Participants must sign up for rides home after school daily. Drop-off times at these stops may vary. Vans will depart New Heights at 4:45 pm.
Parents and guardians are asked to sign out participants when picking up their child. The sign out clipboard will be located at the activities desk. All participants must have a list of authorized escorts (other than a parent or guardian) who may pick them up on file in the office.
All of the programs below are available to middle school students unless listed HS (High School). Programs involving youth and adult participants are listed as IG (Intergenerational)
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TEEN CENTER
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3 on 3 Basketball
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Hangtime
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Outing Club
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Art Attack
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Man Power
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Sages Of RPG (Non Electronic Gaming)
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Cooking Club
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New Heights Blog
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Sports Center
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Discovery Quest (GeoCaching)
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New Media
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Stilting
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Flag Football
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Off-site Trips
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Taking Care of Buisness
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The Whole Thing
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Art Attack
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Adventure Team
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ADVENTURE
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Boogie Boarding
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Geocaching
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Hiking
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Mountain Biking
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Rappelling
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Sages Of RPG (Non Electronic Gaming)
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Skiing
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Sledding
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Surfing
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IN-SCHOOL SERVICES
In Good Company (IGC)
Peer Leadership
OVERNIGHT TRIPS
April vacation: Southwest Desert (HS)
Ski trips (MS & HS)
Backpacking
Canoe Expeditions
SPECIAL EVENTS
Games Day
Halloween Parade
Thanksgiving
Seasonal Events
Art Attack:
Join becca and other staff for fabulous art program offerings. We will explore self-expression through a variety of visual art mediums. Individual and community art, recycled materials and fine art techniques...join us to hone your creativity, discuss artful ideas, get a little messy and laugh your head off.
Basketball:
Want to learn how to take your game to the next level? Check out our offering throughout the school year which includes a 3 on 3 basketball league, and clinics. Not only will you learn how to become a better player, you’ll learn how to become an active member of your community as well. No basketball experience is required for this activity.
Cooking Club:
Want to beckon you inner chef ? Join New Heights staff chefs as they help you to create simple nutritious meals and snacks that you can make and enjoy at home with your family. Basic kitchen skills will also be focused on and occasionally meet some local famous guest chefs!
Discovery Quest:
Particpate in this exciting new sport of finding caches (treasures) hidden in your neighborhood! The sport of GEOcaching is one of the largest growing adventure activities in the world. You will use a computer and Global Positioning System to locate treasures. Inside the treasures you may find sports memorabilia, toys, books, or even a map to uncover a new treasure. Come with us on our quest to discover several of the 1,7oo points in our area alone! Call Wayne at x.108 for more information.
Flag Football:
Are you ready for some football? This school year participants of all abilities will be able to compete with their peers for the New Heights Flag Football Championship! Be prepared to have some fun! See Matt for more details.
Fyber Space:
Create works of art out of anything fibrous! Projects may include weaving, sewing, applique, embroidery, fleece hats and scarves. We will also visit local farms to see the animals providing us with natural fibers to help create our projects. Call becca, x. 104.
Hang Time:
Some days participants may just want to “hang out” with friends, chat, sit and read, or play games in our loft. Hang time is an alternative to the scheduled activitites of Teen Center and still offers participants well staffed structured free time at New Heights. Hang time is offered daily to participants and is a privilege.
Man Power:
Join Wayne and Matt for Man Power, a new group just for boys! After school programs will address health and nutrition, physical fitness, social issues and current events. The program will also offer up visits from special guests, off site trips and service projects designed to benefit the community.
Mission Impossible:
Work with a team of participants to survive a western adventure, help the police uncover evidence, or simply find out the best way to make a sandwich blindfolded using only one hand! Participants will work together to solve theme based problems and complete a common goal. These problems range from brain busting riddles, full on team building activities, and off-site excursions. Join Wayne in this fun filled adventure!
New Heights Newcrew:
Extra! Extra! Read all about it! New Heights is starting a newsletter/blog, and it needs kids to conduct interviews, get stories, take photographs, and deliver. Help keep participants, parents, and our community up to date about New Heights! See Wayne for details
Outing Club:
ad - ven - ture (ad ven ch r): a wild and exciting undertaking. The New Heights Outing Club is offering adventure trips every Wednesday after school, certain days off from school, and select weekends throughout the semester. Each session will last for 4 weeks, and focus on a specific adventure theme throughout that time. We hope you can particpate every Wednesday during the session and learn somthign new abotu yourself and others. Each session will have a different theme, but you are guaranteed to have a wild and exciting time!
Puzzlecave:
Join Wayne and other staff as we create an interactive walk through puzzle cave. Help with sound effects, lighting, puzzle making, and prop building. The Puzzle Cave will be returning this year at a new time!
Sages of RPG :
Do you like games? Come play unique board, card and role playing games...everything from your common household Monopoly, to Settlers of Catan, Monkeys on the Moon and RPGs like Dungeons and Dragons! Sages of RPG also hosts a live action theater game, Agent X, where participants solve a mystery over a few hours with the help of strange new friends, a complex plot, and jaw dropping special effects. Also check out our Puzzle Cave program for puzzle making fun! Last but not least, Portsmouth Games Day returns in June with a whole day of gaming fun for all ages! Call Wayne @ x. 108 for more information.
Sports Center:
Each week a different sport is highlighted and participants will have the opportunity to stay active, have fun and learn variations on some of their favorite activities. Games that will be played include floor hockey, capture the flag, softball, kick ball, indoor soccer and much, much more. Sports Center can be adapted for all skill levels and abilities.
Stilting:
Learn to walk on stilts with the New Heights stilting troupe Walkin’ Tall! Once you can walk, we will learn tricks and dance moves, choreograph performances for such events as the Portsmouth Halloween Parade, Market Square Day, Prescott Park Children’s Festival and other special occasions.
Taking Care of Business:
Join our staff and some local unique business owners to learn about how they got started doing what they enjoy most. We’ll visit places like Squamscott Soda Co., Beach Pea Bakery, the SPCA, Sweet Scoops Ice Cream and more!
The Whole Thing:
A holistic health program for participants to focus on healthy choices and balanced living through investigations into self-esteem and body issues, fitness and relaxation. This theme will be woven through our Cooking Club and Get Green (horticulture and nutritional education combined with sustainable practices such as composting). The team building, self-empowering activities of our Outdoor Adventure program as well as civic service projects and experiential field trips will round out The Whole Thing every Thursday after school. The Whole Thing will tie into a gender specific group called Girl Talk! meeting once a week for lunch at Portsmouth Middle School. Call becca, x. 104 for more information.