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Babysitter Bootcamp
$175
Ages 11-16
Learn how to become a babysitter! Safe Sitter’s curriculum and trained instructors equip teens with childcare fundamentals, activity planning, and interview skills. At the end of the week you’ll leave with a handbook and be Safe Sitter and CPR Basics.
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Day Camps
Starting at $200
Ages 5-12
Metro Parks Day Camps are packed with excitement and fun all Summer long! Each week features a theme that uses games, crafts and activities.
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Cooking Camps
Prices and ages vary
Learning to cook from scratch never tasted so good. Gain an introduction to kitchen safety, sharpen your knife skills, master sauces, dabble in making dough, and eagerly explore ways to prepare eggs with ease.
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Camp Fort Nisqually
Member: $265; Non-Member $285
Ages 12-14
Discover what life was like at Puget Sound’s first trading post. Look at people and events that shaped the Fort’s history and learn 19th-century skills such as blacksmithing, fire starting and candle making, cooking and more!
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Kids Ninja Camps
$185
Ages 6-12
Campers will build situational awareness while running, jumping, climbing, tumbling, and crawling their way to mobility and agility. They’ll have fun learning how to stay safe by avoiding danger and unsafe people, as well as age-appropriate self-defense techniques to help them gain confidence.
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Metro Arts Camps
Prices and ages vary
Learn to dance, create music, perform in a play, and paint a masterpiece!
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Mini Camps
Prices vary
Ages 6 and younger
Check out all the STEM, sports, visual arts, dance and nature camps for your little camper!
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Nature Camps
Prices and ages vary
NOTE: All Camps are full, except for those who qualify for financial assistance.
Explore everything nature has to offer in these fun and educational camps!
- Wildlife
- Ecosystems
- Geology
- Eco-Art
- Conservation
- Biology
- Ecology
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Outdoor Adventure Camps
Prices and ages vary
Love the outdoors? Get outside and explore with these Outdoor Adventure Camps!
- Rowing
- Canoeing
- Kayaking
- Hiking
- Backpacking
- Geocaching
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COACHES NEEDED!
Do you have the desire and time to give back to youth sports? Then we need you! No prior sports experience necessary!
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Sports Camps
Prices and ages vary
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Metro Parks Sports Camps
are supported by
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STEM Camps
Prices and ages vary
Bricks 4 Kids LEGO Camps and Snapology STEM Camps are back!
Learn everything from robotics, mining and crafting, video game design, sports science, and animation! Perfect for the budding engineer or scientist!
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Upcoming Session 5: May 2 - June 10
Registration Opens: April 4!
Clubs, Activities, Sports, and Field Trips, at Your School
Tacoma Public Schools and community partners have come together to offer Beyond the Bell. Beyond the Bell lets you choose from more activities at your school than ever before. Choose from options for before and after school, in-service days, and school breaks.
Everything is all in one place. Go to the TPS Family App and look for Beyond the Bell.
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Teen Late Night
No Pre-registration Necessary!
Late Night is a FREE event for teens! Join us at your Community Center for late night fun with your friends. We’ll have pool activities, games, open gym, sports, and much more.
Center at Norpoint
March 18, 2022 | 7-10 pm
Open Swim 7:15-8:15 pm
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SCHEDULE:
STAR Center
1st Friday of the month
Eastside Community Center
2nd Friday of the month
Center at Norpoint
3rd Friday of the month
People's Community Center
4th Friday of the month
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Quarterly Community Center Engagement Events
6:30 pm - 8 pm
The first one in the series is:
Wed., March 23 at People’s Center
Be sure to check out the new Teen Center!
Bring a friend or family member to your neighborhood community center to find out what’s happening, meet the staff, and share your ideas! Your participation will have an impact on future programs and experiences at the center.
There will be free food, ice breaker games, arts activities, a chance to meet center staff in person and group brainstorming on topics like aquatics, youth programs and community center events.
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The Center Pass is FREE for kids
18 and under.
Adults 19+ is just $25/month!
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Member Benefits:
- Members get priority access to registration and can register 72 hours in advance for classes
- Lap swim, recreational swim, family swim, and water fitness included
- 20% off all Metro Parks Tacoma swim classes
- Includes STAR Center Treetops Playgrounds
- All outdoor fitness classes included in membership (must register in advance)
- 20% off all Metro Arts classes and specialty fitness classes
- Center Pass includes access to all four community centers
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Eastside Community Center
Pool News
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JOIN OUR AQUATICS TEAM!
- Lifeguards
- Swim Instructors
- Water Fitness Instructors
Training is Available!
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Due to a nationwide staffing shortage, we do not have the required number of lifeguards to support the extended Rec Swim hours at Eastside Pool. Rec Swim will be reduced by 2 hours on Tuesday and Thursday from 6-7 pm.
Instead of closing early, we are able to provide Lap Swim and individual exercise time, in lieu of Rec Swim.
This change will take affect through May 29, 2022 (or until we have the appropriate staffing in place).
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Lifeguard Certification
Eastside Community Center Pool
April 26-May 12
Ages: 16+ | $200
Registration deadline: April 15
Gain the knowledge and skills necessary to become a lifeguard and professional rescuer.
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Love the Outdoors?
Work with Us?
We currently have full and part-time positions available!
Find a job you enjoy doing, and you'll never have to work a day in your life.
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More fun activities coming in April!
Earth Month
Spring Flings
and
Health & Wellness Fairs!
We can't wait to see you!
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THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS |
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