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Fall programs are typically held through September / October / November each year, although some programs or program sessions may vary, starting earlier or running later in the season.
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We are always looking for new programming ideas and suggestions! If you have an idea for a new Dover Parks and Recreation program, or have ideas/ input on how to improve existing programs, please e-mail our Assistant Director, Nicole DiCicco.
- Erin's School of Dance
- Basketball
- Caryl Art Club
- Elite Taekwondo
- Hikes+Crafts
- Hip Hop Dance
- MetroWest eSports
- Ice Skating Lessons
- Musical Theater
- Pop-Up Playdates
- PROformance Soccer
- T-Ball and Baseball
- Tennis Lessons
Erin's School of Dance x DoverRec
We have partnered with Erin's School of Dance to offer top-level dance classes for all children ages 3 - 18, right in the heart of Dover- at St. Dunstan's Church in Dover!
With over 30 years of experience teaching dance to the children of Dover and our surrounding communities, Ms. Erin’s passion for instruction and movement shines throughout every one of her fun and personalized lessons. Whether looking to establish and grow your technical knowledge and skill, or you’re seeking a more simple, creative outlet where freedom of movement is encouraged and celebrated, Ms. Erin provides a path for your child to fall in love with dance!
SESSION 1
LESSON DAYS / TIMES & AGES:
MONDAYS, SEPTEMBER 12 - DECEMBER 19, 2022
NO CLASS HELD: 9/26 and 10/10
- 3:15 - 4:00pm BALLET (grades K - 2)
- 4:15 - 5:00pm BALLET (grades 3 - 5)
- 5:00 - 6:15pm BALLET & PRE-POINTE (grades 6 - 12)
TUESDAYS, SEPTEMBER 13 - DECEMBER 6, 2022
- 3:15 - 4:00pm DANCE TALES (grades K - 2)
- 4:15 - 5:00pm DANCE WITH PROPS (grades 3 - 5)
- 5:00 - 6:15pm BALLET & LYRICAL (grades 6 - 12)
THURSDAYS, SEPTEMBER 15 - DECEMBER 15, 2022
NO CLASS HELD: 11/24
- 1:30 - 2:15pm BALLET (Pre-K)
- 3:15 - 4:00pm JAZZ & LYRICAL (grades K - 2)
- 4:15 - 5:00pm JAZZ & LYRICAL (grades 3 - 5)
- 5:00 - 6:15pm JAZZ & LYRICAL (grades 6 - 12)
Location: St. Dunstan's Church (Lower Level) 18 Springdale Avenue, Dover
Led by: Ms. Erin McCann, Dance Educators of America Certified Teacher
Cost:
| Pre-K - 5th grade classes | 6th -12th grade classes |
| $170/ 13-week 45 minute sessions | $260/ 13-week 75 minute sessions |
BASKETBALL
at Caryl Community Center OUTDOOR Basketball Court
In this elementary-level Basketball program for both boys and girls, players will receive basic basketball instruction in a fun, learning-style program that will include skills & drills, as well as game-play each week to help players hone their skills and apply good sportsmanship on and off the court!
Program includes varied amounts of practice and game play each week, depending on the current lesson plan.
FRIDAYS, SEPTEMBER 17 - NOVEMBER 5, 2021
Ages / Times:
- PRE-K 1:45 - 2:30pm
- (3, 4 and 5 year old's who are not currently attending elementary school)
- KINDERGARTEN 2:30 - 3:30pm
- 1st & 2nd GRADES 3:30 - 4:30pm
- 3rd & 4th GRADES 4:30 - 5:30pm
Location: Outdoor Basketball Court at the Caryl Community Center*
* During inclement weather participants will work on non-shooting drills in the Caryl Community Center recreational space.
Led by: Coach Pete Sylvester with P&R staff assistant coaches
Cost: $120/ 8-week session
CARYL ART CLUB
in the Caryl Community Center
In this class we will develop your young artists’ interest and skill in creative arts through the exploration of a variety of mediums.
Over each 5-week session, we will introduce, discuss and explore famous artists and their unique forms of making art, then we will create our own works of art using all we've learned!
SESSION 1: TUESDAYS, SEPTEMBER 14 - OCTOBER 12, 2021
SESSION 2: TUESDAYS, OCTOBER 26 - NOVEMBER 23, 2021
Ages / Times:
- KINDERGARTEN - 2nd GRADE 3:00 - 4:00pm
- 3rd - 5th GRADE 4:15 - 5:15pm
Location: Caryl Community Center, Caryl Room (#203)
Led by: Nicole DiCicco, Assistant Director of P&R
Cost: $70/ 5-week session
ELITE TAEKWONDO
in the Caryl Community Center
Elite Taekwondo is consistently ranked a top martial arts school throughout MA annually with students placing higher in competitions than their opponents - and with such flexible class times, everyone can fit the strength, skills and confidence-building of taekwondo into their busy schedules.
Our open schedules for every age group provide lessons up to 4-days per week and Elite Taekwondo students are encouraged to attend classes whenever they have the opportunity each week throughout each month-long session!
Learn new, lifelong skills, build great friendships and start working towards your black belt with the Best of the Best!
SEPTEMBER SESSION: SEPTEMBER 1 - 29, 2021
OCTOBER SESSION: OCTOBER 1 - 30, 2021
NOVEMBER SESSION: NOVEMBER 1 - 29, 2021
Days / Ages / Times:
Participant may attend as many classes per week as they wish during their designated age-group times (listed below), throughout the current session!
WEEKDAYS (MONDAY / WEDNESDAY / FRIDAY) SCHEDULE:
- 5 & 6 year olds 3:15 - 4:00pm
- 7 - 12 year olds 4:00 - 5:00pm
- 13 + years old 5:00 - 6:00pm
WEEKEND (SATURDAY) SCHEDULE:
- 5 & 6 year olds 9:00 - 10:00am
- 7 - 12 year olds 10:00 - 11:00am
- 13 + years old 11:00am - 12:00pm
Location: Taekwondo Room (#206)
Led by: Grand Master Jean Theodat
Cost: $125/ per 1-month session
Additional Fee: Elite Taekwondo school uniform must be purchased through instructor, Master Jean Theodat, and worn during practices and competitions.
HIKES & CRAFTS
Each week of these month-long sessions we will explore our surroundings at a different, beautiful, Town-owned property.
On each trail we will learn about the land, plants and animals that surround us, then we will hold a creative activity that will incorporate the great outdoors with your own imagination!
SEPTEMBER SESSION: WEDNESDAYS, SEPTEMBER 8 - 29, 2021
OCTOBER SESSION: WEDNESDAYS, OCTOBER 6 - 27, 2021
NOVEMBER SESSION: WEDNESDAYS, NOVEMBER 3 - 24, 2021
All online registration for fall Hikes & Crafts will close at 5PM the day before the session begins -OR- upon all available spaces being filled.
Ages: KINDERGARTEN - 5th GRADE
Time: 3:00 - 4:15pm
Locations: vary weekly - please refer to the online registration portal for all session-specific locations
Led by: Nicole DiCicco, Assistant Director of P&R
Cost: $55/ 4-week session
PRIVATE GROUP HIKES
VERY LIMITED NUMBER AVAILABLE PER-SEASON, UPON REQUEST!
Please contact Nicole DiCicco directly with all private hike requests!
HIP-HOP DANCE
in the Caryl Community Center
Join DJ Aly and learn all the latest and most popular, viral dance moves out right now from IG to TikTok!
Participants will learn moves from all the newest dance crazes, using age-appropriate, ‘Kids Bop’ versions of popular hit songs. PLUS: Aly will incorporate additional unique choreography and introduce different forms of freestyle movement styles to help you make these moves your own!
At the end of the session, participants will hold a LIVE DANCE PERFORMANCE for their family and friends to see all they have learned!
TUESDAYS, SEPTEMBER 14 - NOVEMBER 2, 2021
Ages: KINDERGARTEN - 5th GRADE
Time: 4:30 - 5:30pm
Location: Caryl Community Center
Led by: Aly Periera
Cost: $105/ 8-week session
METROWEST eSPORTS LEAGUE
Offering a variety of competitive, multi-week divisions and single-day tournaments through the word-renown and nation-wide GG Leagues eSports system, the MetroWest eSports League brings gamers up against players both in-town here in Dover and from the surrounding communities of Medfield, Norwood, Medway, Natick, Franklin, Ashland, Holliston and Millis!
SOME PAST GAMES INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO:
- FORTNITE
- ROCKET LEAGUE
- SUPER SMASH BROS.
- NBA2K
- MADDEN
- FIFA
The fall season of gaming divisions and tournaments will begin in OCTOBER 2021!
The Skating Club of Boston: Skating Academy
ICE SKATING LESSONS
The Skating Club of Boston is New England’s premier figure skating club, and home to a community of families, athletes and professionals united by their love of ice skating and a commitment to excellence in every aspect of the sport. From recreational skaters to the Olympic hopefuls, beginners to lifelong enthusiasts, The Skating Club of Boston will provide you or your little skaters with the resources and relationships necessary to meet your own individual skating goals and dreams!
PLEASE NOTE: REGISTRATION FOR ALL FALL SEASON ICE SKATING LESSONS WILL CLOSE on WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1st at 5:00PM
BASIC SKILLS
(All Children in Basic Levels 1-6)
A fun, goal-oriented program where beginners will receive Basic Skills instruction following the U.S. Figure Skating OR USA Hockey curriculum.
SATURDAYS from 1:15 – 2:05pm:
- September 11 - November 6, 2021 (no class 9/18; 10/2 & 10/9)
SUNDAYS from 1:15 – 2:05pm:
- September 12 - November 14, 2021 (no class 9/19; 10/3 & 10/10)
MONDAYS from 7:00 – 7:50pm:
- September 13 - November 1, 2021 (no class 10/11)
Ages: 4-17 years old
Location: Skating Club of Boston, Norwood Facility
Cost (varies per-session/day):
- $120/ 6-week, SATURDAY session
- $135/ 7-week, SUNDAY session
- $135/ 7-week, MONDAY session
BASIC SKILLS: ADVANCED
(All Adults & those Children who have passed Level 6)
Taking Basic Skills to the next level by increasing skaters’ skills and ability, and introducing more advanced edges, jumps and spins.
SATURDAYS from 2:15 – 3:05pm:
- September 11 - November 6, 2021 (no class 9/18; 10/2 & 10/9)
SUNDAYS from 2:15 – 3:05pm:
- September 12 - November 14, 2021 (no class 9/19; 10/3 & 10/10)
Ages: 4 - 17 years old & Adults (17+)
Location: Skating Club of Boston, Norwood Facility
Cost (varies per-session/day):
- $135/ 7-week, SATURDAY session
- $135/ 7-week, SUNDAY session
MUSICAL THEATER
in the Caryl Community Center
Come join the fun of taking part in a real musical theater performance and sing, dance and act your way into a world of excitement!
We will learn the basics of putting together a production, then audition for and perform, roles from the Disney made-for-tv musical, Z-O-M-B-I-E-S!
Then at the end of the session, participants will perform all they've learned at a LIVE SHOW put on for their family and friends to enjoy!
THURSDAYS, SEPTEMBER 23 - NOVEMBER, 4, 2021
Ages: KINDERGARTEN - 5th GRADE
Please note ability to read AND/OR ability to comprehend and memorize a script is necessary for this class!
Time: 5:15 - 6:15pm
Location: Caryl Community Center
Led by: Aly Periera
Cost: $125/ 7-week session
POP-UP PLAYDATES with Knucklebones
at Chickering Playfields
This is not your average after-school event! Each town-wide early release day will bring our famous Pop-Up Playdate events back to Chickering, where P&R staff and the team from Knucklebones MA will use an array of high quality, unique play equipment to provide unexpected and wildly fun games!
A round of Capture the Flag gets crazy when we add a giant six-foot inflatable tube to each team... Gaga and Poison ball are given themes, and are mixed with Olympics and Survivor for new, out of this world individual challenges... Pool noodles and hula-hoops are given new jobs and have never been this fun before... Everyone will be challenged, will learn new skills and wild new games, and will have an absolute blast at our Pop-Up Playdates!
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2021
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2021
Ages: current KINDERGARTEN - 5th GRADERS
Time: 12:00 - 1:00pm
Location: Chickering Playfields
Led by: Knucklebones with assisting P&R staff members
Cost: FREE! (pre-registration is REQUIRED)
LOOKING FOR SUPERVISED FUN, STRAIGHT OUT OF SCHOOL, BEFORE THE POP-UP PLAYDATE BEGINS?
ADD THE "LUNCH BUNCH" OPTION, WHEN REGISTERING ONLINE, FOR AN ADDITIONAL ACTIVITY IMMEDIATLY AFTER SCHOOL, FROM 11:15AM-12:00PM FOR ONLY $5/ CHILD!
What is Pop-Up Playdate "LUNCH BUNCH"?
Nicole and some P&R Summer Club counselors will meet the registered "Lunch Bunch" in Chickering School right when school gets out at 11:15am.
Then, we will eat our lunches* all together and play at the Chickering School playground, before walking as a group to the scheduled Pop-Up Playdate event set-up at the Chickering Playfields!
* Participants must provide their own, FULLY NUT FREE lunch from home. (The $5 fee is to cover all additional staffing needs, only.)
PROFORMANCE SOCCER
at Chickering Playfields
PROformance Soccer is a leading MA soccer training program, whose core philosophies are derived through playing, coaching and learning from some of the most respected clubs and brightest minds from around the world of soccer.
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PRE-K LEVEL
PROformance is back with another rounds pf pre-k soccer thru DoverRec!
This FUN action-packed 8-week program will teach your 4 & 5 year old's key soccer skills in an age-appropriate setting, where players will develop their love for the sport!
TUESDAYS, SEPTEMBER 14 - NOVEMBER 2, 2021
Ages: 4 & 5 year old's who are not currently enrolled in kindergarten
Time: 2:15-3:15pm
Location: Chickering Playfields
Led by: PROformance Soccer Academy coaches
Cost: $175/ 8-week session (60 minute classes)
ELEMENTARY LEVELS
Aimed at both teaching and developing key technical soccer skills, each week classes will consist of both skill work and small, sided games.
The age-specific curriculum is designed to be instructional as well as fun, so that players can learn and develop key fundamental soccer skills while inspiring their love and enthusiasm for the game!
TUESDAYS, SEPTEMBER 14 - NOVEMBER 2, 2021
Ages / Times:
- KINDERGARTEN - 2nd GRADES 3:30 - 5:00pm
- 3rd - 5th GRADES 5:00 - 6:30pm*
* due to the seasonal time change, 3rd-5th classes held on 10/19, 10/26 & 11/2 will all be held from 3:30-5:00pm on a playing field opposite the other groups.
Location: Chickering Playfields
Led by: PROformance Soccer Academy coaches
Cost: $230/ 8-week session (90 minute classes)
PRE-K T-BALL
at the Chickering Playfields
In this introduction to T-Ball, players will learn to properly swing a bat to hit off a 'T', while learning about each of the various field positions, becoming comfortable with base running and practicing good sportsmanship!
Program includes practice and non-competitive game-play, weekly.
THURSDAYS, SEPTEMBER 9 - NOVEMBER 4, 2021
Ages / Levels / Times:
- PRE-K LEVEL I 2:00 - 2:45pm
- Level I = ALL 3 year olds & any 4 year olds who have NOT played t-ball before.
- PRE-K LEVEL II 2:45 - 3:30pm
- Level II = Any 4 year olds who HAVE played t-ball before & ALL 5 year olds.
Location: Chickering Playfields Baseball Diamond
Led by: Coach Pete Sylvester with P&R staff assistant coaches
Cost: $120/ 8-week session
ELEMENTARY T-BALL & BASEBALL
at the Chickering Playfields
In this introduction to Baseball, players will initially practice proper swing off a 'T', but will then move onto coach-pitched balls to prepare them for future league play. Additional focus will be on learning proper catching and fielding technique of both thrown and hit balls, base-running strategy and applying good sportsmanship on and off the field!
Program includes varied amounts of practice and game play each week, depending on the current lesson.
THURSDAYS, SEPTEMBER 9 - NOVEMBER 4, 2021
Ages / Levels / Times:
- KINDERGARTEN 3:30 - 4:30pm
- 1st & 2nd GRADES 4:30 - 5:30pm
Location: Chickering Playfields Baseball Diamond
Led by: Coach Pete Sylvester with P&R staff assistant coaches
Cost: $120/ 8-week session
OUTDOOR TENNIS LESSONS
at Caryl Park
Interested participants must contact Peter Cooper directly, PRIOR to registration, in order to schedule your lesson days and times. Call or Text @ 508-561-4708 OR click here to E-MAIL
Do not register before confirming your schedule with Peter Cooper, as there are limited slots available each season and space cannot be guaranteed prior to his direct approval!
7-weeks of lessons will begin the week of SEPTEMBER 6, 2021
Ages: 6 years and up
Times: Individual lesson schedules must be planned in advance with Coach Peter Cooper (see contact details included in program description, above)
Location: Caryl Park Tennis Courts
Instructor: Peter Cooper, Dover P&R Tennis Pro
Costs:
1-to-1 PRIVATE LESSONS
- $616/ seven, 60 minute lessons
- $336/ seven, 30 minute lessons
2-to-1 SEMI-PRIVATE LESSONS
- $336/ seven, 60 minute lessons
3-to-1 GROUP LESSONS
- $280/ seven, 60 minute lessons
4-to-1 GROUP LESSONS
- $231/ seven, 60 minute lessons
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