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Academic Enrichment Communication Academy

Academic Writing & Public Speaking Combination

Get both of our Academic Writing and Public Speaking classes at an automatic discount! You get two fun and engaging classes where students can improve their writing skills, speaking and confidence! Experienced instructors, small classes!

Academic Writing: Script Writers

Awaken the crash, swish and clatter of words! Fire your imagination while writing your own stage play. Explore the elements of craft: story, setting, character, voice and image. Practice active reading, develop writing skills, and enrich vocabulary. Experienced instructors, small classes! Material Fee: $20. No class November 25.

Academic Writing: Short Story

Practice, perfect, and enjoy writing by creating the stories you’ve always wanted to write! In this fun and engaging class, students write their own short stories, improving their writing skills and confidence in the process. Students share their stories with friends and learn crucial editing and revision skills by working with one another. Experienced instructors, small classes!

$20. No class November 22.

Public Speaking: Informative Speakers

Learn to share your knowledge in the classroom and the world! In this fun and engaging class, students master creating and performing presentations on a variety of informative topics, including topics they choose themselves! Students learn effective communication, confidence, and master the language and style of academics. Experienced instructors, small classes!

Public Speaking: Impromptu Speech

Learn the most versatile speech type! If you’ve ever been asked a question and weren’t prepared to answer, Impromptu Speech teaches the critical skills that will let you speak on-the-spot in various situations from the casual to the academic! Students learn to present with confidence, organize ideas quickly, and speak effectively. Material Fee: $20. No class November 25.

Bay Coding Club

American Computer Science League

The American Computer Science League (ACSL.org), is an international computer science competition among more than 300 schools. At Bay Coding Club ACSL elementary team training class, we provide computational needs to prepare for this competition. You do not need to know any knowledge about programming to join in.

11532 8-11 Sep 9-Dec 2 10:30 AM-11:30 AM 12 Sa $585

HTML for Beginner

There are at least 1.7 billion websites in the world today. Practically all of these websites use HTML/CSS in one way or the other. Hence, the reason why we’ve put together this HTML/CSS and JavaScript tutorial for beginners. In this online class, you are introduced to website knowledge to impact the future world.

11529 8-17 Sep 10-Dec 3 10:30 AM-11:30 AM 12 S $585

JAVA for Beginner

Java is an advanced programming language which is more suitable for older children to learn, like age 9 or above. However, Java can be taught from an introductory level with specially designed Java classes for kids. What do Instagram, Minecraft, and Spotify have in common? Please find out the results in Bay Coding Club Java class!

11530 9-17 Sep 9-Dec 2 10:30 AM-11:30 AM 12 Sa $585

Python for Beginner

Learn Python at all levels in a fun way! Learn how to program using Python by understanding and practically applying python syntax, variables, data types, and operators by applying problem solving skills with algorithmic thinking!

11528 8-17 Sep 9-Dec 2 9:30 AM-10:30 AM 12 Sa $585

Math AMC 8

Math is the queen of all sciences. This special training course will cover all areas of math and corresponding problem solving skills that kids will never learn from their regular schools. However, they do need them for the future AMC8/AMC 10/ MathCounts. The course will concentrate in the area of algebraic manipulations, plane geometry, number theorem, counting and probability.

11527 7-17 Sep 9-Dec 2 9:30 AM-10:30 AM 12 Sa $585

PLAY-WELL TEKNOLOGIES

STEM Explorations using LEGO Materials

Master your engineering skills with Play-Well TEKnologies and tens of thousands of LEGO® parts! Apply real-world concepts in physics, engineering, and architecture through engineer-designed projects. Projects are rotated seasonally to ensure that even returning students get a new experience, so join us to design and build as never before and explore your craziest ideas.

11278 7-12 CCC Nov 1-Dec 20 2:15 PM-3:45 PM 8 W $259

Adventures in STEM with LEGO® Materials

Let your imagination run wild with tens of thousands of LEGO® parts! Build engineer-designed projects and use special pieces to create your own unique designs! Projects are rotated seasonally to ensure that both new and returning students can explore the endless creative possibilities of the LEGO® building system.

11279 5-7 CCC Sep 6-Oct 25 2:15 PM-3:45 PM 8 W $295

Haunted

House Workshop with LEGO® Materials

This Halloween season, join Play-Well TEKnologies for a LEGO® Haunted House workshop! Participants will use their imagination to create their own spooky designs, building their haunted houses and engineering their own traps with the guidance of an experienced Play-Well instructor. Can your LEGO® Minifigure make it through the haunted house without getting scared?!

11296 5-7 WSCC Oct 28-Oct 28 9:00 AM-12:00 PM 1 Sa $49

Spooktacular Halloween Workshop with LEGO® Materials

With Halloween just around the corner, it’s time to get out your decorations and get ready for trick-or-treaters! Build spooky ghosts and other moving decorations, learning about gear drives and other engineering concepts along the way. With tens of thousands of LEGO® bricks, we know your Halloween display will be simply “gourd-geous”!

11297 7-12 WSCC Oct 28-Oct 28 1:00 PM-4:00 PM 1 Sa $49

Lekha Writing

Creative Writing

Students will learn Lekha’s time-tested methods to overcome writer’s block while writing short stories, poems, and short plays. Students will be introduced to a variety of fiction and nonfiction genres. They will progress into genre writing and learn how each genre has its own set of particular rules that drive character creation, setting, and plot. Material fee: $10

Essay Writing

Students will be encouraged to develop and refine their essay writing skills. They will learn to plan, outline, and revise their narrative essays. They will share their essays with fellow students and take home a portfolio of completed work. No class November 22. Material fee: $10

Arts

Hands Together Ceramics

Roll, pinch, and pound! Explore ceramics with your child! Together, enjoy a tactile experience using clay as we hand-build playful projects and create personal treasures and memories that will last a lifetime. Instructor: Susan Bettencourt

Youth & Teens Ceramics

Explore the world of pottery as you learn how to build usable ceramics from scratch with your hands, and continue your creativity with design and glaze! Make one-of-a-kind ceramics you can take home or gift to family or a friend. Instructor: Susan Bettencourt

Beginning Balloon Twisting Workshop

Balloon sculptors are always popular at parties. Learn simple three step process for making balloon animals, such as a giraffe, cat or a horse. Practice twisting and decorating several animal sculptures to take home. Material fee of $4 due at workshop. Instructor: Larry Wertman

11228 7-11 OHAC Oct 25 3:45 PM-5:30 PM 1 W $29

Let’s Make Prints!

Get messy and express yourself! Learn many simple printmaking methods as well as basic art principles and art history. No art skills needed! This class will use many items found around your house to make beautiful unique works of art that go beyond paint on paper.

Open Intro to Improvisation

Come jam! Join me in celebrating social tap dancing in its most pure form: the jam circle. All ages, all levels, tap shoes are not required. Tap dance is a language and a medium of expressionlet’s have a conversation! Instructor: Casey Tessier

Virtual

Academic Writing: Short Story

Practice, perfect, and enjoy writing by creating the stories you’ve always wanted to write! In this fun and engaging class, students write their own short stories, improving their writing skills and confidence in the process. Students share their stories with friends and learn crucial editing and revision skills by working with one another. Experienced instructors, small classes! No class November 22.

Confident Debate: Team

Learn to debate and cooperate! Students build the foundations of critical thinking, debate and research together. They work with partners to share the work of planning, debating and questioning another team while learning to refine their research and put arguments into a formal structure. Experienced instructors, small classes! No class November 24.

Math Olympiad: Creative Problem Solving

Looking to develop a passion for math and gain confidence in solving complex math problems? In this engaging class, students will gain in-depth math sense with sharpened skills in math intuition, analysis, reasoning, creativity and develop confidence conquering challenging math problems. Specifically, students will master thought-provoking skills such as drawing a diagram, making an organized list or table, finding a pattern, experimenting and working backwards. They will write equations and strengthen their problem-solving strategies through complex and challenging word problems. Different topics are covered each quarter and courses can be taken in any order. Experienced instructors, small classes! No class November 23.

COOKING Cookies for Rookies

Calling all cookie rookies! Join us as we “kick-off” a new cookie class! Wear your favorite jersey or team gear and come learn how to make cookies for the next big game. Our bakers will “tackle” the basics of cookie making and decorating while having tons of fun along the way. We’ll make cookies so good you’ll want to do a touchdown dance!

Halloween Spook-tacular Cooking

In this one day workshop kids will make boo-tiful mouth-watering dishes: Ghoulish Avocado Toasts with monster faces, Mac-Olantern and Cheese, and Ghostly Chocolate Cupcakes! No trick in having a good time making these treats! Instructor: Cooking Round The World Staff

11496 6-12 CCC Oct 30 3:30 PM-5:30 PM 1 M $39

Sandwich Shop

Your child will enjoy the fun in making…. And eating…. Sandwiches! We introduce kids to a variety of breads and wrappings, common creations like grilled cheese with tomatoes, more unusual fare like a chow mein sandwich…. Plus interesting homemade shmears like hummus, and pesto. Material Fee: $50. Instructor: Cooking Round The World Staff

11413 6-12 CCC Sep 7-Nov 9 3:30 PM-5:00 PM 10 Th $349

Holiday Food

Holiday foods like sweet potato casserole, cranberry sauce, wild rice with cranberries, lemon cream pie…. Makes your mouth water and reminds you of the warmth of the holiday season. Children will make these and other holiday favorites in this 3-part series.

Round The World Staff

Storybook Cooking for Small Chefs

In a small group setting, Small Chefs will learn how to follow directions, measure, mix, and learn kitchen safety, manners and etiquette. The stories from children’s literature we read will inspire the recipes we learn to create through hands-on cooking.

DANCE & GYMNASTICS

Pre-Ballet and Tap for Little Dancers

Explore all the exciting aspects of tap while enjoying the benefits of physical activity, building self-esteem and self-confidence. A great beginning dance class for both boys and girls. Then they will blossom into a graceful and elegant dancer while they experience the beauty of ballet. Learn basic ballet vocabulary and grace. Tap and ballet shoes are required. Must provide own uniform which includes black leotard, pink ballet tights and an optional black skirt.

Joanne Brown Dancers Staff

Boys & Girls Tumbling

Boys and Girls Tumbling classes teach basic tumbling skills, such as cartwheels and handstands. Your child will work towards accomplishing a variety of acrobatic skills that are perfect for cheerleading, martial arts, dance, or fun! Instructor: Pac West Staff

Girls Beginner Gymnastics

Girls enrolled in our Beginner class and after school program and activity will be exposed to basic gymnastic skills. Your child will work towards accomplishing a variety of skills that will prepare her for the next level of instruction. Pacific West Gymnastics provides a safe atmosphere for your child to learn and grow! Instructor: Pac West Staff

Sports

Badminton - Beginner/Intermediate

Badminton is a sport that is growing in popularity! Now is your chance to learn how to play while being instructed by coaches who have years of expert experience! These classes will cover all the necessary basics needed to bring your game to the next level! Please bring your own racket.

Basketball Skills Academy

Are you looking to learn the fundamentals of the game of basketball? Taught by local athletes who know the game of basketball, participants will learn fundamentals such as dribbling, passing, shooting, footwork, and defense. This clinic will benefit all skill levels from learning the basics to fine-tuning your skills to be ready for your next big game!

Golf Junior Academy

This class is intended for a player with little or no playing experience. We will focus on the grip, stance, posture, and full swing for both irons and woods. You will also learn the basic fundamentals of the short game and putting. Material Fee: $25

Rege’s Soccer Cup

This adapted Soccer League is loosely structured to give players the opportunity to be outside and get active playing soccer through scrimmages and tournament cup themed play! The coaches will reinforce good plays, have breaks, change players on teams and who they play to make sure it is as balanced and fun as possible. Each scrimmage will start with a technical skill warm up before being placed in to fairly sided teams to enjoy live play.

Tennis - Red Ball

Rege’s Soccer Academy

In Rege’s Soccer academy players are taught age appropriate skills for them to develop proper soccer fundamentals in a fun and encouraging environment. We have a tailored curriculum that builds on each age’s key/technical skills of dribbling, passing, shooting and control all delivered through fun drills, games and scrimmage time. Each class includes a 15 minute warm up, technical skill development with an emphasis each week and 15-20 minutes of scrimmage to apply what we have learned that week. Shin guards are required. Bring water and wear athletic clothing/shoes.

This class is meant for children who have little to no prior tennis experience. Students will learn the fundamentals of tennis through drills and games. All of our coaches are PTR-certified.

Tennis - Orange Ball

This class is meant for children ages 9-10 who have little to no prior tennis experience. Students will learn the fundamentals of tennis through drills and games using low-pressure orange balls. All of our coaches are PTR-certified.

Youth Basketball League - 1st/2nd Coed

The Youth Basketball League is back and better than ever! Come join City staff as they teach fundamentals, teamwork, and good sportsmanship! The first two games will be hour-long introductory practices, and the remaining seven Saturday games will be official games. All games will be held on Saturday’s at the Irvington Community Center. All requests for children to be placed on the same team must be in writing at the time of registration. Leagues are intended to be fun and informational. We reserve the right to combine leagues for the overall benefit of the program. Players will be placed on teams by staff. There are no practices during the week for this age group.

Youth Basketball League

The Youth Basketball League is back and better than ever! Games will take place from 12/2/23 - 2/10/24 on Saturdays at the Irvington Community Center. Game times will vary and will be dependent on number of teams. Games will be 1 hour per week on Saturdays. Each team will be assigned one 1-hour practice every week that may rotate between Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, or Friday with times varying between 4 PM and 9 PM. Except for family members, no requests to be placed on the same team will be accepted. No practice schedule requests will be accepted. Any cancellation requests made after 11/13 will be charged a material fee of $15 due to jersey orders being placed.