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Fostering Dogs as a Family Community Service Activity

For many families, this summer is no doubt a summer like no other. Trips, camps, lessons, fun gatherings with family and friends, activities that normally keep our calendars steadily filled, have been postponed or cancelled leaving us to wonder what… Continue Reading →

Life Skills Outdoors Social-Emotional

Children’s Ballet of San Antonio dancer Arabella Alvarado is a scholarship recipient to Princess Grace of Monaco Ballet School and Bolshoi Academy Summer Intensive. She has also been accepted to the Royal Ballet and Opera de Paris Summer Intensives.

Dance Away Summer Blues

This summer is a great time to introduce your children to dance. It is not only fun and enriching for children of all ages, dance also plays a great role in the development of children’s brains and bodies. Dance requires… Continue Reading →

Arts Social-Emotional

Pizza Dough and Margherita Pizza Recipes from the Foodie Classroom with Dave Terrazas

These recipes—the pizza dough and Margherita pizza—are part of the Foodie Classroom activities developed by Chef Dave Terrazas for our Charter a Summer of Learning guide. Lesson 1: Pizza Dough Ingredients 2 cups all-purpose flour (about 11 ounces by weight)… Continue Reading →

Life Skills STEM

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Salad and Biscotti Recipes from the Foodie Classroom with Dave Terrazas

These recipes—the salad, the vinaigrette, and the biscotti—are part of the Foodie Classroom activities developed by Chef Dave Terrazas for our Charter a Summer of Learning guide. Lesson 1: Peach and Berry Salad with Mozzarella and Greens Salad Ingredients 2… Continue Reading →

Life Skills STEM

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Taste Bud Exercise and Bruschetta Recipe from the Foodie Classroom with Dave Terrazas

These recipes—the taste bud exercise and the tomato or peach bruschetta—are part of the Foodie Classroom activities developed by Chef Dave Terrazas for our Charter a Summer of Learning guide. Lesson 1: Taste Bud Exercise 1 whole strawberry (if there… Continue Reading →

Life Skills STEM

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Cookin’ Smart in the Foodie Classroom with Dave Terrazas

Today’s challenges are changing the way we live, but they are also creating unique opportunities for learning, especially from the comfort of home. Even better, because parents are working from home more, kids may have an opportunity to learn alongside… Continue Reading →

Life Skills STEM