Teens: Taste a "Slice" of the New Roots Experience
August 9th, 2010
On three Fridays in August – 8/13, 8/20 and 8/27 from 1-3 pm – all area teens entering grades 9, 10 and 11 are invited to join New Roots students and teachers for fun, free and educational afternoon activities including yoga, hikes, chess, bike riding, vermicompost building, Commons beautification, soccer, marshmallow construction, dance lessons, service projects and more.
Friday, August 13, 1-3 pm
Offering
- Hike with Ice Cream
- Chess and Board Games
-
Aquaculture
+ vermicompost demo build
- Community Beautification Brigade (pruning on Commons)
- Group bike ride
- Yoga for Teens
Friday, August 20, 1-3 pm
Offering
- Marshmallow
Skyscrapers (creative building exercises using Engineering,
physics and geometry principles)
- Soccer
- Aquaculture and vermicompost demo build
- Cornell Dump ‘N Run student re-use pre-sale set-up (includes pizza lunch and pre-sale shopping privileges)
- NRCS Bike Fleet painting party
- Westhaven Farm Work Day
- Adventures at Six Mile Creek (hike, swim, natural history)
Friday, August 27, 1-3 pm
Offering
- Marshmallow Skyscrapers (creative building exercises using Engineering, physics and geometry principles)
- Soccer
- Salsa Dancing Lessons
- Chess and Board Games
- Adventures at Six Mile Creek (hike, swim, natural history)
- Service Project at Ithaca Children’s Garden
- Yoga for Teens
Slices will meet in the heart of downtown Ithaca at The Clinton House at 116 N. Cayuga Street. Please let us know if you plan on attending: info@newrootsschool.org, or call: 882-9220 ext. 100.