CitySquash at Good Morning America!
Did you see some familiar faces on Good Morning America this week? On Friday, CitySquash 5th Graders travelled to Central Park bright and early to attend GMA’s Summer Concert Series as a reward for their hard work this year. With their GMA swag and VIP status, students got to look on as anchors filmed their […]
Congratulations to Our Graduates!
CitySquash celebrated an especially exciting graduation season this year, as our inaugural class of students became the first CitySquash college graduates and the first in their families to receive diplomas from a four-year university. Jose Alvarez and Edgardo Gonzalez graduated from Hobart & William Smith, in Geneva, NY. Jose double majored in Latin American Studies […]
CitySquash Reads Charlie & the Chocolate Factory
On Saturday, May 4th, over 120 CitySquash students, families, mentors and staff got together for the 7th annual CitySquash Reads. This year’s book was Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. The attendees spent the morning discussing the book, creating their own candy for Willy Wonka’s factory and, of course, eating chocolate! One group invented […]
Seniors Honored with End of Season Awards
Four CitySquash high school seniors won awards at the end of their squash seasons for their impressive contributions to their respective squash teams. Andrew Cadienhead from Taft won the Taft Squash Award for the second year in a row! Andrew played #2 on Taft’s ladder and finished 19-4 on the season, winning integral matches against […]
Giving Back with Project Sunshine
On Saturday, March 16th, 76 team members from third through tenth grade gathered at Fordham University for the annual Project Sunshine community service project. Joined by mentors and staff members, the CitySquashers made encouraging cards (SunnyGrams) and craft kits to send to children with medical challenges. Project Sunshine, a nonprofit, provides the materials to make […]
CitySquash Boarders Compete in New England Championships
From February 22-24, 13 of CitySquash’s boarding school students competed with their high school teams at the New England Interscholastic Squash Championships, held at various boarding schools. The tournament was the culmination of the season’s hard work and dedication. In the New England Tournament “A” Division, senior captain at the Taft School Andrew Cadienhead came […]
A Night of Skating in Central Park
Bundled up against the cold, 59 CitySquashers headed to Central Park on Thursday, February 7th, to ice skate on Trump Rink. Joined by 20 mentors, the team spent two hours on the rink with few or no breaks! For many of our students, this was only the first or second time ice skating, and so […]
CitySquash Visits the Museum of Jewish Heritage
After finishing the novel Number the Stars, the CitySquash fifth graders went on a cultural outing to the Museum of Jewish Heritage on Sunday, January 27th, which also happened to be the 68th anniversary of the Auschwitz liberation. During their guided tour entitled “Meeting Hate with Humanity,” students learned about the Holocaust, as well as […]
Three Titles in 2013 Urban Team Nationals
Fifty team members and eleven staff members headed to Boston on Friday, January 18th for the NUSEA Urban Team Championships, hosted at Harvard University and Northeastern University. The twelve NUSEA member organizations faced off in an exciting weekend of squash and academic competition. CitySquash came away from the weekend with two squash titles, and one […]
College Students Focus On Careers
CitySquash kicked off the New Year with our first ever Career Week during the first week of January. Programming consisted of individual meetings and group workshops designed to support our college students with career exploration and internship and job placement. During their winter breaks, CitySquash college students met with the Director of College Prep to […]