Alexandria Public Schools Community Education

Join the fun and get an introduction to the sport of wrestling! This class is designed for kids to learn about the rules, scoring, match sequence, basic techniques and sportsmanship involved in wrestling. Give wrestling a try before the season is in full swing! Please bring a snack and water bottle. Alexandria Wrestling Booster Club is sponsoring this class.

Join Prairie Fire Children's Theatre Directors, to sharpen your acting skills! This workshop includes focus areas in acting, mime and improv. Acting: Focuses on the ides of observation, memorization, concentration and imagination and how these concepts relate to theatre. Plus expand on the fundamental tools of acting by introducing more complex concepts. Mime: Acting without words. Dive into the world of mime and use the tools of face, body and imagination to sharpen any actor's meme skills. Improv: Focuses on acting without a script. Improvisation teaches actors how to create unique scenarios and situations without rehearsal. The games and exercises emphasize listening to fellow actors, streamling ideas and trusting yourself.

This class is for students ages 6 & up who have mastered: a forward roll, backward roll, levering cartwheel w/a lunge, tight locked handstand from lever, round-off, back limber, bridge kick-over from floor, pull-over on bars, 1/2 handstand on medium beam and a side handstand on the low beam. Gymnasts will begin focusing on more advanced skills needed to move into the competitive gymnastics program. More emphasis will be placed on precision and mastery of key shapes and on presentation. This level will begin combing skills, along with the introduction of more dance elements.