Summer Scholars Program

Junior Scholars
for students entering Grades 1-6

Lead teachers:  Ted Quinn, Emily Traver and Diana Day

Junior Scholars experience the best of both learning and summer fun.  Mornings are spent learning and collaborating with team members and teachers to build, discover, innovate, and create.  Afternoon activities include lunch, one full hour of swimming and water play, and daily choice of art or computer time, sports, unique team building challenges, and more.

SESSION 1 - July 8-July 12
Half-day: 9:00 a.m. -12:00 p.m.
Fee:  $225.00

Full day: 9 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Fee:  $450.00

>>>REGISTRATION FORM

Integrating Literature and Engineering WAITLIST ONLY
Grades 1-3
Get creative as you strategize with teammates on daily engineering and design challenges based on popular stories!  You might construct a structure that the Big Bad Wolf can’t blow down or a build a trap to catch the Gingerbread Man.  Each day you will read stories, learn about innovations, and then work on hands-on projects such as bridges, buildings, and forms of transportation.

The Business of Candy
Grades 4-6
Enjoy hands-on projects that help you learn the ins and outs of running an entrepreneurial candy business. Your team will choose from several candy related projects, and then experiment with the best ways to brand your company, design your packaging, advertise, and market your goods.

2-D Animation Workshop
Grades 4-6
Start with traditional materials like paper and clay or get techie with green screens and manipulating images in Adobe Photoshop.   Combine them with your creativity, a camera or scanner, and iMovie ’11, and you can learn to animate just about anything!  On the last day of class, scholars will screen their animations at the Summer Scholars 2-D Animation Festival.

SESSION 2 - July 15-July 19
Half-day: 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Fee: $225.00

Full day: 9 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Fee: $450.00

>>>REGISTRATION FORM

Dollars and Sense WAITLIST ONLY
Grades 1-3
Learn about spending and saving through listening to stories, playing games, and doing hands-on activities.  You’ll also maintain a scholar’s bank and mini-marketplace, where you will be able to shop, trade, sell, and make change using coupons and play money. 

Kidgineers
Grades 4-6
Play games, do experiments, and build engineering structures such as catapults, bridges and water vehicles.  You will also participate in fun competitions with your friends and have ample opportunities to showcase your work!

Filmmaker’s Studio WAITLIST ONLY
Grades 4-6
Learn to storyboard, direct and edit your own movie.  Learn to use cutting-edge equipment, cameras and software such as iPads, green screens, iMacs and iMovie 11 to film and edit your work.  On the last day of class, scholars will screen their creations at the Summer Scholars Film Festival.

SESSION 3 - July 22-26
Half-day: 9 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Fee:  $225.00
Full day: 9 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Fee:  $450.00 

>>>REGISTRATION FORM

CookiENomics WAITLIST ONLY
Grades 1-3
Work with a team to develop your own cookie company! First, you’ll learn about ingredients and test your recipes. Then you and your team will experiment with the best ways to design packaging, price your product, advertise, and get customers. 

Architecture - Building Forts, Clubhouses and Swings
Grades 4-6
Learn the principles of architecture and design through building scholar-sized forts, clubhouses, and swinging creations. Use your creativity and imagination to construct and decorate your structures using design principles. A wide variety of materials will be available, such as bamboo, canvas, willow, and rope. Teamwork will be emphasized throughout the process. On the last day of class, you will host an open house of your spaces.

LEGO Robotics
Grades 4-6
Scholars will work collaboratively to build and program robots using the LEGO Mindstorms Robotics Invention System. You’ll have fun while learning about mechanical and software design, problem solving, and teamwork skills. At the end of the week, scholars will showcase their creativity & new skills in a special demonstration that requires their robots to adapt to a mystery variable.

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