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What’s hot right now in Community Education Find out why these courses are so popular!

Find your highest and best self! Two course guides in one! Community Education pages 1-20 and TMCC Workforce Development pages A-F Paddleboard your way to fitness, page 6 Soothe your soul with essential oils, page 3 Check out our awesome summer camps, page 18-20 Shake it up with Roller Derby, page 6 Turn stones into sensational jewelry, page 1

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Two class schedules in one! Business is working smarter and so is the Washoe County School District and Truckee Meadows Community College. By sharing registration systems and print production costs, we can more efficiently serve you. This publication showcases the gamut of noncredit courses offered through the school district’s Community Education and TMCC Workforce Development and Continuing Education—whether for children, adults or our esteemed elders—available through a one-stop location offering noncredit personal enrichment and professional development classes.

What’s hot right now in Community Education Find out why these courses are so popular!

• Photoshop Elements • Makeup Made Easy • Hoop Dance • Guitar I • Conversational Spanish • Gentle, Restorative Yoga • Silver Tai Chi • Video Game Design Camp

Browse this publication and look for the Hot! icon to see our screamingly popular topics. Register at www.washoecommunityed.org and reserve your seat today!

- Help your child become a safe driver

Driver’s Education in the Classroom Send your teens to after school and Saturday classes and help them build a strong base to become a safe driver. Classes HOT! are conveniently held at each area high school.

Designed for teens aged 15 to 18, these sessions fulfill the 30-hour classroom mandate required for a Nevada Driver’s License (this class does NOT include behind-the-wheel instruction or the 50 required driving hours also needed to qualify for a license).

For full details and to register, visit www.washoecommunityed.org and click on classroom courses, or call 829-9010. Table of Contents • Arts and Crafts

Jewelry: Wirewrap Stones Community Education Table of Contents Use your favorite polished stones to create something new, exciting and Arts and Crafts...... 1-3 one-of-a-kind by applying wrapping Photography...... 11-12 techniques to the stones. Individual Beauty and Wellness...... 3 Silver College...... 14-17 expression is given free rein and Computers for Home Use...... 3-4 Special Interest...... 12 beginners are welcome. $45 materials fee Cultures and Religions...... 4 Writing...... 13 6/1 S 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. OR Dance...... 5 Youth Courses...... 17-20 6/13 TH 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. Fitness and Sports...... 6-8 Registration and Policies...... 20-22 Shaw Food and Beverage...... 8 TMCC WDCE Professional/Career TMCC Meadowood Center S103 $45 Home and Garden...... 8 Courses...... A-F Languages...... 9 Textiles Money and Investing...... 9 Music...... 10 Crochet Intermediate: Mile-A-Minute Outdoors...... 10-11 We will be learning how fun and quick the Mile-A-Minute style of crochet can be. New stitches include half treble Arts and Crafts Glass Fusion and front post single. Quickly creating Experience the beauty and fun of strips to be assembled will allow for fun Most art classes require additional supplies patterns, opening the imagination for or a materials fee. Supply lists for individual creating glass art through basic fusing, classes are available online at www. design, glass cutting, grinding and fixing this style of crochet. washoecommunityed.org. techniques. Afterward, you will look 4/18-5/9 TH 6 - 8 p.m. forward to showing off the wonderful art Foote you’ve crafted. $40 materials fee Dilworth Middle School E7 $54 6/28-6/29 F 5:30-8 p.m. S 8-10:30 a.m. “This definitely improved my OR skill level and knowledge. 8/16-8/17 F 5:30-8 p.m. The instructor took the S 8-10:30 a.m. time to provide individual Salvagione training.” Kadam Studio $75 –Gail S., crochet student

Enameled Bowls Watch this video on our glass fusion Sewing I classes or go to the online course Learn how to enamel copper in the Experience the magic of needle and shape of bowls. Prerequisite: Enameling description for the link. thread as you learn basic sewing introductory class from Kadam Studio. techniques, understand patterns and $35 materials fee cut fabric. Bring your sewing machine 4/24-4/25 W,TH 5:30 - 8:30 p.m. to class and know its basic operations Salvagione so you can fashion your own fabric Kadam Studio $75 creations. Materials required. 6/5-7/31 W 6:30 - 9:30 p.m. Week-long Fused Glass Camp Pelham HOT! Come enjoy a week of glass fusion. We TMCC Meadowood Center S103 $125 will be doing a variety of projects. If Stained Glass there is something special you’d like to Create stunning stained glass art using make that week, send the instructor an the Tiffany copper foil method. Gain e-mail. Prerequisite: Glass Fusion from glass cutting, foiling and soldering skill Kadam Studio. $110 materials fee experience. $25 materials fee 4/14-4/20 S,SU 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. 6/29-7/6 S 1 - 4:30 pm OR M-F 5:30 - 8:30 p.m. 8/17-8/24 S 1 - 4:30 pm Salvagione Hutchison Kadam Studio $275 Kadam Studio $75

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Drawing and Painting Sketching in Nature Spring Watercolor Flowers Watercolor Collage Using your favorite medium (watercolor, Discover easy techniques to painting Unlock your creativity by combining acrylic, colored pencils or pastels), learn fresh, luminous spring flowers. Work watercolor with collage and creating a how to capture nature’s beauty through with glazing, wet-into-wet, dry brushing, texture to enhance one of your previous in-class and outdoor instruction. Find negative painting, lost and found edges paintings. Learn about composition and out about Nevada’s nature palette, a set and other tricks unique to this medium. design, as well as how to apply layers of of complementary colors. You’ll also Learn to use color theory, composition paper with glue and gel. Review positive explore seven basic texturing strokes, and design to make your florals shine. and negative painting, collage techniques learn how to convey plants’ shapes and Materials required. and how to create dimension and depth. sizes and create realistic wildlife. Practice 4/30-5/21 T 1 - 5 p.m. Explore the endless possibilities the techniques to develop your visual Nichols combined media have to offer. memory. Take a field trip to the Oxbow TMCC Meadowood Center S103 $119 6/11-6/25 T 5 - 9 p.m. Calligraphy Nature Center during the third class. Nichols TMCC Meadowood Center S103 $99 Develop your own distinctive style by 7/20-8/3 S 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. Landscapes in Watercolor creating beautiful free-flowing letters. LaMorte Find out how easy it is to create a Explore the exciting ways you can use TMCC Meadowood Center S103 $49 landscape with depth, whether it is Summer Watercolor Flowers your newfound talent for scrapbooking, trees, rocks or mountains, when you Focus on some of summer’s favorite wedding and party invitations, specialty Coloring Between the Lines with approach it on a step-by-step basis. Make varieties of flowers including simple items and much more. Your multi Colored Pencils your artwork shine by gaining a better roses, calla lilies, sunflowers and award-winning instructor will show you understanding of value and design. To pansies as you paint breathtaking floral how rewarding it is to learn this graceful Create greater depth and interest in your be prepared for this class, have a basic groupings and closeups of individual artistry. Materials required. colored pencil art through this innovative knowledge of watercolor techniques. flowers. Discover how to create water coloring technique. Understand your 4/3-4/24 W 6 - 7:30 p.m. 4/2-4/23 T 1 - 5 p.m. drops on petals and other effects personal color palette choices and gain to create depth and drama in your Foldvary-Anderson a greater confidence working with all Nichols TMCC Meadowood Center S300 $59 TMCC Meadowood Center S103 $119 paintings. Learn about color choice and colors. Take your works from “that looks composition as well as brush strokes nice” to WOW. Practice in coloring and finishing techniques to ensure your Drawing II book fashion to best experience this Watercolor Techniques I paintings look their best. Add dimension and realism to your novel process of looking, playing and Enjoy personalized step-by-step 7/23-8/13 T 1 - 5 p.m. experimenting with color. This technique drawings with shading techniques, instruction while learning practical Nichols applies to other mediums. watercolor techniques. Build a strong accurate values and proportions, TMCC Meadowood Center S103 $119 perspective and composition knowledge. 6/4-6/11 T,TH 1 - 3 p.m. foundation of both traditional and Explore the use of pen and ink, charcoal Foldvary-Anderson unconventional techniques, while and graphite techniques. Drawing I is TMCC Meadowood Center S324 $59 gaining a deep understanding of color suggested as a prerequisite to this class, study, value relations, compositions and Beauty and Wellness though not required. Materials required. The instructor was “very more to create luminous paintings. 4/8-5/6 M 1 - 4 p.m. helpful and good at 6/10-6/24 M 5 - 9 p.m. Woodard explaining artistic perspective Nichols TMCC Meadowood Center S103 $119 to someone who doesn’t TMCC Meadowood Center S103 $99 come by it naturally.” “Instructor is very Why take art? –Leah C., Coloring Between the Lines knowledgeable, talented and with Colored Pencils student Learning art teaches you “to see better, to makes class fun! She made persist, to be playful, to learn from your mistakes everyone comfortable no and to make critical judgments,” according to Painting the Sierra in Watercolor matter what skill level they’re Studio Thinking: The Real Benefits of Visual Capture the essence of our splendid at.” Arts Education. Sierra and advance your artistic abilities Makeup Made Easy at the same time. Practice techniques –Cindy P., Watercolor Techniques I student Discover your makeup and fashion to paint the components of a mountain personality and how it influences the landscape such as forests, peaks, snow choices you make. Learn how to update patterns, lakes, reflections and more. your look with correct color choices. See Receive the one-on-one attention that live demonstrations for day, evening and you need to grow your talents. Materials special occasion makeup application. required. You will learn makeup tricks and how 4/3-4/24 W 6 - 9 p.m. to use brushes and makeup tools more Mueller effectively. TMCC Meadowood Center S103 $99 4/18 TH 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. Lopez , 2 Tre s Image Salon $35 Register 24/7 at www.washoecommunityed.org Arts and Crafts • Beauty and Wellness • Computers for Home Use

Spring Watercolor Flowers Watercolor Collage Dementia & Aging: The Basics Introduction to Bioenergy Shaking Discover easy techniques to painting Unlock your creativity by combining Longevity is terrific, provided we Meditation fresh, luminous spring flowers. Work watercolor with collage and creating a maintain adequate mental and physical Learn how to revitalize your body, with glazing, wet-into-wet, dry brushing, texture to enhance one of your previous health. Understand the nutrition, mind and spirit by practicing this negative painting, lost and found edges paintings. Learn about composition and medication and psychosocial challenges ancient healing tradition. Awaken your and other tricks unique to this medium. design, as well as how to apply layers of that affect seniors as well as caregivers. untapped dormant energy to burn away Learn to use color theory, composition paper with glue and gel. Review positive Discuss the mixed blessings of aging and your negative blocks. While listening to and design to make your florals shine. and negative painting, collage techniques its cognitive consequences. Take control music, stand and shake to encourage the Materials required. and how to create dimension and depth. of your health, maintain independence flow of kundalini. 4/30-5/21 T 1 - 5 p.m. Explore the endless possibilities the and improve your quality of life. 6/15 S 9:30 - 11 a.m. Nichols combined media have to offer. 7/20 S 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. Rizzoli TMCC Meadowood Center S103 $119 6/11-6/25 T 5 - 9 p.m. Rubin, MD TMCC Meadowood Center $10 Nichols TMCC Meadowood Center $20 Landscapes in Watercolor TMCC Meadowood Center S103 $99 Find out how easy it is to create a The Healing Benefits of Citrus Oils Computers for Home Use landscape with depth, whether it is Summer Watercolor Flowers Freshen the air in your home, elevate For professional computer courses, see pages A-B. trees, rocks or mountains, when you Focus on some of summer’s favorite your mood and learn about the anti- approach it on a step-by-step basis. Make varieties of flowers including simple bacterial properties of citrus oils. Explore your artwork shine by gaining a better roses, calla lilies, sunflowers and the unique therapeutic and holistic understanding of value and design. To pansies as you paint breathtaking floral usages and benefits of orange, lemon be prepared for this class, have a basic groupings and closeups of individual and grapefruit oils. Each fruit has its knowledge of watercolor techniques. flowers. Discover how to create water own significance and specific qualities to 4/2-4/23 T 1 - 5 p.m. drops on petals and other effects benefit your body and home. The $10 Nichols to create depth and drama in your lab fee includes a bottle of each oil. TMCC Meadowood Center S103 $119 paintings. Learn about color choice and 7/22 M 6 - 9 p.m. composition as well as brush strokes Anderson and finishing techniques to ensure your TMCC Meadowood Center S103 $39 Watercolor Techniques I paintings look their best. Enjoy personalized step-by-step 7/23-8/13 T 1 - 5 p.m. Essential Oils for Relaxation instruction while learning practical Nichols watercolor techniques. Build a strong Explore ways that essential oils can assist TMCC Meadowood Center S103 $119 foundation of both traditional and in relaxation and make you feel more NEW! unconventional techniques, while balanced. Learn their sedative properties, Master iCloud on Your PC gaining a deep understanding of color Beauty and Wellness while blending them for home use. Find Make life easier by understanding how study, value relations, compositions and out about the various functions of these iCloud works and how to utilize it as a more to create luminous paintings. oils and how to use them in a diffuser or personal information manager (PIM). 6/10-6/24 M 5 - 9 p.m. a bath. $10 materials fee Keep data backed up on your PC, lap Nichols 7/29 M 6 - 9 p.m. top, iPad and iPhone. Learn how to TMCC Meadowood Center S103 $99 Anderson keep your e-mail, calendars, contacts, TMCC Meadowood Center S103 $39 documents, apps and music synced and “Instructor is very accessible from anywhere at any time. knowledgeable, talented and NEW! Discover the numerous features that makes class fun! She made Introduction to Chakras help you back up, restore and share everyone comfortable no information. matter what skill level they’re The chakras are energetic structures 7/16-7/23 T,TH 6 - 8 p.m. at.” HOT! where mind and body meet. We will focus on the seven major chakras, their Lenga Makeup Made Easy TMCC Meadowood Center S322 $59 –Cindy P., Watercolor Techniques I history, origins and locations in the student Discover your makeup and fashion body, as well as their developmental, personality and how it influences the psychological and physical aspects. choices you make. Learn how to update 5/8-6/26 W 6:30 - 8 p.m. your look with correct color choices. See Rizzoli live demonstrations for day, evening and TMCC Meadowood Center $149 special occasion makeup application. You will learn makeup tricks and how to use brushes and makeup tools more effectively. 4/18 TH 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. Lopez , Tre s Image Salon $35 3 Register 24/7 at www.washoecommunityed.org Questions? Call 775-829-9010 Computers for Home Use • Cultures and Religions

Digital Photo Software Photoshop Elements Projects HOT! Dance Take your Photoshop Elements skills to Tibetan Buddhism Digital Camera and Your Computer the next level by working on fun and exciting hands-on projects. Repair an Delve into the philosophies behind Learn how to copy your pictures from old photo, add color to black-and-white Tibetan Buddhism. Expand your your camera to your computer, flash photos, create a greeting card with your knowledge about Buddhism and dispel drive or burn a CD. Use Windows own photos, construct a panoramic the common misperceptions about this Explorer to create folders on your photo and more. Learn how to use religion. Learn about many of the core computer to keep your photos organized. Photoshop’s Organizer to tag, sort and beliefs of Buddhism including karma, Learn how to enjoy your photos as filter your photos. future lives and meditation. a computer slide show and add your 8/13-8/15 T,TH 5:30 - 8:30 p.m. 4/3-4/17 W 6 - 8 p.m. photos to a Word document or e-mail Gage Class them to friends and family. TMCC Meadowood Center S315 $59 4/25-5/2 TH 2:30 - 5:30 p.m. TMCC Meadowood Center S115 $99 Gage World Religions Mendive Middle School Library $99 6/25-6/27 T,TH 5:30 - 8:30 p.m. Cultures and Religions Better understand our world by delving Gage into 12 classical religions. Guest TMCC Meadowood Center S115 $99 HOT! speakers will shed light on the beliefs of Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, HOT! Buddhism, Sikhism, Judaism, Confucianism, Taoism and more. Photoshop Elements Basics Compare different faith traditions and Unleash the artist inside you through the discuss atheism. digital computer palette of Photoshop. 5/7-6/4 T 6 - 9 p.m. Take the images held captive inside Zed your camera and jazz them up to create TMCC Meadowood Center S300 $169 eye-popping photos. Learn how to use the wide array of features of Adobe Why take cultural classes? Photoshop Elements, a mid-range photo editing software. Find out how easy it is Northwestern’s Adam Galinsky showed that to use this software, even if you have no studying another culture can help increase image editing experience. creativity. In Galinsky’s lab, people were A Taste of Kabbalah: Jewish Mysticism more creative after watching a slide show 7/30-8/1 T,TH 5:30 - 8:30 p.m. Discover Kabbalah, the bridge between about China: a 45-minute session increased Gage heaven and earth, while engaging in creativity scores for a week. TMCC Meadowood Center S115 $99 meditation, self-reflection and prayer. Belly Dancing I Color your world view and spark your Bhagavad-Gita Experience the beat of the Middle East. Photoshop Elements Layers and Effects passion to learn about the practices of As a beginner, learn how to isolate and Kabbalah. Become a more enlightened Inspire deeper thinking and work toward control muscles for performing the steps Have fun building on the skills you a higher spiritual understanding by learned in Photoshop Elements Basics. person and elevate your soul through and movements. Enjoy this relaxing way Kabbalist teachings. studying this universally acknowledged to exercise. Explore the very powerful layers and literary masterpiece. A Hindu classic, effects palettes. Learn how to take 4/9-4/30 T 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. Bhagavad-Gita’s appeal is for people of 5/31-8/16 F 5:30 - 6:45 p.m. yourself out of a photo in the kitchen Beyer all faith traditions. This inspirational Carver and put yourself on a beach or climbing TMCC Meadowood Center 300 $79 literature can even be used to help TMCC Red Mountain Bldg. 240 $79 a mountain. Be able to take a photo and console grief. make it look like a pencil drawing or oil “She is smart, funny, 5/8 W 6 - 9 p.m. Zumba painting. interesting and a fantastic Zed Ditch the workout and have some fun. 8/6-8/8 T,TH 5:30 - 8:30 p.m. teacher. I thought it was TMCC Meadowood Center S300 $39 Enjoy this exhilarating, easy-to-follow, Gage great. I’ve had an interest in calorie-burning dance fitness party. this class for a long time and TMCC Meadowood Center S115 $99 Incorporate Latin and international so glad I took this course! dance rhythms for a fun cardio fitness –Michelle R., Kabbalah student activity that helps you shed pounds and have a blast at the same time! Pick your own Zumba class dates! Ongoing M 5:30 - 6:30 p.m. Ongoing TH 6:30 - 7:30 p.m. Carabio 4 ACHIEVE Fitness $69 Register 24/7 at www.washoecommunityed.org Dance

HOT! Dance Hoop Dance Relive your childhood, relieve stress and laugh while taking this incredibly fun class led by a certified hoop dance instructor. Move in all directions while you learn the fundamentals of hooping on the waist. Explore transitions on- and off-the-body, change planes of rotations and add flair with tricks. Increase your body awareness and coordination through techniques that build cardiovascular endurance, strength and flexibility. Find the flow as you integrate skills with seamless transitions. 5/7-6/25 T 6:30 - 7:45 p.m. Rizzoli Caughlin Ranch Elementary $89

This class was “a great opportunity to have fun, make new friends and learn something new!”

–Mandi G., Hoop Dance student

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Hula Hoop-Making for Ages 10 and Up Enjoy the creativity and camaraderie of Hoop Dance by personalizing your own hoop. Let the colors that reflect your per- HOT! Hip Hop sonality show in your design. Following the hoop-making workshop, there will Belly Dancing I Get in shape with this high-energy cardio be a 20-minute Hoop Dance instruction workout, combining club and jazz dance. so you can play with your new hoop. All Experience the beat of the Middle East. Listen to popular music while you learn As a beginner, learn how to isolate and materials are provided. You may make the latest dance moves and tone your additional hoops for $25. control muscles for performing the steps body. and movements. Enjoy this relaxing way 5/18 S 9:30 a.m. - 12 p.m. 5/7-6/25 T 7:30 - 8:30 p.m. OR to exercise. Rizzoli 7/2-8/20 T 7:30 - 8:30 p.m. 5/31-8/16 F 5:30 - 6:45 p.m. TMCC Meadowood Center $45 Carver Carabio ACHIEVE Fitness $69 TMCC Red Mountain Bldg. 240 $79

Zumba Why take dance? Ditch the workout and have some fun. Enjoy this exhilarating, easy-to-follow, Dance builds confidence because it requires a calorie-burning dance fitness party. coordinated movement of the body that engages Incorporate Latin and international the mind, according to Examiner.com. dance rhythms for a fun cardio fitness activity that helps you shed pounds and have a blast at the same time! Pick your own Zumba class dates! Ongoing M 5:30 - 6:30 p.m. Ongoing TH 6:30 - 7:30 p.m. Carabio ACHIEVE Fitness $69 5 Register 24/7 at www.washoecommunityed.org Questions? Call 775-829-9010 Fitness and Sports

Fitness and Sports NEW! Vinyasa Flow Yoga Spin for Weight Loss Roller Derby Basics Ages 12 and Up If you have some yoga experience, Get in the spin of things with one of the explore the relationship between breath safest and most effective cardiovascular Learn basic roller derby skills including and movement, awareness and alignment programs for losing weight. In this how to roller skate, stop, fall and stride in a non-competitive environment. 8-week program, learn how to use a heart while having fun and getting a great Gain an understanding of the Universal monitor, track your nutritional intake workout. Training will focus on balance Principles of Alignment as you move and achieve fitness and weight goals. and building core muscles, as well as through a sequence of poses, standing 5/11-7/6 S 8:30 - 9:30 a.m. the rules and game play of women’s postures and calming seated postures. T,TH 6:30 - 7:30 p.m. OR roller derby. Skate and equipment rental End each session with a final relaxation 7/9-8/31 S 8:30 - 9:30 a.m. information online with class details pose and meditation. Find more balance at www.washoecommunityed.org. $25 T,TH 6:30 - 7:30 p.m. and flexibility in your body, mind and Carabio materials fee life. Sports 4/16-6/9 T 7:30 - 9:30 p.m. ACHIEVE Fitness $124 4/16-5/21 T 6 - 7 p.m. Golf for Beginners SU 9 -11 a.m. OR MacLellan Kickboxing Tap into your desire to become a better 6/11-8/4 T 7:30 - 9:30 p.m. SU 9 - 11 a.m. Swope Middle School $79 sportsperson by learning the basics of Use the bags for a sweat-dripping golf. Gain tips on how to swing and the Neve workout that can burn more than rules and etiquette of the game from a Reno Roller King $120 600 calories per hour. Master professional with more than 40 years of authentic kickboxing moves, drills and Cardio combinations that deliver a total body experience in the industry. Learn to putt Yoga and chip and to play with both iron and workout. Improve your cardiovascular wood clubs. At the end of this course, Spinning function and agility by working the bag you should be able to play at least a par Why take yoga? like a real pro. Enjoy this excellent, non-impact training 5/7-6/25 T 6:30 - 7:30 p.m. OR three course. $35 materials fee that carries a low risk of injury and is one Yoga can reduce high blood pressure, high 7/2-8/20 T 6:30 - 7:30 p.m. 6/5-7/10 W 6:15 - 7:15 p.m. cholesterol and may even cut the number of atrial of the best cardiovascular exercises you Carabio Krivanek fibrillation episodes, according to the American can do, regardless of your age or fitness Grand Sierra Resort Driving Range $99 College of Cardiology. level. Ride a specially designed stationary ACHIEVE Fitness $69 cycle to music under the leadership of an NEW! experienced, certified instructor. Enjoy willPower & grace Gentle, Restorative Yoga training at your own level and intensity. Paddleboard Fitness 5/15-7/10 M,W 5:30 - 6:30 p.m. OR Treat yourself to a full-body workout Relax and learn to listen to your body that is physical and philosophical. Paddleboarding is an excellent full-body through practicing gentle, restorative 7/15-9/9 M,W 5:30 - 6:30 p.m. workout and cross-training activity that Experience this unique blend of cardio yoga in a slow and supportive Carabio sculpt benefits, boot camp intensity, the you do outdoors. Begin on dry land with environment. Follow Anusara’s basic ACHIEVE Fitness $94 a focus on the basics of paddle stroke, self-awareness of yoga, the discipline of Universal Principles of Alignment and Pilates and the serenity of a meditation balance and stance. Then improve your focus on slow movement, stretching core fitness and flexibility and tone your session. Strengthen your feet while and strengthening postures as well as correcting imbalances in your ankles, whole body as you paddle through the meditation. Modifications will be offered Why exercise? water. This workout is for everybody, knees and hips. for all poses. No prior yoga experience is The Mayo Clinic says regular exercise can 4/8-5/13 M 6:30 - 7:30 p.m. OR from beginners to experts. Equipment required. provided. increase self-confidence and lower the 6/3-7/8 M 6:45 - 7:45 p.m. OR 4/16-5/21 T 4:45 - 5:45 p.m. 6/5-7/10 W 10 - 11 a.m. OR symptoms associated with mild depression and 7/15-8/19 M 6:45 - 7:45 p.m. MacLellan anxiety. Exercise also can improve your sleep, 7/17-8/21 W 9 - 10 a.m. Carabio Swope Middle School $79 which is often disrupted by stress, depression Gonzalez and anxiety. The result can be a calming sense ACHIEVE Fitness $69 Sparks Marina $150 This is “my favorite yoga of command over your body and life. course to date. Each time I finish class, I feel amazing and fulfilled.”

–Gentle, Restorative Yoga student

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Spin for Weight Loss Martial Arts Karate Self Defense Get in the spin of things with one of the Learn simple, yet effective self defense safest and most effective cardiovascular techniques in this Shorin-Ryu Karate programs for losing weight. In this class. Improve your self awareness and 8-week program, learn how to use a heart self confidence and learn how to avoid monitor, track your nutritional intake possible assault situations. and achieve fitness and weight goals. 4/20 S 9 - 10:30 a.m. OR 5/11-7/6 S 8:30 - 9:30 a.m. 6/1 S 9 - 10:30 a.m. OR T,TH 6:30 - 7:30 p.m. OR 7/13 S 9 - 10:30 a.m. 7/9-8/31 S 8:30 - 9:30 a.m. Sedberry T,TH 6:30 - 7:30 p.m. TMCC Meadowood Center $29 Carabio ACHIEVE Fitness $124 Strength Training Kickboxing Use the bags for a sweat-dripping Weight Training for Weight Loss workout that can burn more than Dive into this challenging weight 600 calories per hour. Master training workout designed for maximum authentic kickboxing moves, drills and muscular strength and endurance gains. combinations that deliver a total body Build a leaner physique with bars and workout. Improve your cardiovascular dumbbells. Boost metabolism to burn function and agility by working the bag HOT! more fat. like a real pro. 5/11-7/6 S 9:30 - 10:30 a.m. 5/7-6/25 T 6:30 - 7:30 p.m. OR Tai Chi T,TH 5:30 - 6:30 p.m. OR 7/2-8/20 T 6:30 - 7:30 p.m. Gain more harmony and equilibrium 7/9-8/31 S 9:30 - 10:30 a.m. Carabio in your life by integrating the mind and T,TH 5:30 - 6:30 p.m. ACHIEVE Fitness $69 body elements of this ancient, balanced, Carabio healing Chinese art. ACHIEVE Fitness $124 5/7-6/20 T,TH 6:30 - 7:30 p.m. willPower & grace Sigler Treat yourself to a full-body workout TMCC Meadowood Center S308 $79 that is physical and philosophical. Experience this unique blend of cardio sculpt benefits, boot camp intensity, the Why take tai chi? self-awareness of yoga, the discipline of UCLA found that adults who practiced tai chi Pilates and the serenity of a meditation had increased immunities to the diseases session. Strengthen your feet while being studied. correcting imbalances in your ankles, knees and hips. Tai Chi Intermediate 4/8-5/13 M 6:30 - 7:30 p.m. OR 6/3-7/8 M 6:45 - 7:45 p.m. OR Further explore tai chi by working on the Yang-style long-form second and 7/15-8/19 M 6:45 - 7:45 p.m. third sets, as well as standing qi gong and Carabio moving meditation. ACHIEVE Fitness $69 5/7-6/20 T,TH 5:15 - 6:15 p.m. Sigler TMCC Meadowood Center S308 $79

“I take this class each semester and become more fluid each time. This helps relieve stress and gives me something I can use for life.”

–Sunny A., Tai Chi Intermediate student

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Pilates Food and Beverage Home and Garden Learn a new language at your HOT! ® High Desert Plant Selection own pace with Rosetta Stone Modify and enrich your existing gardens Enjoy maximum learning flexibility with Rosetta Stone®. Pace yourself with to make them more fun and less labor these online courses available 24/7 and and resource intensive. Better understand immerse yourself in a world of rich, high desert plant maintenance. Learn visual imagery to help you think in a new plant selection and culture for xeriscape, language. permaculture and fire-safe gardening. Community Education has partnered Be able to select and plant edible and with Rosetta Stone® to offer these online ornamental trees, shrubs, perennials, classes: Cake Decorating III annuals, ground covers and lawns. •Hindi •Arabic Take your cake decorating technique up 4/3 W 6 - 9 p.m. •Polish a notch while learning to cover cakes •Persian (Farsi) Adams •Swedish •French in fondant and create stunning accent TMCC Meadowood Center S324 $39 HOT! flowers. Understand the architecture and •Latin •Chinese Pilates Using a Reformer construction of tiered cakes, then use •Tagalog •German your new skills to assemble a wedding “The instructor teaches in •Vietnamese •Japanese Feel refreshed and alert by applying cake. Take all three levels and earn such a way that you realize •Italian basic Pilates conditioning principles later how much you’ve •English (U.S. and U.K) a certificate of completion. Supplies •Greek •Hebrew on the reformer to give you an overall required. learned!” fitness workout. Through this method, •Spanish (Latin •Russian 4/22-5/13 M 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. enhance your core strength, flexibility –High Desert Plant Selection student America and Spain) •Irish Thez and posture. For class dates, times and to •Portuguese •Korean TMCC Meadowood Center S103 $49 register, go to wdce.tmcc.edu and click Floral Arranging for Fun •Turkish •Dutch on Classroom Courses, then Pilates. Create flower arrangements that smell NEW! Rosetta Stone’s Dynamic Immersion® Classes, held at the TMCC Meadowood wonderful and decorate any room Center S200, are offered weekdays, method ensures a direct connection Gluten-Free Basics beautifully. Learn more about the between words and their meanings. weeknights and Saturdays. Cost is $99 Take the struggle out of gluten-free specifics of floral design including the Become proficient in listening, for eight sessions. living. Learn what to look for on food types of flowers used in bouquets, how comprehension, speaking, reading and labels and identify hidden sources of to design flowers artistically and the steps writing. “Excellent environment, gluten. Turn your kitchen into a gluten- necessary to make a flawless arrangement. excellent teaching, excellent free haven by replacing flours, getting Get a hands-on demonstration from You can take up to six months to workout and conditioning.” complete a course, which costs $150. gluten-free staple recommendations and an expert and an opportunity to use You will need a computer with Internet preventing contamination. $10 materials professional tools that will enhance your access, a headset with microphone for —Robin D., Pilates student fee arrangements. Take home your colorful voice recognition and a USB connector 5/9 TH 6 - 8 p.m. OR creation after each class. Every class to take these courses. 8/6 T 6 - 8 p.m. makes unique designs, so repeat students For full details, visit http://wcsd. View this video to learn about Pilates or go Muth are welcome! 4/4-4/11 TH 5 - 6:30 p.m. rosettastoneclassroom.com. Click on first to the online course description for the link. TMCC Meadowood Center S324 $29 time user to take the product tour. To Henderson register, visit www.washoecommunityed. NEW! Sparks Florist Design Center $49 org or call 829-9010. Gluten-Free Parents Container Gardening Learn the ins and outs of raising a Turn patios and other paved areas into gluten-free child and how to help them colorful, garden-like areas. Learn to grow feel included in group gatherings. Create healthy plants in containers by finding play dough and other craft options, out about plant selection, fertilization snacks and kid-happy foods and recipes. and recognition of plant care concerns. Understand how to plan for trips, parties and eating out. $10 materials fee 5/14 T 6 - 9 p.m. 5/21 T 6 - 8 p.m. OR Adams 8/22 TH 6 - 8 p.m. TMCC Meadowood Center S324 $39 Muth MCC Meadowood Center $29 This class provided “great information for all levels of gardeners!”

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Home and Garden Languages Practical French Learn a new language at your For language courses, see pages D-E. Whether you’re traveling abroad or just ® want to sound well-traveled, you’ll enjoy High Desert Plant Selection own pace with Rosetta Stone learning this elegant language. Receive tips on correct pronunciation from the Modify and enrich your existing gardens Enjoy maximum learning flexibility with Rosetta Stone®. Pace yourself with real thing, an instructor who hails from to make them more fun and less labor these online courses available 24/7 and France. and resource intensive. Better understand immerse yourself in a world of rich, 5/23-8/1 TH 6 - 8:30 p.m. high desert plant maintenance. Learn visual imagery to help you think in a new plant selection and culture for xeriscape, language. Seelye TMCC Meadowood Center S300 $149 permaculture and fire-safe gardening. Community Education has partnered Be able to select and plant edible and with Rosetta Stone® to offer these online ornamental trees, shrubs, perennials, classes: annuals, ground covers and lawns. •Hindi •Arabic Money and Investing 4/3 W 6 - 9 p.m. •Persian (Farsi) •Polish Adams •Swedish •French NEW! TMCC Meadowood Center S324 $39 •Latin •Chinese Psychology of Money •Tagalog •German Prosper during difficult economic times “The instructor teaches in •Vietnamese •Japanese by learning new financial strategies. such a way that you realize •Italian later how much you’ve •English (U.S. and U.K) Explore the dramatic changes that have •Hebrew learned!” •Greek taken place in the psychology of the •Spanish (Latin •Russian marketplace. Then use the psychology –High Desert Plant Selection student America and Spain) •Irish of investing to make a living and protect •Portuguese •Korean Beginning Spanish for Fun and Travel your wealth in unconventional ways that Floral Arranging for Fun •Turkish •Dutch are tailored to your unique talents and Create flower arrangements that smell Boost the enjoyment when you vacation skills. $15 materials fee Rosetta Stone’s Dynamic Immersion® to a Spanish-speaking country by 5/18 S 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. wonderful and decorate any room method ensures a direct connection beautifully. Learn more about the learning basic conversation. Practice Teplitsky between words and their meanings. basic grammar and vocabulary in a fun, specifics of floral design including the Become proficient in listening, TMCC Meadowood Center S324 $49 types of flowers used in bouquets, how comprehension, speaking, reading and relaxed environment. to design flowers artistically and the steps writing. 4/16-5/7 T 6:30 - 8 p.m. HOT! Andrini necessary to make a flawless arrangement. Retirement Planning Today Get a hands-on demonstration from You can take up to six months to Wooster High School $59 an expert and an opportunity to use complete a course, which costs $150. Devise a strategy to get ahead. Assess You will need a computer with Internet your financial situation and develop professional tools that will enhance your access, a headset with microphone for “This instructor inspires me arrangements. Take home your colorful voice recognition and a USB connector to travel and experience a personalized plan to achieve your creation after each class. Every class to take these courses. different cultures.” retirement goals. Explore the many ways makes unique designs, so repeat students you can save for retirement, as well as are welcome! For full details, visit http://wcsd. –Lisa D., Beginning Spanish student the disadvantages and advantages of each 4/4-4/11 TH 5 - 6:30 p.m. rosettastoneclassroom.com. Click on first method. Gain advice on how to save time user to take the product tour. To HOT! money on taxes, manage investment risks Henderson register, visit www.washoecommunityed. and protect your assets from potential Sparks Florist Design Center $49 org or call 829-9010. Conversational Spanish long-term health care expenses. If you once took Spanish, strengthen 6/25-7/2 T 6 - 9 p.m. Container Gardening your conversational skills. Have fun TMCC Meadowood Center S104 $69 learning phrases in a safe environment. Turn patios and other paved areas into 6/20-6/27 TH 6 - 9 p.m. No grammar is presented in this course. colorful, garden-like areas. Learn to grow TMCC Meadowood Center S320 $69 6/12-8/14 W 5:30 - 7 p.m. healthy plants in containers by finding Costelloe out about plant selection, fertilization Sefchick and recognition of plant care concerns. TMCC Meadowood Center S324 $149 5/14 T 6 - 9 p.m. The instructor provided “clear, strong examples to enhance my Adams learning experience. Everyone TMCC Meadowood Center S324 $39 should have this information to get started with retirement planning.” This class provided “great information for all levels of gardeners!” –Retirement Planning student

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Music Guitar II Outdoors Elevate and refine your guitar playing by learning intermediate contemporary rhythm and lead guitar fundamentals. Practice playing a wide range of music including folk, blues, rock, rhythm and blues, country, classical and jazz styles. You’ll learn about proper handling, coordination, timing, various chords, strumming and arpeggiating, chart navigation and improvisation. $7 materials fee Piano I 5/29-8/14 W 7:30 - 9 p.m. Westmoreland Bring music into your home. Join us in the TMCC piano lab to learn all TMCC Meadowood Center S320 $99 the basics of piano playing including reading music. Be prepared to practice Why take a music your newly acquired skills at home. $15 class? materials fee First Time Backpacker A research team at Penn State University found If you enjoy hiking, take it to the next 5/23-8/22 TH 6 - 8 p.m. that people who listen to music—regardless of Smith level by learning what it takes to stay the type—were more optimistic, joyful, friendly, outside on a one night backpacking TMCC Red Mountain Bldg. 242 $99 relaxed and calm. trip in the Sierra. The classroom session HOT! prior to the trip is a planning session and Guitar III introduction to logistics, equipment, Guitar I Impress yourself and your friends with food and packing. Learn the beginner fundamentals of your musical prowess by practicing Lecture: 5/18 S 3 - 4:30 p.m. contemporary rhythm guitar. Develop proper handling, using a tuner, tuning Field Trip: 6/8-6/9 S,SU All Weekend skills in proper handling, coordination, by ear and using a metronome. Work on Carabio timing, open-position chords, basic open chords, power chords, barre chords, ACHIEVE Fitness $99 strum patterns and songbook use. Song rhythms, arpeggios, written form, bass playing includes folk, blues, rock, R&B, runs and chord embellishments. Learn country and classical styles. $7 materials about finger-style guitar, primary scales, Birds and Wildlife of Bodega Bay fee advanced chord forms, harmonic theory, April is the height of the migration 5/29-8/14 W 6 - 7:30 p.m. note reading fundamentals, songwriting season. Explore two of the best spots Westmoreland and arrangement. Practice playing for migrating shorebirds, waterfowl TMCC Meadowood Center S320 $99 popular songs you couldn’t play before. and breeding land birds in northern $5 materials fee California. Friday and Saturday we’ll be in Bodega Bay, then we’ll move to Pt. “I was hoping to get into 5/28-8/13 T 7:30 - 9 p.m. Reyes on Sunday morning. Guitar II since I’ve been Westmoreland playing for years, but this TMCC Meadowood Center S320 $99 Lecture: 4/18 TH 6:30 - 8 p.m. course actually helped me Field Trip: 4/26-4/28 quite a bit!” F-SU All Weekend Gubanich —Moises M., Guitar I student TMCC Meadowood Center S320 $89

“I would recommend this course for the beauty and diversity at Bodega Bay and Pt. Reyes, but Dr. Gubanich was a great trip leader and it would not have been the same without him.”

–Bodega Bay student

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Outdoors Rock Climbing Gold Sluicing Scale Sierra rock faces for a greater Build on the experience you have Photography perspective of our beautiful and unique gained from the gold panning class. area. Head to the hills to learn about Try out sluicing and other prospecting safety, equipment and emergency techniques. Learn how to use the river’s techniques. $20 materials fee. Additional flow to find more gold. You must provide supplies may cost up to $40. your own transportation. Prerequisite: 4/6-4/27 S 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Mother Lode Gold Panning Spina Lecture: 6/10 M 7 - 8:30 p.m. Field Trip: 6/15 S 7 a.m. - 6 p.m. TMCC Meadowood Center S105 $99 Mela Why engage in an TMCC Meadowood Center S300 $69 outdoor sport? NEW! Ruby Mountains and Ruby Marsh Being in the outdoors sparks your creativity, Basics of Studio Lighting Explore this Nevada jewel located 60 according to a University of Utah and University miles southeast of Elko. Often called the Give your photography the look of a of Kansas study. American Alps, the Ruby Mountains professional through the use of studio are a mass of jagged granite peaks and lighting. Learn lighting equipment, First Time Backpacker Beginning Fly Fishing stunning green meadows. At the Ruby metering, white balance, lighting ratios If you enjoy hiking, take it to the next Experience the serenity of fly fishing Lake National Wildlife Refuge, enjoy and styles including short, butterfly, loop level by learning what it takes to stay by learning about casting strokes and spectacular views, fine bird watching and and Rembrandt lighting. You’ll also learn outside on a one night backpacking techniques, equipment selection, knot brilliant wildflowers. You are responsible how to pose your subject, one light and trip in the Sierra. The classroom session tying, flies, landing trout and more. Gain for your own food, transportation and multiple light setups and creative lighting prior to the trip is a planning session and in-depth information on fishing local lodging. Camping and other lodging ideas. introduction to logistics, equipment, waters. $35 materials fee options are available. 4/1-4/8 M 6 - 9 p.m. food and packing. 4/27 S 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Lecture: 7/2 T 6:30 – 8 p.m. Solovyova-Vincent Lecture: 5/18 S 3 - 4:30 p.m. 4/28 SU 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. OR Field Trip: 7/12-7/14 TMCC Meadowood Center S315 $89 Field Trip: 6/8-6/9 S,SU All Weekend F-SU All Weekend Carabio 7/14 SU 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Gubanich Why take photography? ACHIEVE Fitness $99 7/21 SU 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. TMCC Meadowood Center S103 $89 UC Davis found that those who engage in Wharton creative activity are more motivated, inventive Birds and Wildlife of Bodega Bay Hidden Valley Regional Park $50 and adaptable to change. April is the height of the migration season. Explore two of the best spots Mother Lode Gold Panning for migrating shorebirds, waterfowl Capture Desert Spring Colors and breeding land birds in northern Find out why gold panning is one of Help your photos mirror the desert’s California. Friday and Saturday we’ll be the fastest-growing outdoor recreational spring majesty in this combination in Bodega Bay, then we’ll move to Pt. activities in the country. Take in the lecture and photo field trip class. Reyes on Sunday morning. beauty of a Sierra river while you practice Using his own award-winning work as Lecture: 4/18 TH 6:30 - 8 p.m. your gold panning skills. You must examples, the instructor will demonstrate provide your own transportation. About Field Trip: 4/26-4/28 ways you can create powerful springtime $10 worth of supplies will be required photographs in your own backyard F-SU All Weekend after the classroom session. or abroad. Bring two prints and get Gubanich Lecture: 6/3 M 7 - 8:30 p.m. personalized advice from the instructor TMCC Meadowood Center S320 $89 Field Trip: 6/8 S 7 a.m. - 6 p.m. to strengthen your work’s impact. This Mela class is for both film and digital users. “I would recommend this TMCC Meadowood Center S320 $69 Lecture: 5/2 TH 6 - 9 p.m. course for the beauty and Field Shoot: 5/4 S 3 - 8:30 p.m. diversity at Bodega Bay and “Appreciate the extra Vollmer Pt. Reyes, but Dr. Gubanich help and helpful hints he TMCC Meadowood Center S206 $89 was a great trip leader and provided throughout the field it would not have been the experience. So glad I took same without him.” the class!”

–Bodega Bay student –Liz D., gold panning student

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Using Your Digital Camera for Digital Camera and Your Computer Digital Camera Intermediate Outdoor Portraits Learn how to copy your pictures from Now that you are familiar with the Learn how to work with natural lighting your camera to your computer or flash features of your camera, it’s time to while becoming more comfortable using drive or burn a CD. Use Windows take pictures. Get the results you want your digital camera. Increase your ability Explorer to create folders on your by managing aperture, shutter speed and technique to glean true expressive computer to keep your photos organized. and exposure values. Control the colors portraits of families and children. Learn how to enjoy your photos as in your shots with white balance. 6/1 S 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. a computer slide show and add your Experiment with depth-of-field and other focus techniques. Organize your Johnstone photos to a Word document or e-mail them to friends and family. photos in folders and explore numerous Reno Area $39 4/25-5/2 T 2:30 - 5:30 p.m. online printing services. 7/9-7/11 T,TH 5:30 - 8:30 p.m. Photograph Summer Landscapes Gage Mendive Middle School Library $99 Gage Whether you shoot film or digital, find TMCC Meadowood Center S115 $99 out the secrets to creating powerful HOT! nature photographs in our own mountain backyard. Enjoy putting class Digital Camera Basics advice to work during a day excursion Get the best photos out of your camera Special Interest into the Sierra. Provide your own by learning its features including flash, transportation and hiking gear. macro, zoom, menus, modes and scenes Stand Up Comedy Lecture: 6/20 TH 6 - 9 p.m. and discuss selecting, using and caring If you have always wanted to be a Field Shoot: 6/22 S 4 - 9 p.m. for memory cards and batteries. Use comic, but weren’t sure where to get Vollmer Windows Explorer to see your camera’s the exposure, look no further. Gain TMCC Meadowood Center S206 $89 photos, transfer images from your confidence in your public speaking camera to your computer or USB flash abilities and learn to write jokes that Expressive Photographic Lighting drive, and how to burn CDs to backup will get the laughs you want. Learn to photos. Find out how to use a computer turn your life’s ups and downs into joke Discover how to harness nature’s rich slide show and add photos to a Word materials, structure your performance light during a lecture and on-site shoot. document. $5 materials fee and enhance your timing. Learn how to use natural light for 4/4-4/18 TH 2:30 - 5:30 p.m. macro, landscape and outdoor portraits 4/2-5/7 T 6 - 9 p.m. Gage Damon and how a reflector and flash unit can Mendive Middle School Library $99 supplement the sun’s rays. Increase your TMCC Meadowood Center S324 $149 knowledge about camera settings and NEW! simple accessories to take full advantage 6/18-6/20 T,TH 5:30 - 8:30 p.m. of nature’s glow. Gage Reno in Film Lecture: 8/8 TH 6 - 9 p.m. TMCC Meadowood Center S115 $99 Explore how Reno’s setting impacts Field Shoot: 8/10 S 3 - 8:30 p.m. the storylines in “The Misfits,” “Hard Vollmer “I learned so much and I Eight,” “Kingpin” and “The Cooler.” TMCC Meadowood Center S206 $89 am leaving feeling confident Better understand how setting can about working with my further a film while you learn about the camera.” movies’ writers, actors and directors. Gain an appreciation for the great stories, –Sue M., digital camera student performances and themes surrounding each of the films reviewed. 7/8-8/5 M 6:30 - 9:30 p.m. Scan this code with your smart phone to Rowe view a video on our Digital Camera Class TMCC Meadowood Center S315 $89 or look under the class description for a link at www.wdce.tmcc.edu (click on register now).

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Writing NEW! NEW! For details on the TMCC Writers’ Conference, Plan, Plot and Pitch the Perfect Picture Fiction Plotting Workshop please see page F. Book Take the first step to writing your novel Learn how a widely published author by creating its plot. Make a reusable plot took an unconventional path to board and learn from novels and movies publishing. Explore proven strategies to about the 3-act and 8-sequence story develop memorable plots, find publishers structures. Explore story pacing, self- and launch your career. editing, setting, character development 5/18 S 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. and scene building. $10 materials fee Slater 6/15 S 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. TMCC Meadowood Center S315 $39 Alburger TMCC Meadowood Center S315 $79 NEW! NEW! Write Dialogue That Soars NEW! Novel Writing Workshop Publishing Fiction Have fun while learning vital information on how to develop original, Travel the literary road of Jane Austen, Your goal as a fiction writer is to get pub- authentic and memorable dialogue. John Steinbeck and Stephen King. lished, whether through a major publish- Gain tips on how to use dialogue to Sharpen your novel writing skills through er, small press or self-publishing. Decide build suspense, show conflict, set tone character and scene building, self-editing which option is best for your work while and mood, establish character, advance and publishing—and stay motivated learning to write a query letter, get an the plot, foreshadow and demonstrate throughout the process. The first chapter agent, hire professional support and self- emotion. of your novel will be critiqued by your edit. Discuss your work and hopes with 6/1 S 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. instructor and fellow writing students. experienced authors from each area of $10 materials fee Slater publishing. $5 materials fee 7/31-8/21 W 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. TMCC Meadowood Center S315 $39 5/11 S 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Alburger Alburger Creative Writing TMCC Meadowood Center S308 $99 TMCC Meadowood Center S315 $79 Explore the diverse world of creative writing. Practice journal writing and NEW! collage, poetry and essay writing in an Writing Picture Books for Publication accepting and supportive environment. Discover how to create memorable By the end of class, you will have a picture book manuscripts. Develop at portfolio with writing samples and least one story in a friendly workshop resources to help you in future writing environment and leave knowing how endeavors. to market it to publishers. Delve into 6/5-7/31 W 6:30 - 8 p.m. various aspects of writing including plot, Wohlford dialogue, tone and how to write compel- TMCC Meadowood Center S315 $119 ling cover and query letters. 5/15-6/26 W 7 - 9 p.m. “This class is great. It helps Slater get me out of my comfort TMCC Meadowood Center S324 $179 zone, and the instructor has really great ideas to spur creativity.”

–Creative Writing student

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HOT! Silver College Quilting Basics Photography for Seniors Discover how easy it is to create colorful Digital Camera Intermediate and useful quilts. Learn time-saving Discover how to take all kinds of Why take Silver College techniques, how to calculate fabric size, attach binding, blind stitching and more. pictures. Get the results you want by courses? Be able to cut your fabric precisely and managing the aperture, shutter speed The National Center for Creative Aging has accurately, improve the overall look and exposure values, using bracketing shown that partaking in social and recreational of your quilt and increase the speed at and controlling the colors in your shots activities later in life decreased morbidity and which you piece your blocks. Supplies with the white balance. Experiment mortality as much as physical exercise. required. with depth-of-field and other focus 5/6-6/3 M 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. techniques. Art for Seniors Lish 4/8-4/29 M 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. OR TMCC Meadowood Center S103 $59 Gage 7/29-8/12 M 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. Watercolor I/II TMCC Meadowood Center S115 $59

Whether you’re a new or continuing HOT! Silver Watercolor student, discover your Special Topics for Seniors hidden talent while exploring magical Digital Camera Basics watercolor techniques. Learn about Have fun with your digital camera by color and composition principles, wet- taking great pictures indoors or outdoors on-wet, shapes, dimensions, gradation, – portraits, birthday parties, scenery soft and sharp edges, liftings, reflections and more. Take photos you like while and shadows. Experience a sense of learning the camera’s features including Intermediate Crochet accomplishment each week as you flash, macro, zoom, self-timer and Continuation of beginners class. Learn finish painting landscapes, winterscapes, menus. Find out how to select, use and single crochet, double crochet, half seascapes or flowers. care for memory cards and batteries. double crochet, treble crochet, front and 7/10 - 8/28 W 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. 5/20-6/10 M 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. back post stitch and changing colors Mainer Gage midstitch. Use creativity to switch up TMCC Meadowood Center S103 $79 TMCC Meadowood Center S115 $59 colors for a different feel or season while HOT! learning to make a granny square pillow “This class is a confidence Silver Tai Chi and v-stitch blanket. Enjoy one-on-one Piano: Bridging from II to III builder when it comes to Feel great by increasing your energy, attention. Supplies required. Cross the bridge from beginning to cameras. Now I know what range of motion and flexibility through 4/26-5/17 F 1:30 - 3:30 p.m. camera I need to suit my the gentle movements of tai chi. Practice Foote intermediate piano by sharpening your skills in improvisation, ear training, sight needs.” fluid, low-impact exercises that improve TMCC Meadowood Center S300 $49 reading and ensemble playing. Elevate your balance, coordination and stamina. your enjoyment as you practice these –Digital Camera Basics student 4/23-6/6 T,TH 4 - 5 p.m. OR Quilt with Panels new skills. 6/11-7/30 T, TH 4 - 5 p.m. 6/13–8/1 TH 10 - 11 a.m. Create your own masterpiece using fabric Jones Smith Scan this code with your smart phone to TMCC Meadowood Center S308 $79 panels of various styles and themes. Start view a video on our Digital Camera Class with a large center design, surround it Steinway Piano Gallery $69 with smaller designs and complementary or look under the class description for a “MaryAnn is wonderful, and colors, then complete your work with Pop Piano Workshop link at http://wdce.tmcc.edu this is perfect for seniors and people of all ages. It’s accents borders and corner blocks. Use Add your unique signature touch to (click on register now). those beautiful fabrics you’ve been hiding excellent for health and pop, bossa nova, tango, ragtime and balance.” away. Supplies required. other types of music. Develop your own 4/8-4/29 M 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. playing style while you enhance your –Estephanie T., Silver Tai Chi student Lish piano skills. TMCC Meadowood Center S103 $59 6/13-8/1 TH 11 a.m. - 12 p.m. Smith Steinway Piano Gallery $69

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Silver Spanish NEW! Digital Camera Intermediate If you have never taken Spanish or took Magic and Music: Satisfying the Senses classes years ago, this class will teach you Discover how to take all kinds of Explore the science behind your the basics and have you speaking Spanish pictures. Get the results you want by enjoyment of the visual and musical arts. in a fun, comfortable environment. managing the aperture, shutter speed Discover how magicians deceive the eye Learn conversational elements including and exposure values, using bracketing and brain through misdirection, sleight- salutations, commonly used words and controlling the colors in your shots of-hand and illusions. Learn how music and phrases and Spanish customs. No with the white balance. Experiment affects your moods and why it is called grammar is presented in this course. with depth-of-field and other focus the “emotional language of the mind.” techniques. 6/12-8/14 W 4 - 5 p.m. You’ll be entertained and enlightened at 4/8-4/29 M 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. OR Sefchick the same time. Gage TMCC Meadowood Center S320 $59 6/20 TH 2 - 3:30 p.m. Mehm 7/29-8/12 M 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. NEW! TMCC Meadowood Center S315 $29 TMCC Meadowood Center S115 $59 Lake Tahoe Luncheon Cruise Mark Twain called it “the fairest picture NEW! Special Topics for Seniors the whole earth affords.” Experience Lake Amaze Your Grandchildren with Simple Tahoe during a relaxing 2-hour luncheon Magic Tricks cruise on the M.S. Dixie and learn about the lake’s colorful history from your You don’t have to be Houdini or David experienced tour guide. Bring a jacket Copperfield to perform fun, “how did he and camera. Cost includes lunch and do that?” illusions for your grandkids or transportation to and from the lake. friends. Delight your audience with card, 6/12 W 9 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. OR rope, money and even levitation tricks. You’ll be the hit at your grandchild’s 7/17 W 9 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. birthday party – or just at the kitchen Chadwick table. HOT! TMCC Meadowood Center $69 6/26-7/10 W 2 - 4 p.m. HOT! Mehm TMCC Meadowood Center S308 $39 Silver Tai Chi Photoshop Elements Basics Feel great by increasing your energy, Release the images held captive inside range of motion and flexibility through your camera and jazz them up to the gentle movements of tai chi. Practice create eye-popping photos. Explore fluid, low-impact exercises that improve this software’s photo editing features your balance, coordination and stamina. including how to remove red-eyes or wrinkles, touch up scratches or 4/23-6/6 T,TH 4 - 5 p.m. OR blemishes, change the contrast or 6/11-7/30 T, TH 4 - 5 p.m. brightness of a photo, make it sepia or Jones black-and-white, and crop out what you TMCC Meadowood Center S308 $79 don’t want in a picture. 5/22-6/5 W 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. “MaryAnn is wonderful, and Gage this is perfect for seniors TMCC Meadowood Center S115 $59 and people of all ages. It’s excellent for health and balance.” “Jean Gage is well organized and a great communicator. –Estephanie T., Silver Tai Chi student She is inspiring and makes you want to practice and learn. This class also helps me alter photos for a photo book.”

–Jan Z., Photoshop Elements Basics student

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Technology for Seniors Microsoft Word 2010 The Fun Side of Windows 7 Don’t let frustration get the best of you. Easily turn your digital photos and Take control of your word processing. videos into a fun movie slideshow. Learn Explore the ribbon, tabs, groups and transitions, motion effects, titles, credits commands. Learn tips for making this and music. Use Windows Live to fix program easier to use. Learn the basics, red-eyes, crop, straighten and create a move and copy your text, set margins panoramic photo. Simplify your online and spruce up your work with different life with smarter ways to surf, shop and fonts and colors. Be able to check share photos. spelling, grammar, save and print your 7/12-7/26 F 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. work. Discover how easy it is to use Lenga Digital Camera and Your Computer bullets and numbers for lists and create TMCC Meadowood Center S115 $45 envelopes and mailing labels. Learn how to copy your pictures from 5/28-6/20 T,TH 9 - 11 a.m. your camera to your computer or flash HOT! Lish drive and burn a CD. Use Windows Buying and Selling on the Web Explorer to create folders on your TMCC Meadowood Center S115 $79 computer to keep your photos organized. Become a successful buyer, seller or Learn how to enjoy your photos as Make the Most of Your Computer window shopper by learning how to safely use eBay, Craigslist and other a computer slide show and add your Save money by keeping your computer photos to a Word document or e-mail Internet auction sites. Gain the skills running its best. Understand the necessary to sort the good from the bad, them to friends and family. difference between XP, Vista and 6/17-7/1 M 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. comparison shop and understand how Windows 7 operating systems. Discover e-commerce works. Gage why virus protection is important. 7/12-8/2 F 1 - 3 p.m. TMCC Meadowood Center S115 $59 Know what to look for when buying Lenga a computer. Find out the difference Photoshop Elements Layers and Effects between software and hardware along TMCC Meadowood Center S115 $39 with what different hardware is used Build on your Photoshop Elements NEW! class experience by exploring the very to build a computer. Be comfortable powerful layers and effects palettes. backing up your files to a disk, CD, Should I Buy an iPad, Kindle or Nook? Discover how to take yourself out of a DVD and flash drive. The technology of handheld electronic photo and insert yourself into another, 6/4-6/20 T,TH 1 - 3 p.m. tablets can add immensely to your life. more exotic one. Try your hand at Lenga Learn the differences between a personal making a photo look like a pencil TMCC Meadowood Center S322 $59 computer, a laptop and a tablet. Get drawing or an oil painting. Find that help and have fun sorting through the your imagination is limitless. HOT! features, reliability, versatility and costs 6/12-6/26 W 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. Getting to Know Windows 7 of electronic tablets before you invest in Gage one. Learn how to navigate and use new 6/7 F 1 - 3:30 p.m. TMCC Meadowood Center S115 $59 features, tools and programs efficiently Lenga and confidently. Gain the knowledge Photoshop Elements Projects needed to perform basic preventative TMCC Meadowood Center S115 $29 Take your Photoshop Elements skills to maintenance to keep your PC safe and NEW! the next level by working through fun, running smoothly. Find out how to hands-on projects. Create a slideshow customize the desktop, easily store, locate iPad Basics with your own photos, design a photo and search for files and have fun getting Get comfortable with the vast collage, construct a panoramic photo, to know this program. possibilities of electronic tablet build a 3-D photo and much more. 6/14-6/28 F 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. technology. Learn what gesturing is and Tackle organizing your photos with Lenga how to type and add content to your Photoshop Elements Organizer. TMCC Meadowood Center S115 $45 device, download and manage apps, 4/10-5/1 W 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. OR e-books, and pictures and configure 7/31 – 8/14 W 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. e-mail accounts. Discover how to use Gage your iPad camera and how to access TMCC Meadowood Center S115 $59 social media. Bring your own iPad to class. 6/11-6/20 T,TH 9 - 11 a.m. Lenga TMCC Meadowood Center S115 $39 16 Register 24/7 at www.washoecommunityed.org Silver College • Youth Classes

NEW! Youth Classes Beginning Guitar for Kids—Ages 9 and Up Smartphones—Oh, the Possibilities There may be a potential Segovia or Eric It’s not just for phone calls anymore. Clapton in your house. If your children A smart phone can play music and are in fifth through eighth grade, have video, take digital photos, send and them learn the basics of guitar playing. receive e-mail, and perform lots of other They’ll learn how to tune and care for functions. Learn the differences between their instruments, as well as how to do cell phones and smart phones. Find out first position, scales, chords and chord how easy and fun it can be to access the structure and basic music theory. $10 world on that handheld device. materials fee 7/24 W 1 - 3:30 p.m. 7/8-7/31 M,W 1:30 - 2:30 p.m. Lenga Maes NEW! TMCC Meadowood Center S115 $29 Sparks Middle School $99 Hula Hoop-Making for Kids and Adults— NEW! Ages 10 and Up Roller Derby Basics—Ages 12 and Up Enjoy the creativity and camaraderie of Hoop Dance by personalizing your Learn basic roller derby skills including own hoop. Let the colors that reflect how to roller skate, stop, fall and stride Volunteer your personality show in your design. while having fun and getting a great and make a Following the hoop-making workshop, workout. Training will focus on balance there will be a 20-minute Hoop Dance and building core muscles, as well as the difference in a instruction so you can play with your rules and game play of women’s roller new hoop. All materials are provided. derby. Skate and equipment information child’s education You may make additional hoops for $25. online with class details at 5/18 S 9:30 a.m. - 12 p.m. www.washoecommunityed.org. $25 Rizzoli materials fee TMCC Meadowood Center $45 4/16-6/9 T 7:30 - 9:30 p.m. SU 9 -11 a.m. 6/11-8/4 T 7:30 - 9:30 p.m. Kenpo Karate—Ages 5 and Up SU 9 - 11 a.m. All students from kindergarten Neve to twelfth grade are eligible to partici- Reno Roller King $120 pate in this monthly martial arts class. Have your child learn discipline, while HOT! having fun with instructor Sam Brown, who has taught for more than 30 years. Volleyball Clinics—Ages 8-12 WCSD seeks volunteers to tutor Hour-long classes are held twice a week Introduce your young female athletes elementary, middle or high school at 13 area schools. If classes aren’t at your to the fast-paced game of volleyball students; assist in office work; do school, you may attend a nearby school’s and improve their skills. Individual and book drives and more. Find out program. Children ages five through 11 group drills will be used to strengthen how you can support our children’s have class from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., and passing, serving, hitting, setting, blocking education by visiting www.washoe. older students meet from 7:30 to 8:30 and agility. Redeem a discount when k12.nv.us/volunteering. Click p.m. Save 10 percent on the normal signing up for multiple clinics in advance on opportunities and check out $24 a month tuition, when you register by calling 829-9010. all the many requests for help. online at least one week in advance at 5/7-5/10 T-F 4 - 6 p.m. OR We also seek organizations and www.washoecommunityed.org. Or you businesses to volunteer as well. 5/28-5/31 T-F 4 - 6 p.m. OR can take a multi-child discount or three 6/11-6/14 T-F 4 - 6 p.m. OR month pre-pay discount—for details Call us at 851-5655 or email see the Kenpo flier sent through your 7/15-7/18 M-TH 4 - 6 p.m. OR [email protected] if you child’s school. Additional fee: $12 for six Sandomenico have an interested group. months of insurance. Questions? Call Spanish Springs High Large Gym $62 829-9010 for details.

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NEW! Novel Writing for Teens—Ages 11-17 Weekly Camps Screenwriting for Teens—Ages 13 to 18 Write the novel you’ve been dreaming about. Discuss the basics of fiction Make your script shine. Find out how to Engineering Camps—Ages 6-8 and 9-13 writing, practical tips for setting goals write a feature-length screenplay, while and how to make time to write. Learn Give your kid a learning experience exploring character development, plot about publishing and how to stay unlike any other. They’ll explore structure, dialogue and more. Find out motivated to follow a novel through to science, technology, engineering and about the three-act structure and how the end. Create your own reusable plot mathematics (STEM) concepts along to create memorable, three-dimensional boards and learn how to organize a novel. with 21st century skills of critical characters. Plus, learn how to enter Understand basic editing techniques thinking, problem solving, collaboration, competitions and sell your work. and writing strategies for character and agility and adaptability, curiosity and 7/10-7/31 W 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. scene building. Have the first chapters imagination. Sign up for half-day Rowe of your novel critiqued by peers and the camps in Junior Engineering, Vehicle TMCC Meadowood Center S324 $79 instructor. $10 materials fee Engineering and Collision Cars. Each 7/31-8/21 W 3 - 5 p.m. camp uses a specially-created LEGO® kit. HOT! A special take-home project is included Alburger with each camp. For more information Kids in the Kitchen—Ages 9 and Up TMCC Meadowood Center S308 $79 go online to www.washoecommunityed. Boys and girls will learn how to create org or call 829-9010 for details. their own meals and snacks. During “It was very informative and hands-on classes, they will prepare food gave me good information on Spring Break Drawing Camp—Ages 9-12 the structure of a novel. This from recipes, eat their own creations or In this exciting drawing camp, students take them home to share with their fam- helped me understand the process of writing.” will learn how to use color and line ily. In addition, they will learn cooking in new and inspiring ways. Each day safety tips and techniques that will help –Novel Writing for Teens student students will draw a series of pictures and them grow into knowledgeable cooks. then complete them in class using a vari- Cost is $32, plus an additional $25 mate- NEW! ety of mediums. All materials provided. rials fee (to cover all ingredients) is due 4/8-4/11 M-TH 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. at class. All classes are taught by Kathy Filmmaking for Teens—Ages 11 to 17 Green Ishoy and are held Tuesdays, from 10:30 Discover dynamic ways to tell your a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at Damonte Ranch stories on film. Gain the tools needed Clayton Middle School $65 High School. to write dynamic scripts, find the right actors and music, and release and NEW! Fresh Pasta: 6/11 promote your work. Learn how to utilize Gluten-Free Kids Camp— Using Dough: 6/18 Reno locations and employ original Ages 3 to 8 with Parent Layer Cake Making: 6/25 shooting techniques. As a group, make a short film to be premiered in the last Start each night with a gluten-free din- Cupcakes: 7/9 class. ner or snack while making friends with other kids who have the same dietary Cobblers: 7/16 7/11-8/1 TH 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. challenges. Understand what gluten is Yeast Bread: 7/23 Rowe Flakey Pies: 7/30 and where to find it on labels. Be able to TMCC Meadowood Center S315 $79 participate in meal planning and prepara- tion. Realize that you are not alone, you Why should your kid can have fun, eat good food and learn learn to cook? about gluten-free crafts. For ages 3-8. Penn State says that cooking can improve One parent per child is required. There is a child’s reading, math and science skills by no cost for a parent attending with their learning to follow recipes, measure ingredients child. $20 materials fee and observe how food changes during 5/28-5/30 T-TH 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. cooking. Muth TMCC Meadowood Center S219 $59

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Wonderful World of Clay—Ages 9-17 HOT! Introduction to Computer Learn how to throw clay on a pottery Tennis for Kids Programming—Ages 11 to 14 wheel, hand-build clay using coil, slab This design-based programming and pinch techniques, paint and fire a Tennis, anyone? Send your kids to this camp to learn basic tennis strokes, language called Scratch was developed by bisque tile and make small tile mosaics. the MIT Media Lab. It makes it easy to Explore painting acrylics on different along with tennis rules and strategies. Players need tennis shoes, water bottles learn essential programming skills while types of clay. Because of time constraints, creating interactive stories, animations, all projects will be made out of air-dry and sunscreen and/or hats. Rackets are provided unless you bring your own. games, music and art. As students clay and will not be fired or useable with create and share their projects on the food or liquids. There will be walking Scratch website, they learn important trips to the Nevada Museum of Art and Ages 11-14 mathematical and computational Idlewild Pool. $45 materials fee 7/8-7/11 M-TH 9 - 11 a.m. OR ideas, while also learning to think 6/17-6/21 M-F 1 - 5 p.m. OR 7/15-7/18 M-TH 9 - 11 a.m. creatively, reason systematically and work 7/22-7/26 M-F 1 - 5 p.m. Rapp collaboratively. These camps are sponsored Gandolfo Spanish Springs High Tennis Courts $82 by 3G Studios, Inc., a Reno-based video Reno High Industrial Arts Building $120 game development company. Ages 11-17 4/8-4/12 M-F 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. Fundamentals of Drawing— 7/15-7/18 M-TH 9 - 11 a.m. OR HernandezVolunteer and make Ages 12 and Up 7/22-7/25 M-TH 9 - 11 a.m. Moss Elementary $89 This small, beginner class will cover the Payne a difference in a basic principles of drawing: composition, North Valleys High Tennis Courts $82 6/17-6/21child’s M-F education1 - 4 p.m. OR techniques for enlargement, value (light 6/24-6/28 M-F 1 - 4 p.m. OR and shadow), contour and line quality 7/8-7/12 M-F 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. OR through a variety of drawing media. 7/15-7/19 M-F 1 – 4 p.m. OR Class space is limited. $15 materials fee 7/22-7/26 M-F 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. 6/17-6/26 M,W 1 - 2:45 p.m. Hernandez Neighbors TMCC Meadowood Center $89 Mendive Middle School 200 $66

Art Smart—Ages 8 and Up Students will be introduced to a variety More summer camps of art forms and mediums as they learn Vocal Motion—Children’s Summer styles, techniques, culture and art history. have been added! Each art project has a theme and is Performing Group—Ages 5 to 13 Experience the excitement as your child designed to stimulate creativity. Class Give your children a summer experience learns fundamental dance steps and space is limited. $20 materials fee that will last a lifetime! See our complete vocal technique. Watch your child’s 7/17-7/29 M,W 1 - 2:45 p.m. list of summer programs at www. self-confidence soar while performing Neighbors washoecommunityed.org Mendive Middle School $88 fun, age-appropriate song-and-dance numbers. There will be a recital on Saturday, June 22, at 2 p.m. Vocal These camps fill up quickly. Register today! Volleyball Summer Camp—Ages 11-15 Motion is dedicated to uncovering and Here are a few of the camps your kids are Learn volleyball basics by practicing developing your child’s natural talents in going to love. game and play strategies. The serve, the an upbeat and encouraging environment. score and the presentation are covered $10 materials fee • Football conditioning and other in a way that is fun and energetic. See 6/17-6/21 M-F 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. sports camps food and equipment details under Wambaugh • Art, drama and music camps class description online at www. Spanish Springs High Theater $100 washoecommunityed.org. 7/22-7/25 M-TH 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. Flagtvedt Reed High School Gym $125

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HOT! NEW! Community Education Video Games I: Summer Science: Carbon Dioxide Cars— Ages 9-12 and TMCC Workforce Learning and Design—Ages 9 to 12 In this one-week camp for children Using Gamestar Mechanic, a video Development and game design platform developed by entering grades 4-7, they will design the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and construct their own carbon dioxide- Continuing Education students will learn the principles of powered car and launching system. They game design while building their own will participate in science experiments Class Locations game. Through the game design process, and witness demonstrations including students cultivate skills involving ACHIEVE Fitness, 600 So. Center Street, Reno, phases of matter using liquid nitrogen Bus Rt. 1 systems-based thinking, creative and combustion using explosive mold problem-solving, arts and aesthetics, spores. Bring a sack lunch and drink each Caughlin Ranch Elementary, 4885 Village Green Pkwy., Reno writing and storytelling, and STEM day. $40 materials fee (science, technology, engineering, 6/10-6/14 M-F 9 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. Clayton Middle School, 1295 Wyoming Ave., mathematics). These camps are sponsored Reno, Bus Rt. 3 Shoulders by 3G Studios, Inc., a Reno-based video Damonte Ranch High, 10500 Rio Wrangler Pkwy., game development company. Melton Elementary $180 Reno, Rt. 57 6/17-6/21 M-F 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. OR Dilworth Middle School, 255 E. Prater Way, 7/8-7/12 M-F 1 - 4 p.m. OR Swimming Sparks, Bus Rts. 21, 25, 26 7/15-7/19 M-F 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. Galena High, 3600 Butch Cassidy Way, Reno Hernandez Jelly Bellies—Ages 6 months to 3 years Grand Sierra Resort, 2500 E. Second Street, Reno, TMCC Meadowood Center $89 Bus Rts. 14, 14A Give your child the skills that one day Hall Elementary, 185 Shelby Dr., Sparks may save his life. Work with your child Scan this with your smart phone to watch Hidden Valley Regional Park, 4740 Parkway Dr., Reno video about these popular video game to teach basic survival floating skills, as well as how to close his mouth and Hunsberger Elementary, 2505 Crossbow Ct., Reno camps! hold his breath while his face is in the Kadam Studios, 47 Glen Carran Cir., Sparks, Rt. 18 water. One adult must be in the water McQueen High, 6055 Lancer St., Reno, Rts. 3, 4 with each child. Please register using the Melton Elementary, 6575 Archimedes Lane, Reno child’s name and age. Mendive Middle School, 1900 Whitewood Dr., 5/28-6/13 T-TH 5:30 - 6 p.m. Sparks Malone Mickey’s School of Grooming, 4950 Spectrum Picollo School Pool $85 Blvd., Reno Video Games II: Moss Elementary, 2200 Primio Way, Sparks Learning and Design—Ages 11 to 14 Sea Monkeys—Ages 2 to 4 North Valleys High School, 1470 E. Golden Valley Rd., Reno Using the premium version of Gamestar If your child has taken Jelly Bellies or Mechanic, a video game design can show she has the ability to hold her Picollo School, 900 Foothill Road, Reno platform developed by the University of breath underwater and float unassisted, Pine Middle School, 4800 Neil Road, Reno Wisconsin, Madison, students entering this class is for her. She’ll build her basic Reed High, 1350 Baring Blvd., Sparks, grades 6 - 9 will learn the principles swim skills and learn how to flip onto her Bus Rt. 22 of game design while building their back to get her breath. One adult must Reno High, 395 Booth St., Reno, Bus Rt. 16 own game. Through the game design be in the water with each child. Please Reno Roller Kingdom, 515 East 7th Street, Reno process, students cultivate skills involving register using the child’s name and age. Sierra Canyon, 1798 Del Webb Pkwy., Reno systems-based thinking, creative 5/28-6/13 T-TH 4:30 - 5 p.m. Spanish Springs High, 1065 Eagle Canyon Dr., problem-solving, arts and aesthetics, Malone Sparks writing and storytelling, and STEM Picollo School Pool $85 (science, technology, engineering, Sparks Marina, 325 Harbor Cove Dr. Sparks, Bus Rt. 21 mathematics). These camps are sponsored Diving Dolphins—Ages 3 to 6 by 3G Studios, Inc., a Reno-based video Sparks Florist Design Center, 1440 Hymer, game development company. If your child is an experienced swimmer, Sparks, Bus Rts. 18, 18X 6/24-6/28 M-F 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. OR this class is for him. He’ll improve his Sparks Middle School, 2275 18th Street Sparks, 7/22-7/26 M-F 1 - 4 p.m. stroke skills, learn to dive and improve NV, Bus Rt. 2 his breath control and side breath Hernandez Steinway Piano Center, 500 E. Moana Lane, technique. One adult must be in the Reno, Bus Rt. 6 TMCC Meadowood Center $89 water with each child. Please register Swope Middle School, 901 Keele Dr., Reno, Rt. 16 using the child’s name and age. TMCC IGT Applied Technology Center, 475 5/28-6/13 T-TH 6:30 - 7 p.m. Edison Way, Reno, Bus Rt. 14 Malone 20 Picollo School Pool $85 Register 24/7 at www.washoecommunityed.org Class Locations • Policies and General Information

TMCC Meadowood Center, 5270 Neil Rd., Reno, Employer-Paid Tuition Cancellation Policy Bus Rts. 6, 9, 54 An employer or third party may pay for Both Community Education and TMCC TMCC Sierra Building, 7000 Dandini Blvd., Reno, any Community Education or TMCC WDCE classes are self-supporting, so if Bus Rts. 15, 10 - WDCE class. Please provide a check, a course does not have enough students Tr­esImage Salon, 9660 S. McCarran, Reno credit card or purchase order from the enrolled in it to cover costs, it will be Wooster High School, 1331 E. Plumb Ln., Reno third party at the time of registration. cancelled and we will refund 100 percent Courses to be paid through check or back to you. Beyond providing a timely purchase order, should be registered in refund, we cannot assume any liability person at our office. If paying by credit for expenses incurred by a student due to Policies and General card, you may register online at www. a cancellation. washoecommunityed.org or by calling Information 775-829-9010. Office Hours Inclement Weather Class Cancellations Both Community Education and Class Completion Certificates For courses held at TMCC, visit www. TMCC WDCE are housed at TMCC’s tmcc.edu or call 673-7000. For classes If you would like a certificate to held at a Washoe County School District Meadowood Center at 5270 Neil Road document CEUs earned or to prove in room 216 (across from the Sears Auto facility, check www.washoe.k12.nv.us for your successful completion of a course, details. In the event of district-wide snow Center). We are open weekdays from 8 you may request a completion certificate a.m. to 5 p.m. closures, all classes held at school district for $10. Some course fees include a properties will cancel. For courses held at certificate; check with the instructor. Call other locations, call us at 775-829-9010. Senior Citizen Tuition Assistance/ 775-829-9010 for details. Discount Accessibility Seniors 65 and older can apply for the Non-Grading All classes, services and programs put on Senior Sunshine Fund established by Most TMCC WDCE and Community by Community Education and TMCC Helaine Greenberg. This fund provides Education classes do not issue letter WDCE are readily accessible to and $20 toward any class priced $50 or grades. Should you need documentation usable by persons with disabilities. We higher. To apply, call our office at 829- to prove you successfully completed a will make reasonable accommodations 9010. course, please notify the instructor at the for the disabled, except for where to beginning of class. do so would: result in undue financial Seniors 65 and older may receive a or adminstrative burden; require 10 percent discount on Community Refund Policy fundamental alteration in a program, Education regular personal enrichment service or activity; or threaten or destroy classes with the exception of Silver Should you need to cancel your registration, you will receive the significance of a historic property. College, conferences/series/events, Persons with special needs should call us online classes and a few select other • A full refund, minus a $10 cancellation fee, if you cancel at at 829-9010 as far in advance of a class as classes. Professional/career courses possible. offered through TMCC WDCE do least three working days prior to not qualify for discounts. To learn if a the class start date; course has a senior discount, visit www. • A 50 percent refund, minus a Self Funded Classes washoecommunityed.org, click on $10 cancellation fee, if you Both Community Education and Classroom Courses, then the class you’re cancel less than three working WDCE classes are funded solely by class interested in. Each class lists available days out; registrations. discounts. • No refund if you are a no-show or cancel after the course has Age Range for Classes begun. This policy does not apply to conferences/ Adult courses are open to those 18 and events/series or online classes. Please older; some exceptions may be made, see the policy for those programs. All depending on the class, to allow stu- classes cancelled by TMCC WDCE or dents 16 or 17 years old. Silver College Community Education will return 100% courses are open to those 55 and older. of the tuition cost back to each student. Children’s courses stipulate the age group served. Some children’s classes require a parent to attend.

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