Variety of options for keeping students busy, kicking

June 13 is the last day of school for the Alpine Union School District. Here are some ideas for summer activities and care.

There are a few options for kids interested in soccer.

“Our first day was April 6 at the Alpine Community Center,” said program coordinator for Soccer Shots and an Alpine resi­dent, Maddy Kossman. “Soccer Shots are for social/emotional skills as well as motor skills. There is one ball per child, ver­sus one ball per group.”

“Soccer Shots started out on the East Coast. And my boss, Liz Barker, introduced the franchise eight years ago. We serve locations in San Diego’s north­east, south, and east county,” Kossman said.

“We have classes for 3 to 6-year-olds and minis 2 to 3-year-olds,” said Kossman. Contact Soccer Shots for their summer event schedule.

• AYSO – Alpine 295 will be hosting Challenger Interna­tional Summer Camps July 8-12 and July 22-26 at Shadow Hills/ CreekSide in Alpine with Ti­nyTykes Lions 8 a.m.–9 a.m. and half day options 9 a.m.-12 p.m. Visit www.alpineayso.org to register.

For club soccer Hotspurs USA has an Alpine team that operates throughout the year, including summer, visit www. hotspursusa.com for informa­tion.

Gymnastics summer camps start in July.

Gym Trix, Inc. will hold sum­mer camps July 15, July 29, and August 12. The camps will run from 9 a.m.–3 p.m. and the cost will be $225 per week. Call (619) 659-8772 for details.

Alpine Country Day Schools Care Club offers a summer pro­gram with cooking, art, sports, music and movement, and field trips every Fri­day. Their phone number is (619) 445-3553.

The Alpine Education Foun­dation addition­ally offers sum­mer care under a program brand­ed AEF4kids.

As of the middle of May registration was opened to stu­dents in grades K-8, said program director for the Alpine Education Foun­dation Ashlee Rodgers. The camps start June 17.

For more information visit ae­f4kids.org.