Alexandria Public Schools Community Education

Attention parents! Is your son or daughter starting to stay home alone? Are you looking for a place for them to get some safety tips? This is an ideal class for students to learn responsibility, basic first aid and how to respond in certain emergency situations. Discussion items include phones, weather, intruders, internet activity, sibling relationships and much more! Licensed teacher, Tessa Lang, will be leading the instruction. Please bring a healthy snack and water bottle.

Be a Super Sitter! Review the basics and take your babysitting skills to the next level. In this hands-on workshop, students will learn about childcare plus, guest speakers will share specific safety and first aid information. Learn fun and simple strategies to keep children entertained and engaged in activities when babysitting. This Super Sitter Workshop is for beginners, those who have never taken a babysitting course and for more experienced sitters to brush up on skills and get new ideas. This class is especially designed to help students learn to supervise toddlers and up. Instructor is licensed teacher Tessa Lang. Please bring a healthy snack and water bottle.

SING! DANCE! ACT! The Rising Stars summer performance program has been a vital and exciting addition to our Community Education line-up for many years! Quality instructors and experienced mentors will assure that students will build skills for stage performance! Students will share the stage with other talented students in a singing, acting, and dancing extravaganza! This year’s theme is "Remembering the '80's” and will involve music, dance, and skits about the history of Broadway Musicals! The Rising Stars experience concludes with a FREE public performance on the evening of Friday, August 12. Instructors: Steve Deitz is the Vocal Music Director at Alexandria Area High School; Jackson Grove has been a Rising Stars dance instructor multiple times & graduated with BFA in Musical Theatre, emphasis in dance; Jessica Chipman, (MA in Theatre, MFA in Directing) is the theatre teacher and director at Alexandria Area High School and is delighted to return to Rising Stars.