Stroum Jewish Community Center050

The JCC offers a variety of youth programming, including before- and afterschool care at Kidstown, Parent's Night Out, Black Box concerts for teens, and joint programming in arts and crafts, field trips, and Judaics with other Jewish organizations, including the Jewish Day School and the Hadassah-sponsored youth group Young Judaea.

Every quarter, the Center publishes a program guide with over 125 varied classes, from swimming lessons to adult Jewish enrichment, open to both JCC members and non-members. Each summer, the Center offers over one hundred summer camps both on- and off-site, attended by schoolchildren from Bellevue, Mercer Island, and Seattle, with sports, arts and crafts, science, drama and adventure camps. The Center also organizes plays, all-ages concerts and field trips for youth and teens, and hosts free community-wide events to celebrate Hanukkah, Sukkot, and Purim.

The Parenting Center offers programs for families with children 0 to three years old. Classes include Tot Shabbat, a free drop-in program on Fridays at 9:45am with music, singing, and dancing; Baby Sign, where parents learn to communicate with their babies before they can talk; field trips to the Seattle Art Museum for a tour of exhibits with a private, baby-friendly docent; and Creative Beginnings a small group of moms and babies who do arts and crafts, sing, play, and dance together. Class registration is available online.