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SUMMER 2021 | VOL. 12 | ISSUE 3 WELCOME LETTER BRICKS 4 KIDZ: DEAR COMMUNITY MEMBERS, Bricks 4 Kidz® o ers project-based Welcome to spring! programs designed to teach early principles and methods of engineering At the time of writing this note, it is cold and snowy outside. By the time this note and architecture using ® bricks. is in your hands, I hope it is a much warmer and sunnier spring day! As we look With covid precautions in mind, each forward to an upcoming summer, I encourage you to keep your student engaged camper will be assigned their own in learning. Avoiding the “summer brain drain” is something that we stress each year. It is likely even more important this summer, given the past school year and project kits and materials that only the learning hurdles that students have faced. they will use over the duration of the camp week. All Campers will take Our summer camps are a mix of in-person and online learning opportunities. home a B4K t-shirt and a mini LEGO® Many of our in-person opportunities are exible and able to move online if need- building set at the end of each camp ed. Whether your student attended the past school year online or in-person, our week. summer camps are open for all students. We have a number of new and fun learning opportunities for students this sum- KNIGHTS & NINJAS mer including: Anchor Kids, Whimsical Art Class, Band Boot Camp, Ready, Set... Multiply!, Start Smart with Study Skills, Sum Fun! Addition & Subtraction, Now LEGO® CAMP Presenting Camp, Yes And...Exploring Improv Camp, Private Instrument Lessons, This returning favorite is inspired by and Application Design. the popularity of ™ and the action packed world of Ninjago®. As always, please feel free to contact me. I welcome your feedback on how we Our camp will feature LEGO® technic can continue to grow Waukee Community Education and better serve our stu- dents, families, and community members. model building that includes wild vehicles, dragons, and spinning creations. We will create an arena for Je Longman Spinjitzu challenges as well as Ninja Director of Community Education temples and Knights castles. We will bring out some of our favorite @WaukeeCommEd Kidz Night Out activities including Spinjitzu and Airjitzu plus Chima Racer competitions! Gather your COMMUNITY EDUCATION STAFF Ninja friends and join us for a week of building fun that will test your Waukee Community Education Ryan Sander engineering and architecture skills. For 560 SE University Ave CE Facility Coordinator Waukee, IA 50263 [email protected] students entering grades K-6. 515.987.2761 Instructor: Bricks 4 Kidz Sta [email protected] Sarah Paulsen Silver Cord Program Supervisor S2100a Je Longman [email protected] Monday-Friday, 9:00 am-12:00 pm Director of Community Education [email protected] Karen Norton June 14-18 Administrative Assistant Timberline School, Pod Area #302 Andrea Wilmes [email protected] and Room #308 Associate Director of Childcare $162 [email protected]

Rich Miller EMMET’S WORLD LEGO® Childcare Program Manager [email protected] CAMP Everything is AWESOME in Emmet’s world! Bring your Master Builder skills for a week dedicated to your favorite

2 it’s GAME ON! For students entering characters from the LEGO® Movies 1 NEW! MOVIE MASH-UP grades K-6. & 2. In addition to creating the city LEGO® CAMP Instructor: Bricks 4 Kidz Sta of Bricksburg, this camp will feature Join us for the magic of the movies....  ve daily themes and incorporate LEGO® style! This camp is  lled with S2100e technic model designs, 3D and mosaic a variety of technic, 3D, and mosaics Monday-Friday, 9:00 am-12:00 pm projects as well games, challenges from your favorite Hollywood and July 26-30 and crafts. We will construct with Pixar movies. A new theme each day Timberline School, Pod Area #302 and Emmet and Lucy, ride with Batman, y will keep builders inspired to in nity Room #308 with Benny, sail with Metal Beard and and beyond! We will feature characters $162 enjoy a Jurassic day in honor of our from animated favorites including newest villain, Rex Dragonvest! Alert Toy Story, Frozen, Finding Nemo, all Master Builders and join us for a Despicable Me, and How to Train Your COMMUNITY week of creative fun that will test your Dragon. Blockbuster series Harry Potter INSTRUCTORS: engineering and architecture skills! For and Jurassic Park will be featured as students entering grades K-6. well! Come create your own magic! For Instructor: Bricks 4 Kidz Sta students entering grades K-6. NEW! ANCHOR KIDS Instructor: Bricks 4 Kidz Sta Are you looking for a healthy and S2100b impactful summer camp for your Monday-Friday, 9:00 am-12:00 pm student? This camp focuses on the June 21-25 S2100d Timberline School, Pod Area #302 and Monday-Friday, 9:00 am-12:00 pm 5 pillars of health for kids:  tness, Room #308 July 12-16 nutrition, seeds2snacks (garden to $162 Timberline School, Pod Area #302 and table focus), mindfulness (yoga), and Room #308 sport/activity (soccer). This camp aims GALAXY FAR AWAY $162 to teach kids the life skills they need to LEGO® CAMP be successful, empowered, and healthy Calling all Jedis! Back by popular NEW! GAME ON LEGO® leaders of tomorrow! Students should demand, this space camp is inspired dress for physical activity and bring by NASA and the saga. CAMP a water bottle. For students entering Our updated version of a summer Build the Gemini Capsule or the grades K-5. favorite takes us into the world of Space Shuttle Discovery. Recreate a Instructor: Dillon Burns video games without ever turning motorized replica of an epic battle on a screen. In this interactive camp, in space. Tie Fighter or -wing? Build Camp #2101 we will use basic and technic bricks your model and choose your side in Monday-Friday, 1:00-4:00 pm to create 3D models, mosaics, and our popular zipline races. Each day July 12-16 simple machines that represent iconic campers will learn about real-life space $174 video game characters and symbols exploration and then venture into pop and the virtual worlds they inhabit. culture with LEGO motorized technic BABYSITTING BASICS Classic arcade is back with Pac Man™ models, 3D and mosaics that represent and Super Mario™. Modern favorites Learn how to be a responsible and spacecraft, heroes and villains from return including Fortnite™ and the caring babysitter that parents will our favorite space saga. Gather your amazing world of ™, and love to hire! Participants will learn builders for this journey to a galaxy far, NEW this summer, a nod to Roblox about basic  rst aid, how to respond in far away! For students entering grades and . At Bricks 4 Kidz camp, emergencies, how to care for/entertain K-6. Instructor: Bricks 4 Kidz Sta WHAT FAMILIES ARE SAYING...

S2100c “I am so pleased that Bricks 4 Kidz was able to add this week of camp. My son Monday-Friday, 9:00 am-12:00 pm enjoyed it immensely, and he was sad when it ended. I felt that the COVID-19 June 28-July 2 precautions were excellent, and it was safe to send my child to this camp. Bravo Timberline School, Pod Area #302 and to Paula, her sta , and Waukee Community Education for all of your hard work!” Room #308 $162

WAUKEE COMMUNITY EDUCATION | SUMMER 2021 | 515.987.2761 | COMMUNITYED.WAUKEESCHOOLS.ORG 3 infants and young children, and the CAMP INVENTION License. Once certi ed, students will role and responsibilities of a good take to the skies with their new ying babysitter. This two-session course is RECHARGE skills and compete with each other park your kid’s creativity and for youth in 5th grade and above, and S in exciting, aerial laser tag battles. con dence with our new Camp includes a babysitter manual,  rst aid Students will work with their teams Invention® program, Recharge! kit, and diaper to use for practice. This and use their critical thinking skills Campers will team up to take on fun, class is facilitated by educators from to develop strategies for each aerial hands-on STEM challenges. From Iowa State University Extension and competition thrown their way. A taking apart their own microphone to Outreach in Dallas County. Registration snack will be provided each day. All exploring solar-powered crickets and deadline is 10 days prior. For students equipment provided. Camp taught by creating duck-launching devices, each entering grades 5-12. Ryan Swanson (COR Robotics), who has activity is designed to give your young Instructor: ISU Extension Sta run more than  fty STEM camps. For innovator an unforgettable summer students entering grades 3-9. experience. Camp Invention will be Camp #2102a Instructor: Ryan Swanson, COR o ered in-person or at-home. For Thursday & Friday, 9:00 am-12:00 pm Robotics June 17-18 students entering grades K-6. Timberline School, Media Center Instructor: Robin Julseth S2104 $30 Monday-Thursday, 1:00-4:00 pm To register, call 800.968.4332 or visit www. Camp #2102b invent.org/camp July 26-29 Thursday & Friday, 9:00 am-12:00 pm Timberline School, Gym June 22-23 Base Registration Price: $260 $99 Timberline School, Media Center $30 *$40 discount available to anyone if they register by March 31st. Use Code: CREATE40 DRONE PROGRAMMING *$30 discount available to anyone if registered BALLOON TWISTING by April 30th. Use Code: CREATE30 Students will learn to program and y Have you ever wanted to make things *$25 discount available to anyone if they register at the same time! The programmable by May 26th. Use Code: CREATE25 from balloons? In this class you will *For two or more siblings on the same order, drone can be programmed using learn basic balloon animals, hats and save $30 per child. Use Code: SIBLOVE30 entry level block based coding, or *For three or more siblings on the same order, other fun things! All teaching will be save $40 per child. Use Code: SIBLOVE40 more advanced text based coding hands-on learning. The instructor has *$30 discount available for WCSD sta members. to perform various challenges taught ballooning for eight years. Use Code: HOST throughout the camp. The fun and All supplies provided. For students excitement of ying drones makes it ***Discounts cannot be combined. entering grades 4-8. easy to forget students will be learning Instructor: Christine Carroll valuable 21st-century programming CI2021 skills in the process. A snack will be Monday-Friday, 9:00 am-3:30 pm S2103 provided each day. All equipment July 26-30 Tuesday, 1:00-2:30 pm provided. Camp taught by Ryan Prairieview School, Commons August 3 Swanson (COR Robotics), who has Timberline School, Room #305 run more than  fty STEM camps. For $15 NEW! BATTLE DRONES students entering grades 4-10. Students will learn from an Instructor: Ryan Swanson, COR experienced drone pilot to complete Robotics challenges and earn their Drone Pilot’s

LATE REGISTRATION CANCELLATION *Due to COVID-related safety precautions, Nothing kills a course quicker than waiting Waukee Community Education reserves the classes may need to be cancelled after until the last minute to register for it! If right to cancel classes if there is insu cient already starting. In that case, refunds there are not enough registrations at the enrollment. Should that occur, full refunds will NOT be issued. We appreciate your registration deadline (approximately one will be given. You will be notifi ed by email understanding. If you prefer to cancel your week prior to the start of the course), the if there are any changes in your class or if a registration due to this parameter, please course may be cancelled. Please register class is canceled. Please make sure we have do so as soon as possible, but no later than at least one week prior to the start of the your email address so we may contact you. two full business days prior to the fi rst day course to ensure the success of the course! We will notify you at least 24 hours prior to of class. 4 WAUKEEThank you! COMMUNITY EDUCATION | SUMMER 2021the |fi rst515.987.2761 class. | COMMUNITYED.WAUKEESCHOOLS.ORG S2105 of robotics concepts, which will S2108bvb Monday-Thursday, 9:00 am-12:00 pm especially bene t those looking into Monday-Friday, 1:00-3:30 pm July 26-29 joining a FIRST Tech Challenge team. June 14-18 Timberline School, Gym A snack will be provided each day. All Brookview Elem, Art Room #122 $99 equipment provided. Camp taught by $179 Ryan Swanson (COR Robotics), who has NEW! EUREKA run more than  fty STEM camps. For S2108wha students entering grades 5-10. Monday-Friday, 8:30-11:00 am ENGINEERING Instructor: Ryan Swanson, COR July 19-23 Eureka introduces students to the Robotics Walnut Hills Elem, Art Room #303 core skills of robotics and other STEM $179 areas through engaging, hands-on S2107 learning opportunities. Student groups Monday-Thursday, 9:00 am-12:00 pm S2108whb will work with Lego Mindstorm kits, June 28-July 1 Monday-Friday, 1:00-3:30 pm which include both programming Timberline School, Commons July 19-23 and mechanical components. The $99 Walnut Hills Elem, Art Room #303 small groups will be mentored $179 by experienced and passionate instructors. A snack will be provided DRAWING & PAINTING FUN WITH CHOCOLATE and parents are welcome to watch FOR FUN their child’s robotic creations come Students will enjoy an exploration VIRTUAL to life in exciting and competitive in art, learning the basic concepts Everyone loves chocolate and challenges. For those interested in of drawing and painting three- everyone loves to have fun. This virtual getting involved in FIRST Robotics, dimensional objects on two- class gives you the opportunity to Eureka serves as a marvelous transition dimensional paper. Students who combine the two! This class is taught into a FIRST Lego League team! A have drawing or painting experience by Tonja Djuren, the owner of The snack will be provided each day. All will have the chance to focus on Kitchen of Chaos. Tonja will provide equipment provided. Camp taught by learning the particular media they instruction and you will be able to ask Ryan Swanson (COR Robotics), who has are most interested in. The camp will questions as you go. Everyone will take run more than  fty STEM camps. For help improve student’s patience, away from this class the chocolates students entering grades 3-9. observation and creativity. Students they make, a candy thermometer Instructor: Ryan Swanson, COR will take home all of their masterpieces and the following skills: chocolate Robotics throughout the week. The instructor handling; tempering chocolate; Ting Shao owns and teaches at the making chocolate treats (Buckeyes) S2106 Sun ower Fine Art studio in Waukee. and cherry cordials; learning about Monday-Thursday, 1:00-4:00 pm Fee includes all drawing and painting di erent chocolates (milk vs. dark vs. June 28-July 1 materials. *Morning and afternoon white). The class uses basic supplies/ Timberline School, Commons camps contain the same curriculum. ingredients found in your kitchen. $99 These camps are designed to be Additional supplies will be provided by Tonja and delivered to your home in NEW! TECH TREK separate camps, so your student has the opportunity to attend a morning preparation for the class. For students Tech Trek provides students with or an afternoon session. For students opportunities to create and apply ages 7-18. knowledge of STEM topics in a group Instructor: Ting Shao setting. Students will work with robotics kits which integrate electrical, programming, and mechanical S2108bva concepts. Enthusiastic instructors Monday-Friday, 8:30-11:00 am will guide students as they navigate June 14-18 through engineering challenges. Tech Brookview Elem, Art Room #122 Trek builds a concrete foundation $179

WAUKEE COMMUNITY EDUCATION | SUMMER 2021 | 515.987.2761 | COMMUNITYED.WAUKEESCHOOLS.ORG 5 LOVE THE FUDGE and students will receive learning sessions on auditioning. High school VIRTUAL and college students also will visit It isn’t a caramel, it’s fudge! When you to perform for campers. The camp think of fudge, you think of chocolate, instructor has a B.A. in Music from Iowa but it is so much more! Fudge has been State University, 7 years of leading a made in home kitchens for over 100 professional a cappella group and has years, let’s join that history. In this class, years of experience teaching show we will dig into all of the options we choir. Final performance will be held in have when it comes to fudge avors. the Waukee High School Auditorium This virtual class is taught by Tonja on Friday, July 2 at 4 pm. For students Djuren, the owner of The Kitchen of entering grades 5-9. Chaos. This class is an opportunity for Instructor: Grant Luther entering grades 3-7 & parents. parents and kids to have fun, in the Instructor: Tonja Djuren kitchen, together. Join Tonja in this S2112 specialty course and learn more about: Monday-Friday, 12:30-4:30 pm June 28-July 2 S2109 (Online) chocolate fudge; root beer oat fudge; WHS Auditorium, Commons, & Vocal Saturday, 9:00-11:30 am crystallizing sugar; and fudge avor options. Tonja Djuren will provide Room #123 July 17 $99 $85 per pair instruction and you will be able to ask questions as you go. The class SUGAR COOKING LAYERS OF CHOCOLATE uses basic supplies/ingredients found in your kitchen. Additional supplies VIRTUAL VIRTUAL will be provided by Tonja and will be What do they say? Sugar and spice This virtual class builds o the fun delivered to your home in preparation and everything nice? There may not experienced in the Fun with Chocolate for the class. For students entering be a lot of spice in this class but you class. Here, we will take chocolate one grades 3-7 & parents. will get a chance to learn about and step further, enhancing the fun! If you Instructor: Tonja Djuren play with sugar! This virtual class is didn’t take the  rst class, feel free to taught by Tonja Djuren, the owner sign up anyway. How will we have S2111 (Online) of The Kitchen of Chaos. This class is more fun? We will work on all the skills Saturday, 9:00-11:30 am an opportunity for parents and kids July 31 from the  rst class but add: chocolate to have fun, in the kitchen, together. $85 per pair tempering; chocolate candy bars (with Join Tonja in this specialty course and layered  llings); and chocolate dipped learn more about: standard sugar fruit. This class is taught by Tonja MUSIC IN MOTION: cooking technique; di erent sugar Djuren, the owner of The Kitchen of SHOW CHOIR stages; making marshmallows & ta y; Chaos. Tonja will provide instruction crystallization; and gelatin. Tonja will and you will be able to ask questions as EXPERIENCE provide instruction and you will be you go. The class uses basic supplies/ Is your student looking to improve able to ask questions as you go. The ingredients found in your kitchen. their  ne art talents? Music in Motion class uses basic supplies/ingredients Additional supplies will be provided by is THE summer opportunity for found in your kitchen. Additional Tonja and delivered to your home in boys and girls to get excited about supplies will be provided by Tonja and preparation for the class. For students performing and increase their skill delivered to your home in preparation entering grades 3-7 & parents. sets as performers. Students will for the class.For students entering Instructor: Tonja Djuren focus on music and movement in a grades 3-7 & parents. one-of-a-kind show choir experience. Instructor: Tonja Djuren Camp this year will continue to S2110 (Online) have boys and girls combined, new Saturday, 9:00-11:30 am S2113 (Online) professionals in the dance industry August 7 Saturday, 9:00-11:30 am will help teach, students will receive $85 per pair July 24 critiques from dance educators, $80 per pair 6 WAUKEE COMMUNITY EDUCATION | SUMMER 2021 | 515.987.2761 | COMMUNITYED.WAUKEESCHOOLS.ORG WHAT FAMILIES ARE SAYING... VOICE LESSONS “We loved Ting’s art class and the fact that we could have it virtually. VIRTUAL Ting is so patient, kind, and knowledgeable. She is great with kids and so Develop your singing voice to its full encouraging. We will de nitely take more classes from her because of your program. Thank you!” --Drawing & Painting for Fun (Ages 7-18) potential by learning the essential foundations of singing. Sing anything “My daughter says ‘It was awesome!’ Every day she talked about how fun it by learning HOW to sing! Students was, and she wants to do it again next year.” --Learn to Sew (Grades 4-8) will learn to sing classical art songs and arias in English, Italian, German projects with a colorful picture that instruction and you will be able to and/or French while developing their the students create. They will use ask questions as you go. The class full potential and produce a well- watercolor and markers. This class is uses basic supplies/ingredients found supported, well-focused and freely designed to help students explore in your kitchen. Additional supplies produced sound. All private lessons their creativity and have fun. The will be provided by Tonja and will be are 30 minutes in length, once a week instructor has taught art classes delivered to your home in preparation between the dates below. For students for children in her home and the for the class. For students entering entering grades 6-12. community for 4+ years. Students will grades 3-7 & parents. Instructor: Jacqueline Thomson* be painting and using other materials, Instructor: Tonja Djuren so please have them wear clothes that S2114jta (Online) would be OK to get messy. Students S2116 (Online) Mondays-Thursdays Saturday, 9:00-11:30 am Between 3:30-7:30 pm must provide their own supplies. A June 7-August 6 supply list will be provided online. The August 14 $231 (8 lessons) estimated cost of supplies is $15 per $80 per pair student. For students entering grades Please contact Jacqueline Thomson to 1-6. schedule your lessons at 515.720.5198 or SYLVAN [email protected]. Instructor: Kelley Stahl Jacqueline has been on the Voice Faculty with LEARNING: Simpson College and NYU’s CAP 21 Studios. Her students have won numerous competitions, S2115 awards, and college scholarships. Monday-Friday, 10:00-11:15 am NEW! READY, SET... July 26-30 MULTIPLY! Shuler Elem, Art Room #122 Students will understand the concepts NEW! WHIMSICAL $58 behind multiplication & division and ART: POSITIVE will work to increase speed & accuracy AFFIRMATIONS YUMMY GUMMIES & of basic facts. During this course, kids In this fun art class for kids, students ROCK CANDY VIRTUAL will utilize a variety of learning tools will be making positive a rmation There are so many fun ways to make to engage their brain – and improve gummies! Fruit avored treats bring their multiplication and division facts. a smile to your face, delish avor to Flash Cards are a thing of the past! For your tongue, and happiness to your students entering grades 3-5. tummy. In this class we will play with Instructor: Sylvan Learning Sta pectin and agar, plus bring out your inner scientist with rock candy! This S2117 virtual class is taught by Tonja Djuren, Monday-Friday, 1:00-3:00 pm the owner of The Kitchen of Chaos. July 26-30 This class is an opportunity for parents Shuler Elem, Media Center and kids to have fun, in the kitchen, $139 together. Join Tonja in this specialty course and learn more about: pectin START SMART W/ STUDY jellies, agar jellies, fruit purees (both buying or making your own), and SKILLS rock candy. Tonja Djuren will provide Get ready to start the school year o

WAUKEE COMMUNITY EDUCATION | SUMMER 2021 | 515.987.2761 | COMMUNITYED.WAUKEESCHOOLS.ORG 7 right! The biggest hurdle to academic NEW! AMAZING provided! For students entering grades success after elementary school K-3. seems to be poor study skills. During ARCHITECTS Instructor: TigerLily STEM Sta Do you love building and designing these sessions, your child will be things? Join us for a fun hands-on introduced to excellent strategies to S2127 camp where we will be creating improve those skills! Topics include: Monday-Friday, 1:00-4:00 pm blueprints, learning about organization and time management July 12-16 architectural features, exploring scale (Aug 2); note-taking strategies (Aug 3); Brookview Elem, Art Room #122 and building a model of our dream test-taking strategies (Aug 4); reading $139 house! All materials provided! For and study strategies (Aug 5); learning students entering grades 3-5. styles and study habits (Aug 6). Set Instructor: TigerLily STEM Sta NEW! SUMMER SCIENCE your child up for success in junior high and high school! *Register for CAMP S2125 the entire week ($139) or individual Join us for a fun week full of exciting Monday-Friday, 1:00-4:00 pm days ($33 each). For students entering summer inspired STEM learning! With June 21-25 grades 5-8. activities including: pool chemistry; Walnut Hills Elem, Art Room #303 Instructor: Sylvan Learning Sta exploring the light spectrum; building $139 challenges; summer inspired crafts S2123 and games; solar energy and more, Monday-Friday, 1:00-3:00 pm NEW! EARTH SCIENCE there is sure to be something fun and August 2-6 EXPLORERS CAMP educational for everyone! All materials Timberline School, Media Center Join us for a hands-on exploration of and provided! For students entering $139 (full week) earth science! In this play and learn grades K-5. $33 (individual day) style camp, students will be digging Instructor: TigerLily STEM Sta for fossils, classifying rocks, cracking open geodes, exploring renewable S2128 NEW! SUM FUN! Monday-Friday, 1:00-4:00 pm energy and more! We will learn June 14-18 ADDITION & about earth science related careers Waukee Elem, Art Room #122 SUBTRACTION and develop critical thinking and $139 Does your child dread those pesky observation skills, perseverance & timed addition and subtraction tests? problem solving! Materials provided. During this course, your child will learn For students entering grades K-5. WAGNER how to use everyday objects to help Instructor: TigerLily STEM Sta SUMMER with his/her basic facts! This will be a fun approach for your child to improve S2126 THEATER: understanding of basic addition and Monday-Friday, 9:00 am-12:00 pm subtraction skills, while increasing June 14-18 BATTER UP! SPORTS speed and accuracy. For students Radiant Elem, Art Room #122 BROADCASTING CAMP $139 entering grades 1-3. This class will give students a glimpse Instructor: Sylvan Learning Sta into the world of sports broadcasting. NEW! STEAM MAKER We will work with local talent from S2124 STUDIO Monday-Friday, 1:00-3:00 pm Do you love using your creativity to July 19-23 make amazing projects? This camp is Maple Grove Elem, Media Center for you! Join us for a fun- lled STEAM $139 inspired week! We will be making wire sculptures, custom magnets, digital art TIGERLILY STEM: and more while exploring various STEM concepts including math, chemistry and engineering design! All materials

8 WAUKEE COMMUNITY EDUCATION | SUMMER 2021 | 515.987.2761 | COMMUNITYED.WAUKEESCHOOLS.ORG creative ideas to create a show for S2131b parents. We will showcase our hard Grades 6-9 work at the end of week, over the Monday-Friday, 9:00 a.m.-12:00 pm lunch hour on Friday, at a nearby park. July 19-23 Rain location is Timberline School. $199 More information can be found at www.wagnersummertheater.com. NEW! BAND BOOTCAMP KCCI Channel 8 as well as sports Please bring a peanut-free lunch, in a A course for incoming 6-7 grade franchises in the Des Moines Metro. lunch cooler if needed. For students band students to learn fundamental Students will produce their own entering grades 1-4. performance skills and have some fun sports broadcast and will have an Instructor: Charlene Flood, Wagner playing with friends! Join us in a new opportunity to job-shadow di erent Theater Sta roles at an Iowa Cubs game. (The musical adventure! Students will need job-shadowing is in addition to the their Instrument, Essential Elements S2130 scheduled camp). Camp fee includes Band Book(s) and be registered for Monday-Friday, 9:00 am-12:00 pm a ticket to the Iowa Cubs game. band within Waukee CSD. Each student June 14-18 Parents or a parent designee will be will be playing the instrument they Timberline School, Room #111 responsible for transportation to/ currently play. A minimum of 4 and $150 from the game. For more information a maximum of 10 students will be in about camp or purchasing family & each class. Registration closes April 12. friend game tickets, please contact WCSD Instructor: WCSD Band Teachers - Mary Wagner Theater by visiting www. INSTRUCTORS: Crandell & Sarah McEntee wagnersummertheater.com. For students entering grades 5-10. APEX INNOVATORS Monday-Friday Instructor: Wagner Summer Theater STEM CAMP June 7-18 Sta Attention all future designers, Waukee Middle School, Room #460 engineers, gamers, robot engineers, $200 (per class listed below) food scientists, social activists, medical S2129 health professionals, and more! Get Monday-Friday, 9:00 am-12:00 pm S2132a ready to collaborate, create, and July Dates TBD* Brass (Trumpet, French Horn, explore at this one-of-a-kind camp Timberline School, Media Center Trombone, Baritone, Tuba) where you will learn from Waukee $257** 8:00-8:45 am APEX associates and business *If you are interested in camp, but would professionals. The camp is designed S2132b prefer not to register until the dates are with STEM-based learning objectives known, you can contact Lisa Wagner at lisa@ Woodwinds (Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, wagnersummertheater.com to be added to a and will include a wide variety of Saxophone) noti cation list. innovation, technology, teamwork, 9:00-9:45 am **Includes the Iowa Cubs game ticket. Date of and critical thinking activities. This is July game TBD. a wonderful opportunity to explore S2132c potential career paths and interests Percussion NEW! THEATER IN THE while working on hands-on projects 10:00-10:45 am PARK with our business partners. Try out a Students will create their own short new interest area or dive deeper into S2132d theatrical production from script to your favorite topic! Brass (Trumpet, French Horn, performance! Campers will spend the Instructor: Anna Jordal Trombone, Baritone, Tuba) week inside and outside, inventing 1:00-1:45 pm their own story, developing characters, S2131a creating a script, and working to make Grades 3-5 S2132e a set, props and costumes. Students Monday-Friday, 9:00 a.m.-12:00 pm Woodwinds (Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, will get an introduction to all aspects June 28-July 2 Saxophone) of theater. We will use all of their fun $199 2:00-2:45 pm

WAUKEE COMMUNITY EDUCATION | SUMMER 2021 | 515.987.2761 | COMMUNITYED.WAUKEESCHOOLS.ORG 9 S2132f June 7-18 entering grades 1-12. Percussion Waukee Middle School, Rm #460 Instructor: WCSD Music Teacher - 3:00-3:45 pm $119 (4 lessons) Jackie Jones

*Please contact Mary at mcrandell@ S2136jj BAND LESSONS: waukeeschools.org or Sarah at smcentee@ waukeeschools.org to check availability, Mondays SOUTH MIDDLE schedule a lesson time, or if you have any Between 8:00 am-1:00 pm questions. Once arrangements have been made, Individual lessons for woodwind, brass June 7-July 12 a password will be provided to proceed with Shuler Elem, Rm #516 or Online and percussion players. Individual online registration. There are no make-up days for missed lessons. Missed lessons may possibly $211 (6 lessons) lessons will occur for 30 minutes at a be rescheduled on another lesson day listed, if time, once a week between the dates time allows. *Please contact Jackie  rst for availability at listed below (2 or 4 lessons total). [email protected]. Once arrangements have been made, you can proceed with online Students are required to bring their BEGINNING BAKERS registration. own instrument and lesson book. This Young bakers will prepare baked can also be a way to help prepare for goods from scratch. Bakers will learn honor band or All-State auditions. For safety, sanitary and baking techniques LEARN TO SEW students entering grades 6-12. as they make and enjoy homemade Students will learn basic hand sewing Instructor: WCSD Band Teacher - Josh brownies, cookies, individual pizzas, skills (whip stitch, straight stitch, how Deutmeyer and cinnamon rolls. Students will bring to sew on buttons). They will also learn home recipes and samples to share. basic sewing machine skills while S2133jd Please note: ingredients will contain creating sewing projects. Students will Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday eggs, dairy and wheat, so class is not create and take home a pillowcase, Between 9:00 am-12:00 pm appropriate for students with allergies. bags, headbands, as well as a few June 8-July 1 For ages 9-14. choice sewing projects. For students South Middle School, Rm #114 or Instructor: WCSD Family & Consumer entering grades 4-8. Online Science Teacher - Juliet Bell Instructor: WCSD Family & Consumer $60 (2 lessons) Science Teacher - Juliet Bell $119 (4 lessons) S2135 S2137 *Please contact Josh Deutmeyer at jdeutmeyer@ Monday-Thursday , 9:30-11:30 am Monday-Thursday, 1:00-3:00 pm waukeeschools.org to check availability, Waukee Middle School, Rm #224 schedule a lesson time, or if you have any July 19-22 questions. Once arrangements have been made, $100 a password will be provided to proceed with Waukee Middle School, Rm #224 registration. $100 INSTRUMENT LESSONS: BAND LESSONS: FLUTE, PIANO, VIOLIN WAUKEE MIDDLE Register now for individualized Individual lessons for woodwind, brass, lessons that  t the needs and musical and percussion players. Individual desires of any and all ute, violin or lessons will occur for 30 minutes at beginner piano students! Whether a time, once a week between the you’re looking to enhance your tone dates listed below (4 lessons total). and technical ability or you want to Students are required to bring their learn repertoire for a recital, audition, own instrument and lesson book. For ensemble or just for fun, together students entering grades 5-12. we can create an enriching musical Instructor: WCSD Band Teachers - Mary plan to reach your goals. All private Crandell & Sarah McEntee lessons are 30 minutes in length, once a week between the dates below (6 S2134 lessons total). After the  rst lesson, Monday-Friday students will purchase a lesson book Between 8:00 am-3:45 pm for approximately $10.00. For students

10 WAUKEE COMMUNITY EDUCATION | SUMMER 2021 | 515.987.2761 | COMMUNITYED.WAUKEESCHOOLS.ORG etudes, memorization techniques, and SUMMER BAND learn how to play the blues on piano as well as some jazz standards. Required LESSONS Mr. Kolusu is here to help you get text - Phil DeGreg’s Jazz Keyboard further in your book and learn some Harmony: A Practical Voicing Method of your favorite songs! We’ll talk about for All Musicians. For students entering instrument technique and music grades 9-12. reading skills, as well as make a wish Instructor: WCSD Instrumental Music list of songs you’d like to learn. I’m Teacher - Rishi Kolusu excited to work with you! For students NEW! NOW entering grades 6-7. S2139a Instructor: WCSD Instrumental Music PRESENTING Monday-Friday Teacher - Rishi Kolusu Students will explore di erent theatre Between 12:00-5:00 pm June 7-July 30 formats such as mime, readers theatre, S2139c Grant Ragan Elem, Rm #620 ensemble acting, storytelling and Monday-Friday *$296 (8 lessons) others. Activities will be based on Between 12:00-5:00 pm what students might experience June 7-July 30 through speech contest participation PRIVATE TRUMPET Grant Ragan Elem, Rm #620 and will develop various acting and LESSONS *$296 (8 lessons) speaking skills. Students will explore This course is for students who wish to auditioning and being a member of *Please contact Rishi Kolusu at rkolusu@ re ne their skills on the trumpet. From waukeeschools.org to check availability, an ensemble. They will also record a 6th grader wanting to get further schedule a lesson time, or if you have any their performances to keep. Camp questions. Once arrangements have been made, in their Essential Elements book to a you can proceed with registration online. will be led by instructors who each senior preparing for college auditions, have 20+ years of theatre and speech A student must have an instrument in working this course will help you improve order and a method book from the previous teaching/directing experience as well school year. Students will need to purchase their as a trumpet player, musician, and own copy of various pieces as necessary. as experience leading workshops in a professional! We will set goals in your wide variety of settings. For students Please see online description for additional  rst lesson and come up with a plan books required, depending upon grade level: entering grades 3-8. https://waukee.revtrak.net/community- together to help you get better at the Instructor: WCSD Fine Arts Teachers - education/ra-community-education/ trumpet! For students entering grades Sarah Schaefer and Jacki Pleggenkuhle 6-12. Instructor: WCSD Instrumental Music WARRIOR KITCHEN S2138 Teacher - Rishi Kolusu Every chef starts somewhere! In the Monday-Friday, 12:00-3:30 pm Warrior Kitchen, we will be learning June 21-25 the basics of becoming a culinary Prairieview School, Theater Arts Ctr S2139b whiz. We will work with measuring, $149 Monday-Friday Between 12:00-5:00 pm reading recipes and understanding culinary terms. The food groups we will BEGINNING JAZZ PIANO June 7-July 30 Grant Ragan Elem, Rm #620 concentrate on will be breakfast items, This course introduces students *$296 (8 lessons) healthy snacks and yummy treats. All to playing piano in the jazz style. food is provided. Students will need to Students will study various voicings, bring a notebook and pen each day. For students entering grades 5-6. Instructor: WCSD Family & Consumer WHAT FAMILIES ARE SAYING... Science Teachers - Yesenia Alvarez and

“We are walways so impressed with the knowledgeable, but gentle way Mrs. Jones Alyssa Amundson teaches ute. Even the transition to online was seamless. I believe she is the only reason our daughter has stuck with band, and we are grateful for that! — Flute Lessons (Grades 1-12)

“It was SO much fun!” —Fun with Chocolate (Grades 3-7 & Parents)

WAUKEE COMMUNITY EDUCATION | SUMMER 2021 | 515.987.2761 | COMMUNITYED.WAUKEESCHOOLS.ORG 11 S2140 work will be shared at the end of Monday-Friday, 9:00 am-12:00 pm Monday-Wednesday, 9:00 am-12:00 pm camp in a video or live format. Camp July 19-23 June 21-23 will be led by instructors who each Radiant Elem, Media Center Waukee High School, Rm #201 have 20+ years of theatre and speech $125 $163 teaching/directing experience as well as experience leading workshops in a DESTINATION MARS: MASTER WARRIOR wide variety of settings. For students entering grades 3-8. ROCKETRY COURSE KITCHEN Instructor: WCSD Fine Arts Teachers - Launch and watch your very own Are you ready to become a master Sarah Schaefer and Jacki Pleggenkuhle rocket speed 300 feet into the air! Then warrior chef? This camp is designed it is yours to take home! Students will to teach older students how to create S2142 make and take home multiple rockets their own small dishes. Students will Monday-Friday, 9:00-11:30 am of varying di culty throughout this be participating in a variety of labs and June 21-25 session. We will use these rockets will have a meal in class and a meal to Prairieview School, Theater Arts Ctr and airplanes to investigate basic take home. Dishes include stir fry and $149 aeronautical concepts including: rice, mini pizzas, granola bars, cream propulsion, thrust, lift, drag and more. soup, cheesy crackers and fruit salsa We also will hypothesize about travel in with cinnamon sugar chips. All food is YOUTH outer space, how to get a United States provided. Students will need to bring ENRICHMENT astronaut to Mars and life on Mars. Do a notebook and pen each day. For you have the right stu ? Students will students entering grades 7-8. LEAGUE: need to bring two, 2-liter soda bottles Instructor: WCSD Family & Consumer (empty) for two di erent experiments. Science Teachers - Yesenia Alvarez and Fee includes all other materials. For Alyssa Amundson CHESS All levels welcome. Youth Enrichment students entering grades 2-5. League’s summer chess camp works Instructor: Youth Enrichment League S2141 with all levels of students. Beginners Sta Monday-Wednesday, 9:00 am-12:00 pm learn Piece Movement, Capturing, July 28-30 Check, Checkmate, Castling and more; S2144 Waukee High School, Rm #201 returning students study intermediate Monday-Friday, 9:00 am-12:00 pm $163 lessons (Pins, Forks, Back Rank Mates, June 28-July 2 as examples); advanced students will Shuler Elem, Art Rm #122 NEW! YES AND... study Elimination of Defense, Opening $137 EXPLORING IMPROV Theory and other advanced concepts. Students will explore the world of Battle summer brain drain and procure FENCING improvisation and creating theatre the necessary tools to beat your parent New and returning students are invited! throughout the week. It will be fun at chess! For students entering grades Youth Enrichment League fencing is to see what amazing things students 1-5 or 6-9. designed to engage beginners through create as they work together and Instructor: Youth Enrichment League advanced students. Students will participate in improvisation games Sta receive world class instruction as the and scenes. A  nal collection of their curriculum is designed by a former S2143a olympic fencer. Your favorite instructors Grades 1-5 return with more knowledge, re ned Monday-Friday, 9:00 am-12:00 pm coaching skills and, of course, your June 21-25 favorite fencing games and arm bands. Maple Grove Elem, Media Center Safety is our  rst priority. We supply $125 safety swords, protective masks, chest plates and jackets, in a high-octane, S2143b inclusive environment. Sign up today Grades 6-9 to join this sport deemed the “sport of

12 WAUKEE COMMUNITY EDUCATION | SUMMER 2021 | 515.987.2761 | COMMUNITYED.WAUKEESCHOOLS.ORG the intellectual athlete!” Visit yelkids. levels coding practices. Your child will receive a S2148 Scratch® username and password so they can com for a more thorough explanation access their projects from any computer at any Tuesday-Friday, 9:00 am-12:00 pm of our fencing program, coaches and time. July 6-9 philosophy. For students entering Radiant Elem, Media Center grades 2-12. PROJECT RUNWAY $97 Instructor: Youth Enrichment League Sta New summer projects! A swimsuit ROBOTICS EVOLUTION coverup, mini messenger bag, earbud S2145a Build a robot to deliver animals to case, and your personalized sewer’s Grades 2-5 safety, put cows out to pasture, reunite handbook. Made with your own Monday-Friday, 9:00-11:00 am separated panda bears and more. In design and air! In this camp, students July 12-16 this year’s summer camp, our focus is will learn the basics of hand sewing, Timberline School, Commons on the FIRST LEGO League’s challenge. machine sewing, as well as measuring, $145 Students will design, build, program, pinning and cutting patterns. No test and modify multiple robots using experience necessary. Don’t forget S2145b the Mindstorms EV3 robotics system. to mark your calendar for the project Grades 6-12 Students then use their team’s robot runway showcase the last day of Monday-Friday, 11:15- am-1:15 pm (usually teams of three) to complete camp! Fee includes all materials. Visit July 12-16 various challenges related to our YouthEnrichmentLeague.com for project Timberline School, Commons animal friends. Camp is designed to pictures and more details. For students $145 prepare students for participation in the entering grades 4-8. FIRST® LEGO League annual robotics Instructor: Youth Enrichment League competition. Put an end to summer CODING 2.4 Sta brain drain. Stimulate your young STEM Video Game Enrichment for learner by signing up today! For students the 21st Century learner. Students S2147 entering grades 4-8. will learn di erent video game Monday-Friday, 9:00 am-12:00 pm Instructor: Youth Enrichment League and storytelling design techniques July 19-23 Sta (movement blocks, control blocks, Timberline School, Rm #305 basic animation, adding scores, etc.). $139 S2149 Students will use Scratch® to code Monday-Friday, 8:30 am-12:30 pm their own story and video games. ROBOTICS 2.0 July 26-30 Students can write their own story and The next evolution in youth robotics Woodland Hills Elem, Media Center video game code, experiment with it is here! Build a seeing-sensing robot $145 and test new options. Camp will be a using LEGO® Bricks, then program it to collaborative learning environment complete unique tasks and challenges. YOUTH that encourages students to learn from Next, build a rescue helicopter to TECH INC: each other. Students keep their stories  nd animals in need of assistance and video games online with Scratch® and message Headquarters with ANIMATION and can access it and expand upon status updates. Students learn basic In this class, students will learn the it at any time. For students entering engineering and computer coding basics of animation and digital design. grades 3-6. concepts; build multiple LEGO® Bricks Students who enjoy going to various Instructor: Youth Enrichment League Sta projects; explore how the projects and sites to see fun interactive animations programming complement each other; will love this course. This class will S2146 and play with di erent building and utilizes award winning animation Monday-Friday, 9:00 am-12:00 pm programming options. Restrain summer software to develop fun, interactive August 2-6 brain drain, sign up today! For students animations that students can share Brookview Elem, Media Center entering grades 1-5. with the world. For students ages 9-17. $139 Instructor: Youth Enrichment League Instructor: Youth Tech Inc. Sta Sta Scratch® is an MIT-created and -monitored, kid-safe web interface. It uses a drag and drop S2150 programming interface to teach students of all Monday-Thursday, 9:00 am-12:00 pm

WAUKEE COMMUNITY EDUCATION | SUMMER 2021 | 515.987.2761 | COMMUNITYED.WAUKEESCHOOLS.ORG 13 the screen. Students should bring a write their own programs that they peanut-free sack lunch. *This camp can share with friends and family. This covers the same curriculum as iCode course makes learning to code fun and iGame Creators, but is a full-day and explores problem solving and option. For students ages 6-12. programming logic. Students will have Instructor: Youth Tech Inc. Sta access to their accounts so the learning does not end at the door. Students S2152 should be able to read prior to taking Monday-Thursday, 9:30 am-3:30 pm this course. For students ages 6-12. June 28-July 1 Instructor: Youth Tech Inc. Sta Woodland Hills Elem, Media Center $257 S2154 Monday-Thursday, 9:30 am-12:00 pm S2152.1 (Online) June 28-July 1 June 21-24 June 7-August 13 Woodland Hills Elem, Media Center Grant Ragan Elem, Media Center Register/access any time during dates $125 $159 Schedule Varies $257 S2154.1 (Online) June 7-August 13 NEW! APPLICATION * Class is online, on-demand, and available to access anytime within the designated date Register/access any time during dates DESIGN range, once a student is registered. Total class Schedule Varies time covers 24 hours of instruction and activities. This class o ers students a hands on $125 look at the world of app design and NEW! GRAPHIC DESIGN * Class is online, on-demand, and available to development. This interactive course access anytime within the designated date range, once a student is registered. Total class will instruct students about the design VIRTUAL time covers 24 hours of instruction and activities. and development of applications and This session will cover the basics work with augmented reality. Students of digital photography as well as iGAME CREATORS will design their own app, which can key concepts in the world of digital Want to create video games? This is be shared with friends and family imaging. Students enrolled in this an introductory course for younger members with an Apple or Android course will take photos, and learn students who want learn to build device. For students ages 9-17. how to manipulate images using simple video games. This course Instructor: Youth Tech Inc. Sta powerful image editing software to combines the art of video game design create the image that they envision. and animation to create interactive S2151 Class is online, on-demand and characters that y around the screen. Monday-Thursday, 1:00-4:00 pm available to access anytime within the Amaze your friends and family with July 12-15 designated date range, once a student your fun interactive games. For Shuler Elem, Media Center is registered. Total class time covers 24 students ages 6-12. $156 hours of instruction & activities. For Instructor: Youth Tech Inc. Sta students ages 9-17. Instructor: Youth Tech Inc. Sta GAMING & CODING S2155 This course combines two Monday-Thursday, 1:00-3:30 pm unbelievable experiences for students: S2153.1 (Online) June 28-July 1 gaming and coding. Students spend June 7-Aug 13 Woodland Hills Elem, Media Center Register/access any time during dates the morning taking an interactive $125 look at coding and building virtual $125 apps to share with friends. In the S2155.1 (Online) afternoon, students build simple video iCODE June 7-August 13 games combining the art of video This course o ers younger students Register/access any time during dates game design and animation to create a fun, interactive look at coding. Schedule Varies interactive characters that y around Students will create virtual apps and $125

14 WAUKEE COMMUNITY EDUCATION | SUMMER 2021 | 515.987.2761 | COMMUNITYED.WAUKEESCHOOLS.ORG Schedule Varies S2159 * Class is online, on-demand, and available to Monday-Thursday access anytime within the designated date $125 range, once a student is registered. Total class 1:00-4:00 p.m. time covers 24 hours of instruction and activities. August 2-5 ROBLOX STUDIO: Waukee Elem, Media Center PROGRAMMING & GAME $159 NEW! iMOBILE GAME DEVELOPMENT DESIGN Calling all ROBLOX users! Join in with VIDEO GAME DESIGN & Sketch, build, play. This class o ers millions of gamers and immerse students with a big imagination a DEVELOPMENT yourself in your own 3D world! place to sketch and build their own This course provides students with a ROBLOX Studio is a 3D-based program video games on a mobile device. If fun, interactive look at the world of that uses physics, LUA programming, you have a student that loves to play video game design and development. and individual creativity to build a games on an iPad® this course helps Students enrolled in this camp world around you, and your them engineer and build games on will learn the basics of video game - unlike any other software This a mobile platform. This cutting edge design and produce several di erent course will guide students through course engages both sides of the interactive video games to share with concepts such as beginner physics, brain to create fun engaging games their friends and family. Each student LUA programming, and game for a mobile platform. Tablets will be will work on their own computer and development. Students in this course provided for this class. For students produce games personalized to their will build and publish their own ages 6-12. interests. For students ages 10-17. multiplayer game to share with friends Instructor: Youth Tech Inc. Sta Instructor: Youth Tech Inc. Sta and family! For students ages 9-15. Instructor: Youth Tech Inc. Sta S2156 S2160 Monday-Thursday, 9:30 am-12:00 pm S2158 Monday-Thursday July 12-15 Monday-Thursday 1:00-4:00 p.m. Shuler Elem, Media Center 9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. June 21-24 $125 August 2-5 Grant Ragan Elem, Media Center Waukee Elem, Media Center $175 MOVIE MAKERS $159 VIRTUAL This hands-on, interactive course ROBOTICS: BATTLE will instruct students on the world of BOTS digital video design and production. This course o ers hands-on Students will  lm, direct and edit opportunities to build and program their own digital video creations. robots. Working in small teams, Students enrolled in this course amaze students will design robotics systems their peers with green screen and to compete in fun real-world activities. special e ects work. Class is online, Each day will bring a new challenge, on-demand and available to access and your team’s robot will have to anytime within the designated date morph to better adapt and compete. range, once a student is registered. Students will compete in the battle- Total class time covers 24 hours of bots competition at the end of the instruction & activities. For students camp to prove their robot is the best. ages 9-16. This class is perfect for the student Instructor: Youth Tech Inc. Sta who has a big imagination and likes to build things. For students ages 9-17. COMMUNITY EDUCATION S2157.1 (Online) Instructor: Youth Tech Inc. Sta LEARN. SERVE. THRIVE. June 7-August 13 Register/access any time during dates

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