CUSD Community Education

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

Summer Camps: Jurassic Brick Are you ready for the adventure of a lifetime? Put on your hiking boots and camouflage...you’re about to enter Jurassic Brick Land! Campers will build a world that comes to life with gentle Brontosaurus, ferocious Velociraptor, terrifying T.Rex, and more. We’ll learn about amazing dinosaurs that lived during the Jurassic period, and other extinct, prehistoric animals that roamed the earth and swam the seas during that era and millions of years later. Show us your building skills using our specialized project kits! Come learn, build and play at Jurassic Brick Land camp! LEGO® is a registered trademark of the LEGO® Group of companies which does not sponsor, authorize or endorse these programs. Brick City Engineers Let’s build a CITY! There are many different types of engineering jobs, and building is one of the most fun! What would a city be without the architects and engineers who come up with the ideas, plans and building skills to make it all come together? Campers will put their engineering and architecture skills to work as they build city themed models using LEGO® Bricks. The sky’s the limit when campers are challenged to use their own ideas and skills to build a skyscraper taller than their heads! They’ll have a blast using custom-built cars to move the people of the city all around town – brick by brick! What an accomplishment to be able to proudly exclaim “We built this BRICK City!” All classes are non-refundable. For extenuating circumstances processing and attendance fees apply.

Summer Break Camps: 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! Slimetopia® 2 : Total Slime Takeover @ Rice El.: In this bestselling Slimetopia sequel, the world is being taken over by slime! You and a crew of STEAM Teammates will ooze with excitement as you design your own Slimeliner Jet and fly to a different slimey continent every day. You'll mix up a amazing array of internationally-inspired slimes from Italian Pizza Slime to Ghana Chocolate Slime to Pacific Ring of Fire Slime to a world of other slimes in between. This squishy, squashy, sensational slime adventure is sure to sell out in a flash, so book your Slimetopia Airlines ticket today! IslandTube Fever Camp @ Rice El.- Tune into imagination and creativity at Challenge Island’sIsland Tube Camp! You and your STEAM Team will build your very own studio and take part in a whole haul of super tuber activities: From slime to squishies to science experiments; from taste tests to mystery wheels to Secret Island Surprise Balls! One of our most “liked” camps, this Kids’ Choice Challenge Island adventure gets thumbs up all around! Slimetopia® 3: Slime Chefs on Deck Camp @ Rice El.- Prepare to stir up the most delicious-looking slime recipes on the Seven Seas! You and your STEAM Team have been chosen to be slime sous chefs on the S.S. Slimetopia cruise ship and it’s up to you to "feed" the slime hungry cruisers morning, noon and night! You'll mix up Ramen Noodle Slime, Kawaii Bento Box Slime, Italian Ice Slime, Unicorn Mac and Cheese Slime and Flamin' Hot Cheeto Slime (just to name a few!). Slimetopia 3 is sure to sell out in a squishy, squashy splash, so book your cruise cabin ooey, gooey fast!Island Doll Camp: @ RIce El.: Rollerblade on down to the dreamiest, STEAMiest camp in town. You and a STEAM Team of friends will help design and deck out our Island Doll Land complete with cool convertibles, pink waterslides and seriously stylin’ Island Doll STEAM houses! You’ll bring Downtown to life with your own doll-inspired businesses, spend a day in the sun at the Island Doll Beach and Boardwalk, camp out under the stars in your own Island Doll Treehouse, and take to slopes at Island Doll Ski Resort. Bring an eye for design, a taste for adventure, and your favorite 11.5-inch fashionable friend to this blockbuster Challenge Island camp! Slimetopia® 2 : Total Slime Takeover: @ Santan El. -In this bestselling Slimetopia sequel, the world is being taken over by slime! You and a crew of STEAM Teammates will ooze with excitement as you design your own Slimeliner Jet and fly to a different slimey continent every day. You'll mix up a amazing array of internationally-inspired slimes from Italian Pizza Slime to Ghana Chocolate Slime to Pacific Ring of Fire Slime to a world of other slimes in between. This squishy, squashy, sensational slime adventure is sure to sell out in a flash, so book your Slimetopia Airlines ticket today! All classes are non-refundable. For extenuating circumstances processing and attendance fees apply.

Piano/ Music Camp: that uses favorite songs along with fun Music Theory activities to teach all the keyboard "elements" like Counting, Note Reading, Rhythm and much more. Portable piano lab set up at school. Recital on the last day. All classes are non-refundable. For extenuating circumstances processing and attendance fees apply.

Elementary: Working With Clay Camp (Gr. K-6): This course is for students who would like to explore working with air-dry clay. They will explore using basic tools, experimenting with textures, and techniques working with clay. They will create their own pieces of art during each class. Projects include: sculptures, mugs, hanging pot + more! Engenius Kids Camp (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 High School: SAT TEST PREP COURSE: Our test prep course is a comprehensive course that provides thorough preparation for all areas of the exam. It covers content reviews to promote content mastery and teaches students the most dynamic and updated strategy and methods available. We have completely deconstructed each test and our students learn to think like the testmakers. Students build their skills each week and increase their confidence level over the span of the course. Our course requires students to work hard and exhibit effort and dedication to their studies. All classes are non-refundable. For extenuating circumstances processing and attendance fees apply.

Summer Camps: Pokémon Engineering using LEGO® Materials - Grade K-2: Calling all Pokémon trainers! With the Pokémon Championship approaching, join our enthusiastic Play-Well Instructors as we build and catch our favorite Pokémon, rescue Pikachu from Team Rocket, take a ride on the S.S. Anne to uncover rare and mystic Pokémon, and battle to see who will hold the title of Pokémon Master. Come along on our journey to catch 'em all!! Pokémon Master Engineering using LEGO® Materials Grade 3-5: LEGO® Master, I choose you!! In the race to be crowned the Ultimate Pokémon Champion, we need your help! Learn to build your favorite Pokémon, level up by teaching them special moves, evolve them into more powerful versions, and come face to face with the current champion in an epic battle for the title. Adventures in STEM using LEGO® Materials Ages 5-7: Let your imagination run wild with tens of thousands of LEGO® parts! Build engineer-designed projects and use special pieces to create your own unique designs! Projects are rotated seasonally to ensure that both new and returning students can explore the endless creative possibilities of the LEGO® building system. STEM Explorations using LEGO® Materials Ages 7-12: Master your engineering skills with Play-Well TEKnologies and tens of thousands of LEGO® parts! Apply real- world concepts in physics, engineering, and architecture through engineer-designed projects. Projects are rotated seasonally to ensure that even returning students get a new experience, so join us to design and build as never before and explore your craziest ideas. All classes are non-refundable. For extenuating circumstances processing and attendance fees apply.

Summer Intersession Camps: STEM Superheroes Save the Earth - In this half-day camp - Join the Science Matters Superheroes dedicated to Fun and Saving the Earth. Design your own Superhero Side Kick, Make Art from the Sun and create a Yummy Treat at the same time. We’ll create a Germinator that makes measuring plants a snap, and design your own Hide-a-Rock. Earth is our Home and we need Superheroes to protect it. Tabletop Catapults - Throw things...really, really, really far with catapults, trebuchets, and cannons in this half-day camp. Build a working tabletop wooden trebuchet to start an exploration of Newton's Laws of Motion, create games with the mini Basketball Catapult, float Flying Frisbees through the Firmament on our Science Matters Golf Course. Take some terrific target practice with a marshmallow gun. We’ll have things whizzing around the classroom for the whole camp. Ooey Gooey Science – Potions and Polymers - A little of this, a little of that, some wild reactions is where it's at! Make a slushy treat to eat and see Soda Slobber. We'll make water disappear and play with snow that never melts. Then - make some Slime that looks alive! You won't believe that our mixing fun can teach some science before it's done. With a Pop, or a Bang, or even some Fizz, you have become a chemistry whiz! All classes are non-refundable. For extenuating circumstances processing and attendance fees apply.

Soccer Shots 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. All classes are non-refundable. For extenuating circumstances processing and attendance fees apply.

Summer Break Tennis Camps: Tennis CAMP-TGA’s action-packed tennis program is perfect for beginners and experienced players to build skills and have a blast learning about the game in a safe and supportive environment. All classes are non-refundable. For extenuating circumstances processing and attendance fees apply.

Young Rembrandts Summer Camps: Household Pets Workshop for Grades 1 - 5: Students will be elated as we celebrate our cuddly friends in this Household Pets workshop. We’ll get our feet wet on the first day of class as we draw a stylized aquarium graphic. The second day of class will be a colorful one as we learn to draw a detailed birdcage. The following day, we will explore the playful side of our animal friends in amusing cartoon images. The fourth day of class will see more realistic renderings of various household pets. Students love to draw animals, so the daily art is sure to please! Baby Animals Workshop for Grades 1 - 5: Embark on an enchanting journey through the diverse world of baby animals. Young artists will draw realistic versions of nature's young, transition into whimsical Kawaii-style animals and finally, dive into mystical baby creatures. This workshop will merge mystery with artistry while exploring the various art styles and celebrating the charm of baby animals. All supplies included. Draw Cartoons - Character Creation Workshop for Grades 1 - 5: Students learn the basics of cartooning and create their own characters! For four days, students will learn techniques used in cartooning. Subjects like characteristics, features, exaggeration, action and personification will contribute to each child’s artistic advancement! Young Rembrandts students will immediately apply their new skills in every class to create their own original cartoon characters. All supplies included. Favorite Apps & Video Games Workshop for Grades 1 - 5: Art is all around us, including on phones and online! Every day students will learn new illustration and coloring techniques inspired by popular video games. Artwork is inspired by a pixel block characters, plants, zombies and many more classic apps and games. If your child loves to game or draw, they’ll have a blast putting their own personal touches on some of these favorites! All supplies included. All classes are non-refundable. For extenuating circumstances processing and attendance fees apply.