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Summer Fun in Southlake
Work Session
Summer Fun in Southlake
Southlake Summer Kickoff
Stars & Stripes
MasterWorks Music Series
Library Summer Reading Club
Summer Camp Mania
Teen Scene
Therapeutic Recreation
Lil’ Chefs
Camp Summer Oaks
Southlake Tennis Center
Southlake Parks
Southlake Summer Kickoff Saturday, May 21
FREE
Third Year Offered
Saturday May 21st
Rustin Park in Town Square
10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Preview of programs offered by Community Services Dept
Summer Program Demos
Library Reading Club Sign-up
Games
Live Entertainment
Safety Fair
Pool Safety
Fire Safety
Home Safety
Vendor Displays & Demonstrations
Independent Pool & Spa Service Association
Cook Children’s Hospital
Children’s Medical Center
Safe Kids Tarrant County
All-Safe
Southlake Summer Kickoff Saturday, May 21
Southlake 2030 “Box City” Youth Event
“What’s in a City?”
Teaches children to think about the land uses and buildings around them
Decorate and locate boxes as buildings, place open space
Southlake Summer Kickoff Saturday, May 21
11th Annual Stars & Stripes
July 3rd 6:00-10:00pm
Town Square Parks
Fireworks Display
Live Entertainment
Activity Booths
Interactive Gaming Area
www.StarsandStripesSouthlake.com
MasterWorks Music Series
City of Southlake and Arts Council Northeast present MasterWorks Music Series
Features DFW Musicians performing live in Town Square
Saturday Evenings
Town Square Parks (Rustin & Cornish Parks)
The City invites families to bring their blankets and lawn chairs out for an evening of music and fun.
Library Summer Reading Club
14 performances for families with 1st to 5th graders throughout the summer
Over 15,000 will attend library performances this summer
The library does one third of its business for the year in June and July
80% of all 1st to 5th graders in CISD participated in the Summer Reading Program last year
Library youth staff will visit every student at each elementary school in the month of May promoting library use in the summer and the Summer Reading Club.
Summer Camp Mania
Ages 5—11
June 6-August 5, 2011
70% full after 3 weeks of open registration
Expected to sell out by first session
Each week there is a new camp theme and a new place to explore
Campers will travel to the Fort Worth Zoo, Six Flags, Hawaiian Falls, Fort Worth Science and History Museum as well as many other places
Therapeutic Recreation Summer Club 2011
Provides Therapeutic Recreation participants ages 13 and up an opportunity to go out on the town for a day
Trips include: Legoland Discovery Center, Fort Worth Museum of Science and History and Texas Rangers games
One of the most successful therapeutic recreation programs in the Dallas/Fort Worth area
Camp Summer Oaks
Bob Jones Nature Center & Preserve
Ages 3-10
June 14 – August 5, 2011
75% full after 3 weeks of open registration
Opportunity to explore nature
The campers are given the title of scientists and taken on a journey while staying in the area they live in
This years camp theme is “The Ocean”
It is an educational program that offers an introduction to the sciences of physics, biology, and chemistry.
Southlake Tennis Center
Summer Junior Tennis Camps (Ages 5-16)
Junior Development Program (Ages 3-6)
STC Junior Academy
Adult Drills
www.southlaketennis.com
Southlake Parks
www.southlakeparks.com
Questions: Kari Happold (817) 748-8018