TryCAN Programs

Below you will find the program sign-ups for all of our Winter TryCAN programs. 

 

Please note that all participants must meet the following criteria:

  • Participants must be able to remain in the classroom/program area for the duration of the class. They may not have elopement issues. 
  • All participants must be toilet trained.
  • Participants may not exhibit self-injurious behaviors
  • Participants must not exhibit injurious behaviors (punching, biting, hitting, etc.) toward teachers or other class participants 


Little Apple Arts TryCAN Theatre Class

  • January 15-March 19th
  • 5:00-6:00: Multiage Children’s Theatre Class for Grades K-5
  • @ Summit Community Center - Youth Lounge

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Welcome to the wonderful world of Theatre! Little Apple Arts is Broadway At Play and we are back at TryCan for the Winter! LAA teaching artists are here to share their love of theatre with your child. Theatre is a wonderful way to encourage confidence, creativity and teamwork and in this class, students explore the dramatic arts through song, movement and acting games and exercises. With a fun, friendly, inclusive and adaptive spirit, we will spend the session learning and preparing a short presentation which we will share with family members at the end of the session. 

A great chance for siblings to share the theatre experience together!

We welcome all abilities and the rules are simply: listen, do your best and have fun! 

 


 

Winter TryCAN Cooking

In this new program, each week the class will cook a new dinner entrée each week. Everyone will go home with a new entrée recipe to try with their families! Each week, we will also cook a light dessert. The group will then practice social skills, setting a table, and appropriate dinner time behavior. After dinner and dessert, if time allows, we will play a game to conclude the session each night! Join us for dinner, games and social skills! 

 


 

Winter TryCAN Teen Hang Out

  • January 13, 2025 – March 17, 2025
  • 5:00-7:00 PM -
  • Instructor: Ms. Patricia Walsh and Ms. Kendall Black
  • Benson Room/Guida Gym at Summit Community Center

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Each week we will play a different group game, do various active activities and communicate about what is going on in our lives! We will use the gym for majority of our activities. We will also on occasion visit local parks. We will order pizza or make a snack each week. A large emphasis in this class will be building lasting and meaningful social connections with members of our club.


2025 Fall Programming Info Below - 2026 Info TBD

TryCAN is thrilled to offer programs to meet all interests of children with unique needs. We offer several sporting options throughout the year. Typically, sport programs are offered the season before they run for mainstream programming. This is to allow children the opportunity to succeed in the main programs by developing skills in a more small and intimate setting. There are also several academic, enrichment and social skills programs offered by TryCAN as well. 

If you have a program suggestion or would like to see something offered through TryCAN, email David Guida.

General Programming

Yoga, Dance and Movement

Yoga, Dance and Movement programs are held all year with a fall session, winter session, spring session and a summer session. Typically there is a two week gap between sessions.

Social Skills Programming

Social Skills programs are held all year with a fall session, winter session, spring session and a summer session. Typically there is a two week gap between sessions.

Game Club Programming

Game Club are held all year with a fall session, winter session, spring session. Typically there is a two week gap between sessions. During the summer, Game Club is held as a Concert Social outing at the Summit Hot Summer Nights Concert Series.

Reading Programming

Reading programs are held all year with a fall session, winter session, spring session and summer session. Typically there is a two week gap between sessions. 

Cooking Programming

Cooking held all year during the academic year with a fall session, winter session, spring session. Typically there is a two week gap between sessions. 

Sports Programming

  • Basketball - Held January/February/March and July/August (alternating years)
  • Tennis - Held October/November and April/May
  • Golf - Held April/May
  • Football - Held September/October
  • Baseball - Held April/May/June
  • Lacrosse - Held indoors November/December
  • Soccer - Held September/October/November and November/December and July/August (alternating years)

Inclusion

Note for all Program offered by any collaborator: TryCAN Promotes Inclusion! TryCAN will provide a peer mentor for any mainstream program run through The Summit Department of Community Programs. If you would like to secure a one to one peer mentor to ensure your child’s success in a program contact dguidajr@cityofsummit.org.