Seventh Grade Initiative

Seventh Grade Initiative

Calling all Seventh Graders!

The Seventh Grade Initiative offers a complimentary Ridgewood Y membership to all seventh graders for the duration of the school year. This program was conceived and implemented by the New Jersey YMCA State Alliance to support and encourage teens to adopt healthy lifestyles at an age when they are beginning to make their own choices regarding health and wellness.

This complimentary membership grants seventh graders member-level access to the facilities including our group fitness classes*, teen-only fitness classes, lap swim sessions**, fitness centers, and gymnasium.

The Y offers a safe place where teens can find opportunities to cultivate values, skills, and relationships that lead to positive behaviors, better health, and educational achievement.

Visit our Welcome Center to sign up!

Membership also includes access to exclusive teen-only fitness classes offered during the school year at convenient after school times.

To Qualify

  • Students must sign a Seventh Grade Pledge and agree to the code of conduct

     

  • Students must be a seventh grader in the current school year. Proof of school enrollment/grade is required

     

  • Registration must be done in person at the Welcome Center

     

  • A $35 fee will be taken as a deposit and credited towards the first month of their youth membership rate after the Seventh Grade Initiative membership expires

     

  • A parent/guardian is required at registration

Seventh Grade Initiative memberships are vaild from September 7th of the seventh grade year through October 19th of the following year and will expire automatically.

*Members must be at least 16 years old to participate in our adult group fitness classes. Members between the ages of 12 and 16, including those with a Seventh Grade Initiative membership, may participate but must be accompanied by a legal guardian in the class.

**A deep water test is required for all members under the age of 16 who wish to participate in lap swim.

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