Hastings Community Education

SPIRAL Theater Camp in partnership with Black Dirt Community Theater. Monday through Thursday we will spend our day playing theater games, learning some music, making art, and having fun! By Friday the kids will have put together a show and we will take it on the road to share with our community. These are two separate elementary camps for kids who have completed K- 3rd grade. Register for one or both! Bring a water bottle and wear comfortable clothes with shoes (no flip flops please).

Emergency Outfitters is back! This wildly popular course fills fast every year and leaves youth equipped to to be ready to care for children! This course follows the American Academy of Pediatrics – Babysitter Lessons And Safety Training (BLAST). Students learn current practices for safety and injury prevention, first aid basics, feeding and caring for infants, how to handle behavior problems, and how to manage their babysitting business. Students receive a reference book, handouts, babysitting bag and first aid kit. Students need to bring a snack, beverage, and sack lunch. Recommended for ages 10-14.

Renee Reinardy Amazing things happen when you combine crafts and science! During this camp you will conduct several science experiments including paint bombs, bottle volcano, slime, and many more interesting experiments! Some projects may be conducted outside weather permitting and a light snack is included. Children should bring their own drink, snacks will be provided.

First Aid and Safety Trained Kids is a 4-hour course for 7 – 10 year olds. Lessons cover basic first aid, water safety, vehicle safety, stranger safety, home emergencies, injury prevention, and personal safety. This course helps prepare children for staying at home alone. Students will receive a book, handouts and a home first aid kit as part of the class. Students need to bring a snack, pencil, and water bottle.

Back by popular demand! This is NOT a project you want your kids doing at home! Send your kids to class to make a tie-dyed shirt that they will wear all summer long. Children must bring their own white t-shirt to class. Please pack a nut free snack and drink for your child.

Rosario Mollo Join Rosario Mollo, a Hastings Middle School teacher, to create, explore, and share with friends using the LEGO® WeDo 2.0 kits. You will create and program Milo, the Science Rover, and many other structures to explore, create, and share with friends after school! Explore different ways scientists and engineers reach remote places. Students will work in pairs sharing a kit, so invite a friend to sign up with you. There is not a take home product with this course. Thank you to the United Way of Hastings for providing a grant to purchase the LEGO® WeDo 2.0 kit.

SPIRAL Theater Camp in partnership with Black Dirt Community Theater. This camp will give your students the chance to learn from fine arts professionals. They will be able to explore every aspect of the theatrical process from being on stage to putting together a set. Workshops in acting, singing, dancing, visual arts will be available. We will spend time in rehearsal putting together our show and the second Friday of camp we will share our show with the community! Snacks will be provided. Come to camp with a water bottle, packed lunch, comfortable clothes, and shoes (no flip-flops, please).

Diana Hirte We will have so much fun decorating summertime themed cupcakes! Each student will bring home 12 boxed cupcakes that they will have decorated. If a student younger than 7 wants to enroll, they can but they must bring an adult to help them. There is no fee for the adult helper.

Diana Hirte So much fun under the sea, each student will decorate 8 cookies including fish, octopus, crabs and seahorses to take home. If a student younger than 7 wants to enroll, they can but they must bring an adult to help them. There is no fee for the adult helper.