The Clinton, Essex, Franklin Library System (CEFLS) received a grant to hold this storytelling program at four area libraries. Here is the flyer for the event hosted by the Saranac Lake Free Library at the Harrietstown Town Hall on Nov 28, 2023 at 12:30pm. The program is for 4th grade and up.
The Adirondack Mountain Club (ADK) will host a winter homeschool series at Cascade Welcome Center. This series will take place on the second Monday of January, February, and March and is all about how animals, humans, and plants survive the winter. As long as we have good snow the last class will be a cross country ski day. Like our previous programs this series is for students ages 5-12.
Here is a link to the registration page. Health insurance is required to attend. Please let me know if you have any questions.
Eliza Phillips
ADK, Outreach Coordinator
eliza@adk.org
518-523-3441 ext. 219
(she/her)
Explore. Educate. Protect. Learn more at ADK.org
Admission is free! Events we have coming up are as follows:
If you are interested in one, or more of our events, please reach out soon!
If you have any questions, I’d be happy to answer them!
Kind regards,
Tamsin Wentzel
Corporate and Youth Group Coordinator
O: (518) 302-5343
twentzel@orda.org
www.orda.org
Olympic Regional Development Authority
37 Church Street | Lake Placid, NY 12946
Stephanie and Jazen are organizing a workshop for middle/high school level homeschoolers in ceramics at Bluseed Studios in Saranac Lake. Jazen will tailor the class to the number of kids who are interested. Once we know how many kids are likely to sign up, we can figure out a cost per student, and exactly how many weeks it would run.
The classes would be geared toward middle and high school students. We would start with a hand-building workshop (then, in the future we could do a wheel throwing series, too). The initial series of classes would run for 4-6 weeks.
If you think your middle/high school student might be interested please email or text Stephanie with the names and ages of your kids and the times of day that are best for them.
Stephanie
Email: saoirsesmom@gmail.com
Text only: (508) 581-0376
On Tuesdays in January 9 – March 26, 2024, the Paul Smith’s College Visitor Interpretive Center invites homeschool families of all ages and abilities for group ski games and skiing and snowshoeing on our trails at a discounted rate.
Homeschool Tuesdays Trail Pass Rate
Kids: free
Adults, ages 18 and up: half price, $10
Homeschool Tuesdays Rental Rate
Kids: free
Adults, ages 18 and up: $20 for skis, $10 for snowshoes
Season Pass info if you decide that the excellent VIC skiing is something you want to do more frequently than just Tuesdays! https://www.paulsmithsvic.org/ski/
About the Program
The homeschool program will run on Tuesdays from Jan 9 – March 26, 2024, from 10am-2pm. Most Tuesdays, Sunita Halasz will lead informal group games for all abilities on skis in the field behind the building from around 11:00am-12:00pm. Last year we also had special days where we did music jams and horsedrawn sleigh rides. Stay tuned to this blog (or the NCH facebook group) for updates in case of inclement weather.
Families are welcome to come earlier and stay later. The VIC building is open from 9:00am-5:00pm, and indoor bathrooms are available to the public. Families are free to ski or snowshoe the trails at their own pace and use the building throughout the day. VIC trails are open dawn to dusk.
Homeschoolers are welcome to visit the displays inside the building, use the classroom, library reading room, and any educational tools and games.
For more information contact:
Sunita Halasz, sunitahalasz@gmail.com
Scott van Laer, Director Paul Smith’s College VIC, (518) 327-6241
vic@paulsmiths.edu
https://www.paulsmithsvic.org/
Dear Homeschool Families,
Our third Homeschool Thursday session is next Thursday, November 2nd at 10:00 a.m. Please join us for a program focused on bioluminescence with materials provided by Mountain Lake PBS. We’ll begin with a brief read-aloud and PBS video, followed by interactive stations. All students will leave with a related book, courtesy of Mountain Lake PBS. Please RSVP via Mountain Lake PBS at https://mountainlake.org/join-us-for-a-wild-kratts-pbs-play-date-at-the-lake-placid-public-library/.
Please note that there is free parking on Main Street for residents of the Village of Lake Placid and the Town of North Elba weekdays until 11:00 a.m. For a permit, please go to the North Elba Town Hall Clerk’s Office. St. Eustace Church has also graciously offered their parking lot to families – just leave a note on your dashboard indicating you are at the library event.
As always, happy reading!
-Karen and Bambi
| Bambi Pedu Library Director Lake Placid Public Library @librarian@lakeplacidlibrary.org 2471 Main Street, Lake Placid, 12946 lakeplacidlibrary.org 518-523-3200 |
Here’s the information for this coming winter’s Homeschool Titus Mountain Ski Program! There are five Fridays included in the program. You may choose to buy a lesson, a lesson and lift tickets, or a lesson, lift tickets, and rental. You may choose either skis or snowboard. (If an individual misses a lesson, there is no make up session for that individual; if the whole group misses due to weather, however, a group make up session may be negotiated.)
All lessons begin at 10:00am, so participants should give themselves time prior to that to pick up their gear, check in, and gear up. The dates for the program in 2024 are as follows:
1/5, 1/12, 1/19, 1/26, and 2/2
The full package rate for an individual student is $255, which includes lift, lesson, and rentals. If you have your own skis, it costs $170. For an adult, the full package rate is $405, or $270 if you have your own equipment. Adults may pay on a week-to-week basis, for the group rate of $54/lift ticket and $30/rental (no pre-registration required, and no form listed here). Additional price options are listed on the registration forms. A single lesson may be requested, contingent upon whether an instructor is available, for $65. (Patience will be needed for these individual rentals and lessons; the attendants will be busy with pre-registered customers first.)
I need all the forms (see below for separate youth and adult forms) and a check for the full amount made out to me by December 15. Email me for my mailing address: cynthiagorgas@gmail.com
Thanks!
Cynthia
Starting Oct 26, 2023 from 3:30-4:30pm, the Lake Placid Library will be hosting a Lego Club on the last Thursday of each month (mostly). Fun projects! Challenges! Camaraderie! If you have old Legos to donate to the library, they will gladly accept them! Please RSVP if you plan to attend.
librarian@lakeplacidlibrary.org
(518) 523-3200
Each year the Kiwanis Club of Plattsburgh gives paperback dictionaries to all youth in Grade 3 who reside in CLINTON COUNTY.
Dr. Nancy Church, a retired professor from Plattsburgh State, coordinates with all the schools and homeschoolers. Please contact Melissa at stonebeckacademy@gmail.com if you want a dictionary by October 10th.
The Adirondack Center for Writing’s Wild Words Teen Anthology is open for submissions for the 2024 anthology. Some of our submission guidelines have changed, so please be sure to read through everything on the web page before you submit: https://adirondackcenterforwriting.org/wildwords/
North Country Homeschooling 