SPRING AND SUMMER 2020 15 Years at NYS Youth Services is celebrating our 15th anniversary Table of Contents serving the City of Newburyport. We continue to grow and evolve with the ever changing needs and interests 4-5: PRE-SCHOOL AGE PROGRAMS of the City’s young people. We are exanding our social 6-7: SPRING ANIMALS/NATURE, COOKING, GAMES services and have created new support groups. 8-9: SPRING SPORTS & REC We continue to partner with city departments and community organizations to offer the best services 10-11: APRIL VACATION possible without overlapping! 12-13: SERVICES & SUPPORTS Make sure to give your children some time to look 14-15: EVENTS through the offerings. They may surprise you with what they want to try! We are always looking for new ideas, so 16-17: SUMMER ARTS/ CRAFTS, GAMES, D&D if they don’t see what they want, l et us know! 18: SUMMER COOKING/ NUTRITION *Note: Sping programs are the current grade- ALL 19: LITTLE ACES AND CLIPPER KIDS Summer programs are the grade entering. 20-21: SUMMER AT A GLANCE Thank you for an amazing 15 years! 22: SUMMER NATURE/ ENVIRONMENTAL Andi Egmont, Director and all of the NYS Team 23: SUMMER SPORTS AND REC 24-25: SUMMER CLIPPER SPORTS 26- 27: SOCCER SPORTS & REC 27-28: STEM 30: REC CENTER OVERVIEW 31-33: SPRING REC CENTER 34: SUMMER REC 36-38: SUMMER TEEN TRIPS How to Register Spring registration begins when you NYS is dedicated to receive this activity guide! providing accessible Summer registration begins Tuesday, March 17th at 9am. programs to all families. Non-residents can register April 1st. Our commitment includes providing necessary individual adaptions, accommodations and/or Please register early!! Often programs must be cancelled supports so every child can benefi t equally. a few weeks prior to the start if the minimum number of participants has not been met. Please continue to check We also provide fi nancial service to families with our website. We do update the programs if changes are payment plans, full and partial scholarships. made. The info in the online registration page is the most accurate. A late fee of $15 will be applied after the program deadline. Também trabalharemos com famílias cujo primeiro idioma não é o inglês. Contate-Nos! Online: www.newburyportyouthservices.com Visit our new “parent portal” on our website for policies. In Person: Come down to the NYS O­ ce @ 40 Milk Street By Mail: For your registration to be complete, include a registration form and emergency information sheet/waiver Deadlines are one week prior to start date. Register at Newburyportyouthservices.com or at the NYS office. 3 Pre-School Open Gym Run, jump, skip, roll. Our gym is open for free play! Meet your friends here or make new friends just goofi ng around. We provide balls, mats and a few other goodies. Adults must stay with children the whole time. Please enter at the gym on Lime Street and bring a change of shoes in wet weather. Location: Rec Center Gym (Use Gym Door on Lime St) Ages 0-5 (Fridays suggested for 0-3, siblings welcome) Tue/Wed/Fri ∙ Apr 1-May 29 (skip Apr 10, 21-24, May 15) ∙ 10-11:30am∙ FREE! NYS DIVISIONS Stacy Gijsbers Administrative Coordinator .BJOPGGJDF (ext. 1355) Recreation & Enrichment Rec Center & Teen Trips Services & Supports The Learning Programs Enrichment Center Seasonal, year round A membership based Mentoring, support groups, Academic and cultural offerings and community youth center, with seasonal parent speaker series, enrichment for school events for all ages 0-18. program, trips, workshops The BEACON Coalition age children who need and events for grades 6-12 and other city intiatives extra support. (with Jr memberships for to promote healthy youth 4th and 5th grade). development. Andrea Egmont Margot Harrington Lee Gordon Tina Los Chris Cain Director Associate Director of Associate Director of Associate Director of the Learning Enrichment Center (ext. 1351) Recreation (ext.1352) Youth Programs ECAB Network Coordinator (ext. 1353) (ext. 1354) (ext. 1356) 4 Spring programs are based on current year. All summer programs are based on the grade entering. Pre-School Music Rocks Miss Claudia will be having a 45 minute session of music fun! Come explore the music experience and make some noise together! Choose one day to come each week! Instructor: Claudia Keyian, Location: Rec Center Ages 0-5 Tue/Wed ∙ Apr 1-May 27 (skip Apr 21, 22) ∙ 9:15-10am∙ FREE! %FBEMJOFTBSFPOFXFFLQSJPSUPTUBSUEBUF3FHJTUFSBU/FXCVSZQPSUZPVUITFSWJDFTDPNPSBUUIF/:4PGɋDF 5 Cooking/Baking/ Nutrition FARM TO TABLE COOKING Get cooking at Appleton Farms, America’s oldest working farm. Each week kids will explore a di e rent aspect of farm to table cooking, from the cheese kitchen to the fresh veggies, and learn about where our food comes from! Kids will practice their cooking skills by using local ingredients to create delicious recipes each week. Instructor: Appleton Farms, Location: Appleton Farms Gr 3-5 TUE ∙ MAY 526 ∙ 3:306PM∙ $113/$123 Animal Care ANIMAL CARE Games Living in and around the Carriage Barn at Appleton Farms are many animals who call the farm home. There are DUNGEONS & DRAGONS goats, sheep, chickens and rabbits who live at the farm Explore an entire fantasy world created completely by year round. Just like you and me these animals love to eat, YOU! The game that takes place in your imagination is fun drink, and play. It is the farmers job to help the animals for all ages, and all you need is your creativity. Learn the get all of these things. So put on your farmer hat and help basics of Dungeons & Dragons and adventure through a the farm for an afternoon by taking care of the animals. quest of epic proportions, fi ghting orcs and saving entire You will get to feed them, get them fresh water, and spend kingdoms! some time playing around with them up close. The animals Instructor: Trevor Souther & Lukas Woodger, Location: Rec Center will love getting to meet you! Instructor: Appleton Farms, Location: Appleton Farms Gr 3-5 .0/ǹ"13.": 4,*1"13 ǹ1.ǹ Gr 3-5 TUE ∙ APR 14 & 28 ∙ 3:305:30PM∙ $58/$68 CAREFARM Kids will be hands on with our horses Daisy, Trisquit, Cora and Candy, as well as our resident miniature donkey Buddy. Our rescue pygmy goats Cinnamon and Sugar, as well as our Vietnamese potbelly pig sisters, Ava and Zsa Zsa, are also part of our herd. We will teach basic horsemanship skills and provide a private farm setting to enjoy the animals and spend time with them in a natural setting understanding horse behavior, grooming, leading, as well as other care activities around the farm. Healing Hearts with Horses is a non-profi t organization o ering programming for all who enjoy being outside with animals learning about daily care required to keep our rescue animals healthy and happy. Instructor: Jen Wright, Location: Three Hearts Farm, W. Newbury Gr 2-5 SESSION 1: SAT ∙ APR 4MAY 9 (SKIP APR 18, 25) ∙911AM ∙ $170/$180 Gr 6+ SESSION 2: SAT ∙ MAY 16JUNE 6 ∙ 911AM ∙ $170/$180 6 Spring programs are based on current year. All summer programs are based on the grade entering. Nature/Environmental DIRT MONSTERS! Get out your muck boots and overalls for classes in which kids use their hands to learn everything there is to know about soil. Class topics will range from making bugs our friends to the basics of soil composition and composting. Don’t be deterred by the dirt cause the chance to poke, All programs + events are at: Nourishing the Northshore dig, and examine the natural world starts right here with Organic Community Garden, 902 Main St, West Newbury good and healthy soil. GARDEN INVESTIGATORS Kids will get to know their garden friends from seed to pill Ages 3-5 with adult bug in this series of investigative classes. Understanding SESSION 1: MON ∙ MAY 418 ∙ 1011:30AM∙ $76/$86 each part and its function in the world of the garden will Gr K-2 encourage kids to appreciate and respect all living things! SESSION 2: TUE ∙ APR 28MAY 12 ∙ 46PM∙ $86/$96 Pulling apart seeds, learning the names of critters, and Gr 3-5 getting an experiential window into the lifecycle of plants SESSION 3: WED ∙ APR 29MAY 13 ∙ 46PM∙ $86/$96 and how much we depend on them. INSPIRED BY NATURE Ages 3-5 with adult MON ∙ JUNE 115 ∙ 1011:30AM∙ $76/$86 Quit crafting with markers and paper, and start allowing kids to see the natural world as a place of inspiration! After treasure hunts throughout the garden and woods, kids LEAVE NO TRACE will use the items they’ve collected to create a number There is power in knowing the names of the plants and of objects such as nests, woodland pocket friends, bug animals that we share our space with, and in learning homes, and more! how to coexist peacefully. We can learn to live in deeper harmony if we can say hello to trees by name or Ages 3-5 with adult distinguish food from the mass of green in front of us. Kids will learn to identify the natural world, keep a log of the SESSION 1: MON ∙ MAY 418 ∙ 12:30PM∙ $76/$86 plants they fi nd, and even learn to responsibly harvest in Gr K-2 the woods! SESSION 2: TUE ∙ MAY 19JUNE 2 ∙ 46PM∙ $86/$96 Gr 3-5 Gr 3-5 SESSION 3: WED ∙ MAY 20JUNE 3 ∙ 46PM∙ $86/$96 THU ∙ MAY 28JUNE 11 ∙ 46PM ∙ $86/$96 APRIL VACATION WEEK All programs Ages 3+ with adult GREAT GREENS PLANTING EARTH DAY CELEBRATION DISCOVER NATURE SCAVENGER HUNT The Salad Celebration in May can’t happen if we don’t Compete with other families to fi nd all the objects sow our seeds in April! Join in the fun as we celebrate necessary to fi nish our fabulous scavenger hunt! Earth Day with our hands in the soil.