adventures for lifelong learners
Your Community House is not just for children. Are you looking for a creative outlet, a way to enrich your mind or just something to do while your child is in a class? We offer a range of programs for adults which include art classes, sports programs, and fitness and exercise classes geared toward adults. You’re never too old to learn something new, pursue a lifelong interest, or keep your body moving!
Few Spirits - Master Tasting
Friday - March 18 - 7:30 pm
The Master Tasting Class will examine the psychological and physiological influence on tasting various spirits. Participants will be educated in proper tasting techniques and procedures, as well as instruction on palate and nose training.
Proof of vaccination must be presented at the door before the program begins.
Adult Chess
Tuesday - April 4 - 10:00 am
Chess-Ed provides a unique, exciting, and dynamic chess instruction which lifts each student to a new level of expertise. Each week adult students will enjoy an engaging lesson with supervised time to play with other students. Students will grow their knowledge of the game - from the basics through opening theory, middle game tactics, and end game combinations.
Adult Sewing
Tuesday - April 5 - 10:00 am
Join us for adult sewing! This is the perfect class to learn the basics of sewing and make your very own cooking apron. We will spend the first week learning about the sewing machine; then for the additional three weeks, students will work on an apron. Fabric for the apron will be provided. If students would like to work on something besides an apron or if time permits, then they will need to provide their own pattern and fabric. Sewing supplies, including the sewing machine, fabric, thread, needles, and pins will be provided. Students may choose to purchase additional specialty items on their own.
dog obedience
Big Sky Dog Training
These classes are designed to review commands and increase the difficulty of exercises (commands) by extending the time and distance for each command. At each lesson, you will be able to focus on your concerns, like housebreaking, chewing, and barking to name a few. This class will teach you how to effectively train your dog while getting your dog to merge into your schedule and lifestyle.
Creative Paws
Creative Paws teaches the basics of obedience including sit, down, stand, recall (coming when called), stay, and heel - everything your companion dog needs to know? Both verbal commands and hand signals will be used. Dogs of any age may take this class. Positive reinforcement techniques will be used, so please bring food rewards or a small toy with you to class. No retractable leashes are allowed.
music
Private Music Classes
Choose one instrument or many! Learn how to SING and/or PLAY the piano, violin, drums, ukulele, bass guitar, banjo, mandolin, and percussion, all in a fun and creative way! Our unique approach is structured entirely around the student’s needs. Regardless of age or skill level, we educate our students with a strong musical foundation, learning the theory as well as the fundamentals of music!
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martial arts
Karate
Karate will focus on alertness of mind, self-control and mental strategies to meet life challenges. This traditional karate program will emphasize the principles and applications of weaponless self-defense through the use of total body dynamics and mental discipline.
Adult Taekwondo +
This program concentrates on Taekwondo techniques through the study of forms, stances, and the skills of punching, kicking, and blocking.
Kickboxing
Kickboxing is a high-energy workout using body weight and the power from within to throw punches and kicks while dropping into squats, lunges, and planks. A sweaty cardio blast will bring your heart rate up, catching your breath with active rest in-between. This workout will leave you feeling strong inside out and outside in!
Self-Defense Training for Adults, Teens, and Youth
Working with a partner, you will learn the techniques taught in class, including defenses against armed and unarmed attackers; single/multiple attackers; standing, sitting, ground techniques; and rape defense/prevention. Learn to anticipate and avoid potentially dangerous situations and how to defend yourself against a physical attack including; grabs, punches, chokes, bear hugs, headlocks, kicks, knives, guns, and more from a much bigger and stronger attacker. This class could save your life.
sports & fitness
Pilates
Pilates is a classic physical and mental conditioning method created over 80 years ago by legendary physical trainer Joseph Pilates. Through exercises that focus on applying the six principles (control, centering, concentration, precision, breath, and flow), we teach you about movement mechanics, allowing you to develop and maintain a healthy and graceful body.
Full Body Gain 3
Full Body Gain 3 will challenge you standing, planking, and on your backs. We will target muscle groups and create synergy head to toe. Standing: we’ll work the upper body and lower body separately before we fuse the two and call upon our core stability in a major way. Planks: we will execute in various styles to strengthen our core and our posture muscles and many muscles at the same time with modifications for all levels. We will hit the crunches and bridges on our backs, adding weights and arm/leg movements to give us a complete workout. A full-body workout to gain functional body movement, strength, and power!