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Afterschool Enrichment Program @ BYC – 2017/18

The Bellaire Youth Center (BYC) is pleased to offer their FREE “Afterschool Enrichment Program” on Tuesdays from 3:00 – 5:00pm, during the 2017-2018 school year for all Bellaire children in the district. BYC will begin our sessions on September 19th and end on May 8th, 2018. NEW this year, we will only be offering to the Kindergarten through Third graders. Our theme this year will be the “Magic of Stuff”! Students will enjoy experimenting with many kinds of hands-on activities, conduct trials with ingredients, have fun assembling with various items from the junk tub, learn from technology using tablets, design creations using Legos, partake in Yoga, enjoy arts and crafts, games, Wii, and maybe learn a magic trick or two, plus more! Our BYC day starts with a Healthy Snack immediately, then all students are expected to work on homework with volunteer assistance, and then a wide assortment of free choices are offered for the remainder of the session. If weather permits, there will be outdoor activities offered. As the BYC Director, Mrs. Debbie, I look forward to offering opportunities for your children to have fun! If you have any questions, concerns or just want to talk, please contact Debbie…

Collector Handmade Toys Offered at the Rubber Ducky Day in Bellaire

The Bellaire Youth Center offered for sale many beautifully crafted wooden toys and more during the Rubber Ducky Arts and Crafts sale in August 2017. Back in June 1993, the Antrim County News presented an article about the very same, Tatur-Bilt Wooden Toys and Such, a home business that were made by Ed and Alice Tatur. The toy makers created doll houses, furniture, moveable toys and much more. The toys were discovered in a recently purchased home on Lake Bellaire’s Cottage Drive from the 1990s. Proceeds were used for the 501C3 Bellaire Youth Center and programs this 2017-18 school year.

BYC is enjoying their country visits!

Our students have been given an International passport (not real). So far, they have taken out the stickers to place their entrance into Germany and Canada in their passport. For Germany visit, Mrs. Sarah Juntune, our special guest, showed us how to make pretzels, which we ate the next week, and she told us a little about the country that she lived in. We had the opportunity to make a pretend gingerbread cookie from paper, that the children there wear around their neck for Oktoberfest which is really in September. We learned a song as we did an exercise to Head, Shoulder, Knees and Toes in German. For another snack, we had a buffet where we got to assemble cracker sandwiches with German sausage and cheese! Canada is our topic last week and this week. Mrs. Debbie had baked us fish sticks from Canada's water. They were gobbled up. We learned that the Maple leaf is the countries emblem and they have 10 types. Learning about the flags from each country, the children have the opportunity to make a wind sock with the flag. Did you know that Canada has more land mass than the USA? Last week, we all…