Featured Programs

Featured Programs

Featured Programs - Summer 2024
 
Squeaky Soles - Running Club

Mondays & Wednesdays; March 18th - May 1st

Join NRC for seven weeks of fun and a motivational running club. On Mondays we will play games, you won’t even know you are running. Wednesdays we will set goals and run laps either in the NRC gymnasium or at Themian Park. Squeaky Soles participants will end the program at the Battle of the Schools 1-Mile Fun Run. Registration and payment will be required for the Fun Run.
Time: 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Fee: $39 one day a week; $69 two days a week (t-shirt & water bottle included in fee)
Ages: 3rd - 6th Grade
Instructor: Candice Egizi-Sifuentez & Becky Butcher
Location: NRC Gymnasium and Themian Park
Registration Deadline Extended: Sunday, March 17th
Minimum Enrollment: 8 Maximum Enrollment: 25
Note: Water bottles will be stored at the Rec Center. Participants will be able to take them home at the end of the program.

 

Battle of the Schools 1-Mile Fun Run

Saturday, May 4th

* The school with the most participants will receive a traveling trophy!
* 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place awards will be given to each grade.
* All 1st Place winners will be placed into a Grand Prize drawing!
* All participants who did not come in 1st place will be placed into a Grand Prize drawing!
Time: Check in at 9:15 AM, Line up at 9:45 AM; Run starts at 10:00 AM
Fee: $15
Ages: Kindergarten - 6th Grade
Location: Centennial Park - NEW LOCTATION
Note: Participants may register up to the day of the race but will not be guaranteed a t-shirt after deadline. T-Shirt Deadline: Monday, April 15th

 

Safe Sitter - Baby Sitting Training

Monday, June 10th

Designed to prepare students in grades 6-8 to be safe when they’re home alone, watching younger siblings or babysitting. The instructor-led class is filled with fun games and role playing exercises. Students even get to use manikins to practice rescue skills like choking rescue and CPR (certifications not given).
Time: 9:00 AM - 3:30 PM
Fee: $50
Ages: 6th - 8th Grade
Location: NRC Cottonwood Room
Registration Deadline: Friday, May 31st
Minimum Enrollment: 4  Maximum Enrollment: 8
Note: Please bring a sack lunch.

 

Newton Community Camp 101

Monday, June 17th - Friday, June 21th

Join our 2nd annual NRC Clubhouse - Newton Community Camp 101. This camp is an awesome experience. Participants will see behind the scenes while touring a variety of Newton businesses during the week, eat lunch at local Newton restaurants and work to complete a community service project together at the end of the week. 
Time: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Fee: $129
Ages: Entering 3rd Grade - Completed 5th Grade
Instructor: Candice Egizi-Sifuentez & NRC Staff
Location: Meeting in NRC Cottonwood Room
         Traveling to Newton Community Businesses 
Registration Deadline: Monday, June 10th
Minimum Enrollment: 10 Maximum Enrollment: 15
Note: MUST PRE-REGISTER and attend all 5 days of camp. Please prepare your children that we will be walking to most businesses (up to 1-2 miles). We will be bused to businesses not in walking distance.