Community Classes
Programs for Schools and Community Centers:
Learn about our current programming with each of our community partners:
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Brookview House is a nonprofit led by Black and Latinx women, located in Dorchester, that works for justice, equity, and systemic change for families and their children who have recently experienced housing instability.
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Boston Explorers, a program of Someone Else's Child Foundation, creates opportunities for urban youth to disconnect from technology, inspires civic engagement, and fosters a spirit of adventure, curiosity, and play.
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Walden Street School is a trauma-informed, residential school for young women who are struggling with significant past trauma or organic mental illness utilizing an individual treatment approach.
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Rafael Hernández School is a two-way bilingual K-8 school that is committed to working with parents/guardians and the community within a diverse and nurturing environment.
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EduSports, a non-profit organization seeking to foster the mental, physical, and social development of youth and adults through sports. EduSports helps to build a stronger community by helping youth achieve their academic and athletic abilities.
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East End House is a Cambridge-based community center that has offered innovated programming since 1875. Circus Up runs summer and school vacation classes in partnership with their school-age program, serving youth in Kindergarten through fifth grade. East End House uses a holistic approach to promote the well-being, academic achievement, and successful transition to adulthood of children and youth from under-resourced families in Cambridge.
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Circus Up offers classes with Eliot’s juvenile justice program. This program delivers a residential network for justice system involved youth ages 13 to 21, who are in need of placement while awaiting return to court, assessment, or residential treatment. Each residence has a fully accredited school, clinical supports that include individual and group treatment, and is operated by trained staff with all components integrated through a Positive Youth Development framework.
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The Newton Community Development Foundation offers affordable rental and home-ownership communities and offers a variety of services and programming for residents to support successful tenancies. These include after-school and summer programming for youth as well as services for older adults and people with disabilities to support independent living.
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JOYwweavers is a nonprofit organization for families affected by trauma, disability, or school challenges. JOYweavers offers accessible programming for children, work experiences for teens, advocacy and resources for caregivers, and most importantly, community for all to feel welcomed, known and valued.
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BRIDGE is a grassroots organization dedicated to advancing equity and justice by promoting cultural competence, positive psychology, and mutual understanding and acceptance.
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The Farm School is a non-profit organization with the mission of connecting people to the land. Circus Up partners with The Farm School to provide summer workshops for kids. The Farm School helps youth and adults be in community and connect to land through farming in a way that empowers, encourages, nourishes, and educates them in order to restore connection to self and history, learning through experience and the wonders of nature.
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Fenway High School is an early-college high school which promotes a diverse, respectful learning community. Circus Up partners with Fenway to host students during their Project Week.
PARTICIPANT WAIVERS
PARTICIPANT WAIVERS
The below waivers are for youth participants and scholarship recipients of Circus Up.
For scholarship recipients the school that hosts the class you are taking may have additional waivers to sign.
Upcoming events
Learn more about specific programming under the What We Do tab.


