Johnston Community Education

Before and after school and no school day care during the school year for JCSD students in grades DK-5. Learn more about KTC. School Year 2023-2024 KTC registration is open. Enrollment is on a first-come basis and is limited at each site due to staff-student ratio, following state guidelines and space availability. KTC Parent Handbook 2023-24 School Year School Year 23.24 contract explanation & pricing School Year 2024-2025 KTC registration will open at 6:00 am on July 1. Summer full day care during the summer for all students in grades DK-6. Summer 2024 KTC registration is open. Enrollment is on a first-come basis and is limited at each site due to staff-student ratio, following state guidelines and space availability. There is currently a waitlist for all sites for summer KTC. Registering on Eleyo will put you on the waitlist. Parent Handbook- 2024 Summer 2024 Summer contract explanation & pricing

Johnston Early Learning Academy 2-year-old program. 2-Year-Old Preschool is a fun and lively time to help kids develop skills and abilities through age- appropriate learning with activities, stories, songs, snacks and centers of choice exploratory time. Please contact Johnston Early Learning Academy (JELA) with registration questions at 515-727-5352.

Johnston Early Learning Academy 3-year-old program. 3-Year-Old-Preschool follows the “Creative Curriculum for Preschool” to teach early literacy concepts, Zaner Nloser writing, and Everyday Math. Kids have fun through emotional, social physical and cognitive growth opportunities. Please contact Johnston Early Learning Academy (JELA) with registration questions at 515-727-5352.

Johnston Early Learning Academy 4-year-old program.

Course Description It is time to go camping! Participants will explore the outdoors through literacy, math, crafts and make believe in the classroom and outside on the playground. Early Childhood camps and classes are optional summer enrichment opportunities and not affiliated with JELA preschool. Logistics Please have your child bring a backpack with a water bottle and and extra set of play clothes. Please dress your child in comfortable play clothes for this time of engaged learning. Instructor: Bree Manderschied Early Childhood camps are led by experienced Johnston Community Education instructors with a passion for working with this age group.

Course Description Try out acrylic paint without the investment of supplies! Participants will paint an acrylic painting each day to take home. Instructor will guide participants through the acrylic painting process, keeping it simple and fun using beautiful colors. Logistics All materials provided. Instructor: Kathy Esch Kathy E. Esch, BFA, CA, has been teaching Community Education classes for 24 years. A skilled sign painter of 18 years and commercial artist, she turned to fine art and art education. Skilled in drawing pet portraits, painting with watercolor, acrylic and oil paints, favoring the natural world, especially trees.

From hitting fitness goals to learning new skills and crafts, Johnston Community Education provides a variety of Adult classes for all ages and all interests.

Cook, craft, quilt - the Adult Course options are endless. Classes are available to local adults of all ages (unless otherwise specified). Johnston Community Education also offers online courses through UGotClass. For more information, visit www.johnstonce.org.

Hit the gym or learn a new sport - either way, Adult Recreation leads to improved fitness, health, and character. Classes are open to local adults of all ages (unless otherwise specified).

Course Description Advanced Chess Summer Camp starts with advanced chess lessons right away. Players will study opening theory, end game scenarios, and deeper strategic concepts. This is a summer camp for chess players with previous chess experience and a desire to improve! Prerequisite: Previous experience in a YEL chess class or summer camp, or an 800+ ChessKid.com rating. Logistics None Instructor Youth Enrichment League Youth Enrichment League – {YEL!} – was founded in 2004 by Chet and Lisa Gunhus. It was founded to bring the highest quality enrichment to schools throughout Minnesota. Through the combined blessings of amazing teachers and happy clients, {YEL!} has grown to 745 schools and 150 teachers in Minnesota, Iowa, and Wisconsin.

Course Description Prerequisite: Participants must have prior experience in a {YEL!} Project Runway camp. This is a faster paced camp than Project Runway. The instructor will lead students to design unique and personalized take-home apparel following current fashion trends. Projects include: A romper, tote bag, drawstring bag, and hair scrunchy. Logistics All supplies provided Instructor Youth Enrichment League Youth Enrichment League – {YEL!} – was founded in 2004 by Chet and Lisa Gunhus. It was founded to bring the highest quality enrichment to schools throughout Minnesota. Through the combined blessings of amazing teachers and happy clients, {YEL!} has grown to 745 schools and 150 teachers in Minnesota, Iowa, and Wisconsin.

Course Description Calling all builders, makers, and designers! Experience a fun hands-on camp where participants will create blueprints, learn about architectural features, explore scale and build a model of a dream house! Registration Deadline: July 14 Logistics None Instructor TigerLily STEM. TigerLily STEM has led fun and interactive camps and classes for thousands of students in the Des Moines area since 2017. They emphasize instruction through activities and have a ton of fun while learning about science, math, and technology. All TigerLily STEM instructors are professional teachers or college students pursuing careers in STEM related fields https://tigerlilystem.com/

Course Description Anchor Kids was built to give kids the tools to lead strong, healthy lives. We do this through the 5 Pillars of Health for Kids: Fitness, Nutrition, Seeds2Snacks, Mindfulness, Sport/Activity. Our summer camp dives deeper into these 5 pillars with fun, immersive, and engaging programs to start the learning process of leading healthy lives. Pillar 1: Fitness. We utilize what we call the 9 foundational bodyweight movements to teach kids proper movement and mix them up in as many ways as creatively possible to put kids through a fun exercise experience. We begin each day with movement warm-ups and a group exercise session together. Pillar 2: Nutrition. We partnered with a local Registered Dietician to put together a fun and engaging infographic that gives kids the creative freedom to learn about each food group in an activity we call "Eat Your Colors". This breaks a plate of food down into proteins, carbohydrates, fats, dairy, and grains. We also reinforce good hydration habits and differentiate between a "healthy" drink and a not-so-healthy drink. Kids will utilize fun coloring activities to show how they can eat their colors. Pillar 3: Seeds2Snacks. This is a fun and innovative pillar that gives kids the tools to plant their own seeds in planting pods that we provide and we teach the basics of caring for the seed to grow into their own healthy snacks. Food just doesn't magically appear in a grocery store and Seeds2Snakcs helps to reinforce that idea. Pillar 4: Mindfulness. Yoga has been around for centuries, but primarily taught and practiced by adults. This pillar gives kids the time, energy, and space to think their own thoughts and feel their own feelings while engaging in fun and interactive yoga flows and poses. Pillar 5: Sport/Activity. Kids will focus on the intangibles of sport and activity like teamwork, working together to achieve a goal, respect, sportsmanship, effective communication, and more. This pillar wasn't designed to coach a sport, even though we do work through some skills of specific sports, it was more so designed to give kids an idea of how sport and activity can be fun and challenging at the same time with the proper tools to engage with others and work hard. Throughout the camp kids will tell stories, read stories, play games, interact with each other in a positive way, create their own Anchor Kids Ethos together, exercise together, eat healthy snacks (considerations made for food sensitivity and allergies), drink lots of water, be inside and outside, and just have an all around great time! Your student will also be issued a book: The Way of the Warrior Kid - Field Manual, by Jocko Willink, that is theirs to keep once the camp is complete. Anchor Kids lead the Way. Logistics All snacks and supplies provided Instructor: Anchor Kids https://www.facebook.com/AnchorKidsOrg https://www.instagram.com/anchorkidsorg/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/anchor-kids-org/

Learn to swim, take to the diving boards, prepare for the Blaze Swim Club, or enroll in a lifeguard training course. Johnston Aquatics has classes for students of all ages and interests. Aqua Aerobic courses offered for adults. Open/lap swim available at the Summit pool on weekends. Check www.johnstonce.org for more pool information and hours.