Garden City Recreation and Parks News


The Community Garden is Open This Year!

Recreation and Parks is happy to announce that our Community Garden will be open to plant this year.  Residents wishing to obtain a plot should call our office at 465-4075.  Participants are responsible for the needs of their plot including planting, weeding, and harvesting.  Space is limited and will be given out on a first come, first served basis.

 Youth Basketball Camp

The Garden City Recreation Department will be conducting a Youth Basketball Camp for boys and girls entering 1st through 5th grades in September who are residents of the Inc. Village of Garden City.  Come join us and learn what it takes to pass, dribble and shoot in this camp.  The purpose of this program is to provide instruction in self-improvement, basketball fundamentals, team play, group cooperation, and most important of all, FUN!

When:  Monday July 11 through Thursday, July 14 OR Monday August 8 through Thursday, August 11

Where: St. Paul’s Field House

Time:  9 -11:30 a.m. for children

Fee:  $ 130 each week

To register for any of the above camps, please visit the Recreation and Parks office or if you have a password you can register online at  www.gcreconline.gardencityny.net.

Youth Baseball Camp

Recreation and Parks  will  again  conduct  a  Summer  Baseball  Camp for  boys  and  girls  that  are  residents  of  the  Village  of  Garden  City and entering 1st through 5th grades in September.

This instructional program is  offered for boys  and  girls entering 1st through 5th grades. The camp  will  focus  on  individual  skill  development,  and the importance  of  playing  together  as  a team.

Youngsters  in  each  age  category  will  be  divided  into  appropriate  skill  levels and will receive  group  instruction.

EQUIPMENT  NEEDED: Baseball Glove,  Sneakers  or  Rubber  Cleats

When:  Week of July 18 – 21 or week of July 25 – 28

Where: Community Park’s Baseball Fields

Time:  9 – 11:30 a.m.

Fee:  $ 130 each week

To register for any of the above camps, please visit the Recreation and Parks office or if you have a password you can register online at  www.gcreconline.gardencityny.net.

Girls’ Softball Camp for Grades 3-8

Recreation and Parks’ softball camp will teach young aspiring players entering grades 3 through 8 the basic skills of softball.  Every aspect of the game will be covered including hitting, fielding, base running, pitching, and more.  Team play will be emphasized.  The goal of this camp is for young athletes to improve their overall self confidence and knowledge of the game.

When: August 1 to August 4

Time:  9 – 11:30 a.m.

Where:  Community Park Softball Field

Cost:  $ 130

To register for any of the above camps, please visit the Recreation and Parks office or if you have a password you can register online at  www.gcreconline.gardencityny.net.

Incrediflix Filmaking Camps For Ages 7-13

Incrediflix is back for the summer!  This very popular film making camp guides children through the aspects of this great hobby.  Children will work in age appropriate groups to create and make their own short film.  Topics are listed below.  Lunch supervision is included for any child who would like to stay for both sessions of that week’s camp. All flix will be professionally edited and will be downloadable within a month after camp ends.

Where:  Community Park Tennis Hut

Cost: $199 for each ½ day session, or $375 if you register for both sessions in the same week, bring your lunch, stay for two classes

Our topics are:

Week of July 18- 21

 Live Action Flix
9:00 am to Noon

Discover your filmmaking talents! You don’t have to be an actor to take part, as we’ll guide you through the Hollywood process to create, direct, film, act, and more. You won’t just make an incredible movie, you’ll have the skills to make your own movies with friends.

Lego Flix
1:00 to 4:00 pm

Bring Lego worlds to life! We provide Legos. You provide your imagination. Work in groups to create a Lego set with Lego characters for a stop-motion movie you’ll storyboard, shoot, and add voice-overs too.

 

Week of August 1 – 4

Minecraft vs. Roblox Flix
9:00 – 12:00 pm

Make a Minecraft or Roblox movie, or make a mashup movie! Work in groups to create a stop-motion movie full of games or challenges for your character to overcome. Students will create sets out of construction paper, make their Minecraft blocks, film, do voice-overs, and new for 2022, more set design effects like flowing lava!

 

Animation Flix
1:00 to 4:00 pm

In this fast paced class, you’ll be creating up to 4 stop motion movies. These will include dinosaurs, whiteboard and toy car animations. And then you’ll get to make your own cartoon animation starring you and your voice!

To register, please visit the Recreation and Parks Office at 108 Rockaway Avenue.  Checks only please for this camp, made payable to Incrediflix.

 

Imagine Arts Academy Summer Camp

for Entering Grades 1 – 5

Recreation and Parks will offer the following summer art camps in the cottages at St.  Paul’s.  The subjects of each camp and the dates are as follows:

Crayola® Artblazers (July 18- 22) – Participants discover inspiring masterpieces and artists who have changed the world of art. They will experiment with different techniques and use Crayola® art materials to express their ideas.  They design a unique, artist inspired creation in each class.

Crayola® Wild World (August 22 – 26) – Are you ready for an art expedition? Let the wonder and beauty of the animal kingdom inspire your curiosity and creativity. Learn about animals and find out how wildlife conservationists are working to protect species around the globe.  Experiment with a variety of art techniques and use Crayola brand products to create animal-inspired art projects.

Children entering grades 1 to 5 may register for either a        9 am to noon  class OR  a 1 to 4 pm class.

The fee for each week will be $ 370, checks only made payable to LI Steam Group.  To register, please visit the Recreation and Parks Office at 108 Rockaway Avenue.

Summer Chess Wizards Camps Announced

Garden City Recreation and Parks has again partnered with the very popular “Chess Wizards” to offer after school programs for Garden City children ages 5 through 12 who want to learn the game of chess!

Chess Wizards is a fun way to have kids experience the excitement of chess. Kids will play in mini tournaments, have interactive lessons with chess pros and play cool chess variants like bug house. It is proven that chess enhances cognitive development in children, improves both verbal and mathematical skills, and increases all levels of academic performance! Playing chess stimulates the mind and helps children strengthen skills such as focusing, visualizing goals, abstract thinking, and forming concrete opinions.

Instructors (who are called “Wizards”) provide all the materials necessary for your child to participate in the class and no additional purchase is required to attend. All students will receive a trophy, puzzle folder and wizards t-shirt. Come join the fun!!!

Two weeks of camp will be offered for this program:

July 25 – 28 from 9 am to noon OR Noon to 3 pm

August 1 – 4 from 9 am to noon OR Noon to 3 pm

All classes will be held in St. Paul’s Cottages.

The cost of each 4 day, 3 hour camp is $175.

Your child may register for a full day and bring lunch at a cost of $257. 

To register for this program please visit the Chess Wizards website at www.chesswizards.com.

 

Recreation and Parks presents Mad Science

Mad Science of Long Island is a company who provides a wonderful learning experience in a camp setting.  Residents of the Village of Garden City entering grades 1 – 5 are encouraged to attend.    The topics and details for each camp are listed below.

For any Science Camp, all checks should be made payable to LI Steam Group.  To register, please visit the Recreation and Parks office at 108 Rockaway Avenue.

For all weeks (These camps run Monday through Friday unless noted):

Where: St. Paul’s Center

Time:  9 am to 12 pm OR 1 to 4 pm

Fee:  $370, checks only made payable to LI Steam Group

 

Weekly topics are:

July 5 – 8 (FOUR DAYS, $280) Ready to ROBOT (($25 additional fee during the first day of class)

Children will learn the uses of robots in our world and spend time experimenting with them in this fun session! Participants will build their own working robot to take home with them at the end of the camp.

July 11 – 15 Topic: Motion Madness – Science and Engineering go hand in hand as we explore what machines and nature have in common.  Campers will build various structures as they learn the FUN-damental forces that affect motion.

July 25 – 29 Topic: BOTS Lab ($30 additional fee during the first day of class) – Explore the world of robotics in the hands on class!  Campers take home awesome daily science projects and will complete a robot that they will take home at the end of the camp!

August 1 – 5 Topic: NASA Space Academy –Discover the frontiers of space as campers explore our Earth’s atmosphere to the outer reaches of the solar system! Comets, planets, stars and more are all waiting to be discovered in the camp.

August 8 – 12 Topic: Brixology – Using Lego bricks, kids build a different engineering themed project in each class!  They explore different engineering fields while using critical thinking and creative problem solving to improve their creations!

August 15 – 19 Topic: Crazy Chemworks – Participants will learn real lab techniques and safety procedures while using these throughout the week making crazy concoctions and chemical combinations.  Glow in the dark, potions, slime and other projects with be introduced.

Recreation Tennis Camps
For Ages 4 – 15

Recreation and Park’s Tennis Camp program offers Village resident children aged 4 to 15 an opportunity to learn or advance their tennis skills while working with experienced tennis pros in a fun setting.  Our camps are set by age and children will be grouped according to ability within their camp. All sessions are held at the Community Park Tennis Center.  The age of the child at the start of the session will determine which session the child may attend and proof of age may be required.

Please read the information below to determine which camp your child is eligible to attend.

Equipment needed: flat soled sneakers and a tennis racket (Rackets provided for Peewees).

All Camps will follow the same session dates:                                         

Session A: June 27 – July 1

Session B: July 5 – 8 (Tues-Fri)  

Session C: Session A:

Session D: July 18 – 21       

Session E: July 25 – 28  

Session F: August 1 – 4      

Session G: August  8 – 11

PEEWEE CAMP – For ages 4 to 6.  Skills are learned by fun and easy to do Time: 9 – 9:55 a.m. Cost: $ 75

NOVICE CAMP – For ages 6 and 7.  This camp will teach serving, rallying, and the basics of a tennis game, keeping it fun for the younger tennis set
Time: 9 – 10:30 a.m. Cost: $125

JUNIOR CAMP – For ages 8 – 11.  For all levels of experience, this camp will group players by ability so that everyone can move to the next level.
Time: 10 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Cost: $149

JUNIOR ADVANCED CAMP  – For children ages 8 to 11. For the more serious, more advanced students.    Knowledge of the game required.
Time: 12:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. Cost: $149

SENIOR CAMP  – For ages 12 to 15.   For all levels of experience.
Time: 12:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. Cost:  $149

SENIOR ADVANCED CAMP – For children ages 12 to 15. For the more serious, more advanced students.    Knowledge of the game required.
Time: 12:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. Cost: $149

To register for any of the above camps, please visit the Recreation and Parks office or if you have a password you can register online at www.gcreconline.gardencityny.net.

 Adult Art Class at Cluett Hall

The Garden City’s Department of Recreation and Parks will offer an adult art class later this spring.  This seven week program will teach the beginner as well as the advanced student the art of painting portraits and landscapes/still-life in pastel from photographs.  Arleen Rueth Urban, the instructor for this program, is a signature member of the Pastel Society of America.

Classes will be held Fridays from 9 to 11:30 a.m. The cost of this program will be $ 99. This class is open to adult residents who reside in the Inc. Village of Garden City.  Classes are held in St. Paul’s Cluett Hall beginning Friday, May 13.

The first lesson includes a portrait and landscape demonstration.  At that time, a supply list is provided.

Demonstrations will be available as needed throughout the program.  Each student will receive the individual attention required as they move at their own pace and level of expertise.

To register for this session please visit the Recreation and Parks office at 108 Rockaway Avenue. If you have a password, you may register online at gcreconline.gardencityny.net.

Get a jump on the summer

US Sports and Garden City Recreation have again joined up to run our very popular summer sports programs at Community Park and St. Paul’s.  Weekly summer programs include soccer, multisport, flag football, field hockey, lacrosse, and golf. They also offer Parent and Me classes as well as 3 to 5 year old squirt programs!

These programs are open to Village residents ages 2 to 11 years.  To see what is offered and to register, please visit US Sports website at www.usasportgroup.com and look for Garden City.

US Sports “Squirts” programs this spring

Garden City Recreation and Parks has teamed with US Sports to again offer our seasonal “Squirts” sports programs for Village residents ages 2 to 5 years olds on Saturdays and Sundays at St. Paul’s.

Weekly “Parent and Me” classes at ages 2 and 3 include soccer, Multisport and TBall.  If your child is ready to work without a parent, various sports are also offered for the 3 to 5 year old child.

Please visit www.usasportgroup.com to see the classes offered in Garden City and to register.  Classes will begin the week of April 23 and run for eight weeks.

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