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F A M I L Y Y M C A

Upcoming events: Wed., May 20: Adventure

Guides Recruitment Night (see page 10)

Sun., May 31: Adventure Guides Secret Sister Party (see page10)

Mon., June 15: A Night at Luna’s (see page 6)

Fri., June 26: End of Year Carnival (see page 6)

Tues., June 30: Graduation (see page 6)

Community events: Sat., May 16: Lobsterfest

at City Hall Lawn. Staff Volunteering

Admin Office meetings:

Tues., June 5 @ 9:30am.

Site Supervisor Meeting

Thurs., June 11 @ 5pm: Y

Board Meeting

Parent meetings:

Home Gardens: Tues., May

19 @6pm. Topic: Nutrition

Job Openings:

Van Drivers

*Passenger endorsement

*Class B driver license

Site Supervisors

* Site supervisor permit

required

*Knowledge of Title 5 & Title 22

Teacher Aides

*Must have 6 units

Teachers

*Teacher’s Permit (CA) required

*1 yr. experience with desired

results and environmental

rating scale

Download job application from

the Y website: and return to

Main Y, Attention: Monica

Hunter, Child Care Programs

Director.

www.ymcacornor.org

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WHAT WHEN TIME WHERE COST

CPR/1st Aid Class Sat, May 9, 2015 8:30am Main Y Call 800-325-4468 for pricing info

Cardio Fitness Monday 11:00am - 12:00pm

Y Community Center

$5 per class

Core Workout with Pilates/Yoga

Thursday 9:30am - 10:30am Y Community Center

$5 per class

Health & Safety Class

Sat, May 2, 2015 8:30am Main Y Call 800-325-4468 for pricing info

Karate Monday & Wednesdays

Beginners 6:15pm - 7:00pm

Int/Advanced 7:15pm - 8:00pm

Call Main Y to register

Cost $45 Member, $55 Non members. Cost is per month.

Music Lessons One-on-one lessons drums, piano and

for woodwinds/brass, guitar.

Call Main Y 951-736

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Youth Sports - Flag Football

Starts: April 21st Tuesday & Thursday

Ages 4-6 6:15pm - 7:00pm

Ages 7-10 7:15pm - 8:00pm

Call Main Y to register

Cost $45 Member, $55 Non members

Zumba Mon, Tues, Wed, Fri 10:00am - 11:00am

6:00pm - 7:00pm

Y Community Center

$3 per class

Please like us on

www.facebook.com/YMCACorNor And find out what’s going on

behind the scenes.

It’s the best way to keep up to date with what’s going on at the

Corona-Norco Family YMCA!

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Tuesday, June 30th

at New Beginnings

Church

End of the

School Year

Friday, June 26th @ Main Y

See Site Supervisors

for details

Did you know that the Corona-Norco Family YMCA is helping children and families weather the economic storm? Every day we work side-by-side with our neighbors to make sure that everyone, regardless of age, income or background, has the opportunity to learn, grow and thrive. The Y now operates eight program sites with a continuum of care for children in the Corona-Norco and Jurupa Valley Unified School Districts ages 18 months to high school.

We are always looking for support from our community. If you would like more information of how you can help, please contact Lorena Gomez (951) 736-1415 or gomez@ymcacornor.org The Corona-Norco Family YMCA is a 501(c) (3) charitable organization classified by the Internal Revenue Service.

Thank you for your continued support of YOUR YMCA!

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YMCA Birthdays Suzanne Saba - May 2

Leonor Rendon - May 3 Monica Parga - May 13

Laura Romero-Diaz - May 15 Luz Valdez - May 20 Coral Sosa - May 22

Guilermina Quezada - May 26 Iris Mancia - May 29

Home Gardens

Theme: Hawaiian week This week the children will explore and learn about the Island of Hawaii. We will research

This week we are learning about objects in space. The children will make and dress up in space outfits. We will discuss why people go to space and the things they can and will do in space. The students have three weeks left in traditional school, and are taking tests at their schools. Our teachers will offer sup-port and help as needed to assure their suc-cess. We will be taking pictures of the awards the children received. They will also be playing games of baseball and soccer and doing bike races. We will do arts and crafts daily, as well as working on spelling, site words, and bingo games.

specifically the history of the Lei; what kind of flowers or seeds are needed to make a Hawaiian Lei; what is the meaning of the colors of Hawaiian Leis; why in Hawaii people have few rules for whoever wants to wear a Hawaiian Lei; and the significance of the Lei. As well we will learn about the special occasions when people can have or give a Hawaiian Lei to someone they love. Children are exited for this week to make Hawaiian activities which includes the Hawaiian Lei, a pineapple, and a Luau mask. Friday they will bring their favorite toy to share with their friends.

To Our Y NEW EMPLOYEES

Rebekah Foltz 03-02-2015: Jurupa Valley

Yesenia Beltran 03-02-2015: Merrill

Indoor Causey 03-07-15: Home Gardens

Martha Sandoval 03-08-15: Main Y

Rebecca Spiegel 03-16-2015: Administration

Let us all welcome our newest staff to the

Corona Norco Family YMCA

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Jurupa

Toddlers - During this week we will be working around a farm theme where children will have the opportunity to discuss and do art activities that involve farm animals while singing farm themed songs such as “Old MacDonald had a farm.” Some of the activities we will be doing include a farm puppet show, farm animal dress up, sponge painting, yogurt painting, tie dye milk, and a shredded paper and cotton

ball art. Preschool 1 – This week our class will be changing topics and will begin our Creative Curriculum study of Balls. We will discuss what is a ball, what shape is it. We will look at what materials are used to make a ball. We will explore different size and shapes of balls. We will be discussing what games are played with a ball. Preschool 2 – We will be taking a break from our creative curriculum study about balls and focus on Mother’s Day. The children will discuss about Mother’s Day and what it is and why do we celebrate. The children will make a mother’s day gift for their mom and it will be given to the moms on Friday. Preschool 3 - This week we will focus our study by learning learn about buildings. We will study some different buildings from around the world such as The Leaning Tower of Pisa, Eiffel Tower, and the Tahj Mahal. We will also study how culture and diversity plays a role in how buildings look in different countries. School age – The class will be focusing on health issues. They will be discussing Healthy living, vision and exercise. They will do science activity dealing with vision and eye safety. They will discuss eye health and how often people should get their eyes checked. The children will also be discussing animal safety and care.

This week, we are expanding our study on Recycle, Reduce, and Reuse. The children have already explored with a variety of reusable materials. They have worked with materials to make something new out of something old. They have used their imaginations and creativity to make their own creations, with something old. This will allow them to problem solve and work together.

The children will have an opportunity to learn about different symbols that represent a meaning such as recycle. The children will also, learn about what items in the classroom they think are recyclable. The teachers will give them the correct answers when needed. The children will learn about who takes the trash away and how it is taken away. We will discuss with the children several different questions about trash. For example, we will ask them about throwing our trash away, what would happen with the trash, if the trash is not thrown away? Should we throw away trash on the streets? Who will help the community stay clean? Why is it important to throw away trash? The teachers’ will share about what items they recycle at home and the children to have an opportunity to share about what color trash cans they have at their home. We will ask them, who throws out the trash at home and if they have ever visited a recycling center before.

In addition, the children will listen to the story called,

“Mama, Do you Love Me? By,

Barbara M. Joosse. We will ask

the children to draw a picture of their Mom. The children will be asked, what is the story

about? Can they share something about their Mom, and what they like doing with

their Mom. The children will learn new vo-cabulary words, such as amazing, straw, scrap paper, full, treasure, carry, cracked

eggs, and slowly.

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We hope that all our families had a great Mother’s day.

This week we are expanding our exploration of recycling. Last week both classes made projects out of recycled materials. Ms. Bousha's class made robots. The children had lots of fun creating their works of art. Miss

City Park

Irene's class made big pizzas out of recycled art materials. On Tuesday, May 5, Katheryn's mom from our First Five class, donated 2 piñatas for Cinco de Mayo. We asked parents to donate toys for us to fill them. The children were able to each have a turn to break the piñatas and had a fun day. We thank all of our parents who donated the toys and a big thank you to Rosa for the piñatas.

This week, Miss Bousha and Miss Christina's class are going to be learning about what happens to old bottles and cans when they become empty. Miss Irene's class will be talking about “where does trash go?" They will be making things with trash such as a camera, a tambourine, and a guitar.

CALVERT: This week we will be expanding our farm theme by creating their own goat out of paper plates, a pig with mud using sponges and paint. Also, we will be collaging a duck for sensory and the children will be able to make butter out of heavy cream on Friday. We will be focusing on letters…O,C, S and the number 19. Children will get to compare and talk about whole milk, skin and 2% milk for science. SCHOOL AGE: In celebration of National Police Officer Week, this week we are proudly honoring the men and women on the police force. We will be creating cards for the officers, making small thank you gifts, and will be educating the children on the difficult job the officers face every day. We will be discussing and talking about the law and why they are important. The duties of a police officer, which includes making sure that everyone obeys the laws. Also, we will be discussing, the “safe stranger” vs. “stranger danger” and about the tools and equipment that officers use. FIRST FIVE: This week, we are studying insects. We will be discussing the four stages of metamorphosis. In math, we will be using bug counters to practice our adding and subtracting. In circle

Main Y time we are reading books such as Ladybug, The Hungry Caterpillar, and more books written by Eric Carle. We will continue to practice our writing techniques, focusing on the letter of the week. We are making Mother’s day gifts as well…so it will be a busy week. STATE 1: This week we are investigating our planet Earth. We will explore the wonders of Earth. Discuss the Earths water, talk about the land and air. We will work with puzzles and maps of our world. Children will be creating Earth sun catchers and Earth handprints for art as well. We are focusing on the letters W, J , and G.

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Teen Center At the Teen Center we offer a variety of programs. We range from health and dance classes to our very own Teen Group where your teens can relax and unwind after school from 2-6pm Monday-Friday. The teens experience a variety of activities. This last week the teens were creating nice Mother’s day cards, they also came up with their own creations of melted crayon art. They had a really good time playing Uno cards and Apples to Apples their prices were jump ropes. To end our fun week we had a nice hot chocolate to keep warm with the rainy weather. Your teen can come and join the fun and make new friends. We also offer tutoring to all teens from 7th-12th grade is welcome. Next week our teens will be doing really fun activities and crafts like Paper Mache masks, Magazine art, Friend ship bracelets. The Teens will also be selling chili cheese nachos and hot dogs. Please come and support our fundraiser, here at our YMCA Teen Center starting Monday May 11 from 10:00-6:00pm. Our Zumba classes are on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday’s from 10-11 am and 6-7pm. The classes are $3.00 dollars. From week to week the Zumba classes range from classic Latin Salsa, merengue, to today’s modern pop music. It is a wonderful way to unwind and relax after a long day as well as dancing your way into a better you! We would like to invite the YMCA staff as well as the community to our Zumba Party this Friday May 15th! From 6:30-7:30pm. We also offer Senior Classes $5.00 dollars the class. We have our Instructor Maureen Brunnler offering Core work out with Pilates and Yoga on Thursday’s from 9:30-10:30am. We have our Cardio Fitness class on Monday’s from 11-12noon. We would like to invite all seniors in our community to our classes. The Home Gardens Library is gearing up for the summer reading program, Juntos Leemos, which starts June 8th. This year, not only children are invited to read books and earn prizes. Teens, adults and families with pre-readers can join as well. Our theme this year is Read to the Rhythm/Lee al Ritmo. The library will offer special programs during the summer, plus our regularly scheduled story times and clubs. Wiggles and giggles, a story time geared toward younger kids, is offered at 10:30 am on Wednesday’s and Friday’s. The bilingual story time, Aventura’s de lectura is every Wednesday at 4pm. Anime club, geared for teens is at 4pm on Tuesday’s. The library also offers ESL and literacy classes.

You are invited to our Zumba Party This Friday’ May 15th from 6:30pm-7:30pm at the Teen Center in Home Gardens Come have fun with us!!!!!!

NOW accepting sign ups for Summer Day Camp!

Monday-Friday: 9am -5pm June 9 - August 7. $140 per week

Camp includes breakfast, lunch, & a P.M. snack.

Fieldtrips are included in the price of camp. Call 951-736-922 to register.

Spaces are limited and is on a first come first serve basis. Come experience summer!

Youth & Government June - Y & G Delegates will volunteer and help with

the YMCA Carnival & Graduation. We will also have a

Celebration for our gradating seniors.

August - Y & G Delegates will visit different schools

to Recruit new members for the 2015-2016 year.

If you would like to speak with the Y & G delegates

or assist them with their research, please contact

Lorena Gomez at gomez@ymcacornor.org or (951)

736-9622.

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We are proud supporters of buying local! Every week we get a delivery from the Griffith Family Farms of oranges so that we ensure our students are eating fresh fruit daily.

You are invited to Our Zumba Party at the Teen Center in Home Gardens May

15th at 6:30-7:30pm Come and Have Fun

with us!!!!!!!

Began

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Karate Location: YMCA Main Office: 1331 River Road, Corona, CA 92880 Cost: Y-Members $35.00/mo Non-Members $45.00/mo Classes available for Adults and Children age 5 & up! Call the Main Y to schedule: (951) 736-9622

Three for All The season starts June 9th. Tuesdays & Thursdays Ages 4-6 6:15pm-7:00pm Ages 7-10 7:15pm-8:00pm

Town hall meeting with UNITY & the Corona Norco Unified School District. Topics of the misconceptions, dangers & health issues surrounding e-cigarettes, vapor, etc. Our very own Board Members: Kathy Azevedo and John Zickefoose were the emcees.

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Zumba Come join the fun in our Zumba classes! Only one hour long! May 15th we have our Zumba Party! Come join!

Mon, Tues, Wed & Fri at 10am and 6pm. Only $3 per class.

Call the Y Community Center for more info: (951) 280-0783

Cardio Fitness

Looking to get fit and a group to join? Come join our Cardio Fitness classes!

Mondays at 11am. Only $5 per class Call the Y Community Center for more info:

Core Workout with Pilates & yoga Come join the fun in our Core Workout with Pilates & yoga classes! Only one hour long!

Thursdays at 9:30am. Only $5 per class. Call the Y Community Center for more info: (951) 280-0783

CORONA-NORCO

FAMILY YMCA

1331 River Road

Corona, CA 92880

If you have questions or suggestions about this newsletter,

please email Rebecca Spiegel at spiegel@ycornor.org.

Phone: 951-736-1415

Fax: 951-736-6759

Website: ymcacornor.org

www.facebook.com/YMCACorNor

Music Lessons Y Ensemble: Thursdays at 6:30pm practice. Come join us!

Private music lessons taught by professional musicians/instructors with performance and teaching experience. 1/2 Hour Lessons $20 Members $25 Non Members.

Call the Main Y to schedule: (951) 736-9622

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Adventure Guides May 12: Board Meeting at the Main Y May 20: Adventure Guides Recruitment Night at the Main Y May 31: Secret Sister Party at the Main Y If you are interested in this program, contact Kathleen Murphy at (951) 736-1415 or kmurphy@ymcacornor.org