CUSD Community Education

Fall Programs: Hollywood Filmmaking Camp: 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 Camp: 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 Camp: 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. 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! 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. Minecraft Coding and Design Studio. Brochure description: 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 PC required. Rentals can be provided for a $30 fee. Class will require WiFi, and the program "Minecraft: Educational Edition" must not be blocked on the WiFi. All classes are non-refundable. For extenuating circumstances processing, attendance and missed classes fees apply.

BEST Multi Sports Program: Coaching Staff will rotate sports throughout the Session to include, Soccer, Basketball, Volleyball, Softball, and others

LEGO Master Artist: This special, three-week LEGO class is held right before winter break. We will explore many of the winter holidays as we build special projects inspired by winter and winter holiday traditions. We will use our LEGO to explore our creativity and spread holiday cheer as we learn to appreciate and respect that we all celebrate the holidays differently. Projects will include holiday icons and symbols, creating holiday scenes, and exploring fun and silly holiday traditions. Leave your LEGO at home, we’ll supply everything you need. There are no take-home projects. For grades K+. Building Our Holidays: This special, three-week LEGO class is held right before winter break. We will explore many of the winter holidays as we build special projects inspired by winter and winter holiday traditions. We will use our LEGO to explore our creativity and spread holiday cheer as we learn to appreciate and respect that we all celebrate the holidays differently. Projects will include holiday icons and symbols, creating holiday scenes, and exploring fun and silly holiday traditions. Leave your LEGO at home, we’ll supply everything you need. There are no take-home projects. For grades K+. All classes are non-refundable. For extenuating circumstances processing and attendance fees apply.

B4K LEGO Engineering: While exploring engineering, architecture, and physics, students will design and build motorized machines, catapults, race cars, and satellites out of LEGO® bricks, gears and axles all while developing problem solving and critical thinking skills. All classes are non-refundable. For extenuating circumstances processing and attendance fees apply.

B4K LEGO Engineering: While exploring engineering, architecture, and physics, students will design and build motorized machines, catapults, race cars, and satellites out of LEGO® bricks, gears and axles all while developing problem solving and critical thinking skills. All classes are non-refundable. For extenuating circumstances processing and attendance fees apply.

Challenge Island Camps: Frostbitten Camp- Glide on over to the coolest camp in town where you’ll take a STEAMtastic journey through Challenge Island’s Winter Wonderland! Your icy adventure will include designing and decking out your very own ice palace (where you and your STEAM Team can chillax) and using cool science to make frosty slime and frozen treats! This cool-as-ice camp is a not-to-be missed adventure for every frostbitten fan! Arcadia Mania Camp- This Kids-Choice Challenge Island adventure puts a 100% SCREEN-FREE STEAM twist on popular video games: From Super STEAMio to Island Blox to Mine Island to Fort Island to retro-inspired games like Space Aliens and Pinball Machines! You and your STEAM Team will swap game consoles for creativity and joysticks for ingenuity and imagination as you take on Islands of low-tech STEAM challenges created with game-loving kids in mind! Pets Palooza Camp™- Wag on over to the most PAWSOME camp in town! You and your STEAM Team will engineer a world created just for pets: From Pets Palooza Hotel Day to Having a Ball Day to Give a Dog a Bone Day to Salty Sea Dog Day to a very special Rescue Pets Day. You’ll even get to adopt adorable pretend pets of your own and create habitats to match their needs and personalities! This STEAMtastic camp gets two paws up and is a must for every pet-loving kid! Shark Camp™- STEAM + Reading = STREAM! This STREAMy camps brings The Bridge to Sharktooth Island, the first book in the Challenge Island series, to life! You and your STEAM Team will join book characters Daniel, Joy, Kimani, and Davinci on their Sharktooth Island adventures from bridge-building to pirate ship exploring to mixing up spectacular slime seas. You’ll dive into the fascinating world of SHARKS and tackle an ocean full of shark-inspired challenges! This FINtastic Camp is perfect for fans of the Challenge Island, Magic Tree House and Magic School Bus book series! World Cruise Camp™- Set sail for imagination and adventure with this World Class camp! You and your first mates will design a cruise ship and embark on a voyage around the globe. You’ll engineer your way through the world’s most popular ports: From the Alaskan Glaciers to Ancient Greece to the Canals of Venice to the Galapagos Islands. See you on the Lido Deck for our Sail Away Party and STEAMtastic High Seas Adventure! Fort Island Camp™- Floss on over to our Fort Island Camp! You and your squad will ride your balloon bus into into an unforgettable computer-and-violence-freeadventure inspired by the world’s most popular game. You’ll play and engineer your way through Fort Island hotspots like Perfect Park, Pirates Cove and our Power Potion Ball Arena. You’ll design your own skins, show off your favorite dance moves, and have a STEAMtastic time at this unforgettable Challenge Island camp! STEAMwarts Camp™- Pack your wizarding gear and join us for a magical week of spellbinding adventure! You and your housemates will take a full load of Wizarding Classes from Transfiguration to Flying Broomsticks to Charms and Potions to Magical Beasts. The STEAMtastic camp will culminate with an enchanted graduation ceremony. A must for every wizard fan! Slimetopia® 3: Slime Chefs on Deck®- Our Challenge Island STEAM Teams® have been chosen to be slime sous chefs on the S.S. Slimetopia® cruise ship where they will stir up the most delicious-looking (not tasting!) slime recipes on the Seven Seas! From Ramen Noodle Slime on Shake, Rattle and Sushi Roll Day to Banana Split Slime on Tutti Fruity Day to Flamin’ Hot Cheeto Slime on Say Cheese Day, Slimetopia 3 is a deliciously squishy, squashy, ooey, gooey blast! Race Across the Rainforest Camp®- Inspired by our bestselling Challenge Island STEAM Adventure book, Race Across Anaconda Swamp, this camp takes our STEAM Teams on an an unforgettable journey through the Amazon Rainforest where they zip through the jungle’s action-packed layers, taking on engineering challenges inspired by the rainforest’s awesome animal inhabitants - from the playful monkeys to the hungry jaguars to the slithering anacondas on the dark and creepy forest floor. All classes are non-refundable. For extenuating circumstances processing and attendance fees apply.

CHILDSPLAY Programs: Explore-a-Story (K-2) boosts early literacy skills by immersing students in the magic of stories. Tales are brought to life through creative drama techniques, offering a unique, kinesthesic, enrichment experience that enhances comprehension and critical thinking. This innovative approach amplifies students' enthusiasm for reading and fosters creativity and collaboration skills. Actor's Tools (3-5) invites students to discover the building blocks for performance: body, voice, and imagination. In this interactive program, students apply these tools to various contexts, deepening their understanding of drama and expressive capabilities. Learners develop self-confidence, collaboration skills, and creative thinking through participating in this vibrant enrichment activity. All classes are non-refundable. For extenuating circumstances processing, attendance and missed classes fees apply.

CHILDSPLAY Programs: FALL BREAK: ACTOR'S TOOLS: BROADWAY BOUND Say it loud and sing it proud-- step into the spotlight with Broadway Bound! This fun and immersive class focuses on acting, singing and dancing skills. Led by professional theatre teaching artists, students rehearse songs from popular musicals and dive into a fast-paced drama activities including improvisation and character creation. The week culminates in an informal sharing where participants showcase their talents to family and friends. All classes are non-refundable. For extenuating circumstances processing, attendance and missed classes fees apply.

Dance Fusion- Hip Hop Crew: Fusing Hip Hop and Jazz with your favorite Pop songs! Learning upbeat dances to warm up, dance along, and perform. Helps to build self confidence and creativity. You will learn a new dance routine each time you take this course. Everyone is invited to a performance on the last day of class, please arrive 30 minutes after the release of school to see what they have learned! Tots Combo-(PreK students) Combining Ballet, Tap, and Jazz into one class! The class consist of fun follow along dances to their favorite songs, learning dance routines, and playing dance games. This class will help to build confidence, socialization, creativity, memorization, and flexibility. All classes are non-refundable. For extenuating circumstances processing and attendance fees apply.

Theme Park Theatrics: Theme Park excitement and adrenaline, with a scientific twist! Buckle up for excitement and thrill as we create theme park rides like a working bumper car track, ferris wheel, rollercoaster, carousel, and a cotton candy creation. We’ll explore centripetal force, gravity, mass, inertia, action, reaction and many more of Newton’s principals as we intertwine the fun fusion of creativity, engineering, experimentation and imagination! All classes are non refundable. For extenuating circumstances, processing, attendance, missed classes fees apply.

What is KidStage? KidStage is a theater and acting class for kids! The curriculum includes concentration, teamwork, improvisation, movement, voice and basic theater terminology. At the end of the class, KidStage kids will perform for peers and parents. All classes are taught by trained instructors, whose goal it is to teach your child about the excitement of theater, improve your child’s self-confidence, and to provide a safe, fun and interesting environment. KidStage will strengthen your child’s confidence as well as build teamwork, leadership, reading, and vocabulary! Harriet Patter & The Sorcerer’s Soda- Kidstage is thrilled to present the highly requested and anticipated wizard parody! Harriet Patter, a normal and somewhat neglected 11-year-old, discovers suddenly that she is a wizard. Journey with her as she starts her magical education, makes friends and discovers the secrets of the legendary Sorcerer's Soda. The story is full of classic characters, magic and self-discovery. It is an adventure you won't want to miss! The Lion King- When the King of the Pride Lands goes missing, his son must find himself and learn how to protect his land and his people. Follow Simba, Nala, Timon, Pumba, and a colorful cast of animals as they confront the evil Scar and his mangy pack of hyenas in a battle to get their kingdom back. The participants will have a blast in this coming-of-age tale about what it means to believe in yourself, work together and trust in your friends! All classes are non-refundable. For extenuating circumstances processing and attendance fees apply.

Two fun classes for Fall: Wizard Science and Optical Science & Art! Optical Science & Art - Ready to GLOW? Dive into the world of optical sciences as we make 3D glasses, glowing art, pinhole cameras, and even attempt to hide from an IR camera. (Spoiler Alert: You can’t!) We’ll also split light with prisms and create optical illusions. Discover the fascinating optical properties of everyday items and learn how engineers are using light to create epic technologies. This hands on science is so FUN! Learn more and see photos of this class here: https://nerding.org/lighting-the-future-optics-science/ Wizard Science - Welcome to Hognerds School of SCIENCE and Wizardry, where magic meets science! Join our Wizard Science class for an enchanting journey into scientific discovery. Craft light-up wands with circuits, create bubbling potions, and witness chemistry transformations with color-changing acids and bases. Experience the thrill of "exploding" toothpaste and levitating orbs, all while prioritizing Defense Against the Dark Arts (AKA safety). Dress in authentic wizard robes (yes, we bring a class set for you to wear) and immerse yourself in the magical world of science—it's not magic, it's SCIENCE! Learn more and see photos of this class here: https://nerding.org/wizard-science/ All classes are non-refundable. For extenuating circumstances processing and attendance fees apply.

Fall Programs: Young Creators Studio (Gr. 1-5); Young Creators Studio is a fun class to hone writing and storytelling skills while expressing creativity! Students will improve grammar, writing fluency and structure, and craft new writing pieces. In addition, this class is an introduction to stage acting. We will study acting and rehearsal techniques & perform monologues & scenes. Crime Scene Analysis: Experience real-life application in Crime Scene Analysis. Become the center of the action as a CSI agent and conduct forensic science experiments. In the laboratory get ready to learn how to collect and perform analysis of evidence, record findings, and use critical thinking to find the culprit. Everyone will enjoy our interactive and amazing crime scene reproductions. Engenius Kids (Gr. 1-5); Students interested in engineering and STEM-based activities will have a blast in this class! We'll cover concepts including the engineering design process, engineering as a career, and the growth mindset (plus more!) through project-based activities that students of all ages will love. Each class will have its own challenge that students will need to tackle as a group. We'll focus on creating a safe and comfortable learning environment where students will be encouraged to use critical thinking skills to generate new ideas as solutions. Activities include: Marshmallow Structures, Hovercrafts, Catapults Planting Seeds Press: Want to be on TV but don't consider yourself an actor. Try broadcast journalism. Planting Seeds Press is designed to form a team of young reporters who cover current events, breaking news, entertainment stories, and sporting events around the world. Students will have fun taking on the roles of News Anchor, News Reporter, Meteorologist and more! Until next time Planting Seeds Press signing off! For students attending Club CUSD Enrichment programs and childcare at Andersen El. only- If your student is enrolled with Kids Express (KE) at Andersen El., parents MUST sign student(s) in with KE each morning. We will transition your student from KE to the enrichment program(s) and back to KE. Enrolled KE students must attend KE field trips on field trip days. Please do not attend the enrichment program on field trip days as there will be no KE supervision on site afterward the enrichment class ends. There is no bussing other Kids Express sites. All classes are non-refundable. For extenuating circumstances processing and attendance fees apply.

After School Program: Participants learn the fundamentals of shooting, dribbling, passing and teamwork while having fun, getting some exercise and playing with friends! It will enhance the skill levels of those students who are already familiar with the fundamentals. Reach Training Academy: Our unique year-round program is designed to help student-athletes achieve their goals in becoming a better basketball player, dramatically improving your basketball IQ while increasing your speed, strength, and quickness. We focus on skill development through drills and real game situations, giving the athletes all the tools they will need to get ready for the next level. All classes are non-refundable. For extenuating circumstances processing and attendance fees apply.

After School Program: Participants learn the fundamentals of shooting, dribbling, passing and teamwork while having fun, getting some exercise and playing with friends! It will enhance the skill levels of those students who are already familiar with the fundamentals. Reach Training Academy: Our unique year-round program is designed to help student-athletes achieve their goals in becoming a better basketball player, dramatically improving your basketball IQ while increasing your speed, strength, and quickness. We focus on skill development through drills and real game situations, giving the athletes all the tools they will need to get ready for the next level. All classes are non-refundable. For extenuating circumstances processing and attendance fees apply.

Science Sampler: Experience a sampling of different science themes each week! Become an inventor and build your own circuit to send messages in Morse Code, become a geologist and go gemstone mining, and become a chemist as you create oozy glowing slime and other crazy chemistry concoctions! Slime Time: Calling all slimeologists! Prepare to get elbow-deep in gooey fun as we enter the world of polymer chemistry and make different slime creations each week. You’ll make amazing color-changing slime, textured slime with glowing orbs, and chalkboard slime that you can draw on! Magical Mixtures: Join us as we explore the science behind the magic! Reveal a rainbow of colors during our acid and base investigation, mix up an exothermic reaction to create a "matter monster", conduct experiments on mystery powders, and uncover the secrets behind disappearing crystals and magic sand. These fun-filled experiments will amaze you and your friends! All classes are non-refundable. For extenuating circumstances processing and attendance fees apply.

Soccer Shots Camp: is nationally recognized program that offers a high energy, fun, age-appropriate introduction to the great game of soccer. Our curriculum emphasizes both soccer skills and character development. For students attending Club CUSD Enrichment programs and childcare at Ryan El. only- If your student is enrolled with Kids Express (KE) at Ryan El., parents MUST sign student(s) in with KE each morning. We will transition your student from KE to the enrichment program(s) and back to KE. Enrolled KE students must attend KE field trips on field trip days. Please do not attend the enrichment program on field trip days as there will be no KE supervision on site afterward the enrichment class ends. There is no bussing to other Kids Express sites. All classes are non-refundable. For extenuating circumstances processing and attendance fees apply.