Who: Open to Children Grades 2-5 (limited to 25 students)
When:We will meet once a month, on a specified Thursday each month from 3:45-6:00 pm.
Where:Laurel Park Elementary, Art Room
What:Come join Cooking Up Character, a character building leadership service project club, at Laurel Park Elementary. Children will develop their character by learning new skills and applying them in a monthly service project. Our community service will focus on these areas: Our School, Our Families, Our World (Nature), Seniors, and Our Community. Some sample projects are: building & painting wooden planters for your neighbors,learning about importance of butterflies (taught by Crowder Park Staff) and planting a butterfly garden, visiting with seniors to sing holiday songs and help them make mini gingerbread houses, making dessert treats/thank you notes for firemen at a local Fire Station to thank them for their service to us, and lots more! The projects will help children learn to focus on the needs of others and learn new skills at the same time! If there is a service project that you have in mind, that means a lot to your family, please send me an email. We will have club t-shirts to wear during our community service outreaches. Parent volunteers are needed and welcome! More details on each project to follow after registration. Registration limited to 25 students. More details on club at www.cookingupcharacter.com. Direct question to Stephanie Mitchell, CUC Chapter Leader, 919-357-7032, smitchell@cookingupcharacter.com. Cost:$30/semester or $60/year for supplies.

KidzArt is a WCPSS approved vendor that will begin providing after-school drawing and painting classes for students in Kindergarten through 5th grade. Classes will be held each Wednesday in the Art room. Each week, experienced instructors will introduce different concepts in art and design while studenes create with a variety of art mediums. The projects are designed to be fun and focus on developing drawing and painting skills. KidzArt encourages originality and emphasizes that, in art, there are no mistakes! 

For information on how to register for classes, please visit www.Cary.KidzArt.com  Click the "register" button, select Laurel Park Elementary, and choose your track.