 Teen Center
The Central YMCA Teen Center provides a safe and fun place for teens September through mid-June. Located on the second floor of the Central YMCA, teens in 6th through 12th grades are able to participate from 3-7 pm, Monday through Friday. Teen Center curriculum includes homework assistance and computer access, fitness activities, health and nutrition education with cooking projects, as well as discussion forums regarding current teen issues. Our Center includes a snack shop, lounge area, pool table, foosball, ping pong, music, X-Box, PS2, kitchen, technology area with internet access, and plenty of fun! Our teen center coordinator and volunteers provide teens guidance in participating in our various programs offered at the YMCA. This may include poetry and spoken word, teatro, hip hop crew, service clubs, teen bands, and young women’s empowerment programs!
YMCA Youth & Government
Imagine 2,000 high school students from across California dressed in business suits coming together for one week to take over the Capitol Building, the court houses and two hotels in Sacramento. Students in grades 10-12 can be a part of this exciting, life-changing experience. Each student picks a role in the legislature, court or media program that they will learn and then perform in Sacramento. There are two weekend conferences and weekly meetings where students learn leadership skills, write bills and prepare for the conference in Sacramento. They will also develop service learning projects related to their bills.
Meetings start in September and conferences take place in November, January and February.
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Youth Achievers (Y-Achievers)
This program enhances the academic, career and personal goals of the diverse high school teens of our community. Y-Achievers builds innovative leaders by providing activities that foster relationships between youth and adult role models from our dynamic community. Y-Achievers offers career days, field trips, work place tours, college tours and workshops. Workshops include topics such as life skill building, resume writing, college applications, S.A.T. exams, goal setting and decision making. Y-Achievers will also develop service learning projects. We offer Y-Achievers programs at local high schools and the Central YMCA.
Model United Nations (MUN)
Do you want to run the world? If you answered yes, then this is the program for you! You will have the opportunity to learn about the real United Nations and how it works. As a delegation, we will choose a country to represent, and then each teen will be assigned to one of the organizations that make up the Model United Nations. We have weekly meetings from February through May. We have one training conference before we head down to Pasadena, where we will stay in the Hilton Hotel. During this four-day event, we will be dressed to impress and express our views as they relate to our country.
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