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F A M I L Y Y M C A

IN OBSERVANCE OF MEMORIAL DAY, WE WILL BE CLOSED ON MONDAY, MAY 25th

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)

Admin Office meetings: Tues., June 5 @ 9:30am.

Site Supervisor Meeting

Thurs., June 11 @ 5pm: Y

Board Meeting

Parent meetings: Thurs., May 21 @ 6pm.

Topic: How to help your

child succeed in

Kindergarten

Job Openings:

Van Drivers

*Passenger endorsement

*Class B driver license

Site Supervisors

* Site supervisor permit

required

*Knowledge of Title 5 & Title

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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, June 26, 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, July 18, 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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Three for All Starts: June 9th 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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We have a vast genre of activities for teens, youth, and adults. Teens have the options to participate in physical activities like basketball, or arts and crafts, and even with educational activities such as tutoring and homework help Mondays through Fridays from 2pm to 6pm. Our teens are really excited to be participating in a chili cheese nachos and hotdogs fundraiser for the Women’s Leadership Conference. (All proceeds will go towards this sponsorship.) The teens also had a really good time playing with board games such as Apples to Apples, Connect Four, and Uno, and doing their own watercolor art. On the last days of the week the teens enjoyed a hot cup of chocolate and the presentation film “I Am Sam”. Next week the teens will be participating in exciting activities such as building wooden birdhouses, making tye-dye bandanas, and crafting their own unique duct tape wallets. To conclude our fun week the teens will be participating in a pajama and hot chocolate party.

We also offer Zumba Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday’s: 10-11 am and 6-7pm. The classes are only $3.00. 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 had a lot of fun at our Zumba party which last Friday night!

We also offer Senior Classes $5.00 per 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.

Home Gardens Library is gearing up for its annual summer reading program, Juntos Leemos. Our theme this year is Read to the Rhythm, and we're looking forward to collaborating with our local YMCA on some lively activities. All ages, including pre-readers, kids, teens and adults, are invited to sign up for the program where you earn prizes for reading books and attending events. Our kick-off event will be at 4pm on June 3. Along with our regular events, we will also have special programming every Thursday from 4-5pm starting June 16. Our big summer event will be a talent show on July 30 (sign up at the library). For more information, contact the library at 951-279-2148.

Our Corona-Norco family YMCA staff volunteered on Saturday, May 16 at the Corona Rotary Lobsterfest. It is an annual event and we thank the Corona Rotary for their continued support of our organization!

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Jurupa Toddlers - During this week we will expand our learning of the farm theme. Children will discuss what animals they care for at home. Some of the activities we will be doing include a farm puppet show, farm animal dress up, and sponge painting. Children will touch different objects such as cotton balls and fabric to feel the difference in textures.

Preschool 1 – This week we will be expanding our creative curriculum study of balls. We will be exploring why balls bounce and different shapes and sizes. We will be exploring outside by painting with balls, placing paint on the ball and bouncing them with the children. Our ball of the week is a baseball and we will be exploring this ball. Our song for the week is “Take Me out to the Ball Game” Preschool 2 – We are getting back to our study on balls. The children will be exploring what games are played with balls. The staff will introduce some different types of balls and allow the children to play with them. We will explore how high the balls bounce and if the shape of the balls effects how it bounces or rolls. Preschool 3 - This week we will expand our creative curriculum study on buildings. Our focus will study some different buildings in our community such as the grocery store, drug store, and different stores that we visit in our neighborhood. The kids will share what types of stores they visited during the week with their parents School age – This week we will expand our learning of focusing on health issues. We will be discussing Healthy living, in the area of healthy teeth and healthy eating. We will do a science activity dealing with health teeth. We will discuss why brushing their teeth is a big health issue and how often people should get their teeth checked. The children will also be discussing healthy foods they eat at home.

This week we will begin our new study on Music Making. The teachers will start a collection of homemade and standard instruments for the children to explore. As the collection grows the teachers will be talking about the individual instruments and music making materials.

In the art center, the children will be making guitars out of cardboard and lacing up them up with yarn. In the math area, the children will be counting pictures of different instruments and writing their number to match the number of instruments. In the

discovery center, we will have guitars to “play”. Who knows, we may have some future musicians in our classes. Outside, the children will play a friendly game of “musical

chairs”.

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Harada

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: The Cycle of the ladybug This week with children will learn through different periods and environmental

The children will learn about what Memorial Day is and why we celebrate Memorial Day. They will write a poem about the importance of Memorial Day. The Kinders will draw their thoughts about Memorial Day. They will make a flag, star bracelet, and necklace. They will write letters to the military troops in appreciation of their service. Our children will also draw the Statue of Liberty and color it in. We will also assist the children with homework and spend some time outside playing with the balls and jump ropes. We will play musical chairs and have bike and relay races.

circumstances. Their development occurs when they are exposed to explore and interact with other children, which is why this week children will have the opportunity to experiment and discover the Life Cycle of the Ladybug. It will be interesting to find out how many spots they have, how many different stages of life they have, how long can they live, how many species, how many colors, and when do they hibernate? In addition to this information children will make a Life Cycle of the Ladybug, Ladybug, and a Ladybug treat with Ritz, cream cheese, cherry tomatoes, and black olives. For literacy they will have dictation and illustration day based on the Book “The Grouchy Ladybug.” Friday children will have game day. Enjoy!!

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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Greetings from City Park! We are expanding our study on Recycling. Last week, Ms. Irene’s class made cameras out of recycled items like boxes. Ms. Christina and Ms. Bousha’s class made cars out of the recycles items as well. This week, Ms. Irene’s class will be acting out different scenarios in which

City Park

children are teaching others how to help the environment. They will also be making sunglasses out of egg cartons and painting with bubble wrap. After they are done painting with the bubble they will get to jump on it too. They will be reading “The Adventures of Gary and Harry” and then drawing a picture about the story. Be sure to look on the bulletin board for the pictures they drew. Ms. Christina and Ms. Bousha’s class will be doing a variety of art projects this week including wax paper art, blow painting with straws, squishy paint art and foil painting. They will be reading the book “Sam helps Recycle.” We are also practicing our songs for graduation.

A reminder to parents that there is a Parent Meeting this week on Thursday, May 21st at 6:00pm. The topic will be “How to help your child succeed in Kindergarten.” All parents are required to attend, please make proper arrangements to attend.

Main Y STATE: Last week in State, we explored Earth, this week we will investigate animals and environments around the world. As a class, we will be painting environments and discussing where in the world we would see these types of environments. Children will be making animals such as snakes, penguins, and loins. We will be discussing which type of environment these animals live in. CALVERT: During the upcoming week, we will be working with Disney movie favorites! Movie introductions will be done at circle time by storytelling and picture identification. Our children will have hands on with a variety of mediums to create unique crafts to represent/symbolize each movie! We will be sending home a family project this week. It will be to create a “unique car” using card board boxes and any other mediums or objects of their choice. The “car” will be due on May 29th, and a car race will be done that afternoon!! SCHOOL AGE: Last week, we had Officer Tarrant, from the Corona Police Department, visit us and discuss the importance of his job and how difficult his job is. He explained the importance of following the rules and why these rules are important. He talked about and reviewed with the kids about “Stranger Danger.” We had such a great time with Officer Tarrant and he even stayed to sit in at snack time with the children. What a wonderful experience this was for us all. Thanks again to Officer Tarrant. This week we will be rapping up the school year with focusing on writing, practicing our writing skills, focusing on capitals, punctuation and spelling review.

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Began

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!

Thank you to Councilmember Karen Spiegel for your donation to our YMCA.

In observance of Memorial Day, the YMCA will be closed on Monday, May 25th. We hope you enjoy your three day weekend!

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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

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Zumba We had a great Zumba Party Friday Night!

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

Phone: 951-736-1415

Fax: 951-736-6759

Website: ymcacornor.org

If you have questions or suggestions about this newsletter,

please email Rebecca Spiegel at spiegel@ycornor.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 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

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.