• March Meal Prep Cooking Classes with Theresa Reynolds.

Sunday afternoons the Thunder Mountain High School Culinary Arts room. March 19 and 26. 2pm-5:30pm.

Fee- $72.00, plus groceries.

Grocery fee TBD.

Learn the basics of meal prep and how to make it work for YOU! We will discuss concerns and considerations when planning meals and recipes in advance. Session 1 will focus on breakfast recipes that can be easily be made ahead of times for busy mornings.

• Basic Self Defense Class with Michael Schroeder.

Tuesday evenings in the Harborview School commons. 6pm-7pm. March 7, 14, 28, April 4, 11, 18, 25.

Fee- $84.00

Students will be exposed to self-defense techniques against pushes, punches, grabbing, hugging, choking, ground fighting, and various weapon attacks. The more you know and practice these skills, the more proficient you will be in protecting yourself. Minimum age is 14 years old.

• Pottery class with Louise Kuntz-Tadda

Tuesday evenings in the Thunder Mountain High School art room. 6pm-8pm. March 14, 28, and April 4, 11, 18, 25.

Fee- $211.00 for returning students, $217.00 for new students. Includes supplies.

Louise has taught well loved and popular pottery classes for Juneau Community Schools for years. Come join her!

• Tap dance workshop with Kelsey Riker

Saturday, March 25 (over spring break) 12pm-2pm or 12pm-4pm in the Juneau-Douglas High School auditorium.

Fee- 12pm-2pm only- $24.00. 12pm-4pm (full session) = $40.00.

Have you ever wanted to learn to tap dance? Are you a tapper looking to practice or clean up your sounds? Join dancer Kelsey Riker for a day of tap at all levels! The first two hours will teach and review basic steps, while the second two hours will teach a piece of choreography that you can show off at parties! Students aged 10 or older are welcome to one or both sessions.

• Musical Theatre workshop with Kelsey Riker

Sunday, March 26 (spring break) 12-2pm or 12-4pm in the Juneau-Douglas High School auditorium.

Fee- Fee- 12pm-2pm only- $24.00. 12pm-4pm (full session) = $40.00.

Calling all lovers of musicals! Join Kelsey Riker for an upbeat afternoon of musical theatre dance!

The first two hours will provide a brief history of American Musical Theatre and a teaching of commons dance steps seen on the stage. The second two hours will teach a piece of choreography that will get stuck in your head like your favorite show tune. Students age 10 or older are welcome to join one or both sessions.

• Fly Casting 101 Workshop with Tony Soltys

Session1- Tuesday, March 14 and Thursday, March 16. Two day workshop at Auke Bay Elementary. 7pm-9pm.

Session 2- Monday, April 10 and Wednesday, April 12. Two day workshop at Auke Bay Elementary. 7pm-9pm.

Fee- $48.00

Fly Casting is both beautiful and enjoyable. This two day workshop is about an art that must be mastered to fully enjoy fly fishing. Good casting is not all that intuitive, Unfortunately," self learning" often leads to developing incorrect techniques that can take years to unlearn. Although this workshop is designed for beginning casters, it is open to anyone wishing to work out casting problems and/or learn good techniques to improve their casting.

We will cast indoors for two nights, for a total of 4 hours. Bring your own fly rod so you can learn to cast the fly rod that you wil be using to fish with.

Pickling & Fermenting with Sarah Lewis

Saturday, March 4, 1:00-4:00 PM, $32 plus $15 supply fee. JDHS Culinary Arts Kitchen.

Do you love pickled vegetables, sauerkraut, and kim-chi? Do you want to be astonished by how easy they are to make? In this class Sarah will teach the basics of lacto-fermentation and vinegar pickling for tasty homemade snacks and digestive health. For all experience levels. Please bring six wide-mouth, half-pint canning jars with new lids and one quart-sized jar with a lid (does not need to be a canning jar)

Canning Spaghetti Sauce

Saturday, March 11, 1:00-4:00 PM, $32 plus $15 supply fee. JDHS Culinary Arts Kitchen.

Healthy, home-canned spaghetti sauce can save time, money and mealtime hassles. In this class, Sarah will teach people of all experience levels how to easily and safely pressure can spaghetti sauce in jars for the pantry shelf. Please bring one, 1-quart sized canning jar with a new lid

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Juneau Community Schools follows current JSD covid-19 mitigation protocols.

These JSD protocols must be followed, but private rentals are free to require additional mitigation measures for their events if they wish.

- Symptom free schools- stay home if you are sick!

- Masks are optional, but all close contacts are required to mask for 10 days after exposure.

- If you test positive for covid, you must stay away for at least 5 days and until you are fever free and symptoms are improving. When you return, you must mask through day 10 of your positive test.

Thank you for keeping our staff, students, and patrons healthy!