Here’s the preliminary list to get you started with your 2023-24 school year planning!
Tuesdays in September and October (through Oct 24) at 3-4pm – North Country Climate Club – all ages, Kate Mountain Park, Vermontville
Saturday, September 16, 1PM – Potsdam Public Library Community Classroom, Ferdinand the Bull for Violin and Narrator, Dr. Timothy Yip will join us to provide music with Mrs. Morrison as the narrator
Sept 16 – Kids night Out with Plasttsburgh State Women’s Basketball Team, 6-9pm at Memorial Hall, Plattsburgh State, register at the door. $15/child
Sept 17 – Touch a Truck in Saranac Lake
Sept 18 – The 2024 WILD WORDS Teen Writing Anthology for kids ages 13 – 19 will open for submissions on September 18th. Submissions must be received before the deadline of February 29, 2024. If you have students who write fiction, poetry, essays in any genre, encourage them to submit their work. Register with the Adirondack Center for Writing https://adirondackcenterforwriting.org/
Sept 22 – YA author, NEAL SHUSTERMAN, is visiting Saranac Lake on Friday, September 22nd at 9:30 AM. This event is free, but registration is required. Register with the Adirondack Center for Writing https://adirondackcenterforwriting.org/
Sept 23 – 24 – Wilder Farm Harvest Fest and Civil War Living History
Sept 23 – 24 – Babbie Rural and Farm Learning Museum in Peru – Kids Fair and Festival
Sept 23 – Free Drawing Workshop, Ausable Forks Free Library
Starting in October – Potsdam Public Library Singing Sessions, all ages. 1st and 3rd Mondays at 1:30 PM – Starting in October. Contact Mrs. Morrison at the library for more details
October 12th at 10:00 a.m. – Lake Placid Public Library Homeschool Thursdays – join us in welcoming scientists from Paul Smith’s College and the Adirondack Watershed Institute to explore the illuminating intersection between lake data collection and analysis through the visual arts.
Oct 13 – Homeschool Day at The Wild Center. Preregistration Required.
November 2 + 3 from 9 – 3 each day at Paul Smith’s College – Adirondack Center for Writing Teen Writing Retreat – This is an opportunity for students in grades 9 – 12 to work with professional performance poets to write new work, practice reading aloud, and build community with other teenage writers from around the Adirondacks. This event is free, but registration is required. Instructors include Jon Sands and Jose Olivarez. Register with the Adirondack Center for Writing https://adirondackcenterforwriting.org/
November 2nd at 10:00 a.m. – Lake Placid Public Library Homeschool Thursdays – join us for a program focused on bioluminescence with materials provided by Mountain Lakes PBS. We’ll begin with a brief read-aloud and episode of Wild Kratts, followed by interactive stations. All students will leave with a free book and take-home activities, courtesy of Mountain Lake PBS.
Nov 4 – NYSEF Ski Swap
December 7th, 10am – 2pm – Lake Placid Public Library Homeschool Thursdays – Family Drop-In to prepare for the holidays with card making and hand-made gift stations.
Winter Tuesdays 2024 after the New Year – will be homeschool XC ski and snowshoe days at the VIC
Winter Fridays 2024 after the New Year – will be homeschool downhill ski days at Titus
January 9 – February 15, 2024 – Rescheduled youth Shakespeare Class at Lake Placid Center for the Arts
April 8, 2024 – Total Solar Eclipse!!
North Country Homeschooling 