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June 03, 2015 / Karen HarbinJanuzik/Estrella Mountain Community College / Stories by You
Enrollment is now open for the everpopular Kid’s College, developed and presented by Community Education atEstrella Mountain Community College, with summer classes being offered June 1 through July 30, 2015.
Now in its fifteenth year, this successful summer tradition offers educational short courses for kids ages 418, Mostcourses are one week, Monday through Thursday, except for the music courses, which are 6 weeks.
KID’S COLLEGE AT ESTRELLA MOUNTAINOFFERS SUMMER LEARNING AND FUN
Students taking part in the Kid’s College Fire Academy at EstrellaMountain Community College.
Sixty courses are being offered, with prices starting at $35, and an average cost of $120.
Each year, EMCC adds new courses to keep content current and interesting to the kids, while keeping the favoritesthat are so popular with kids and their parents.
A wide variety of topics include art, computers, culinary, engineering, gaming, math, music, science, theatre, andmore.
A few examples of course titles include Babysitting, Fire Academy, Mad Science, Jedi Engineering with LEGO™,Minecraft Modders, Black Rocket computer gaming classes, APP Adventures, Cheer Camp, Dr. Dog, SummerReading, Kritters for Kinders, Cake Decorating, Mystery Basket Cooking, Beginning Guitar, Super Singing.
Two new courses this summer, Stage Combat and Broadway Bootcamp, will be the firstever classes and studentsto use the new EMCC Performing Arts Center.
Kids making mini pizzas at Estrella Mountain Community College’s KidsCollege.
“The main motivation of Kid’s College is to instill the kids with an excitement for learning, plus having theexperience of attending a college campus,” said Marcia Ford, EMCC Coordinator of Community Education.
All classes are held on the campus of EMCC, located at 3000 North Dysart Road in Avondale. Enrollment is openuntil classes reach maximum capacity.
Course descriptions, schedules and registration forms are at estrellamountain.edu/kids, or for more information, call6239358888.
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Estrella Mountain Community College offers transferready academic courses and jobspecific occupational trainingto approximately 14,000 students annually. The flagship campus is located on Thomas and Dysart Roads in Avondaleand is home to the SouthWest Skill Center. The satellite campus, EMCC’s Buckeye Educational Center, is located indowntown Buckeye. Estrella Mountain is one of ten colleges in the Maricopa County Community College District,one of the largest community college districts in the nation. www.estrellamountain.edu or www.maricopa.edu.
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