Jessica Foster
Staff WriterThis summer, area youth just might be able to banish the phrase ìMom, Iím boredî from their collective vocabulary.
Forest Lake Community Educationís Youth Development and Youth Enrichment departments have crafted a full slate of summertime activities for youth kindergarten through twelfth grade.
ìThis is very much more than usual,î said Youth Development Coordinator Kathy Bystrom of this summerís offerings.
ìWe are particularly excited about a couple of thingsóMasquerís theater camp and Camp Invention,î she said.
Forest Lake High School graduates Jenny Wheatley and Laura Paisley are giving back to their community via summer programs. Wheatley, who is majoring in visual art and theater at Augsburg College in Minneapolis will lead a creative masks program in June, offer a drawing and painting class in July and a young illustrators program and art camp in August.
Paisley, who is studying dance in New York will offer workshops on the basics of dance and ballet in June.
In offering the programming, Community Education partnered with community businesses and groups as well as the Chain of Lakes YMCA.
ìThe message probably is you donít need to travel out of town to have a great experience,î Bystrom said. ìWeíve got a lot of wonderful programming opportunities right here in our own community.î
June through August, youth can choose from a wide array of offerings from artistic to athletic, from relaxing to invigorating.
In June, youth in kindergarten through sixth grade can choose from Perform With Creative Masks, Summer Art Workshop, Basics of Dance, Basics of Ballet, Horsiní Around Summer
Day Camp, MinnAqua Fishing Clinic, Golf Clinic, Junior Golf League and Wacky Wednesdays at Lino Lakes offered through the Chain of Lakes YMCA.
Youth in junior high can take Junior Golf League, rock climbing field trip to Vertical Endeavors, youth night at the Northwest YMCA or babysitterís training.
All youth can sign up for piano, guitar, saxophone, voice or violin lessons in June.
In July, youth in kindergarten through sixth grade can take the Skills of Drawing and Painting, Masquerís Theater Company childrenís theater camp, Mad Science aerodynamics and flight day camp, Camp Invention, Spanish camp, Stranger Danger stranger awareness course by Kyoshin Ryu Academy, Girl POWER day camp for girls entering seventh grade facilitated by counselors Gae Jarvis and Molly Nemec and beginning Tae Kwon Do with Matt and Troy Nowicki.
Junior high age youth also can take advantage of Masquerís theatre camp, Girl POWER of Stranger Danger in July. Other offerings include Minnesota Firearm Safety Training Course by DNR certified instructors Eric Marlaeu and Jim Noll, golf clinic by Daryl Smoliak at the Highway 8 Golf Center, a cosmic bowling field trip to Flahertyís Bowling Alley and a trip to the
Third Lair indoor skate park.
In August, youth through sixth grade can enjoy Young Illustrators with Jenny Wheatley, and two programs from Mad Science, Red Hot Robots and 3,2,1ÖBlast Off!
In August, junior high age youth can enjoy a canoe trip down the St. Croix river, a field trip to Valleyfair, Third Lair indoor skate park and art camp.
Information
For more information on the Community Education Youth Development/Youth Enrichment summer schedule, check out the summer Forest Lake Community Education Catalog or the special Community Education for Kids catalog.
For a full list of opportunities or to register visit www.forestlake.k12.mn.us and click on Community Education and Services. Community Education can be reached by calling 651-982-8110.
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