… that some DCCCD colleges offer summer programs for children? If you’re a parent or know a kid who needs something fun to do this summer, check out the classes available at Brookhaven and Eastfield colleges. With classes from art to drama, computers to cooking, and science to swimming, you’re sure to find a class that will interest your favorite young person.

Brookhaven College
 
Youngsters and their parents who are searching for activities can find an exciting list of options at Brookhaven College for classes that are designed to motivate and challenge children of all ages to achieve success — to make learning an adventure. New courses are offered each week now through Aug. 16.
   
General subject areas include cooking ($175); first aid and CPR ($40); languages (Arabic, French, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish, each $150); art ($120); computers (animation, comic graphics, Web pages, digital photography, iMovie and video game making, $150 each); music group instruction for guitar or piano (prices vary); navigation to middle school ($90); science (several classes/prices vary); theater and acting ($120); creative writing ($90); and Musikgarten for very young children (prices vary).
 
Some fun examples are provided below:

• Cooking for Junior Chefs (ages 11 to 17) — Cooking can be fun for children of all ages. By experimenting with a variety of foods, students will discover how to prepare healthy meals, snacks and even desserts! Students also will enjoy using their own creativity to compile a recipe book.
• Creating Comic Graphics Using Illustrator (ages 11 to 17) — Students will learn to use Adobe Illustrator as a tool to create their own graphics for comics so that they can create, color and transform objects. The program lets users blend shapes and colors, layer and order objects, and even add three-dimensional effects.
• Video Game Making Online (ages 11-17) — This instructor-facilitated online course will teach students how to modify their own arcade-style video games. They will learn how to control characters, objects and outcomes in their games and then increase the difficulty levels and add more features. Students can participate in this class at home using their own computers or in a school computer lab.
• Mad Science (ages 10-13) — Join other students on a mission through the amazing world of science as you use experiments to create your own slime, build a magic crystal garden, learn how lightbulbs work and much more.

• Summer SWIM — Eastfield College is offering Summer SWIM; each session comprises four classes per week over a three-week period (12 course hours). Classes are offered for babies 6 months of age through teens. The schedule includes: Session II: June 30-July 17; and Session III: July 21-Aug. 8. Classes are held Monday through Thursday; morning and afternoon classes are available. The cost to enroll is $75. To register, call the EFC Continuing Education Office at 972-860-7113.
• Eastfield Metroplex East Piano Festival (including piano camps) — Pierrette Mouledous, director of Eastfield’s piano department, has assembled an impressive faculty of educators with specialty in piano performance to teach two week-long camps. Instructors will focus on elements of stylistic interpretation and technique from classical, jazz and liturgical piano repertoire for students ages 7 and up; tuition starts at $75. An audition on June 23 from 2 to 4 p.m. is required for intermediate and advanced workshops, which are offered June 25-28.
  
  A highlight of the festival is the guest performance of Rick Andrews, who has achieved national recognition as a performer of solo and concerto repertoire. He has received high honors at major competitions and festivals, and he was named a gold medalist in the International Piano Recording Competition, which is sponsored by the National Guild of Piano Teachers. Andrews began his college training as a student at Eastfield College. He has earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees in piano performance and piano pedagogy from Southern Methodist University and received a doctorate in musical arts/piano performance from the University of Colorado. Currently, Andrews is director of keyboard at Augustana College in Sioux Falls, S.D., where he teaches applied piano, piano pedagogy, piano literature and music theory.
  
  Admission to the special concerts is included with registration for the festival; general admission tickets are $20 each. For more information, call 972-860-7113 or e-mail PierretteMouledous@dcccd.edu.