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Barker Central School District Community Ed



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Guitar for the Hopelessly Busy Person

$60

with Craig Coffman

Calendar Oct 18, 2025 at 1 pm, runs for 1 week

For Adults & Kids - In just a few hours you can learn enough about playing the guitar to give you years of musical enjoyment, and you won’t have to take private lessons to do it.  This crash course will teach you some basic chords and get you playing along with your favorite songs right away.  Fee includes the online book, online follow up lessons, a recording of the class and also an optional periodic question and answer session.   Class is held online using Zoom and is partly hands on instruction and partly lecture/demonstration. Students take the online class and then follow that up with their own private study and practice by using our follow up video lessons and the online book which they begin using in the first seminar. Optional monthly question and answer session after the class is held is offered for any interested students.

Ages 13+

No Senior Discount

Thyroid Things You Need to Know

$30

with Janice Novak

Calendar Oct 21, 2025 at 7 pm, runs for 1 week

If you currently take thyroid medication but are still gaining weight and still have a variety of symptoms, there’s more you need to know. Fatigue, weight gain, depression, anxiety, rising cholesterol levels, inability to focus, thinning hair, digestive problems, abnormal blood pressure, reduced sex drive, and heart palpitations are only some of the symptoms.  We’ll discuss the 5 things that need to be measured, but usually aren’t; why the #1 thyroid replacement may not be helping you; foods that help or hinder; commonly misunderstood rules of how and when to take thyroid meds; environmental triggers and info you need to discuss with your doctor.

This workshop is a source of information only and should by no means be considered a substitute for the advice of a qualified medical professional.   

Senior Discount: $20.00                    

Zuppa Toscana, Italian Wedding Meatball Soup, & Homemade Baguettes!

$45

with Tess Georgakopoulos

Calendar Oct 28, 2025 at 6:30 pm, runs for 1 week

Warm, delicious, soothing, satisfying soups are such a welcome treat for dinner any time of year. All the stresses of the day seem to melt away with the smell of freshly made soup that brings smiles to the entire family. Have some fun participating in this virtual cook-along class; expand your family’s soup rotation and your culinary repertoire as you learn to create two wonderful soups in addition to homemade baguette! Choose one soup for your cook-along, and watch a demonstration of the other or choose to make both! It’s up to you! Both will pair perfectly serves with the amazing homemade baguettes we will be making from scratch! You will feel so accomplished! No Instant Pot®? No problem! The instructor will be making one soup in the Instant Pot®, and the other on the stovetop using a soup pot, and will provide step-by-step guidance and instruction for both cooking options for each of the soups so everyone will be able to cook-along using whatever appliance and cooking tools & equipment they choose. Experience how flavors are enhanced and infused by making these recipes in your Instant Pot® or enjoy the simple soothing pleasures of making soups the classical way. On the Menu: Instructors copycat version of the Olive Garden’s Zuppa Toscana, Italian wedding meatball soup, and her very own version of quick Baguettes that will become family favorites guaranteed!

No Senior Discount.

Accupressure to Relieve Stress, Anxiety, Insomnia & More

$30

with Janice Novak

Calendar Oct 28, 2025 at 7 pm, runs for 1 week

Acupressure is an ancient healing art and self-help tool. It can offer great relief with no side effects and help you feel your best. Along with the specific points to help relieve stress, insomnia, anxiety, irritability and even weight gain, learn the Nine Master Pressure Points which are the most helpful and most frequently prescribed to help and assist every system in your body.

Senior Discount:  $20.00

Avoiding the Perils of Perimenopause & Menopause

$30

with Janice Novak

Calendar Nov 3, 2025 at 7 pm, runs for 1 week

Perimenopause starts around the age of 35 for most women and can last 10-15 years before menopause occurs.  Common symptoms of both include fatigue, mood swings, weight gain, water retention, depression, sleep disturbances, joint aches, hot flashes, anger flashes, migraines, fibroids, exaggerated PMS and more.  Once you understand exactly what is causing all the troublesome symptoms, they are much easier to correct. We’ll discuss how to get hormone levels measured – blood test vs. saliva test and what to do with the results; traditional HRT vs. bio-identical; acupressure points to assist in symptom relief and nutritional musts. You’ll leave with multiple tools and techniques for restoring health and well-being.

Senior Discount: $20.00

Women, Weight & Hormones

$30

with Janice Novak

Calendar Nov 10, 2025 at 7 pm, runs for 1 week

Are you finding no matter how well you watch what you eat or how much you exercise, your weight is not budging? Your inability to lose weight probably has more to do with hormone levels than anything else. Until imbalances are corrected, trying to lose weight will be like shoveling sand against the tide. We’ll discuss which hormones are involved and what can be done to correct imbalances; concrete solutions for controlling appetite and cravings; major sources of hormone mimicking chemicals and how to get rid of them; what HRT or birth control pills have to do with weight gain; how to have your hormone levels checked reliably; what steps need to be taken to safely break the vicious cycle of hormone related weight gain.

Senior Discount: $20.00

Soothe Those Achy Joints

$30

with Janice Novak

Calendar Nov 11, 2025 at 7 pm, runs for 1 week

If you currently take thyroid medication but are still gaining weight and still have a variety of symptoms, there’s more you need to know. Fatigue, weight gain, depression, anxiety, rising cholesterol levels, inability to focus, thinning hair, digestive problems, abnormal blood pressure, reduced sex drive, and heart palpitations are only some of the symptoms.  We’ll discuss the 5 things that need to be measured, but usually aren’t; why the #1 thyroid replacement may not be helping you; foods that help or hinder; commonly misunderstood rules of how and when to take thyroid meds; environmental triggers and info you need to discuss with your doctor. This workshop is a source of information only and should by no means be considered a substitute for the advice of a qualified medical professional.   

Senior Discount:  $20.00                    

Gingerbread House Bake & Build

$45

with Tess Georgakopoulos

Calendar Dec 19, 2025 at 6:30 pm

Gather the whole family and join in the fun baking and building your very own show-stopping gingerbread house from scratch during this festive family bake-along experience. Together, we will combine the wonderful flavors of gingerbread and use the dough to create the pieces that will be used to “build” breathtaking houses. We will also whip up the perfect batch of stiff royal icing—the edible “glue” that holds everything together and is used to decorate the houses with candies and delicious treats.

Participants will receive an ingredient list and prep packet a week in advance of the class to allow time for shopping and preparation. The packet will also include the Instructor’s “Gingerbread House Specific” Recipe that she has tested time and time again to ensure the cookie pieces are delicious but strong enough to hold the weight of the icing and decorations. A template will need to be printed and cut out before class to be used as a “pattern” will be provided. Whether you are starting a new family tradition, or continuing a beloved one, this cozy, joy-filled experience will leave everyone smiling, and maybe sneaking a few gumdrops. By the end, participants will have built not just a work of art, but sweet memories to last a lifetime!

No Senior Discount.





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