Paintball Biathlon is planned for the Feb 12, 2020 Homeschool XC Ski Day at Mt Van Hoevenberg! And Improv class will happen after lunch! Remember, for those of you who bought a season pass, your kids can also attend Saturday ski lessons at MVH for free. Details about the weekly homeschool program: https://nch.home.blog/2019/12/04/2020-homeschool-xc-ski-days-at-mt-van-hoevenberg/

North Country Community College in Saranac Lake is offering six weeks of gym and swim time for homeschoolers in Spring 2020 at the Sparks Athletic Complex.

Dates:

• Monday, March 30, 2020, 10am-12pm
• Monday, April 6, 2020, 10am-12pm
• Monday, April 13, 2020, 10am-12pm
• Monday, April 20, 2020, 10am-12pm
• Monday, April 27, 2020, 10am-12pm
• Monday, May 4, 2020, 10am-12pm

Cost: (**Pay at the sign-in window at the gym when you get there**)

• $10/family drop-in rate for each session, OR
• $75/family full semester membership that allows you to visit the pool and gym on other days as well

Location:

NCCC Saranac Lake Campus, Sparks Athletic Complex https://goo.gl/maps/BzVTr89MUpAfaWD49

Special Opportunity for students ages 10-16 with unchanged voices.

• Director/Founder: Barbara M. Tagg (she led the Adirondack Children’s Choir at the Adirondack Festival of American Music for over 20 years and is a former Syracuse University faculty member).
• Rehearsals: Monday Through Friday, 9:00 am -11:00 am July 20-31, 2020.
• Location: North Country Community College
• Cost: $120 (Scholarships available)
• Concert: August 1, 2020 at 7:30 pm at the First Methodist Church, Saranac Lake
• For more information email Kim Weems, Administrator, at ADKyouthchoir@gmail.com

This Friday at Pok-O-MacCready, we will be participating in an Art In Nature course!

Departing the Poko-Queen at 10am, students and families will explore the beauty of art in the natural world. Students will learn how to take something from the ordinary world around them and turn it into something fun, beautiful and exciting! Everyone will return to the PQ around 12:00. Lunch will be available around 12:15. $8 per student, includes lunch.

As of today, Monday the 3rd, the weather channel is calling for an 80% chance of snow on Friday, with a high of 29 and humidity of 84%. The Art In Nature course will take place outdoors a majority of the time, if not the entire block. Please dress accordingly. If there is heavy rain, our instructors are able to make indoor accommodations when necessary.

From 1:00 to 3:00pm, we will be offering Rock Climbing at our indoor rock climbing facility, The Crux. The Crux is a fantastic  challenge for any individual at any level. Students can choose to climb a wall or a specific route which may have additional challenges. $7 per climber, includes equipment.

Preferred registration is to fill out the following form by clicking on this link and filling in all of the prompted information. You may also leave a voicemail at (518) 963-7656 including the following information: how many adult will attend in your group, how many students along with ages, which activities you plan on attending, and if you all plan on staying for lunch (please include dietary accommodations). Please do so before Friday.

Please contact Jess Roth at Pok-O-MacCready, at pokomac@gmail.com or (518) 963-7656 with any questions or concerns.

Directions to Pok-O-MacCready Outdoor Education Center:
Address: 1391 Reber Road Willsboro, NY 12996
From 87, The ADK Northway take Exit 33 for Willsboro, Lewis and Keesville: NY 22, US 9
Continue on NY 22 for about 5 miles.
Turn Right onto Reber Road, there will be signs for Pok-O-MacCready Summer Camps, Pok-O-MacCready Outdoor Education Center and The Crux Champlain Valley Climbing Center. Continue on Reber Road for one mile passing the sign for Camp PokoMoonshine and Turn Right at the Sign for Pok-O-MacCready Outdoor Education Center. There is a gravel parking area here with a gray building on the right-hand side with a wooden green “Office” sign. There will be signs directing everyone towards the large deck entrance for registration

This Friday at Pok-O-MacCready we will be exploring different Sensory activities!

Departing the Poko-Queen at 10am, students and families will participate in several different immersive activities that teach how the human body collects information through the five senses and applies it to an individuals everyday life. Everyone will return to the PQ around 12:00pm. Lunch will be available. As always, families are highly encouraged to dress warmly, all morning activities will take place outdoors. $8 per student, includes lunch.

From 1:00pm to 3:00pm, we will be offering Rock Climbing at our indoor rock climbing facility, The Crux. The Crux is a fantastic challenge for any individual at any level. Students can choose to climb a wall or a specific route which may have additional challenges. $7 per climber, includes equipment.

Preferred registration is to fill out the following form by clicking on this link and filling in all of the prompted information. You may also leave a voicemail at (518) 963-7656 including the following information: how many adult will attend in your group, how many students along with ages, which activities you plan on attending, and if you all plan on staying for lunch (please include dietary accommodations).

Please contact Jess Roth at Pok-O-MacCready, at pokomac@gmail.com or (518) 963-7656 with any questions or concerns.

Directions to Pok-O-MacCready Outdoor Education Center:
Address: 1391 Reber Road Willsboro, NY 12996
From 87, The ADK Northway take Exit 33 for Willsboro, Lewis and Keesville: NY 22, US 9
Continue on NY 22 for about 5 miles.
Turn Right onto Reber Road, there will be signs for Pok-O-MacCready Summer Camps, Pok-O-MacCready Outdoor Education Center and The Crux Champlain Valley Climbing Center. Continue on Reber Road for one mile passing the sign for Camp PokoMoonshine and Turn Right at the Sign for Pok-O-MacCready Outdoor Education Center. There is a gravel parking area here with a gray building on the right-hand side with a wooden green “Office” sign. There will be signs directing everyone towards the large deck entrance for registration.

This Friday at Pok-O-MacCready we will be introducing our students and families to Ice Fishing on the beautiful Long Pond! Departing the Poko-Queen at 10am, students and families will go through the process of drilling holes with an auger and fishing using light fishing rods and tip ups. We will return to the PQ for 12:00PM. As always, families are highly encouraged to dress warmly as temps down on the water can be a few degrees colder than at the Pokoqueen! ($8 per student, equipment and lunch included. Parents lunch $3) We’ll welcome, orient, complete paperwork and accept payments from 9:30 – 10:00 AM.

From 1PM to 3PM we will be offering Rock Climbing at our indoor rock climbing facility, The Crux. The Crux is a fantastic challenge for any individual at any level. Students can choose to climb a wall or a specific route which may have additional challenges. ($7 per climber includes equipment). If only participating in the afternoon activity of rock climbing, please go to the Outdoor Education Center between 12:30-1:00 to pay (and complete paperwork if first time).

Preferred registration is to email us at pmoec.assistant@gmail.com. Please include the total number in your party, number of adults/students, as well as which activities you plan on doing. A voicemail can also serve as registration, at 518.963.7967.

Directions to Pok-O-MacCready Outdoor Education Center:
Address: 1391 Reber Road Willsboro, NY 12996
From 87, The ADK Northway take Exit 33 for Willsboro, Lewis and Keesville: NY 22, US 9
Continue on NY 22 for about 5 miles.
Turn Right onto Reber Road, there will be signs for Pok-O-MacCready Summer Camps, Pok-O-MacCready Outdoor Education Center and The Crux Champlain Valley Climbing Center. Continue on Reber Road for one mile passing the sign for Camp PokoMoonshine and Turn Right at the Sign for Pok-O-MacCready Outdoor Education Center. There is a gravel parking area here with a gray building on the right-hand side with a wooden green “Office” sign. There will be signs directing everyone towards the large deck entrance for registration.

Please direct any questions to the facility.

We WILL be having homeschool ski day at Mt Van Hoevenberg on Wednesday, Jan 15 . The “Mini Loop” is open. It’s about a quarter-mile loop right near the main lodge and we’ll go around and around it, but it will be fun. And we’ll do improv in the main lodge after lunch, instead of Josie’s Cabin. Most likely the day will end sooner than last week. For more information about the weekly program: https://nch.home.blog/2019/12/04/2020-homeschool-xc-ski-days-at-mt-van-hoevenberg/

Pendragon’s 2020 Young Playwright Festival Contest is underway! Pendragon Theatre is encouraging aspiring young playwrights from all school districts to take pen to paper and fingers to keyboard for the annual youth playwriting event open to all middle and high school-age students.

We are asking young playwrights to submit original, 10 minute long one-act plays and musicals based on the theme “Insider/Outsider.” 

The winning playwrights will work with a creative team including directors, designers, and actors to develop and stage the scripts.

The Festival culminates in a full performance of the winning plays and a script-in-hand public reading of the runners-up on April 25 at 2 PM with a reception to follow.

We are offering educators free playwriting workshops. We will come to your classroom or you can come to us.  

Entries should be a producible 10-minute play, up to 10 pages in length (no smaller than 10-point font) and require no more than 4 actors. Submissions longer than 10 pages of dialogue or that require more than 4 actors will be disqualified. Entry deadline is March 3, 2020.

All plays entered in the contest will be read by a panel of theatrical and literary judges. The judges will choose a first-prize and second-prize-winning play for both the middle-school and high school-age groups. The 2 first-prize plays will be fully performed at the Young Playwrights Festival in April, and the 2 second-prize plays will be read onstage. The authors of the first prize plays will be invited to participate in all aspects of the staging of their play, from auditions to final dress rehearsals. All students who submit a play will be invited to attend the festival.

Official rules, entry form, and more information can be found on our website https://www.pendragontheatre.org/playwrights-festival

Here are some playwriting resources that you may find helpful:

On formatting: https://downloads.bbc.co.uk/writersroom/scripts/stageus.pdf

Playwriting tips for teens: http://www.playwrightsproject.org/programs/contest/tips.php

Please let us know if you and your students are interested in participating in YPF 2020, and if we can be of any assistance including, but not limited to, holding workshops in your classroom or at the theatre. Call 518.891.1854 or email info@pendragontheatre.

We look forward to working with you!

Sincerely,

Leslie Dame
Marketing Director

Friday 01/10/2020 1pm-3pm

COST: $7 per climber, per session (Includes climbing and equipment)

As we do have limited spots (max of 25 climbers), please call us at 518.963.7967 and leave a message no later than Thursday evening at 5PM. In your message, please let us know how many people will be in your party, their ages and shoe sizes. Please also note a number that we can contact you.

https://www.pokomac.com/crux-rock-climbing/

Registration takes place from 12:30-1pm at the Outdoor Education Center

Directions to Pok-O-MacCready Outdoor Education Center:
Address: 1391 Reber Road Willsboro, NY 12996
From 87, The Adirondack Northway take Exit 33 for Willsboro, Lewis and Keesville: NY 22, US 9
Continue on NY 22 for about 5 miles.
Turn Right onto Reber Road, here there will be signs for Pok-O-MacCready Summer Camps, Pok-O-MacCready Outdoor Education Center and The Crux Champlain Valley Climbing Center. Continue on Reber Road for one mile passing the sign for Camp PokoMoonshine and Turn Right at the Sign for Pok-O-MacCready Outdoor Education Center. There is a gravel parking area here with a gray building on the right-hand side with a wooden green “Office” sign. There will be signs directing everyone towards the large deck entrance for registration.

Friday 01/10/2020 10:00am to 12:00pm

Join us at Pok-O-MacCready Outdoor Education Center for a morning of Cross Country Skiing and Snowshoeing. As we do have limited spots, please call us at 518.963.7967 and leave a message no later than Thursday evening at 5PM. In your message, please let us know how many people will be in your party, their ages and shoe sizes. Please also note a number that we can contact you.

Cost is $8 per child, equipment and lunch included. Parents may also eat lunch for $3

We’ll welcome, orient, complete paperwork and accept payments from 9:30 – 10:00 AM.

Directions to Pok-O-MacCready Outdoor Education Center:
Address: 1391 Reber Road Willsboro, NY 12996
From 87, The ADK Northway take Exit 33 for Willsboro, Lewis and Keesville: NY 22, US 9
Continue on NY 22 for about 5 miles.
Turn Right onto Reber Road, here there will be signs for Pok-O-MacCready Summer Camps, Pok-O-MacCready Outdoor Education Center and The Crux Champlain Valley Climbing Center. Continue on Reber Road for one mile passing the sign for Camp PokoMoonshine and Turn Right at the Sign for Pok-O-MacCready Outdoor Education Center. There is a gravel parking area here with a gray building on the right-hand side with a wooden green “Office” sign. There will be signs directing everyone towards the large deck entrance for registration.