Each year, in exchange for using our shop site (City of Albany's Normanside Farm, off Delaware Ave.from Albany/Delmar (under the bride)and all that that entails, we in turn provide a learning experience for the younger Albany school students. Basically, it is lighting a fire, heating a piece of iron and telling the kids about blacksmithing. You can be as creative as you want, as long as the essentials of working with iron are gone over and if you can give it a historical context as well, so much the better.

Here is a list of dates, times and classes:

June 6 - one class first grade, one class second grade 45 kids total - arrive 9:15 *** MIKE CATALDO

June 7- 100 second graders arrive 9:30 *** IRENE PURIFICATO

June 9 - 70 second graders arrive 9:30*** RICH DIGUILIO

June 10 - 46 third graders arrive 9:30 *** ROB GALLERANI

June 13 - 60 third graders arrive 9:30: *** MIKE CATALDO

June 14 - 45 second graders arrive 9:30 *** LEE HARVEY

June 17 - 90 third graders arrive 9:15 *** ROB GALLERANI

JIM MORAN WILL BE AVAILABLE TO HELP OUT OR TO FILL IN IF A SUBSTITUTE IS NEEDED.(439-5439)