CitySquash Students Dine with New Yorker Writer
As part of CitySquash’s Career Dinner series, eight CitySquash college and high school students shared a meal with New Yorker staff writer (and avid squash player) Tad Friend. The group discussed not only Tad’s insights about journalism and the writing process–including an in depth discussion of Tad’s 2003 New Yorker piece “Jumpers” which the students […]
Six More Titles at Urban Individuals
On Friday June 15th, 35 CitySquashers and several staff and student volunteers piled into the bus en route to Williams College for the 10th Annual Urban Individual Nationals. For our team members, Urban Individuals is one of the most important competitions of the year and this year was another huge success. Our team members made […]
Goldman Sachs and J.P. Morgan Win Inaugural Bash Bank Competition
The inaugural CitySquash Bank Competition, held in conjunction with the 10th Anniversary Bash, pitted the largest banks on Wall Street against each other in a friendly competition to see which firms could raise the most money and bring in the most donors for CitySquash. At the end of the two month race, 149 donors contributed […]
Cadienhead Elected Taft Student Body President
Two weeks ago, at the culmination of his junior year, Andrew Cadienhead was elected president of the student body of The Taft School in Watertown, CT. Andrew has had a history of leadership at Taft, starting in 2009 when he was elected as the president of the freshman class. Andrew also served as captain of […]
What a Trip! The 2012 CitySquash Bermuda Tour
Eight CitySquash students, two staff members and one parent traveled to Bermuda from April 9 – 14 for the 2012 CitySquash Bermuda Tour.
1st Annual CitySquash Closed Championships
Last weekend, CitySquash held the first annual CitySquash Closed Tournament for its elementary and middle school students. 58 CitySquash students competed in the two day tournament which culminated Sunday evening in four tough fought finals. CitySquash’s founder, Sanford Schwartz, was at hand to watch the finals and present the awards. Director of Squash, Bryan Patterson, […]
Local High Schoolers Learn the History of Immigration in NYC
CitySquash’s local eighth, ninth, and tenth graders spent their mid-winter break studying Immigration in New York City. The week began as our students watched the 2002 Martin Scorsese film Gangs of New York, introducing us to a very chaotic time period in American history. Afterwards, our students had a fruitful discussion on the major themes […]
5th Graders Tour the City’s Museums
CitySquash 5th graders spent their mid-winter break visiting several different types of museums around Manhattan. On Monday, they toured the Museum of Jewish Heritage, to supplement their completion of the book, Number The Stars. After the guided tour, students met an elderly husband and wife, both of whom survived the Holocaust in Poland. On Tuesday, […]
CitySquash Finds Success at Urban Teams
For the second straight year, CitySquash won four titles at the Urban Team Nationals which were held last weekend at our home courts at Fordham University and the StreetSquash Center in Harlem. CitySquash won the boys and girls under 13 divisions as well as the girls under 15 division. CitySquash high schooler, Marisela Palafox, won […]
Two Titles At Vassar Junior Classic
William Pantle and Darrius Campbell won their first tournament of the season at the Vassar College Junior Classic. Traveling to the tournament from their respective boarding schools, The Hill School and Blair Academy, William and Darrius proved that they were already in top form for the coming season. William stormed through the boys under 15 […]