Star Valley

SV Outreach

Welcome! The Star Valley Outreach is excited to be a part of your educational journey. Here at the Star Valley Outreach, we can help you apply to Western, take placement exams, apply for financial aid, and so much more. 

The Star Valley Outreach works with Star Valley High School to allow high school students earn college credits through their Concurrent Enrollment. Credits transfer easily to most colleges and universities but the final determination is made by that institution. 

We hope you will stop in and get a jump start on your educational goals!

2024 Spring Personal Enrichment Courses Being Offered Below

Arts & Crafts

Judy Gonet – ART 112

Learn fun watercolor techniques to make beautiful, glowing landscapes. In this class, we will start with small paintings learning how to work with color, value and composition to make lovely skies and landscapes. If you have always wanted to learn watercolors, this class is for you! Supplies will be provided for $10, or bring your own.

Saturday, 10 a.m. -1 p.m.
4 weeks, January 20th – February 10th
Location: Thayne Community Center
Tuition: $48
Senior Citizens: $24

 

 

Judy Gonet – ART 112

Learn how to make beautiful cloudy skies and landscapes in this fun class in watercolors. This class will introduce watercolor secrets for making beautiful cloudy skies for dramatic landscapes. Clouds, clouds, clouds. Each week will be a new painting, start to finish! Supplies will be provided for $10, or bring your own.

Saturday, 10 a.m. -1 p.m.
4 weeks, February 17th – March 9th
Location: Thayne Community Center
Tuition: $48
Senior Citizens: $24

Bridgett Ryan – HOE 900

Create your own yarn with this little Spindle and connect with an ancient craft. Spin fine or chunky it’s all in your hands. Give this class a spin! No need to bring anything, class kit comes with Drop Spindle and fiber to spin. For more information on this craft check out ‘Respect the Spindle’ by Abby Franquemont and get inspired!

Thursday, February 29th or March 14th
7 p.m. – 9 p.m.
Location: SVHS Rm. 301
Tuition: $39
Senior Citizen: $37
*Includes $35 material’s fee

Judy Gonet – ART 112

Bring in Spring with a fun Chicken Painting! Learn how to make fun watercolor chickens that will fit into a standard 9x10” frame. Two classes available. All materials and instruction will be provided to make some fun and wild chicken art.

Saturday, 10 a.m. – Noon
Class 1: April 13th
Class 2: April 20th
Location: Thayne Community Center
Tuition: $8/per class
Senior Citizens: $4/per class Material’s fee: $5 (Pay to instructor)

Koral Sanderson – HOE 204

A good quilt to use up your bigger scrap fabrics
or a collection of 10” squares (Layer Cake). Easy
pattern to create different settings. This class is
designed for the Intermediate Beginner sewer.

Saturday, April 13th
8 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Location: Lincoln County School District #2
Administration Office
Tuition: $36
Senior Citizen: $18

Heather Geranen – ART 405

Students will learn the basics of digital photography and how to use their cameras along with
basic editing to create stunning images. It will also cover some digital storage and organization tips. This class is the prerequisite to an advanced class being offered soon.

Tuesday, 6:30 p.m. – 8 p.m.
5 weeks, April 2nd – April 30th
Location: Thayne Community Center
Tuition: $70
Senior Citizen: $55
*Includes $40 material’s fee

Basic Skills

Jarene Fluckiger – BAS 106

Prepare to receive your high school equivalency
diploma from the State of Wyoming. Fee includes
pre-testing (TABE), tutoring, and curriculum.

Tuesday and/or Wednesday
9:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Call 307-886-9333 for more information
Location: Star Valley Outreach Office
(247 N. Washington Street in Afton)
Material’s fee: $20 (Pay to Instructor)

 

 

Health and Wellbeing

Pam Tolman–NCHLE 900

Tapping helps resolve emotional distress that may be holding you back. When we tap on certain points or near the ends of specific acupuncture meridians, the tapping acts as a circuit breaker on the stress signal to diffuse its trigger. Come join us and let go of your emotional stress.

Thursday, January 25th
7 p.m. – 9 p.m.
Location: SVHS Rm. 301
Tuition: $10
Senior Citizen: $5

 

 

Pam Tolman – NCHLE 900

How much time do you spend wondering why certain people get the things they want, yet no matter how hard you try it just doesn’t happen for you? Let me show you 6 easy steps to manifest anything you want.

Thursday, March 7th
7 p.m. – 9 p.m.
Location: SVHS Rm. 301
Tuition: $10
Senior Citizen: $5

Pam Toman - NCHLE 900

The words you speak can influence your life in either a negative or a positive way. The power in the words we speak can heal or injure the person we speak to, whether that is someone you know, someone you don’t know, even yourself. Let me show you the power in the words you speak.

Thursday, February 8th
7 p.m. – 9 p.m.
Location: SVHS Rm. 301
Tuition: $10
Senior Citizen: $5

Pam Tolman – NCHLE 900

What messages are your dreams trying to tell you? Do you pay attention to your dreams, do you recall your dreams, do you dream? Come learn all the answers to your dream questions.

Thursday, February 22nd
7 p.m. – 9 p.m.
Location: SVHS Rm. 301
Tuition: $10
Senior Citizen: $5

Ty Lancaster, DNH, Ph.D. - NCHLE 202

Have you ever had questions about natural health or natural medicine? Do you want to learn how to implement natural health principles into your life? Well, this workshop is for you! Come and join us for an open Q & A session where you can learn about the natural health principles most applicable to your lifestyle. Feel free to submit questions at registration.

Saturday, March 16th
9 a.m. - Noon
Location: SVHS Rm. 301
Tuition: $12
Senior Citizen: $6

Garden Workshops

Cinda Haderlie - HOE 302

Class will discuss planting and getting vegetables off to a good start, gardening aids, controlling pests, etc.

Thursday, March 21st
10 a.m. - Noon
Location: Thayne Community Center
Tuition: $10
Senior Citizens: $6
*Includes $2 materials fee

 

 

Cinda Haderlie - HOE 302

Class will discuss: Specific bulbs and flowers that will survive in this area; how to help them grow; pest problems. Course is designed to meet individual needs.

Thursday, April 25th
10 a.m. - Noon
Location: Thayne Community Center
Tuition: $9
Senior Citizens: $5
*Includes $1 materials fee

Cinda Haderlie – OTH 900

Find out what type of breed will be compatible with you. Start from chick to adult. Will discuss type of housing needed, problem-solving tips and pest control.

Thursday, April 11th
10 a.m. - Noon
Location: Thayne Community Center
Tuition: $9
Senior Citizens: $5
*Includes $1 materials fee

Cinda Haderlie - HOE 302

This workshop is designed to help you get the maximum yield from your raspberries. Course will cover soil preparation prior to planting and how to care for your plants afterwards. Please dress according to weather, and bring pruners, and gardening gloves. Limited number of raspberry starts will be available upon request.

Thursday, May 9th
10 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Location: Instructor’s Home (2745 County Rd. 125 - Thayne)
Tuition: $6
Senior Citizens: $3

Cinda Haderlie - HOE 302

In this workshop, we will discuss selecting an herb site, and planting and growing herbs in Star Valley. Please dress according to weather, and bring pruners, gardening gloves, and baggies/containers to put starts in. Herb starts will be available at class.

Thursday, May 23rd
10 a.m. – Noon
Location: Instructor’s Home (2745 County Rd. 125 - Thayne)
Tuition: $11
Senior Citizens: $7
*Includes $3 material’s fee
Age Restriction: 16 & Up

Personal Growth & More!

Candy Holm – OTH 900

Digitizing memories is easier than you think! In this workshop, students will learn simple and easy ways to convert photos, slides, negatives and more to digital format, so family memories can be preserved forever and shared with generations to come. Two sessions available. Co-sponsored with the Afton Family Search Center

Wednesday, 6 p.m. - 8 p.m.
Session 1: February 7th
Session 2: March 6th
Location: Afton Family Search Center 365 Jefferson St. (Please use the back entrance.)

*There is no fee, but registration is required

 

 

Bobbie Orcutt – PSY 100

Family violence has no boundaries, and effects all ages and people from every walk of life. It can be extremely difficult to escape from and often requires assistance from outside the situation. This workshop provides an opportunity to understand how it happens and some ways that we might help those who are struggling, whether it be a friend, family member, or ourselves. Co-sponsored with Turning Point.

Saturday, March 9th
10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Location: SVHS Rm. 301

There is no fee, but registration is required.
*Snacks will be provided.

Wendy Kirk – OTH 301

This class focuses on basic dog obedience. Your dog will be introduced to attention, sit, down, stay, come, walking on a loose leash, and heel. Please bring: 6-foot leash, collar and small treats. Leashes will be available for purchase, if needed.

Mondays and Thursdays
7:15 p.m. – 8:15 p.m.
4 weeks, May 20th – June 10th (Will miss May 27)
Location: Lincoln County Fairgrounds
Tuition: $24
Senior Citizens: $12

Wendy Kirk – OTH 301

Dog agility is a sport in which a handler directs their dog through an obstacle course for both time and accuracy. This course will introduce handler and dog to contact obstacles, jumps and tunnels. Please bring: 6-foot leash, collar and small treats. Prerequisite: Dog must be proficient in basic obedience.

Mondays and Thursdays
7:15 p.m. – 8:45 p.m.
2 weeks, June 17th – June 27th
Location: Lincoln County Fairgrounds
Tuition: $54
Senior Citizens: $42
*Includes $30 Equipment Fee (Rented from Dynamite 4-H Dog Club)

Please Note: A copy of current rabies vaccination and signed liability form must be provided at registration for all dog classes. Please bring to class: A 6-foot leash, collar, and a small treats.

No aggressive dogs allowed.

Staff


Shane Williams
Shane Williams
Star Valley Outreach Coordinator
Star Valley Outreach
Phone: (307) 886-3834

Professional headshot of Mary Roger
Mary Roger
Star Valley Program Assistant
Star Valley Outreach
Phone: (307) 886-3834

Jarene Fluckiger
HSEC/ABE/ESL Instructor
College & Career Readiness Center
Phone: (307) 886-9333