Junior Golf Program to be Held During Spring Break
Bobbie Beattie, LPGA Class A Teaching Professional will be instructing a Junior Golf Program to be held during spring break. Click here to view flyer with registration.
FCTC 2012 Kids Cooking Camp
Promote learning enjoyment and be a chef for a week! Learn from First Coast Technical College's award-winning School of Culinary Arts how to prepare a variety of taste-tempting items. Food prep basics, good nutrition, kitchen safety, and how to properly use various gadgets/appliances included. Camp is "hands-on" and campers will enjoy all the foods they make in a safe, supportive environment.
'Tweens, ages 8-12
Choose from June 18-21 or July 16-19
Mon - Thurs, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Teens, ages 13-17
Choose from July 9-12 or July 23-26
Mon - Thurs, 9 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Class size is limited. $195 fee includes all materials, groceries, professional instruction, and lunch for the four-day session.
For info, email Jean Salce at
jean.salce@fctc.edu
or call 904.547.3461 to register with a credit card. Cooking camps held on FCTC's main campus, 2980 Collins Ave., St. Augustine.
Click here to view chef camp flyer
Click here to view cook camp flyer.
Flagler College Dance Team Clinic
Sarah Gallo is the head coach of the Flagler College Dance Team. The Flagler dancers are hosting a spring break dance clinic April 2nd, 4th, and 6th from 9 A.M. - 4 P.M. as a fundraiser for next season.
Click here for the flayer, click here for the registration form, and click here for the complete schedule of the entire 3-day camp. The camp will be held in the Flagler College Gymnasium at 12 Granada Street and the cost is only $100.00 for the full 3-day camp. Our clinic will feature the Flagler dancers and will be headed by myself. It is open to all St. John's County 5th-8th grade students, including home school students.
Deadline for registration is Tuesday, March 27th.
Contact Sarah Gallo at SGallo@flagler.edu with any questions.
The Redirecting Children's Behavior Course
Course Content
The Redirecting Children's Behavior course presents non-violent strategies that foster appropriate behavior in children. The following topics are explored: assessing and building relationships, styles of interaction and results to expect, handling emotions during heat-of-the-moment exchange, diagnosing motivations that lead to misbehavior, appropriate redirection strategies, improving self-esteem, fine-tuning communication skills, and creating problem solvers.
Details
The Exceptional Student Education department of the St. Johns County School District is offering the course free of charge. The 15-hour course is divided into a series of five 3-hour classes (one night per week). Participants must attend the first class to be eligible for the remaining classes. The current course will be taught at the Fullerwood Center auditorium (address is 10 Hildreth Drive, St. Augustine FL 32084). Participants must arrange for child care on their own. Special accommodations must be arranged with Susan Wells at 547-7772 the week before the first class session. Participants completing all 5 classes will receive a certificate from the International Network for Children and Families in collaboration with the St. Johns County School District's Exceptional Student Education Program.
Registration
The course is open to school district staff and to the public. Seating is limited. To register, please contact Susan Wells at (904) 547-7772 or
wellss@stjohns.k12.fl.us.
If you leave a voice message, be sure to spell your name and provide a phone number. Seats will be held until 5:45p during the first session - and then made available to those on the waiting list. Course Dates
Class 1........ 530p-830p, Tuesday, March 6, 2012
Class 2........ 530p-830p, Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Class 3........ 530p-830p, Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Class 4........ 530p-830p, Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Class 5........ 530p-830p, Tuesday, April 3, 2012
About The Publisher
The Redirecting Children's Behavior course is published and monitored by the International Network for Children and Families in Gainesville, Florida (Kathryn Kvols, President).
About The Instructor
The certified instructor for the course is George Freeman who holds a masters degree in psychology and is certified in the state of Florida as a behavior analyst. He currently serves as a Program Specialist for the St. Johns County School District. He has taught the Redirecting Children's Behavior course since 1999 and verifies that the course content is as relevant as ever!
YMCA to Offer Middle School Youth In Government Program
Middle school students motivated to learn more about how our state government works will want to sign up for the First Coast YMCA's upcoming Youth in Government (YIG) program. They will be the "founding members" of a local organization that has been part of the state YMCA program for over 50 years.
Youth will learn how to research, draft, and present a bill for it to become law. They will learn legislative procedures and protocol as they debate their bills before their peers.
High school Youth in Government participants hold their General Assembly in Tallahassee at the state Capitol and debate in the actual Senate and House chambers. Members of the current high school Youth in Government program, organized last fall, will be facilitators and mentors.
David Bonaro (Creekside High School), Peighton Jones and Katie Dyal (both of Nease High School) were recently installed as president, vice president and project manager, respectively, by St. Johns County Judge Clyde Wolfe.
Volunteers Tim Brooks, Jeani Taliaferro and Nancy Birchall will assist YMCA staff to coordinate the four sessions and the mock legislative assembly. Sessions will be held from 6:30 - 8:00 PM at the Palencia Club (600 Palencia Club Drive) on March 22nd, April 5th and May 3rd. An April 12th meeting will be at the Prosperity Bank building (790 N. Ponce de Leon Blvd.). The legislative assembly will convene at 9:00am and run until 5:00pm at the County Commission Auditorium on June 8. Lunch will be provided.
Cost of the program is $60.00. Scholarships are available. Applications are online at www.firstcoastymca.org. Look under St. Augustine and the Download Center for Junior Youth in Government application. Print, complete and return along with a check for the program fee to Danielle Smith at St. Augustine YMCA, 500 Pope Road, St. Augustine, FL 32080. For more information about YIG, visit http://www.floridayig.net. Questions about the program? Call danielle at 904-471-9622, Ext. 211. Parent to Parent Lunch and Learn Workshops
Parent to Parent is a two session lunch and learn workshop that takes place over two days. each session last 1 1/2 hours. During the workshop we will go over what you can do to help teens avoid the problems that come from use of drugs and alcohol. Click here to view the flier with more information.
Host An Exchange Student for 27 Days in July
Step to USA is a 27 day program for students from Spain ages 14 to 17. This is a great program for families with younger children as it's a great way to start off the summer with a responsible teenager in the home. Enrich your life with an exceptional young person and open doors to learn about a new culture. Hosting can change your world!
Host families provide a bed, meals, limited transportation and a warm supportive environment. Students all speak English, come with their own spending money and medical and insurance. Students are expected to have chores and be treated as a family member not a guest. They are here to practice their English and to learn American family culture and are eager to teach their host family about Spain!
Students arrive on Sunday, July 1st in Orlando and will be bussed to the St Augustine area to meet their host families. The return date is July 27th. Students attend 1 all day and 1 half day field trip a week. Host family members are welcome to come along at group discount pricing. We will be visiting local sights as well as Universal Studios, Sea World and Daytona Lagoon. Bus transportation is provided for these field trips as well as airport transfers.
It Starts in Parks Click here to view 2012 Super Summer Spectacular. Lottery registration begins March 5, 2012 and closes March 16, 2012.
Epilepsy Walk
Click here to view the flyer regarding a walk to honor Paul Dvorcek. The walk is Saturday, March 31st at Memorial Park in Jacksonville. Paul Dvorcek is the late father of SPMS student Cameron Dvorcek.
