L.A.C.E NEWS
NOVEMBER 2024
WE’VE MOVED! L.A.C.E. has a new location, 135 East Liberty Street, Waterbury. We are at the River- Baldwin Recreation Center. Welcome to L.A.C.E., where we are always accepting new students from grades 8-12. Our first focus is always homework, while having some snacks. We provide students with tutors if needed. This year we are looking forward to taking photos at the park and entering them into a contest for a prize. With our newly created Financial Class, thanks to Webster Bank. Our Financial Lab classes will be taught by Jose Cortez. He will be teaching the students about investments, credit, bank accounts, stock market and more. Our schedule includes guitar classes, photography, trips to universities, visiting the Peabody Museum, star gazing at Wesleyan University, Pumpkin picking and painting, Halloween party, baking and decorating treats, fitness classes, Dave and Buster, Holiday Dinners, Christmas Tree decorating and a Christmas Train ride., while working on our LACE Magazine. Most importantly giving back to the community. We are ready to volunteer and collect coats, hats and gloves for the less fortunate. Don’t miss out and sign up today!
DECEMBER EVENTS
• Guitar lessons
• Fitness classes
• Finance Lab workshops
• Christmas Ornament Making
• Christmas Tree Decorating
• Urban Air
WHAT’S HAPPENING?
We have been busy in the month of November. We are continuing to learn about money, investments etc., in our newly renovated Financial Lab. We are a little behind in our celebrations for the best pumpkin painting contest, but we have winners! The closer we get to the Holidays; we begin to think about the less fortunate. It isn’t just about us, but others are just as important. We created flyers to collect canned goods to donate to the soup kitchen. We are collecting coats to keep people warm as the weather becomes colder. The students enjoyed a warm day outside, earlier in the month, so we took advantage and went to the local park and played tag. We went bowling at Lakewood Lanes, where we bowled and ate pizza. The kids had a great time showing off their skills. We have begun painting our Christmas Ornaments for our Christmas tree. The LACE students were a little nervous about taking guitar classes and after two sessions they are almost done with their first song. They sound great! Justin from Fitness Fury had the kids working out hard, but they got through it. Most importantly, we enjoyed a very nice Thanksgiving Dinner together.
PUMPKIN PAINTING WINNERS
FIRST PLACE
SECOND PLACE
THIRD PLACE
