Youths and Teens

Camps, activities, employment, resources

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Services and Information

Departments and Agencies

  • Recreation Division
    We offer swimming, weight lifting, boxing, basketball, youth football, volleyball, aerobics, arts and crafts, and additional activities for the citizens of St. Louis.
  • Youth and Family Services
    The Youth & Family Services division administers a wide range of programs through partnerships with community based organizations and institutions.

Online Applications and Forms

Downloadable Forms

Plans and Reports

  • Challenge Learning Center St. Louis
    The award-winning Challenger Learning Center-St. Louis provides space education programs for schools, corporations, scouts, community groups and the general public.
  • Circus Flora
    The Circus Arts Foundation of Missouri's mission is to broaden and deepen the appreciation of the performing arts in the greater St. Louis community by producing and presenting innovative performances and educational programs through the use of classic circus skills.
  • Grant's Farm
    There are many exciting animal encounters possible at Grant's Farm, the 281-acre ancestral home of the Busch family, located just south of the city of St. Louis. The Farm is home to more than 900 animals representing more than 100 different species. Grant's Farm, operated by Anheuser-Busch, Inc., has been a St. Louis tradition for over five decades.
  • Kirkwood Children's Chorale
    Kirkwood Children's Chorale is a musical enrichment program for children from second to eighth grade.KCC has over 220 singers from over fifty area schools. KCC singers perform numerous local concerts, and also have the opportunity to perform nationally and overseas.
  • Magic House: St. Louis Children's Museum
    Magic House presents creativity and the development of problem solving skills within a place of beauty, joy and magic, The Magic House will engage all children in hands-on learning experiences that encourage experimentation and wonder.
  • Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum
    The Kemper Art Museum is part of the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts at Washington University, which was established in 2005 to link strong studio programs in art and architecture with the resources and programs of the Museum. The Sam Fox School is dedicated to the creation, study, and exhibition of multidisciplinary and collaborative work with an emphasis on fostering creativity and intellectual exchange
  • PoolSafely
    Pool Safely is a national public education campaign that works with partners around the country to reduce child drownings and entrapments in swimming pools.
  • Recycle at School
    Recycling resources for schools, teachers, students and educators on the City's recycling education programs, how to get classroom recycling bins, how to start rescycling at your school, the Lending Library (environmental educational books) and additional resources.
  • SLPS Bilingual/Migrant Program (ESOL)
    The mission of the ESOL/Bilingual/Migrant program is to provide effective and age-appropriate English language instruction (Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing), and to support English Language Learners to achieve in all content areas, grades K-12
  • SLPS Special Education Office
    The Office of Special Education (OSE) is committed to the educational, social, physical and emotional well-being of students within the St. Louis Public Schools
  • St. Louis Youth Jobs
    We engage the unemployed youth talent in target neighborhoods, and connect them to a combination of place-based employment and corporations in high-demand industries in our region.
  • The Butterfly House
    A division of Missouri's Botanical Gardens.
  • Vision for Children at Risk
    The mission of Vision for Children at Risk is to promote the well-being of children and youth in the St. Louis metropolitan area, targeting particularly those young people who face serious socio-economic risk.

See Also

Children and Teens Activities

Programs, Museums, Theater, Camps, Venues

Education and Training

Adult, Schools, Special and Higher Education, Homeschooling

Community Facilities

Parks, Recycling Drop-Off Locations, Farmer’s Markets

Immunizations and Public Health

Asthma Services, Lead Testing, Smoking Cessation, Reports, Communicable Diseases

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