Youth Club programs aimed to help kids out of their shell

Times Reporter  

 

The Youth Club of Strathmore always has new programs being offered to youth in the community. One of the newest ones, beginning on March 1 is Curtain Call. Curtain call will run on Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m., and is focused on kids ages 10 to 14. 

“It is just designed to introduce kids to the world of theatre. They will be doing some different techniques and learning some skills and then at the end of their six weeks they will put on a small little production,” said Director for the Youth Club Shannon Zieman. 

The kids will learn basic acting techniques, and more about theatre work. 

Another new program coming to the Youth Club on March 6 is Skills for Life. The hope is to eventually run the program for different age groups, but for now the focus will be on students in Grades 4 to 6. 

“It is kind of a conglomeration of a bunch of different things but it’s to help them learn skills to deal with stress, self-esteem, anxiety, anger management and how to deal with their feelings. So it’s helping them develop ways to deal with that in a positive way,” said Zieman.

The program will be co-facilitated with someone from Alberta Mental Health. It is to help the kids start working on thinking positively and how to work through issues they might be dealing with. 

“It’s like a self-esteem group but it touches a little bit more on other issues impacting kids nowadays as well,” said Zieman. 

Skills for Life will run once a week on Thursdays from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Registration for both programs opened at REVS on Feb. 12. For more information, or to register your child, contact the Youth Club of Strathmore at 403-934-4918.