Welcome to the Galaxy Youth Center and STARS* summer programs page. Here you will find links to the registration packets for both programs, as well as schedule information and some of the cool activities we will be doing this summer. Check back as we will continue to update and add information about all the great opportunities available to participating youth.
Thursday, April 23 from 5-7pm the Galaxy will hold an open house at our downtown location so parents can register their youth for both the Galaxy Youth Center (5-8 grade) and STARS* (k-4 grade) programs. If you cannot make it to the open house please click on the link below to print the registration packet for the program your youth will attend. Please feel free to contact Shannon McNaul or Jared Breeden at the Galaxy (641-236-7235) with any questions or if you would like to tour our space at a different time.
Thanks to a grant received by the Grinnell-Newburg School District, all youth in our programs will have free breakfast and lunch available to them each day from June 1st through July 31st at Davis Elementary. Both programs will have lunch daily, and breakfast will be available from 8-9am for the STARS* program, and any Galaxy youth that wishes may go to Davis for breakfast before coming to the Galaxy when it opens at 9am.
*Formerly ASEP/Davis Program
Hours: 9am - 5pm, Monday-Friday, June 1st - August 14th
Lunch will be provided every week day free of charge from June 1st - July 31st.
Breakfast will also be available, youth may go to Davis Elementary between 8-9am to have breakfast before joining us at the Galaxy Youth Center at 9.
Cost: $100 for programs (June 1 – August 14) + $75 Activity Fee, you can choose to pay the total amount, $175, by June 1st, or other payment options are available:
$10 per week (June 1 – August 7) + $75 Activity Fee by June 1
$17.50 per week (June 1 – August 7)
$3 per day (billed weekly or youth may bring money each day)
Financial assistance & scholarships are available to those who qualify, contact Shannon McNaul for more information.
Special Activities:
- Trips to area Aquatic Centers on Tuesday afternoons (June 9, 16, 23, 30 and July 7, 14, 21, 28)
- Swimming @ Grinnell College, Thursday afternoons
- Fishing with STARS program, select Thursday mornings
- Art in the Park
- Adventureland daytrip, date TBD
- County Fair in July
- Exhibits/Demonstrations during Farmer's Market
- 4th of July Float designing/decorating/building and Parade
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Week 1 (June 1-5) - Getting to Know You and Me
- Week 2 (June 8-12) - Antarctica Week
- Week 3 (June 15-19) - Environmental Week
- Week 4 (June 22-26) - Aerospace/Flight Week
- Week 5 (June 29 - July 3) - Engineering/Robotics Week
- Week 6 (July 6-10) - Tech Week
- Week 7 (July 13-17) - NASA/Astronomy Week
- Week 8 (July 20-24) - Robotics/Engineering Week 2
- Week 9 (July 27-31) - Chemistry/Creative Cooking Week
- Weeks 10-11 (August 3-7 & 10-14) - Revisit/continue activities from favorite weeks
Hours: 7:30am - 6pm, Monday - Friday, June 1st - July 31st - Davis Elementary
We are currently working on an alternate location for the weeks of August 3rd - 14th, and will update the information as soon as possible.
Breakfast and Lunch will be provided each week day (June 1st - July 31st) for all youth free of charge.
Cost:
1 Child - $25 per day or $14 per half day for my child – Billed Weekly
2 Children - $20 per child/day or $13 per child/day – Billed Weekly
3 or More - $17 per child/day or $13 per child/day – Billed Weekly
Fiancial assistance & scholarships are available to those who qualify, contact Shannon McNaul for more information.
Special Activities:
- Trips to area Aquatic Centers on Tuesday afternoons (June 9, 16, 23, 30 and July 7, 14, 21, 28)
- Fishing on Thursday mornings
- Art in the Park
- Adventureland daytrip, date TBD
- County Fair in July
- 4th of July Float designing/decorating/building and Parade
- Week 1 (June 1-5) - Getting to Know You and Me
- Week 2 (June 8-12) - Mini-Olympics Week
- Week 3 (June 15-19) - Re-cycling Week
- Week 4 (June 22-26) - Blood & Guts Week (all about the human body)
- Week 5 (June 28 - July 3) - 4th of July Celebration Week
- Week 6 (July 6-10) - Engineering Week
- Week 7 (July 13-17) - Kitchen Science Week
- Week 8 (July 20-24) - County Fair/Wild West Week
- Week 9 (July 27-31) - Agriculture Week
