Renaissance plans family fun events

By Kelly Morse

By Sarah Schuch and Meredith Mayberry

Renaissance Public School Academy has two family fun events planned for this weekend.

Thursday Renaissance is putting on their first Family Science Night which will be held in the cafeteria from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.

Kindergartners to fifth graders were invited, along with their parents, to come and test out the experiments.

“It’s neat to get the families doing educational things together as a unit,” said David Krause, Renaissance principal.

About nine or 10 volunteers from Central Michigan University’s National Science Teachers Association will be helping the younger students conduct their science experiments. Each CMU student will have their own station set up with different experiments.

Some of the science experiment stations include acids in nature, dancing toothpicks, sharpie tie dying and colored milk.

“We just wanted to get the students hooked,” said Kathleen Cranna, a student teacher at Renaissance. “We want the students to get interested and excited about science.”

Another opportunity for Renaissance students and their families to spend time together is this Saturday at the annual school carnival.

The event will take place from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. in various classrooms at the school.

The Parent Teacher Organization was responsible for planning the event. This year’s theme is “Under the Sea.”

The entrance fee is $3 in advance and $4 at the door.

“When you buy a ticket, you can play up to 20 different games,” Krause said. “There will be a cake walk, fish ponds, a silent auction and lots of other activities.”

At the silent auction, Renaissance will be giving away tons of prizes from coupons for a free oil change to gift certificates to Bucks Run Golf Club.

“We are expecting at least 200 or 300 people,” Krause said. “It’s the wildest hours we have every year.”