AVONDALE, Arizona – Enrollment is now open for the ever-popular Kid’s College, developed and presented by Community Education at Estrella Mountain Community College (EMCC), 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 4-18, Most courses are one week, Monday through Thursday, except for the music courses, which are 6 weeks.
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 favorites that are so popular with both the kids and their parents. A wide variety of topics include art, computers, culinary, engineering, gaming, math, music, science, theatre, and more.
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, Summer Reading, 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 first-ever classes to use the new EMCC Performing Arts Center.
"The main motivation of Kid’s College is to instill the kids with an excitement for learning, plus having the experience of attending a college campus," said Marcia Ford, EMCC Coordinator of Community Education.
Registration is open until classes reach capacity. Some classes are one day, while others may have several meeting times. Early enrollment is encouraged due to the popularity of the courses. All classes are held on the campus of EMCC, located at Dysart and Thomas Roads in Avondale.
Kid’s College course descriptions, schedules and forms may be found at http://www.estrellamountain.edu/kids. For more information and registration, call 623-935-8888.