LGS Recreation’s Summer Enrichment School is back with new class offerings and the ones participants already love! Our program, designed and facilitated by experienced teachers from local school districts, provides young people the opportunity to keep learning during summer months through a wide-range of challenging, engaging, and fun classes!
Before School Care: Programs K-8TH: The Summer Enrichment School bell rings at 8:20 a.m. or 8:35 a.m. depending on the location. Starting at 7:00 a.m. each location offers Before School Care. As students arrive they will have the opportunity to socialize with friends and participate in low impact activities supervised by our staff.
After School Day Camp: Once the school bell rings for dismissal the fun doesn’t have to stop! We offer After School Day Camp until 6:00 p.m. to all students participating in Summer Enrichment School. Camp features: arts & crafts, healthy cooking projects, sports & games, swimming (when available), special guest visitors, and a weekly field trip! Staff to camper ratio: 1 to 12.
Camp T-Shirt: This year’s camp t-shirt must be worn by students on all off-site field trips.
Lunch & Snacks: A bag lunch and water bottle should be brought each day for this program unless the weekly calendar states otherwise. Daily snack provided.
Cake Decorating
Learn the basics in decorating techniques for candy, cookies, cupcakes, and cakes. Dazzle your family and friends when you make their special cake or cupcakes with beautiful decorations. During your last week you will have a friendly “Cake Boss” competition. Students will take home their own kits filled with tips, a reusable decorating bag, and a recipe book. This course is taught by professional bakers – they really know their stuff!
Kitchen Survival
A hands-on class for those who like to cook and eat! Have fun and learn about nutrition and new recipes to share with your family and friends. Learn to cook a variety of foods from eggs to sliders.
Team Sports
You won’t be bored in this class! Join us for a variety of team sports for boys and girls. Increase your skills in baseball, basketball, soccer, football, and more. Basic skills, cooperation, sportsmanship, teamwork, and playing are the focus of this fun filled class! No previous experience necessary. The only requirements are a desire to have fun and a pair of athletic shoes.
Games Galore
From ancient games to contemporary favorites, board games teach strategy, cooperation, and decision-making. In “Games Galore”, students will learn the rules and history of the games, but most of the class time will be spent playing and learning the strategy behind them. The skills learned in this class will make Family Game Night a fun tradition in your home!
Art Explosion
This class is a creativity explosion with new art projects! Draw, paint, build, and create multiple 2D and 3D art projects. Work with a variety of media including paint, pastels, colored pencils, clay, and sculpting materials while learning valuable tricks and techniques that make art projects successful. We’ll create some amazing 2 dimensional art pieces as well as 3 dimensional creations. Individual creativity is explored and encouraged in this fun, fast moving class.
Inventor’s Studio
You could possibly create the next great invention! Each year a new class of bright minds comes together to learn about the inventing process and create amazing inventions that may have never been thought of before! You get to create, explore and build prototypes then share them with others at our end of class show! You will deconstruct everyday appliances to get ideas about how things are made, and scavenge their parts to reuse in your prototypes. You will also learn about other inventions that came from everyday inspirations. Come to class with an everyday problem that does not yet have a solution, and we’ll try to create an invention to solve your dilemma! Bring your enthusiasm and creativity!
Design and Build It
Unleash your creativity! Using the many crucial steps in an engineering design process, students will be able to design, build, and create challenges using a variety of materials such as Legos, K’Nex, and snap circuits. Understanding this process will equip students with an invaluable_method of thinking and tools to use in real-life problem-solving situations, while focusing on force, motion, and energy. They will learn how to troubleshoot and rebuild what does not work the first time. This course will allow students to think outside the box and collaborate with others on a variety of tasks using a project-based learning model.
Math Quest – Problem Solving
You'll join a group and travel through "Numberland," "Sportsland," "Fantasyland," and "Dinosaurland" in search of great treasure. Use six problem-solving strategies to move along the Math Quest Map in a race to become "Einsteinians." This will be the most interesting math class you've ever taken.
Public Speaking Through Storytelling
Challenged by an old storyteller to bring back his dying art, students improve their literacy and geography skills by analyzing folk tales from various cultures and ultimately writing their own. Practice speaking techniques of projection, pace, and dramatic flair. Perform before parents and guests at a culminating Folk Tale Festival.
Pencil Heads – Creative Writing
All kids have a story to tell, and we want to help them write it! We will help kids unleash their imaginations onto the blank page—and discover the fun that can come from writing! The course will encourage creative thinking, mindfulness, and build self-esteem in writing and literacy. Because every Pencil Head’s voice is unique, this is the class for the next great author of the world!
3D Modeling and Printing
3D Printing is a method of creation that requires only some basic computer skills and a few rules of thumb. This class will allow students to discover for themselves the potential and limitations of 3D Printing through a build intensive design project. This course is an excellent option for anyone who ever wanted to prototype an invention, create a work of art, customize a product or just make something cool.
Cooking Around the Globe
Learn the basics in decorating techniques for candy, cookies, cupcakes, and cakes. Dazzle your family and friends when you make their special cake or cupcakes with beautiful decorations. During your last week you will have a friendly “Cake Boss” competition. Students will take home their own kits filled with tips, a reusable decorating bag, and a recipe book. This course is taught by professional bakers – they really know their stuff!
Decorating for the Baker
Learn the basics in decorating techniques for candy, cookies, cupcakes, and cakes. Dazzle your family and friends when you make their special cake or cupcakes with beautiful decorations. During your last week you will have a friendly “Cake Boss” competition. Students will take home their own kits filled with tips, a reusable decorating bag, and a recipe book. This course is taught by professional bakers – they really know their stuff!
Design and Code a Video
This class will teach basic programming skills in a creative, fun, and easy-to-learn way! You can make GAMES, ANIMATIONS, ART, or just about anything. Students who want a fun creative challenge will find it in this course. Students will learn the fundamentals of programming (telling the computer what to do) while dragging colored blocks that fit together in specific sequences.
Science! Science! Science!
Science! Join us for hands-on, minds-on, science fun. This class will have something for everyone. Use teamwork, creativity, critical thinking, and problem solving skills to explore the world of scientific inquiry and discovery!
Entrepreneurs: Creating a Business Plan
Student teams will have a blast creating and running their own businesses. Work through the steps of product manufacturing, choosing a business location, and advertising. Raise money for a worthy cause while learning business management skills.
Creative Photography
Most people take photos spontaneously every day. You capture a moment in time instantly! But what if you took the time to think about your photo before you ever snapped it on your cell phone? In this class you will set up photo shoots that you might never have dreamed of! You’ll get messy with powder paint and have photography challenges where you have creative reign to setup your perfect shot. Images will be artistically displayed for the annual photography show! All you need is your cell phone camera and a creative spirit!
Mixed Media Art Madness
Explore and work with a variety of art materials creating NEW 2D and 3D art projects. Create with art materials including a variety of drawing tools, pastels, paint, and clay, as well as print media, found and recycled items, and textiles to create cool and creative pieces of art. Learn art techniques with a variety of materials while embracing your own creative style. This is a hands-on, fun, and fast moving class for all art abilities.
Creative Writing
Everyone has a story to tell, and we want to help them write it! We will help kids unleash their imaginations onto the blank page—and discover the fun that can come from writing! The course will encourage mindfulness, creative thinking, and build self-esteem in writing and literacy. Because every writer’s voice is unique, this is the class for the next great author of the world!
Public Speaking and Debate
Students will learn the skills and techniques required for public speaking communication skills, eye contact, voice projection, body contact and listening, and evaluation techniques. Students will practice presenting various types of speeches. Development of self-confidence and poise will be an integral part of this class.
Math Challenges – Using Algebra and Geometry
Develop problem-solving, visual-motor, and creative thinking skills while solving challenging and fun math projects. Use algebra and geometry to design flat patterns that fold into everyday three-dimensional objects. Apply your mathematical skills to solve equations that will lead you on a race around the globe.
Structural Design and Critical Thinking
Channel your inner architect as you learn how to design structures, consider stresses, and integrate mechanical actions into structural projects. Explore the impact of external forces on structures. As you build more complex structures, use critical thinking skills to increase stability and function.