Looking for something to do this summer? Try your hand at cooking, swimming or exercise your mind by learning a new language. School’s out — and so are your kids — so sign them up for a fun science or sports camp. All the classes listed below are local. The Class Guide is published quarterly by the Mountain View Voice, the Palo Alto Weekly and the Almanac.
Mad Science Camps and Classes Mountain View Community Center, 201 S. Rengstorff Ave., Mountain View 877-390-5437 info@madsciencebayarea.com www.thebayarea.madscience. org/ Mad Science summer camps and vacation programs give kids ages 5 to 12 the opportunity to learn about science through interactive and hands-on science activities. Sessions are June 17-21, June 24-28, July 1-5, July 8-12, July 15-19, July 22-26, July 29-Aug. 2, Aug. 5-9 and Aug. 12-16. There is a second location at Almond Elementary School at 550 Almond Lane in Los Altos. Camp Edmo Oak Avenue Elementary, 1501 Oak Ave., Los Altos 415-282-6673 www.campedmo.org At Camp Edmo, entering K-fourth graders participate in arts, science and animation activities designed by Edventure More in partnership with the California Academy of Sciences, the Children’s Creativity Museum & the Museum of Children’s Art (MOCHA). The camp runs June 17-Aug. 12, Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. plus extended day and lunch
options. Oak Avenue Elementary in Los Altos also hosts Camp EdTech, a digital media camp for entering fifth through eighth graders.
Los Altos, and Sunnyvale, it is a family-owned studio that teaches dance to children and adults at all levels of ability with a focus on learning a love of movement and of art, with opportunities to perform throughout the year.
Imagineerz Learning Covington Elementary School, 205 Covington Road, Los Altos 650-318-5002 www.imagineerz-learning.com This summer camp is for kids in first through fourth grade living in Mountain View, Los Altos, Palo Alto, Cupertino and Sunnyvale. The camp’s activities have a strong emphasis on design thinking, from a creativity studio to games and stories. June and July, Monday-Friday, 9:30 a.m.-4 p.m.
L’Ecole de Danse Cubberley Community Center, 4000 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto 650-365-4596 w w w. le c ole de d a n s e . ne t L’Ecole De Danse (School of Ballet) — Vaganova and Cecchetti styles. Creative dance, pre-ballet and full curriculum for all levels starting at age four-and-a-half. Adult classes include beginning, intermediate and advanced.
For the Dancer Bayer Ballet Academy 2028 Old Middlefield Way, Mountain View 650-988-9971 www.bayerballetacademy.com info@bayerballetacademy.com Bayer Ballet Academy is a school of Russian ballet, which teaches the Vaganova method. Cheryl Burke Dance 1400 North Shoreline Blvd., Suite A-1, Mountain View 650-864-9150 www.cherylburkedance.com The Cheryl Burke Dance studio offers ballroom, tango, Latin and Zumba classes. Group and
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Camp Edmo in Los Altos offers arts, science and animation activities.
private lessons are available. For the Love of Dance 2483 Old Middlefield Way, Suite B, Mountain View 650-861-0650 w w w.for t heloveofda ncemv.
com ForT heL ove O f D a nc e M V@ gmail.com For the Love of Dance offers training in ballet, jazz, tap, and other styles of dance. Serving Mountain View, Palo Alto,
Western Ballet 914 N. Rengstorff Ave., Mountain View 650-968-4455 www.westernballet.org info@westernballet.org Western Ballet has adult classes for absolute beginners to professionals, providing the largest selection of drop-in classes in the San Francisco Peninsula and South Bay. For children through teens preparing for careers in ballet, there is a graded youth program with 13 pre-professional levels. Faculty consists of current and former professional Continued on next page
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