CitySquash Adds two More Titles to the Program
Last weekend, CitySquash traveled with 60 students to Western Massachusetts at Deerfield Academy and Amherst College to play in the Squash and Education Alliance’s National Individual Championships. It is always amazing to see so many team members competing and supporting each other through one of SEA’s biggest events of the year. Two team members […]
CitySquash Adds Two More Team Titles
On February 10th, 2023, CitySquash traveled to Philadelphia once again to compete in SEA’s National Team Championships. Under one banner, 70 team members from the Bronx and Brooklyn competed against other member programs of the Squash and Education Alliance. Out of the four A divisions, CitySquash took home titles in the High School Girls and […]
CitySquash Brings Home Four More Titles!
For the first time in three years, 55 CitySquash team members traveled to Philadelphia at the Arlen Specter Center to compete in the SEA Individual Championships! Our team members were able to bring home four more titles: – Rokaya (GU13) – Rodrigo (BU13) – Ahmed (BU15) – Giselle (GU19) Along […]
February Break CitySquash Trips
It is incredibly important to CitySquash that time off is not time wasted. That is why during the school’s Mid-Winter break, our team members committed themselves to many different trips and experiences. 7th graders witness the boarding school experience at from Millbrook’s zoo to Berkshire’s Squash courts 6th graders explore the […]
Black & Orange Day 2021
On Sunday, October 24th we held our 11th Annual Black & Orange Day at the M.S. 45 Field in a new outdoor format with the help of M.S. 45, our oldest partner school in the Bronx. Over 100 team members, family members, and mentors competed in outdoor squash, word scrambles, kickball, and soccer. Going into the final […]
Six CitySquash Team Members Recognized as US Squash Scholar Athletes
Six CitySquash team members earned the US Squash Scholar Athlete Award for the 2019-2020 academic year (see list below). The Scholar Athlete Award recognizes high school students who have excelled in the classroom by maintaining a GPA of 3.5 or higher throughout the year, and on court by playing in at least three US […]
CitySquash Launches Virtual Activity Club!
Extracurricular clubs have become a staple of CitySquash’s normal programming, and clubs offered have included Art Club, Music Club, Game Club and more. When CitySquash transitioned to virtual programming as a result of the COVID-19 crisis, two of our dedicated mentors, Stephanie & Ali Butera, came up with a plan to continue offering clubs […]
Spring Tour Explorers
From red rocks to coastal lighthouses, wilderness camping to college visits, our annual Spring Tours were a smashing success. For the eighth year in a row, our team members and hardworking staff explored regions beyond the boroughs on 6 unique enrichment trips, visiting a combined 10 different states. For many team members, it was the […]
New Year, New Schools!
With the school year underway and full programming ramping up in the Bronx and Brooklyn, we’d like to “shout-out” our incoming college and high school students as they step onto their new campuses. Incoming College Students: School: Carlen Basdeo York College Billy Fleurima SUNY Buffalo State Alexandra Limas St. […]
Traveling the Country
This spring, over 50 team members traveled to Vermont, New Orleans, Boston, and Virginia as part of CitySquash’s annual Spring Enrichment Tours! They spent their trips hiking the mountains in Vermont, holding alligators in New Orleans, touring all of Boston, and visiting the home of Thomas Jefferson in Virginia. Our team […]