SUPER SUMMER
2010
Exciting classes, workshops, and trips for preschool through 10th grade students!
Elementary/Jr. High
1st-10th grade
745 S. Extension
Mesa, AZ 85210
(480) 962-1432
Suzanne Woodford-Director
Preschool/Kindergarten
2 ½ -6year olds
1130 S. San Jose
Mesa, AZ 85202
(480) 969-3781
Michael Woodford-Director
General Information
Preschool/Kindergarten Programs
Primary Workshops (1st-4th grade)
Intermediate Workshops (4th-7th grade)
Upper Division Workshops (7th-10th grade)
California Trip (5th-10th grade)
Registration Information
Welcome to our 31st year of outstanding summer enrichment programs! Join us for a week or a whole summer of learning and fun. Our classes are academically based but offer a change of pace from the school year. Each program is designed to intellectually challenge and socially enrich your child and is taught by the experienced teachers of our regular Montessori classes. Enrollment is limited and many classes fill quickly. We are looking forward to having you join us for a summer of fantastic memories!
General Information:
Registration: You must register for all classes, as enrollment is limited and on a first come first serve basis. Return the form from the back of this brochure to enroll your student. Some classes fill early so do not be disappointed-enroll as soon as possible as we do not overfill classes. You are accepting financial responsibility for all classes selected and any required fees are non-refundable. If you are unsure of your schedule, please contact the school to be placed on a waiting list for possible available openings.
Student Information Form: A new emergency information form must be completed for each student prior to beginning any summer class. These are available in the school office now or you may come a few minutes early on the first day of class to complete necessary paperwork.
Tuition: Tuition is due prior to the start of the first class session each week. There is a 10% discount available on tuitions for a second or third sibling concurrently enrolled. (Sorry, no discount on trips or supply fees.) Tuitions paid after the start of Monday’s class must include a $5 late fee.
Late Fees: The San Jose campus closes promptly at 6 PM and the Extension campus closes promptly at 5:45 PM. There is a $1 per minute late fee charged for students picked up after closing time to partially compensate the teachers. There is a $25 fee for returned checks and a $5 late fee assessed for tuition paid after the start of class. Tuitions paid more than 7 days late will incur a $25 per week late fee. Thank you for your cooperation in keeping our tuitions reasonable by being timely with tuition.
Extended Day: It is required that summer students be signed in and out each day. For the safety of all, please do not drop students in the parking lot. During the summer months, we do not have a staff member in the parking lot as our students arrive at a variety of times. SORRY, THERE IS NO HOURLY RATE FOR EXTENDED DAY AVAILABLE DURING THE SUMMER. Students arriving before 8:45 or picked up after 3:15 will be charged the weekly extended day rate.
Lunches: Students bring a lunch from home. It is recommended that parents use a “Blue Ice” or similar product, as we do not have space to put lunch boxes in the refrigerator. However, sandwiches in baggies or Tupperware labeled with the child’s name can be accommodated. Teachers will also heat lunch items in a microwave for students.
Which Class? Students who will be entering first grade in the fall and have completed kindergarten with sound foundations in reading, writing, math, and social and emotional skills may join the primary program for 1st-4th grade students at the Extension campus. Students who have not mastered these skills should register for the kindergarten program at the San Jose campus. Students who will enter the 4th grade in the fall may attend any of the primary sessions or may elect to attend the summer intermediate workshops for 4th-7th grade students. Students entering 7th grade may attend the intermediate classes or a variety of workshops designed for older students described in the upper division section for 7th-10th grade. The overlap allows for individualized placement based on individual student maturity. Please see Suzanne if you are unsure of the proper placement for your child.
Location: Preschool and Kindergarten classes for 2 ½-6 year olds meet at 1130 S. San Jose. Primary, Intermediate, and Upper Division classes for 1st-10th grade meet at 745 S. Extension.
Preschool/Kindergarten
Workshops for 2 ½-6 year olds
$95 weekly 9:00-11:30 M-F
$130 weekly 9:00-3:00 M-F
$155 weekly 6:30-6:00 M-F
Extended day programs include the workshop activities plus academic reinforcement and enrichment activities. Students may enroll for one week of a two-week session on a space available basis. These programs will be held at the San Jose campus.
June 1-4, June 7-11 UNDER THE SEA
This exciting oceanography workshop explores clown fish, lobsters, clams, crabs, fish, sharks, turtles, dolphins, and more! Each child will receive a plush sea life creature to keep as we make sea animal habitats, identify shells, make sand cast candles, hatch shrimp, and build sand castles. You can even look for shells in our classroom beach!
June 14-18,June 21-25 NOTHING IS BETTER THAN A BOX
Build a house in a refrigerator box and invite a friend to come in for a visit. Make an outer space diorama, paint a treasure box, create a box bed for your teddy bear. Run the cash register at the box store, and learn to cook using boxed ingredients. Ever give your child a gift to find they would rather play with the box? This workshop unleashes creativity!
June 28-July 2, July 5-9 I KNOW VAN GOGH
Students will “Meet the Masters” through exposure to famous paintings and their artists. We’ll experiment with watercolor, clay, tempera, charcoal, collage, and sculpture. We will even paint cookies with egg-paint and enjoy them for snack. Plan to attend our ending “Art Show” for families!
July 12-16, July 19-23 COOKING UP LITERATURE
Classic children’s literature combined with hands-on cooking. Bread baking and jam making will follow Bread and Jam for Francis. Stone Soup teaches cooperation and yields a yummy homemade soup to share. After reading Curious George we’ll churn banana ice cream! We’ll journey to France to read Babar and then bake crème puffs and venture into Where the Wild Things Are before enjoying Monster Cookies! And on Dr. Seuss day, who could resist green eggs and ham?
July 26-30, August 2-6 IN THE GARDEN
Botany is the study of plants! Grow a garden in a jar, make a flower arrangement, harvest vegetables from the school garden, learn about parts of a plant, plant seeds, watch the incredible seed race, see the dinosaur plant come to life, make leaf rubbings, and do cooking with roots, leaves, seeds, and flowers.
August 9-13, August 16-20 GROSS ‘N GOOEY SCIENCE
Learn about chemistry and physics as we conduct weird and wild hands-on experiments. Make your own slime, try out ooblick (is it a solid or a liquid?), create a square bubble, make water run uphill, cook a worm sundae (Yucky!) and more! It’s really clean, safe, and disgusting fun!
August 23-27 SUPER SUMMER SEND-OFF
Wow! Celebrate the end of summer! Make pizza, create soapy finger paintings, toss water balloons, eat snow cones, make a “me” book, and more!
Primary Workshops
For 1st-4th grade students
$140 weekly 9:00-3:00
$175 weekly extended day 6:30-5:45
Each week includes Montessori academics, sports, computers, math, animals, reading club, art, video games, movies, drama, cultural studies, science, cooking, and socialization plus our outstanding workshop theme!!! Students may enroll for one week of a multi-week course on a space available basis. No partial week enrollment is available to maintain curriculum continuity. Students entering first grade participate in a “First Grade Readiness” curriculum designed to give them a step up in the fall through phonics, reading, and math activities in addition to their workshop programs.
June 1-4, June 7-11 WHY?
Why don’t fish sink? Experiment to find out why. Why do beavers build dams? Make some in the water works. Why does ice cream change from a liquid to a solid? Make ice cream in a bag. Why are some foods “hot”? Make salsa to enjoy with chips. Why are spiders not insects? Meet a real tarantula. Why? Find all the answers to these and lots more questions, too.
June 14-18, June 21-25 TOY STORY
What if toys came to life? Put on a play with talking teddy bears and living Lego cars. Attend the toy swap meet, make your own wooden paddle ball game, learn to play pick up sticks and master the magic wire ring. Write your own story about toys that talk and bind your keepsake book. You are an author! Celebrate the workshop with a field trip to see the new movie, “Toy Story 3”.
June 28-July 2, July 5-9 BUTTERFLIES AND BEES
Entomology is the study of insects. We’ll watch in amazement as caterpillars change into butterflies in our classroom Butterfly Garden. We’ll later release them into our orchard. Students will create butterfly window stained glass and make symmetry butterfly paintings. We’ll go on a hunt for bees and taste honey made from different types of flowers. Students will bake honey cake, make bee bonnets, and create honeycomb designs. We’ll make honey carrot salad, and bee and butterfly models to fly from our ceiling. Float like a butterfly or sting like a bee, but don’t miss this fascinating workshop.
July 12-16, July 19-13 KNIGHTS AND DAMSELS
Be a lord or lady of the manor as we design our own coat of arms, build a castle big enough for YOU, create your own dragon book, try your skill at jousting, weave a flower wreath, and enjoy a Renaissance feast! Try your hand at fencing or embroidery, play Nine Men Morris or try out the fancy clothes in the costume center during Readers’ Theater. Ye art invited to enter the middle ages!
July 26-30, August 2-6 AMERICAN WILD ANIMALS
Investigate bison, wolves, polar bears, and moose. Learn about hedgehogs, salmon, eagles, and armadillos! Make a paper maché model of your favorite animal, dissect an owl pellet to see what it ate, make your own animal map of America, and read fiction and non-fiction stories about these amazing animals. Make a grizzly bear your friend!
August 9-13, August 16-20 THE MAGIC SCHOOL BUS
Jump on the Magic School Bus with Ms. Frizzle as we visit the time of dinosaurs and excavate plaster fossils just like real archaeologists. Travel inside the earth and make your own rock collection. A trip inside the human body teaches us about our 5 senses through hands-on experiments. Literature meets hands-on learning in this cross curriculum study. Don't miss the bus!
August 23-27 SUPER SUMMER SEND-OFF
Say goodbye to summer with a week of movies, cooking, drama, art, games, prizes, imaginative play, songs, and more! Make lemonade and flavored popcorn. Do the limbo and play the “orange pass”. Fall is almost here!
Intermediate Workshops
For 4th-7th grade students
$140 weekly 9:00-3:00
$175 weekly extended day 6:30-5:45
Each week includes Montessori academics, sports, computers, math, animals, reading club, art, video games, movies, drama, cultural studies, science, cooking, and socialization plus our outstanding workshop theme!!! Students may enroll for one week of a multi-week course on a space available basis. No partial week enrollment is available to maintain curriculum continuity.
June 1-4, June 7-11 MYTHOLOGY
Live in the world of ancient Greek and Roman mythology. Wear a toga, eat grapes and bake delicious Greek Cream Cheese and Honey Pie. Learn about the Minotaur, Poseidon, Medusa, Zeus, and Pegasus. Watch out for the Gorgon and Kraken! Write your own amazing myth and make a sculpture of a mythical beast. Celebrate summer with a Greek festival. Field trip to see “Clash of the Titans” after learning about this famous myth.
June 14-18, June 21-25 SUPERHEROES
Learn anime drawing, make your own comic book, create a real cape to wear while practicing your superpowers, and invent and develop fictional characters through role-playing games. Star in a superhero action movie filmed in HD! Then watch yourself on the big screen while enjoying superhero snacks!
June 28-July 2, July 5-9 CHINA
Discover China! Make a great wall, create ancient pottery and fire it in our school kiln, build a tin lantern, make a Zen garden, cook noodles, write in calligraphy, solve a tangram puzzle, make egg foo young, and go on a field trip to the Chinese Cultural Center. The Far East is no farther than our school!
July 12-16, July 19-23 TROPICAL VACATION
Iguanas, and monkeys, and parrots, oh my! We’ll investigate countries of the tropics and learn about rainforests and the animals that live there. We’ll make fried plantains, eat casada from Costa Rica, and whip up mango smoothies. Students will learn about monkeys and put on a play featuring lots of “monkey business”. Students will also go on a field trip to a waterpark to celebrate their Tropical Vacation!
July 26-30, August 2-6 ROCKETS AND ROBOTS
Real astronauts and aliens. Space travel and science fiction. Students will build rockets and schedule their own launch party. We’ll investigate the history of space exploration and how rockets work. Students will create dioramas featuring imaginary creatures from other planets and write a science fiction story to share with their peers. Come learn how robots are already part of our world and how they may be your best friends in the future. We’ll even eat freeze-dried ice cream…just like real astronauts!
August 9-13, August 16-20 PREHISTORIC TIMES
Take a look at real fossils to learn about life millions of years ago. Are birds relatives to dinosaurs? Why did the dinosaurs become extinct? Make fern leaf bookmarks. Make a cave painting like cavemen did in the Caves of Lascaux. Learn to make fire without a match. Create your own dinosaur. Make a journey to the Jurassic period!
August 23-27 SUPER SUMMER SEND-OFF
Say goodbye to summer with a week of movies, cooking, drama, art, games, prizes, imaginative play, songs, and more! Make lemonade and flavored popcorn. Do the limbo and play the “orange pass”. Fall is almost here!
Upper Division Workshops
For 7th –10th grade students
$140 weekly 9:00-3:00 M-F
$175 weekly extended day 6:30-5:45 M-F
June 1-4, June 7-11 FANTASY ROLE PLAYING: PRINCE OF PERSIA
Develop problem-solving skills as you go on a quest with your friends to find The Sands of Time in 6th century Persia. Students will discover real prizes to keep. A fantasy adventure, role playing game! Create your character, roll the dice, and discover danger, mystery, and intrigue. Includes a field trip to see the new Prince of Persia movie.
June 14-18, June 21-25 FILM MAKING
Make a film from start to finish! Students will write a screenplay, audition for roles, memorize their lines, go on location to film using HD video equipment, edit the footage using MAC computer programs, add a soundtrack, and hold a premiere! Each student will receive a copy of the final film on DVD.
June 28-July 2, July 5-9 AROUND ARIZONA
Everyone’s favorite summer workshop! Each day features educational and fun-filled activities! We’re going skating, bowling, fencing, playing billiards, to the movies, checking out museums, competing in a scavenger hunt at the mall, swimming, and more! There’s even an overnight camping trip to the cool pines on July 7 and 8. Join your friends-we'll see you around town!
July 12-16, July 19-23 THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX
Creativity unleashed! Learn how helicopter’s fly and navigate a model across the playground. How do cartoons move? Make your own animated movie using claymation techniques. Why do biscuit rise in the oven? Invent your own original recipe and try it out in our test kitchen. How do dogs learn tricks? Learn about behavior modification and invent a trick to teach our class dog. Also, lots of games to build team, leadership, and communication skills. Can you solve the team problem of the floating helium wand? Navigate the Acid River Challenge? Don’t sit home watching another game show. Be the game at this funny, entertaining, and amazing workshop.
California Dreamin’
A 4-day trip experience for mature students entering 5th grade and up!
We’ve worked hard all year and now it’s time to kick off summer with your friends. What better way to show your student how proud you are of their great achievements this past year!
May 28-31
$395
We are proud to offer our California trip! This experience is a fun filled adventure for mature students and is designed to build confidence, team skills, positive self-esteem, communication, and independence. Our summer trip always fills quickly and the real life skills learned last a lifetime. We also build bonds of friendship and memories for years to come. Please contact Suzanne if you have questions or would like more details about this remarkable program. A complete itinerary and gear list will be sent to registered participants early in May.
Friday, May 28 Leave school at 8 AM. A stop in Blythe for lunch before arrival in Buena Park. Check into our hotel and have a swim before dinner. Tonight, we visit the weird and amazing Ripley’s Believe It or Not Museum! Check out the “Human Pretzel”, world’s longest fingernails, and water that runs uphill!
Saturday, May 29 Huntington Beach is our destination this morning for boogie boarding and our annual sand castle contest. Then some souvenir shopping at the art booths and kite shops on the boardwalk. Lunch on the pier over the ocean at Ruby’s Diner. This afternoon, we head for Knott’s Berry Farm. Try the parachute drop, Ghostrider roller coaster, or Wild River. Perhaps you’d prefer tamer rides like the bumper cars or Zither?
Sunday, May 30 A full day at Disneyland today! We’ll see it all and ride our favorites twice. Space Mountain, Indiana Jones, and the Pirates of the Caribbean are waiting for you! We’ll close the park tonight with the fantastic fireworks display!
Monday, May 31 After breakfast, we pack up and head for home with enough great memories to last for years to come! We’ll arrive at school around 5PM.
All transportation, lodging, admissions, activities, and continental breakfasts are included. Students are responsible for four lunches and three dinners. This trip always fills quickly. A $95 non-refundable deposit is required with the remaining $300 due by May 10th.
Registration for Super Summer 2010
Please check the sessions your child will attend. Tuition is due prior to the start of each class. You are agreeing to financial responsibility for all classes indicated. Classes fill so register early. You may register for one week of a multi-week session on a space available basis, but there are no partial week options. Students attending less than a full week or who are absent pay the full week’s tuition, as we cannot take another student in your child’s place. There is a 10% discount for a second sibling concurrently enrolled. You will not receive confirmation of classes but will be notified by phone if the class you selected is full. Please copy this form for your records and call if you have questions. It is our goal to offer the most outstanding summer programs for all our students and we are looking forward to having YOU join us for a great summer!
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Please check the class weeks your child will attend:
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ÿCalifornia Trip
$95 deposit required,
balance due May 10
Please attach a check in the amount of one week’s tuition to confirm enrollment. This non-refundable deposit will be applied to your final week of attendance.
Amount attached: $ _________ Check # ________
$175 extended day
Two student discount: $266
extended day: $332.50