Youth Programs

We will continue to add programs as summer approaches so please check here for updates.

PRINT A REGISTRATION FORM that can be mailed to us with payment to register for any of our classes or programs.

If you are interested in working or volunteering with us to share your knowledge, talents, and experience with our community's youth, please contact us at 724-327-2100 x131 or email momrecreation@murrysville.com Thank you!

Below is a list of all our Youth Programs. Please scroll through the page to learn more information about each program or to register.

STEM/Science Programs

Red Hot Robots

Grades: Rising 1st - 6th
Date: June 19 to June 23
Time: 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Location: Murrysville Community Center
Instructor: Mad Science Instructor
Fee: $190.00
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Red Hot Robots: A session of fun with amazing robots! Learn about the uses of robots in our world and spend time experimenting with super cool re-hot robots. Discover the science of circuits and how robots use sensors to explore things around them. Use your skills to build your very own working robot to take home with you!

Fizz, Boom, Bang

Grades: Rising 1st - 6th
Date: July 31 to August 4
Time: 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Location: Murrysville Community Center
Instructor: Mad Science Instructor
Fee: $150.00
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Fizz, Boom, Bang: Shake up a flask of fun in the lab as a junior chemist! This hands-on and interactive program of chemistry is packed solid with cool reactions. Students put on googles and change liquid to solid and back again. They get to handle laboratory tools, build and break molecules, and pick up some tricks on chemical changes.

Preschool to Elementary Nature Program

Mud, Sticks, and Sunshine: Summer Solstice Community Event

Class Details:

Ages: 18 Months to 8 Years
Date: Wednesday, June 21
Time: 10:00 to 11:00 AM
Location: Bear Hollow Park
Instructor: Lauren Menzietti
Fee: $2.00/Child - Pay at Event (Cash or Venmo ONLY)
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Come out to celebrate the official first day of summer. We'll play, sing, make nature crowns and art, and welcome the new season! Family and friends are welcome.

For more information about Lauren Menzietti and Mud, Sticks, and Sunshine please visit their website https://mudsticksandsunshine.my.canva.site/.

Mud, Sticks, and Sunshine: Free Trial Program #1 "Bubble Joy"

Ages: 18 Months to 8 Years
Date: Monday, June 26
Time: 10:00 to 11:00 AM
Location: Bear Hollow Park
Instructor: Lauren Menzietti
Fee: FREE
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Come check out what a class looks like!

Mud, Sticks, and Sunshine: Free Trial Program #2 "Bubble Joy"

Ages: 18 Months to 8 Years
Date: Sunday, July 2
Time: 10:00 to 11:00 AM
Location: Bear Hollow Park
Instructor: Lauren Menzietti
Fee: FREE
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Come check out what a class looks like!

Mud, Sticks, and Sunshine: Summer "Tinkergarten" Communication Series

Class Details:

Ages: 18 Months to 8 Years
Date: Mondays and Wednesdays, July 17 to August 9
Time: 10:00 to 11:00 AM
Location: Bear Hollow Park
Instructor: Lauren Menzietti
Fee: $195.00 OR $25.00 Per Session (Registration for Individual Sessions Now Available)
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This summer, we’ll be filling the days with joyful, hands-on group play, with lessons designed to boost kids’ communication skills! With our “Camp Tinkergarten” theme, every lesson captures kids’ imagination, connects kids to nature, and boosts their social communication skills. To kids? It’s pure fun!

For more information about Lauren Menzietti and Mud, Sticks, and Sunshine please visit their website https://mudsticksandsunshine.my.canva.site/.

Fitness Programs

Ready, Set, Run! 5K

Ages: 8 to 13
Class Min: 10 Max: 50
Date: Tuesdays & Thursdays June 13 to August 3
Time: 9:00 - 10:00 AM
Instructors: Jim Passarelli & Susie Albert
Location: Murrysville Community Park
Fee: $65.00
Late Fee: $10.00 (Effective June 7)
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Have you ever wanted to run a whole 5K? Well, this is your chance! Join Coaches Jim and Susie to learn how to safely train to run a 5K in this non-competitive training camp, we guarantee you'll have fun all summer long! The camp with conclude with all participants actually running a full 5K. This camp is sponsored by Pro Bike + Run and presented in conjunction with the National Alliance for Youth Sports.

Small Fry Scramble sponsored by Alliance Physical Therapy

Ages: 12 and Under
Date: Wednesday, June 14
Time: 6:30 PM
Location: Townsend Park
Fee: $20.00 +
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Townsend Park's Small Fry Scramble is a non-competitive FUN run for children ages 12 and under with half-mile, one-mile, or two-mile course options. Volunteers will be cheering along the courses so that all runners are supervised during the entire event. Parents are welcome to run along with their child. All "Scramblers" receive a custom t-shirt, race bib, swag bag, and a post -race party. Find event details and registration at https://runsignup.com/Race/PA/Murrysville/SmallFryScramble.

History Programs

Pioneer for a Day

Age: 8 to 12
Date: Tuesday, July 11
Time: 9:00 to 3:00 PM
Location: Sampson -Clark Toll House
Instructors: Murrysville Historical Preservation Society
Fee: $50.00
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Ever wondered what it would be like to live as an actual pioneer? Join us for Pioneer for a Day and learn all about cooking, herbal medicine, weaving/spinning, gunsmithing, candle making, and more! You’ll even get to experience what it was like to attend class in an 1800’s replica one-room schoolhouse! With Westmoreland County celebrating its 250th Anniversary in 2023 the Murrysville Historical Preservation Society wants the youth to experience this unique program and remember our history!

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