Around Town: 200 Irvine students participate in Enrichment Day classes

The Irvine Public Schools Foundation offered more than 80 classes to over 200 Irvine Unified School District students in second through eighth grades during the foundation’s annual Enrichment Day on Monday.

The daylong event at Jeffrey Trail Middle School in Irvine was held on Presidents Day, a school holiday, and provided students with subjects that may not be offered in their regular classrooms, including Lego engineering, Jedi Academy, break dance, 3-D design and beginning animation, cooking, video game design, filmmaking, hand sewing and caricature drawing.

Enrichment Day also is a fundraiser for the Innovative Teaching Award program, which gives grants to select Irvine Unified teachers.

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New senior center in Irvine to have grand opening Saturday

A free public grand-opening ceremony is set for the Trabuco Center, Irvine’s third senior center, at 10 a.m. Saturday.

The 7,500-square-foot center, at 5701 Trabuco Road along the Jeffrey Open Space Trail, features a fitness center, large multipurpose rooms, a lounge area, a patio courtyard and free Wi-Fi. It will offer a variety of programs and activities, including Zumba and line dancing classes, bridge and chess, educational presentations, computer classes and technology tutoring.

The grand opening will include fitness class demonstrations and more.

The Trabuco Center’s hours will be 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays through Fridays. The facility also is available for private events on evenings and weekends.

For more information, call (949) 724-7300 or visit cityofirvine.org/senior-services/trabuco-center.