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Art Party

Town Staff • Ages 2–5

Allow your child to explore their creativity through themed art projects using various art media such as paint, playdough, and drawing in this self-directed art class. Please wear clothes that can get messy. Children must be accompanied by an adult.

►3/16, Dinosaurs Roar, 10:30 AM–11:30 AM

►4/20, Flower Frenzy, 10:30 AM–11:30 AM

►5/18, Let’s Hit the Beach, 10:30 AM–11:30 AM

Fee: $12/child/class

Min/Max: 5/20 • Location: Casita

Music Together

Music Together Staff • Ages 0–5

Fun. Fabulous. Uplifting. Magical. These are just a few of the ways that parents describe Music Together. Each week in Music Together classrooms around the world, babies, toddlers, preschoolers, big kids—and the grownups who love them!—gather to make music as a community. Music Together classes provide a true family music experience, as siblings can attend the mixed age classes together. Playful, rich, and engaging, our kids’ music and movement classes also offer other important benefits. Bay Area Parent, Parents’ Press BEST OF 2022.

►Tuesdays 4/11–6/13, 9:30 AM–10:15 AM, 10 Classes

►Tuesdays 4/11–6/13, 10:30 AM–11:15 AM, 10 Classes

►Thursdays 4/13–6/15, 9:30 AM–10:15 AM, 10 Classes

►Thursdays 4/13–6/15, 10:30 AM–11:15 AM, 10 Classes

►Saturdays 4/15–6/17, 9:30 AM–10:15 AM, 10 Classes

►Saturdays 4/15–6/17, 10:30 AM–11:15 AM, 10 Classes

Fee: $290 first child, $175 each additional child

Min/Max: 6/12

Tuesday and Thursday Location: Casita

Saturday Location: Moraga Commons Park

Creative Arts & Crafts

Robin Harper • Ages 5–8

Nurture your child’s imagination in this child-led arts and crafts class. We will do stamping with loose parts, CD spaceships, wonder lanterns, two different self-portraits with loose parts, leaf paintings, recycled tube sculptures, fizzing paint trays, salt painting, bauble paint potions and more. Listed projects may vary based on material availability

Wednesdays 3/1–5/24, 3:30 PM–4:30 PM, 12 Classes

Fee: $400 + $25 Materials Fee* No Class 4/5

*Materials Fee due to instructor on first day. Make checks payable to “Town of Moraga.”

Min/Max: 6/12 • Location: Casita

Kiss Me I’m Irish: St. Patrick’s Day Workshop

Cooking Round the World • Ages 6–12

TV Network Celebrity chefs like Bobby Flay, Rachel Ray, Gordon Ramsey, Giada DeLaurentiis, and Ree Drummond all have their signature dishes. We will recreate those dishes and learn how these TV chefs became stars during this special camp week!

Wednesday, March 15, 4:00 PM–6:00 PM

Fee: $40

Min/Max: 6/12 • Location: La Sala

REGISTER ONLINE: MoragaRec.com

Skyhawks Tots Programs

Skyhawks Sports Staff • Ages 3–5

Skyhawks Hoopster Tots

Developing your child’s passion for basketball is a SLAM DUNK with Skyhawks HoopsterTots. Through a series of age-appropriate games, participants gain the skills, confidence, and passion, to take the next step in their basketball careers. Skyhawks coaches provide a positive environment where kids of all abilities can develop at their own pace with lots of encouragement and a big focus on fun! Our development objectives include ball control, dribbling, passing, shooting, coordination, balance, body movement, teamwork, sportsmanship, and self-esteem. Your child will leave with new skills, new friends, and a new love for basketball!

Wednesdays 3/1–4/26, 4:30 PM–5:15 PM, 8 Classes

Fee: $259

No Class 4/5

Min/Max: 7/14

Location: Los Perales Multipurpose Room

Skyhawks Baseball Tots

Developing your child’s passion for baseball is a HOME RUN with Skyhawks Baseball Tots. Through a series of age-appropriate games, participants gain the skills, confidence, and passion, to take the next step in their baseball careers. Skyhawks coaches provide a positive environment where kids of all abilities can develop at their own pace with lots of encouragement and a big focus on fun! Our development objectives include base-running, hitting, catching/fielding, throwing, coordination, balance, body movement, teamwork, sportsmanship, and self-esteem. Your child will leave with new skills, new friends, and a new love for baseball!

Thursdays 3/2–4/27, 5:30 PM–6:15 PM, 8 Classes

Fee: $259 No Class 4/6

Min/Max: 7/14

Location: Rheem Elementary

NAofA JR. Soccer Club

National Academy of Athletics Staff • Ages 4–6

The Soccer Club by National Academy of Athletics is packed with fun. Whether your child is a beginner or a more advanced player, the drills taught at this camp will help them fall in love with the game. Our soccer clubs are the perfect place to learn about the game and fitness while having a blast and making new friends.

Tuesdays 3/7–3/28, 4:30 PM–5:30 PM, 4 classes

Fee: $130

Min/Max: 10/24

Location: Hacienda de las Flores Lawn

Skateboarding 101

Rob Skate Academy Staff • Ages 6–12

Come join one of the hottest programs in Moraga and learn how to skateboard with top professionals. No skill requirements needed as the Rob Skate Academy has a professionally trained staff to handle all skill levels and keep your child safe. This is an action packed camp for thrill seekers!

► Wednesdays 3/8–3/22, 4:15 PM–5:15 PM, 3 Classes

► Wednesdays 4/13–4/27, 5:15 PM–6:15 PM, 3 Classes

► Wednesdays 5/10–/24, 5:15 PM–6:15 PM, 3 Classes

Fee: $130

Min/Max: 6/20

Location: Moraga Skate Park

Skyhawks Basketball and Volleyball Clinics

Skyhawks Sports Staff • Various ages 5–13

Skyhawks Basketball Clinics

This skill-based clinic was designed to give players a competitive advantage on the court. Through interactive drills, skill reinforcement games, and simulated scrimmages, young athletes develop the skills, strategy, confidence, and passion, to take the next step in their basketball career. Our development objectives include ball control, dribbling, passing, shooting, rebounding, agility, offensive/defensive strategy, teamwork, sportsmanship, and self-esteem. Skyhawks coaches provide a positive environment where players of all abilities can participate in friendly competition with lots of encouragement and a big focus on fun!

Wednesdays 3/1–4/26

5:30 PM–6:30 PM, 8 Classes

Fee: $227 No Class 4/5

Min/Max: 7/14

Location: Los Perales Multipurpose Room

Splashball

Lamorinda Water Polo Staff • Ages 5–9

Designed for boys and girls, ages 5 to 9 years old, with little or no water polo experience. The players will learn the basics of the game while having loads of fun. Splashball is a no-contact program held in a shallow pool and flotation devices are allowed. Students should have basic swim skills: 25 yards free, 25 yards backstroke, 30 seconds tread water.

Sundays 4/16–5/21, 5:00 PM–6:00 PM, 5 classes

Fee: $88

No class 5/7

Min/Max: 25/80

Location: Miramonte High School Swim Center

Skyhawks Volleyball Clinics

Skyhawks Volleyball Clinics are a fun and positive introduction to the exciting game of Volleyball. Using our age-appropriate curriculum and modified equipment, participants learn Volleyball fundamentals and social skills through a series of fast-paced instructional circuits and developmental games. Participants explore balance, body movement, coordination, self-esteem, teamwork, sportsmanship, and skill development, with lots of encouragement and a big focus on fun! Skyhawks Coaches create a safe and interactive setting that develops skills while building confidence. Our primary development objectives include passing/bumping, setting, hitting/ spiking, and serving. Your child will leave with new friends, new skills, and a new love for Volleyball.

Thursdays 3/2 – 4/27, 6:45 PM–7:45 PM, 8 classes

Fee: $227

No Class 4/6

Min/Max: 7/14

Location: Los Perales Multipurpose Room

Air Attack Flag Football Developmental League

National Academy of Athletics Staff • Ages 9–13

The Flag Football, co-ed clinic series is packed with fun. This is a great way to have fun learning to throw and catch, cover and run without the worry of contact! Each day players will be challenged to do their best while learning to fall in love with the game of football. Emphasis will be on proper conditioning and warm-ups, footwork drills, agility, passing, receiving, and game strategies. Featuring: Quarterback challenge, games, competitions, instruction and tons of fun! After the skills clinics, players participate in challenges and games. Includes, t-shirt, flag set, instruction, and games.

Saturdays 3/4–4/15, 10:00 AM–11:30 AM, 6 classes

Fee: $156

No class 4/8

Min/Max: 10/24

Location: Moraga Commons

Grass Area

Resin Retreat

Cassie Hudson • Adult

An introduction to epoxy resin! Create and pour your own design in a wood serving tray. Color combinations and styles of pour are infinite. Let the creativity and resin flow!

Tuesday 5/2, 6:00 PM–8:00 PM

Fee: $82

Min/Max: 6/8 • Location: La Sala

Canine Good Citizen

Get Ready! Dogs LLC • Adult

A Canine Good Citizen (CGC) is a dog who is wellbehaved at home, in public, and around other dogs. Teach your dog the skills needed to pass the AKC Canine Good Citizen certification. The class will finish with an opportunity to take the CGC certification test.

Mondays 2/27–4/24, 6:30 PM– 7:15 PM

Fee: $187

No Class 4/3

Min/Max: 6/10 • Location: Casita

Beginning Argentine Tango

Suzanne & Lance Bare • Adult

Spice up your Tuesdays learning one of the Bay Area’s most popular dances! Practice the fundamentals, basic steps, and sequences. Focus on embrace, posture, leading, and following. Partner not required. Recommend leather or suede-soled shoes.

Enjoy Dancing in 2023!

►Tuesdays 2/28–4/11, 6:30 PM– 7:30 PM No Class 4/4

►Tuesdays 4/18–5/23, 6:30 PM– 7:30 PM

Fee: $93

Min/Max: 6/20

Location: Casita

Yoga for All Levels — Iyengar

Jeanne Dowell • Adult

Jeanne Dowell, former instructor under the US Olympic committee, is a pioneer in the yoga movement within the Lamorinda area, has studied throughout the world including the Iyengar institute in India. Basic principles of the unique Iyengar system and how it applies to the aging process will be taught. She combines her experiences with Zen in her teaching, emphasizing stress reduction, strength, and relaxation.

►Mondays 3/6–4/24, 9:00 AM–10:15 AM, 7 Classes

Fee: $174

No class on April 3

►Mondays 5/2–5/23, 9:00 AM–10:15 AM, 4 Classes

Fee: $99

Min/Max: 10/25 • Location: La Sala

Yoga Movement & Meditation

Maria Inez Martinez • Adult

Start where you are. Breathe, move, meditate. This class is for novice to intermediate practitioners. You will prepare the body with joint mobility and pranayama (breath work), move into variations of sun/moon salutations, followed by static poses and meditation.

►Thursdays 3/9–4/20, 9:00 AM–10:00 AM, 6 Classes

Fee: $137

►Thursdays 4/2–5/25, 9:00 AM–10:00 AM, 5 Classes

Fee: $114

Min/Max: 6/20 • Location: La Sala

Fall into Fitness with Fall Prevention

Maria Inez Martinez • Adult

Time for Spring Training! In this fun, supportive, social environment you will work on flexibility training, progressive exercise activities, and balance. Seated and Standing (no floor) drills and games. Join the fun!

► Thursdays 3/9–4/20, 10:15 AM–11:15 AM, 6 Classes

Fee: $137

► Thursdays 4/27–5/25, 10:15 AM–11:15 AM, 5 Classes

Fee: $114

Min/Max: 6/12 • Location: La Sala

Senior Trips

Adult 55+

All That’s New in San Francisco! With Craig Smith

Spend the day exploring the “All That’s New in SF” with your tour guide, Craig Smith. His knowledge and “inside” information makes this tour fun as well as factual. Get the “scoop” on the new sights of the City. Trip Highlights include: Salesforce Transit Center and Rooftop Park, an elevated park that runs the length of the Transit Center / New Mission Bay Developments / a beautiful walk through the Yerba Buena Gardens and surrounding area / visit the: Martin Luther King Fountain / Sister City Garden / Playland carousel from 1913 / walk by the Jewish Contemporary Museum & the upcoming Mexican art museum. Mid-day you will stop for a delicious, hosted lunch at Max’s Opera Café. Grab your hat and sunglasses, put on your walking shoes, and spend the day appreciating the beauty this city has to offer.

Level 3 walking trip with on & off stops and moderate walking as described below.

Tuesday 3/7, 8:45 AM–4:30 PM

Fee: $70

Cost includes transportation, lunch, and tour guide. No refunds unless you can find a replacement.

Glass Sculpting at Slow Burn Glass With Bryan Goldenberg

Learn the basics to sculpt a paperweight sized egg, bird, flower, or heart in this fast-paced workshop! Originally from St. Louis, Bryan moved to Oakland, CA and earned a BFA in glass concentration from California College of Arts & Crafts in 2002. During the course of his training, he toured the world exploring studios from Inferno Glass Studio in New Orleans, to Pilchuck Glass School in Seattle, to studios in Murano, Italy. He has also worked with widely renowned glass artists such as Dante Marioni, Lino Tagliapietra, Hank Adams, and Clifford Rainey and has been called “One of the most up and coming contemporary artists of our time.” In 2006, Bryan designed and built Slow Burn Glass, a studio in Oakland, where he created his work until July 2018. Slow Burn Glass then expanded into a 5000-square-foot facility in Richmond, CA.

Level 2 trip with moderate walking and standing.

Thursday 5/11, 10:30 AM–4:30 PM

Fee: $66

Cost includes transportation to Richmond, CA, and Glass Sculpting Workshop. Lunch Location before the workshop will be TBD and will be at your own expense. All trips meet at the Hacienda de las Flores, 2100 Donald Drive, Moraga

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