Brainerd Public Schools

This class equips youth who are planning to babysit with the knowledge and skills necessary to safely and responsibly give care for children and infants. This training will help participants to develop leadership skills; learn how to develop a babysitting business, keep themselves and others safe, help children behave and learn about basic child care and basic first aid. Certification is granted to all students who pass the course. Students are asked to pack a lunch; refrigerators and microwaves are available.

Try your hand at an acrylic paint pour, recently one of the most popular art painting techniques! We will also create some marbleized paper, which we will turn into jewelry and an art journal. If you sign your child up for a morning and afternoon art camp of the same day, our instructor will provide supervision between noon and 1pm when the next camp starts. You must bring your own cold lunch; no food or beverage will be provided. In the event either morning or afternoon session is canceled, lunch supervision will not be an option.

Those rascally raccoons look like masked bandits and are an easy animal to paint for beginners! Tracy will demonstrate and help your child complete a portrait of a raccoon using acrylic paint on a stretched canvas. All supplies are included.

Groovy 70’s art is back! Join us in creating cool string art, cute pompom animals, retro owls, and groovy sand art. We will play some retro games as well! All supplies included. If you sign your child up for a morning and afternoon art camp of the same day, our instructor will provide supervision between noon and 1pm when the next camp starts. You must bring your own cold lunch; no food or beverage will be provided. In the event either morning or afternoon session is canceled, lunch supervision will not be an option.

Let’s take a “create” break from this year! Let’s relax as we try our hand at some spin art, a watercolor field of flowers, a glue art sun, craft flutterflies, and more! All supplies included. If you sign your child up for a morning and afternoon art camp of the same day, our instructor will provide supervision between noon and 1pm when the next camp starts. You must bring your own cold lunch; no food or beverage will be provided. In the event either morning or afternoon session is canceled, lunch supervision will not be an option.

Students will create a painting of an animal by exploring abstraction and well established visual cues to then guide that initial mark making on the canvas into an animal form. This exercise promotes creative thought processes, use of color, and brushwork to bring forth any type of animal. All supplies included.

Let’s spread kindness everywhere! We will paint kindness rocks, collage kindness posters, paint an acrylic Bee Kind painting, and plan some random acts of kindness. All supplies included. If you sign your child up for a morning and afternoon art camp of the same day, our instructor will provide supervision between noon and 1pm when the next camp starts. You must bring your own cold lunch; no food or beverage will be provided. In the event either morning or afternoon session is canceled, lunch supervision will not be an option.

Vincent Van Gogh is one of the instructor’s favorite artists. Creating art in the style of Van Gogh, you will paint a watercolor Blossom Tree, craft a powdered chalk Starry Night, redesign Van Gogh’s bedroom into a modern teenage bedroom, and create a radial symmetry sunflower. All supplies included. If you sign your child up for a morning and afternoon art camp of the same day, our instructor will provide supervision between noon and 1pm when the next camp starts. You must bring your own cold lunch; no food or beverage will be provided. In the event either morning or afternoon session is canceled, lunch supervision will not be an option.

Weave a textual wall hanging with colored yarn on a cardboard loom. We will also weave a mini blanket on a llama, cat, or elephant. Students will also braid a bracelet. All supplies included. If you sign your child up for a morning and afternoon art camp of the same day, our instructor will provide supervision between noon and 1pm when the next camp starts. You must bring your own cold lunch; no food or beverage will be provided. In the event either morning or afternoon session is canceled, lunch supervision will not be an option.

Students interested in joining 6th grade band for the 2022-2023 school year must undergo a two-part process. First, students, accompanied by their parents, will have an opportunity to try band instruments in an individually scheduled ‘band screening’ with one of the band directors. Second, students will attend the beginning band group startup lessons for 2 days in August or September to learn the basics of how to start playing their new band instrument. Band Screening appointments will take place during March, April, and May. Students will observe a concert and an informational band session during school in March. Parents will then schedule an appointment online for their child to meet with a band director to try out all instruments. A parent/guardian is required to be at the band screening with the student. After an instrument is selected at the band screening, parents should register their child for one of the Group Start-Up Lessons to take place over two days in August or September. We are offering the same lessons over 2 different weeks to accommodate family schedules. The first section available to choose from is August 24 and 25 and the second option is September 1 and 2. Please choose one of the two-day sections. The start-up lessons allow the instructors to cover all of the initial information and skills that are needed when school starts such as; how to put their instrument together, produce the first sound on the instrument, how to read music and learn to play the first five notes in their beginning band book. Each day’s lesson is one-and-a-half hours with other students who play the same instrument.

Students will start off Drone Photography by learning how to fly an entry level photography drone. Once they’ve mastered the basics, they’ll be taught more advanced techniques that will help them take higher quality photos and videos with their drones. Photo and video editing software tutorials will enable students to create awesome media content that they can download and keep after the camp. Students are encouraged to bring a flash drive to save and share their creations! *Supervision is provided from 12-1 for students who enroll in both Drone Programming and Done Photography. Students must provide their own cold lunch. In the event either morning or afternoon session is canceled, lunch supervision will not be an option. *Parents and guardians can drop off/pick up their students at the main door on the East side of Forestview Middle School.

Students will learn to program and fly at the same time! Groups of students will use drones that can be programmed to perform aerial maneuvers with entry level, block based coding. The fun and excitement of flying drones makes it easy to forget that students will be learning valuable 21st century programming skills in the process. The camp will consist of a variety of fun challenges where students will put the programming skills that they learn to the test. Parents and guardians are welcome to stop in at the end of each day to see what their student has learned! *Supervision is provided from 12-1 for students who enroll in both Drone Programming and Done Photography. Students must provide their own cold lunch. In the event either morning or afternoon session is canceled, lunch supervision will not be an option. *Parents and guardians can drop off/pick up their students at the main door on the East side of Forestview Middle School.

This class trains babysitters to overcome any reluctance to act in emergency situations. They will learn to recognize and care for life-threatening respiratory or cardiac emergencies in children and infants until medical help arrives. A 1 year CPR and 3 year First Aid Certification are granted to all students who pass the course. Students are asked to pack a lunch; refrigerators and microwaves are available. *Students can only register for this course if they have completed the Babysitter Training class on July 26th at Gull Lake Sailing School.

NOTE -- SHOW HAS BEEN CHANGED TO SLEEPING BEAUTY! Prairie Fire Theatre is returning to Brainerd! Children of all ages are invited to come for a week of fun as they prepare to perform an original musical adaptation of Sleeping Beauty. Led by professional actors/directors, the cast will learn and perform the play for 2 performances on Friday, July 15th at 6pm and Saturday, July 16th at 10am. All registered participants will have a role. Please review the schedule carefully: Auditions will occur Monday, July 11th from 8-10am, with role assignment and parent information announced at 10am. Certain roles will stay for an additional rehearsal from 10:15am-12:15pm on Monday. Tuesday rehearsal times will vary based on assigned role, either 8:00-10:00am or 10:15am-12:15pm. Wednesday and Thursday the full cast will rehearse from 8am-12:15pm. On Friday all cast members will need to be at the auditorium by 2:30pm for dress rehearsal for a 6:00pm performance that night. A second performance will be Saturday, July 16th at 10:00am, with cast members needing to be there by 9:00am. Supervision is NOT provided for students when they are not rehearsing. A rehearsal schedule will be given to each participant following auditions. Please send a snack for each day and a packed dinner for Friday before the performance. Performances are free and open to the public.