Balsam Fir Workshop

Continue a Maine tradition, create a gift, bring the fragrance of Christmas into your home and keep Maine green all winter long. You can choose to make either; a beautiful 16” kissing ball of Maine balsam fir, designed to hang in an archway and decorated with red ribbons or a beautiful 24” Balsam Fir Christmas wreath made to hang on an outside door or wall. Both will remain fresh throughout the holidays and beyond. After the holidays, recycle the balsam into a fragrant sachet.  Bring to class: gloves and small hand pruners. Materials provided: freshly harvested Maine Balsam Fir from our local woodlot, red ribbon, kissing ball form or reusable easy clamp wreath ring. Additional supplies are available.

Instructor: Woodlot Management & Products

Thursday, 11/14, 6:30 – 8:30 PM

Location: Windham High School, Cafeteria

Fee: $14, plus $13/Kissing Ball or $11/Wreath paid to instructor

Burn calories in a workout that is designed to strengthen the cardiovascular system, tone muscles, and boost balance, flexibility and endurance. All major muscle groups are challenged and includes regressions and progressions for each exercise. The class will use your own bodyweight, gliding disks and other fitness props. This class is great for all abilities as you work to the best of your ability on each exercise. Bring your own exercise mat, a set of hand weights, and a water bottle! No class 11/27.

Instructor: Jenna Chase

Session II: Wednesdays, 11/6, 11/20, 12/4, 12/11, 6:30 – 7:15PM

Location: Manchester School - Cafeteria

Fee: $29

Some music teachers may not want you to know this, but you don’t need years of weekly lessons to learn piano.  In just a few hours, you can learn enough secrets of the trade to give yourself years of musical enjoyment.  How do we do it?  While regular piano teachers teach note reading, piano professionals use chords.  You can learn all the chords you will need to play any song in this one session.  Any song!  Any style!  Any key!  If you can find middle C and know the meaning of Every Good Boy Does Fine, you already know enough to enroll in this workshop.  Topics include: how chords work in a song, how to get more out of sheet music by reading less of it, how to form the three main types of chords, how to handle different keys and time signatures, how to avoid “counting,” and how to simplify over 12,000 complex chords.  Beginners can print out a free pamphlet on reading music by going online to this link http://www.pianofun.com/downloads/notes.html.

Instructor: Don Pride

Monday, 12/9, 6:00 – 8:30PM

Location: Windham Middle School - Music Room

Fee: $24, plus a $29 book fee paid to instructor

 Don Pride is a professional musician, teacher, and composer who plays throughout the United States. He is a member of the Portland Jazz Orchestra, and leads The Don Pride Band. Don teaches at St. Joseph’s College, the Portland Conservatory of Music, and in his private studio.

Improve English speaking, reading and writing skills with a civics focus while preparing for the Naturalization test. Topics include American Government, American History, Geography, and the Rights and Responsibilities of U.S. Citizens. Call today to register for this FREE program: 892-1819.

 Instructor: Kathy Floyd

Dates to be determined based on enrollment needs.

Location: WRAE Learning Center

Fee: Free

Discuss establishing a college savings goal, ways to help achieve the goal and the features and benefits of setting up a 529 savings plan.

 Instructor: Jennifer Arsenault

Tuesday, 11/12, 6:30 – 8:00PM

Location: Windham High School – Room 127

Fee: Free (Please pre-register online or by calling 892-1819)

Jennifer Arsenault is a licensed Financial Advisor with Edward Jones located in Windham, Maine

ESOL students will practice speaking, listening and understanding everyday English conversation in many different situations, such as on the telephone, going to the doctor, and applying for a job. Students will learn and practice pronunciation of English sounds. They will practice forming spoken sentences correctly. Students will also learn how to use many resources to help them study English conversation beyond the classroom. Rolling admission. Call our ABE at 892-1819 to set up an appointment for registration and testing. No class 11/28.

 Instructor: Kathy Floyd/Sandy Warren

Session 1: Tues/Thurs, 9/10 – 10/31, 9:00 – 11:00 AM

Session 2: Tues/Thurs, 11/5 – 12/19, 9:00 – 11:00 AM

Location: Windham Raymond Adult Education Learning Center

Fee: Free

Kathy Floyd has been teaching ESOL, HiSET, High School Diploma at WRAE since 2009. She received the New Teacher of the Year award from the Maine Adult Education Association for the 2009-2010 school year.

 Sandy Warren has been teaching ESOL for the past five years in the U.S., taught ESOL in the Dominican Republic for 10 years, built ESOL curriculum, and led ESOL professional development groups. She holds an MSEd from St. Joseph’s College, secondary life science teaching endorsement, and is completing her MA in TESOL from Cornerstone University in Michigan.

This class includes adult, child and infant CPR and AED use, adult, child and infant choking as well as how and when to call emergency services. The course cost includes all necessary practical components, and a certification from the American Heart Association.*

Instructor: Charissa Kerr

Session I: Thursday, 10/17, 6:00 – 9:00PM

Session II: Monday, 11/18, 6:00 – 9:00PM

Session III: Tuesday, 12/3, 6:00 – 9:00PM

Location: Raymond Public Safety Building, Raymond

Fee: $54 per session

  *Please note – First Aid and CPR are two separate courses with one Workbook covering material for both CPR & First Aid. Workbooks may be purchased from the instructor on the night of the class for $10.  During online registration, you must check to indicate you are purchasing a workbook.

Charissa Kerr has been a Firefighter and Advanced EMT with the Raymond Fire Department since 2003 and an American Heart Association certified CPR instructor since 2005.

This class includes adult, child and infant CPR and AED use, adult, child and infant choking as well as how and when to call emergency services. The course cost includes all necessary practical components, and a certification from the American Heart Association.*

Instructor: Charissa Kerr

Session I: Thursday, 10/17, 6:00 – 9:00PM

Session II: Monday, 11/18, 6:00 – 9:00PM

Session III: Tuesday, 12/3, 6:00 – 9:00PM

Location: Raymond Public Safety Building, Raymond

Fee: $54 per session

  *Please note – First Aid and CPR are two separate courses with one Workbook covering material for both CPR & First Aid. Workbooks may be purchased from the instructor on the night of the class for $10.  During online registration, you must check to indicate you are purchasing a workbook.

Charissa Kerr has been a Firefighter and Advanced EMT with the Raymond Fire Department since 2003 and an American Heart Association certified CPR instructor since 2005