Star-Bulletin Staff

ADVENTURE

• Parents join their children on Wednesday expeditions to 11 educational attractions around the island, June 12 through Aug. 14. Holoholo 'Aina includes visits to the Hawai'i Nature Center, Kahana Valley State Park, Kualoa Ranch and Camp Erdman. Parent-child session with children 3 to 4 from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m.; with children 5 to 7, from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Tuition $150 for members of any participating organization; $180 general. Call the Contemporary Museum at 526-1322.

• YMCA Camp H.R. Erdman, on the North Shore, offers kayaking, campfires, swimming and other activities during the Summer Adventure Camp June 30 through Aug. 16. Cabins at the American Camping Association accredited camp are supervised by college-age counselors. Write to: Dennis Friese at YMCA Camp Erdman, P.O. Box 657, Waialua 96791. Or call 637-4615.

• Erdman also hosts a Family Camp - with arts and crafts, archery, a climbing tower and other diversions - July 5-through 7.

• Children explore their storytelling skills and practice for public performances that conclude two Honolulu Theatre for Youth programs.

  Stage One introduces children 7 to 12 to the process of theater and drama. Stage Two engages continuing and advanced students 13 to 18 in the craft of acting. The six-week programs run 1 to 4:30 p.m. weekdays, beginning June 17, at Temple Emanu-El. Tuition $410; to reserve a space, send application with a nonrefundable registration fee of $50 by May 15. Call 839-9885. Scholarships available.

• NorthWest Dance teaches tap, ballet and tumbling twice a week - Mondays and Wednesdays or Tuesdays and Thursdays - June 17 through Aug. 8 at Calvary by the Sea Lutheran Church, Aina Haina. Children 3 to 7 have one-hour lessons; children 8 to 10 have an extra half-hour lesson in jazz and character. Tuition $80 for ages 3 to 7; $90 ages 8 to 10. Call Lisa Tuttle at 946-0357.

• Star-struck youth 8 to 15 can attend a class on "Astronomy for Kids" with Stephen James O'Meara, 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. June 1 at the Volcano Art Center. Costs $15. Call 967-8222, Big Island. Supported by the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts.
• Students in grades 9 through 11 gain hands-on experience in marine science, seamanship, safety skills and marine affairs at the Blue-Water Marine Laboratory, June 17 through July 26.

  The Summer Ocean Studies course is based at the University of Hawaii at Manoa and includes field trips to Kaneohe Bay, Kewalo Basin, Honolulu Harbor and other shoreline sites. Tuition $400 Hawaii residents, $650 nonresidents, with additional fees. Ask your science teacher for an application form or call 923-9741 before May 17. Students who pass receive a credit in technical science, and may continue with BML in the Cruise Instructor Program.

• The Academy Art Center combines tours of museum galleries, films and special events with hands-on activities for children in kindergarten through grade 12, June 18 through July 25.

  Exploring Art, Drawing & Painting and Ceramics classes are divided by grade level and meet Tuesday through Friday. Tuition $155. Call 532-8741.

  Teams of adults and preschoolers ages 3 to 5 meet 9 to 11 a.m. Mondays, June 24 though July 22, for projects in painting, printmaking, collage, clay and more. Tuition $85; for a team of one adult and two children, $105.i

• Summer school at Variety School of Hawaii is 7:45 to 11:45 a.m. weekdays, June 17 through July 26. Children 5 to 13 study language arts, math, science and computers. Call 732-2835.

• Montessori Community School offers educational programs with hands-on activities at its Nehoa Street and Liholiho Street campuses. Tuition varies with age and program hours; full-day rate is $30 ages 3 to 5, $35 grades 1 to 6. Call 522-0244. The program for kids in preschool and kindergarten includes making and flying kites, studying native Hawaiian animals and creating recycled art projects, May 21 through Aug. 15.

  Students entering grades 1 through 6 participate in Peacemakers activities, Hawaiian studies, studying simple machines, drama and weekly excursions, June 3 through Aug. 15. Students may also join "Hauoli Na Keiki," a program of crafts, nature studies and hikes.

• Youth 5 to 16 practice rope climbing, tumbling, dance and games and activities on the trampoline, bars, vault and beam at the Hawaii Gymnastics Academy summer camp, beginning June 3. Costs $130 a week, $220 for two weeks, $400 a month. Call 537-5481 or Abra Slater at 735-7136.

• The Boys & Girls Club of Honolulu meets for sports and games, arts and crafts, math and reading clinics, field trips, classes in dance, cooking, judo and piano and other activities, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. weekdays, June 7 through Aug. 15. Membership for youth 7 through 17 is $1 a year; additional fee for some classes. Club headquarters on the grounds of Washington Intermediate School. Call John at 949-4743.

• The Kalihi-Palama Library invites students entering grade 7 to the Class of '96 to "Rock, Rap 'n Read" June 10 through July 27. The Young Adult Summer Reading Program features special drawings and a mini Olympics. Pre-registration Kickoff Jam is 2:30 p.m. June 3. Call 832-3466.

  "A Kalihi Gecko in King Arthur's Court" leads children 6 to 12 to lands of dragons, good deeds and magic. Storytime is 2:30 p.m. Wednesdays, June 19 through July 24.

  "Baby Magic" entertains tots to age 2 with stories and rhymes 9:30 a.m. Tuesdays, June 18 though July 23.

  "Summer Magic," for pre-schoolers, is 10:30 a.m. Tuesdays.