Alexandria Public Schools Community Education

Note: This class is part of Youth Enrichment Camp, $162 for the week. You must register for Block 1, 2 & 3 in order to participate in the week long camp. Learn to design a unique and trendy style of spiral weaving. Students will use an embroidery hoop to create a loom, and then have a crash course on how to weave, and learn about fiber art history and vocabulary. Once this class has ended, students will be able to independently weave at home using their newly acquired skill set! Fiber arts such as weaving can be a very calming and rewarding lifelong hobby. Instructor: Alexandra Sletten

Note: This class is part of Youth Enrichment Camp, $162 for the week. You must register for Block 1, 2 & 3 in order to participate in the week long camp. Calling all innovators and problem solvers! Are you competitive? Do you like to explore and invent new ideas? Come create your own best inventions while competing with friends! May the best innovators win! Instructor: Sara Stoneberg

Note: This class is part of Youth Enrichment Camp, $162 for the week. You must register for Block 1, 2 & 3 in order to participate in the week long camp. Come join us on a trip around the world, where we will learn about places in our amazing world through a variety of activities. We will use all of our senses to explore from afar, enjoying a vacation of a lifetime! Instructor: Barb Peterson

Note: This class is part of Youth Enrichment Camp, $162 for the week. You must register for Block 1, 2 & 3 in order to participate in the week long camp. Learn about famous NASA missions and create different rockets of your own. Topics will include basic laws of physics, engineering, problem solving and creativity. Students will use their own rockets for a challenge at the end of camp. Instructor: Tim Lasch

Note: This class is part of Youth Enrichment Camp, $162 for the week. You must register for Block 1, 2 & 3 in order to participate in the week long camp. Is the sky really blue? Does cereal have real iron in it? Do you need a camera to take a picture? Join us as we explore these myths and more! Instructor: Barb Walswick

Note: This class is part of Youth Enrichment Camp, $162 for the week. You must register for Block 1, 2 & 3 in order to participate in the week long camp. Come join us on a trip around the world, where we will learn about places in our amazing world through a variety of activities. We will use all of our senses to explore from afar, enjoying a vacation of a lifetime! Instructor: Barb Peterson

Note: This class is part of Youth Enrichment Camp, $162 for the week. You must register for Block 1, 2 & 3 in order to participate in the week long camp. Learn to design a unique and trendy style of spiral weaving. Students will use an embroidery hoop to create a loom, and then have a crash course on how to weave, and learn about fiber art history and vocabulary. Once this class has ended, students will be able to independently weave at home using their newly acquired skill set! Fiber arts such as weaving can be a very calming and rewarding lifelong hobby. Instructor: Alexandra Sletten

Note: This class is part of Youth Enrichment Camp, $162 for the week. You must register for Block 1, 2 & 3 in order to participate in the week long camp. Calling all innovators and problem solvers! Are you competitive? Do you like to explore and invent new ideas? Come create your own best inventions while competing with friends! May the best innovators win! Instructor: Sara Stoneberg

Note: This class is part of Youth Enrichment Camp, $162 for the week. You must register for Block 1, 2 & 3 in order to participate in the week long camp. Build teamwork and a competitive spirit through games! Ultimate football, castle-ball, kickball and colony-ball. Instructor: Ben Kettler

Note: This class is part of Youth Enrichment Camp, $162 for the week. You must register for Block 1, 2 & 3 in order to participate in the week long camp. Get your hands dirty working with plaster to develop your own unique mask. Students will explore the process behind constructing a mask, using an armature. Students will also design the idea behind the theme of their masks, paint them, and then add details such as beads, sequins, feathers, and artificial plants. Instructor: Alexandra Sletten

Note: This class is part of Youth Enrichment Camp, $162 for the week. You must register for Block 1, 2 & 3 in order to participate in the week long camp. Are you sick of sitting at home bored with nothing to do? If you love nature and creating unique projects about science then this is the perfect fit for you! Come ready to explore nature and learn a little bit too! Instructor: Sara Stoneberg

Note: This class is part of Youth Enrichment Camp, $162 for the week. You must register for Block 1, 2 & 3 in order to participate in the week long camp. Students will make a plan to solve a real-world problem. You will build a robot from scratch and develop a coding sequence to solve the problem. Instructor: Ben Kettler

Note: This class is part of Youth Enrichment Camp, $162 for the week. You must register for Block 1, 2 & 3 in order to participate in the week long camp. We’ll study the properties of matter and how it interacts with energy, learn a little about the periodic table, and get our hands dirty as we perform a variety of experiments throughout the week. Instructor: Barb Walswick

Note: This class is part of Youth Enrichment Camp, $162 for the week. You must register for Block 1, 2 & 3 in order to participate in the week long camp. Learn how to make your own birdhouse and feeder. Topics will include tool identification, wood craftsmanship, basic construction and identifying native birds of Minnesota. Students will be able to take home their creations to enjoy watching and identifying various birds. Instructor: Tim Lasch