Education & Classes in Mesa

The Flasher Photobooth’s rentals supply up to four hours of photo-taking entertainment at birthdays, reunions, weddings, and all special events. Adorned in props such as fake mustaches and feather boas, groups gather before colorful backgrounds and snap off shot after shot, which are later vieable through an online gallery. Their booths also come with an attendant to set up and run the equipment throughout the occasion.

Flying High LLC's impassioned, certified flight instructors instill the airborne arts in students by taking them to the skies in a fleet of Cessna and Piper fixed-wing planes. Flight lessons, discovery flights, and scenic photo excursions explore The Valley of the Sun's topography while pupils stretch their wings or sit back and relax. The team's academic services impart the skills necessary for private-pilot and multiengine certifications or train fledgling aviators in the operation of a helicopter or commercial aircraft. The instructors have memorized the ins and outs of their planes, having raised each since birth, so students can master the fundamentals safely.

Stained-glass murals, organically shaped bowls, and prismatic light shades are only some of the work done by Circle 6 Studios’ practicing artists, who share their glass-working expertise and aesthetic range through their art gallery and classes. Students in some workshops express themselves by applying and melting color and then shaping the molten glass into a finished piece. During skill-based workshops, students focus on a single process, diving into one fundamental topic such as learning to apply color to a polished piece.

With each half-mile lap, drivers steer high-performance karts around 15 distinct turns as their wheels rise and fall with the changing elevation of the Briggs & Stratton Karting Complex. It is upon this track that students of the Bondurant SuperKart School flex their newly formed or regularly maintained karting muscles, putting into practice instruction from beginner and advanced courses. The school operates under the 20-year experience of Alan Rudolph, a master go-kart racer appointed by Bob Bondurant—world-champion driver and father of SuperKart's parent organization, the Bob Bondurant School of High Performance Driving.

Rather than tying themselves to a single certification agency, Scuba Magic’s instructors guide students down a variety of training avenues. This flexibility is embodied in the school’s owner, Gary Moyer, who is certified by PADI, SDI, DSAT, EFR, and HSA. The shop’s coursework ranges from programs for first-time divers seeking their open-water certificate, to those preparing to handle underwater emergency situations and baby submarines convinced a diver is its mom. The school provides a stock of high-quality gear to students taking their classes, and technicians trained by the manufacturers themselves maintain the equipment. Occasional national and international diving trips bring aquanauts to such wonderlands of crystalline, warm water as Fiji.

Uniting diverse backgrounds in dance techniques such as jazz, hip-hop, ballet, and professional cheerleading, the seasoned instructors at Dance Starz AZ break down elegant ballroom and Latin dance moves for students of all ages. The team adeptly shepherds pupils through the intricate steps and sequin glimmers of the waltz, paso doble, swing, and tango. They also cultivate custom romantic dance routines for couples, small groups, and salty seafaring crews during private lessons, and pilot a roster of large group classes that rotates monthly. Though each dance method proffers active exercise, Dance Starz AZ further refines fitness with Zumba and yoga sessions.