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Youth Culinary Art Exploration with Chef Benton (ages 11-14) YUTH 115.51, CRN 26157

$229
Calendar Jul 7, 2025 at 9 am

This one week program focuses on full immersion, from kitchen safety to real skill building. With a clean straight-forward curriculum designed to cover all things savory.  We will pull unique recipes from countries all over the world. No kitchen experience required, just that they love to cook. Please bring a food safe container to bring any leftovers home. Instructor Maureen Benton.

Youth Professional Baking with Chef Benton (ages 11-14) YUTH 115.52, CRN 26141

$229
Calendar Jul 7, 2025 at 12:30 pm

In this one week program we will learn the secrets of top shelf baking, you will create delicious pastries from around the world and learn what it takes to plate a beautiful dessert, worthy of a master pastry chef! Please bring a food safe container to bring any leftovers home. Instructor Maureen Benton.

ROBLOX Coders (age 8-10) YUTH 110.51, CRN 26085

$199
Calendar Jul 14, 2025 at 9 am

Discover the Lua coding language while designing experiences in ROBLOX®, an online universe where you can create anything you dream of. This class combines game design concepts, coding, and fun! New developers will learn to use Roblox’s Studio software to reimagine the popular game genres with your own custom code! Student- created games will be available on a password-protected Black Rocket website to share with friends and family. Students will work in pairs or teams for most of the program. Note: Students can only be registered if their actual age matches the advertised age range of the class. If a registration is received that does not comply, we will have to cancel the registration and issue a refund. Instructor Brittany Pietskowski.

Travel the world with Chef Swanigan (ages 9-15) YUTH 118.52, CRN 26136

$399
Calendar Jul 14, 2025 at 9 am

Join Chef Diana as she teaches you how to make and enjoy exquisite dishes from every destination, all from the comfort of our kitchen! Each day will feature exciting options that students can recreate on their own at home as they explore their culinary skills! Each day we will explore dishes from either Mexico, Italy, China, India & USA. Students will learn how to make beef tacos/burritos, pico de gallo, guacamole, spaghetti and meatballs, garlic bread, salads, veggie fried rice, chicken spring rolls, green bean basmati rice, coconut chicken curry, garlic naan, macaroni and cheese, buttermilk fried chicken & sweet cornbread muffins! Please bring a food safe container to bring any leftovers home. Seating is limited so sign up today! Instructor Diana Swanigan.

Full Course

Youth Culinary Arts Exploration with Chef Benton (ages 11-14) YUTH 116.52, CRN 26142

$229
Calendar Jul 14, 2025 at 9 am

This one week program focuses on full immersion, from kitchen safety to real skill building. With a clean straight-forward curriculum designed to cover all things savory.  We will pull unique recipes from countries all over the world. No kitchen experience required, just that they love to cook. Please bring a food safe container to bring any leftovers home. Instructor Maureen Benton.

Youth Professional Baking with Chef Benton (ages 11-14) YUTH 116.51, CRN 26140

$229
Calendar Jul 14, 2025 at 12:30 pm

In this one week program we will learn the secrets of top shelf baking, you will create delicious pastries from around the world and learn what it takes to plate a beautiful dessert, worthy of a master pastry chef! Please bring a food safe container to bring any leftovers home. Instructor Maureen Benton.

Full Course

ROBLOX Coders (age 11-14) YUTH 110.52, CRN 26086

$199
Calendar Jul 14, 2025 at 1 pm

Discover the Lua coding language while designing experiences in ROBLOX®, an online universe where you can create anything you dream of. This class combines game design concepts, coding, and fun! New developers will learn to use Roblox’s Studio software to reimagine the popular game genres with your own custom code! Student-created games will be available on a password-protected Black Rocket website to share with friends and family. Students will work in pairs or teams for most of the program. Note: Students can only be registered if their actual age matches the advertised age range of the class. If a registration is received that does not comply, we will have to cancel the registration and issue a refund. Instructor Brittany Pietskowski.

Make Your First Video Game (age 8-10) YUTH 109.51, CRN 26087

$199
Calendar Jul 21, 2025 at 9 am

In this Black Rocket classic, you will go well beyond the limitations of the traditional 2D game design classes and create an immersive 3D world. Students will learn the physics behind 3D games, explore beginner event scripting, level design, controlling the flow of gameplay, and storytelling. Student projects will be available on a password-protected Black Rocket website to share with friends and family. Projects are only compatible with Windows devices. Students will work in pairs or teams for most of the program. Note: Students can only be registered if their actual age matches the advertised age range of the class. If a registration is received that does not comply, we will have to cancel the registration and issue a refund. Instructor Brittany Pietskowski.





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