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Classes

The Senior Center offers a variety of classes to Adults of all ages. Everyone can find something that meets their interests.  The list below contains our regularly scheduled classes. To sign-up for a class, visit our Contact Us page and fill out the form or come into the Senior Center. 

 

AARP Driver Safety Program Class

 

2012 Classes

 

Note: The 4 1/2 hour renewal classes are for people who have taken the full 8 hour class within the last 4 years.

 

Thursday, January 12th & 19th           1-5pm
Thursday, March 8th & 15th               1-5pm
Thursday, May 17th                             12:30-5pm (4 1/2 hour class)
Thursday, July 12th & 19st                  1-5pm
Thursday, September 13th & 20nd     1-5pm
Thursday, November 1st                     12:30-5pm (4 1/2 hour class)

 

Note: you must call (707) 829-2440 to reserve a seat in advance.
The cost is $12.00 per person if you are an AARP member.
Otherwise the cost is $14.00 per person.

   

 

Birdwatching Class:
Instructor: Gay Bishop Brorstrom, Phone: (707)823-4929, Email: brorbish@comcast.net

Thursdays, 9am
The location varies. For information and a list of locations contact the instructor.


Computer Class
Instructor: Stacey Mortenson

Thursdays:
Beginner Basics I 12:00 - 1:00 PM
     Learn About Your Computer
Beginner Basics II 1:15 - 2:15 PM
     Desktop Fundamentals
Intermediate I 2:30 - 3:30 PM
     Email Basics
Intermediate II 3:30 - 4:30 PM
     Internet Search, Programs, Files and Folders
Advanced Instruction is available
     Transferring Pictures from a Digital Camera

Call the Senior Center to schedule your sessions at (707) 829-2440.
The cost is $40 for the series of 4 classes.

 

Computer Tutoring:
Instructor: Bill Stillman

Wednesdays   9am,  at the Senior Center
or
Wednesdays 10:30am,  at the Senior Center.
Call the Center to schedule your sessions at (707) 829-2440.
Cost $40 for 4 - 1 1/2 hour sessions.

 

Creative Expression Class
Instructor: Ellen Solot

Wednesdays, 5pm,  at the Senior Center
Cost $8 per class

 

Drawing and Painting:
Instructor: Sasha Pepper - Call (707)823-1522

Mondays,   10am,  at the Community Center

 

Getting Grounded Gracefully - Awareness Through Movement
Instructor: Julie Smith

Beginners - Thursdays at 9am at the Senior Center in the Program Room.
Cost $8 per class Advanced - Thursdays at 10am at the Senior Center in the Program Room.
Cost $8 per class

 

History Class
Instructor: Terry Regan

Wednesdays at 2:30pm at the Senior Center in the Rotary Room.
Cost $6 per class

This series of lectures is on American History.

Lectures begin on February 1st until May 23rd, 2012

Here is the class Outline:

  1. Pre-Columbian Societies
  2. Transatlantic Encounters and Colonial Beginnings, 1492-1690
  3. Colonial North America, 1690-1754
  4. The American Revolutionary Era, 1754-1789
  5. The Early Republic, 1789-1815
  6. Transformation of the Economy and Society in Antebellum America
  7. Transformation of Politics in Antebellum America
  8. Religion, Reform and Renaissance in Antebellum America
  9. Territorial Expansion and Manifest Destiny
  10. The Crisis of the Union
  11. Civil War
  12. Reconstruction
  13. The Origins of the New South
  14. Development of the West in the Late Nineteenth Century
  15. Industrial America in the Late Nineteenth Century
  16. Urban Society in the Late Nineteenth Century
  17. Populism and Progressivism
  18. The Emergence of America as a World Power
  19. The New Era: 1920's
  20. The Great Depression and the New Deal
  21. The Second World War
  22. The Home Front During the War
  23. The United States and the Early Cold War
  24. The 1950's
  25. The Turbulent 1960's
  26. Politics and Economics at the End of the Twentieth Cenury
  27. Society and Culture at the End of the Twentieth Cenury
  28. The United States in the Post-Cold War World

Pilates Class
Instructor: Virginia Mathews

Wednesdays, 4:00pm,  at the Senior Center.
Cost $8 per class.

 

Practical Meditation
Instructor: Steven Poplar
Fridays, 2:00pm at the Senior Center
Suggested Donation $3.00

 

Resistance Training Class
Instructor: Deborah Shemesh

Tuesdays, 11:15am, at the Senior Center
For further information please visit www.deborahshemesh.com
Cost $8 per class

 

Spanish Class
Instructor: Christian Beytia

Intermediate Tuesdays, 1:00pm at the Senior Center.
Advanced     Tuesdays, 2:00pm at the Senior Center.
Beginning     Tuesdays, 3:15pm at the Senior Center.

Cost $8 per class

 

Qi Gong-Chinese energy Medicine Class
Instructor: Ellen Solot

Fridays, 7:45am,  at the Senior Center
Cost $8 per class

 

Walking Group:
Leader: Wilma Binkley

Tuesdays & Thursdays
There is a summer and winter schedule for the walks.
May to September 9:00am
October to April 9:30am
The location varies. Call Wilma Binkley at (707) 823-1948 for more information or
come to the Senior Center and look at the schedule on the bulletin board.

 

Writing Classes:

  • Independent Writer's Group
    Tuesdays, 9:15am at the Senior Center.
    Suggested Donation $3 per class.

  • Life Story Writing Class
    Instructor: Suzanne Sherman
    Tuesdays, 1:30pm at the Senior Center.
    No fee. $3.00 donation appreciated

Yoga Awareness:
Instructor: Deborah Shemesh

Thursdays, 11:15am at the Senior Center.
Cost $8 per class.
For further information please visit www.deborahshemesh.com

 

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