Posted: Friday, January 2, 2009 12:00 am
Dance sampler afternooat the Rec
The Casper RecreatioCenter will hold several dance classes oJan. 10 from 1 to 4 p.m., according to a release.
Interested people are invited to try free mini-classes, talk to instructors and ask questions.
Comfortable clothes or leotards are suggested, and participants may bring dance shoes if available.
Dance classes are as follows:
1:00-1:30 p.m. Pre-School Dance (ages 3 & 4) or Clogging (ages 7 through adult)
1:30-2:00 p.m. Ballet I (ages 5-10) or Toddler Tap (ages 4-5)
2:00-2:30 p.m. Flamenco (ages 10 through adult) or Tap I (ages 6-10)
2:30-3:00 p.m. Hip-Hop (ages 8 & up) or Belly Dancing (ages 15 & up)
3:00-3:30 p.m. Jazz I (ages 6-11) or Social Dancing (ages 15 & up)
3:30-4:00 p.m. Ballet Conditioning for Adults (ages 15 & up)
For more information, call 235-8383 or visit www.casperwy.gov.
OLLI to host Burns Dinner
The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at Casper College will host the Second Annual Burns Dinner oSaturday, Jan. 24 at 6 p.m. at the NicolayseArt Museum, according to a release.
The evening will feature hors d'ouvres and wine, a Scottish dinner, scotch for toasts, iced tea and coffee and a unique Scottish dessert.
The evening will also feature music by Paul Marquard othe bagpipes and the Celtic fiddle group Anastasia's Fault, and poems, as the dinner is a celebratioof Scottish poet Robert Burns.
Tickets are currently osale, through Jan. 14. Seating is limited and the cost per persois $45. Those with kilts are encouraged to wear them to the event.
For more informatioor to make reservations, call 268-2097.
CY offers classes for academically talented students
Academically talented sixth- through ninth- grade students may qualify for CY Junior High Summit Classes for the 2009-10 school year ithe areas of English, mathematics, science and social studies, according to a release.
Mathematics Summit classes allow qualified students to be placed ia math course either one or two years above their regular grade level. Students placed iSummit Language Arts will be expected to read a higher level of literature thais typically read at that grade level and to write using more complex structures. Summit Science and Social Studies classes will explore concepts igreater depth thairegular classes, and the students will be expected to be able to read and write content that is more difficult and complex.
Qualifying criteria for Summit classes include RIT scores, PAWS scores, past year's grades and teacher recommendation. For those students not yet selected for Summit, more informatiois available by calling Janet Thies, CY Academic Counselor, at 577-4474.