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Athena Coding


Club CUSD Enrichment -
Club CUSD Spring 2025

Spring Programs:

Filmmaking: From the writer’s room to the silver screen, we'll guide you as you turn your idea into an amazing script, and then we'll help you bring it to life! All students are divided into production teams; together, they'll brainstorm their ideas, and then collaboratively draft a script with a part for everyone. As students work, we'll hold group workshops, where we help them with their script formatting, character design, dialogue and more! Then we move onto filming! Students will act out their own scripts, starring in the parts they themselves wrote. They'll also take turns behind the camera, shooting with iPads. We'll give guidance to students as they star in, film, and edit their movies with experienced advice on special effects and green-screen editing, shot composition and panning, lighting and sound effects. Game Design and Animation with Scratch and Python: Embark on an unparalleled adventure with our Game Design and Animation Class - a unique, project-based learning experience that infuses the charm of storytelling with the power of coding. This course is meticulously designed to spark the inherent creativity in young minds and foster their innovative storytelling and game designing capabilities.

Junior Alchemists: Chemistry for Kids- is designed to not only pique an interest in scientific inquiry, but to introduce students to a deeper understanding of its development and application. We allow them to see the basic principles of science in the world around them. The course is focused on a number of experiments; they are tons of fun, visually appealing, and can safely be reproduced at home for friends and family.

Olympic Chess: Learn chess with Athena! We’ve designed a high-energy, stimulating approach to chess that is great for all ages. Classes are typically divided into different skill levels. Students will spend much of their time playing each other and challenging the instructor. At the beginning of each class, we have a brief question and answer session on a certain topic, challenging students with exercises and puzzles. Students learn piece types, movements, captures, positioning, basic strategy, and move on to advanced topics such as openings, pins, forks, and skewers, Middle and Endgame strategy and tactics, and chess variants. Each class ends in a tournament where the winner takes home a trophy! 

Minecraft Coding and Design Studio: Minecraft isn't just the world's most popular game; it's also an excellent tool for teaching a wide array of subjects. At Athena, we've developed a project based approach to a variety of important topics using Minecraft Educational; our course will cover Personalized Game Design, Animation and storytelling, Programming in Python and Javascript, Architecture and design, The fundamentals of electrical circuitry using Minecraft's patented Redstone circuit system, Logic gates, multi-system mechanisms, Modding and more! Laptop, chromebook, or iPad required. Rentals can be provided for a $30 fee via Athena Coding.

Da Vinci's Workshop: Join us today to create your own masterworks; no experience required! Our Renaissance instructors will guide your child through exciting new lessons every class! Students will learn fundamental artistic skills in a variety of mediums including acrylic painting, watercolors, clay sculptures, cartoons, anime, manga, sketching and drawing! Each student will receive their own brand new art supplies to use for every class. Students will have a blast, and bring home tons of new artworks!

Game Design and Animation with Scratch and Python: Embark on an unparalleled adventure with our Game Design and Animation Class - a unique, project-based learning experience that infuses the charm of storytelling with the power of coding. This course is meticulously designed to spark the inherent creativity in young minds and foster their innovative storytelling and game designing capabilities. Our innovative curriculum introduces your child to the compelling world of programming through a combination of MIT’s Scratch, a visual programming language designed especially for young learners, and Python via code.org, one of the world’s leading online coding platforms. In this class, students don't just learn how to code – they bring their imaginations to life and learn to weave stories through lines of code, transforming their ideas into interactive games, animations, and more!

All classes are non-refundable. For extenuating circumstances processing, attendance and missed classes fees apply.

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24-25Carlson- Filmmaking
Grades   2nd - 6th
Su
M
Tu
W
Th
F
Sa
David Howie
Price: $ 140 00
Carlson
Jan 15 - Feb 26
3:15 PM - 4:15 PM
24-25Carlson- Minecraft Coding & Design
Grades   2nd - 6th
Su
M
Tu
W
Th
F
Sa
David Howie
Price: $ 120 00
Carlson
Jan 16 - Feb 20
3:10 PM - 4:10 PM
24-25Carlson- Olympic Chess
Grades   2nd - 6th
Su
M
Tu
W
Th
F
Sa
David Howie
Price: $ 120 00
Carlson
Apr 22 - May 27
3:10 PM - 4:10 PM
24-25Carlson-Chemistry for kids
Grades   2nd - 6th
Su
M
Tu
W
Th
F
Sa
David Howie
Price: $ 120 00
Carlson
Apr 21 - May 26
3:10 PM - 4:10 PM
24-25Knox GA- Chemistry for Kids
Grades   2nd - 6th
Su
M
Tu
W
Th
F
Sa
David Howie
Price: $ 140 00
Knox Gifted Academy
Feb 4 - Mar 25
3:45 PM - 4:45 PM
  No Class Mar 11 & Mar 18
24-25Knox GA- Filmmaking
Grades   2nd - 6th
Su
M
Tu
W
Th
F
Sa
David Howie
Price: $ 140 00
Knox Gifted Academy
Jan 13 - Mar 31
3:45 PM - 4:45 PM
  No Class Jan 20, Feb 17, Mar 10, Mar 17 & Mar 24
24-25Knox GA- Game Design and Animation
Grades   2nd - 6th
Su
M
Tu
W
Th
F
Sa
David Howie
Price: $ 140 00
Knox Gifted Academy
Apr 9 - May 21
3:45 PM - 4:45 PM
24-25Knox GA- Minecraft Coding & Design Studio
Grades   2nd - 6th
Su
M
Tu
W
Th
F
Sa
David Howie
Price: $ 120 00
Knox Gifted Academy
Jan 31 - Mar 7
3:45 PM - 4:45 PM
24-25Knox GA- Olympic Chess
Grades   2nd - 6th
Su
M
Tu
W
Th
F
Sa
David Howie
Price: $ 140 00
Knox Gifted Academy
Apr 1 - May 13
3:45 PM - 4:45 PM
24-25Knox- Da Vinci's Workshop
Grades   2nd - 6th
Su
M
Tu
W
Th
F
Sa
David Howie
Price: $ 140 00
Knox Gifted Academy
Mar 6 - Apr 17
3:10 PM - 4:10 PM
24-25Ryan El- Da Vinci's Workshop
Grades   2nd - 6th
Su
M
Tu
W
Th
F
Sa
David Howie
Price: $ 140 00
Ryan
Mar 31 - May 19
3:10 PM - 4:10 PM
  No Class Apr 28
24-25Ryan El- Filmmaking
Grades   2nd - 6th
Su
M
Tu
W
Th
F
Sa
David Howie
Price: $ 140 00
Ryan
Jan 16 - Mar 6
3:10 PM - 4:10 PM
  No Class Feb 13
24-25Ryan El- Game Design and Animation
Grades   2nd - 6th
Su
M
Tu
W
Th
F
Sa
David Howie
Price: $ 140 00
Ryan
Apr 8 - May 20
3:10 PM - 4:10 PM
24-25Ryan El- Minecraft Coding & Design
Grades   2nd - 6th
Su
M
Tu
W
Th
F
Sa
David Howie
Price: $ 140 00
Ryan
Jan 31 - Mar 7
3:10 PM - 4:10 PM
24-25Ryan El- Olympic Chess
Grades   2nd - 6th
Su
M
Tu
W
Th
F
Sa
David Howie
Price: $ 140 00
Ryan
Apr 2 - May 14
3:10 PM - 4:10 PM
24-25Ryan El-Chemistry for kids
Grades   2nd - 6th
Su
M
Tu
W
Th
F
Sa
David Howie
Price: $ 140 00
Ryan
Feb 5 - Apr 2
3:10 PM - 4:10 PM
  No Class Feb 12, Mar 12 & Mar 19