Page 16 THE VILLADOM TIMES III • January 25, 2012 AMBS hosts Open House The Academy of the Most Blessed Sacrament will host Open House visits during Catholic Schools Week on Sunday, Jan. 29 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and on Wednesday, Feb. 1 from 9:15 to 11 a.m. Tours may also be scheduled by appointment. The school, located at 785 Franklin Lake Road, offers programs for children 18 months old through eighth grade. The early childhood program features The Prep at AMBS, a full readiness program for toddlers in two, three, or five full or half day sessions. The Little Blessings PreK is a full and part time readiness program for three- and four-year-olds. The Transitions, a transitional kindergarten program, is available for children who would benefit from the gift of another year. AMBS kindergarten is a full day program, with a special challenge program for advanced students. Technology is integrated throughout the curriculum for PreK through grade eight. For more information, or to schedule an appointment, call (201) 891-4250 or visit www.ambs.org. Activities abound at Spring Lake Day Camp Spring Lake Day Camp will host an Open House on Sunday, Jan. 29 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at its 30-acre campus at 234 Conklintown Road in Ringwood. Spring Lake Day Camp offers swim, sports, and art programs for boys and girls ages three through 15. A full day of camp runs from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.; a mini day runs from 9 a.m. to 1:20 p.m. The camp’s facilities include a 40,000 square foot heated pool complex, a five-acre lake for boating and fishing, water slides, baseball and soccer fields, tennis courts, basketball courts, hockey rinks, climbing towers, a 500-foot zip line, ropes courses, a four-person bungee, beach volleyball, indoor dance studio, gymnastics pavilion, arts and crafts and fine arts pavilions, cooking class rooms, computer center, wood working, ceramics, science, nature, and archery, whiffle ball, music and more. Tuition includes transportation, lunch, camp shirts. The camper to staff ratio is 3:1. For more information, or a private tour, call (973) 831- 9000 or visit www.sldc.com. School offers Montessori program, camp Apple Montessori offers programs for youths who are six weeks to 12 years of age at locations in Mahwah, Oakland, and Wayne. Apple Montessori provides a unique phonics reading program, character education, classes in foreign language, technology, music, choir and instrumental lessons, art enrichment, physical education, and after school clubs. Full day sessions run from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. Three and five half day programs are also available. A summer camp is available with daily swimming lessons in a heated pool, sports and organized games, arts and crafts, field trips, music and dance programs, sessions about nature and science, computers, and cooking. The camp also provides in-house special events. These family-owned and operated schools are designed to build upon the individual skills and knowledge acquired in the preschool and kindergarten years. By offering multi-age classrooms rich with Montessori materials, each child is actively engaged in his or her own learning process. To schedule a visit, call (201) 512-1141. For more information, visit wwwapplemontessorischools.com. Pinnacle offers early childhood care center Pinnacle Learning Center, an early childhood care and learning facility, offers half and full day preschool to children two-and-a-half to six years old. Located at the Ramapo Reformed Church at 109 West Ramapo Avenue in Mahwah, the school offers open enrollment. The Pinnacle program includes instruction in academics, music, Spanish, computers, science, crafts, and more. The school is open from 7 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. all year. The professional staff is New Jersey licensed and CPR trained. For more information, or to see the school, call (201) 512-3313. Rockland Y offers dance classes The Rockland County YMCA is registering students for the winter session of its dance program. Classes are offered in creative movement for children three and four years of age, jazz, tap, ballet, pointe, hip hop, modern, lyrical, and tumbling. Students registering now will be able to participate in the annual spring recital held at Rockland Community College. The Y provides a nurturing environment where children learn to appreciate dance as a lifelong activity for self-expression, grace, strength, agility, creativity, and balance. The teachers are highly qualified and care about the development of the whole person -- mind, body, spirit -- through dance. The Rockland County YMCA is located at 91 Washington Avenue in Suffern, New York. For more information, call the Y at (845) 357-4404, extension 304 or visit www.rocklandymca.org.