Hartford's Family Guide

Aug. 30th - 31st

This season we are offering $12 single game tickets for Pirates fans 12 and under! Looking to join us for the season? 2023 Season Tickets for 12 and under fans are ONLY $96! Contact us today at (508) 386-4809 to lock in your seats!

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Sep. 12th - Dec. 5th

Join us Tuesdays and/or Thursdays from 4:30am-6:00pm.

Recommended for kids aged 10-17

Minimum Required Skills
No experience needed!

Students will learn basic Spanish skills. The exact curriculum will depend on the skills, needs and interests of the enrolled students and will likely include:
- the alphabet
- greetings
- various uses of numbers
- simple yes or no questions and answers
- simple information seeking questions, and
- vocabulary that helps them express themselves on topics that are relevant to their life.

The curriculum is customized to the existing skills and knowledge of the students so if your student has done some Spanish in the past, they will work on learning new vocabulary while practicing grammatical concepts they are reviewing and learning new grammatical concepts with vocabulary they already know

For students who are taking this class to only fulfill their own desire to learn Spanish, the enrichment option offers that experience. For students who are also trying to fulfill a homeschool World Language requirement, the "for credit" add-on option will fulfill this requirement in most states. Please contact us if your state has very specific requirements and we will let you know if we can fulfill them. For credit students will receive a syllabus, graded assignments and assessments and a certificate of completion with covered Standards of Learning and grades notated on the "back". If digital versions of these are not acceptable, please communicate that to me and I can snail mail them to you.

This class meets via Zoom.

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Sep. 13th - Dec. 6th

Recommended for kids aged 4-6

Minimum Required Skills
No experience needed!

Students will learn basic Spanish skills such as colors, numbers, letters and more.

This class meets on Zoom.

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Sep. 14th - Oct. 31st

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Sep. 21st - Nov. 15th

The Most Professional Instruction Led by Actual Broadway Performers and Producers! w/ Final Industry Performance Showcase

Wednesdays, 4pm - 5:30pm, 9-Weeks.

Young actors, welcome to your ultimate theatre adventure! From the moment you step inside, the fun and focused work begins. Over the course of 9 weeks, you will navigate through all aspects of musical stage performance, with Broadway Performers and Producers leading the way, in the most comprehensive program in NJ.

Through contemporary scene-work, musical numbers, choreography, theatre games, and individualized exercises, performers will be challenged every step of the way, to explore their weaknesses and augment their strengths.

Whether you have professional stage credits, or you are just getting your feet wet; whether your specific challenge is stage presence, vocal flexibility, body language, conveying information, mastering powerful storytelling, or coming out of your character shell; the focus is to take you as an INDIVIDUAL within the group and bring you up to YOUR next level - or the next three levels!

Every single person will be extremely focused on in creative ways. No hiding in the background or easy rides here! We will prove that hard work can be awesomely fun. This Workshop will culminate in a funny, moving, and powerful Showcase Performance.

The greatest gift in the universe is when you don't even realize how hard you're working because of how much fun you're having.

Broadway Academy Intensive - AGES 8 to 12 - Scenes, Songs, Characters, Choreography, Performance. HeArt in Motion, Ridgewood, NJ.

REGISTER: ATNY's Broadway Academy, Ages 8 - 12
w/ Final Performance (Ridgewood, NJ)

Select a date to begin:
Wednesday Starting Sep 21, 2022
9 Weeks, 4:00pm - 5:30pm

Call 917-763-1777

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Sep. 23rd - Nov. 1st

Ready for a BRICKTASTIC family adventure?! Jump into a world of supercharged creativity, color and playful learning at LEGOLAND Discovery Center Westchester, the ultimate indoor LEGO playground located at Ridge Hill Mall!

Scary fun awaits at LEGOLAND Discovery Center Westchester during our Brick-or-Treat event this September - November! From Sept 23 - November 1, say Brick-or-Treat, as we get into the Halloween spirit with all types of spooky activities and a brand new 4D Halloween movie - The Great Monster Chase!

Some boo-tastic activities include:

- New 4D Movie - Catch our newest and spookiest 4D movie yet - The Great Monster Chase! Showing exclusively during our Brick-or-Treat event.
- Brick-or-Treat! - Brick or Treat through the attraction to collect all of the LEGO bricks to complete a spooky LEGO witch build.
- Monster Training - Learn how to become a little monster and complete your monster training this Halloween!
- Spooky Creative Workshop Builds - Create a LEGO pumpkin for our pumpkin patch or add your best builds to our spooktacular Haunted House!
- Haunted MINILAND Scavenger Hunt - MINILAND New York has been transformed into the creepiest LEGO city! See if you can spot all of the scary-cool LEGO minifigures hiding out, as well as all the spooky LEGO halloween scenes.

Plus Halloween big builds, character appearances and so much more!

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Sep. 24th - Dec. 4th

Classes of intensive actor growth, with a nice dose of actor friendships. ATNY's Fall program consists of three Core Classes with three Exclusive ATNY Coaches, all highly credentialed and fun. Our young actors will partner through the day, becoming scene partners, helping each other with improv, and enjoy the camaraderie during lunchtime. With each class, a highly credentialed coach.
On-Camera TV/Film Audition Technique, Scenes and Monologues, Comedy & Drama, Character Development, Script Analysis, Nick/Disney Scenes, Filmmaking... All educational and fun classes for Kid and Teen actors!

Lessons from each class tie into each other, and students - consciously or unconsciously- take aspects of what they learn in one class, and apply it to another. As their approach continues to evolve and progress through the influences of each class, their education experience becomes more and more comprehensive.

Register today and get the full effect of the ATNY experience!

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Sep. 26th - Dec. 5th

Recommended for kids aged 8-12

This class has been loved by over 750 students!

Minimum Required Skills
None
Students will learn to speak, understand, read and write Japanese. Material may include introducing oneself, asking about personal information, numbers up to 9,999 and asking about prices. Students will learn to read and write in Romaji and Hiragana.
Notes
If your student is slow at writing, it would be really helpful to teach them how to take and retrieve a screenshot in order to be able to take notes into a breakout room to do activities.

This class meets online.

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Oct. 21st

Come join Peppa on an exciting camping trip in the woods with George and her school friends, including Pedro Pony, Suzy Sheep and Gerald Giraffe. With lunchboxes packed and Daddy Pig driving the bus, Peppa and friends are excited about their outdoor adventure, full of singing, dancing, games and surprises. Little piggies everywhere will love this 60-minute live musical experience!

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Nov. 9th - 10th

Hank the Cowdog's exciting new addition is "Ranch Weather." It's impact on cowboys' lives is caused by different weather affecting every aspect of ranching. Cowboys help cattle survive blizzards, droughts and floods!

Legendary Author John Erickson returns with stories and songs to tell us about Hank the Cowdog's adventures.

*Onsite registration now open
Wednesday, March 9, 2022
Session 1: 10:30 - 11:30 A.M. CT
Session 2: 12:30 - 1:30 P.M. CT
Thursday, March 10, 2022
Session 3: 10:30 - 11:30 A.M. CT
Session 4: 12:30 - 1:30 P.M. CT

Location: Annenberg Presidential Conference Center (APCC) at Texas A&M University,1002 George Bush Drive West, College Station, TX 77843

Register for FREE onsite programs at: https://www.bush41.org/education/reservations.

Please stay informed by our website, bush41.org, about COVID-19 conditions affecting program policies.

Register at Connect2Texas.net to attend virtually or to receive a free recording afterwards.
1. Create an account.
2. Click on the Events tab and select George H.W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum, event "The Return of Legendary Author John Erickson and Hank the Cowdog"
Registration help: Contact Lori Hamm-Neckar at lhamm@esc11.net or 817-740-7156

*Pre-registered onsite participants will receive a free copy of "Hank the Cowdog: Ranch Weather."

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