Enrichment K-12

PRAIRIE FIRE CHILDREN’S THEATRE 

Prairie Fire Children's Theatre is for youth ages 7 & up.  Prairie FIre will return in Summer 2020 with 4 great shows.   All Summer 2020 residencies will be held at the newly remodeled Lincoln Community Center Auditorium.   
 

Drama Kids is the ONLY after-school program that significantly improves kids’ confidence and self-esteem, while also teaching them critical skills that will help them succeed academically and professionally throughout their entire lives. Led by Ray Smart, a musician and writer with Master’s degree in Education, kids have TONS OF FUN while learning verbal and public speaking skills, creative thinking skills, empathy, and collaboration skills to name just a few. Everyone gets to participate, everyone has a voice, and no two classes are ever the same.

Drama Kids is offered at the following elementary schools:
Bridges, Eagle Lake, Franklin, Hoover, Jefferson, Kennedy,
Monroe, Roosevelt, Rosa Parks, Washington & Loyola Catholic
Schools.

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New and returning students invited!
Join this fast growing Olympic sport. Each {YEL!} fencing class follows four basic components: •Teach It!…Hall of Fame Olympic Fencing Coach Ro Sobalvarro crafts our lessons and curriculum. •Practice It!…Students pair up and practice the fencing move or concept, rotate partners and repeat. •Move It!…Students then participate in fencing matches using only the moves taught so far. •Play It!…10-15 minutes each class students fence with multiple fencers at their skill level. All equipment provided. Sign up today to THINK, LEARN and PLAY WELL with {YEL!}.

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New and returning students invited. Each {YEL!} Chess class follows four basic components: •Teach It!…Each class students are taught different chess concepts and coached to implement those concepts into their chess games. •Practice It!…Students practice positions set by the coach to improve their understanding of the concept. •Puzzle It!… Students are given chess puzzles (constructed by WIM Serafima Sokolovskaya) and work with coach guidance to solve them. •Play It!…Each class ends with students playing 20-30 minutes of chess. Coaches often feature in-class tournaments during the session. Class fee includes ChessKid.com membership for the session (a $49 annual value). Sign up today to THINK, LEARN and PLAY WELL with {YEL!}.

Grades:  K-5

Youth Enrichment Extreme STEM courses follow four basic components •Teach It!…Each class students are taught the basic STEM engineering concepts behind each project. •Build It!… Students use LEGO® bricks to build a snapping dragon, railroad crossing, and design their own marshmallow catapult. •Explore It!…Then they use the project to explore basic engineering concepts - this session is focused on lever concepts •Play It!…Finally they play with their project, modify it, create extensions and have fun working with it. Sign up today to THINK, LEARN and PLAY WELL with {YEL!}. For more details about {YEL!} STEM classes, visit YouthEnrichmentLeague.com.
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In Winter 2020, we are offering Extreme STEM:  Clowns & Cranes  and Extreme STEM:  'Copters & Spy Planes. See our registration page for times, dates and locations of these extreme classes!
 

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