FRITZ CONCERT SERIES: Summer event continues at the conservatory

CRAIG STRAIN WILL BE FEATURED AT TAYLOR CONSERVATORY & BOTANICAL GARDENS JULY 23.

The admission for all regular season concerts is $5 at the door.  

No outside food or beverages are permitted.  Cash bar opens at 5:30.  Live music from 6:30 to 8:30   For more info including rain out location visit www.taylorconservatory.org or www.facebook.com/taylor conservatory or call 888-383-4108 

   

The rest of the 2014 full summer concert line up is: 

July 23         Craig Strain’s Horn driven R & B, Dr. Pocket 

July 30         Key board player Chris Codish 

August 6      Charles and Gwen Scales, Jazz and R & B 

August 13    Trumpet player Dave Tatrow 

August 20    Grand Finale 3 hour concert featuring from Chicago BMR4  Jazz and Blues 

Art Viewing

5:30– 8:30 p.m.

Live Music

6:30-8:30 p.m.

Rain-Out Location-Activity Building at Heritage Park

TRC HOLDS APPRECIATION NIGHT

The Taylor Reading Corps will host a "Volunteer and Donor Appreciation Dinner" at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, July 22, at the Taylor Masonic Center, 23263 Goddard Road.

The reading corps is a non-profit 501(c)3 that recruits, trains and supervises hundreds of volunteer mentors, who aid Taylor low elementary school children in reading. It mentors children in groups preschool through the third grade. 

If you are a volunteer or a donor with the TRC -- or if you are just interested -- call (313) 769-6730.

SCREEN ON THE GREEN features outdoor family movie tonight

Southpoint Church, 7155 Norwood, is presenting Screen on the Green free outdoor family movies on July 20 and again on August 16.

Games and prizes will be starting at 7:30 p.m. with the movies at 9.

The films are "Despicable Me 2" and "The Lego Movie."

Bring your chairs, blankets and bug spray.

For more information, click on www.southpointccc.com

PARK IT AT HERITAGE PARK!

Park It Family Fun Night, featuring live music, children's activities, giveaways and movies under the stars, is scheduled for 6 p.m. Tuesday, August 12, at Heritage Park. This is a totally fun activity running in conjunction with the Junior League World Series, which will also be underway nearby.

The event will be held on the Heritage Park soccer fields, which run along the north end of the park. Live music by The George Brothers will begin at 6:30 p.m. The movie Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory will begin at 8:15.

The sponsors of this event include Metro PCS, ZTE and the Detroit Zoo.

For more information, go to www.parkit4fun.com.

TAYLOR SUMMER ACADEMY: Students take trip without leaving school

Teachers Caryn Dean and Erin Sutphen took their students on a road trip across Michigan during a recent portion of the Taylor Summer Academy.  

By reading maps and other resources such as books and articles, the kids were able to find out all kinds of fascinating facts about our Great Lakes State.  Then the students created books where they wrote and illustrated their findings. What a fun souvenir to have.

The kids also celebrated that Traverse City is the Cherry Capital of the World by making and eating cherry pies.

TAYLOR SUMMER ACADEMY: Getting up close and personal with cockroaches

Recently the students at the Taylor Summer Academy attended an assembly presented by Dynamic West Assemblies called "Exotic Animals Around the World."

Students “got up close and personal” with Madagascar Hissing Cockroaches.  Did you know that you can tell the difference between a boy and a girl cockroach?  The boys have two horns on their head that they use to battle other boy cockroaches to win the girl cockroach's heart.  The students were given the chance to identify the differences.

Students were able to touch the rough and bumpy tortoise shell.  A tortoise is a land dweller, while a turtle swims in water -- cool fact

Students got to see the difference between two lizards from Australia -- the Blue Tongued Skink and the Bearded Dragon.  

Do you know how the Blue Tongued Skink got its name?  It has a blue tongue and it's a skink.  The Bearded Dragon is a desert dweller and looks like its surroundings.  Try and guess which one is the Bearded Dragon.

The students also got to see, touch , and learn about frogs and toads, a python snake, and a ferret.  The teachers had a lot of fun getting into the action too!

BLAIR MOODY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL: Think Stretch...

Blair Moody Elementary School hosted a “Think Stretch” party on July 8.  

Although the weather did not cooperate, students brought their workbooks and met up with classmates. Mrs. Tetreault was very pleased to see that students were working hard on their workbooks.

Students received stickers and freeze pops. Mrs. T. even made a visit to Nanny's Daycare to deliver a sticker and freeze pop to a very deserving student. Keep up the good work and we will get together again in August.