Specialty Classes

Stay active with Valpo Parks and Perpetual Motion as we team up to train ninjas! Learn basic parkour and take a turn on our slackline as we introduce new challenges weekly.

Program Details

• Age: 5 - 8
• Dates: Tuesdays, September 5 - 26
• Times:  5 - 6 pm
• Locations: September 5 &12 at Bicentennial Park 
                     September 19 & 26 at Westside Park
• Fee: $75 Resident / $87 Non-Resident 
• Register by: August 30

Freshen up for spring with Valpo Parks!  This spa is for everyone who would like to pamper themselves and their dolls.  We will polish up our dolls and our nails, go over hairstyles and enjoy some light refreshments with a craft.  Each student should bring a doll of their choice.

Program Details

• Age: 5 - 12
• Dates: Sunday, March 19
• Times:  2 - 3:30 pm
• Location: Banta Activity Center
• Fee: $70 Resident / $82 Non-Resident
• Register by: March 12

Join this squad for action and adventure.  Each week the teams change and a new game is introduced.  You bring the Nerf gun, and we'll bring the rest.

Session I

• Age: 9 - 12
• Dates: Thursdays, February 2 - 23 
• Times: 5 - 6 pm
• Location: Banta Activity Center
• Fee:  $75 Resident / $87 Non-Resident  
• Register by: January 27

Session II

• Age: 9 - 12
• Dates: Mondays, November 6 - 27
• Times:  Mondays, 5 - 6 pm
• Location: Banta Activity Center 
• Fee: $75 Resident / $87 Non-Resident 
• Register by: October 30

Learn the top 7 rules every magician knows. Learn how to misdirect your audience. Learn tricks you can do with everyday items or a few magical props. Magician Steve Kellogg will teach you how to amaze an audience with simple but effective tricks and skills. 

Session I

• Age: 9 - 12
• Dates: Wednesdays, March 1 - 22 
• Times:  5:30 pm - 6:30 pm
• Location: Banta Activity Center
• Fee: $75 Resident / $87 Non Resident
• Register by: February 22

Session II

• Age: 9 - 12
• Dates: Wednesdays, October 2 - 30  *No class October 16
• Times:  5:30 pm - 6:30 pm
• Location: Banta Activity Center
• Fee: $75 Resident / $87 Non Resident
• Register by: September 25

Do you enjoy solving the clues and riddles of an escape room?  Join us as we gather and play Escape Room: The Game.  Each week will be a different game room.

Program Details

• Age: 9 - 12
• Dates: Mondays, September 11 - 25
• Times: 5:30 - 6:30 pm
• Location: Banta Activity Center
• Fee:  $65 Resident / $77 Non-Resident
• Register by: September 4

Bring your doll and join us at Rogers Lakewood for an evening of food and fun. Learn how to make a fire, cook a pie iron pizza, and swap silly stories.  

Program Details

• Age: 9 - 12
• Dates: Friday, September 15
• Times: 6 - 8 pm
• Location: Hickory Grove Shelter at Rogers Lakewood Park
• Fee:  $70 Resident / $82 Non-Resident
• Register by: September 8
  
  
  

Learn how to make molded chocolates using only a microwave.  This class is for those who love chocolate.  

Program Details

• Age: 9 - 12
• Dates: Tuesdays, November 7 - December 5 *No class November 21
• Times: 5:30 - 6:30 pm
• Location: Banta Activity Center
• Fee:  $75 Resident / $87 Non-Resident 
• Register by: October 30

Are you an outdoor enthusiast? This class will give students a good foundation for primitive and modern survival techniques. Each set of classes will teach skills according to the age level of the students.

Session I

• Age: 9 - 12 
• Dates: April 18 - May 9
• Times:  Tuesdays, 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm
• Location: Hickory Grove Shelter at Rogers-Lakewood Park
• Fee: $75 Resident / $87 Non-Resident 
• Register by: April 11