After-School Camps
Registration is underway for the City of Waco Parks and
Recreation after-school camps. The recreation centers are
offering after-school camps for kids ages 5 to 12 from 3
p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Children take part in tutoring, afternoon snacks, and recreational
activities. The camps provide limited transportation from
area schools. The registration fee per child is $40 per
month.
South Waco Recreation Center is also offering a Teen Aide
after-school program. Teens participate in mentoring and
tutoring programs, while assisting after-school counselors
with activities and special events. Registration is $40
per academic year for ages 14 to 16.
For more information or to register, contact the recreation
centers at South Waco 750-8650, Bledsoe-Miller 750-8684,
and Dewey 750-8677.
Hooray for Health!
The Communities in Schools will host the annual Hooray
for Health! on Saturday, Aug. 9 from 9 a.m. to noon at the
Waco Convention Center.
The purpose of the event is to provide free immunizations,
children’s health insurance information, health screenings,
and health education for the youth of our community in a
fun and festive environment.
Please bring your child’s shot records to the event. For
more information, call Communities in Schools at 753-6002.
How
to make the City Intranet
Your Home Page
To make the City Intranet your home page,
open Internet Explorer. Then open the Tools menu and choose
Internet Options. Under the home page category, type in
http://www.waco-texas.com/intranet.htm. Then click ok with
your mouse. The City of Waco Intranet will then come up
first everytime you go to explore the internet.
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Fall Library Activities
for Children
The Waco-McLennan County Library offers a variety of free
children’s activities this fall.
Toddler Time, a special storytime for youth ages 12
to 36 months of age, will be held on Wednesdays at the Central
Library, 1717 Austin, starting Sept. 10. Two programs will
be offered at 9:45 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. Toddler Times offers
lots of movement, language enrichment, songs, and stories
appropriate for that age group.
Baby Time is a six-week interactive series for birth
to 12 months that includes stories, movement, and rhyme. This
series will be held on Tuesdays at 10:30 a.m. at the Central
Library. The fall series runs Oct. 14 – Nov. 18. Space is
limited so please call 750-5956 to register for this six-week
program.
Preschool Storytime, for children ages 3 – 6 will
be held at 10:30 a.m. at all four library locations, starting
the week of Sept. 8. The schedule is:
- East Waco Library, 901 Elm, on Tuesdays
- Hoover Library, 1428 Wooded Acres, on Wednesdays
- Central Library, 1717 Austin, on Thursdays
- South Waco Library, 2737 S. 18th St., on Fridays
Kids’ Computer Classes, aimed for students in 3rd
through 7th grade, will be held monthly at Hoover Library,
1428 Wooded Acres. The one-hour programs are held monthly
on the second Thursday at 4 p.m. Space is limited so please
call 750-5956 to register. The topics are:
- Sept. 11- Word Processing using Microsoft Word 8
- Oct. 9 - Internet Web Sites
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