Recreation Center of Highland Park

The City of Highland Park begins Phase 2 of the Rec Center parking lot project. This new construction phase will focus on the west lot, the building turn-around drive, and the west ADA parking area. Learn more.

Spring Break Programs (March 25-29)

March 5, 2024

Keep your kids busy and active during spring break and participate in one of our programs during the week of March 25-29!

Monday, March 25 – Friday, March 29 • 9am-Noon

Junior Spring Break Tennis Camp

Register for one day or all 5!

Get out of the house and hit the courts this spring break.
Drill and play with our pros and also play some games.

Ages 7-14

Monday, March 25 • 10am-noon

Skulls, Wings, and Furry Things

Do they exist? Come investigate fur, footprints, smells, and bones that have us wondering if Who eats without chewing their food? What animal has 42 teeth? What animal flies silently? Get up close and personal with our animal skulls, owl pellets, and taxidermy animals to find out these answers and more!this sci-fi creature really exists!

Ages 6-10

Participants also attending Color the Forest may bring a peanut-free sack lunch and stay at Heller between programs.

Monday, March 25 • 12:30-2:30pm

Color the Forest

Put an end to the drab colors of winter and let’s add some color to our Forest! Get tagged with colorful powder in our color run tag game. Create eye-catching and bright art to decorate the woods. Lastly, discover rainbow science with hands on mixing and bubbles.

Ages 6-10

Participants also attending Skulls, Wings, and Furry Things may bring a peanut-free sack lunch and stay at Heller between programs.

Tuesday, March 26 • 10am-noon

Dragon Eggs

We are on a Quest to find Dragons and their eggs! Once we’ve discovered their eggs and see them hatch, perform experiments with what dragons can do: fly, breathe fire, and magic!

Ages 6-10

Participants also attending Life Sized Games may bring a peanut-free sack lunch and stay at Rosewood between programs.

Tuesday, March 26 • 12:30-2:30pm

Life Sized Games

For today the games at Rosewood Beach are as large as life! Join us for classic board games blown up to a larger size, causing twice the fun!

Ages 6-10

Participants also attending Dragon Eggs may bring a peanut-free sack lunch and stay at Rosewood between programs.

Wednesday, March 27 • 10am-noon

Lost! In the Woods

Ahh! We are lost in the Woods! Use your outdoor survival skills to find your way back to the Nature Center. Make a compass, build a shelter, make a fire, and develop more survival skills needed to find your way out of the woods.

Ages 8-15

Participants also attending Photo-Journalism may bring a peanut-free sack lunch and stay at Heller between programs.

Wednesday, March 27 • 12:30-2:30pm

Photo Journalism

Tell your own story using only pictures! Attendees will learn how to plan out a photo journal that tells a story they create themselves. Then, they will get a chance to practice the basics of photography as they create the photo journal themselves. (Cameras are provided during activity.)

Ages 8-15

Participants also attending Lost! In the Woods may bring a peanut-free sack lunch and stay at Heller between programs.

Thursday, March 28 • 10am-noon

It’s Not Magic, It’s Science!

How did you do that?! It’s science of course. Make ghost bubbles, write with invisible ink, defy gravity, and more! See what wonders science has to offer with experiments that make you say… Is that magic?

Ages 6-10

Participants also attending Neat Nature Art may bring a peanut-free sack lunch and stay at Rosewood between programs.

Thursday, March 28 • 12:30-2:30pm

Neat Nature Art

Art is an amazing way to stay connected to the nature around us. In this program, participants will create art from the nature around them and create pictures that show nature’s beauty. We will practice creative thinking as well as some basic skills that are important for sketching in nature.

Ages 6-10

Participants also attending It’s Not Magic, It’s Science! may bring a peanut-free sack lunch and stay at Rosewood between programs.

Friday, March 29 • 12:30-2:30pm

Crate Climbing Challenge

While harnessed in and on a belay system, stack and climb up milk crates as high as 25 feet! The more crates you stack the higher you go. Are you up for the challenge?

Ages 8-15