Cherokee County School District Presents

2 Sessions 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Hickory Flat Elementary School 2755 East Cherokee Drive Canton, GA 30115

OR Liberty Elementary School 10500 Bells Ferry Road Canton, GA 30114

Hickory Flat Elementary Classes Hickory Flat Elementary Classes

Magic for Muggles (4th – 5th) Indulge your student’s creative and We’re STEAMing…. (4th – 5th) Let’s STEAM roll into summer with literary side with this class inspired by the beloved Harry Potter an exciting week of STEAM challenges, Sphero the coding robot, book series. Using STEAM principles, students will participate in hands-on science experiments, and daily Art projects to reflect exciting challenges in various engineering, critical thinking, on the day’s experiences. Amanda Savage – Morning or communication, and creative challenges to round out their Afternoon Session Available enchanted week of potions, puzzles, “herbology”, and Quidditch. th th Jennifer Bledsoe – Morning or Afternoon Session Available Drama, Drama, Drama!!! Santa is Sick... (4 – 5 ) Santa is SICK! What will happen to Christmas? How will all the toys be Fairy Tale STEAM (1st – 3rd)- Morning Session (4th-5th) Afternoon delivered? Who will save Christmas? Come join us for a Reader's Session Join us for a week of enchanted engineering! Design, Theater that will be fun for all! Student will be given parts, they build, paint, sing and dance your way through Arandell, Agrabah, will rehearse, create props and backgrounds for the play. 13 or the French countryside and many more fantastic locations! more students are needed for the play. Joe Davenport – Naticia Zocca – Morning or Afternoon Session Available Morning or Afternoon Session Available

The Greatest Showman (1st – 5th) The Greatest Showman: Garden Art (1st – 3rd) – Morning Session (4th -5th) Afternoon Students will use a child friendly script to learn to perform a Session In Garden Art, students will be getting their hands dirty version of the hit movie-musical, "The Greatest Showman." The while making some fun and creative crafts that will help our class will culminate with a performance in front of a live audience garden and the living things in it. These activities will reinforce on the last day of camp! Students will have the opportunity to their science and art skills. There will be a fun new theme each direct, design sets and props, act, sing, and dance. If your child day of the week, designed to teach the students about the is interested in trying out any aspect of musical theater, this class beneficial living things in our gardens. Michelle Campbell – is for them! Lauren Caccavone – Morning or Afternoon Session Morning or Afternoon Session Available Available “Block by Block” (4th – 5th) Do you love LEGOs, robots, and Cherokee Showstoppers (4th – 5th) Calling all dancers! If you Minecraft? If so, then this class is for you! Learn to use block love to move to rhythm and step to the beat, come be a coding in different programs. Smartphone apps, robots, video Cherokee Showstopper! Students will explore various dance games, small business—the world runs on code. Software jobs styles while learning and creating dances throughout the week! are predicted to grow 34% in the next few years, making coding Students will also learn stretching techniques, basic gymnastics and app development the world’s most in-demand skills. Jump- skills, and teamwork. Top off the week with a performance for in now and have fun learning! Lisa Lougheed – Morning or parents that will definitely be a SHOW STOPPER! Rachel Afternoon Session Available Maddox – Morning or Afternoon Session Available Farm to Table: Kid Style (1st – 3rd)- Morning Session (4th – 5th) - Camps Crafts-A-Lot (4th – 5th) From Oobleck to Oreos and tie- Afternoon Session Use math, science, reading and art to learn dye to twine, everything about Camp Crafts-A-Lot is guaranteed about happenings on a farm! Each day will consist of a to be loads of fun! We'll be creating a huge variety of summer demonstration from local farmers and gardeners. Interact with crafts using our hands and our imaginations! Bring your creativity animals, eat yummy farm food, and make crafts for your own and be prepared to have a great time making new friends AND farm or garden. Heather Amos – Morning or Afternoon Session new creations! Heather S. Johnson – Morning or Afternoon Available Session Available America at War (4th – 5th) Over the course of a week, we will EXTRA! EXTRA! PAPER PIZZAZZ! (1st – 5th) When it comes to travel back to different time periods as we learn about "America crafting, there’s one magical material that always comes through: at War" through the use of technology and hands-on PAPER! Whether it’s construction paper, computer paper, or experiences. On Monday we will travel back to the yesterday’s newspaper. Please join us to learn and create with Revolutionary War, Tuesday to the Civil War, Wednesday to paper mache, mosaics, origami, and much more! Guaranteed World War One, Thursday to World War Two, and Friday to the FUN! Heather Garrett – Morning or Afternoon Session Cold War. Get your time travelers ready for a week of exploring Available the weapons, battles, music, food, leaders, strategies, causes, outcomes, and so much more that made these wars ones we will th th Games Galore (4 – 5 ) Love to problem solve, use strategy skills never forget! It is sure to be an amazing experience each day! and play games, but there's never enough time or someone to Sandi Price Harrison – Morning Session Only play with?? This is the camp session for you! We will have games galore to play; Qwirkle, Chess, Rummikub, Sorry, The Game of Craft Academy (4th – 5th) This class will include hands on Life, Monopoly, Risk, Ticket to Ride, and any other game you activities for students who love crafting using different materials would like to play. You can learn new games or play games you such as paint and tie dye. While making new friends, students just love to play. We'll also have some outside games and fun will learn to use designing programs to create their own too. Linda Warner – Morning or Afternoon Session Available products. Kristin Covington and Leeanne Hartman – Morning or Afternoon Session Available

Hickory Flat Elementary Classes Hickory Flat Elementary Classes

IMPROVe your Imagination with IMPROV (1st – 3rd) Morning Creative learning with Minecraft Education Edition! (4th – 5th) Session (4th – 5th) Afternoon Session Have fun exploring Learn coding, work on math skills, or explore in Chemistry using creativity through Improvisational Acting! Students will Minecraft Education Edition! Students will explore the wonders participate in acting out skits and playing games that give them of chemistry where they mix chemicals without exploding! They a chance to really use their imaginations. We will use various can also complete computer coding activities that help build 21st prompts and even develop skits of our own. This is a fun way for century skills! Come and build, explore and create with the world students to explore their wit and humor while being creative! of Minecraft in the classroom friendly version of Minecraft Courtnie Freeman – Morning and Afternoon Session Available known as Minecraft Education Edition! Susan Lumpkin – Morning or Afternoon Session Available Cheerleading (4th – 5th) Want to learn or improve your cheerleading skills? Come join us at Hickory Flat this summer. Whimsical Weavers (4th – 5th) Explore the wonderful world of We will teach you all the basic cheerleading skills and put weaving and textile art. Each day students will create works of together a full routine including jumps, stunts, tumbling, pyramid, art like mini-me’s, usable objects such as beautiful baskets and cheer and dance! Michelle Giles – Morning or Afternoon real rugs with yarn, t-shirts, and recycled materials while learning Session Available skills to keep them busy all summer! Kay Martin – Morning Session Only Pop Art! (4th – 5th) Students will learn about the history of Pop Art by studying the works of Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein. Sports & Scavenger Hunts (1st – 3rd) - Morning Session (4th -5th) Students will create a work inspired by each of these artists to -Afternoon Session Keep your mind and boy active this summer display in a gallery show with classmates! Staci Cordery – with a fun combination of sports activities and scavenger hunts. Morning or Afternoon Session Available Learn more about different sports from the Summer Olympics while searching for clues and solving mysteries during our daily th th LEGO Logistics (4 – 5 ) Students will learn about all aspects of scavenger hunts. Kelly Morris – Morning or Afternoon Session LEGO building. They will work cooperatively to build and present Available creations. They will also have FUN together through LEGO games and activities. Lauren Cunningham – Morning or Mission Improvable (4th – 5th) Improvisation Camp will engage Afternoon Session Available participants in the art of improvisational theater, while becoming confident in creative expression and performance. Campers will th th Recorders ROCK! (4 – 5 ) Have you ever wanted to learn how learn through theater games, improvisational exercises and to play the 7-holed song flute called the recorder? THIS IS YOUR ensemble-building activities. Props and costumes will make the CHANCE! Join Mrs. Whitley for fun-filled activities involving day extra fun! Kay Martin – Afternoon Session Only movement, singing, and learning all about the instrument called the recorder. Students will learn how to read basic music Super Summer Science and STEM (1st – 3rd) - Morning Session notation and will learn how to correctly hold and play several (4th -5th) – Afternoon Session Young scientist and engineers will songs on a recorder. Music activities will be supplemented by investigate hands-on, age appropriate Science computer-animated music notation. Students will learn from the Experiments/Activities and STEM Design Challenges. Sessions teacher, through small groups, and through interactive music will include individual and group/team exploration that are not education games. Kristina Whitley – Morning or Afternoon only fun and exciting, but also standards based. STEM Design Session Available Challenges will involve a focus on problem solving skills using the STEM Design Loop and will be focused on students' interest. st rd Racing and Flying Discovery! (1 – 3 ) How would you like to Students are encouraged to start collecting consumables now to build your own derby car and race your friends on a track that use for possible challenges! Mollie Dunn – Morning or you build? What about making different style model airplanes Afternoon Session Available and seeing how far they’ll fly? You can do both at Racing and Flying Discovery. Kathy Ford – Morning Session Only Queasy to Curious (4th – 5th) Ever wondered what the inside structure of a frog, worm, or squid look like? Toss out the st rd Easy Crafts for Kids (1 – 3 ) Easy Crafts for Kids is a passport textbooks-little scientists will learn anatomy through the life to scores of fun unique crafts: Poms, Stems and Wiggles: Pencil cycle of living creatures with hands-on, safe, and sanitary lab Toppers, Sun Flower, Pom Pom Kitty, Clay Pots of Fun: Angel , experiments. They will also Skype with a scientist, have virtual Bunny, Chicken, Butterfly, Aquarium Cartoon Animals, Papier- dissections, create 3D model food webs, and learn about Mache Creatures, Dancing Monsters and much more. Kathy scientific careers! Regina Allen – Morning or Afternoon Session Ford – Afternoon Session Only Available

st Unicorns and Glitter Galore! (1 – 5th) Do you love unicorns, Leapin' Legos (4th – 5th) Jump into a world where creation meets glitter and rainbows? Then this class is for you! Come sparkle, imagination! We will be exploring with Legos through free-build, shine and fly into this unicorn themed DIY class! Natalie Hamlin building to solve problems and using We.Do Robotics. Your child – Morning or Afternoon Session Available will have the opportunity to build up to 14 different robots along side like-minded creators. Together we will experience the robots come to life. Let's leap together! Sherri Stapleton – Morning or Afternoon Session Available Hickory Flat Elementary Classes

Unicorns and Rainbows (1st – 3rd) Looking for kids who love all things rainbows and unicorns. If this is you, sign up and join in on the fun! Come and explore unicorns and rainbows by creating whimsical crafts, enjoying story time, and hands-on experiments. This session will be filled with plenty of things that sparkle, shimmer, and shine. Laura Lathem – Morning or Afternoon Session Available

th th Japanology (4 – 5 ) Do you like Japanese origami, animation, etc.? Then, let’s learn more about Japan this summer! Learn basic Japanese such as greetings, basic vocabulary, and culture. We will also make an origami craft and draw an easy animation character in the class. Miho Paone – Morning Session Only

Math Magic (1st – 3rd) - Morning Session (4th – 5th) – Afternoon Session Math Magic uses a hands-on gaming approach that is designed to help children enhance problem-solving skills to build their understanding for multiple math concepts learned throughout the school year. Children will play games with partners and small groups as they learn math through magically captivating games. Deborah Case – Morning or Afternoon Session Available

Liberty Elementary Classes Liberty Elementary Classes

Around the World with Crafts, Food and FUN! (1st – 3rd) - Hip Hop Summer Stomp (1st – 5th) Do you like music? Do you Morning Session (4th -5th) - Afternoon Session Students will get like to dance? Start your summer in a rockin' way! We will be an introduction to languages and cultures through food, arts and movin' and groovin' in this class! Come learn hip hop dance crafts. We will explore 6 continents and over 10 different techniques and popular dances. Plus take home a video of YOU countries! Around the World is designed to expose students to performing a dance routine you learned this week! Tiffany beginning conversational language, delicious food (usually Wilson and Brianna Porter – Morning Session Only something sweet!) and hands-on crafts to take home in a safe st rd th and creative environment. World travelers will learn about STEAM Ahead for Superheroes! (1 – 3 ) – Morning Session (4 th famous people from different countries, participate in – 5 ) – Afternoon Session Calling all superheroes! Grab your international Skype field trips and so much more! So, grab your super skills and join us to save the world with the power of passport and let’s go on an adventure! Jessica Grant-Tweedie – STEAM! Find out if your lungs can hold as much air as Morning or Afternoon Session Available Aquaman’s; if you are as strong as Wonder Woman; what forces Iron Man and Superman use to fly; how Spider-Man uses a web; The Tasting Table (1st – 3rd) A cooking camp that encourages and if you can engineer Batman a new Batmobile. You won’t children to think outside of the box when creating their own want to miss these out-of-this-world experiments and incredible versions of recipes to enjoy! Come along as we use books to activities where both your wits and imagination will be put to the guide our way to a new world of delicious meals from appetizers superhero test. Karen Garland and Nina Eidson – Morning or to dessert! Campers will leave with their very own chef apron, Afternoon Session Available chef hat, and creative recipe book featuring their favorites from th th the week. Brittany Holton – Morning Session Only Game On (4 – 5 ) Why just play games online when you can create them? Students will learn how do design, develop, build Hablas Espanol? (1st – 3rd) Students will take a unique traveling and play their own digital games in a variety of platforms. They experience around different Hispanic countries. Children will will use apps like Bloxels, OneNote, and Kahoot to create embark on a memorable cultural adventure while different types of online games. Watch out Fortnite and learning/practicing the Spanish language. Mirtha Sanchez – Minecraft the digital game designers of the future are here! Morning or Afternoon Session Available Stephanie Gauthia – Morning or Afternoon Session Available

th th Back Yard All-Stars; Team Sports (1st – 5th) This non-stop, Mindcraft EDU Competitions (4 – 5 ) Who doesn't love action-packed camp allows students to experience a variety of Mindcraft? Even better, what about making it a competition? team sports. Each day, students will learn the rules of various Every day, the students will be given a mission to complete. sports, engage in skill builders, and put their new skills to the test There will be opportunities to work individually and in small through exciting games. We will also encourage good groups. Lyndsey Boden – Morning or Afternoon Session sportsmanship through character words of the day. We will end Available the week with the ultimate team sports tournament!! ALL skill This and That! (1st – 3rd) This and That! is jam-packed with levels are welcome- come join the fun! Paige Chandler and exciting activities including arts and crafts, a variety of games, Meredith Rocker – Morning or Afternoon Session Available song and dance, and hands on science experiments. Each day will Craft-a-licious (1st – 3rd) Do you enjoy making fun crafts and consist of a different theme and will include: S’more Camping delicious snacks? Of course you do! In this class we will be Day, Diving into the Ocean Day, Plush Pet Day, Dinosaur Dig creating different crafts and snacks that go together! How cool! Day, and Wacky Water Day. Come and join the excitement with Imagine, Shrinky Dink flower jewelry with dirt cake, ice cream us. You won’t want to miss it!! Amy Catherine Manzella and painting and homemade ice cream…and so much more! Valerie Jessica DeLuca – Morning or Afternoon Session Available Pfeffer and Kelly Smith – Morning Session Only Tie Dye Extravaganza! (4th – 5th)- Morning Session (1st -3rd) - A Sea of Fun (4th – 5th) Do you love the beach or pool? If your Afternoon Session If you like to rock colors, then this is the answer is yes, come and create some awesome beach/pool program for you! In this program we will be learning and trying essentials like a tie-dyed beach towel and shirt. In addition, we out different folds, twists and ties to make the coolest tie dye will be creating some cool beachy crafts like sand art, beach clothing and accessories. For the rising 3-5 graders we will also paintings and a beach themed wreath that will make you feel as learn how to bleach dye! Sign up for a chance to brighten up your if you are dipping your toes in the water. Kelly Smith and Valerie wardrobe! Alaina Beck – Morning or Afternoon Session Pfeffer – Afternoon Session Only Available

StarBOOKS Cafe! (4th – 5th) STARBOOKS Café- Calling all Book SPACE CAMP - Take a Trip Through Our Extraordinary st rd Baristas! STARBOOKS is looking for excited readers to create Universe! (1 – 3 ) BLAST OFF! Our rocket has launched, and new book inspired café treats! We will be making Fantasy Fruit we are on our way to space. During this class we will become Parfaits, Informational Iced Sugar Cookies, Central Message astronauts and see what it is like to live in space. We will conduct Cupcakes and more! Each day our Baristas will make a new several science experiments, complete online research, and recipe, enjoy their yummy creations, design a take home recipe create our own solar system. This will be an imaginative and book, and read a latte along the way! Baristas will receive their exciting class for all future space cadets! Gretchen Brennan – very own green apron to make it official! Brittany Holton – Morning or Afternoon Session Available Afternoon Session Only Liberty Elementary Classes Liberty Elementary Classes

Lego Mania (1st - 3rd) – Morning Session (4th -5th) – Afternoon Unicorns and Rainbows (1st – 3rd) Looking for kids who love all Session Let your inner engineering creativity explode in Lego things rainbows and unicorns. If this is you, sign up and join in Mania! We offer everything from building challenges to Lego on the fun! Come and explore unicorns and rainbows by creating themed art pieces to brick themed snacks. Lego Mania brings whimsical crafts, enjoying story time, and hands-on experiments. together all components of S.T. E. A. M. (science, technology, This session will be filled with plenty of things that sparkle, engineering, art and math) in one fun filled week. Brandy Thierry shimmer, and shine. Jennifer Rice – Morning or Afternoon and Jean Spencer – Morning or Afternoon Session Available Session Available

Cup Stack Attack (1st – 5th) Welcome to the wonderful sport of CATCH ON TO CODING (1st – 3rd) “Catch on to Coding” is a class cup stacking! This sport is growing in popularity around the in which students will learn the creative process executed by world and it's a lot of fun. Increase your hand eye coordination, computer programmers to tell a computer how to perform a task. beat your best time, have fun competing on teams against other Building on basic vocabulary for coding and programming like teams. Please join me this summer in a sport that's for everyone. byte, bit, binary, and coordinates, students will begin creating Michael L'Esperance –Morning or Afternoon Session Available directions and code. “Catch on to Coding” will start without computers. Then, using a variety of websites and apps on the st nd rd th Center Stage (1 – 2 ) – Morning Session (3 – 5 ) Afternoon iPad, activities will progress to code the robots named Dot and st Session 1 Class: Do you enjoy being creative? In this camp, Dash. Join us as we learn to code! According to Steve Jobs, students will participate in drama activities, such as puppetry and “Everybody in this country should learn to program a computer, reader’s theatre. You will also get the chance to be creative and because it teaches you how to think.” Pam Morris – Afternoon use your imagination to create fun props to use at camp and Session Only home! This camp will expand your imagination, create new friendships and spark your creativity. 2nd Class: Do you enjoy GAME ON! Strategy Building Games like Minecraft Edu (1st -3rd) being creative and putting on plays? In this camp, students will – Morning Session (4th -5th) Afternoon Session Explore the biome participate in drama activities and work together to create a worlds of Minecraft Edu to build architectural structures, farm masterpiece. Whether you have performed before or not, this with fractions, and break codes in a Native American world. camp will spark your creativity, expand your imagination, and Create music using coding in Georgia Tech's EarSketch program. build your confidence on stage. Allison Velie – Morning or Learn the basics of python coding using trinket.io to design Afternoon Session Available beautiful patterns. Play strategy games such Word Up, Square Around, Marble World and others. April Bryant – Morning or th th Whimsical Weavers (4 – 5 ) Explore the wonderful world of Afternoon Session Available weaving and textile art. Each day students will create works of art like mini-me’s, usable objects such as beautiful baskets and Digital Discovery (4th – 5th) Come explore entertaining computer real rugs with yarn, t-shirts, and recycled materials while learning programs like Adobe Spark, Canvas, Bitmoji and engaging apps skills to keep them busy all summer! Ruth Knott – Morning like Drawing Desk, HelloChalk, and PicCollage. And so much Session Only more! We will be creating, drawing, writing, and painting amazing projects and learning so much! Belinda Callahan – Morning or th th Mission Improvable (4 – 5 ) Improvisation Camp will engage Afternoon Session Available participants in the art of improvisational theater, while becoming confident in creative expression and performance. Campers will Future Scientist Explorers (1st – 3rd) – Morning Session (4th -5th) learn through theater games, improvisational exercises and Afternoon Session If you love Science adventures then Future ensemble-building activities. Props and costumes will make the Scientist Explorers is the camp for you! Join us for a week full of day extra fun! Ruth Knott – Afternoon Session Only exploration and hands-on experiences you will never forget. Rockets, fossils, structure building, volcanoes, backyard th th Edible Science (4 – 5 ) Have you ever wanted to play in the exploring, and of course a day of plasma, slime, and ice cream. dirt... and then EAT IT? How about taking home a rock to eat and Future Scientist is designed for young Scientist to learn, explore, a rock to keep? Come to Edible Science and we will find out how and experience hands-on activities in a fun environment. Tessa learning about science can be fulfilling (in more ways than one!) Allen – Morning or Afternoon Session Available Allison Pitts – Morning or Afternoon Session Available Junkyard Wars (1st – 3rd) – Morning Session (4th -5th) In this eco- st rd th th Artsy Crafty Fun (1 – 3 ) – Morning Session (4 – 5 ) – friendly S.T.E.M. program students will recycle common Afternoon Session The students will express themselves in a everyday items to create different mechanisms and racers. The variety of art media. There will be some instruction with lots of program is divided into a series of challenges where students will room for your child’s individual creativity. The medias will include compete to accomplish specific tasks and goals. Each challenge (but are not limited to) each of the following; painting, beading, combines environmental principles, physics, and basic elements STEM building/design, weaving and paper crafts. Join us for of design and engineering. After mastering the basic concepts, some kid-interesting arts and crafts projects. Holly Clarisse – students will face a final challenge to earn the title Junkyard Morning or Afternoon Session Available Warrior and become protectors of the environment. Whitney Amos – Morning or Afternoon Session Available

Liberty Elementary Classes

Goo-ology (1st – 3rd) In Goo-ology, students will explore the many ways of making goo. Goo-ology is designed to integrate math and science skills by actively involving students in slime- tastic experiments. Future scientists will participate in hands on procedures by measuring and mixing goo. Whether they are creating slime, oobleck, or other gooey things, they will be able to compare/contrast their creations, see and feel the properties of matter, and have lots of fun with their goo. Jill Oliver – Morning or Afternoon Session Available