Spring Offerings from the Scarsdale Adult School

Dealing with clutter gets easier with Home Organization for Your Busy Life, taught by certified professional organizer Bonnie Joy Dewkett. In this course there will be discussions on ways to deal with life's clutter. Students will be introduced to low-effort high-impact ways to make their daily life more organized and less stressful. Whether your home is well organized or a disaster, the tips in this course will prove to be useful. This interactive class will outline efficient ways to organize living spaces, including kids' rooms, closets, basements and garages.  This series of workshops will be held at Scarsdale High School for three Mondays, starting April 19 from 7 - 8:30 pm.

To learn how to get off the lose-and-gain weight seesaw with a unified plan for lifelong weight-management, the Scarsdale Adult School is offering Winning the Weight Loss Game, a four session workshop meeting on Tuesdays, starting April 6th from 7 - 8:30 pm at Scarsdale High School. Based on the latest research, the strategy presented by Karen Reznik Dolins EdD, RD, CSSD, CD-N, and a Board Certified Specialist in Sports Dietetics specializing in health promotion, sports nutrition and clinical dietetics will teach you how to balance diet and exercise. Discussion will focus on the effect of exercise on metabolic rate, how much exercise is needed to promote healthy weight loss, exercise intensity and fat loss, the role of strength vs. aerobic training, the number of calories to eat in a day and where to get those calories. In addition you will create individualized practical exercise and menu plans.

Over the Rainbeau: Living the Dreams of Sustainable Farming will be presented by the Scarsdale Adult School Tuesday, April 6th from7 - 9 pm at Scarsdale High School.Over The Rainbeau: Living The Dream Of Sustainable Farming is a book which conveys the romance and challenges of one woman's journey from tending a pair of goats to building Rainbeau Ridge, a multifaceted, sustainable farm in nearby Bedford Hills, NY, to then becoming an award-winning cheese maker. This inspirational memoir comes to life with tantalizing original and chef-created recipes, inspirational how-to's and captivating photographs. Authors Lisa Schwartz, a farmer and cheese maker, Karen Sabath, a farmer and photographer, and food writer Judith Hausman will share stories and photographs from their book. Students will also enjoy a sampling of cheese from the Rainbeau Ridge farm. 

The first 10 registrants will receive a free copy of Over The Rainbeau: Living The Dream Of Sustainable Farming

Why Does That Building Look Like That?  A Contemporary Architecture Class at SAS -Diverse and dynamic architecture erected in the last fifteen years is the focus of a new Scarsdale Adult School offering. Why Does That Building Look Like That? Contemporary Architecture in New York City, will be presented by Brent Stringfellow, an architect with Polshek Partnership Architects, NYC.  In addition to lectures that will help students reach a better understanding of the forms, origins and attitudes of contemporary architecture, walking tours are planned of recent developments. Possible tours include the Columbus Circle area including Alice Tully Hall, the Museum of Arts and Design, the Hearst Building, MOMA and the American Folk Art Museum and the West Village / Chelsea area, with highlights including the High Line, the Gehry Headquarters, the Standard Hotel, and some residential developments in the area.Lectures will be held at Scarsdale High School two consecutive Thursdays, starting April 8th form 7:30 - 9 pm.  Two walking tours will be scheduled in NYC on Friday April 16th and Tuesday April 27th from 1 - 2 pm.

To register, or for information on all course offerings, visit www.ScarsdaleAdultSchool.org. Questions? Call 723-2325. Catalogs are available at the Scarsdale Public Library and Village Hall.