Van Arsdale PTSA

Rocky’s Enrichment, Spring 2013

Sponsored by the PTSA

 Rocky Enrichment Program – Spring 2013

Van Arsdale’s before and after School Enrichment Program centers around the continuing

pursuit of excellenceatn our school. This program works to provide quality academic, physical,

and social enrichment activities to Van Arsdale Elementary students to enhance their preparation for a successful future. And also sheer wicked pleasure. Lots of pleasure.

To register and pay for Enrichment classes, please complete and return the attached registration and waiver form with a check payable to Van Arsdale PTSA. Return to your student(s)’ teacher or to the school office. Or register/pay online at http://vanarsdaleelementary.digitalpta.com/rockys-enrichment-brochures/

Continuing chess                                                    Your move! 

1-6. This class continues the Fall program. New students attending should already know how to play, know opening goals and some tactics. This class will include a brief review of opening, middlegame and endgame goals and tactical thinking techniques. Focus will continue with strategic middlegame themes such as attacking the king, it will include an introduction to pawn structure and also gambits.  Each one-hour session includes a discussion topic and then supervised play. Students need not bring chess sets, but may bring a healthy snack.

Young Rembrandts- Elementary drawing

Think your kid’s done Young Rembrandts? The curriculum’s new every time! K-6. Young Rembrandts is an award-winning art enrichment program that has given the power of drawing to thousands of young artists across the United States. In each week’s NEW, exciting (and kid-tested!) lesson, we use a step by step method that assures every student is a creative success. As children learn and use technical drawing skills, they discover that all complex objects can be broken down into familiar shapes; then use problem solving skills, innovation, and imagination to put them all together into eye-popping masterpieces!

Bricks4Kidz                                                                          

K-3 class back by popular demand: This is a hands-on class where students will design and build machines, catapults, pyramids, dragster cars, buildings, inventions, transportation, and other gadgets out of LEGO^® bricks.  While exploring engineering, architecture and physics, students will develop problem solving and critical thinking skills.

                   Discovery Dance: Dance of the Superheroes

K-6. This 7 week session includes Ballet, Tap, Jazz and a Show during the last half hour on the last day of the session, our SHOW DAY! Details about the performance will be sent home two weeks before the show. Dance class is held at the school, in the GYM. No dancer will be turned away!

Beginning/continuing combined Spanish is Fun!          

1-6. New teacher! Spanish is, hands-down, the most useful language in the United States next to English. Children that are exposed to another language at an early age have more opportunity to learn faster and have better understanding of the language. This class will motivate students using enjoyable lessons, so children want to continue learning. We help children build the Spanish language. They will grow in self-confidence as they learn to speak and understand a foreign language.

                                 Introductory Tae Kwon Do

This K-6 program is designed for children as a basic, fundamental introductory class to Tae Kwon Do.

1) Lessons of the week: your child will learn such concepts as SELF DISCIPLINE, COURTESY and RESPECT, and how to apply these at home and school.

2) Our Achievement Program: At the end of each session, the student can prepare for the next ranking through attaining stripes for such activities as a) helping at home b) doing homework c) leadership activities and d) learning important Tae Kwon Do lessons.

3) Our Teaching System: our experience with martial arts and kids allows the students to become much more interested in learning while maintaining a winning attitude in everything that they do.

4) Our Professional Instructors: we specialize in motivating children to be their absolute best, all in a friendly and positive atmosphere.

Intro to Machine Sewing with Jenn Berger              

3-6. Jenn has been teaching sewing at Westwoods for three years, and loves teaching kids how to sew. The first class will be getting familiar with the sewing machine, learning vocabulary, and practicing sewing straight lines on both paper and fabric. The rest of the classes the kids will get to decide what projects we make. We will make at least 2 more projects based on time allowed. Included in the cost are all materials for each project, and the use of Jenn’s sewing machines, as well as complete instruction.

SpaceTime: Rockin’ Rockets

2-6. With Rockin’ Rockets kids will get to do just about everything there is to do with rockets… short of riding one into space! This theme takes them on a wild ride into the fascinating science of rocketry and space exploration while letting them go hands-on to build and launch safe, non-combustible rockets. Activities include learning about the science and history of rocketry, crafting their own SpaceTime Galactic Gliders, and launching lots of different kinds of rockets.

We the Beats: Mathemusics Number Songs

The kids will compose, perform, record and produce their own songs about numbers and math functions.  Each child will choose a grade and level appropriate concept for his or her individual song.  Their challenge will be to write a song that will help others to understand the concept.   Our goal will be to produce a CD album of fun and completely original educational songs.  Watch out School House Rock!

Young Rembrandts: Cartooning

K-6. New projects and principles every time! Young Rembrandts is an award-winning art enrichment program that has given the power of drawing to thousands of young artists across the United States. In each week’s NEW, exciting (and kid-tested!) lesson, we use a step by step method that assures every student is a creative success. As children learn and use technical drawing skills, they discover that all complex objects can be broken down into familiar shapes; then use problem solving skills, innovation, and imagination to put them all together into eye-popping masterpieces!

PlayWell Engineering FUNdamentals with LEGO  

3-5. Let your imagination run wild with over 100,000 pieces of LEGO! Apply real-world concepts in physics, engineering, and architecture through engineer-designed projects such as arch-bridges, skyscrapers, motorized cars, and Battletrack! Design and build as never before, and explore your craziest ideas in a supportive environment

Overtime Athletics Sports Spectacular Variety Program

K-2. Do you love to play sports? Then you’ll love Sports Spectacular! Each week we’ll play a different sport or game including: basketball, soccer, flag football, kickball, capture the flag, tag games and MORE! Get moving with games like Bump and Bite, Knights and Dragons, the Numbers Game, and Safe Base. We’ll work on teamwork, sportsmanship and fitness, all while having FUN.

Overtime Athletics Lax-tastic Lacrosse                      

Come play the fastest game on two feet! Our experienced coaches will teach you the skills you need to play lacrosse; cradling, passing and catching, scooping, shooting and defense. We’ll even provide the sticks! Capture the Lax Ball, Ground Ballhogger and Dodger are some of our favorite games to play. Don’t miss out on the opportunity to learn this fast-paced sport. Sign up today!

Run with Rocky Training Club with Rosa Kougl

Join the fun as you train to run in Van Arsdale’s annual Run with Rocky Race. The running club will improve student fitness by developing aerobic endurance, raising self-esteem, and creating awareness about the importance of keeping themselves fit, strong, and healthy, all while having fun. Students should bring their own water bottles and running shoes.

Sticky Fingers Cooking Class                            

Mix and Measure and Knife Skills, Oh My! Let your child release their inner chef!  Sticky Fingers Cooking offers young chefs the chance to explore exciting tastes (all seasonal and as local as possible!), master culinary skills (that they can put to use in family kitchens!) and nourish their bodies and minds. Our After School Enrichment classes each feature a healthy recipe, emphasize safety and skill building, and encourage environmental awareness in an engaging way. Progressively, children will build upon skills learned from previous classes and by the end if the session, they will have acquired a repertoire of talent to help you at home in the kitchen! We provide all of the tools, ingredients and instruction needed to cook up a fun, delicious and healthy (sshh!) snack each week. Our on-line recipe collection is included as well for each chef for future family cooking fun!

Intro to Mandarin Language and Chinese Culture

K-6. There are more than a dozen languages spoken in China, but Mandarin is the one you’re likely to hear on the street and in recent martial arts movies. Mandarin is a language where pitch conveys meaning: some people talk about singing, rather than speaking, Mandarin! (It’s easier than it sounds.) In this (very) introductory class students will learn to hear and speak common phrases, and gain an appreciation for some basics of Chinese geography, history, and culture. The class is oral/aural only: no writing. Families who have registered for other Enrichment classes may register students for this class free: one free family registration per other registration.

     Rocky’s Enrichment- Sponsored by the PTSA

Thank you for registering your student(s) in the enrichment program. We are trying to make this the best possible program for our Van Arsdale Students and families. Your input and suggestions are greatly appreciated. Let us know your ideas!

Please note that there is no teacher supervision before and/or after school for these students. Parents/guardians are REQUIRED to sign in/out of the classrooms where the program takes place. Failure to accompany students and sign them in/out will result in your child/ren being withdrawn from the program without full/partial refund. Parents/guardians may not drop off and/or pick up students in front of the school.

At 8:50 a.m. children will be released from the programs and should walk to the appropriate line up areas. Afternoon programs, parents must be at classrooms to sign students out at class ends.

Classes fill on a “first-come first-served” basis. Classes must reach their minimum or will be canceled. Your child is enrolled in any class you register for unless you hear otherwise.

Payment and registration. Payment and registration for a class is due in the week before the class begins. While you can usually register up through the first day of the class, there is a $5 per student per class surcharge for late registration. Make checks payable to the Van Arsdale PTSA unless otherwise informed. Both registration and payment may be online at the PTSA website, or brought in to the student’s teacher or the Van Arsdale front office.

Parents are responsible for transportation to/from the program classroom—usually the portables, sometimes the gym. The waiver to sign is on the other side of this sheet.

Program contacts: Lila Schow (303-949-4083, lilabudo1@gmail.com) and Mary Ann Dimand (970-214-8342, maryanndimand@hotmail.com)

Van Arsdale Elementary Before/After School Enrichment Waiver Agreement

I, ____________________________________ agree to walk my student(s), ________________

_______________________, into (out of p.m.) their enrichment program and sign in (out p.m.) om the appropriate form. I understand that failure to comply with these rules will result in my children being withdrawn from the class without refund.

OR

My student(s) ____________________________________________________________ , will be coming (leaving p.m.) from SAE. I will arrange permissions with SAE and sign them in (out p.m.) with SAE.

______________________________________  _____________________________________

Parent signature                                                       Printed name and date

Suggestions for future Rocky’s Enrichment programs and/or teachers? _____________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

REGISTRATION APPLICATION

Parent name _________________________

Student name ________________________

Student name ________________________

Student name ________________________

Email ______________________________

Contact # ___________________________

Grade/Teacher _______________________

Grade/Teacher _______________________

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Checks payable to Van Arsdale PTSA

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