News from Kids Cook Classroom

Kids Cook Classroom and Loring Schoolyard Garden  Neighborhood Chickens visit our garden each week. Garden Days with our neighborhood chickens        June 14th, 21st and 28th. July 12th, 19th and 26th. August 2nd, 9th and 16th.               Mondays between 10:00 and 3:00 Each week 6 volunteers will be in the garden to teach and encourage children to observe, listen, and play.  We all learn as we plant, watch fruits and vegetables grow and harvest the ripe produce from Loring Schoolyard Garden.  Our days begin with Garden Yoga and a short Garden story. The days are filled with reading, writing, art, fishing and fun! Of course as we garden, we harvest and cook breakfast and lunch.  Our breakfast includes an egg, and lunch is made from the bounty of the garden, orchard and local farmer's markets. A handful of berries or cherries is a favorite snack. Summertime in the Garden Greetings! It's summertime and Kids Cook Classroom Garden Days have begun!  Some seeds and plants sowed by all of the classrooms at Loring during the school year have already flowered and been made into our lunch.  Varieties of lettuce, radish, beets and peas from Loring Schoolyard Garden have been picked, tossed and sampled at classroom lunches, a field trip and now at our first Garden Day! Each Monday Kids Cook Classroom invites children from the school, playground and neighborhood to come into the garden for a day  outside in the sunshine.  Our garden days are filled with gardening, harvesting, cooking, learning, observation and playing. This Monday, the first day of summer, we will harvest Bok choy and salad greens, raspberries from the bramble canes, and pick cherries from the trees.  Children will  pull the roots of beets and pick more peas from the vine. Monday night we will gather at the garden for a Solstice picnic.   This year our picnics are the  third Monday of each month at 6:00.  Bring a picnic blanket, and a healthy dish to share.  We'll provide the table setting, a harvest sampler prepared by the children.  Bring a donation, and pick seasonal produce from the schoolyard garden. Happy Sunshine, Robin Pot Luck Picnics            and Schoolyard Market    June 21st    July 19th  August 16th  6:00 to 8:00

Summer Art Programs at MCAD

There are some great MCAD kids art programs this summer. Here is the information below.

Dear Parents and Students,

Minneapolis College of Art and Design <http://www.mcad.edu/showPage.php?pageID=1143> has a very special scholarship opportunity to share with you this summer.

If your child or teen participates in the free or reduced-cost lunch program at your school, they immediately qualify for a full tuition scholarship to an art class this summer!

We have received a grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board that allows us to provide these scholarships for our Summer Youth classes in art and design here at the College.

These art and design classes are for students ages 5-18. The scholarships cover full tuition and art supplies for selected courses. No previous art experience is required.

Registration is easy. Just follow these steps:

- Review the brochure <http://learn.mcad.edu/cs/MSAB-Brochure.pdf>

- Pick a course from those offered

- Print off and complete the registration form <http://learn.mcad.edu/cs/MSAB-RegistrationForm.pdf>

- Mail your completed registration form along with a copy of the letter from your school stating that your child participates in the free or reduced-cost lunch program

Students will be placed in their 1st choice unless the course is full.

Please postal mail these items to:

       MCAD
       Continuing Studies
       2501 Stevens Ave
       Minneapolis, MN 55404

If you have any questions, please send an email to continuing_studies@mcad.edu or call 612/605-6674.

We welcome you to MCAD!