Pre-K Basketball Registration OPEN

Ages 3-5. SWISH!! This six week league focuses on fundamentals aspects of the basketball. Your child will learn dribbling, passing, and shooting in a non-competitive team play atmosphere. League updates can be found on the blog at charleytaylorprograms.blogspot.com. Games will be played at Charley Taylor Recreation Center. Jersey is included.  Fee: $50 per child

Note: League will begin on Sat, January 9, 2010 at Charley Taylor. Registration is open until Tuesday, December 22nd at 9:00pm.  Please register early as this league does fill up quickly.  If you are interested in coaching, please contact Halima at hbaquedano@gptx.org or call her at (972) 264-6890 for details.  Spots are first come first serve. 

Prairie Lights 2009 OPEN NOW!

Thanksgiving Night - Dec. 31
- 4 Million lights
- Hundreds of new displays
- All new Holiday Magic light show
- New Walk-through lighted displays
- Pictures with Santa
- Seasonal food and family fun


More details can be found at http://www.prairielights.org/

Day Camps This Week

We are hosting our day camps at Charley Taylor this Monday-Wednesday before Thanksgiving.  However, if you are planning to send your child to the day camp, you need to check them in starting at 7am and up until 9am each day this week due to possible early departures for field trips. The rec center will be open only to day camp in the mornings and will be open to the public at normal business hours at 12noon Monday-Wednesday.  The rec center will be closed on Thanksgiving Day.

There will be no day camp on Friday, November 27th, but the rec center will be open normal business hours on Friday from 12pm-6pm.  Have a Happy Thanksgiving!

BLAZE Multi-Sport Day Saturday

We are hosting our final multi-sport day before Thanksgiving tomorrow from 12pm-2pm in the gym. We hope you can join us!

Sneek-A-Peek 5K - This Sunday

Have you registered for our 1st Annual Prairie Lights Sneek-A-Peek 5K Run/Walk taking place Sunday, November 22nd?  Online registration is closing out soon.  You can still register on raceday though.  >>More info here.

Thanksgiving Operating Hours

The following are the building hours for the week of Thanksgiving (Nov 23-28):

• Monday, November 23 - Normal Business Hours
• Tuesday, November 24 - Normal Business Hours
• Wednesday, November 25 - Early closure at 7pm
• Thursday, November 26 - CLOSED
• Friday, November 27 - Normal Business Hours
• Saturday, November 28 - Normal Business Hours
• Sunday, November 29 - CLOSED

On behalf of the Charley Taylor Rec Staff, we hope you have a very Happy Thanksgiving!!

Life is Grand NOW AVAILABLE

You may now pick up copies of the Life is Grand winter edition at Charley Taylor.  Residents should be receiving their copies in the mail within the next few days.

Thanksgiving Break Camp

Are you looking for a camp to put your child(ren) into during the Thanksgiving school break? Look no further, we got your covered. Thanksgiving Camp will be taking place on Mon-Wed, November 23-25th at Charley Taylor from 7am-6:00pm each day.

Day camp fee is $16/day. Call the recreation center to register your child. You may pay on the day of the camp. If you have any questions, please call us at (972) 264-6890 during normal business hours.

BLAZE Multi-Sport Day

We will be hosting one additional BLAZE Multi-Sport Day on Saturday, November 21st from 12pm-2pm in the Charley Taylor Gym.  For more information about BLAZE Adaptive Sports, visit our website at http://gpblaze.blogspot.com/.

Pre-K Learning II Class Discontinuing

URRGENT PROGRAM CHANGE EFFECTIVE IN JANUARY 2010
The Pre-K Learning Camp II class for age 3-4 year olds will be discontinued at the beginning of the new year in January. The class will be in The Life is Grand magazine and will show the class as taking place, but the information presented here is a change from what is shown when the magazine comes out before Thanksgiving. We do encourage you if you are looking for 3-yr old programs to also look at our Pre-K Tumbling Classes on Tuesday nights or our Pre-K ESL classes both also here at Charley Taylor. Check this blog for the latest updates. Again, we are very sorry for the inconvenience.

Sincerely,
Michael Levy
Center Supervisor, Charley Taylor

Registration for Sneek-A-Peek Run

The 1st Annual Prairie Lights Sneek-A-Peek 5K Run/Walk is coming up soon and registration is now available online through the Active Network.  Visit the Sneek-A-Peek webpage for more details!

Turbo Kick - Program Begins Nov 17th

Coming soon to the Charley Taylor gym will be Turbo Kickboxing taught by Delicia Herrera.  Turbo Kick® is a combination of intense kickboxing moves as well as dance moves all perfectly choreographed to high energy and motivating music. It’s the ultimate cardiovascular challenge that’s a unique blend of intense intervals, strength/endurance training, and a relaxing cool-down. Turbo Kick® requires no previous kickboxing experience or equipment. You’ll have more fun doing Turbo Kick® than any other format.


Chalene Johnson, the creator of Turbo Kick®, is always looking for ways to increase the effectiveness and the fun factor of everyone’s workout. She has heard from many of you who love Turbo Kick®. You’ve said that you would like to be able to take the workouts with you on the road, do them at home, or just imPROve your technique so you can burn more calories.
 
Classes will begin on Tuesday, November 17th from 2:00pm-3:00pm in the Charley Taylor gym.  Fee is $30 for the 4-week session.  Sessions will be on Tuesdays during that time. 
 
For more information on this class, contact the instructor Delicia Herrera at (214) 650-8843 to receive more information.  Payments can be made at Charley Taylor Recreation Center.  This is a start-up class and will need at least four people for the class to make.  Sign up today!

Veteran's Day Celebration

Our annual Veteran's Day Celebration will be taking place at the Veteran's Memorial Park on Wednesday, November 11th at 10:00am.  Honoring all veterans, our celebration will feature a vintage aircraft flyover, bag pipers, 21-gun salute and a special Veterans Day message. Enjoy an all-American lunch of hot dogs and lemonade after the ceremony.  View Program Flyer

Thanksgiving Break Day Camp Info

We are now in the month of November and the holidays are approaching where you have choices on where to send your child for some fun while they are out of school.  Charley Taylor Rec Center will be hosting Thanksgiving day camps on Monday-Wednesday, November 23-25th from 7:00pm - 6:00pm here at the rec center.  All kids must be picked up from the rec center by 6:00pm each day.

The kids will be able participate in various games, arts/craft activities, have access to play on the playground, possible field trips, and much more.  All kids will need to bring their lunch each day of camp unless specified differently by staff on this blog. 

Fee is $16/day and signups are going on at this time for kids ages 6-12.  We will be having day only during the specified days above.  There is no day camp on Friday, November 27th.  If you have any questions, contact us here at the rec center by calling (972) 264-6890 or emailing Halima at hbaquedano@gptx.org.

Carnival a Success!

The Halloween Carnival at Charley Taylor was a huge success and many gave high fives on this past Friday's event!  The carnival brought out approximately 350 people that evening from around the community and what a great time everybody seemed to have.  Between the hit of the bounce houses, basketball, ring toss, face painting, and many other games, everybody kept busy throughout the night.  Thanks again to all in the community for coming out to the carnival as this was one of our biggest crowds!  We hope you had a Happy Halloween and will be preparing for the holiday season.  View Carnival Album