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Makeup Bag Makeover

$55

with Avis Saunders

Calendar Next available session starts Sep 25, 2024 at 6:30 pm

Makeup Bag Makeover: Refresh and Revamp

Join us for a transformative session where we'll help you refresh and revamp your makeup bag! Bring in your current products and learn how to make the most of what you already have. Our expert makeup artists will guide you through personalized tips and tricks, helping you declutter, update, and organize your collection. Discover the best products for your skin type and learn new techniques to enhance your natural beauty. Leave with a streamlined, efficient makeup bag and a renewed sense of confidence!

 

About the Instructor: Avis Saunders is a seasoned hairstylist and makeup artist with over 15 years of experience in the beauty industry. Her career began in the world of film and television makeup, where she honed her skills in creating camera-ready looks. Years later, she transitioned into bridal, using her expertise to craft picture-perfect looks for hundreds of brides and special events. Currently, Avis shares her passion and knowledge as the Stage Makeup Professor at Schoolcraft College in Livonia. She also owns and operates her own salon suite and co-owns an on-location bridal hair and makeup business, On the Glow.Avis firmly believes that makeup is for everyone and sees it as a powerful tool to help individuals express their confidence and beauty. Her classes at the War Memorial are designed to empower participants with the skills and knowledge to enhance their natural beauty and embrace their unique features.

Ages 10+

Back to School: Boy Power Mini Boot Camp

$50

with Kids Empowered

Calendar Next available session starts Sep 29, 2024 at 9 am

A perfect transition course for Back to School Season!  Boys will learn how to be confident, build self-esteem and be empowered. They will learn the skill of being assertive and strong while still being a kind person in sticky situations  -managing  misunderstandings, disagreements and unfriendly situations with friends and classmates as well as how to handle peer pressure especially in friendship situations.  Boys will play games and role play how to handle sticky situations.  

 

Bring Snack and reusable water bottle.  K - 5th Grade.

Back to School: Girl Power Mini Boot Camp
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Back to School: Girl Power Mini Boot Camp

$50

with Kids Empowered

Transitioning from summer fun to Back to School can be tough - this course can help! Girls will learn how to be confident, build self-esteem and be empowered.  They will learn the skill of being assertive and strong while still being a kind person in sticky situations  -managing misunderstandings, disagreements and unfriendly situations with friends and classmates, as well as how to handle peer pressure, especially in friendship situations.  Girls will make a Girl Power craft; Girl Power tool kit and role play how to handle sticky situations.  

 

Bring Snack and reusable water bottle. K - 5th Grade.

Certified Babysitter/CPR/First Aid and Safe Home Alone (Age 9+)

$85

with Live Safe Academy

Calendar Next available session starts Oct 13, 2024 at 9 am

Learn to be safe and responsible. Build confidence. Have a competitive edge over other babysitters. Topics include first aid, when and how to call 911, CPR with manikin practice, choking, dealing with difficult behaviors, basic care methods like feeding and diapering, marketing and more! Students will also learn how to be safe and responsible when home alone, including the importance of not giving out personal information and what to do if somebody comes to the door. Students who successfully complete the course requirements will receive acertificate of completion for Certified Babysitter/CPR/First Aid course by Live Safe Academy (valid for two years).

Parents, this class is for students who are independent and responsible enough to be responsible for the safety and well-being of younger children without adult supervision. Class will end between 2 PM and 3 PM depending on when students complete the course requirements.

Students need a lunch, snacks, and a fully charged cell phone (if they own one). If your student does not have a cell phone, please write down the cell phone number of the person picking them up and give it to the student. Students will message their ride at lunchtime to let their ride know what time to pick them up. Please check in your student at the beginning of class. Drop off and pick up is in the classroom. Pen and paper for notes is optional. For more information please visit: https://www.livesafeacademy.com/babysitting/

OPTION FOR CURRENT BABYSITTER SAFETY STUDENTS ONLY: 

Certified Pet Sitter/CPR/First Aid (add on): Additional $25 fee will be added to registration

Kids, would you like to learn pet first aid and be a certified Pet Sitter? Increase your competitive edge by being more valuable to families with pets and kids. Increase your market bybeing certified to watch pets or kids. Learn to care for the pets in your own family. Have fun and help keep animals safe. Topics include pet first aid, CPR, choking, and more!

This is an add on class for students who participate in the Certified Babysitter/CPR/First Aid course on the same day (students of a previous Live Safe Academy Certified Babysitter/CPR/FirstAid course can become a certified pet sitter by taking a live virtual class). This program will begin after the babysitter safety class ends. Class should be concluded by 3 PM to 4 PM, depending on whenthe babysitter safety course is completed. For more information please visit:https://www.livesafeacademy.com/babysitting/

Self Defense for Kids

$25

with Live Safe Academy

Calendar Next available session starts Oct 30, 2024 at 5:30 pm

If someone wants to hurt our children, they will not choose a time or place withwitnesses. That means no parents, no teachers, no policemen, just our children and the predator. The safetyof our children will depend on their ability to recognize danger and respond appropriately. This fun,interactive and age-appropriate workshop teaches essential, lifesaving information about the dangers thatour children face, strategies for prevention and real-world techniques designed to reduce their risk ofabductions, assaults, and other forms of violence. But most of all, these programs teach students that theyhave the right to be safe, that no one has the right to hurt them, and that they are worth protecting. Norefunds or credit with less than 24-hour notice. If you need a medical exception, email Live Safe Academyat info@LiveSafeAcademy.com before class. For more information about this program please visit:http://www.livesafeacademy.com/childsafety

Ages: 6 - 11

You & Me: Once Upon A Craft Art Class
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You & Me: Once Upon A Craft Art Class

$110

with Saveria Giovinazzo

In this caregiver and child class, there will be story reading followed by an arts and crafts activity that matches the theme of the story.  Learning games and activities will also be played.  While enjoying pleasant activities, children will learn to follow directions in addition to developing fine motor skills .

Week 1- Book: Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? Art Project: Crayon resist watercolor painting of a bear

Week 2- Book: If You Give a Mouse a Cookie Art Project: Construction paper mouse craft

Week 3- Book: Engine, Engine, Number Nine Art Project: Tempera painted paper roll train craft

Week 4- Book: The Very Hungry Caterpillar Art Project: Tissue paper collage of a caterpillar

Week 5- Book: Guess How Much I Love You Art Project: Stencil painting of storybook character(s)

Week 6- Book: Rolie Polie Olie Art Project: Pom pom craft of storybook character, Olie

 

Grownup is required to stay for class

Ages 18months - 6

Wednesdays, 11:45 am - 12:45 pm

6 weeks

Modern Manners for Children (Ages 8-15)

$95

with Detroit Academy of Etiquette

Calendar Next available session starts Nov 24, 2024 at 1 pm

The Modern Manners program provides children the tools they need to navigate a complicated world with kindness, class, and confidence. This age appropriate program takes place over an elegant three-course meal and empowers children to elevate their behaviors to make others (and themselves) more comfortable.

Topics include:

  • First impressions and introductions
  • Greetings and handshakes
  • Polite conversations and friendship
  • How to speak to adults and other superiors
  • Correspondence and phone manners
  • How to be a great host and guestHow to give and receive graciouslyHow to be a good teammate, partner, and leader
  • Dining etiquette, including handling and cutting food, place setting 101, polite table manners, how to handle tricky foods and so much more




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