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Ridgewood Community School Ridgewood Community School Celebrating Over 70 Years of Continuing Education! Spring 2020 Table of Contents CONTACT INFORMATION ...................................... 1 Our office is located in the 50 PLUS CARD ................................................. 2 EDUCATION CENTER DAY TOURS ...................................................... 3 49 COTTAGE PLACE, SECOND FLOOR RIDGEWOOD MULTI-DAY TOURS ............................................ 5 COMPUTER LITERACY .......................................... 9 CAREERS & THE WORKPLACE ............................. 10 CREATIVE ARTS ............................................... 12 CULINARY ARTS ............................................... 14 DANCE & MOVEMENT ...................................... 16 Telephone (201) 670-2777 FINANCE, INVESTMENTS & THE LAW ..................... 17 Fax (201) 444-5565 HANDCRAFTING ............................................... 19 You can visit RCS online at: HEALTH, PERSONAL GROWTH & WELLNESS ........... 22 www.ridgewood.k12.nj.us or send us email at HOME & REAL ESTATE ..................................... 27 [email protected] LANGUAGES: ENGLISH & WORLD ........................ 27 Special Registration Hours: LEISURE & PERSONAL TIME ............................... 29 In Person: Monday - Friday; 1 - 4pm Telephone: Monday - Friday; 1 - 4pm LIBERAL ARTS & MUSIC .................................... 31 We welcome your questions, SPORTS ......................................................... 34 ideas and comments. JUNIOR EDITION .............................................. 35 FACULTY ........................................................ 38 GENERAL INFORMATION .................................... 43 Special thanks to RCS Drawing Instructor Rina SPRING 2020 CALENDAR .................................. 43 Goldhagen for the use of the image titled “Pink Dew” that is featured on the cover. Rina’s class can be WHERE WE ARE ............................................. 44 found on page 14. REGISTRATION INFORMATION .............................. 45 1 General Information Follow us on Instagram www.facebook/RidgewoodCommunitySchool @RidgewoodCommunitySchool Like us for: • Announcements • Giveaways • Reminders • School Closing Info • Teacher features • Updates • and more! SATISFACTION — ATTENTION RIDGEWOOD RESIDENTS — GUARANTEE Do you have one of these 50 Plus Cards? If you don’t, give us a call at Ridgewood Community School is (201) 670-2777 and we will tell you how you can get one. proud of the fact that our students report a high level of satisfaction with our courses.However, we also Ridgewood Comunity School recognize our responsibility to those whose class did not fulfill their valid 50 Plus Card expectations. If upon completion Anyone who is 50 years of age or older and is a of your course, you feel that it was resident of Ridgewood may obtain a 50 Plus Card in not satisfactory, or you are not satisfied that the course delivered person from the Ridgewood Community School what was promised, RCS will issue during normal registration hours. This card entitles you a course credit, provided you the bearer to take a maximum of two (2) eligible send a written request to us as soon courses each semester for 50% off the regular fee. as the course is finished and Registration may be done by mail or phone once complete a course evaluation with a valid reason. The request must be you have obtained the card. Please note: all eligible received within two weeks of classes will be marked with a 50+. completion of course. 2 Day Tours For all trips and tours, your reservations will be confirmed in writing by RCS approximately 2 weeks before the trip date. Withdrawals made in writing three (3) days prior to the tour will be accepted and your money refunded to you (minus $25 registration fee per ticket) provided we have a waiting list for that tour and your space can be resold. Tours run rain or shine. Catacombs by Candlelight Tour of The Lunch and Tour of The Culinary Institute NEW! NEW! Basilica of St. Patrick’s Old Cathedral, of America & Woodbury Common Premium Outlets Lunch in Little Italy, Five Points of Manhattan Group Tours & Travel LLC City Hall Park, and a Walk on the Brooklyn Prepare for a treat as we head upstate to Hyde Park, New York, Bridge where we visit The Culinary Institute of America (CIA), widely Group Tours & Travel LLC recognized as the world’s premier culinary college. In the company Join us for this most unusual and exciting walking tour of The of a student guide, we enjoy a tour of this world-renowned learning Basilica of St. Patrick’s Old Cathedral. Not to be confused with St. facility. Next, we savor the culinary experience of a memorable Patrick’s Cathedral in Midtown, this historical church in lower included lunch, that is prepared and served by the students. Lunch Manhattan has been a landmark for more than 200 years, and is is in the Bocuse Restaurant amongst breathtaking classic French listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Tour highlights architecture. Our lunch offers a unique and exciting, world-class include the rare opportunity to explore the only active catacombs dining experience. This afternoon we visit the Woodbury Commons in New York City, and access to sacred sites and hidden areas of Premium Outlets which contain over 220 stores that occupy more the Basilica grounds that are normally closed to visitors. Our than 800,000 square feet. It is one of the largest outlet centers in entertaining guide will also provide us with a history of the church, the world. Our stay will include 1 ½ hours to shop, stroll the as well as the people who once frequented it, and those who rest attractive open-air mall area or enjoy a snack. Please choose one in its catacombs. Next, we can either ride the bus or enjoy a entrée per person at the time of registration: Arctic Char or leisurely stroll down Mulberry Street into the heart of Little Italy, Pan-Roasted Chicken Breast. $165 where we then enjoy an included lunch. After time to shop and 002-Tuesday, April 7, 2020 sightsee, we take a short drive to the nearby City Hall Park. This Departs from Ridgewood’s Graydon Pool parking lot (corner area is next to a several thousand-year-old Indian trail, which has of Linwood Avenue & Northern Parkway) at 8:15 AM and been used as a pasture, a prison, a parade ground, a public returns at approximately 5:15 PM. Cars may be parked in execution site and more. Today, it’s where City Hall is located, and the lot for the duration of the tour at your own risk. where countless movies and episodes of Law and Order and Blue Bloods have been filmed. After an orientation walk, free time is provided to sightsee and even take a stroll on the nearby pedestrian portion of the Brooklyn Bridge. $180 001-Saturday, March 28, 2020 Departs from Ridgewood’s Graydon Pool parking lot (corner of Linwood Avenue & Northern Parkway) at 8:15 AM and returns at approximately 5:15 PM. Cars may be parked in the lot for the duration of the tour at your own risk. Trolley Tour of Greenwood Cemetery, DUMBO & Red Hook, Brooklyn NEW! Group Tours & Travel LLC Climb aboard a fascinating and memorable two-hour narrated trolley tour of Brooklyn’s 478-acre Greenwood Cemetery, listed on the National Register of Historic Places as a National Historic Landmark. It’s like a drive through a manicured landscaped park and museum. Our guide provides us with fascinating stories of many of the cemetery’s most famous and not so famous permanent residents. On these rolling hills is a world-class collection of monuments and mausoleums that include Classical, Egyptian, Gothic, and Romanesque styles. See breathtaking views of Manhattan and stand where George Washington and his troops fought in the Battle of Brooklyn. Among those buried here are famous politicians, generals, artists, authors, and mobsters, such as Currier & Ives, Leonard Bernstein, Horace Greeley, Samuel Morse, Duncan Phyfe and countless others. From here we take a short drive to the original Junior’s Restaurant on Flatbush Avenue where we are treated to an included lunch. This afternoon we take a drive through portions of Red Hook, Brooklyn with a stop at Valentino Park that provides panoramic vistas of the New York Harbor and the Manhattan skyline. We also visit the riverfront in Brooklyn known as DUMBO (Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass) and the newly expanded Brooklyn waterfront and Fulton Landing. Here there is time to stroll along this scenic and historic area and again take in breathtaking views of the Manhattan skyline. Please choose one entrée per person at the time of registration: Broiled Cheeseburger, Broiled Steakburger, Corned Beef, Pastrami, Turkey Brisket or Beef Brisket. All deli sandwiches are served on Rye Bread. $160 003-Saturday, April 25, 2020 Departs from Ridgewood’s Graydon Pool parking lot (corner of Linwood Avenue & Northern Parkway) at 8:00 AM and returns at approximately 5:30 PM. Cars may be parked in the lot for the duration of the tour at your own risk. 3 Day Tours For all trips and tours, your reservations will be confirmed in writing by RCS approximately 2 weeks before the trip date. Withdrawals made in writing three (3) days prior to the tour will be accepted and your money refunded to you (minus $25 registration fee per ticket) provided we have a waiting list for that tour and your space can be resold. Tours run rain or shine. Cherry Blossom Time at The Brooklyn Botanical Gardens & The Snug Harbor Cultural Center NEW! Group Tours & Travel LLC Our day begins with a visit to The Brooklyn Botanical Gardens, consistently rated as one of the finest gardens in the metropolitan area. Spring is in the air and with it comes a rainbow of colors throughout the 52-acres of gardens and open spaces. Now is a special time of year to view these floral delights since the garden’s Cherry Blossoms should be in full bloom. Make sure to explore the more than 200 cherry trees along its Esplanade, the Cherry Walk and Japanese Pond Garden. Other highlights are the bonsai museum and the roses, magnolias, lilacs, wildflowers, orchids, and rhododendrons which should be in or near bloom. After time to stroll through the gardens and browse in the shops, enjoy lunch on your own in the garden’s café.
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