College for Kids and Teens has over 40 learning programs for you to choose from.In April there are 4 programs.

Drone(无人机)Adventure-

Have you ever watched the drone light show? Join us and learn the basics of drone flight and the rules.You will first use a flight simulator(模拟器) and then be given a real drone! You will also learn to recognize the various parts of a drone.

Cost:$75.00

Time: 9:00 a.m-4:00 p.m.April 1

Building: Plumley Complex Rome Campus

Kids Yoga(瑜伽)

Experience the joy of yoga.Yoga is a great way for children to reduce stress, as well as improve physical health.

Cost:$50.00

Time:1:00pm-3:00pmApril10-11

Building: Utica Campus

First Lego League Challenge

Design, build and program LEGO® MINDSTORMS-based robots to perform fun missions(任务)on a playing field

Cost: $150.00

Time:1:00pm-4:30pm.April10-13

Building: Utica Campus

Math Review

Are you a student who loves mathematics?Come and get extensive(广泛的)math explanations and problem-solving skills. Bring pencils and a notebook.

Cost: $60.00

Time:4:00pm-6:00pmApril25-27

Building: Utica Campus

Russell Cassevah has been interested in Legos since he was 4 when his mom let him pick out his first Lego set. As an adult he took his love of Legos to another level: walking barefoot(赤脚) on the road covered with sharp Lego bricks. And last year, he broke a Guinness World Record for walking two miles barefoot on the bricks.

After his first world record, Cassevah decided to make good use of Legos. In 2019, Cassevah walked on Lego bricks to raise money for Fairy Bricks, a nonprofit in Britain that gives free Lego sets to sick kids. After finshing the task, he did some research about what Legos could do for kids in hospitals and knew he’d found his purpose

He was working at the time as a trainer for the Canon USA camera company and decided to use some of his earnings (工资) to buy Lego sets and send them to children’s hospitals on the weekends.

Cassevah’s life was changed in 2020 when he met an 1-year-old girl named Tessa who had brain cancer(癌症).“She is a lovely girl.” he recalled. “When she didn’t make it, it rocked my life.” In memory of Tessa, Cassevah quit his job and began traveling the country to send free Lego sets to children’s hospitals through the nonprofit. He created Little Bricks Charity. Each year, he uses donations to buy and give away more than $120000 worth of Lego sets to 29 children’s hospitals nationwide.

Cassevah recently completed a road trip to the Arkansas Children’s Northwest Hospital in Springdale, where he donated $9,000 worth of new Lego sets to young patients.“When I build Legos with kids my goal is to create fun memories,” he said. “More than anything,we laughed and had fun. My time with them reinforced(使更强烈)my feeling that I’m doing the right thing.”

Chloe Marie Aston, 18, a North Devon college student started busking (街头表演) with her “piano bike” three years ago and has since become one of North Devon’s most recognizable street performers.

Chloe started performing at the Landmark Theatre before turning up to sing at open-mic nights. Chloe said she built her own instrument with her dad after struggling to play the guitar for a long time. “My dad is the most supportive person I know. He also has some crazy ideas and I have him to thank for becoming the Piano-Bike Girl,” she said.

“The bike is a bit strange but it’s also really convenient -if you are busking with a guitar you need to bring quite a lot of equipment with you, but with the bike you can just find a place and start playing. My favourite part is cycling (骑自行车) to my destination because a lot of people think I’m selling ice cream or running a mobile coffee shop.When they realize it’s a piano, they get really excited and it’s that moment I really love,” Chloe said.

Since Chloe started busking three years ago, she has performed across the South West for community celebrations, charity fundraisers and business activities. Chloe said busking has helped improve her confidence over the years. “When I started, I never saw busking as a big deal but I didn’t realize how much it changes the atmosphere of where you’re performing.But as I got more confident, people felt more comfortable while chatting with me she said.

Chloe’s presence on North Devons high streets has made her a recognizable face. The 18-year-old now has a social media following of over 3,000 people. Chloe said she never expected to receive so much support from the North Devon community. “The support has been crazy, really. When I share my schedule for the weekend, there is always a lot of excitement she said.

Technologies used for human purposes are now being applied to improve pets well-being. And the pet humanization trend (趋势) of recent years is shown in technology, with a great increase in demand for different kinds of wearable tech devices (设备) from pet parents around the world. Today, it’s not unusual to see dogs or cats with something tied to their body to monitor (监控) their activity or track their location.

“People don’t know the answer to questions about how much exercise or the amount of food their dog needs and that’s where wearable monitoring device comes in,” says CEO and co-founder of PitPat, Andrew Nowell. Between 2020 and 2021,this UK developer of a pet tracking device for dogs shipped 39% more of its products. At the same time the UK pet population increased by 10% to more than 9 million and a new type of pet owner appeared, the so-called Generation Y. They are the majority of customers that buy a wearable tech device, mainly wanting to know how far their pet has gone and what the dog is doing while they’re out.

The wearable tech field is mainly made up of small startup companies. But this may change in the near future. “All the big players are very interested. They will jump into the field in one way or another,” said Asaf Dagan, co-founder of the wearable tech device producer PetPace. Market research companies are predicting (预料) that the field will be worth between $2.4 billion and $3.5 billion in the coming years, with a yearly increase ranging between 13.5% and 25% by 2025.

Despite the potential (潜力), there are still some challenges that companies will soon have to face. Awareness is one of them. “The function of the GPS tracker is better known among pet parents, but there is still work to do to help them know about activity monitors. It is a matter of putting the message across. The value is there and the need is there. It’s about providing a connection and creating awareness,” commented Dagan.