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.

Dear Homeschool Families,

We’re excited to host the Lake Placid Volunteer Ambulance Service this Thursday, May 4^th at 10:00 a.m. for our final Homeschool Thursday event of the school year. Please join us downstairs in the children’s rooms at 10:00 a.m. for a presentation, after which we will go outside to see the inside of an ambulance.

Homeschool Thursdays are geared for children in grades K-6, but other ages are welcome. Free parking is available in the St. Eustace Church lot – just leave a note on your dashboard indicating you are at a Homeschool Thursday library event. As always, happy reading!

-Karen and Bambi

Bambi Pedu, Director
Lake Placid Public Library
2471 Main St.
Lake Placid, NY 12946
(518)523-3200
librarian@lakeplacidlibrary.org

Story Publishing Camp (Grades 5-8)

Join us for Homeschool History Day on Friday, June 2, 2023 10am-3:30pm at Mt. Van Hoevenberg in Lake Placid.

It is very important to RSVP for this event so parents know how many treasure items to bring!
RSVP: sunitahalasz@gmail.com

FOR THE MORNING PRESENTATIONS:
We will start the day at 10am in the main lodge for student oral presentations. This is VERY informal and is for ALL AGES.

Students dress up as a character or thing from history that they have researched. For instance, in the past students have been a famous or inspiring person, a family relative, an era in history, a droplet of water, and even an erupting Mt. St. Helens!

If they feel comfortable, students can give a speech on their own. If they would like assistance from a parent or sibling to present with them, that is totally fine! Many parents or guardians have interviewed their students so that the student doesn’t have to give a whole speech, but can just answer questions with a trusted adults standing nearby. One time, a mom read a short picture book about the historical topic her student chose while the student stood nearby in costume. Another time, 4 siblings presented a topic together. So, this is totally a no-pressure thing and just a chance for kids to have fun sharing what they have learned.

POTLUCK LUNCH
Bring a dish to share for our lunch break. I will find out more details about if there is a fridge, a microwave, or outlets that we can use and I will report back. Bring your own plates, silverware, and water bottle.

AFTERNOON LEARNING AND TREASURE HUNT
We will learn from ORDA staff about the history of sliding sports in the Olympics. We will visit the newly renovated Lake Placid Olympic Museum. More specific and exciting details coming soon!

TREASURE BAGS
At the end of the day, kids will put clues together of all the things they have learned from ORDA and the clues will lead them to a “treasure bag” for each of them with a small item contributed by participating families. NO WORRIES if you aren’t able to contribute an item or if you forget!!

Small things like erasers, stickers, pencils, bookmarks, etc. are some of the things that have gone into the treasure bags in previous years.

If you bring treasure items (and again, there is NO PRESSURE to do so), hand them in at the beginning of the day when we meet at the main lodge and they will get sorted into a bag for each child to find at the end of the day.

We will likely be done around 3:30pm.

It is very important to RSVP for this event so parents know how many treasure items to bring!
RSVP: sunitahalasz@gmail.com

The annual Homeschool Art Show and Science Fair will take place June 16, 2023 from 2-5pm in the basement of the Saranac Lake Free Library.

The Art Show theme is “Junk to Funk” and if you haven’t participated in Joy’s Tuesday Art Classes yet, that’s a great way to create a piece for the show. You can also create a piece on your own. Read more details about “Junk to Funk” here, including details about the June 1st deadline to submit your pieces: https://nch.home.blog/2023/03/25/homeschool-junk-to-funk-art-show/

The Science Fair is a chance for students (and parents!) to explore any topic and do an informal show-and-tell to the group.

Both the Art Show and Science Fair are non-competitive, fun, all-ages events. Even parents are allowed to do projects and display them! If your student doesn’t want to do a art or science project and would rather just come and observe, that is totally fine.

Feel free to bring a healthy snack to share.

Feel free to invite your family and friends!

librarian@lakeplacidlibrary.org

The Adirondack Center for Writing and Adirondack Voters for Change are proud to announce a new regional essay writing contest: My Dreams for My Community. The contest offers winners cash prizes totaling $1,400 for a five-page essay on the topics of community and change.

Submissions are open now until June 15, 2023 and will be judged by a panel of professional writers, educators, and community members.

The contest is open to those living in the counties of Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Hamilton, Northern Herkimer/Old Forge area, St. Lawrence, Warren, and Northern Washington. Two age groups are invited to submit essays of up to 5 pages:

• Ages 13-18
• Ages 19-25

Prizes will be awarded for each age group as follows: $400 for First Place, $200 for Second Place, $100 for Third Place, and 3 Honorable Mentions.

The winning essays will be selected by our judges in July, and all applicants will be notified then. The contest will culminate in a celebration reading at Adirondack Center for Writing (15 Broadway, Saranac Lake) on Monday, July 24th at 7PM.

For more information: https://adirondackcenterforwriting.org/essay-contest-2023/