Register online or by mail. Find registration brochures at Goodbye Blue Monday, the Community Action Center, and other downtown locations.

See 2010-11 programs and the 2010-11 calendar for more details.

The Session 1 registration deadline is SEPTEMBER 15 (all group lessons & contract practice ice).

Last week, fifty skaters representing 14 arenas in Minnesota and Wisconsin gathered at the Pleasant Arena in St. Paul for our annual Rising Stars Camp. Skaters ranged in age from 3 – 13. Rising Stars Camp is hosted by the St. Paul Figure Skating Club and directed by Northfield Skating School Founder/Director Carey Tinkelenberg.

Throughout the week, skaters participated in on-ice skills & drills, creative movement classes, off-ice jumping, strength, and stretch classes, arts and crafts, and special workshops. Special workshops included a nutrition seminar, strength and conditioning specialist, and SOMA class with choreographer Tara Stamm. All skaters also prepared solo routines that they performed at an exhibition on July 22. Thank to you skaters, coaches, parents, and volunteers for a fun and successful event. See you next year!

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Contact Carey about future camps

The Master rating is the highest rating attainable in the PSA. Coaches and directors become rated in their discipline by successfully completing oral exams, sport science written exams, and meeting experience and continuing education requirements. The minimum requirements for a Master program director rating include 5 years and 500 hours of coaching and management experience and “exceptional knowledge and organization” of staffing, scheduling, promotion, safety standards, education, and ethics of managing skating programs.

Tinkelenberg completed the oral exam on May 25th and was honored at the Professional Skaters Association International Conference and Trade Show in Colorado Springs (pictured above). She also holds a Senior rating in group instruction and Registered ratings in freestyle and moves-in-the-field.

Tinkelenberg founded the Northfield Skating School after graduating from Carleton College in 2005. In 2008, the school was named a “Model Program” by the editors of SKATING Magazine and Tinkelenberg was presented the June 2008 Making a Difference Award by the Northfield Healthy Community Initiative for the school’s positive impact on youth. Tinkelenberg serves as a mentor to directors as member of the U.S. Figure Skating Basic Skills Committee and presents regularly at director training events nationwide. She coaches full time in Northfield, St. Paul, and Eagan and was the silver medalist in Masters Pairs at the 2010 U.S. Adult Championships with Peter Biver.

Mon 7/19- Thurs 7/22. Hosted by the St. Paul Figure Skating Club and led by NSS director Carey Tinkelenberg. Half days at the Pleasant Arena, 848 Pleasant Avenue St Paul. Registration includes on and off-ice training classes, t-shirt, welcome gift, crafts, parent information meeting, and “Mini-Olympics” performance of campers. Click link to view flyer and register. Still accepting registrations.

Eagan Skate School Summer Figure Skating Camp
Monday 8/2 – Thursday 8/5. Full and half-day options at the Eagan Civic Arena. To register call (651) 675-5500 or fill out a registration form at the arena.For questions please call (651) 675-5453. Full schedule available online. Registration deadline 7/29.

Shattuck St. Mary Summer Camps

Figure Skating Camp 6/6-6/26, Day Camp 7/1-7/2, Synchronized Skating Camp 7/27-7/30. Info and registration materials online

Congratulations to our team for representing NSS so well with your skills and poise in competition!

Photos, L to R: NSS Skaters pose with Coach Tinkelenberg, skaters warm up outside the Pleasant Arena, Emmalyn Fried takes the ice.

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Remember, SKATING IS A YEAR-ROUND SPORT! Our rink may be closed, but your skating opportunities continue throughout the off-season.

Group lessons are available at surrounding areanas.

Private lessons with some NSS coaches are available at Shattuck St. Mary, Lakeville, Eagan, and St. Paul FSC.

Numerous local competitions take place over the summer. Competing involves setting up a few private lessons to put together a performance routine. ALL LEVELS of skaters may compete, beginning in Basic 1.

REGISTER NOW for SUMMER skating camps: St. Paul Rising Stars Camp, July 19-22. Run by NSS director Carey Tinkelenberg. EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION DEADLINE 5/1. Shattuck St. Mary Summer Camps, throughout June and July.

Northfield Skating School 2010-11 registration materials will be available in late summer. In the meantime, please CONTACT CAREY for details.

Emmalyn Fried: 1st place, Basic 8 Compulsory and Freeskate
Elizabeth Penny: 1st place, Freeskate 2 Compulsory and Freeskate
Maggie Kielas: 2st place, Freeskate 2 Compulsory, and 1st place, Freeskate
Jessica Arey: 1st place, Freeskate 4

Evenson is a Northfield native, Carleton Junior, and former skater who was coached by Tinkelenberg through middle and high school. Evenson joined the Northfield Skating School staff in 2005 when the school was founded. She was hired as Assistant Director two years later during her freshman year at Carleton. Evenson has been an integral part of the school’s development, leadership, and growth into a U.S. Figure Skating Model Program. Her committee invitation came following a presentation she and Tinkelenberg co-delivered at a U.S. Figure Skating Workshop co-hosted by the Northfield Skating School and Shattuck St. Mary Figure Skating Academy earlier this month.