B R: $299 / NR: $319 Wed 9/22-11/17 6:30-7:20pm Tennis 1- Adult Beginner Instructor: FirstServe Tennis 120902-C R: $198 / NR: $218 Ages 18 & Up Location: Cavalier Trail Court #1 Instructor: FirstServe Tennis Players new to the game learn the Location: Cavalier Trail Court #1 fundamental strokes: forehand, backhand, New! Adult Tennis 3: volleys, overhead and serve. Due to Covid-19 precautions, a tennis racquet Intermediate Drill PM is required. Contact FirstServe Tennis Ages 18 & Up at 703-868-8172 to purchase and have Techniques for improved shot making, delivered to your first lesson. Ratio 5:1. tactics and strategy-based drilling Wed 9/22-11/17 7:30-8:40pm combine with match play situations for 150901-A R: $270 / NR: $290 intermediate players. Ratio 5:1. Instructor: FirstServe Tennis Wed 9/22-11/17 8:50-10pm Location: Cavalier Trail Court #2 150904-A R: $270 / NR: $290 Instructor: FirstServe Tennis Location: Cavalier Trail Court #2
16 Falls Church Recreation and Parks Pickleball
Youth Pickleball Ages 7-12 Pickleball is a fun, fast-paced paddle sport that combines tennis, table tennis and badminton. Kids will learn the rules of the game, the basics and will practice their skills through games. Children will work together as a team while competing in fun, lightly competitive tournament style matches. This is a great game that can be played while distancing! Mon 9/13-11/8 4-5pm 120909-A R: $120 / NR: $140 Instructor: Baroody Camps Location: Cherry Street Court #1 *Skip Dates: 10/11
Pickleball 1 (Beginner) Ages 10-14 Through game-based instruction, participants are introduced to ball control skills and the basic strokes of this fun, Pickleball 2 (Adv. Pickleball Level 2 mini-tennis-like game. Pickleball paddles Beginner) Ages 15 & Up Ages 50 & Up and balls are provided. Please wear tennis Build on your skills to take your Build on your skills to take your game shoes. Ratio 6:1. game to the next level. Prior playing and your enjoyment of playing the Tue 9/14-11/9 5:30-6:20p experience required. Bring your own game to the next level. Learn how to 120906-A R: $176 / NR: $196 paddle. Pickleballs are provided. improve your dinks, volleys, forehands, Instructor: FirstServe Tennis Contact FirstServe Tennis for paddle backhands, overheads and serves. Prior Location: Cavalier Trail Court #1 recommendations or to purchase at playing experience required. Please wear *Skip Dates: 11/2 [email protected] tennis or court shoes. Please wear tennis shoes. Ratio 6:1 Mon 9/13-10/25* 1-1:55pm Pickleball 1 (Beginner) Tue 9/14-11/9 7:30-8:20pm 150906-A R: $90 / NR: $110 Mon 11/8-12/13 1-1:55pm Ages 15 & Up 150911-A R: $176 / NR: $196 Instructor: FirstServe Tennis 150906-B R: $90 / NR: $110 Pickleball is a fun, popular mini- Instructor: Helen White tennis-like game. You will learn all the Location: Cavalier Trail Court #1 *Skip Dates: 11/2 Location: Community Center 1/2 Gym Back basic strokes including dinks, volleys, Door forehands, backhands, and the serve and *Skip Dates: 10/11 how to keep score. Pickleball paddles Pickleball Level 1 and balls are provided. Please wear tennis Ages 50 & Up shoes. Ratio 6:1. Tue 9/14-11/9 6:30-7:20pm Get started the right way by learning the fundamentals of this fun, mini-tennis like 150910-A R: $176 / NR: $196 game. The course covers court etiquette, Instructor: FirstServe Tennis warming-up properly, and the basic Location: Cavalier Trail Court #1 Pickleball strokes (e.g., dinks, volleys *Skip Dates: 11/2 and the serve) and how to keep score. Pickleball paddles and balls are provided. Please wear tennis or court shoes. Mon 9/13-10/25* 2-2:55pm 150905-A R: $90 / NR: $110 Mon 11/8-12/13 2-2:55pm Fee Reduction Program 150905-B R: $90 / NR: $110 Programa de Eeducción Instructor: Helen White de Tarifas Location: Community Center 1/2 Gym Back www.fallschurchva.gov/FeeReduction Door *Skip Dates: 10/11 Fall 2021 17 Martial Arts Beginning Karate Intermediate Karate Japanese Swordsmanship Ages 7 & Up Ages 7 & Up Ages 13 & Up Curious about the martial arts for your We teach a range of martial arts classes Learn the ancient Samurai sword arts. child or taking the class with your child? for beginning adults and experienced Here you will be taught the stances, We teach basic blocks, punches, kicks, youngsters. Students who have earned postures, and movements in the use forms (katas) and self-defense techniques belts in other programs are welcome to of the Japanese sword. This class will common to many styles of martial arts. wear their uniforms and earned belts. include Iaijutsu sword-drawing and Our goal is to have fun learning martial We teach blocks, punches, kicks, forms cutting techniques Kenjutsu exercises. No arts. We do not have beginning students (katas), and self-defense techniques uniforms are required, and equipment is fighting each other as part of the class. common to many styles of martial arts. provided for beginning students. Students who have earned belts in other Sparring (supervised and controlled Mon 9/13-12/13 6-6:50pm programs are welcome to wear their fighting) is part of the class and protective 130510-A R: $117 / NR: $137 uniforms and earned belts. No equipment equipment is necessary. Advancement is Instructor: Dave Hacker or uniforms are necessary. Advancement is based on skill, not age. While uniforms based on skill, not age. More information Location: Teen Center are not required for beginning students, is available at www.StratfordKarate.org. *Skip Dates: 10/11 they are recommended for continuing Mon 9/13-12/13 7-8pm students. More information is available at 130505-A R: $117 / NR: $137 www.StratfordKarate.org. Instructor: Bill Kennedy & Dave Hacker Swordsmanship Demo Mon 9/13-12/13 8:15-9:15pm Location: Dance-Right Want to learn more about 130506-A R: $117 / NR: $137 *Skip Dates: 10/11 Japanese Swordsmanship? Thu 9/9-12/16 7-8pm Join us August 18 at 6:30pm 130506-B R: $99 / NR: $119 at the Community Center for a Introduction To Olympic Instructor: Richard Hathaway & Bill Kennedy demonstration by the Fencing Ages 7-12 Location: Dance-Right class instructor Nova Fencing Club welcomes kids ages *Skip Dates: 9/16, 10/11, 11/4, 11/11, 11/25 with some helpers. 7 to 12 to our Introduction to Fencing program. The class teaches and reinforces the fundamentals of fencing such as Explore Archery footwork, handwork and the rules in Ages 8 & Up Introduction To Olympic a fun and exciting atmosphere. The We are introducing the sport of Archery Fencing Ages 13 & Up fundamentals are reinforced with games to all ages at Nova Fencing Club. Nova Fencing Club welcomes teens and and activities that emphasize critical These Sunday classes are taught by a adults ages 13 and up to our Introduction thinking and quick decision-making as professional Olympic Archery instructor to Fencing program. The class teaches and well as necessary physical attributes such and are through the US Archery reinforces the fundamentals of fencing as overall conditioning and quick reaction Association. Learn the basics of Olympic such as footwork, handwork and the rules times. All equipment is included. archery. We cover range safety and proper in a fun and exciting atmosphere. The Tue 9/14-11/2 4-5pm shooting form. Our archery program is fundamentals are reinforced with games 120521-A R: $150 / NR: $170 an instructional program for all levels and and activities that emphasize critical Mon & Fri 9/13-10/8 6-7pm interests in target archery – from beginner thinking and quick decision-making as 120521-D R: $150 / NR: $170 to serious competitor. It is complete well as necessary physical attributes such Tue & Thu 9/14-10/7 6-7pm training for new and developing archers. as overall conditioning and quick reaction 120521-E R: $150 / NR: $170 All equipment is provided and classes times. All equipment is included. Mon & Fri 10/11-11/5 6-7pm are taught in our indoor facility. Nova Mon & Thu 9/13-10/7 7-8pm 120521-F R: $150 / NR: $170 Fencing Club is an official vendor for US 150522-C R: $150 / NR: $170 Tue & Thu 10/12-11/9 6-7pm Archery Association. Mon & Thu 10/11-11/4 7-8pm 120521-G R: $150 / NR: $170 Wed 9/22-10/27 4-4:50pm 150522-D R: $150 / NR: $170 Mon & Fri 11/15-12/13 6-7pm 120534-A R: $175 / NR: $195 Mon & Thu 11/8-12/6 7-8pm 120521-H R: $150 / NR: $170 Wed 11/3-12/15 4-4:50pm 150522-E R: $150 / NR: $170 Tue & Thu 11/16-12/14 6-7pm 120534-B R: $175 / NR: $195 Instructor: NOVA Fencing Club 120521-I R: $150 / NR: $170 Instructor: NOVA Fencing Club Location: Nova Fencing Club Instructor: NOVA Fencing Club Location: Nova Fencing Club *Skip Dates: 11/26 Location: Nova Fencing Club *Skip Dates: 11/24 *Skip Dates: 11/25, 11/26
18 Falls Church Recreation and Parks Martial Arts, Yoga & Fitness Advanced Karate YOGA AND FITNESS Ages 16 & Up WERQ Dance Fitness Pilates With Props If you have significant martial arts Ages 13 & Up Ages 18 & Up experience and are looking for a place to train, please join us. We are not training WERQ is the Enjoy the benefits of Pilates to strengthen assassins. We have a relatively experienced fiercely fun dance the body’s core, enhance balance and group that practices advanced blocks, fitness class based muscle control, increase flexibility and kicks, punches, self-defense techniques, on pop, rock, and range of motion, develop proper body katas, sparring, and weapons techniques. hip-hop music. The warm up previews alignment, and connect mind to muscles Sparring is an optional part of the class. the dance steps in class and the cool using the breath and mental focus. Pilates Uniforms and hand & feet protection down combines yoga-inspired static with Props employs small equipment are required for sparring. We have stretching and balance poses. WERQ is techniques to extend the range of more information online at www. taught by Certified Fitness Professionals, intensity and numerous benefits of Pilates StratfordKarate.org. so the WERQout is safe and effective. mat exercises. All levels welcome. You will Thu 9/9-12/16 8:15-9:15p Class will meet on the basketball court need a yoga mat, a 55-cm burst-resistant 130507-A R: $99 / NR: $119 in Cherry Hill Park. In the event of exercise ball, a 7-9-inch mini exercise Instructor: Rick Hathaway inclement weather, class will be held ball, and a 6-foot flex band. For the first class meeting only, no props are needed Location: Dance-Right inside the Community Center. and the instructor will answer any props *Skip Dates: 9/16, 11/4, 11/11, 11/25 Daily drop-ins are available for $15/ class - if participating via drop-in, arrive questions. early and pay at the front desk of the Tue 9/14-12/14 7-7:55pm Tai Chi & Qi Gong Community Center before class. 150409-A R: $156 / NR: $176 Ages 16 & Up Mon 9/13-12/13 6-7pm Instructor: BodyMoves Fitness, LLC Please join Grandmaster Cook, a 54-year 150429-A R: $130 / NR: $150 Location: Community Room practitioner of Classical Period Chinese Instructor: Sarah Barry *Skip Dates: 11/2 Martial Arts in this Tai Chi And Qi Location: Cherry Hill Park Basketball Court Gong class. The class will include Body Inclement Weather Location: Art Room Yoga for Fitness Mechanics and Balance Exercises, Deep *Skip Dates: 10/11, 11/1 Ages 18 & Up Breathing/ Stretching exercises of Qi Gong (Breath Work) and the learning Fundamentals of yoga practice are and practice of Tai Qi Chuan Forms. Gentle Yoga Ages 18 & Up presented, including asanas (poses), The movements in the exercises and Through a series of traditional and breathing techniques, and body forms are flowing and gentle yet develop modified yoga postures and breathing awareness, in a dynamic workout that mental focus, physical stability while techniques, this accessible class is includes stretching, strength-building, moving, muscle tone, breath control and designed to enhance flexibility, balance and complete relaxation. Participants flexibility. The exercises and forms are and functional strength. Attainable work safely to restore/increase flexibility excellent for any person regardless of age. poses at a beginner level stimulate the and range of motion, build stamina, and Younger athletes will learn skills that will mind, body and spirit. No previous improve coordination and balance. All enhance performance in any sport while yoga experience is required to enjoy the levels welcome. You will need a yoga mat. Tue 9/14-12/14 8-8:55pm older people will gain strength, flexibility benefits of this stress-reducing format. All and greatly improve the sense of balance. levels welcome. You will need a yoga mat. 150411-A R: $156 / NR: $176 Tue 9/14-12/14 6-7pm Thu 9/23-12/16 10-10:55am Instructor: BodyMoves Fitness, LLC 150506-A R: $165 / NR: $185 150402-A R: $120 / NR: $140 Location: Community Room Instructor: Grandmaster Jeff Cook Instructor: BodyMoves Fitness, LLC *Skip Dates: 11/2 Location: Art Room Location: Community Room *Skip Dates: 11/2 *Skip Dates: 11/4, 11/11, 11/25
Fee Reduction Program Programa de Eeducción de Tarifas www.fallschurchva.gov/FeeReduction
Fall 2021 19 Fitness Total Body: Strength, Weekend Workout Due to class size Conditioning and Mashup Ages 14 & Up limitations, we are not yet Endurance Ages 14 & Up Start your weekend with an energizing offering our Drop-in Class Class will include resistance, power and workout that revs up your metabolism Punch Cards. cardio exercises to develop strength, over- and increases your energy levels. Class will all conditioning and endurance. Class incorporate strength and cardiovascular taught by Certified Personal Trainer/ exercises utilizing a new format each week. Barre Low Impact Group Fitness Instructor. Participants can Classes taught by certified Personal Train- Workout Ages 14 & Up register for either in-person or online. On- er/Group Fitness/Barre Certified trainer. Low impact total body workout incorpo- line participants will not be supervised by Participants can register for either in- the instructor and are responsible for their person or online. Online participants rating simple moves and exercises focused safety and the safety of their surroundings. will not be supervised by the instructor on balance, core strength and flexibility. Those participating online will receive the and are responsible for their safety and Classes taught by certified Personal Train- class link prior to the first class. the safety of their surroundings. Those er/Group Fitness/Barre Certified trainer. participating online will receive the class It is recommended that this class be done Community Center: Mon 9/13-12/20 5:45-6:45pm link prior to the first class. barefoot or in yoga/barre socks but it can 150433-A1 R: $84 / NR: $104 Community Center: also be done in athletic shoe. Wed 9/15-12/15 8:45-9:45am Sat 9/18-12/18 8:45-9:45am Participants can register for either in- 150433-B1 R: $78 / NR: $98 150448-A1 R: $78 / NR: $98 person or online. Online participants will Thu 9/23-12/16 5:45-6:45pm Vrtual: not be supervised by the instructor and 150433-C1 R: $60 / NR: $80 Sat 9/18-12/18 8:45-9:45am are responsible for their safety and the 150448-A2 R: $78 / NR: $98 safety of their surroundings. Those par- Virtual: Mon 9/13-12/20 5:45-6:45pm Instructor: Pam Doran ticipating online will receive the class link Location: Virtual Class prior to the first class. 150433-A2 R: $84 / NR: $104 Wed 9/15-12/15 8:45-9:45am *Skip Dates: 11/27, 12/4 Community Center: Wed 9/22-12/15 5:45-6:45pm 150433-B2 R: $78 / NR: $98 150449-A1 R: $72 / NR: $92 Thu 9/23-12/16 5:45-6:45pm NTL- Never Too Late Sat 9/18-12/18 10-11am 150433-C2 R: $60 / NR: $80 Ages 55 & Up 150449-B1 R: $72 / NR: $92 Instructor: Pam Doran Don't believe that nonsense that you have Location: Virtual Class Virtual: to live with all those "growing old" prob- Wed 9/22-12/15 5:45-6:45pm *Skip Dates: 10/11, 11/4, 11/11, 11/24, 11/25 lems. Join our Seniors Fitness Program' 150449-A2 R: $72 / NR: $92 instructed by a Certified Personal Trainer Sat 9/18-12/18 10-11am Kickboxing Ages 14 & Up – Senior Fitness Specialist/ Corrective 150449-B2 R: $72 / NR: $92 exercise specialist/Performance Enhance- Class will incorporate warm-up, upper Instructor: Pam Doran ment Specialist/ MMA Conditioning and lower body kickboxing techniques Specialist/ Fitness Nutrition Specialist, Location: Virtual Class and routines and cool down stretching. All and learn how you can fight-back, and *Skip Dates: 11/24, 11/27, 12/4 moves designed to work all major muscle W-I-N. Class will focus on improving groups for strength and cardio workout. balance, stability, cardiovascular endur- Participants can work at their fitness level. ance, strength, flexibility and most im- Class taught by Certified Personal Trainer/ portantly, core strengthening; building Group Fitness Instructor. Participants can a stronger and more stable foundation. register for either in-person or online. On- And greatly reducing the risk of falling. line participants will not be supervised by All while meeting new people, making the instructor and are responsible for their new friends, and having a great time! All safety and the safety of their surroundings. students are to bring an exercise mat and Those participating online will receive the light (2-8 lb. dumbbells). class link prior to the first class. T&Th 9/14-12/16 10-11a Community Center: 160408-A R: $414 / NR: $434 Tue 9/14-12/21 5:45-6:45pm Tue 9/14-12/14 10-11a 150436-A1 R: $84 / NR: $104 160408-B R: $234 / NR: $254 Virtual: Thu 9/23-12/16 10-11a Tue 9/14-12/21 5:45-6:45pm 160408-C R: $180 / NR: $200 150436-B1 R: $84 / NR: $104 Instructor: Capfit/Chris Ellis Instructor: Pam Doran Location: Back half of the Gym Location: Virtual Class *Skip Dates: 9/16, 11/2, 11/4, 11/11, 11/25 *Skip Dates: 11/2 20 Falls Church Recreation and Parks Teen Programs After School Rec Club Grades 6-12 Kings Dominion Ages 11-15 Membership in the ARC- After-school Rec Club is FREE and gives 6-12 graders Do you like roller coasters? Ride the access to open gym and gives 6-8 graders exclusive access to the Teen Center at the Anaconda, Dominator, Flight of Fear, Community Center (223 Little Falls St.) on school days from 3pm-6pm. Intimidator 305, Twisted Timbers and Beginning this fall, After-school Rec Club membership is required for 6-12 more. Please bring money for meals and graders who hang out at the Community Center on weekday afternoons. souvenirs. We will eat lunch at the park Register today for the entire 2021-2022 school year – it’s free! www.fallschurchva. and dinner on the way home. gov/RecClub Sat: 10/16 9am-10pm 141403-A $55 Rec Club members in grades 6-8 have exclusive use of the Teen Center from 3-6pm Instructor: Recreation Department Staff on school days. In addition to air hockey, ping pong, shuffleboard, and pool, we will have theme days: Location: Trip departs from and returns to the Falls Church Community Center Mondays: Xbox Tuesdays: Movie Day – starts at 4pm Ages 10-14 Wednesdays: Crafts & Laughs The St. James Thursdays:Switch The St. James is a premier destination for sports, wellness and entertainment. Fridays: Gamers Choice & Board Games On this trip, we will explore the super, Please note: Masks and social distancing are not required/enforced. Individuals awesome and amazing parts of the facility fully vaccinated for COVID-19 are not required to wear a mask. Masks are including the Trampoline Court, the Nerf strongly recommended for those not vaccinated. These conditions are subject to Battle Zone, the Indoor Rock Climbing change. There may be unvaccinated individuals in this program. We encourage all Structure, a Ninja Warrior Course and individuals who are eligible to be vaccinated to do so. more! Participants must wear closed toed shoes and socks. Bring additional money for dinner. Teen Work List Grades 9-12 Midnight Madness Sat: 11/13 5:30-9:30pm Are you a 9th-12th grader looking to Grades 5-8 141404-A $50 make money? If so, join our Teen Work Hang with friends and play dodgeball or Instructor: Recreation Department Staff List. Residents contact us when they knockout, have a dance party or join in Location: Trip departs from and returns to the need someone to perform jobs such as an air hockey or ping pong tournament Falls Church Community Center babysitting, yard work, dog-walking and at our monthly parties. Activities will vary snow shoveling. We will then contact you each month. Pizza and soda are available via email with a job description and the for sale. Participants must be signed out resident’s contact information. Simply fill by a parent or guardian. out an application and forward by email Fee: $5 (cash only) Time: 7pm-12am to [email protected]. Dates: September 10, October 29, November 19, For more information, contact and December 17 (703) 248-5027. The Adventure Park Ice Skating Ages 10-15 Teen Council Grades 6-8 Ages 11-15 Join us for an afternoon of ice skating at the National Gallery of Art, Sculpture Teen Council is an opportunity for teens Participants will visit The Adventure Garden. Please bring $18.50 (cash) for to volunteer in the community, with Park at Sandy Springs Friends School. entrance, ice skate rental and a locker as the mission to empower teens with core They will spend the day in the trees with well as a metro card preloaded with at values of leadership, accountability and a friends on routes with different levels least $10.00. Please also bring additional heart for service. Participants may go on a of difficulty at this ropes course park. money for snacks. service field trip. Participants must wear closed toed shoes and socks. Please bring a packed snack. Wed: 12/1 1:30-6pm Simply fill out an application and forward 141405-A $5 recreation@fallschurchva. Climbing gloves are also recommended. by email to Instructor: Recreation Department Staff gov. For more information, contact (703) Sat: 9/25 10am-4pm 141402-A $45 Location: Trip departs from and returns to the 248-5027. Falls Church Community Center Instructor: Recreation Department Staff Location: Trip departs from and returns to the Falls Church Community Center
Fall 2021 21 TEEN COUNCIL 2021-2022
What is Teen Council? To be completed by the participant: Teen Council is a group of fun and fascinating teens By joining, I am making a commitment to attend all meetings and that participate in monthly volunteer projects. activities and to actively participate. This includes being on time, behaving and genuinely offering my ideas and opinions. By signing What is the mission of Teen below, I agree to put forth my best effort as a member. Council? The mission of our Teen Council is to empower teens Name: ______with the core values of leadership, accountability, and a heart for service. Phone number: ______
Email: ______How do I join? Anyone in grades 6-8 can join Teen Council. Signature: ______Teen Council is FREE to join. Simply fill out an application, get a parent or guardian signature, and drop off at the Falls Church Community Center or To be completed by parent/guardian: email to Recreation @fallschurchva.gov. I understand that there may be risk inherent in any activity, including exercise, and I acknowledge that I have been advised to What activities do members seek the advice of a medical doctor before I or my child participates in this program. I and my child agree to assume all risks of illness participate in? or injury resulting from participation in the program. I understand Members participate in monthly planning meetings, that the City of Falls Church makes no representations as to the volunteer projects, social gatherings. Meetings are safety of this program for me. I and my child hereby waive and held the first Monday of each month at 4:30 in release the City of Falls Church, its agents, officers and employees, the Teen Center. Meetings are held from October including the program instructor, from and against all claims for through June. Members also assist with special events illness or injury directly resulting from my participation in this such as the Halloween Carnival and the Easter Egg program. Hunt. Parent/Guardian Signature: ______
Date: ______
Falls Church Teen Center 703-248-5027 (TTY 711) 223 Little Falls Street www.fallschurchVA.gov/Teens Falls Church, VA 22046 [email protected]
The City of Falls Church is committed to the letter and spirit of the Americans with Disabilities Act. To request a reasonable accommodation for any type of disability call 703-248-5077 (TTY 711).
22 Falls Church Recreation and Parks Teen Work List Are you looking for work to make some extra money? If so, place your name on our teen work list for possible work opportunities. When residents need someone to do jobs such as babysitting, yard work, snow shoveling, dog walking, or other, they contact us and we contact you by email.
Teen’s Name: ______
E-mail Address:______Parent’s Name: ______PLEASE PRINT NEATLY Grade as of Fall 2021: ______Phone: ______
Snow Shoveling List The snow shoveling list works differently from the Teen Work List. If you sign up to be on the snow shoveling list, we will give your phone number directly to individuals who need snow shoveled.
______Yes, I want to be on the snow shoveling list. ______No, thank you.
I am the parent/guardian of the above named person and hereby give the City of Falls Church Permission to place my child on the Teen Work List. In doing so, I hereby release and waive the City of Falls Church from any liability, for injury or damage to person or property that may arise from my child’s name being placed on this list. I understand that it is a referral list, and that it is my child’s responsibility to contact potential employers and to negotiate terms and conditions of employment. I understand that there may be risks inherent in any activity, including exercise, and I acknowledge that I have been advised to seek the advice of a medical doctor before I or my child participates in this program. I and my child agree to assume all risks of illness or injury resulting from participation in the program(s) noted above. I understand that the City of Falls Church makes no representations as to the safety of this program for me. I and my child hereby waive and release the City of Falls Church, its agents, officers and employees, including the program instructor, from and against all claims for illness or injury directly resulting from my participation in this program.
______Signature of Parent/Guardian Date
The City of Falls Church is committed to the letter and spirit of the Americans with Disabilities Act. To request a reasonable accommodation for any type of disability call 703-248-5077 (TTY 711).
Fall 2021 23 Sports YOUTH SPORTS Love the Ball Mini Kickers Youth Flag Football Soccer Clinics Ages 4-5 Grades 2-9 Love the Ball Mommy & Registration for the clinics started May Early Bird Registration: June 28th – July 18th Me Soccer Clinics Ages 2-3 3rd and will stay open until filled. This Resident: $110 / Non-Resident: $130 Regular Registration: July 19th – August 29th Registration for the clinics started May class builds upon the skills learned in the 3rd and will stay open until filled. Love Mommy and Me Soccer class developing Resident: $120 / Non-Resident: $140 the Ball soccer clinics are designed to new skills including independence, Falls Church Recreation & Parks teach participants to love the ball and the confidence, decision making and Department will be hosting our annual game of soccer. Each 45 minute session sportsmanship. Each 45 minute session youth flag football league this fall. allows participants to have a soccer ball ensures player interaction with the coach This program is a co-ed, non-contact, the entire session, playing games that and peers by using fantasy based themes, 5-on-5 league that focuses on teaching increase their balance, co-ordination such as space ships, pirates or vehicles the fundamentals of football in a fun, and control with a soccer ball. Parents to engage young minds in the beautiful competitive, and safe environment. are encouraged to do the drills as well game. Clinics run from September 8th- League will be run on Saturday evenings as the children to encourage children November 1st. Ages are as of September at Meridian High School starting mid- participation. Sessions ensure player 1st, 2020. Clinics run from September afternoon each week. Volunteer coaches interaction with the coach and peers 8th-November 1st. Ages are as of are needed. Please contact Jimmy Ruby by using fantasy based themes such as September 30th, 2021. for more details at 703-248-5027. space ships, pirates or vehicles to engage Mon: 9/13-11/1* 4-4:45pm Location: Meridian Turf Field young minds in the beautiful game and 631104-B R: $115 / NR: $135 600000-A: Grades 2/3 encourage play and laughter. Clinics run *No class date 10/11 600000-B: Grades 4/5 from September 8th-November 1st. Ages Wed: 9/8-10/20 4-4:45pm 600000-C: Grades 6/7 are as of September 30th, 2021. 631104-D R: $115 / NR: $135 600000-D: Grades 8/9 Mon: 9/13-11/1* 3-3:45pm Location: Larry Graves Field 631104-A R: $115 / NR: $135 Sat: 9/11-10/30* 10-10:45am House League Basketball *No class date 10/11 631104-H R: $115 / NR: $135 Grades 2-12 Wed: 9/8-10/20 3-3:45pm Sat: 9/11-10/30* 11-11:45am 631104-C R: $115 / NR: $135 631104-I R: $115 / NR: $135 Registration for boys and girls house basketball league Location: Larry Graves Field Sat: 9/11-10/30* 11-11:45am teams runs from Septem- Sat: 9/11-10/30* 9-9:45am 631104-J R: $115 / NR: $135 ber 27th through October 631104-E R: $115 / NR: $135 *No class date 10/9 24th.Teams will be formed Sat: 9/11-10/30* 9-9:45am Location: Madison Park Field by grade and drafted into 631104-F R: $115 / NR: $135 teams and will participate in our winter Sat: 9/11-10/30* 10-10:45am Fall Soccer house league. Practices and games will 631104-G R: $115 / NR: $135 be scheduled in area gyms; practice and *No class date 10/9 (Grades Kindergarten-12th Grade) game times vary by teams. Volunteer Location: Madison Park Field Early Bird Registration: July 5th - July 18th coaches and paid referees are needed! Resident: $110 Non-Resident: $130 Call 703-248-5027 for more info. Regular Registration: July 19th – August 8th Early Bird Registration: Resident: $125 Non-Resident: $145 September 27th – October 10th Teams will be formed by grade and will 2nd/3rd Grade participate in either Falls Church or the Resident: $130 / Non-Resident: $150 Arlington Soccer Association. Practices 4th Grade & above and games will be held at nearby fields; Resident: $145 / Non-Resident: $165 times vary by team. Practices start after Regular Registration: Labor Day and games go through early October 11th – October 24th November. Volunteer coaches are needed. 2nd/3rd Grade For more information on registration, Resident: $145 / Non-Resident: $165 fees, and league rule information, call 4th Grade & above 703-248-5027. Resident: $160 / Non-Resident: $180
24 Falls Church Recreation and Parks Youth & Adult Sports Select League Basketball Adult Fall Co-ed Soccer Age Groups – Boys/Girls 5th For more information, call 703-248- Grade, 6th Grade, 7th Grade, 5027 and ask for Jimmy Ruby. 8th Grade Registration – Players will register once accepted to a team. For those basketball players interested in a more competitive and highly skilled environment, Falls Church Rec & Parks will sponsor several teams in the FCYBL Select Basketball League. All players will be required to tryout and be selected to the age appropriate team. Tryouts will start Annual Run the 1st week of October. Teams will be formed based on need. There will not for the Schools necessarily be teams in each age/gender 5K Race or 1 Mile Fun group. Contact Jimmy Ruby at 703- Run/Walk 248-5027 for further information. Fall Men’s Basketball Sunday, 8am League September 12, 2021 Registration: Join 800+ runners and walkers to ADULT SPORTS July 12th – August 15th (Teams Only) support the Falls Church Education League play starts at the beginning Foundation and FCCPS. The 5K Fall Co-ed Volleyball of September and runs through the run/1 mile walk is during Fall Festival Registration: beginning of November. Various levels of weekend and is a USATF Certified July 12th – August 15th (Teams Only) competition are offered. Registration is course that winds through the tree lined streets of historic Falls Church League play starts the beginning of on a team-basis only and team members City, a mix of hills and flat stretches. September and runs through the must be 18 years or older. Call 703-248- beginning of November. Registration is 5027 for registration form, fees, and The Start/Finish is at 300 Block of on a team-basis only and team members league rules. Park Avenue. Advanced Race timing, must be 18 years or older. Games are Fees: $850 per team Cash and Equipment Prizes for top played primarily on Tuesdays and runners and teams, Performance Thursdays. Call 703-248-5027 for Winter Men’s T-shirts, Post-Race Family and Awards registration form, fees, and league rules. Basketball League Party and more! Fees: $325 Registration: For more information and to November 1st – November 28th register please visit: www.fcedf.org/ (Teams Only) runfortheschools Proceeds will Various levels of competition are benefit the Falls Church Education offered and play begins in January and Foundation, a 501(c)3 organization, played primarily on Sunday afternoons. and the Falls Church City Public Registration is on a team-basis only and Schools. team members must be 18 years or older. For more information, call 703-248- 5027. Fall Women’s Volleyball Fees: $850 per team Registration: July 12th – August 15th (Teams Only) League play starts the beginning of September and runs through the beginning of November. Registration is on a team-basis only and team members Fee Reduction Program must be 18 years or older. Games are Programa de Eeducción played primarily on Mondays and de Tarifas Wednesdays. Call 703-248-5027 for www.fallschurchva.gov/FeeReduction registration form, fees, and league rules. Fees: $265 Fall 2021 25 Falls Church Senior Center COME JOIN A FALLS CHURCH CLUB!
The City of Falls Church Garden Club Lunch Bunch Club Concert Band The Falls Church Garden Club is a City Come join us for a lunch outing on the The City of Falls Church Concert Band sponsored local horticultural organization second Monday every month except is a community band that performs an open to anyone. Annual membership is when a holiday falls and then we will entertaining mixture of marches, classical $15 or $20 for two at the same address. meet on the third Monday. You are pieces, Broadway show medleys, regional The Club meets the first Monday of the responsible for your own meal. tunes, and American classics. Membership month, with the exception of January, September – Anthony’s September 13 is open without audition to all concert July and August. Meetings are held in October – Denny’s, October 18 band musicians from all over the area. the American Legion Post 130 building November – Outback, November 8 Music Director Robert Little brings not at 400 N. Oak Street in Falls Church at December- Red Lobster, December 13 only a lot of musical experience and 7:30 pm., and feature garden specialists professionalism to the band, but also who share their knowledge on various a friendly, lighthearted atmosphere. gardening topics. Come meet and make Falls Church Military Rehearsals are held on Wednesday nights new friends, enjoy the best cookies History Forum 7:45 to 9:45 p.m. at Meridian High in town and you may win a prize! All dates below are scheduled in-person School, 7124 Leesburg Pike, in Falls Additional activities include club trips, at: 223 Little Falls St., Falls Church, VA Church. Visit the band website at www. visits to private/public gardens, plant 22046 fallschurchconcertband.org exchanges and a SPRING Plant Sale. Proceeds fund the Club’s programs and 2021 - 2022 Program Schedule administrative costs and support the 10am-Noon Bridge Club community through charitable donations September 10, 2021: Jeff Hunt: Last Social Bridge – Meets every Monday to garden-related organizations. A Battle of the Civil War, Palmetto Ranch at 10am. Come spend the day playing monthly newsletter is also published with bridge in a friendly and pleasant news of club activities and special events. September 24, 2021: Dianne Smith: atmosphere. This is a social game setting. More information? Be sure to check our Military History Bowl Contract Bridge – Meets every Friday website www.fallschurchgardenclub.org October 8, 2021: Ernie Marshall: Rear at 10am. Come spend the day playing and our Facebook page. Admiral Herbert Victor Wiley: A Career bridge in a friendly but competitive in Airships and Battleships setting. This club is for the more serious Knitting and Crocheting October 22, 2021: bridge player. Ed Marolda: History Club of the Washing Navy Yard Every Thursday at 10am in the Senior November 5, 2021: Sonny Busa: TBD Language Club Center. Knitting and Crocheting for all Spanish Conversation- Wednesdays at skill levels. Work on own projects. This is November 19, 2021: Harry Miller: 10:45am not a teaching class. 740th Tank Battalion in WWII (WWII Vet) Italian Conversation - Wednesdays at 1:30pm Golden Age Bingo Club December 3, 2021: John McGowan: French Conversation-Thursdays at 10am Customs and Border Protection Passenger The Bingo club meets from 10am- Operations: Pushing the Border Outward German Conversation is looking for a 1:30pm every Tuesday in the Senior volunteer to facilitate. Center for adults 50 and over. Come play December 17, 2021: James Morningstar: Come sit back, relax and enjoy some great some bingo, have fun, socialize and meet Philippine guerrillas in WW2 conversation. All levels of conversation new friends. Besides bingo, the group has welcomed. Some knowledge of the For dates January – June 2022, raffle drawings, parties, and goes on trips. www.fallschurchva.gov/ language is expected, these are not please visit This group is run by seniors. Small fee of seniorcenter teaching clubs. Please call the Senior 25 cents per card apply. Center at 703-248-5020 for more information.
Looking to Start a Club? Please call the Senior Center at 703- 248-5020 for more information.
26 Falls Church Recreation and Parks Falls Church Senior Center The Falls Church Senior Center is located in the Falls Church Community Center and operated by the Recreation & Parks Department. A wide range of activities and SPECIAL SENIOR programs are offered Monday-Friday from 9am-3pm. CENTER PROGRAMS
SENIOR CENTER ACTIVITIES September: Fall Celebration Wednesday, September 29 at 1:30pm Armchair Fitness Military History October: Halloween Bingo Bash Exercise with us every Wednesday from Hear from authors, historians, and those Wednesday, October 27 at 10am- 10-10:30am. with first-hand accounts about events 1:30pm that shook the world. Alternate Fridays at Armchair Travel 10am-Noon. (Community Room) November: See the world from the comfort of your Thanksgiving Program chair! Join us on the third Thursday of Mixed Games Wednesday, November 18 at 10:30pm each month at 1pm. Every Tuesday and Wednesday at December: Christmas Party 1:30pm. Ballroom Dancing Wednesday, December 15 at 10:30am Every 2nd Thursday from 1:00-2:45pm. Modified Senior Yoga Every Friday at 2:30pm. Reservations are Blood Pressure Screening required. (Community Room) SENIOR LIBRARY Held every other Tuesday from 9am- PROGRAMS 10am. Oil and Acrylic Painting Every Friday from 12:30-3pm. Open Bingo Studio. Work on your own projects. (Art New Yorker Article Meets every Wednesday from 10am- Room) Program 1:30pm. Do you enjoy reading The New Yorker Pickleball Hand and Foot but wish you had someone to chat Every Monday and Wednesdays from about it with? Drop into the bimonthly If you are up for the challenge, or would 9:30am-12:30pm (Gym) and Tuesday New Yorker reading group to share like to socialize and play a friendly game, and Thursday at Cavalier Park from your thoughts on what you’ve read in a play Canasta with us every Thursday at Noon-3pm. 9:30am. variety of articles. The group meets on Pinnochle the first Thursday of the month from Foreign Language Conversation Every Monday 12:30pm-3pm. 2-3 pm. Please pick up the article at the Groups circulation desk at the Mary Riley Styles All groups looking for new members. Rummikub Challenge Public Library. A librarian will coordinate Informal, drop-in groups meet weekly: Come every Wednesday at 1:30pm and the discussions. Hope to see you there. play a friendly game of Rummikub with First program is September 2. Some knowledge of the language is friends and staff. expected. These are not teaching clubs. Scrabble Wednesdays Spanish Conversation at Arm Chair Travel: Come every Tuesday at 1:30pm and play 10:45am and Italian conversation at See the world from the comfort of your a friendly game of Scrabble with friends. 1:30pm. chair! Join us on the third Thursday of Trivia each month at 1 pm to watch a video Thursdays:French conversation at 10am. Come join us every Wednesday at about a different part of the world. Golden Age Bingo Club 10:45am for some mixed trivia. Meets in the FC Teen Center (223 Little Meets every Tuesday from 10am-1:30pm. Falls St.). No registration required. This Walking Group program is sponsored by the FC Senior Knitting and Crocheting Every 1st and 3rd Monday at 1pm. Center & Mary Riley Styles Public Come knit and crochet with us. All levels Watercolor/Drawing Open Studio Library. encouraged. Every Thursday at 10am. Every Friday from 9:30am-12:30pm. September 16: Barcelona & Madrid Lunch Bunch Club Open Studio. Work on your own Come join the Senior Center staff in a projects. (Art Room) October 21: America’s National Parks: lunch outing at different local restaurant Yosemite and Olympic each second Monday of the month at November 18: Secrets of Westminster Noon. Bring your appetite! New programs coming in Fall: December 16: Book Club, Creative Crafts, Cribbage, Thailand 703-248- Please call the Senior Center at Gin Rummy, Line Dancing, 5020 tbrowand@fallschurchva. or email Mahjong, Poetry Club, and Zumba gov for more information.
Fall 2021 27 Falls Church Senior Center Senior Center Bingocize! Future Class Suggestions NEW Modified Yoga Come join us. CLASS BY Please call the Senior Center at 703-248- Iyengar trained instructor, Bingocize is a fun way ELDERLINK 5020 or email tbrowand@fallschurchva. Patrice Lepczyk will focus to be active and learn gov with any class suggestions for the on adapting classic yoga at the same time! Bingocize is a 10- week future. poses with special attention to alignment evidence based program that combines for those in any condition. Yoga helps the game of bingo with fall prevention to build balance, strength and flexibility exercises (seated or standing). Play bingo, and is accessible to everyone. Props are meet others, and exercise together, while supplied but you are welcome to bring learning about strategies to reduce falls your own antiseptic wipes, yoga mats, and increase cognition. You have the blankets and blocks. Please arrive a few opportunity to rest while numbers are minutes before class and wear clothes called for the bingo game, then complete that allow for full movement. Social exercises or health education questions, distancing will be respected and masks rest during number calling, and so on. are optional for immunized seniors. Bingocize is exercise for your body and mind! Class will run Friday October 15 – MARK YOUR CALENDARS December 11 at 2:30pm. Please email Tuesdays & Thursdays, starting Tuesday, [email protected] or call September 7, 2021 through November 9, SENIOR OLYMPICS 703-248-5020 to register 2021 from 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM COMING: To register email Dianne Duke at SEPTEMBER 18 – 30 [email protected] or call Sponsored by the Northern Virginia 703-324-7721. Senior Olympic Committee and co-sponsored by Northern Virginia Recreation and Parks Departments, the Northern Virginia Senior Olympic Program is held annually in Northern Marymount University Classes Virginia and open to all senior adults ages 50 years and older. Both Indoor US Poets in Conversation and Outdoor events offered. This 3-session course will focus on four Please visit our website at www.nvso. US poets writing in the late nineteenth us or call the Senior Center at and early twentieth centuries, namely 703-248-5020 for more information. Walt Whitman, Emily Dickinson, Hart Crane, and Elizabeth Bishop. We will Optimal Aging: Making discuss individual poems by these writers the most of online and also consider what they have to do (computer or iPhone) with each other, how they respond to questions and concerns raised by their This 3-session course will discuss the peers, and what their poetry variously various features of technology to improve imagines for politics and community. your life: tools, techniques, and an understanding of secure online access. Instructor: Eric Norton, PhD Location: Falls Church Community Center Instructor: Diane Murphy, PhD Class Dates: 10/28 and 11/4 and 11/18 Location: Falls Church Community Center Time: 10am-Noon Class Dates: Thursdays, October 7, 14, and 21 Section# 161002-A Time: 10am-Noon Cost: Free Section# 161001-A Cost: Free
28 Falls Church Recreation and Parks CITY PARK AMENITIES ENJOY CITY RECREATION SPACES! BERMAN PARK FORT TAYLOR PARK Bike and hike trail Historic Trail marker Community Center Picnic shelter Park bench The Community Center is located adjacent to Cherry Hill Picnic tables and grill Park and in the heart of the City. It is the perfect place to Play equipment HOWARD E. HERMAN STREAM VALLEY PARK play basketball, volleyball, tennis, table tennis, pool, air- BIG CHIMNEYS PARK Pathway hockey, and foosball; or to walk, take a class, or just enjoy Park benches Stream time with family, friends, and neighbors. It is home to the Picnic tables and grill Senior Center and Teen Center. Picnic shelter LARRY GRAVES PARK Play equipment Rectangular Athletic Field The Community Center boasts a full-size gymnasium with Diamond Field (2) a six-hoop basketball court. The Center also has several CAVALIER TRAIL PARK multipurpose rooms the public can reserve for receptions, Basketball court (lighted) LINCOLN PARK meetings, parties, and classes. Call 703-248-5027 to inquire Bike and hike trail Basketball court about availability, fees and application. Park benches Park benches Picnic table and grill Picnic table and grill Picnic Shelters Slide and Swings Play equipment Tennis courts (2 - lighted) Five of the City’s parks (Cherry Hill, Berman, Madison, MADISON PARK Roberts Parks, and Big Chimneys) have picnic shelters CHERRY HILL PARK Basketball court that are available for rent. Perfect for family gatherings, Basketball court (lighted) Park benches birthday parties, and group/company picnics. Call 703- City kiosk Picnic shelter 248-5027 for availability, fees and application. If a shelter Horseshoe court Picnic tables is not reserved it can be used on a first-come first-served Park benches Play equipment basis. Picnic shelter Rectangular athletic field Picnic tables and grills Water fountain Play equipment Tennis Courts Volleyball court MR. BROWN'S PARK Lighted courts in the following locations can be reserved Water fountain Seating by City Residents: Cavalier Trail Park (2 Courts), and Tennis courts (2 - lighted) Stage Cherry Hill Park, (2 Courts). ISAAC CROSSMAN PARK ROBERTS PARK Call 703-248-5027 to or visit www.fallschurchva.gov/ Park benches Basketball court register to make reservations up to one day in advance. Picnic tables and grills Park benches Courts can be reserved 1 hour max for singles and 1.5 Slide and Swings Picnic shelter Picnic tables and grills hours for doubles. DONALD S. FRADY PARK Play equipment Horseshoe court Water fountain Fields Game table Stay active and apply for a permit to use the Larry Graves Gazebo WEST END PARK Soccer Field. The field is available for rent during the Mini-amphitheater Park benches Picnic tables and grills Picnic tables and grills Summer months Mon.-Sun. based on availability. Call Play equipment Play equipment 703-248-5027 for availability, fees and application. Water fountain Skateboard and BMX features Weddings & Receptions The Cherry Hill Farmhouse and grounds can be rented Falls Church Public Spaces for special occasions. The house and surrounding park provide a lovely setting for wedding receptions and The Recreation and Parks Department uses the following school facilities for small parties. For rental information call the Cherry Hill activities and programs. Farmhouse at 703-248-5171 or visit fallschurchva.gov/ FALLS CHURCH PUBLIC SCHOOLS OAK STREET CherryHillFarmhouse MERIDIAN/MARY ELLEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HENDERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL (601 South Oak Street) Birthday Party Packages (121 Mustang Alley) Basketball court Celebrate your child’s next birthday at the Falls Church Baseball/softball fields (2) Bike and hike trail Community Center. Choose the Party in the Gym Running track Park benches Package for 1 hour in the gym with our tot-time or Rectangular fields Play equipment various sports equipment and 3 hours in a party room. Tennis courts Rectangular athletic field Enjoy the Teen Center Party Package for 3 hours with the Softball/baseball fields (2) pool, air hockey, ping pong, and foosball tables. Call MOUNT DANIEL 703-248-5027 for availability, fees and application. ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OTHER RECREATION FACILITIES (2328 North Oak Street) Falls Church Community Center These packages are currently unavailable due to the Basketball court (223 Little Falls Street) COVID-19 pandemic. Play equipment Cherry Street tennis courts (2) Tinner Hill Historic Park W & OD Bike Trail
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30 Falls Church Recreation and Parks Information for Residents RESOURCES FOR WHERE TO FIND CITY OF FALLS CHURCH RESIDENTS INFORMATION Vehicle Registration (State of Virginia) To register a vehicle with Virginia, first City Website: obtain the state safety and emissions www.fallschurchva.gov inspections, driver insurance, and a valid title. Then register the vehicle at any Facebook: Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles facebook.com/CityofFallsChurchGov customer service center. Instagram: Instagram.com/FallsChurchGov Vehicle Registration (City of Falls Church) Twitter: Once a vehicle is registered with the twitter.com/FallsChurchGov state, it must be registered with the Citizen Information Line: City. Complete the vehicle registration 703-248-5200 in person at city hall or you can register eFocus Newsletter: online or by fax or mail by completing Sign up at www.fallschurchva.gov/Efocus the Motor Vehicle Registration Form at www.fallschurchva.gov/ FCC-TV: VehicleRegistration and following the Cox channel 11, RCN channel 2, Verizon channel 35 instructions provided there. Please be sure Alert System: to include the owner or lessee’s DMV Driver’s License number and daytime Sign up at alert.fallschurchva.gov phone number. The Treasurer’s Office will bill for the city decal; once paid, the registrant will be sent the decal in the Public Schools Focus on Falls Church Newsletter mail. The are five schools in the Falls Church Get current City news with Focus Voter Registration City Public Schools system: Jessie on Falls Church Newsletter, the Voter Registration applications for new Thackrey (Preschool), Mount Daniel e-newsletter produced by the Office and existing Virginia residents may be Elementary (Kindergarten and First of Communications. Find the filed with the DMV or the City Registrar. Grade), Oak Street Elementary (grades latest information about the City’s Registrations are due at least 29 days 2-5), Mary Ellen Henderson Middle environmental services, economic before a primary or general election or 14 (grades 6-8), and Meridian High (grades development, safety issues, and news days before a special election. 9-12). about upcoming events. Sign up for For information on how to register a this free service by entering your e-mail Taxes child, call 703-248-5600 (TTY 711). address in the “eFOCUS Newsletter” box The Treasurer’s Office handles tax billing, More information is available at on the right-hand side of the Home Page. relief, and payments: 703-248-5046 www.fccps.org. (TTY 711) or treasurer@fallschurchva. Pet Licenses gov. Parking Permits Dogs must be vaccinated against rabies and licensed with the City. Licenses must The Office of the Commissioner of the In order to park on certain City streets, you must have a parking permit issued by be obtained within 30 days of moving Revenue handles business taxes, personal into the City of Falls Church for dogs property tax assessments, and assists with the Police Department: 703-248-5054 (TTY 711). over four months of age. The license fee is income tax filing: 703-248-5065 $10 for fertile dogs and $5 for neutered/ (TTY 711) or commissioner@ Drive-Through Permits spayed dogs. Licenses are issued by the fallschurchva.gov. In order to drive through certain streets Treasurer’s Office: 703-248-5046 (TTY The Office of the Real Estate Assessor that are closed to through traffic (as 711). determines the current market value of during rush hour), you must have a Cats over four months of age must be taxable and tax exempt properties as of permit issued by the Police Department: vaccinated against rabies but do not need January 1 each year. The City Council 703-248-5054 (TTY 711). to be licensed with the City. uses these values to determine the annual tax rate. Questions? Call 703- 248-5022 (TTY 711) or realestate@ fallschurchva.gov.
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Department of Excess Recycling Leaf Collection Public Works There is no fee for excess recycling. Leaves are collected from residential Solid Waste Hotline: Recycling that does not fit in the City- streets in the fall. To prepare, rake loose 703-248-5160 (TTY 711) issued cart or bin may be placed in leaves to the curb but avoid placing them personal containers clearly marked in the street. Pile leaves away from storm [email protected] “recycling,” cardboard boxes, and paper drains and water meter covers. Remove The Department of Public Works (DPW) bags. Do not put recycling in plastic bags. stones, littler, branches, or other debris manages weekly curbside collection of that may damage equipment. Collection Yard Waste Collection trash, compost, bundled brush, yard schedules are available online: Properly prepared yard waste in paper waste and recyclables; special residential www.fallschurchva.gov/397 collection of bulk items; the City’s bags with $1 Yard Waste Stickers will be Recycling Center; and more. collected once a week on Wednesdays, year-round (except on observed City Trash Collection holidays). Yard waste includes only trimming arising from general landscape Trash is collected from curbside maintenance, like grass, leaves, plant and residential customers weekly on shrub trimmings, and other items too Wednesdays, year-round (except on small to include with bundled brush. observed City holidays). The City issued Do not include non-compostable garden one gray rolling trash cart per address. debris such as sod, dirt, rocks, sand, or These carts are the property of the City lumber. and must stay with the residence. Bundled Brush Collection Excess Trash Special Collection Properly prepared brush bundles are Special bulk collections are available for Each bag of trash that does not fit in the picked up free of charge on Wednesdays, items too large or heavy to fit into a trash City-issued trash cart requires an Excess year-round (except on observed City container. Residents may request a Special Trash Sticker, which can be purchased holidays). Special Bulk Collections are Collection by calling 703-248-5160, ext. for $1 at City Hall, Brown’s Hardware, available for unbundled brush. Brush 1 (TTY 711), before noon on Tuesday for and Giant Food Store. See the City’s includes tree branches, small tree stumps, Wednesday collection. The fee is $75 per website for additional information and and larger shrub trimmings. Brush two cubic yards of material; appliances restrictions. must be cut in five-foot lengths with no are charged separately at $30 each. Recycling Collection individual branch or trunk larger than Recycling is collected from curbside six inches in diameter. To prepare for Missed Collection? residential customers weekly on pick-up, either securely tie branches with Report Missed Collections by 10 a.m. Wednesdays, year-round (except on cord or twine, or place branches neatly in Thursday. Properly prepared items set out observed City holidays). The City issued one direction in a tote, bin, or container by 7 a.m. will be collected. If your items one green rolling recycling cart per marked “brush.” are missed, please call the hotline before address. These carts are the property of Holiday Schedule 10 a.m. on Thursdays: 703-248-5160, ext. 1 (TTY 711). the City and must stay with the residence. If a designated City holiday falls on a Compost Collection Wednesday, recycling, trash, and yard waste collection will occur on Saturday. The City offers a variety of food waste Backyard Composting composting services, the first programs Due to lighter loads, crews will be in of their kind in Virginia. Curbside your neighborhood earlier than expected. Workshop: collection is available for $6 per month or Please make sure items are curb side the Learn how to compost! Topics $66 per year. Services include an air tight night before. include: composting yard waste, collection bin, compostable liners and leaf mulching in your yard, making finished compost each spring. Food waste compost tea, composting food waste can also be taken to the community drop- properly, and vermicomposting. off center (free) behind City Hall. Sign First few participants will receive free up and learn more at www.fallschurchva. backyard compost bins. Workshop is gov/compost. free. RSVP to Master Gardener Sandy Tarpinian at [email protected]. Location: Cherry Hill Park Picnic Shelter Time: 2-4 pm Date: Sunday, November 7, 2021
32 Falls Church Recreation and Parks Mary Riley Styles Public Library ABOUT THE LIBRARY The newly renovated and expanded Mary Riley Styles Public Library is a full service library providing access to items in a wide range of formats: books, periodicals, audiobooks, DVDs and downloadablecontent (eBooks, eAudiobooks, eMagazines, and eMusic). Computer access in the building includes internet/computer work stations, free Wi- Fi, and color and b/w printing. Patrons can additionally connect to nearly 20 research databases from home - including Consumer Reports - with a valid MRSPL card. Library services include book discussion groups, storytimes, summer reading programs, internet tutoring, and a Local History Room.The library has two 24 hours exterior book drops, one of which is drive-thru.
Meeting & Study Rooms Mary Riley Styles Public Library The library now offers meeting and 120 N. Virginia Avenue HOURS: study rooms which can be reserved by the Falls Church, VA 22046 Monday - Thursday: public. www.fallschurchva.gov/Library 10am - 9pm Friday, Saturday: General Line: 703-248-5030 TTY (711) 10am - 6pm Getting A Library Card Text a Librarian: 703-520-2484 Sunday: The library serves residents, employees, 1pm - 6pm and property owners of the City of Falls Church and through reciprocal agreement, citizens within the Youth and Teen Services Metropolitan Washington Council of Government (for a complete listing, The Youth Services department provides programming and services to infants, children, please see our website). A subscription teens, and families. Regular infant and preschool storytimes are offered throughout card is available for an annual fee for the year. We have STEM and craft programs for school-age kids in addition to book patrons who do not meet these residency discussion groups for middle and high school students. During the summer we offer requirements. Apply for a library card in the summer reading program for all ages. person, at the library, or online at www. fallschurchva.gov/GetaLibraryCard. Adult Programs and Services A wide range of adult programs and services are available throughout the year, Ebooks & More including: five book discussion groups; 1-on-1 internet tutoring; a weekly ESOL conversation group; an adult Summer Reading Program (with amazing prizes!); and With your MRSPL card, you can borrow programs on a variety of other topics (like health and wellness). from our growing collection of eBooks, eAudiobooks, eMagazines, and eMusic For a complete listing of all our programs for children, teens, and adults please visit the for use on your PC/Mac, tablet, or library website at www.fallschurchva.gov/library. phone. Chose from thousands of popular books, magazines, and songs! To learn more about these wonderful online services, visit our website at www. fallschurchva.gov/Downloadable. Or search our extensive collection of online research tools at www.fallschurchva.gov/ ResearchTools. Fall 2021 33 General Information
MISSION STATEMENT The mission of the Falls Church Recreation and Parks Department is to provide a year-round program of recreation and leisure-time activities for all groups and interest levels. The Department is dedicated to enhancing the quality of life and fostering a sense of community by providing superior recreational, educational and cultural services and through the effective maintenance and protection of the City’s natural resources.
Open Gym Pricing Class & Athletic Program Refund Policy Register at the front desk before entering the gym For refunds submitted... City Residents: Free Ten or more days before Non-City Residents 5 and under: Free the activity start date...... 80% Refund/ 90% Credit Non-City Residents 6-18 or 65+: Free Non-City Residents 19-64: $3 Five to nine calendar days before Hotline: 703-248-5077 the activity start date...... 90% Credit only Call the hotline above for the current schedule or visit Less than five calendar days before www.FallsChurchVA.gov/OpenGym. the activity start date...... No Refund/ No Credit Facility Locations Programs cancelled by the Department....100% Refund/ Credit Falls Church Community Center Camp Refund Policy 223 Little Falls Street Cherry Hill Farmhouse Registration Dates For refunds submitted... 312 Park Ave. Residents: August 16 More than fourteen days before Meridian High School Non-Residents: August 23 the camp start date...... 80% Refund/ 90% Credit 7124 Leesburg Pike Mary Ellen Henderson Less than fourteen calendar days before 7130 Leesburg Pike the camp start date...... No Refund/ No Credit Camps cancelled by the Department...... 100% Refund/ Credit Brochure Availability Some camps have different refund policies which are listed in The brochure is available on-line at www.fallschurchva.gov/ the camp description. Special refund requests will be considered recreation. If you would prefer a mailed for medical reasons submitted with a doctor’s note or relocation copy, please call 703-248-5027 or email recreation@ of at least 25 miles from the City of Falls Church. Refunds fallschurchva.gov. requested due to the COVID-19 pandemic will only be given for confirmed positive cases or the need to quarantine due to Policy of Non-Discrimination on the Basis of Disability: confirmed direct/close contact. To request a credit or refund The City of Falls Church does not discriminate on the basis of a “Request for Refund/Household Credit” form must be disability in its employment practices or in the admission to access completed and submitted. All requests are handled using the to, or operation of its services, programs, or activities. Cindy Mester, guidelines listed above. 300 Park Ave., Falls Church, VA, has been designated to coordinate compliance with the ADA non-discrimination requirements. The City of Falls Church is committed to the letter and spirit of the Americans Inclement Weather Policy with Disabilities Act. This document will be made available in alternate Programs, activities and classes are divided into day and evening format upon request. Call 703-248-5027, (TTY 711). sessions. The Day Session includes all activities that take place Photographic Release: or start between the hours of 8am and 3pm. The Evening By participating in programs and using our facilities, you are granting Session includes all activities that take place or start after 3pm. the City of Falls Church and the Parks and Recreation Department Depending on weather conditions, it is possible that activities permission to use photographic images of you and/or your minors for may be cancelled for the day session and held for the evening marketing purposes. session or vice versa. For up-to-date information, please call the inclement weather hotline at 703-248-5077. Holidays Classes will not be held on City-observed legal holidays unless otherwise noted.
34 Falls Church Recreation and Parks November 11at11am. Join usinhonoringourMilitary Veterans onThursday, Falls Church VA, 22046 223 LittleFalls St., Falls Church Veterans Memorial Veterans DayCeremony
photo by Gary Mester # How toRegister Registration Form with classinformation includingstartdate,timeandlocation. Confirmations: Date: Participant Signature:______this program. program instructor, directly resulting from andagainstallclaims forillnessorinjury in from myparticipation and mychildhereby waive andrelease theCityofFalls Church, itsagents,officersandemployees, includingthe I understandthattheCityofFalls Church makes norepresentations astothesafety ofthisprogram forme.I resultingchild agree intheprogram(s) from notedbelow. participation toassume allrisksofillnessorinjury been advisedtoseektheadviseofamedicaldoctorbefore inthisprogram. Iandmy Iormychildparticipates I understandthatthere mayberiskinherent inanyactivity, includingexercise, andIacknowledge thatIhave City:______Address:______Primary HouseholdLastName:______Cell PhoneNumber:()______Evening PhoneNumber:()______Participant Name ______You willbenotified iftheclassiscancelledorchanged. Your receiptprovidesyou credit card ready. and August 23. To register, call703248-5027andhave your Phone-in: Phone in registration begins10amonAugust 16 223LittleFallsDepartment, St. Falls Church, VA 22046 payment, andmailtoFalls Church Recreation andParks business day. Completetheregistration formbelow, include Mail-in: Mail-in registrations are processed attheendof registration. to complete.Registration beginsat8amonthefirstdayof Walk-in: 223LittleFalls St. There are no registration forms begins at8amonthefirstdayof registration. payment isrequired atthetimeofregistration. Registration On-line: Payment mustaccompanyregistration. Late registrations are acceptedifanopeningisavailable. Make checkspayabletoCityofFalls Church. Only onefamilyperform.Photocopies are accepted. Mail toFalls Church Recreation andParks 223LittleFalls Department, St. Falls Church, VA 22046 For More Information:Call703248-5027;Fax536-8150 Go towww.fallschurchva.gov/register. Full Male/Female Date ofBirth FirstName:______Email:______Day PhoneNumber:()______State:______Activity Registration# 703 248-5027formore information. available inthemainofficeorcall City ofFalls Church residents only. Forms are Financial Aid:Financial aidisavailable for material feesmustbepaidinfull. discount onregistration feesonly. Allsupplyor in theCityofFalls Church willreceive a50% Senior Citizens: Senior Citizens (65+)residing prevent cancellations. oftheclass.Earlyregistrationstart helps register are typicallyoneweek priortothe basis.Deadlines to a first-come,first-served Register Early:Allclassesare filledon Total Activity Name CVC: Exp Date: Card Number: circle one: Credit Card Information: Monday, August23,2021 Monday, August16,2021 Registration Starts Falls Church CityResidents: Zip:______Non-City Residents:
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PRESORTED STANDARD MAIL US POSTAGE PAID MERRIFIELD, VA 223 Little Falls St. PERMIT NO. 7034 Falls Church, VA 22046