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Summer 2013 | Interest List | Babysitter Certification | Baking | Break Dancing
Cheer/Tumbling | Culinary Workshops | Dance | Engineering with LEGO | Fencing
Golf | Guitar | Gymnastics | Karate | Learn to Skate | Lifeguard Certification
Music Together | Piano | Sewing & Fashion Design | Swimming | New! Tae Kwon Doe
Tutorial Assistance | Requirements
SKIES Unlimited is the framework for the Army’s Child, Youth & School Services (CYSS) instructional program for youth of military and DoD civilians. Classes are designed to compliment and support the experiences children and youth have in Army CYSS and in schools.
Children and youth may choose from several classes offered by the School of Arts, School of Sports, School of Life Skills and School of Academic Skills. Instructional programs teach children discipline, problem solving, decision making, conflict resolution, game rules social etiquette and subject matter content. Most classes will be held at the Tolson Youth Activity Center. Children need to be registered with the Child, Youth & School Services.
| CYSS Summer Camps 2013 |
Click on the links in the table below to view the Parent Information Sheets
for each camp/academy.
| School of Arts | School of Sports | School of Sports in Partnership with Youth Sports & Fitness – Sports physical is required for this category! | School of Life Skills | School of Academics |
| Acting | Boxing | Baseball | Babysitter Certification | Math Camp |
| Dance | Fencing | Basketball | Baking | Fundamentals of Engineering with LEGO |
| Survey of Dance | Golf | Cheerleading | Culinary | |
| Music Together | Gymnastics | Football | Sewing/Fashion Design, View flyer | |
| School of Rock | Rock Climbing | Soccer | Soap Making | |
| Skydiving | Tennis | |||
| Tumbing/Cheer | ||||
| Boxing |
SKIES Unlimited Featured Summer Camps:
- Total Athlete Development: July 8-12
- Flyer
- Parent Info Sheet - Our goal is to develop the entire athlete in a holistic approach instead of a sport-specific methodology by:
(1) Creating a benchmark of where athletes are at the start of camp and showing progress upon completion;
(2) Increasing athleticism by being exposed to effective tools to establish and exceed their goals;
(3) Increasing speed, agility, flexibility, strength, coordination, cardiovascular strength, vertical leap, and motivation through mastery of sports-related skills; and
(4) Developing explosiveness, proper running techniques, and a positive work ethic to training.
Participants will be physically and mentally challenged to develop sports-related and life skills.
- Private Flute or Clarinet Instruction
Anyone interested in enrolling in flute or clarinet private instruction? Classes will be 4 x 30-minute private lessons per month just like guitar or piano. Cost would be $75-$100. If you would be interested in registering your child for this service, please click here. - Youth Voice Instruction
Youth Voice Instruction is designed as a one-on-one instruction with a voice coach. Current plans are for a contractor to conduct 4 x 30-minute classes per session. If you would be interested in registering your child for this service, please click here. These classes will be eligible as a FREE Army Family Covenant option to qualifying youth. - Modeling/Self Awareness/Esteem Building
Would your daughter benefit from delving into esteem building exercises, boosting confidence as an individual and as a member of a team as she becomes more and more in tune with her strengths and weaknesses? This new SKIESUnlimited program may be just for you. A local professional model/actress/director and fashion show coordinator is interested in sharing some of life’s secrets that she has learned throughout her career. Classes would center on her inner beauty, wellness, personal growth, character development and proper etiquette for business and social gatherings. These classes will be eligible as a FREE Army Family Covenant option to qualifying youth. If you would be interested in registering your daughter on an interest list for such an opportunity, please click here. - SKIESUnlimited Instructors Wanted!
SKIESUnlimited is looking to enhance our life skills program by adding instructional classes in sewing, quilting, cross stitch, embroidery, or any other kind of needlework. If you or anyone that you know are interested in broadening the skills of our military youth, please email us directly at skiesunlimited@fortbraggmwr.com. Please include your name and cell phone number so that we can discuss the possibilities further. Classes could be created to meet 60- to 90-minutes per week during the academic school year or during the summer in a 5-day 3-hours per day camp. Faculty would be volunteer, contractor or possibly employee.
Babysitter Certification Course
The babysitting course will familiarize teens with the responsibility of babysitting. It will provide the necessary information for them to become capable, caring, trustworthy, and responsible sitters. They will be taught the skills and techniques needed so that the teens are confident in handling situations that could happen when they babysit. The course will also prepare the teens in the business aspects of babysitting. Youth will also earn certification in First Aid and CPR using 4-H curriculum. This course uses RealCare digital babies that teens will bring home overnight. If you would be interested in registering your child for this service, please register your child at https://webtrac.mwr.army.mil/.
Youth Baking Academy is for small groups of up to 12 youth for SAS and MST with a professional baker in the Fayetteville area. Contractor will conduct one 3-hour class per month similar to our culinary academy. Students will learn a multitude of baking skills in making baked goods that they will take home with them from muffins, to cookies, to breads and birthday cakes. Students will also work with fondant, make flowers and leaves, as well as skills for completing a character cake. Cost will include groceries for each workshop. These classes are eligible as a FREE Army Family Covenant option to qualifying youth.
Cheer/Tumbling
- Cheer/Stunting Parent Info Sheet
- Cheer/Stunting Calendar
- Cheer/Stunt Flyer
- Fort Bragg’s 1st Competitive Cheer Team Flyer
- Tumbling Parent Info Sheet
- Tumbling Calendar
- Tumbling Flyer
Culinary Worshops
Workshops are on Saturdays. A professional caterer will teach youth how to prepare a meal for four. Youth learn how to plan menus and prepare everything from scratch. Youth will take home all recipes from the day’s menu.
Dance (School Year)
Dance at Linden Oaks:
- More to come at a later date
2012-2013 Competition Dance Team
Download Fall Newsletter for Dance (.pdf)
All Pre-Dance Download Dance Class Descriptions (.pdf)
Classes build on the creative movement idea with basic ballet, tap, or jazz moves introduced in “fun way”. Students will also learn the discipline of staying in line and working together as groups, as well as developing the patience for “take your turn time” each week. Dancers will begin to learn correct terminology of the steps and be encouraged to practice at home. Classes focus on building the students attention span and motor skills as we begin to practice new steps and combinations! Skills for balance and coordination will be our focus while building self-esteem and confidence.
Attire: See Ballet, Tap or Jazz classes
Pre-Jazz
This is an energetic class that will include stretching and cardiovascular warm ups with basic body isolations and coordination exercises using upbeat and popular music.
Attire: Hair in bun or pony tail, solid leotard, dance pants or shorts, and black jazz shoes
Creative Movement
Classes consist of a series of games, music, stories, and activities that will help develop gross motor skills, coordination, rhythm, while keeping learning fun. Students will also get to practice appropriate group interaction skills such as sharing, listening, and following direction.
Attire: Hair in bun, solid color leotard, pink tights and pink ballet slippers
Ballet
Classes are traditionally structured in with stretching, barre’ work, port de bras, adagio, pirouettes, and across the floor combinations. Grace, elegance, and discipline. These are just a few of the benefits from classical training. Our philosophy is to promote anatomically correct placement and alignment for each individual. Ballet is essential for any serious dance student.
Attire: NO EXCEPTIONS! Hair in bun, solid color leotard, pink footed tights, pink leather or canvas ballet shoes, NO SKIRTS
Combo Classes
Allow students to sample different dance styles in a concentrated amount of time.
Attire: Hair in bun or ponytail, solid color leotard, pink tights, pink ballet shoes. If class includes jazz or tap. Black tap shoes (preferably buckle not tie) black jazz shoes (slip on preferred)
Tap
Classes teach students to use their feet as a rhythmical instrument. Syncopation, musicality, and a variety of step styles are taught.
Attire: Hair in bun or pony tail, solid leotard, tan tights, dance shorts are permitted over leotard or dance pants, black tap shoes
Jazz
Classes will include warm ups focusing on technique, followed by across the floor skills.
Attire: Hair in bun or pony tail, solid leotard, tan tights, black dance pants or shorts, black jazz shoes
Latin/Jazz Dance
Is a high energy style dance with traditional jazz style moves with contemporary Latin rhythms added. The rhythms consist of Rumba, Salsa, Cumbia, Merengue, Bachata even Flamenco styles and variations. Primarily in the beginning classes, Latin jazz is done in the Afro-Cuban style genre. Rhythms studied specifically will be Flamenco, Rumba, Salsa, and Cumbia. Other steps like Meringue, Bachata, Samba, and Tango may be added especially in the end of the course final routine. The steps in the beginning of class will be basic in nature and easy to follow along and learn.
Attire: Hair in bun or pony tail, solid leotard, tan or black tights, black jazz shoes
Hip Hop
Popularized on music videos, students of the “street dancing” learn rhythm and style to today’s most popular music (age appropriate). This class is more funky and less technical than jazz.
Attire: Hair in pony tail, stretchy street clothes or work out clothes, (NO JEANS), black hip hop sneakers
Lyrical Ballet
This expressive and fluid dance style combines elements of both Ballet and Jazz. Emphasis is placed on expressing the lyrics and emotions of a song. It is highly recommended you take ballet at the same time.
Attire: Hair in bun or pulled back out of face, solid color leotard, tan convertible or footless tights, nude foot undeez
PomCheer/Hip Hop/Jazz
Classes are a fusion of jazz and hip hop techniques along with learning basic cheer dance moves. This energetic class will consist of warm ups using body isolations and strengthing. Across the floor and center floor work, set to popular high energy music
Attire: Hair in pony tail, stretchy street clothes or work out clothes. (NO JEANS), black jazz shoes
Contemporary
Contemporary dance is characterized by its versatility. Contemporary can be danced to almost any style of music, or united with other dance forms to create new styles of movement. Contemporary seeks to work with the natural alignment of the body and therefore safe and accessible for beginners. At the same time the ease of movement promoted by contemporary dance technique allows experienced dancers to push new boundaries of body movement.
Attire: Hair pulled back or in bun, solid leotard or sports bras, tan footless or convertible tights, dance shorts, tan foot undeez.
CDC Dance Program
Children enrolling in the CDC Dance program must be a full-time patron in the facility that they receive child care services. If a child is not enrolled in a CDC, they are not eligible to take classes at the CDC. For example, if a child attends Cook CDC, they cannot enroll in the Prager CDC class.
Engineering with LEGO (School Year)
Power up your engineering skills with Play-Well TEKnologies and over 100,000 pieces of LEGO®! Apply real-world concepts in physics, engineering, and architecture through engineer-designed projects such as arch bridges, skyscrapers, motorized cars, and the Battletrack!
Design and build as never before, and explore your craziest ideas in a supportive environment. An experienced instructor will challenge new and returning students to engineer at the next level.
- More classes to come at a later date
US Kids Golf
Gymnastics (School Year)
2-3 year olds “Parent & Me”
- Classes meet one day per week for four (4) 30-minute classes per session.
- Primary focus is warm-up, stretching and gross motor development through a playful environment. Parents lead their children around an obstacle course spotting their child at each task. The instructor teaches the parent proper spotting techniques and performance of each exercise on balance beams, bars, floor and trampoline.
4-5 year olds
- Classes meet one day per week for four (4) 45-minute classes per session. Children work on flexibility through stretching and proper warm-up progressing to floor, bars, beam, vault, and trampoline to reinforce techniques.
6+ year olds
- Classes meet one day per week for four (4) 60-minute classes per session. All students start in a Beginner class to develop their basic gymnastics skills and fundamentals. Students may be invited to an Intermediate or Advanced class by the instructor as their individual skills progress.
Intermediate
- Students work on flexibility, strength building; and performing skills on the floor, bars, beam, vault and trampoline putting together routines on different apparatuses and floor.
Advanced
- Students build on enhancing basic techniques and learn more complex gymnastic skills both in floor exercises and on equipment.
| Karate | Karate Linden Oaks |
4-5 year olds
- Classes meet either Mondays and Wednesdays with the first and third Fridays or Tuesdays and Thursdays with the second and fourth Fridays for ten (10) 45-minute classes per session/month.
- Classes focus on stretching, discipline, conditioning and fundamentals.
6+ year olds
- Classes meet either Mondays and Wednesdays with the first and third Fridays or Tuesdays and Thursdays with the second and fourth Fridays for ten (10) 60-minute classes per session/month.
- Classes for beginning students with white and yellow belts. Students learn fundamentals and basic moves incorporating katas, learning how to fall, and basic sparring techniques. Alternate forms of martial arts are also taught to learn strengths and weaknesses of other forms of Karate.
Advanced Karate
- Class meets Tuesdays and Thursdays with the second and fourth Fridays for ten (10) 60-minute classes per session/month.
- Class is designed for Karate students with an Orange belt and above. This class is by invitation only from the instructor (Sensei). Students learn more advanced Karate techniques building on their basic skills; self discipline, practice, and conditioning are expected from advanced students.
Learn to Skate - Ice Skating
Registration Forms for upcoming Learn To Skate Classes:
- Monday’s starting Feb 18, 2013
- Monday’s starting May 20, 2013
- Monday’s starting Jul 15, 2013
- Monday’s starting Aug 5, 2013
- Monday’s starting Sept 23, 2013
- Monday’s starting Nov 4, 2013
Group and private instruction offered at Cleland Multi-Purpose Sports Complex. Instruction is offered by ISI and USFSA certified coaches in six-week semesters for developing figure skating and hockey skating skills. View Ice Skating Institute (ISI) skills sheet.
Whether you are looking to start a life-long recreational pursuit or refine your skills for competitions, we’ll help you put your best skate forward.
Read Recent Articles about the Learn to Skate program!
American Red Cross Lifeguard Certification Course will be conducted in partnership with Fort Bragg Aquatics Branch. Graduates will be certified in Lifeguarding, First Aid, CPR for the Professional Rescuer, Automated External Defibrillator (AED), and Prevenative Disease Transmission.
If you are interested in registering your child for this course, please register at https://webtrac.mwr.army.mil/.
Music Together™, the most loved early childhood music program, is an internationally recognized early childhood music and movement program for babies, toddlers, preschoolers, kindergarteners, and the adults who love them . As a condition of participation, each family must also purchase the semester curriculum package (1 book and 2 music CD’s) from the instructor at a cost not to exceed $40.
The piano instructional program is designed for 6 year olds and above. Classes meet one time per week for four (4) 30-minute classes per month/session.
Classes emphasize theory which will foster children being able to master music reading for all instruments.
An annual recital is conducted near the end of the academic school year for all participants in the piano instructional program.
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| Parent Info Sheet |
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Sewing Class
Sewing is a skill that will last for a lifetime. It will boost your child’s creativity, develop patience, and problem solving skills. In this class, students will learn at their own pace while we help them achieve their sewing skills.
The sewing class is a perfect opportunity for student who wants to explore the world of sewing in a fun, creative, positive and educational environment. Students will learn the basics of sewing skills while creating beautiful projects. They will also learn about safety tips, different kind of techniques, hand stitches, seams, how to sew hemlines and buttons, trouble shooting, and how to thread the machine, etc. Each class offers new and different projects. Students are welcome to attend every session to expand their knowledge and confidence.
Fashion Design
This class is designed for students who have an interest in Fashion Design and Styling. The objective of this class is to provide a fun and self-expressing learning environment for students to work together and have hands-on experience to create a fashion collection. They will learn the basics of Fashion Design and how to develop their inspiration and ideas to create a theme board, style book, drawing clothing and learn how to use a color palette, texture, trims, embellishment, sketching the model or croquis through various techniques. This class will assist your child in taking the first step into the Fashion Industry. At the end of the course, the students will have an opportunity to model their creation.
Please visit Recreation Division’s Aquatics webpage for more information.
Tutorial Assistance (School Year)
Certified teachers will conduct four (4) private 60-minute sessions per month. Students in 3rd-12th grades will receive help with study skills in subjects such as Science, Math and English.
Reading/English & Study Skills Tutorials
CYS Registration Requirements:
- Medical documentation and/or Individual Education Plan (IEP) for children with special needs
- Legal/Official proof of child’s birth (i.e. passport, ID card, birth certificate)
- Military or DoD ID card
- Parents are required to attend an initial Parent Orientation, held at Tolson Youth Activities Center on the second Tuesday of the month at 6:30pm. This is an annual requirement. In addition, we are also conducting a Parent Orientation at Morales SAS on the 2nd Wednesday of the month at 5 pm, as a convenience for the Linden Oaks residents and surrounding community.
