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Tolson Youth Activities Center Fort Bragg, NC 28310 P: 910-643-6039 F: 910-908-1109 Monday through Friday: 1030-2000 |
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| Download the Summer Camps 2012 brochure |
Registration for Summer Camps begins
8 May 2012 @ 8:30 am!
2012 Summer Camps Interest List Babysitter Certification Baking Culinary Workshops
Dance Engineering with LEGO Fencing Golf Guitar Gymnastics
Home School Program Karate Learn to Skate Lifeguard Certification
Piano Swimming Tutorial Assistance
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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.
2012 Summer Camps
Registration begins May 8, 2012 @ 8:30am sharp at CYS Services Online Portal: https://webtrac.mwr.army.mil/
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Click here to view the 2012 Summer Camp schedule
- Sports Camps
Baseball, Basketball, Cheerleading, Football, Soccer, Tennis, Total Athelete Development Academy
| School of Arts | School of Sports & Fitness | School of Life Skills | School of Academic Skills |
| Acting | Bowling | Babysitting Certification | Creative Writing SAS |
| Dance | Boxing | Baking SAS | Creative Writing MST |
| Survey of Dance | Camp Freeze Parent Info Sheet, Camp Freeze Registration Form | Baking MST | Journalism |
| Survey of Dance -Linden Oaks | Fencing | Culinary SAS | |
| Irish Dance | Golf SAS | Culinary MST | |
| Orff Ensemble Academy | Golf MST | Soap Making | Korean |
| Gymnastics | Sewing | Math | |
| Music Together | High Adventure SAS | Science | |
| High Adventure MST | |||
| Rock Climbing SAS | |||
| Rock Climbing MST | |||
| Zip Quest Parent Info Sheet & Liability Form | |||
| Kayak | |||
| Zumbatronics |
Interest List
- Home School Partnership Program
Please let us know if you would be interested in enrolling in the Home School Partnership Program. If you would be interested in this program, please click here. This is a program that meets on Tuesdays between 08:30-12:00 at Tolson Youth Activities Center. Children with an active CYSS pass may enroll in this activity who are 5-18 years old. The concept of the program is to have three groups of children (not to exceed 45 students) rotating between three 60-minute classes in conversational foreign language (possibly Spainsh), fitness/sports, and art classes. Costs will run between $30-$40 per session of four (4) meeting days. If you know of any interested instructors who are available during the morning hours, please have them call the SKIESUnlimited Instructional Program Specialist at 910-643-6039. - 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/.
Baking Academy
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.
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)
New Linden Oaks:
Payment Agreement Withdrawal Form
2-5 year olds – Classes meet for four (4) 45-minute classes per session
6+ year olds – Classes meet for four (4) 60-minute classes per session
- Parent & Me (2 & 3 year olds)
Parents help their young ones with motor skill development while listening, learning and executing new dance movements. Parents help set the example of the “Discipline of Dance” by following the instructor’s example. Children gain confidence and comfort in seeing Mom or Dad participating too! - Jazz/Tap Beginner (4-5 year olds)
Students learn fundamental jazz/tap steps and techniques - Ballet/Tap (4-5 year olds) (6-8 year olds)
Ballet and tap combination that includes basic fundamentals of each dance. - Pom Cheer / Hip Hop / Jazz (6-8 year olds)
Basic cheerleading styles to include chants, jumps, splits, simple stunts and dance with pompoms. - Theatre / Jazz / Tap (10+ year olds)
An introduction to theatre performance through the art of tap, Broadway-style musicals, presentation, expression and choreography. - Hip-Hop (8-10 year olds & 11+ year olds)
Offers high energy, high impact fun incorporating clean, age-appropriate “music-video” style dancing with actual jazz technique - Ballet/Jazz (9+ year olds)
Combines the fundamentals of ballet with the more free-flow jazz for older beginners and intermediate dancers. - Advanced Ballet (10+ year olds) & Beginner Pointe (10+ year olds)
By invitation or tryout only.
Annual Recital Opportunity offered at the end of the school year.
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
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.
- Check back with us for more dates and information throughout the school year.
Fencing (School Year)
Golf
US Kids Golf
“The First Tee” Military Affiliation Youth Golf Program
- Parent Info Sheet
- Calendar
- Flyer (View flyer for dates)
Guitar
Payment Agreement Withdrawal Form
Gymnastics (School Year)
Payment Agreement Withdrawal Form
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.
Home School Program (School Year)
More to come at a later date. Please check back with us.
Karate Tournament – May 19, 2012
Karate
Payment Agreement Withdrawal Form
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 beginning May 14
- Monday’s beginning July 30
- Monday’s beginning Sept 17
- Monday’s beginning Oct 29
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!
Lifeguard Certification
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/.
Piano
- More to come at a later date. Please check back with us
Payment Agreement Withdrawal Form
- 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.
Swim Program
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
Requirements
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.
