Celebrate Pollinator Week with a library program on 6/24/23 at 11am at the Lake Placid Public Library.

It’s that time of year again! The annual Homeschool Family Camp on Upper Saranac Lake at Camp Cherokee returns August 20th – 25th, 2023!

This is a week filled with fun and adventure & making new friends and memories.

There are motorboats with tubing, water skiing, etc…, a pool with lifeguard, horseback riding, ping pong, archery, yard games, basketball, pickleball, volleyball, playground area, chapel time, pontoon boat, kayaks, canoes, and more! We typically have a fire at least once during the week with s’mores and take the pontoon boat out to star gaze when it gets dark. This is a great opportunity for families to spend quality time together and connect with other homeschoolers in our region.

DATES: Sunday August 20th (dinner time) through Friday August 25th (morning)

LOCATION: Camp Cherokee 433 Gilpin Bay Saranac Lake

COST: $535/family (NOT per person) for the week. Plus a meal for everyone including staff. If you are new Tammy would be delighted to help you with this and you will have a helper family that knows the kitchen working with your family. Additional adult (often a grandparent) costs $146 for the week. $100 deposits are being collected to help determine number of families planning on attending.

EXTRA DETAILS: Kitchen is vegetarian; hence, no meat. Every family supplies a meal – so food is mostly covered. You can put the food you bring in the main kitchen where there is a walk-in fridge and area to store food. (You may also want to bring extra snacks for your family in a plastic container if you store where you sleep or you can store anything you want in the kitchen – please label for food if you do not want anyone else using it). Each family will also be a helper family at another meal. You may want to bring goodies for S’mores.

Sunday night’s pot luck dinner, on your own or we order pizza (everyone splits the cost). Depending on the number of families, Tammy may ask everyone to contribute something towards a breakfast (box of cereal or gallon of milk) and help cleaning up for one extra meal. In the past, people have been incredibly helpful so clean-up is pretty easy with all the hands at work.

Due to allergies, we have only allowed peanut butter in the kitchen and asked that an adult makes the sandwich, then they watch the child while they eat it. Afterwards, please wash everyone’s hands. If you have other allergy concerns, or this policy is not acceptable, please notify me and we will work together to insure everyone is safe!

Cabins will be assigned ahead of time so you will know what beds or bunks you will have and you bring your own bedding and towels.

Bring your favorite board game – kids love to play games together in the cafeteria on rainy days or in the evening.

If you would like to organize a “class” or “meeting”, just let Tammy know and we will add it to our schedule. In the past we have had photography, cake decorating, men prayer time, and homeschool sharing time to give you an idea. The last few years, we have been small and not done the extra classes.

We often have talent night which is a great time – it’s optional; but fun to plan something for!

Feel free to contact Tammy Neureuther (tamneureuther@yahoo.com) or Casey Ford (caseylynnford@gmail.com) directly for additional questions or to sign up.

Tuesday, June 27 at 3pm

Rules:

Adirondack Life and Adirondack Land Trust invite kids, ages 5 to 17, to photograph an aspect of the natural world within the Adirondack Park and tell us why it matters to them. Submissions are accepted now through August 19, 2023.

Submissions require:

Name and age.
Where, exactly, in the Adirondack Park the photograph was taken.
Up to a few sentences about why the image matters to you.
Email entries to aledit@adirondacklife.com.

For More Information

https://www.adirondacklife.com/2023/05/01/my-adirondacks-project/

Poster Contest for Arbor Day from Lake Placid Library (deadline tomorrow, Weds 5/24/23):

Good Afternoon,

We realize this is short notice, but we would like to invite you to join us in the Arbor Day poster contest. Attached you will find a flier with some information but the deadline is Wed. (tomorrow) at noon. You can bring completed posters to the library or the Town Hall by 12:00pm tomorrow as they will be judged in the afternoon. All are invited to attend the celebration on Thurs. at 5:00 at the Teddy Bear Park on Hillcrest Ave. Mrs. Armstrong will be there with some activities and North Elba/LP Tree Board will have a presentation and some seedlings to give away.

Hope to see you there!

Bambi and Karen
Bambi Pedu, Director
Lake Placid Public Library
2471 Main St. Lake Placid
NY 12946 (518)523-3200

Please RSVP by Friday, May 25th to Melissa Sayward (email below)

Adirondack Dance Company will be performing Rapunzel on June 2, 2023 at 10am the Strand Theatre in Plattsburgh. This performance is for area school students to participate.

Homeschoolers and their families are invited. The tickets are $3 per ticket. The show is about 1.75 hours. Homeschoolers will be sitting together as a “school group.” The dance company would like to know how many seats to reserve in the homeschool section. Arrival time is 9:30-9:45

Please contact Melissa Sayward at stonebeckacademy@gmail.com with your name and the number of tickets you would like.

Please bring your money to the event. Exact change is easiest or a check made out Adirondack Dance.

(For those who can not make the daytime performance, there is an evening performance and tickets can be purchased through the Strand.)

Wednesday June 7th, 2023 at 9 am the ASRC Whiteface Research Center will be hosting a program for homeschooling families interested to learn about the equipment used and data collected at the sites. Please email jessybosco33@gmail.com if you can come.

Reminder, the deadline to drop off art pieces for the Homeschool art show and Junk-to-Funk art show is June 1. Contact Joy at the Tuesday art class or call the Saranac Lake Free Library for more details.
https://nch.home.blog/2023/03/25/homeschool-junk-to-funk-art-show/

The Adirondack Youth Choir provides the opportunity for treble singers (unchanged voices) to experience the joy and transformative power of choral singing through the learned skills of musicianship, teamwork, leadership, self-confidence, and responsibility.

To register for this opportunity, use the following link: https://nccc.edu/center-for-lifelong-learning/adirondackyouthchoir.html

For questions, registration and scholarship information, please email Helen Demong at demonghelen@gmail.com or Amy Tuthill at adkyouthchoir@gmail.com

REHEARSALS
Monday, July 17 through Friday, July 21 9:00-11:00 A.M. NCCC Lecture Hall
Monday, July 24 through Friday, July28 9:00-11:00 A.M. NCCC Lecture Hall
Saturday, July 29 – Dress rehearsal 9:00-11:00 A.M. 1 st Methodist Church
Saranac Lake, NYS
Saturday, July 29 7:30 P.M. CONCERT, 1 st Methodist Church, Saranac Lake, NY

Scholarship form:

The Adirondack Youth Choir will be similar to the former Adirondack Children’s Chorus which Barbara Tagg directed in Saranac Lake for approximately 20 years at the Adirondack Festival of American Music in Saranac Lake, NY. She has been a summer resident of the Adirondacks since she was a child and is nationally and internationally recognized for her work in the choral field. As founder and artistic director of the Syracuse Children’s Chorus for 30 years, she was a national leader in the development of the American children’s choir movement, and her choirs have sung across the US, in Canada, the Far East, and Europe. The former Syracuse University music education faculty member and Women’s Choir conductor is currently Florida Chair of Women’s Choirs for the American Choral Directors Association, active on two committees for Chorus America, and judges choir festivals for WorldStrides. Author of Before the Singing, published by Oxford University Press, and numerous articles, Dr. Tagg is known for her commitment to quality music, excellence in singing, and diverse repertoire. This summer’s program will be a tribute to the rich history of summer music in Saranac Lake.