Gift certificates can be applied to any Arlington Community Education program. We will email you a PDF within 24 hours (Mon.-Fri.) of your gift certificate order. Holiday gift certificates must be purchased by noon on December 23. Important: Please select your own name as the "attendee" when placing your order. We will ask the recipients name and gift message later in the checkout process.

Step onto the field and get ready to learn lacrosse, build your confidence, and meet new friends. You’ll work on fundamental skills—cradling, passing, shooting, defensive footwork, and teamwork—through engaging drills and mini-games. In this positive, encouraging environment you can learn at your own pace, whether you’re trying lacrosse for the first time or looking to improve your existing skills. If you have equipment, please bring it; if not, there will be some loaner pieces.

Be amazed by the stunning, functional pieces of art you can make by combining colorful pieces of cut glass. After learning how to work safely, you will design your own unique fused glass tile and a night light using glass pieces, powders, frits (crushed glass), and stringers (spaghetti-like glass threads). Then decorate a trivet and embellish a mirror with a gorgeous glass mosaic. Finish the week by creating two beautiful silver-plated pendant necklaces featuring color-changing iridized and dichroic glass. Please note: Tuition includes a $125 materials fee. 2022 parent: "My child liked making a variety of objects from glass without any accidents. He also enjoyed being able to use glass cutting tools and glass firing in a safe way."

Immerse yourself in the world of Harry Potter through a combination of creative arts and crafts while enjoying the company of your fellow fans. Construct personalized wands and craft your way through potions, divination, herbology, care of magical creatures, and quidditch. While we work on our creations we will chat about our favorite wizarding world. 2022 parent: "Wide variety of amazing projects that they did and brought home. Really creative class, perhaps best we've ever taken!"

Whether your goal is to speak to Israelis, read the Hebrew Bible in its original language, or follow along at synagogue services, these courses will help you get started with a solid foundation in this unique language. Expect lively class discussions and optional weekly homework assignments. All levels will enjoy Hebrew and Israeli music. Level 3D: For students who can read the Hebrew alphabet and vowels, know 100+ words of vocabulary, can conjugate simple verbs in the past and future tenses, can compose a simple Hebrew sentence, or who have already taken Level 3D. [This class will start in Chapter 11 of the textbook.] Level 6: Discover the inner elegance of Hebrew grammar and become your own translator. We will focus on Biblical and prayerbook Hebrew, using examples drawn from the Bible, the Hebrew prayer book, fairy tales rendered in Biblical Hebrew, a short story in Modern Hebrew, and text images from Israeli news. You should be familiar with Hebrew verbs in the past, future, and present tenses in Binyan Pa'al and Binyan Pi'el. [This class will start with a review of Chapter 23 of the textbook, with Binyan Pi'el.] Please note: This text will be required for class The First Hebrew Primer: The Adult Beginner's Path to Biblical Hebrew, Third Edition 3rd Edition (if you don't already have it). Please do not purchase until we confirm the class has met minimum enrollment.

Struggling with tight hips? We’ll use floor, seated, and standing exercises to strengthen muscles, improve mobility, and create space in the hip area. These simple mobility drills will activate the hip muscles, glutes, and sacroiliac joints while relieving tension in the lower back and hamstrings. Develop strength around the hip joint, improve flexibility, access scar tissue, and refine movement patterns for better daily mobility. Open to anyone looking to release tightness or build strength. Please note: Students must bring the following to class: Yoga mat Yoga belt/long strap/belt Theraband/resistance band Tennis ball/therapy ball Yoga bolster or firm cushion.

Get ready to play, imagine, and perform. Try fun acting games, make up your own short scenes, and explore silly or serious ideas in a safe, happy place. You’ll work with friends, practice thinking fast, and have tons of chances to grow your creativity and confidence while laughing a lot along the way.

Step into the world of improv and see what you can create. Jump into high-energy games and collaborative scenes that challenge you to think on your feet, listen closely, and react in the moment. Take risks, make bold choices, and work with your group to build teamwork, creativity, and lots of laughs in a fun, supportive space.

Register at In-Control Crash Prevention In-Control Crash Prevention is a non-profit training program committed to helping reduce automobile crashes through hands-on training. Motor vehicle crashes are the number one killer of teens nationwide and the main causes are speed and inexperience. Students and their families can learn safety skills that can only be taught at In-Control’s unique closed course environment. Learn how to handle skidding, panic stops, tailgating, and emergency lane changes. This 4.5 hour course has been highly recommended to us by CS Driving School as a way to better learn how to handle unexpected driving situations. Visit this link for a special arlington Community Ed discount, class details, as well as insurance discounts for graduates of the class: In-Control Crash Prevention.

Journey through art history as you meet different artists and make projects inspired by their work. Build dreamlike clay sculptures like Salvador Dalí, create bold paper collages in the style of Eric Carle, explore pop art with Andy Warhol, layer color and shapes like Kandinsky, and paint your own flowers inspired by Van Gogh and Georgia O’Keeffe. Try out paint, paper, and clay while discovering your own way to express ideas through art.

Give your wardrobe a fresh twist by transforming clothes you already own into unique, personalized pieces. Explore refashioning techniques like visible mending and creative alterations, drawing inspiration from art, photography, film, or social media. Experiment with fabrics, textures, and styles, and maybe even hunt for hidden gems at a local thrift store. Bring your vision to life and create fashion that’s truly one-of-a-kind. You must have experience using a sewing machine.

Discover how to move with greater ease and reduce chronic pain, muscle tension, and stress by learning the Alexander Technique. This method helps you identify and undo unhelpful habits your body has developed over time—think of it as rebooting your natural coordination system. You’ll explore the five core principles, gain simple yet insightful anatomy basics, and practice everyday movements like sitting, walking, and breathing to improve whole-body awareness and function in daily life.

Explore the basics of wheel-thrown ceramics while learning how to make stoneware bowls on the pottery wheel. Practice centering, shaping, and refining your bowls with step-by-step guidance designed for beginners. Finish your pieces with decorative, food-safe glazes. Each class includes instruction and studio time to help build your skills and confidence on the wheel. All materials, tools, and firings are included.

Buongiorno! Continue to hone your Italian language skills. Through conversation about everyday life, we will learn vocabulary, pronunciation, and grammar as we explore Italian culture and la dolce vita. Gain a solid knowledge of the language of music and love. Level 2: Work on improving spoken Italian, mastering reflexive verbs, past tense of regular and irregular verbs, and possessive adjectives. Level 3: Further hone oral comprehension and expression of topics including travel, health, and time. We will also focus on imperfect tense, distinctive pronouns, simple future tense, and double object pronouns. Level 4: Focus on complex reading selections, opportunities for vocabulary development, and creative use of the language. Develop more grammar skills using indefinite adjectives and pronouns, imperative form, conditional tenses, and relative pronouns.