CHAMP (grades 7-10) Mathematics: Complete four years of high school math curriculum in just two years! Study Algebra I, Algebra II, Geometry, & Pre-Calculus. Please RSVP by Jan. 27th to attend the CHAMP session at: www.tinyurl.com/2014GATE Come to one or all of our information meetings to learn more! You will be able to meet the program professors to learn about each program and ask questions. At each session, we will also review our summer programs: CSI Forensics & MST@MSU (Math-Science-Technology). When you arrive, be sure to enter our drawing to win a GATE scholarship!

LEAF (grades 7-11) French Language: Study high school French courses at an accelerated pace. Focus on reading, writing, speaking, and listening in French, as well as learning about French culture. Please RSVP by Jan. 27th to attend the LEAF session at: www.tinyurl.com/2014GATE Come to one or all of our information meetings to learn more! You will be able to meet the program professors to learn about each program and ask questions. At each session, we will also review our summer programs: CSI Forensics & MST@MSU (Math-Science-Technology).

West Coast premiere of GUITAR: The Instrument That Rocked the World, a new exhibition that has it all: Music. Technology. Science. Video. History. Pop culture. Games. Entertainment. This exhibition presents visitors with an engaging, entertaining, educational and hands-on experience with one of the most important icons in history: the guitar. The guitar is the single most enduring icon in American history.

Have a beach blast as you dip into a variety of special activities, like moon sand, sailboats and a lobster art project. Play beach balloon volleyball. Join the limbo contest! Learn about tropical life through stories and experiments, and design a Life’s a Beach collage.

We’re bringing the tropics to the MMCM! So, wear your tropical attire, and plan on playing fun tropical games. While you’re here, create a take-home sea turtle craft, or play in the sand box….or both!

Visitors can search for images of different seashells hidden throughout the museum. Completed scavenger hunt charts will be displayed in the Art Mart. While you’re here, try your hand at creating an egg carton fish scene, or play in the sand box….or both!

Our Students perform in 3 Christmas Variety Shows. The songs are a variety of Christmas songs played in ensembles of strings and woodwinds, piano groups, Rock Bands and choral arrangements. It is formal attire in a theater setting. Show times are: 1:30 pm, 3:00 pm, and 5;30 pm. The cost of tickets is $8.00 if purchased at our studio or $10 each at the door.

Join us for a heart warming celebration of music. SPCM students and faculty preform a variety of pieces, sure to get you into the holiday spirit. Hear pianists, recorder playerss, Renaissance Band, Klezmer clarinet, Saint Paul Children's chorus, Suzuki Strings, 6 year old drumming sensation Ky Ngo, and so much more! Proceeds benefit our Music for All program.

Math Kangaroo Competition is an international, once a year event, always held on the third Thursday in March. Any student in grades 1 through 12 qualifies if he or she can work independently: read and answer a multiple choice test. Each student receives a t-shirt, a certificate of participation, and a gift in addition to a competition booklet and a pencil on the test day. For more information, visit: www.mathkangaroo.org .

Math Kangaroo Competition is an international, once a year event, always held on the third Thursday in March. Any student in grades 1 through 12 qualifies if he or she can work independently: read and answer a multiple choice test. Each student receives a t-shirt, a certificate of participation, and a gift in addition to a competition booklet and a pencil on the test day. For more information on the contest, visit: www.mathkangaroo.org .