IMPORTANT NEWS! No camp Monday, July 1st -OPR STRIKE

ATTENTION PARENTS & GUARDIANS: STRIKE UPDATE!

Open Letter to Oakland Community Members from Parks and Recreation Workers

It is with deep love for the youth and community of Oakland that we are preparing for an

impending strike that will shut down Parks and Recreation facilities sometime in the

next week. 

We are saddened and frustrated that the city continues to cut funds from park and rec

programs. We view these cuts as a sign of the disrespect that the city has for the services

we provide—services that create a beautiful landscape for all of the city’s residents to

enjoy; services that provide amazing sporting and leisure activities for hard working

residents. Services that give tens of thousands of inner-city kids diverse and rewarding

youth enrichment programs. As Parks and Recreation workers, we view these vital

services as the true violence prevention in the City of Oakland. Services include after

school programs, summer camps, basketball courts and pools. We are the violence

prevention that is proactive opposite to reactive when dealing with troubled youth. It’s

challenging work but we find it incredibly rewarding. 

In order to run these vital programs effectively we need adequate pay, health care, and

sick leave. We need to be able to support our own children while we are at work running

summer school programs for the community’s kids.

WE STRIKE BECAUSE:

· The City is running Parks and Recreation programs with temporary, part-time workers

with very little protection against unjust firings and disciplinary action. 

· For the last six years, city workers’ wages have been cut and our benefits have

decreased.

· Our programs and the people that run them make Oakland a breathtaking and

community oriented city!

We need your support! Contact the Mayor Jean Quan and City Administrator Deanna

Santana and tell them to stand with the community by giving city workers a fair and just

contract! Mayor Quan: (510) 238-3141, City Admin Deanna Santana: (510) 238-3301

Sincerely,

Your neighborhood park and recreation centers 

Free Movie Tonight!!

Studio One will be playing "Wreck-It Ralph" tonight in the courtyard! Come on by. Check below for more free movie dates.

Field Trips to Adventure Info

The field Trips To Adventure Camp (August 19th - 23rd) is filling up! If you have enrolled, here is a schedule of trips:
 

Monday August 19 – Alameda Bowl (Alameda)

Tuesday August 20 – Children’s Creativity Museum (San Francisco)

Wednesday August 21 – Oakland A’s Game (Oakland)

Thursday August 22 – Golden Skate (San Ramon)

Friday August 23 – Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk (Santa Cruz)

You can download, print, and email or turn in a permission slip (required) by clicking here.

Summer Camp 2013

Camps are filling up! Sign up soon by calling us or coming by the Studio. You have a choice of 1 week or 4 week long art camps, with some swimming and other summery surprises thrown in! Kids will get and afternoon snack, so bring a lunch from home. Camp is 9-5, with both pre-care and after-care available for your needs.
studiooneartcenter@gmail.com
or
510.597.5027

Going Green Field Trips Forms

If you are enrolled in the Going Green Field Trips Camp, or are thinking of enrolling, you can see the schedule for all of the exciting expeditions here.

You can also download and pre-fill out the permission slip (required!) here Bring it in with you, or email it before camp starts.

Summer is HERE

Did you figure out what to do with the summer? Gone are the days of leaving the kids home to whitewash the fences... sign them up at Studio One for some good ol' fashioned art and play. Next week, Going Green Field Trips Camp will take the little guys to: Joaquin Miller Park, swimming at Temescal Lake, Muir Woods,  Tilden Park, and Moss Beach! Whew. They need to bring a sack lunch and a drink, we'll make sure and have plenty of water on hand. Check out all of our Summer Camps.

Sign Up for Summer Camp Now!

Studio One's Summer Camp spots are filling up now, come by, call us or register online today. See the brochure online here.
We've added some new camps, and spruced up our staff of local Fine Artists to round out the program this summer.
We are also offering a whole bunch of  Teen Art Classes, as well as a Counselor in training program. See the teen offerings here.

We are working hard on the schedules for the camps and will post them when we get our exciting new staff trained and assigned with cool classes. Don't worry, we still have the best and brightest Instructors from previous years! Stay tuned.
Oh, and don't forget to come in or give us a call with questions. You can also register online at www.oaklandnet.com