September 2018
Middle School Monday
Middle School Monday
Find out more »Parkour
Friday Parkour: (Almost) Every Friday from 6:15-7:45PM, Parkour Generations comes to the BTC to offer parkour classes. The classes are drop in, and are open to BTC members from 6th through 12th grade. Prior to attending your first class, a parent/guardian must complete a Parkour Generations release. Bring the completed/signed release to your first class. There is no cost for BTC members to attend Friday parkour classes, but space is limited. To reserve a spot in a particular Friday Parkour class, click here. Email George at gzahka@brooklineteencenter.org with any questions.
Find out more »Brookline Robotics
Brookline Robotics: Brookline Robotics seeks to engage middle school students of all kinds in STEM and robotics. Through our First Lego League teams, we aim to teach students the basics and beyond of robotics and programming through a hands-on, investigative approach. We’re open to any experience level, novice to expert! Brookline Robotics is made possible by the support of many enthusiastic high school volunteers, adult volunteers, and the support of the award-winning robotics team FRC 125, the NUTRONs, who have created or mentored robotics programs in Revere, Dorchester, and Jamaica Plain. This program runs on Saturdays from 10:30 AM –…
Find out more »Parkour
Monday Parkour: Parkour Generations comes to the BTC to offer an all levels parkour class to middle school students. From the Parkour Generations website: “Students train to develop strength, speed, endurance, precision, spatial awareness, dynamism, and creativity, in order to be as fluid, functional and liberated as possible in physical movement and to overcome physical obstacles. Students will also start to develop a way of thinking based on rigorous self-discipline, autonomous action and self-will that allows them to overcome mental obstacles related to their movements. Classes include extensive and dynamic warm-up exercises, instruction in the basic movements of parkour, and…
Find out more »Cartooning and Comics
Cartooning and Comics: Our friends at the Brookline Arts Center are coming to the BTC. Students learn the fundamentals of cartooning and various approaches to visual storytelling by looking at the work of published cartoonists. Each student has the opportunity to develop their own narrative. By the end of class, each student develops a working knowledge of character creation, environment design, page layout and visual storytelling. The 11 week class will run in the BTC conference room on Tuesdays from 3:30-5:00PM September 25th through December 4th. There is a $325 fee to take this class. To learn more, or to register…
Find out more »Girls LEAP
Girls LEAP Self-Defense Program: This program, run by Girls LEAP, empowers girls and young women through an integration of self-reflective and physical self-defense skills. Self-Reflective skills include topics such as conflict resolution, setting boundaries, courage, finding support, and healthy relationships and friendships. Physical Self-Defense skills focus on girl-specific physical safety techniques. Class runs at the Brookline Teen Center on Thursdays from 3:15 – 5:15 PM. Class runs for 10 weeks from September 27th through December 6th. There is no class on 11/22. Class is capped at 25 students. A minimum of 15 students are required to run this class. This…
Find out more »Animation
Animation: Our friends at the Brookline Arts Center are coming to the BTC. In this class, we will develop characters and comics with a three-dimensional twist! Students will bring their drawn characters to life using sculpey clay, found materials and sewing techniques. They will then have the opportunity to experiment with short stop-motion animation of their creations. The 10 week class will run in the BTC conference room on Fridays from 3:00-4:30PM September 28th through December 14th (no class November 9th or 23rd). There is a $295 fee for this class. To learn more, or to register please click here.
Find out more »October 2018
Journey From Barter to Bitcoin
Journey From Barter to Bitcoin: Why do we use money to buy things? How would the world run if there was no money? What do banks do anyway? What about credit cards? Starting with the early use of barter, our journey of money will take our hero, Farmer Fiona, through the use of gold, paper money, and towards a future where she may not carry any currency at all. If you have a curious middle schooler who is just learning about the value of currency this is the course for them. Students will play finance based games, and participate in various…
Find out more »Aerial Silks
Aerial Silks: Circus Up and Revolution Trapeze are teaming up bring to Brookline the finest in circus and aerial arts. In Circus Up’s Aerial mini-series, students will learn the basics of moving in the air! Students gain strength and flexibility, grace, and correct alignment while twisting, turning, climbing and controlled dropping on the aerial silks. Students will learn positions and moves close to the ground, and then move higher with more advanced skills, as ability advances. Classes begin with warm-up and stretching, then move to the air, building on past lessons. Students will likely learn to trust their new found…
Find out more »Media Girls
Media Girls: MEDIAGIRLS returns to the BTC this fall! What’s up with Insta influencers? Why do music videos focus so much more on singers’ bodies than talent? Why do ads show only “perfect-looking” women? Discuss these and other pop-culture topics while helping to make over the media with empowering and positive content. Join our 8-week program Wednesdays from 3:30 PM to 5 PM, starting October 10th. Click here to register.
Find out more »Quiz Bowl
Quiz Bowl: Quiz Bowl is coming to BTC middle schoolers, led by members of the BHS Quiz Bowl team! Quiz Bowl is an activity that combines academics, trivia, competition, and fun! During 6-week sessions, students will answer long and short questions using practice packets (like this one), learn about all sorts of subjects (science, history, literature, math, pop culture, and more) by researching and memorizing, and gain a love for knowledge. Participants will learn the Quiz Bowl format which includes individual questions with buzzers and group questions. The BHS Quiz Bowl team hopes to host its annual Rookie Tournament again this…
Find out more »Archery
Archery: This fall, On the Mark Archery, is coming to the BTC to teach archery to middle school students. Join the program that has everyone raving about one of the world’s most exciting sports: recurve archery. Patience, focus and discipline are the only things needed to find success and achieve consistent shot groups. Our unique lesson plans engage students in unique challenges each class while balancing out individualized attention and feedback. Archery runs on 4 Mondays (10/15, 10/22, 10/29, 11/5) from 7:00 – 8:00PM in the BTC gym. This class is open to 6th-8th grade members of the BTC. There…
Find out more »Bike Repair 101
Bike Repair 101 – Want to learn how to change a flat tire, or patch a tube? What do you do if your brakes are rubbing on your tire or the chain falls off your bike? Come to the Brookline Teen Center Makerspace to learn bike repair basics from a professional mechanic. The outline for the six week class is: 1: Bike anatomy, disassemble and identify major components. 2: Tires and Wheels, fix a flat 3: Cables and common wear items. 4: Drive System, chains and shifting 5: Brakes, cleaning and adjustments 6: Bearings, identifications and evaluations of bearing types…
Find out more »Open Bike Shop
High School students can stop by the BTC on Tuesdays from 5:30-7:30PM to learn how to fix their bikes. Students are encouraged to bring their bikes, and BTC's professional mechanic will teach them how to make the repairs needed to get their bike back to working condition.
Find out more »BTC CLOSED
The BTC will be closed on Saturday, October 20th for a private event.
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The BTC will be closed on Saturday, October 27th for a private event.
Find out more »November 2018
BTC CLOSED
The BTC will be closed on Saturday, November 3rd for a private event.
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The BTC is closed Thursday, November 22nd through Sunday, November 25th for Thanksgiving.
Find out more »December 2018
BTC CLOSED
The BTC will be closed on Saturday, December 15th for a private event.
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The BTC will be closed Saturday, December 22nd through Tuesday, December 25th for Winter Vacation.
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The BTC will be closed on Monday, December 31st and Tuesday, January 1st for New Years.
Find out more »February 2019
BTC CLOSED
The BTC is closed Monday, February 18th for Presidents' Day.
Find out more »March 2019
BTC CLOSED
The BTC will be closed on Friday, March 8th 2019 to prepare for our annual gala.
Find out more »BTC Gala
The BTC will host its annual gala on Saturday, March 9th 2019.
Find out more »April 2019
BTC CLOSED
The BTC will be closed Monday, April 15th for Patriots' Day/Marathon Monday.
Find out more »May 2019
BTC CLOSED
The BTC will be closed from Saturday, May 25th through Monday, May 27th for Memorial Day Weekend.
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