Children's Fair-this Sat., April 16 9 am- 1 pm@IRA Civic Center

Don't forget to attend the Children's Fair is this Sat., April 16th 9 am-1pm at the IRA Civic Center in GRAND Rapids, MN. This is a FREE fun event for children and their families. Carnival, big vehicles to tour, storytelling, music and lots of info for all. Please join us for lots of fun and excitement.

Lots of FREE Children First! Events this weekend

We have lots of fun Children First! Events this weekend! They are TEAM UP to GREEN UP with RAPTOR CENTER and Kids Karma Yoga on Sat., April 2, 9 am to 12 pm. at RJE Middle School. Kids Karma Yoga is 9-10 am and RAPTOR CENTER presentation is at 10:30 am. Other Organizations will be there with demonstrations on the environment and "HOW TO GO GREEN" . For further information check out our webisite http://www.getlearning.org/ and click on Children First! Or see the front page of Grand Rapids Herald Review Wednesday, March 30, 2011 edition or on their website at http://www.grandrapidsmn.com/news/article_b2edb9ec-5adb-11e0-ae93-001cc4c03286.html Cherish Our Children Carnival is Sunday, 4/3/2011 1-3:30 pm at Grand Rapids Eagles Clubroom. For children up to age 12 and their accompaning adult. Call 327-6730-Linda or Vicki at 326-0653 for more info.

CAMP DISCOVERY IS BACK THIS SUMMER!

Camp Discovery is back this summer with lots of different camps for your children! Camp Discovery brochure is coming home today in your child's backpack! Please check it out. If you didn't recieve a copy please check it out online at www.getlearning.org or email me kwalker@isd318.org and I'll send you a pdf file of the Camp Discovery Brochure. We have favorites back - Art Express Camp, Lego Robotics Camp and Spanish Camp. This year we're expanding a favorite - German Camp to 7 days and combining our Science Camp with Nature Camp- with afternoons split between inside Science discoveries and experiments and outside with Nature activities. NEW this year is our WET & WILD Camp with lots of fun and excitement discovering about WATER and enjoying all kinds of fun activities with WATER. We also have an expanded Digital Photography/Videography Camp and a NEW LEADERSHIP Camp for 6th-8th Grades. Alison Koshiol (Zattoni) is our new Summer Programs person and she will be our Summer Learning Academy Director and Camp Discovery Director. She can be contacted at azattoni@isd318.org for specific Summer Learning Academy or Camp Discovery questions. Alison is busy planning lots of exciting Camp activities, hiring fun and engaging Camp Counselors and Teachers and ordering all the fun stuff we use at camp, while also teaching 6th grade at RJE Middle School. You can register for Camp Discovery online at http://www.getlearning.org/ . Its under Youth Grand Rapids-Camps or click on the direct link on our home page. Register early for camp to secure your spot as we will filling up fast! If your child has been referred to Summer Learning Academy by their teacher please contact Karen Walker at kwalker@isd318.org or 327-5799 for registration instructions. You can also contact me - Karen Walker with comments and questions regarding Camp Discovery! We'd love to hear from you. Hope to see your children at Camp Discovery this summer. Karen Walker Community Education -ISD 318 Youth Programs kwalker@isd318.org or 327-5799

Cajun Cooking Class

Hey! Fat Tuesday is coming up. Want to learn all about Canjun and Creole Cooking for your Fat Tuesday? Andy the Chef at Timberlake Lodge has all the know-how and he is teaching it on Tuesday, Feb 9 6:30-8 pm at the Timberlake Lodge.

To register go to www.getlearning.org and click on Register for Classes, select Grand Rapids Adults, Click on Culinary Arts classes and select Cajun/Creole class. Its only $20 and yo can pay for it online. Any questions call 327-5730. See yo tomorrow at the Timberlake Lodge.
Karen kwalker@isd318.org