Chorus
Parent Volunteer (Open)

All Ages (Tuition: n/a/Materials: TBD) Come start the day with a little singing! Participants will brainstorm ideas and the parent volunteers will assist them in organizing a performance for the end of semester showcase. Families will be encouraged to join chorus members in celebrating the winter holidays with one or more Retirement Home/Nursing Home residents. Please note that depending on what the students would like to do, there may be a need for a materials fee. Every effort will be made to keep the materials fee to an absolute minimum.

Runner's Club
Parent Volunteer (Open)

All Ages (Tuition: n/a/Materials: TBD) Come start the day with a good run through park! Participants will work together to design a course to practice running in the mornings. Parent Volunteers will assist students in organizing a Fun Run during the Fall Showcase and other times if there is interest. Please note that depending on what the students would like to do, there may be a need for a materials fee. Every effort will be made to keep the materials fee to an absolute minimum.

Fun w/Ms. Mary (10:00-11:20 AM)
Mary Lee

Early Childhood (Tuition: $120/Materials: $20) Come have Fun with Ms. Mary every Monday morning! Join us on an adventure where we will enjoy each other as we develop the love of learning in our own way. We will have fun, silly days like “Pocket Day, Hat Day, Cookie Day, Messy Day, etc.” Our class focus will be on self-esteem, and learning science, math, and fine and gross motor skills. Fun adventures await with Ms. Mary!

Escape Room
Noelle Knight (KnightFall Academy)

Adolescents (Tuition: $80/Materials: $10) Are you up for the challenge? Can you and your team escape before the time is up? Join me for a fall frenzy full of frightful scenarios that will require you to work both your brain and your body! Challenges include Zombie Invasion, Haunted Forest, Graveyard Gallop, Alien Invasion, and Spy Games.

Nature Art
Stacy Worden

Primary (Tuition: $65/Materials: $20) Time to play in nature! In this class we will explore and create art inspired by the world around us. Sample projects and activities may include bird houses, fairy gardens, bubble wands, leaf rubbings, flower paintings, scavenger hunts, nature games, planting seeds and more. This is a collaborative class where students will be encouraged to be creative and most of all have fun!

Yogic World Dance
Marivi Valdez

Adolescents (Tuition: $80/Materials: n/a) This class is open to tweens & teens who want to take a journey around the world THROUGH Dance <3 There are many different styles of dance all over of the world and throughout time that speak volumes of our interconnected cultures and history as humans, this class is intended not only to explore their existence, but also to explore how dance & Yoga can become a useful tool in a variety of ways in our daily and future lives. Each week we will journey somewhere new (in our imaginations) and practice dancing from that location/ culture, yet also come at it from a yogic angle...practicing breath, mind, and body control all throughout and of course, conditioning our bodies like true athletic dancers! For the end of the semester, student has the option to choose their inspiration, talk & write about or create performance & show!

Teen Scene
Noelle Knight (KnightFall Academy)

Teens (Tuition: $80/Materials: $25) Join your peers and collaborate to create a course that is just for you! This course will be designed around your interests and focus on skills that will help you transition from a teen into a successful young adult. During the first class, students will brainstorm, discuss, and vote on the topics that are of the most interest to them as a group. Subsequent classes will then be devoted to the winning topics with instructional methods that may include discussion, guest speakers, hands-on explorations, cooperative learning, and creative thinking. Only students that enroll in the full course will be able to vote on the topics for the semester, but individual classes will be open for drop-in students if space allows for an additional fee.

Creative Photography
Stacy Worden

Adolescents (Tuition: $75/Materials: $10) Join us as we dive into the world of photography at beautiful G.T Bray Park. This is a highly creative and collaborative class. Students will be encouraged to share ideas and work together to create art. Through various engaging activities we will learn about focus, perspective, composition, lighting, detail, storytelling, nature photography, and more. Any picture taking device can be used for this class as we will focus more on the art of photography rather than technical details. Let’s get creative and have fun together.

Yoga
Marivi Valdez

Adolescents (Tuition: $80/Materials: n/a) This introduction to Yoga is geared towards tweens & teens that want to connect more with their own human body & become responsible for the knowledge & training of their own body ... learning ancient yogic breath & movement control techniques for their own health and their own individual intent and purposes. They will be learning how to safely open the body and strengthen it all while improving balance & body awareness, increasing sensory & motor skills, coordination, strength and of course flexibility! Paving the way to improved abilities & overall quality of life:)

Free Play (11:20-11:50 AM)
Parent Volunteer (Open)

Early Childhood (Tuition: n/a/Materials: n/a) Come join your friends during some free time on the playground. Parent Volunteers will supervise the students while they play on playground. This class is meant to help occupy those students that are in Ms. Mary's class until lunch time, but other appropriate aged members are welcome to join them. We will have a minimum of two adult volunteers to supervise the students during this time frame. Adult Volunteers will meet students at Pavilion 4 and escort them following Ms. Mary's class to the playground.

Intro to Music-Beginning Recorder Part 1
Michelle Shaw (Shaw Learning Pads)

Intermediate (Tuition: $64/Materials: $10) Students will look at some styles of different music periods. In addition, students will learn how to read music notes and basic rhythm (treble clef) in apply by learning to play the recorder. By the end of the course, students will be able to play a basic melody. If there is interest, I will continue the course in the spring. Materials fee covers the cost of handouts. Students must provide their own recorder. Please do not feel the need to buy anything more than about $10. Obviously, student will keep their own recorder at the end of the course.

Board Games (12:30-1:50 PM}
Parent Volunteer (Open)

All Ages (Tuition: n/a/Materials: n/a) Bring your favorite board games and cards games to challenge your peers. This class will begin during afternoon activities for those participants that are not interested in the Arts & Crafts or Silly Sports activities. Participants will be encouraged to organize a special event to be held during our Fall Showcase. Parent Volunteers will supervise and assist participants as needed. There will be several chess sets available for anyone interested.

Art Through the Ages
Mary Tighe (Art on the Fly)

Adolescents (Tuition: $60/Materials: $50) Students they will be learning techniques of great artists and architects through time. First class we will be going on a scavenger hunt and then only painting with things we have found.

Kids Yoga
Marivi Valdez

Early Childhood (Tuition: $80/Materials: n/a) This playful, yet mindful introduction to Yoga is geared towards the younger generation and is all about YOGA, the Human body and its' abilities, meditation and storytelling through movement... Helping the little ones know how to train their own bodies for their own intent and purposes. They will be learning how to safely open the body and strengthen it all while having fun, learning different breathing & movement techniques, while improving balance & body awareness, increasing sensory & motor skills, coordination, strength and of course flexibility! Paving the way to improved physical abilities & overall quality of life (sometimes making animal noises along the the way too ;)