Bring your Minecraft world to life with your own custom art! In Minecraft Game Art Studio, students will transform their love of the game into creative skills by designing player skins, themed texture packs, simple UI icons, and 2D sprites that can be exported and used at home. Along the way, they’ll learn the fundamentals of pixel art—like readability, color palettes, and tiling—while gaining beginner-friendly file skills to make their art usable beyond camp. By the end, each student will have a personalized asset pack ready to drop into their own Minecraft adventures. Perfect for fans who want to level up their creativity in Minecraft!

Join Next Level Dance Camp! This camp will include: Skill Development and Effective Drills Turn Combinations & Turn Techniques Across the Floor Combinations Leaps, Jumps and Tricks Ballet Basics to Build Techniques Importance of Improv Musicality Confidence and Leadership

Young children will explore simple no-cook recipes while practicing independence and fine motor skills. Each week will feature a fun and tasty creation that your child will create!

**Note to a schedule change for the instructor, Lillian will not be giving lessons in July**Grow your musical skills with half-hour private lessons in piano, flute, piccolo, B-flat clarinet, E-flat saxophone, or bass guitar. Lessons are held on Tuesdays between 4:00–8:00 pm at Melrose Area Schools. When you register, please indicate your preferred time, and the instructor will contact you to schedule your exact lessons time. Students must have their own instrument at home for practice. Please enter door 2.

30-minute private lessons offered at Melrose Area Schools with flexible daytime and evening scheduling. Instructor Lydia Prout, who is studying music performance at St. Olaf College, will contact families after registration to schedule lesson times. Students must provide their own instrument for practice or piano at home.

In RC Wars, teams of students will build their own Remote Control vehicles to race and battle against other teams. Students will need to design their vehicles to not only be faster and stronger than other teams’ creations, but also better than purchased RC Cars and Drones! RC Wars will feature land and air races, obstacle courses and more as students learn mechanical and electrical building skills in an energetic and exciting environment.

**Only students who have already been on the archery team or have attended the fall Intro to Archery are invited to register--New archery students will have a camp this fall** Join us for some extra archery practice this summer! This camp will give you an opportunity to fine tune you skills to make you the best archer ever. We will do standard range and have some fun playing archery games.

Girls, join us for this fun filled basketball camp that will work on your skills while having fun. Camp focuses on dribbling, passing, shooting, defense and more.

Join us in the pool for some summer fun! $2/Person or $5/Family. Enter door 13. Lifeguard is on duty.

For more information about Swim Lessons click HERE. July 13-16 Lessons are Monday through Thursday Semi Private Lessons-50 minutes per day. 3:1 student:teacher ratio. Lessons are for children 5 and older.Private Lessons-25 minutes per day. 1:1 student:teacher ratio. Lessons are for children 4 and older. Swim lessons offered through Community Education are designed to teach participants lifelong swimming skills and provide training in basic water safety and how to help a swimmer in distress. In addition to the skills outlined under each level, swim lesson courses are intended to provide a positive learning experience so participants can feel comfortable and enjoy the water safely. Community Education swimming lessons are progressive, with each level building on skills, technique and endurance acquired as the levels advance.Please do not sign up for more than one level per child until they have passed their current level. Our instructors recommend time between lessons to build endurance and confidence in new skills. All swimmers must shower before entering the pool or come pre showered. No lotion, sunscreen, bugspray, hair products, etc. *Must wear a swim cap. Caps can be purchased at Coborn's in Melrose. Parents are invited to watch in the bleachers if they would like to. Please Enter Door 13. Parents, please keep track your child's swim levels, you will receive a report card after each lesson!

For more information about Swim Lessons click HERE. July 20-23 Lessons are Monday through Thursday- Daytime lessons this week are reserved for Dutchmen Explorers' Club Private Lessons-25 minutes per day. 1:1 student:teacher ratio. Lessons are for children 4 and older. Swim lessons offered through Community Education are designed to teach participants lifelong swimming skills and provide training in basic water safety and how to help a swimmer in distress. In addition to the skills outlined under each level, swim lesson courses are intended to provide a positive learning experience so participants can feel comfortable and enjoy the water safely. Community Education swimming lessons are progressive, with each level building on skills, technique and endurance acquired as the levels advance.Please do not sign up for more than one level per child until they have passed their current level. Our instructors recommend time between lessons to build endurance and confidence in new skills. All swimmers must shower before entering the pool or come pre showered. No lotion, sunscreen, bugspray, hair products, etc. *Must wear a swim cap. Caps can be purchased at Coborn's in Melrose. Parents are invited to watch in the bleachers if they would like to. Please Enter Door 13. Parents, please keep track your child's swim levels, you will receive a report card after each lesson!

For more information about Swim Lessons click HERE. July 28-31: Lessons are Monday through Thursday Semi Private Lessons-50 minutes per day. 3:1 student:teacher ratio. Lessons are for children 5 and older.Private Lessons-25 minutes per day. 1:1 student:teacher ratio. Lessons are for children 4 and older. Swim lessons offered through Community Education are designed to teach participants lifelong swimming skills and provide training in basic water safety and how to help a swimmer in distress. In addition to the skills outlined under each level, swim lesson courses are intended to provide a positive learning experience so participants can feel comfortable and enjoy the water safely. Community Education swimming lessons are progressive, with each level building on skills, technique and endurance acquired as the levels advance.Please do not sign up for more than one level per child until they have passed their current level. Our instructors recommend time between lessons to build endurance and confidence in new skills. All swimmers must shower before entering the pool. *Must wear a swim cap. Caps can be purchased at Coborn's in Melrose. Parents are invited to watch in the bleachers if they would like to. Please enter door 13. Parents, please keep track your child's swim levels, you will receive a report card after each lesson!

Join Ms. Jennifer at the Melrose City Center to listen to stories, do small/large motor activities, and create a craft to take home to share with your family! This is for children ages 1 to 5 and their family. This is a free event that is sponsored by the Melrose Area Schools ECFE program. Please register through Melrose Community Education by the Monday before storytime on Tuesday. Acompañe a la Sra. Jennifer en el Centro de la Ciudad de Melrose para escuchar cuentos, realizar actividades de motricidad fina y gruesa, y crear una manualidad para llevar a casa y compartir con su familia. Este evento es para niños de 1 a 5 años y sus familias. Es gratuito y está patrocinado por el programa ECFE de las Escuelas del Área de Melrose. Por favor, inscríbase a través de Educación Comunitaria de Melrose antes del lunes anterior a la hora de cuentos del martes.