Cooking classes by North Shore Cooking Academy Your child will learn lifelong cooking skills in these hands-on classes that incorporate math and measuring, culture and history, and even food science! Students taste what they make at the end of class and, will receive a book of the recipes they created at the completion of the course. *Note: Ingredients may include dairy, egg, wheat, soy and products manufactured at a facility that also produces nut products. Winter Session: Let's kick off the New Year by waking up our taste buds to the power of sour! We'll prepare and taste tangy lemon squares, sweet and sour meatballs, tart balsamic chicken, and cool key lime pie, along with holiday treats for Valentine’s Day and more! Spring Session: Spring Session will bring fresh flavors and fun holidays to celebrate! We'll make an April Fools cake and spring garden farfalle pasta as well as homemade tortillas for Cinco de Mayo and a cinnamon bun strata for Mother's Day. Yum!

Grades 2-5 Guitar 101 will focus on the group aspect of guitar performance. As Guitar 101 takes the student through the basics of their instrument and music theory, Guitar 101 will focus more on creating multi-part music as an ensemble, with the end being a performance at the end of the session. The songs will be selected based on the group's skill level. The songs will consist of a rhythm part, lead melody, accompanying melody, and a bass line. Solo sections and advanced progressions are introduced as the group progresses.

Let your child creatively discover the love of early literature including story-telling, literary connections and decoding to encourage a life-long love of reading. This class will combine the basic ideas of early learning literacy and comprehension, which will be enhanced through art activities. Our goal is for each child to develop their expressive and reflective story skills leading to verbal creativitiy, utilizing various mediums.

With a focus on safety, heatlh, social growth and academic enhancement, Y after-school programs serve youth with a variety of programs and activity options to explore and develop their interests and talents. In addition to enhancing what they have learned in school, Y-Time includes the following: -Homework assistance -Free recreation swimming -Creating crafts -Playing sports and games -Exploring fun with food -Add on a class such as dance, swim, yoga or art -Free transportation provided from most area schools For more information, please contact Shannon Cartier at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Kindergarten - 5th Grade Camp is available every day that Districts 27, 28, 30 and 31 schools are all out! Activities include, field trips, swimming, games and art projects. Register early, as these days fill up quickly! Camps run from 8 am - 6pm on: January 15 February 19 March 5 March 26- 30

Come explore with us through math and science concepts that will include hands-on experiements and foster reasoning that will help develop problem solving skills. This class will introduce the children to a love of learning about a variety of things and how they work.

Grades K-5 Are you ready to amaze all your friends? Now is your chance as you learn to do incredible magic with the Magic Team of Gary Kantor! This one-day workshop teaches children how to perform amazing magic tricks, then sends them home with their very own magic kit! The tricks are designed to be perfect for all ages. Following the class, the children will be putting on shows and amazing audiences with their new magical skills. Each class teaches new tricks, so be sure to sign up for multiple classes.