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• • Craft: Kaleidoscope Kirigami Your mission: to visit different places around the world in 5 days. This week will have an international flair. Learn about different cultures through games and crafts from different countries. Hold your very own Olympics at your park: complete with medal ceremonies! Keep energy levels high...you're more than halfway through the summer! Week 5 — Amazing Animals Craft: Color -Me Postcards Wild Life Monkey around this week as you and park explore the wild and crazy animal kingdom. Have your games and crafts revolve around animals this week! Act like animals and play charades, instead of capture the flag play predators and prey. Create animal masks and put on a play! There is so much you can do this week, so go hog wild! Week 6 — Beach Blanket Bingo Craft: Luau Frame It's party time, BEACH party time, that is! Get wet and wild this week and dedicate this one to the watery fun you have at the beach. Build sandcastles, make sunglasses and sand art, play volleyball and Frisbee! This is also a great week to play Islands, shark and the limbo! Just don't forget your sunscreen! Week 7 — Lights, Camera, Action Craft: Clown Puppets Hollywood, here we come! This week is all about the magic of entertainment. Put on plays, fashion shows and talent shows. Learn songs and perform them for parents! It's all up to you this week! Go wild with your supplies and use them all up! Remember, Thursday is the Finale, so plan on a good time! SPECIALISTS A variety of specialists visited the Playground Program sites this summer. All specialists except the Art Specialist visited each site once during the summer — the Art /Event Specialist visited each site weekly. This summer's specialists included: Lino Lakes Police, Centennial Fire, Wargo Nature Center, and the Art Specialist. STAFF Twenty -four staff were hired to work with the Playground Program this year in the following positions: Summer Coordinator — 1, Art Specialist /Playground Supervisor — 1, Head Leader — 8, Leader — 8, Assistant Leader — 6. Of the 24 total staff hired 12 were first year staff and 12 were returning staff. Staff ranged in age from recently completed sophomore year in high school to completed college. Our specific breakdown as to grade completed in 2007 was as follows: Completed 10th grade — 3, Completed 11th grade — 3, Completed 12th grade — 7, Completed 1st year of college — 5, Completed 2nd year of college — 2, Completed 3rd year of college — 1, Completed 4th year of college — 1, College graduates — 2.