Adult Ed Classes: Songwriting to Technology
Registration is under way for the East Hampton School District’s adult education classes, which will start the week of Oct. 7 at the high school, middle school, and East Hampton Indoor Tennis.
This fall’s offerings range from songwriting and Pilates to tennis and technology classes, all of which will run only with sufficient enrollment. Registration and payment is directly with the instructors.
A number of classes start on Oct. 7, and all are at the high school, unless otherwise indicated. Among the returnees is a Pilates mat class with Claudia Matles ([email protected], 721-7515) on Tuesdays from 6:15 to 7:15 p.m. The class will meet in the middle school wrestling room weekly through Dec. 16, when school is open. Laura Jaspers ([email protected], 335-0758) will lead a songwriting workshop on Tuesdays through Nov. 11 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. The cost is $100 per student.
On Wednesdays starting that week, Karyn Mannix ([email protected], 329-2811) is to teach a basic drawing class from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. It runs through Nov. 25. The cost is $150, with an additional $20 for materials.
At East Hampton Indoor Tennis (537-8012), beginner and low-intermediate players can play platform tennis under the lights on Wednesdays through Nov. 5 from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Beginner tennis will be taught Thursdays at the same hour through Nov. 6. Rackets or paddles will be available to use. The cost for each is $125.
Al Goldberg ([email protected], 668-0385) will be back to teach basic fishing rod building on Thursdays from Oct. 9 through Nov. 6. The class meets from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. The fee is $80, plus $125 for materials and a refundable deposit of $30 for tools.
Andrea Hernandez ([email protected]) will lead a beginning Spanish class on Thursdays from 6 to 7 p.m. through Dec. 18, at $10 per session, with a class size limited to 20.
On the technology front, KarenLise Bjerring ([email protected], 237-4663) will teach an introduction to Excel on Tuesdays from Oct. 14 through Oct. 28 from 7 to 8:30 p.m., and an introduction to Quickbooks on Wednesdays from Oct. 15 through Oct. 29 at the same hour. The cost for each is $90. She will also offer an introduction to Photoshop Elements from Oct. 16 through Nov. 6 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. The class fee is $120.
There will be six chances to take a five-hour prelicensing course, which is required to obtain a New York State driver’s license. The class will run from 5 to 10 p.m. on Oct. 15, Nov. 12, Dec. 10, Jan. 14, Feb. 11, or March 18. The fee is $55, and registration is at 907-8001.
There will also be several opportunities to join a defensive-driving course, which qualifies a driver for a 10-percent reduction in liability and collision insurance for three years and takes four points off one’s license, if needed. Classes will be held on Oct. 22, Oct. 23, Nov. 19, or Nov. 20 from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. The cost is $45; registration is at [email protected] or 804-8988.
People switching from PCs to Macs can learn their way around Apple computers with Valerie diLorenzo ([email protected], 914-325-2642) on Thursdays, 5:30 to 7 p.m., from Oct. 23 through Nov. 13. The fee is $75. Ms. diLorenzo, who is also an actress and award-winning vocalist, will teach an improv workshop for adults and anyone 17 or older on Nov. 18 and Dec. 2 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. The fee is $40.
Those who have never acted before, but want to, may consider Kerry McCarthy’s ([email protected], 346-8094) theater workshop on Nov. 10, a Monday, and 11 Tuesdays thereafter from 6:30 to 9 p.m. in the middle school auditorium. The cost is $140 for the 12 sessions.