Photo of a sack race between campers at Summer Advantage camp.
With summer vacation at the door, many parents may find themselves at the crossroads of panic and potential with how to help keep their kids occupied for the coming months. Stress no further and peruse the following summer camp options, just a few of what is being offered this summer in Garfield County, to see what may be best for your soon-to-be camper.
CMC Kids’ Summer Art Camps
There are a handful of spots left for the first segment of CMC’s arts camps beginning on June 14 and inspired by Paris. Education coordinator Annmarie Deter said the theme of this year’s camp is world travelers, and programming will be offered for children from ages 3.5-7 from 9:30 a.m. to noon, and camp will be from 9:40 a.m. to 4:10 p.m. for kids ages 6-14.
Thanks to the USDA’s decision to extend the waiver program, schools across the country will be able to provide free meals to their students through June 2022. The extension was discussed at the previous Roaring Fork School Board meeting where Superintendent Rob Stein clarified that even though applications aren’t required from students and families to receive the meals, it is still important that they fill them out.
“The main point is we still want people to continue, if they think they qualify to submit the paperwork and to always give us accurate contact information,” Stein said. “There are other benefits to families, students and schools if you qualify, even if you don’t say, want lunch at school.”
Kendall Reiley, the new incoming assistant principal at Crystal River Elementary School.
Aimee Brockman, the incoming principal for Crystal River Elementary School, announced that Kendall Reiley, a teacher for Glenwood Springs Elementary School will be taking the role of assistant principal in the upcoming school year.
A news release from Roaring Fork School District on Thursday, April 29, included an excerpt from a letter Brockman wrote to the CRES community about hiring Reiley.
“Her reflective nature, commitment to continual learning, and ability to find joy in hard work are key strengths that she will bring to the Crystal River Elementary School community,” Brockman wrote.
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“I can say from growing up here, just the difference in 10 years that I ve seen with the amount of arts programming and music exposure that kids are getting,” said local teaching fellow, Julia Foran. “I think it s making a huge difference.” Emily Acri and Kelly Maristoca
Every year Aspen Music Festival and School partners with the AmeriCorps program “ArtistYear” to bring a handful of recent higher-education graduates from across the country to the Roaring Fork Valley. The Aspen area is one of only four locations with Philadelphia, Queens and the Carolina Sandhills that are part of the national program.
The artist fellows who are assigned to the Valley spend the year teaching music and visual arts to students in the Roaring Fork School District.