Great Neck Public Schools Community Education Spring nto g i mer rin um a S o nd S a 2019 Soaring into Spring and Summer at Community Ed! TABLE OF CONTENTS The Spring/Summer 2019 Community Education catalog is here! We have more than 45 new offerings listed below, with complete course details inside, sure to be wonderful additions to our returning favorites. Keep in mind that we run several theater trips throughout the year that are not listed in the catalog. To ensure that you receive the most up to date information, please make sure that we have your most current email address in our system. This year has brought many exciting changes to Community Ed, including our new website and online registration system. We hope you’ve had the opportunity to visit our site at www.greatneck.k12.ny.us/ce, an update that was part of the GNPS district initiative. Here you can find our complete catalog, and stay updated on all of our course offerings, trips, and special events. Additionally, with our new registration system, you now have the ability to register online at https://apm.activecommunities. com/gnpscommunityed. You can set up an account, select and pay for your classes, and keep track of your registrations. If you have any questions, please feel free to call us at (516) 441-4949. On behalf of all of us at GNPS Community Education, Samantha Tarantola Director New Classes A Happier You Figure drawing Shakespeare: Several Major Tragedies Abstract Painting Founding Fathers: The Age of Jackson Sketching Techniques Advanced Portraiture: Painting with From Gothic Short Story to Cinematic Slow Read: Absalom, Absalom Models Reality Spanish: Advanced Review American Sign Language Guitar for Beginners Spanish: Advanced VI Archaeology: The World of Etruscans Hamlet Spanish: Beginner Review Art History: A Study of the Impressionists Introduction to Printmaking Television Comedy of the 1950's Art History: Post-Impressionists Jazz Too! The Art of Aromatherapy: Summer Beginner Yiddish "Kraslice": The Art & Beauty of Egg Essentials Celebrating the Artistry of Richard Rodgers Decoration The Darker Side of Genius - Alfred Chakra Balancing and Color Therapy Oh My Aching Back Hitchcock & Film Noir Classic Comedy Teams of the Movies Portraiture: All Levels The MET: Exploring Chinese Culture through the Metropolitan Museum of Art Coco Chanel - The Woman, the Legend Prelude to War World Literature: Modern Fantasy Creative Belly Dance Presidents of the Jazz Age! World War II FDR and the New Deal Seated Qi Gong Exercise Yiddish Intermediate New Trips and Special Events 54 Below Sings Andrew Lloyd Weber Philip Johnson Glass House Citifield Radio City and the NY Public Library Classical Music at Carnegie Hall Woodstock and the 60s Hill-Stead Museum 2 (516) 441-4949 TABLE OF CONTENTS Creative Arts and Crafts Painting, Drawing, and Print . 9 Pottery and Stone . 12 Fiber Arts . 12 Jewelry and Metal . .13 . Crafts . 15 Enrichment and Learning Book Groups and Literature . 18 Creative Writing . 19 History and Our World . 19 Personal Development . 23 World Languages . 23 Arts and Entertainment Games and Hobbies . 29 Home and Garden . 30 Music, TV, and Film . 30 Performing Arts . .31 . Fitness and Movement Dance . 34 Exercise . .35 . Mind and Body . 39 Middle and High School Students . 42 Trips and Special Events . 44 Great Neck Social Center . 50 Faculty Biographies . 56 Great Neck Adult Learning Center . 60. Great Neck Parks District . 62 Great Neck Library . 63 Community Education classes will not be held on the following days: Saturday, February 16 - Sunday, February 24, Winter Recess Thursday, April 18 - Friday April 26, Spring Recess Saturday, May 25 - Monday, May 27, Memorial Day Thursday, July 4, Independence Day www.greatneck.k12.ny.us 3 CLASSES DAY TO DAY CLASSES DAY TO DAY TR = Trip SE = Special Event Monday Tuesday Wednesday Morning Morning (cont'd.) Morning French, Intermediate Chakras Balancing Art History: Impressionists Grounds for Sculpture (TR) Crochet and Knit Baseball, Talking Hebrew, Advanced Body Workout Jewelry Making, All Levels Bridge, Intermediate FDR and the New Deal Joy of Reading Book Group Crochet and Knit Handweaving Longevity Workout Drawing from the Model Handweight Training Mindful Meditation French, Advanced Beginner Hebrew, Advanced Intermediate NY Botanical Garden: Roberto Burle Marx, Founding Fathers: Andrew Jackson Kumihimo Jewelry Braiding Rockefeller Roses, Arthur Avenue (TR) Italian, Intermediate Low-Impact Aerobics Oh My Aching Back! Jewelry Making, Int . and Adv . Mama Used to Say: Yiddish Painting, Intermediate Kumihimo Jewelry Braiding Mostly Seated Exercises REAP (Retired, Active, People) Kumihimo Jewelry Braiding II Shakespeare: Hamlet Painting, Beginner & Intermediate Low Impact Aerobics Shakespearean Tragedies Presidents of the Jazz Age Spanish for Dialogue, Intermediate Painting, Beginner Yiddish, Intermediate Stone Sculpture Pilates, Weights, & Yoga Yoga 101 The MET: Exploring Chinese Culture Post-Impressionists: Variety in Art Afternoon Tai Chi, Beginner Presidential Greatness Pottery, All Levels Aromatherapy: Summer Essentials Walking into Chinese Culture: Music, Art, and Language Spanish, Getting Started, Beginner Canasta Club Yiddish, Beginner Woodstock and the 60s (TR) Celebrating Richard Rodgers Afternoon Classic Comedy Teams Archaeology: World of Etruscans Afternoon Hitchcock and Film Noir Canasta, Beginner American Sign Language Joy of Reading Book Group Charity Knitting in the Round Baseball, Talking Kumihimo Jewelry Braiding Classical Painting, Techniques, Tricks Carnegie Hall (TR) Mama Used to Say: Yiddish French, Advanced Conversation Dance, Creative, Classical Pilates: Mat Hebrew, Advanced Beginner French, Beginner I Pilates, Weights, and Yoga Joy of Reading Book Group Gifted: Unique Accessories to Knit & Crochet Sketching Techniques Line Dance, Beginner Gothic Short Stories to Cinema Line Dance, Improver TV Comedies of the 50s Mama Used to Say: Yiddish Israeli Folk Dance for Beginners Watercolor Dynamics, Easy Metal Clay Italian, Beginner Write Your Heart Out Slow Read: Absalom, Absalom Jewelry Making, All Levels Zumba Silversmithing Pottery, All Levels Spanish, Getting Started, Cont . Evening Portraiture, All Levels Stone Sculpting Spanish, Adv . Conversation 54 Below: Andrew Lloyd Weber Tai Chi, Intermediate Thinking, Means, and Logic in Music ACT Preparation Tai Chi, Advanced Zumba Defensive Driving Evening Mah Jongg, Beginner Evening ACT Preparation Portraiture, Beginning Bridge, Intermediate Bridge, Beginner SAT Preparation College Scholarships and Grants Cabaret Water Exercise Defensive Driving Canasta, Beginner Jazz Too! Pottery, All Levels Tuesday Jewelry Making, All Levels SAT Preparation Pilates, Weights, & Yoga Water Exercise Morning Spanish Advanced VI World War II Abstract Painting Spanish Advanced Review Berkshires: 3 Day/2 Night (Trip) Yoga Coco Chanel 4 (516) 441-4949 CLASSES DAY TO DAY CLASSES DAY TO DAY TR = Trip SE = Special Event Thursday Friday Saturday Morning Morning Morning Body Workout Body Conditioning Body Workout Farsi, Beginner Cardio Fit Citifield Tour (TR) Guitar, Beginner Current Events, Month in Review Defensive Driving Hill-Stead Museum (TR) French Cinema & Song Jewelry in Fused Glass Italian, Advanced Conversation Hebrew, Continuing Beginner Jewelry, Swarovski Crystal Jewelry, Swarovski Crystal Jewelry, Swarovksi Crystal Kraslice: Egg Decoration Painting, Intermediate Latin-Style Aerobics Painting on Silk Painting on Silk Mah Jongg, Beginner Philadelphia Flower Show (TR) Philip Johnson Glass House (TR) Painting the Pastel Portrait Pottery, Wheel Qi Gong, Seated Piano Radio City/NY Public Library (TR) Pilates: Mat Yoga, Standing Vinyasa Portraiture, Beginning World Literature: Myth/Fantasy Printmaking Zumba Singing for Fun Afternoon Singing the 60s and 70s Adventure in the Arts Book Group Stone Sculpture Ballet Afternoon Cumberland Singers Canasta Club Farsi, Beginner Classical Painting, Techniques, and Tricks Farsi, Intermediate History You Ought to Know Italian, Advanced Beginner Jazz Dance Jewelry, Swarovski Crystal Jewelry, Swarovski Crystal Painting, Intermediate & Advanced Painting on Silk Printmaking Parkinson's, Movement Pottery, Wheel Prelude to War: 1931-1941 Slow Read: Absalom, Absalom Spanish Beginner III Spanish Beginner Review Writing Poetry Yoga Evening A Happier You Portraiture, Advanced Calligraphy Creative Belly Dance Conversational Chinese Pottery Prelude to War: 1931-1941 Printmaking, Introduction www.greatneck.k12.ny.us 5 GENERAL INFORMATION GENERAL INFORMATION How to Register Cancellation Policy Phone: (516) 441-4949 / Fax: (516) 441-4937 Cancellation of courses that do not reach minimum enrollment Email: gncontinuinged@greatneck .k12 ny. us. takes place 8 days prior to start date . Registrants will be notified by phone when a course is canceled . A complete refund will be Online: Go to www greatneck. k12. ny. us/ce. and choose the online issued . registration link, or visit https://apm .activecommunities com/gnpscommunityed. Materials Fees For complete details, please see the inside back cover . Fine Arts and Crafts courses are for all levels, unless noted in the title . A materials list will be included on the emailed confirmation . Mail: Mail completed form from last page to: 30 Cumberland Avenue, Great Neck, NY 11020 Bring materials to first session . Office Hours Makeup Sessions Monday – Friday: 8:30 a m. - 4:30 p m. (September – June) A makeup class is offered, where possible, in the event of teacher Monday – Friday: 8:30 a m. - 3:30