Youth Sports and Activities

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Art

Embark on a virtual journey to explore the visual arts! Students will be exposed to a variety of artistic mediums and styles. The elements of brainstorming and more complex forms of problem solving are introduced through interactive format.

Birthday Parties

Our birthday parties make your kids smild and keep the stress off of your shoulders! The first hour is spent on the birthday party style you have chosen and the last 30 minutes is for cake and opening presents.

Capoeira

Capoeira is a Brazilian martial art disguised as a dance that will develop your body, mind and spirit through training and play. Regardless of sex, age or physical ability, capoeira is for everyone.

Cheerleading

Sandy Springs will be offering a dynamic, values based cheerleading program that promotes: self-esteem, team-building, and fitness while developing life skills and long lasting friendships.

Etiquette & Cooking

The Etiquette and Cooking program offers children the opportunity to have fun in the kitchen preparing a delicious new dish each week. Each student will be shown how to turn their ingredients into cool creations. They will learn how to display their food with beautiful table setup techniques and learn table manners which they will remember every time they sit down to eat.

Gymnastics

The City of Sandy Springs offers gymnastics instruction for boys and girls of various skill levels from 18 months to Adult. More than 130 different gymnastics classes are offered each season. Class size is based on an student-to-instructor ratio of 8 to 1. The City of Sandy Springs offers Winter/Spring, Summer, and Fall Terms.

Jump Rope

Learn the basics of Double Dutch (DD) Jump Rope and how to get started so you’ll be jumping in no time! Participants will be shown the correct way of turning the ropes and getting in the ropes along with warm up and cool down yoga stretching and breathing techniques.

Karate

Training in traditional martial arts provides both physical and mental development. This training enriches students' lives by giving them an understanding of certain martial values and virtues.

Kickball

Kickball is a great way for children to learn sportsmanship while having fun and keeping physically fit. The Sandy Springs After-School Kickball League is a structured free-play program that prepares boys and girls in grades 2nd-5th for competitive leagues.

Lacrosse

Lacrosse is a sport that involves a unique combination of speed, skill, agility, grace, teamwork, and finesse. Basketball inventor James Naismith once called it, "the best of all possible field games." You might be suprised to learn that it is the fastest growing sport in the United States! The City of Sandy Springs is offering a great opportunity for your child to begin learning this exciting sport.

Language Preschool Classes

Your kids will learn SPANISH or FRENCH while playing and having FUN. Each week has a different theme and includes hands-on activities, games, songs and available online activities.

Music Together

Music Together is an internationally recognized early childhood music program for babies, toddlers, preschoolers, kindergartners and adults who love them.

Classes are based on the recognition that all children are musical and can learn to sing in tune, keep a beat and participate with confidence. All children must be accompanied by an adult to attend. These classes are inclusive.

Soccer

Soccer is the world’s most popular sport with 3.5 billion fans. Now your child can enjoy “the beautiful game” by taking part in the Sandy Spring’s youth soccer leagues. This quality athletic program teaches children in grades pre-k through 5th teamwork and sportsmanship.

SporTots

SporTots is a physical exercise program for preschoolers with an emphasis on building a healthy lifestyle through active play and social interaction. The recreational, non-competitive sports program introduces children to the basic, fundamental skills needed to play basketball, soccer and t-ball.

Discover the Night Sky Astronomy

Learn about telescopes and the many beautiful sights in the heavens – planets, comets, deep space nebulae, galaxies, star clusters – and how to recognize and enjoy them, spoken in Plain English. Each month a guest speaker will present an educational program on a different topic for newcomers and beginners followed by a scheduled guest speaker program for those interested in the more detailed aspects of astronomy and astrophysics.

Tennis

Sandy Springs is offering youth group tennis session for children ages 5 to 14 years old. These co-ed group sessions are available for beginner players to learn and develop individual skills and fundamentals. Participants will be taught the proper grips, swings, strokes as well as rally and game play skills.

Theatre Classes

Through interactive, team-based acting exercises, participants are led on an exciting adventure of their imagination through interpersonal relations and the exploration of all aspects of the theater. Lessons encourage teamwork, listening and communication skills, emotional mastery and confidence boosting, creativity and building performance skills, and a greater appreciation of the arts.

Track and Field

The Sandy Springs Striders Youth Track and Field program is gearing up for its second season and the team is looking for atheletes that are 7-14 years old. The team will compete in four invitational meets as well as the Georgia Recreation and Parks Association 7th District Meet, and the Hersey Track and Field State Meet in early May.