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Hitchcock Center for the Environment

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845 West Street
Amherst, MA 01002 Get Directions
Phone 413-256-6006

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  • Spring Vacation Days

    Spring Vacation Days
    Hitchcock Center for the Environment 845 West Street, Amherst, MA
    Ages 5–8/Grades K–3 or Ages 9–11/Grades 4–6

    SPRING VACATION DAYS 2023 Monday through Friday, April 17 – 21 8:45am-3:00pm Age Groups: Jumping Mice: Ages 5-6, Grades K-1 Brown Bats: Ages 6-8, Grades 1-2 Groundhogs: Ages 8-10, Grades 3-5 Fee per child per day: Tier A-$93 | Tier B-$81 | Tier C-$69  | Tier D-$53 Spend your days off from school learning and […]

  • Spring Vacation Days Aftercare

    Spring Vacation Days Aftercare
    Hitchcock Center for the Environment 845 West Street, Amherst, MA
    Ages 5–8/Grades K–3 or Ages 9–11/Grades 4–6

    SPRING VACATION DAYS 2023 AFTERCARE Monday through Friday, April 17 – 21 3:00pm – 5:30pm One Group: Ages 5-10, Grades K-5 Fee per child per day: Tier A-$40 | Tier B-$35 | Tier C-$29  | Tier D-$23 Nature Play time after hours with some down time!

  • Spring Vacation Days

    Spring Vacation Days
    Hitchcock Center for the Environment 845 West Street, Amherst, MA
    Ages 5–8/Grades K–3 or Ages 9–11/Grades 4–6

    SPRING VACATION DAYS 2023 Monday through Friday, April 17 – 21 8:45am-3:00pm Age Groups: Jumping Mice: Ages 5-6, Grades K-1 Brown Bats: Ages 6-8, Grades 1-2 Groundhogs: Ages 8-10, Grades 3-5 Fee per child per day: Tier A-$93 | Tier B-$81 | Tier C-$69  | Tier D-$53 Spend your days off from school learning and […]

  • Climate Action Saturday

    Hitchcock Center for the Environment 845 West Street, Amherst, MA
    Teen Programs

    Come work with and support your peers in planning and following through with a climate action project. We’ll use the resources we have available at the Hitchcock Center to take one of a number of climate actions. It might be artistic or science-y but either way it will be loads of fun. April 15 – […]

  • Nature Discovery Preschool: All About Birds

    Nature Discovery Preschool: All About Birds
    Hitchcock Center for the Environment 845 West Street, Amherst, MA
    Ages 3–5 or Grade Pre-K

    Nature Discovery Spring Preschool Series: All About Birds With Colleen Kelley Ages 3-5 (Adult required to attend with child) Fridays, April 7 – June 16 ( no program April 21) Morning session: 9:30am-11:30 am Afternoon session: 1:00pm-3:00pm Fee per child: Tier A-$434 | Tier B-$377 | Tier C-$321  | Tier D-$245 Limited to 7 families. Limit […]

  • Nature Discovery Preschool: All About Birds

    Nature Discovery Preschool: All About Birds
    Hitchcock Center for the Environment 845 West Street, Amherst, MA
    Ages 3–5 or Grade Pre-K

    Nature Discovery Spring Preschool Series: All About Birds With Colleen Kelley Ages 3-5 (Adult required to attend with child) Fridays, April 7 – June 16 ( no program April 21) Morning session: 9:30am-11:30 am Afternoon session: 1:00pm-3:00pm Fee per child: Tier A-$434 | Tier B-$377 | Tier C-$321  | Tier D-$245 Limited to 7 families. Limit […]

  • Girls into the Wild Afterschool

    Girls into the Wild Afterschool
    Hitchcock Center for the Environment 845 West Street, Amherst, MA
    Ages 5–8/Grades K–3 or Ages 9–11/Grades 4–6

    GIRLS INTO THE WILD AFTERSCHOOL With: Katie Koerten Ages 8–11 or Grades 3–5 Thursdays, 3:30-5:30pm March 23 – June 8 (no program April 20) Fee per Child: Tier A-$325 | Tier B-$282| Tier C-$240 | Tier D-$183 Girls into the Wild continues into 2023 for more romping wildly through the field and forests of the […]

  • Nature Play Afterschool

    Nature Play Afterschool
    Hitchcock Center for the Environment 845 West Street, Amherst, MA
    Ages 5–8 or Grades K–3

    NATURE PLAY AFTERSCHOOL With: Emily Schuttenberg Ages 6-9 or grades 1-3 Thursdays, 3:30pm-5:30pm March 23 – June 8 (no program April 20) Fee per Child: Tier A-$325 | Tier B-$282 | Tier C-$240 | Tier D-$183 Limited to 13 participants Hitchcock’s Nature Play Afterschool Program is designed to let kids be kids. Together we will […]

  • Wild Children of the Woods

    Wild Children of the Woods
    Hitchcock Center for the Environment 845 West Street, Amherst, MA
    Ages 5–8/Grades K–3 or Ages 9–11/Grades 4–6

    WILD CHILDREN OF THE WOODS With: Emily Schuttenberg Ages 8-11 or Grades 3-5 Wednesdays 3:30-5:30 March 22 – June 7 (no program April 19) Extended Days on March 22, April 5, May 10 Fee per Child: Tier A-$411 | Tier B-$357 | Tier C-$304 | Tier D-$232 Limited to 13 participants We go to the […]

  • Nature Play Afterschool

    Nature Play Afterschool
    Hitchcock Center for the Environment 845 West Street, Amherst, MA
    Ages 5–8 or Grades K–3

    NATURE PLAY AFTERSCHOOL With Jeff Mazur Ages 6-9 or grades 1-3 Wednesdays, 3:30pm-5:30pm March 22 – June 7 (no program April 19) Extended Days on March 22, April 5, May 10 Fee per Child: Tier A-$411 | Tier B-$357 | Tier C-$304 | Tier D-$232 Limited to 13 participants Hitchcock’s Nature Play Afterschool Program is […]