Personal and Professional Development Classes

12 Personal Enrichment: Photography • Astronomy • Family and Parenting
Scrapbooking, Level 2
In this follow up class, you will further your
scrapbooking skills by adding fibres, ribbon,
eyelets, tearing, chalking, crumpling and more to
the list of available skills to choose from when you
create your next page! Learn basic stamping and
heat embossing techniques and you'll be on your
way to endless creative possibilities!
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Tue., Nov. 1 - 22 (4 classes) 7 - 9 p.m. $89.
Materials: $50. Facilitator: Jennifer Kostiuk.
Photography
Basic Digital Photography
with Single-Lens Reflex (SLR) cameras
If you've just acquired a digital camera or if you
lack certainty in using the one you already own,
this is the class for you! Learn how to use your
camera's adjustable settings to take beautiful
pictures. You'll start with the basics and then
quickly progress to more advanced shooting
techniques and features, such as taking action
shots, changing the ISO speed, setting the white
balance and much more.
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Tue., Sept. 27 - Nov. 1 (6 classes) 7 - 9:30 p.m.
$195. Facilitator: Robert Young.
Family Fun Photography
Most of us have the traditional family portrait
hanging on a wall: carefully posed and exposed,
with the proper framing and background, which is
fine, but what about well composed and
technically sound family photographs showing
your family being a family? Find out how to take
great family photos that capture those impromptu
memories on location and in progress.
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Sat., Nov. 19 (1 class) 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. $99.
Facilitator: Robert Young.
Astronomy
A Day with the Stars:
Astronomy for Beginners
Ever wondered what you're seeing when you gaze
into the heavens? Learn the basics of this most
ancient and fascinating of hobbies: astronomy.
Then take to the outdoors to try out what you've
learned in an evening observing session. Your
guide will be experienced stargazer from the Royal
Astronomical Society. Learn to find your way
around the night sky, identify fall constellations,
select the best equipment to meet your needs, and
learn how to use your observing equipment
effectively.
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Wed., Nov. 2 (1 class) 7 - 10 p.m. $69. Facilitator:
Garry Dymond.
Family and Parenting
Reading Strategies for Children:
A Guide for Parents
You will learn reading strategies that will enable
you to help your child become a better reader. You
will learn sounding out skills and integrate them in
to your child's reading and spelling homework.
You will provided with ideas for activities and
materials that are motivating and easy to make. A
student workbook, word lists and other
informational material is included. (please note
that this class focuses on reading in the English
language).
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Thu., Oct. 13 (1 class) 7 - 9 p.m. $49. Facilitator:
Diane Goosney.
Law and Legal
Understanding Prison Subcultures
Discover what goes on behind prison walls.
Explore how and why subcultures are formed and
the purpose of prison subcultures, the issues of
contraband, drugs, gangs and violence inside
prisons due to formed subcultures and the effects
of institutionalization on criminals.
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Thu., Oct. 20 (1 class) 7 - 9 p.m. $49. Facilitator:
Cindy Whitten.
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