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The Kid Who Played the Palace
Book, Music & Lyrics
by Peter Sklar

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Beginnings
America's Most Complete  
Arts Experience
for Young People.
Established 1984

America's Most Complete Arts Experience
for Young People 

NEW YORK               HOLLYWOOD                    LONDON

An approach to
professionalism as caring as
it is practical

Established 1984   

            

Chaperone Supervision

The beginnings workshop is unsurpassed nationally in the strictness of its supervision of children, teens, and even young adults. This takes place during all structured recreational activities, at all meals, and especially overnight in every cabin/room. The workshop has enjoyed a spotless twenty-four year history of cutting-edge practices in nutrition, hygiene and emotional care, all provided by mature, experienced and well-trained chaperones who are under strict and direct supervision by both an experienced, professional Director of Staff, (Rick Flynn), and also the workshop's Director, Mr. Sklar.



WATCH BEGINNINGS RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY!
 View structured evening activities including
bonfire and improvisational skits with instructors.
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Job requirements for chaperones include verified experience and references in child care, past general employment, an examination of high school and college transcripts, a comprehensive personal interview, two (2) full, ten-hour days of rigorous pre-workshop training, a physical health examination verified by a physician, and the execution of a sixty (60) page legal contract governing specific duties and responsibilities.


 


WATCH BEGINNINGS DIRECTOR PETER SKLAR!
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With the youngest-aged students, there is one chaperone per every five (5) children, present at all times of the day and night, including meals, traveling, activities, classes, overnight, etc. (The chaperone/student ratio decreases to a minimum of one chaperone per every 8 - 10 of the oldest students.)


WATCH BEGINNINGS MORNING WARM-UPS!
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participating in morning exercises
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No student of any age is ever alone or unsupervised for even one moment at any time throughout the workshop.



Conscientious focus is always given to the hygiene, nutrition and emotional state of every student.


Additionally, all students are required to write to their parents on at least three occasions during the seven-day workshop.


There is a thorough orientation and training session for all staff prior to the first day dealing specifically with issues of health, nutrition, safety, care and supervision. This is conducted directly by Mr. Sklar and Mr. Flynn. Additionally, there are daily meetings during the workshop to evaluate the personal progress and behavior of each individual young person.


 



Housing accommodations include fully-enclosed wooden cabins equipped with cot or double-decker bunk beds with guard rails, smoke alarms, electricity, hot water, bathrooms and showers, all inspected regularly, approved and licensed by the New York State Department of Health. There is a Physician and/or at least one experienced Licensed Registered Nurse on duty and on the premises 24 hours per day.


Additionally, the workshop itself is located no more than thirty minutes from the nearest hospital emergency room.


A thorough health examination , documented by a physician, is required of all participants and chaperone staff prior to the start of the workshop.
 


All workshop activities and facilities are fully insured.


Workshop is held in carefully chosen licensed facilities located in Pennsylvania, New Jersey or upstate New York 100-200 miles from New York City. The Beginnings workshop itself, its staff, program policies, facilities, and its Director, Peter Sklar, are annually inspected, monitored, and formally licensed by the New York State Department of Health.

 

Noteworthy statistic: We are pleased to report that beginnings' twenty-four year history, (founded in 1984), encompassing a student population of more than ten thousand children, teens and young adults, has never produced a single major injury or illness, nor a single medical insurance claim, nor a single significant complaint of ANY nature whatsoever related to this workshop, its staff, or its director, Peter Sklar. For authentication, please consult the New York State Department of Consumer Affairs, the New York State Attorney General's Office, the New York State Office of Children and Family Protective Services, New York State Social Services/ Family and Children's Services Division, and the New York State Department of Health, as well as thousands of available references from all parts of the United States. Thank you.

  

 
Invited parents and students are encouraged to contact our office by telephone or at petersklar@aol.com to speak directly with a virtually unlimited number of alumni references, or in regard to any specific questions or concerns, or for a general description of workshop guidelines, policies or procedures.  Thank you.

 

If you or your child has been interviewed and formally invited to the beginnings workshop, you are welcome to address any questions or requests for information directly to Mr. Sklar by telephone. Please write or email for more information;

petersklar@aol.com 
beginnings workshop
c/o Peter Sklar, Director
68-A Croton Dam Rd.
Ossining, NY  10562

Design and Content Copyright © 1999-2008 Peter Sklar
Special thanks to Dr. Kevin Kolack, Mia Valdez, Tracy Pence, Sybil Sklar and Cheryl Woolwine.

Last Updated: 05/11/2008 08:23 PM