Check out our Upcoming Spring & Summer Programs!
SPRING PROGRAMS |
Minds in Motion, LLC
Chemical Creations
for ages 6 to 11
Monday, April 13 - Friday, April 17, 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Center School, 250 Hartford Road (at the Town Green)
Class Size: 7-14
Fee: $130 Residents | $135 Non-Residents
Come experience a hands-on world of fun as you conduct a variety of scientific experiments! You will make and take home a wide assortment of doodads and formations that you created all on your own. Learn and discover many different scientific concepts in an entertaining and innovative approach. Generate your own growing cube, make a shiny clean penny, and your very own UV bracelet and watch it react to the sun! Learn all about energy and molecules, create a crazy bouncy glob from glue, and some scary green slime! You’ll also get to see some really cool scientific demonstrations from your instructor. Watch snow being created and feel how cold it is! Experience a really powerful magnet, a cool blue light, a soda explode, and many other exciting experiments!
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Minds in Motion, LLC
Roller Coasters & Amusement Park Rides
for ages 8 to 12
Monday, April 13 - Friday, April 17, 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Center School, 250 Hartford Road (at the Town Green)
Class Size: 7-14
Fee: $145 Residents | $150 Non-Residents
Team up with other classmates in building some of the most mind-blowing and electrifying amusement park rides you have ever seen! Select the thrill ride of your choice and work together to assemble an amazing construction that can tower to over four feet tall! With the aid of your teacher and an instruction booklet, you will discuss, plan, and form these sensational rides just like real engineers. Learn all about how roller coasters work, the basic physics behind them, and experience some real thrill and fun as you see your finished creations in action. Watch your roller coaster go up, down, and loop around on some crazy inclines, twists, and turns all on its own by its mechanical motor. You will even be able to build and take home your very own mini-ride set! Upon completion of this workshop, you will be in the midst of an entire exhilarating theme park and know exactly how each ride works! Bring a camera and bring the memory home of having created your very own carnival with your classmates!
Be sure to bring a sack lunch if you’re registering for both the Chemical Creations & Roller Coasters and Amusement Park Rides workshops.
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STEM Flag Football
for ages 7 to 11
Saturdays, April 25 to May 30, 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.
Round Hill Road Soccer Field
Fee: $99.00
Designed to pair strategic STEM-based activities with basic game-play and current hot topics, the STEM Sports® football curriculum educates students on receiver glove and helmet technology, in-game communication, throwing arm strength, football properties, calculating distances and other subjects. Skyhawks puts the Sports in STEM.
Register online at: skyhawks.com
SUMMER EVENTS/PROGRAMS |
Summer 2020 Regional Summer Concert Series
All Concerts are FREE and Open to the Public
All Concerts begin at 6:00 p.m.
Salem Community Park Pavilion, Salem, CT
Thursday, July 30, 2020
Thursday, August 13, 2020
Blish Park, Marlborough, CT
Thursday, June 25, 2020
Thursday, July 9, 2020
Thursday, July 25, 2020
Thursday, August 6, 2020
Town Green, Colchester, CT
Thursday, July 2, 2020.
Thursday, July 16, 2020
Bands to be announced.
U.K. International Soccer Camps
UK Classic Camp for ages 6 to 14
August 3 - 7, 5:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Round Hill Road Field
Fee: $120
UKIS Mini Camp for ages 4 to 6
August 3 - 7, 5:00 - 6:30 p.m.
Round Hill Road Field
Fee: $90
Register online at: bit.ly/uksoccercamp
Hobby Quest
Aviation Camp
for children entering grades K - 6
August 10 - 14, 2020, 9:00 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Center School, 250 Hartford Road (at the Town Green)
Class size: 8-16
Soar through the summer with your own hand-made aircrafts! Your Hobby Quest flight captain will teach you how to build helicopters, gliders and even motorized planes. By the end of the week you’ll know all about how planes fly and what each part of the airplane is for. You’ll even take your planes outside and see them fly! Children learn fundamental STEM concepts of aviation and valuable skills like following step-by-step instructions, measuring and sanding. Program fee includes all materials, and children take home every plane they build.
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Hobby Quest
Magic Wizards Camp
for children entering grades K - 6
August 10 - 14, 2020, 12:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Center School, 250 Hartford Road (at the Town Green)
Class size: 8-16
Abracadabra! Calling all budding magicians—learn to perform astounding tricks this summer! You’ll make objects disappear, reappear and float in midair. Mystify your audience with your mastery of mind-reading! Of course, no magician is complete without a spell-binding performance, so at the end of the week you'll even perform in a real magic show! Camp is designed to enhance communication and performance skills in a supportive, creative atmosphere. Program fee includes all materials, and children take home every trick they learn.
Fee: One Camp: $175 Residents; $180 Non-Residents or
Both Camps: $325 Residents; $330 Non-Residents
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John Casablancas
Modeling & Fashion Camp for ages 5 to 11
August 17 - 21, 2020, 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Center School, 250 Hartford Road (at the Town Green)
Class size: 5-10
Fee: $140 Residents | $145 Non-Residents
Camp curriculum includes:
Makeover Monday: Campers Learn about one another and have makeovers with hair and make-up application
Time to Say Cheese Tuesday: Campers get their picture taken by a professional photographer! (Photograph included in fee)
Wanna' Be Famous Wednesday: Campers work on public speaking, runway prep and walking the red carpet!
T-Shirt Design Thursday: Campers design their own t-shirts that they'll get to model at their fashion show
Fashion Show Friday: Friends and Families are invited to watch the Campers as they put on a fashion show performance
Licensed by the Connectictut Department of Education, this fun & educational camp is run by a professional trained counselor.
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ONGOING PROGRAMS & ACTIVITIES |
Salem Seniors Winter/Spring Walking Days at Salem School
Saturdays, 8:00 to 10:00 a.m.
until February 29, 2020
Mondays - Wednesdays - Fridays, 7:00 to 8:00 a.m.
until May 31, 2020
Please sign in/out at the front desk on the visitor log-in clipboard on weekdays. Thank you!
Yo-Yin-Ga
A blend of Yoga-Yin Yoga
Mondays, 5:30 to 6:30 p.m.
for ages 13 and up
Bring your own mat and towel
Fee: $50 for 5 classes ($55 for non-Salem residents) and
$100 for 10 classes ($105 for non-Salem residents) available.
Upcoming classes are scheduled as follows*:
Salem Volunteer Fire Company:
Monday, February 24
Monday, March 2
Salem School, Multi-Purpose Room:
Monday, March 9 Monday, April 27
Monday, March 16 Wednesday, May 6 (Location TBD)
Monday, March 23 Monday, May 11
Monday, March 30 Monday, May 18
Monday, April 13 (Location TBD) Monday, June 1
Monday, April 20
Location TBD:
Monday, June 8 Monday, June 22
Monday, June 15 Monday, June 29
No classes July/August.
Join anytime!
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* Dates/Locations subject to change
Co-Ed Pickleball/Volleyball
Open Gym Pick-Up Games
For Salem & East Lyme Residents
Age 21 & over
Salem School Gym
Wednesdays, 7:30-9:00 p.m.
Ends Wednesday, April 8, 2020
Adult Mens Recreation Basketball
Open Gym Pick-Up Games
For Salem & East Lyme Residents
Age 21 & over
Salem School Gym
Tuesdays & Thursdays, 7-9 p.m.
Ends Thursday, March 26, 2020
Go Out and Find your Footprint!
Take a hike and go on a hunt to find one of 30 one-of-a-kind pottery keepsakes along one of the following trails:
Zemko Sawmill Preserve (Rattlesnake Ledge)
Smuggler’s Rock Preserve (Salem Ridge/N)
Salem Multi-Purpose Path (Round Hill to Music Vale Roads)
Walden Preserve (Hagen Road)
Darling Road Preserve (Darling Road)
Don’t forget to Register your Footprint!
Special Thanks to Kim & Barry Ford of The Red House Cultural Arts Center, the Salem Land Trust and all of our Volunteers!
Be Sure to Check in Often!
More Programs and Activities are in the Works!