Programs
YSA runs nationally-recognized afterschool programs, offering a wide range of activities from skiing and mountain biking to cooking and photography. These programs foster inclusive social interactions, encourage healthy activity, and provide associated physical, academic and psychlogical benefits, while mitigating the negative aspects of unsupervised time.
Our programs are open to all students. Scholarships are available for students needing financial assistance to participate.
ADVENTURE
Get Out & Play
Elementary-aged students can try alpine skiing, snowboarding, cross country skiing, freestyle skiing, freeride snowboarding, ski jumping, mountain biking, figure skating, speed skating, ice hockey, triathlon, golf, fitness, indoor action sports, and theatre, among other sports.
OPPORTUNITY
ACTiV8
Middle school, junior high and high school students can try 40 different sports or healthy lifestyle activities to stay active and off their screens through our ACTiV8 program. These fun activities take place after school on early-release days. Built into the curriculum are later-entry sports such as rowing, biathlon and curling, and creative activities including photography, cooking and art.
ACTiV8 focuses on developing eight positive lifestyle qualities: Accountability, Confidence, Equality, Inspiration, Kindness, Leadership, Respect, and Versatility. Students receive a “community passport” after their first session and are responsible for obtaining signatures from instructors after finishing each activity. Upon completing eight activities (one of which must include CPR), students receive a Park City ACTiV8 Award.
TEAM WORK
Competitive Teams
Founded to foster encourage winter sport participation following the 2002 Olympic Winter Games, the Youth Sports Alliance continues to pursue this goal by fundraising for seven winter sports teams and providing need-based scholarships to athletes training on these teams through the Stein Eriksen YSA Opportunity Endowment.
YSA's afterschool programs serve as a pipeline to these clubs as well as other sports teams in the community.
SCHOLARSHIPS
Financial Assistance
Financial assistance is available to athletes training with YSA winter sports programs and to students participating in YSA after-school programs. YSA partner winter sport clubs include: Figure Skating Club of Park City, Park City Ice Miners Hockey, Park City Speed Skating Club, Park City Ski & Snowboard, Utah Olympic Park Skeleton & Bobsled, Wasatch Freestyle and Wasatch Luge Club.
