Mini Courses Monday, November 24th & Tuesday, November 25th

#1 Art Journaling

!   Ms. Nicholson & Mrs. Emery

!   Offered Monday & Tuesday

!   $3

!   Students will come in and make masterpieces of art that express their thoughts and feelings for the day or in response to a provided prompt.

#2 STEM - Mars Robotics Lab / Astronomy featuring Exoplanet Art Project

!   Mrs. Matthews

!   Offered Monday & Tuesday

!   $26

!   Space Foundation Headquarters CS

!   Day 1: Robotics mission. Students will engineer/build rovers (and the routes of the rovers) to travel around Mars.

!   Day 2: Students will explore the solar system. After our time with the Science on a Sphere (SOS), students will design their own planet based on the information they learned at SOS. The students will then see their planets on display in the SOS.

#3 Beauty School Drop-out

!   Ms. Gustafson & Mrs. Sundberg

!   Offered Monday & Tuesday

!   $10

!   Students who choose to participate in this mini-course will be taking part in fun beauty activities and techniques. They will be painting their fingernails, doing their hair, designing clothes, and exploring what beauty is.

# 4 Leisure Games

!   Mr. Sims/Mrs. Cates/Mrs. Ninemire

!   Offered Monday & Tuesday

!   Students will be playing a variety of leisure games both common (ping pong, badminton, etc.) and uncommon (nok hockey, corn hole, etc.). Students will be introduced to different rules for each game and different strategies needed in order to be successful. Students will work on sportsmanship.

FREE

#5 Shabby Chic Christmas

!   Mrs. Dennis/Ms. Altendorf

!   Offered Monday & Tuesday

!   $20

!   Students will spend one day creating at least six, shabby chic style Christmas decorations. Students can choose to give these as Christmas gifts or keep for themselves.

# 6 Sky Zone

!   Copeland/Murphy/Young/Eaton-Mon/Dobbins-Tues

!   Offered Monday & Tuesday

!   $25 plus lunch

!   Students will have access to the Sky Zone facility for 3 and a half hours of jumpapoolza fun: including trampoline jumping, foam zone and ultimate dodge ball. We will be at the facility for 2 hours, break for lunch and then return for another hour and a half.

#7 So You Wanna Learn To Dance?!?

!   Mrs. Armstrong

!   Offered Monday & Tuesday

!   Students will learn the basics of various dancing. From hip hop, ballroom, tap, musical theater, jazz, and ballet. Students will learn technical terms, choreography to various dances, and be provided with the opportunity to create their own dance masterpiece.

FREE

#8 Model Car Building •  Build what you want: muscle cars, low

riders, hot rods, tuners…

•  Learn safety, technique, attention to detail, and creating realism

•  No experience necessary

•  A great attitude is a must!

Sponsor: Mr. Baker & Mr. Weber Offered: Monday and Tuesday (single day course) Cost: •  $6 materials fee •  Purchase your own model at Hobby

Lobby with 40% discount coupon

!

#9 Robot Missions

!   Mr. Scheck

!   Offered Monday & Tuesday

!   Students will program and design robots to perform tasks. They will learn about robotic programming and the use of sensors.

FREE

#10 Hunger Games

!   Mrs. Telljohn/Ms. Belflower

!   Offered Monday & Tuesday

!   $5

!   This one-day course is for students who love The Hunger Games Trilogy! We will read some excerpts from all three books, view portions of each of the first two movies and discuss similarities and differences between the books and movies, as well as ideas that inspired Suzanne Collins in her creation of this series, brainstorm potential new districts, play a Hunger Games board game, and create some Panem-inspired craft items.

#11 Movie History - How Hollywood got to where it is today

!   Mrs. McDonald

!   Offered Monday & Tuesday

!   Students will be learning about the development of the movie industry from the beginning to the present. We will watch movies from different time periods and discuss the progression of the movie industry over time.

FREE

#12 Ultimate Frisbee

!   Mr. Owen & Mr. Hull

!   Offered Monday & Tuesday

!   $10

!   Will travel off-site

!   Students will learn the rules and strategy of Ultimate Frisbee. They will also get a chance to learn several types of throws and to practice those throws. Finally, the students will be able to play 3 different types of Ultimate Frisbee games. Lunch will be BYOL. 30 students max per day.

#13 String Art

!   Mrs. Smith

!   Offered Monday & Tuesday

!   $15

!   Students will be given a board, paint, nails, and string. They will lay down whatever design they come up with and outline it in nails. Then students will be able to take string and see that image come alive.

#14 Strategy Games

!   Mr. Buchanan/Mr. Sides

!   Offered Monday & Tuesday

!   We will offer a place to learn and play a variety of strategy games to include chess, checkers, and card games.

FREE

#15 Prime Primates

!   Ms. Browne

!   Offered Monday & Tuesday

!   $20

!   Cheyenne Mountain Zoo

!   Students will use scientific skills to observe the characteristics and behaviors of apes as they go behind the scenes with the keepers. !   Infer how mining and loss of habitat will affect their survival. !   Identify conservation efforts to protect them. !   Predict how the apes will interact with the enrichment that the

students create.

#16 Holiday Up-Cycling

!   Ms. Orton

!   Monday only

!   $15

!   Students will be making ornaments, jewelry, and gifts from recycled materials.

#17 Trip to Bent's Fort

!   Mr. Webb/ Mr. Dobbins

!   Monday only

!   $18

!   We will be traveling back to the early days of Colorado to take a tour of Bent's Fort in LaJunta, CO. This fort has been reconstructed and looks like it did in the 1840s. This is a great tour of a great old fort.

#18 GO! ANIMATE

!   Mr. Kizewski

!   Monday only

!   Students will be able to: Make a viral video, create an animated lesson for class, make a demo video or promotional video

!   Students will need an e-mail account to register for the website. If a student does not have an e-mail account, they will have the opportunity to create an email account in class

FREE

#19 Intro to Spin Fishing and Lure Building

!   Mr. Petrie

!   Monday only

!   $10

!   Fishing and Lure Building for the following: !   Build and customize at least 5 spinning lures !   Fishing knots !   Equipment !   Safety !   Fishing Regulations !   Where to fish !   Species/types of fish !   Spin vs fly fishing

#20 Mosaic Design

!   Mrs. Tipton

!   Monday only

!   $12

!   Students who participate in this mini course will learn about several types of mosaic designs such as cultural mosaics found in Spain that use broken plates, glass and ceramic tiles to create masterpieces, and contemporary street artists who create mosaics in the shape of common video game characters on the sides of buildings. Each student will get to choose which style they want to use to create their own mosaic design.

#21 Walking with Dinosaurs

!   Mrs. Shannon

!   Offered Monday only

!   $17 & lunch (or bring sack lunch)

!   Students will get a tour of the Dinosaur Resource Center. They will get a hands on review of fossils and see how castings are made.

#22 Pottery Christmas Ornaments

!   Ms. Clay/Mr. Henderson

!   Monday only

!   $20

!   Students will paint two ornaments, listen to holiday music, and watch a holiday movie.

!   Student is responsible for lunch.

#23 Ghost Town Museum

!   Mrs. Champlin

!   Monday only

!   $11

!   Ghost Town, Colorado Springs

!   We will visit the Ghost Town Museum in Colorado Springs, explore the museum, and if the weather permits we will pan for gold. We will have lunch at the picnic tables outside of the museum. When we return to school, we will discuss what we found out and possibly watch a documentary about Colorado Ghost Towns.

#24 Everything Birds

!   Mrs. Damron/Mrs. Bockstahler

!   Monday only

!   Students will learn to sand, nail and create a birdhouse. This workshop will teach students do-it-yourself skills and tool safety and at the same time they help to instill a sense of accomplishment. Simple enough for any middle school student to complete, this pre-cut wooden birdhouse kit encourages creativity and a sense of accomplishment. Parts are made of wood, and can be used as is, or finished with your own paint, stickers or stamps. All materials will be provided.

FREE

#25 Tour Coors Field

!   Mr. Simpson/Ms. Talbot

!   Monday only

!   $18

!   The students will be taking a tour of Coors Field.

#26 Cupcake Wars

!   Mrs. Lientz/Mrs. Suhr

!   Monday only

!   $10

!   Students will have the opportunity to watch Cupcake Wars to get a better understanding of the overall process. They will then be divided into teams and given a basket of supplies of which to create cupcakes with decoration and then a display for the cupcakes. The teams will have a specific time limit and will then have their cupcakes judged at the end.

#27 Paint Fire Pottery

!   Mrs. Kamla

!   Monday only

!   $20

!   North Academy

!   Student will be guided and allowed to design a plate or a mug of their choice. These items will be fired and returned to the students once they return from Thanksgiving break.

#28 Latch Hook

!   Mrs. Prewett

!   Monday only

!   $10

!   Students will receive their kit on the day of the mini-course. They will learn how to sort their yarn, how to use the latch hook, and then they will spend the day creating their rug.

#29 How to look like a Zombie

!   Mrs. Ramirez

!   Monday only

!   $25

!   This mini course is designed for students interested in special effects make-up. Specifically, we will be focusing on zombie horror make-up designs. We will spend part of the day learning make-up techniques and applying them to a partner. We will work with beauty make-up as well as applying make-up

!   *Students with latex allergies or sensitive skin should be extra careful if signing up for this course.*

#30 Hike through Palmer Park

!   Mr. Power

!   Monday only

!   $5

!   Students will test their limits as they trek 3-5 miles around and across the yucca flats mesa of Palmer Park while exploring eroded sedimentary geological formations and beautiful vistas of Colorado Springs from an urban wilderness environment, set aside as open space a century ago by city founder, General Palmer.

#31 Christmas Cards and Crafts

!   Ms. Orton

!   Tuesday only

!   $15

!   Students will be making Christmas cards and crafts related to the holiday.

#32 A trip to the top of Pikes Peak

!   Mr. Webb/Ms. Shannon

!   Tuesday only

!   $27

!   We will be riding the Cog Railway from Manitou Springs up to the top of Pikes Peak.

#33 FAMILY GAME DAY

!   Mr. Kizewski

!   Tuesday only

!   OBJECTIVES !   Promote mental development. Activities that engage

thought, creativity or imagination will accelerate a child's mental development.

!   Social Development

!   Games and activities can also promote listening, teamwork and good sportsmanship. Role-playing games also have a strong collaborative aspect.

FREE

#34 Everything Horses

!   Mrs. Bockstahler/Mrs. Damron

!   Tuesday only

!   Students will create a reading light with a mason jar and horse decorations and will have time to read horse books and magazines snuggled up with a pillow from home. Later, students will learn how to draw horses and create sketches, write poems about horses (prize for winner), paint a horse sculpture, and watch a movie about horses. It's literally a day filled with everything horses!

FREE

#35 Mosaics

!   Ms. Clay/Mr. Henderson

!   Tuesday only

!   $18

!   Students will choose between an owl or heart mosaic pattern and use tile pieces to decorate it.

!   Students will choose a picture from google images and make a puzzle from it. They will then take turns putting together each other’s puzzles.

#36 Pioneer Museum

!   Mrs. Champlin

!   Tuesday only

!   $10

!   We will go to the pioneer museum from 10-12. Kids would bring a lunch, and we'd have lunch outside the museum before we came back to the school.

#37 3D Chalk Drawing

!   Mrs. Tipton

!   Tuesday only

!   $12

!   Have you ever wondered how street artists create such detailed sidewalk chalk drawings that look 3D? Students who participate in this mini-course will learn the tricks and techniques used by professional street chalk artists and will create their own chalk drawing with a group.

#38 Bucket Drumming

!   Mrs. Suhr/Mrs. Prewett

!   Tuesday only

!   $10

!   We will be learning how to drum using buckets, boom whackers and body percussion.

#39 Paint/Fire/ pottery ornaments

!   Mrs. Kamla

!   Tuesday only

!   $20

!   North Academy

!   Students will paint two Christmas ornaments. Wide selection to choose from at Paint &Fire Pottery.

#40 Olympic Training Center

!   Mr. Simpson/Ms. Talbot

!   Tuesday only

!   $10

!   Tour Olympic Training Center

#41 Intensive Acting Class

!   Mrs. Ramirez

!   Tuesday only

!   $5

!   Students will learn the tricks of the acting trade in this intensive acting class led by actors and directors from the Colorado Springs theater community. Learn how to wow a director by building a character that has depth and a life-like personality. You will also learn how to take a stage slap and fall down without getting hurt through the basics of fight choreography taught by certified trainers.

#42 Geocaching

!   Mr. Eaton & Mr. Power

!   Offered Tuesday only

!   Fox Run Regional Park

!   $5

!   Learn how GPS units work. Students will be working together to find geocaches at Black Forest Regional Park by using GPS to track locations of geocaches. They will also be enjoying the outdoors by hiking and working collaboratively together in groups

#43 Wilderness Preparation and Survival

!   Mr. Petrie

!   Tuesday only

!   Learn: !   What to do BEFORE you leave home

!   What to take with you/What to leave at home

!   Survival Priorities

!   STOP

!   Rules of 3

!   Survival Stories

FREE

#44 The Book was Better

!   Ms. Cruzat

!   Two day course – Monday & Tuesday

!   Students will be viewing the "Hunger Games" trilogy movies and "The Fault in Our Stars." They must have read all of the 4 books to participate in the compare/contrast discussion at the end.

FREE

#45 It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas!

!   Mrs. Hancock

!   Both days with same group of students

!   $20

!   Christmas is about traditions, and a tradition I have is to create new ornaments for my tree or house each year. This year we will be creating at least 5 Christmas tree ornaments. Three will be crystal ornaments, one beaded snowflake ornament and one fabric ‘quilted’ ornament. While working on these ornaments, we will begin the Christmas season with some holiday treats, music and a movie. **Note: The types of ornaments may change based on the supplies that are available.**

#46 Paranormal 101

!   Ms. O’Rourke and Mrs. Martin

!   Two day course

!   $4

!   This 2 day course will discuss paranormal and parapsychology. Students will have an opportunity to be involved in a mini paranormal investigation at school on Monday night from 5pm to 7:15pm.