2008 SUMMERQUEST JUNIORS
PROGRAMS (rising 1st – 3rd graders)
WEEK: JUNE 16-20
MORNINGS:
Jurassic Art
Go back in time, when dinosaurs roamed the Earth.
Explore volcanoes, fossils and all kinds of different dinosaurs through
Jurassic Art. We’ll create papier-mache dinosaur eggs and pasta fossils.
We’ll make magicical, model dinosaurs. We’ll even turn ourselves
into dinosaurs – feet, claws and all!!
Instructor: Shari
Burgdorf Limit: 16
students
OR
Sew Cool
Discover fabric’s creative side as you explore
its artistic identity. Create everything from fabulous puppets to fantastical
creatures as you learn basic sewing techniques and stitches. Then finish
off your art projects with buttons, beads, sequins and trim. A handy lifetime
skill, come add sewing to your artistic repertoire!
Instructor:
Reneé Boyette Limit:
14 students back to top
AFTERNOONS:
How Does Your Garden Grow? I
There are so many kinds of gardens you can create
and people garden in different ways all over the world. Make terrariums,
rock gardens, moss gardens and Zen gardens, while learning about plant
varieties, design styles, growing conditions and more. This camp will
make the horticultural artist in you bloom!
Instructor:
Jan Fiorilli Limit:
16 students
OR
Busy Bodies
Learn about keeping your body happy and healthy
in this active indoor and outdoor camp. Stretches, relay races, gymnastics
and games will be paired with learning how to make healthy snacks and
stay fit. Don’t just sit there – let’s get busy!
Instructor:
Dwyane Billingsley Limit:
16 students back to top
WEEK: JUNE 23-27
MORNINGS:
Buggy for Art
Enter the world of BUGS and ART! Meet caterpillars,
ladybugs, walking sticks, butterflies, oh my! Cutting, pasting, drawing,
painting, etching, sculpting, oh let’s try! We’ll even do
a little bug catching (and releasing!) outdoors, by and by. Science and
art make for a “buggy” good time, so come join us and FLY!
Instructor:
Shari Burgdorf Limit:
16 students
OR
Me, Myself and I
This award-winning art class uses art to build
self-esteem, explore values and the ways we relate to others, while having
lots of fun! We’ll use a variety of art materials and unusual objects
to create self-boxes, stuffed forms and other very cool projects that
let you show off who you are and who you dream of becoming.
Instructor:
Sandy Gifford Limit:
16 students back to top
AFTERNOONS:
Daffy About Drama
This fun and engaging class will introduce students
to creative drama through pantomime, character work, storytelling and
improvisation. Students will use their imaginations to create an original
theatrical presentation to be performed for family and friends on the
final Friday. Instructor:
Kellie Harris Limit:
16 students
OR
Treasure Hunters Jr.
There’s a national treasure just waiting
to be unearthed! Only a fearless team of treasure hunters, willing to
decode historical clues and follow cryptic leads around the country, if
not around the globe, can uncover this long hidden American secret. Are
you ingenious, inventive and a super sleuth? If so, then come help us
track down a national treasure and save the day!
Instructor:
Jan Fiorilli Limit:
16 students back to top
WEEK: JULY 7-11
MORNINGS:
Shake, Rattle and Roll
Do you ever find yourself full of energy, but
you’re not entirely sure what to do with it? Why not join us, as
we explore the basic elements of movement! We’ll play lots of movement
games, develop our creative skills, and make each action-packed day unique…
and fun!
Instructor:
Alexis Price Limit:
16 students
OR
Set the Stage
Learn about simple stage design as you create
the scenery for the Drama Kings and Queens production by creating set
pieces and building props! Whether you’re an actor, a painter, a
sculptor or an architect, watch your talents grow as you learn what kind
of team it takes to turn theatre magic into reality!
Instructor:
Sandy Gifford Limit:
16 students back to top
AFTERNOONS:
Drama Kings and Queens
Do you like pretending to be someone else? Here’s
a chance to use your energy and talents to bring storybook characters
to life, create faraway places and have imaginary adventures! Learn acting,
music and vocal techniques to express yourself on stage and captivate
an audience. Then “show” what you’ve learned to family
and friends!
Instructor:
Carolyn Shade-Gray Limit:
14 students
OR
Wood Wonders
Let’s get creative with wood! In this introduction
to woodworking, we’ll practice using basic tools and techniques
to construct a variety of projects. Have fun while constructing birdhouses,
treasure boxes, pie frames and much, much more. The perfect camp for little
builders and designers.
Instructor:
Reneé Boyette Limit:
16 students back to top
WEEK: JULY 14-18
MORNINGS:
Kitchen Chemistry I-SORRY, FULL!
Learn all about the chemistry and physical science
surrounding us everyday. Make ice cream without a freezer, create flubber
and goop, and make an egg bounce! Observe chemical reactions and physical
changes right before your eyes. Discover how many household items really
belong in a scientist’s laboratory!
Instructor:
Carolyn Shade-Gray Limit:
16 students
OR
Go Fish
Join us as we swim into the wonderful world of
theatre. Opportunities abound to act, sing and create your own dances
as you work on a musical to perform the last day of class. Go Fish tells
the story of a group of fish who desperately want to fit in. On their
journey, they meet clown fish and seahorses who try to help. Finally,
it is the Great White Shark who reminds them to be themselves and shows
them how many great friends they’ve made along the way.
Instructor:
Kellie Harris Limit:
16 students back to top
AFTERNOONS:
Down to a Science
Have a blast as you learn new science concepts
and use your curiosity to develop new skills! Explore the natural world
with fun-filled outdoor adventures. Make rockets, find spider webs, erupt
volcanoes, search for fossils, take daily walking field trips and more.
This trek into the natural sciences will open up a whole new world!
Instructor:
Carolyn Shade-Gray Limit:
16 students
OR
What’s Your Story? II
We all have stories tumbling around our imaginations,
but how do they get from our heads into real books? Here’s your
chance to learn how by publishing one of your own. We’ll read some
of our favorite books and look at how the illustrations bring the stories
in them to life. Then we’ll write our own tales of adventure, fantasy
and fun; create illustrations for them; and finally bind each one into
a book for each student to take home!
Instructor:
Reneé Boyette Limit:
16 students back to top
WEEK: JULY 21-25
MORNINGS:
Pour Your Heart Out
Time to throw those paintbrushes away as your
POUR yourself a painting! This class offers young experimenters a great
new way to create a painting with very little brushwork. Working in watercolor,
layer by layer, you’ll see your painting evolve into a finished
work, almost like a Polaroid photo that develops before your eyes! Try
something new… just do it! Wear destructible clothes!
Instructor:
Sandy Gifford Limit:
16 students
OR
Mystery Madness
Do you love mysteries and whodunits? Become
a super sleuth as you play all kinds of mystery games to test your crime-solving
talents. Follow clues then use your new forensic skills to "wrap
up a big case". Be part of Raleigh’s youngest detective agency!
Instructor:
Jan Fiorilli Limit:
16 students back to top
AFTERNOONS:
Kitchen Chemistry II
Learn all about the chemistry and physical science
surrounding us everyday. Make ice cream without a freezer, create flubber
and goop, and make an egg bounce! Observe chemical reactions and physical
changes right before your eyes. Discover how many household items really
belong in a scientist’s laboratory!
Instructor:
Carolyn Shade-Gray Limit:
16 students
OR
The Art of Collage
Can you piece together a picture the same way
you make a jigsaw puzzle? Learn how different artists piece together beautiful
collages then create some of your own. Use photographs, homemade papers,
magazine images, fabric and a wide array of other materials to turn your
imagination into artwork!
Instructor:
Reneé Boyette Limit:
16 students back to top
WEEK: JULY 28 – AUG. 1
MORNINGS:
Make a Print
Learn the basics of printmaking and all about
the different things you can use to make prints! From the common potato
to playdough, corks, playing cards and other quirky stuff, you’ll
learn different printing and painting methods and have a great time too!
Wear destructible clothing, please.
Instructor:
Sandy Gifford Limit:
16 students
OR
Fawning Over Flora
Summers are filled with green leaves, tall trees,
plants and flowers galore. Let’s head outdoors to see how many we
can find and explore the many different ways that they grow. We’ll
hike, sketch, hunt, collect, splash and have a great time as we learn.
Instructor:
Jan Fiorilli Limit:
16 students back to top
AFTERNOONS:
Adventures in Puppetry
Puppets are soooooooo dramatic! They can be happy,
sad, mischievous and sometimes even very brave. Strap on your imagination
as we create original skits using puppet actor friends. Along the way,
we’ll explore many different styles of puppets and make some of
our very own.
Instructor:
Dwayne Billingsley Limit:
16 students
OR
Attention Architects II
Want to have a “constructive” experience
this summer? Learn about the design and construction of buildings, towers,
bridges and boats. Then use that knowledge to build and test your own
designs. Math, literature, science and art will serve to guide us in our
projects. Ultimately, we will endeavor to create our very own recycled
city and original printed cityscapes!
Instructor:
Reneé Boyette Limit:
14 students back to top
2008 SUMMERQUEST SENIORS PROGRAMS (rising 4th –
6th graders)
WEEK: JUNE 16-20
MORNINGS:
Out and About
What’s out there? Let’s find out!
We’ll head outdoors to explore all the plants, animals, geology
and water in the world around us this summer. We’ll hike, sketch,
hunt, collect, splash and generally enjoy ourselves as we learn. We’ll
even use binoculars, because you never know what you might see when you
get out and about!
Instructor:
Jan Fiorilli Limit:
16 students
AFTERNOONS:
Behind the Masks
Ever wanted to see what was behind a mask? Learn
the ins and outs of mask making and its history using various materials
- clay, papier-mâché, found items and paper. From animals
to aliens, create expressive, humorous and outrageous masks to wear, to
scare or to hang up in your room.
Instructor:
Jim Hunt Limit:
16 students
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WEEK: JUNE 23-27
MORNINGS:
Comic Improv & Characters
Sometimes actors make it up as they go along,
creating comedic sketches and crazy characters that have their audiences
laughing ‘til they cry. Find your own dramatic funny bone this summer
as you develop comic improv skills through theatre games and other activities.
In the process, you’ll explore acting by becoming all kinds of characters
who find themselves in the oddest situations.
Instructor:
Kellie Harris Limit:
16 students
AFTERNOONS:
Brush It Off
Do you like to paint? Spend a week exploring different
painting styles and media, including tempura, watercolor and acrylic paints.
Learn to express your imagination and develop a style all your own as
your create your own portraits, still lifes and other masterpieces.
Instructor:
Jim Hunt Limit:
16 students
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WEEK: JULY 7-11
MORNINGS:
Bones, Rock and Tracks
What do you see when you look down on the ground?
Can you follow a trail of tracks certain of what kind of animal you’ll
find at the end? Have you read the stories that rocks tell when you open
them up to see the fossils inside? Creatures great and small leave clues
behind to tell us that they were here. We’ll study bones, tracks,
fossils and other animal signs to solve mysteries about what lived here
before us.
Instructor:
Jan Fiorilli Limit:
16 students
AFTERNOONS:
Express Yourself
All great actors and actresses must use three
things to bring characters to life: their voices, their bodies and their
imaginations. We will use all three as well as improvisation, masks, and
scripted scenes to explore what fun it can be to become someone else.
On Friday we will take the stage to express ourselves.
Instructor:
Staci Sabarksy Limit:
16 students
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WEEK: JULY 14-18
MORNINGS:
Cartooning Fun!
Bring your funny bone with you and learn to create
cartoons in color and black and white. Gain confidence in your talents
as you discover how to capture your unique sillies on paper! Tell your
parents to clear off the fridge – by the end of this camp, they’ll
have lots of funny stuff coming their way!
Instructor:
Sandy Gifford Limit:
16 students
AFTERNOONS:
K’nex K’nextion
Are you a builder or want to be one? Well,
come help construct an entire working amusement park using K’nex
construction materials! Once you’ve mastered K’nex, move
on to build your own creations and make new friends, while working with
others to accomplish these major construction projects!
Instructor:
Jan Fiorilli Limit:
16 students
OR
Musical Theatre Camp (2-week camp July 14-25)
Join us for a fun-filled 2-week adventure as we
rehearse then perform the smash-hit British musical Honk! This modern-day
version of the classic Hans Christian Anderson story “The Ugly Duckling”
gives up-tempo barnyard life a whole new vibe. Simple sets and costumes
will round out the show.
Instructors:
Staci Sabarsky & Mary Kathryn Walson
Limit: 25
students back to top
WEEK: JULY 21-25
MORNINGS:
Wild About Animals
Have fun with animals and art! Come explore the
animal kingdom as we make papier-mâché animals, clay animal
pinch pots, oil pastel animal pattern drawings, animal styrofoam prints,
animal ornaments and more. A great class for animal lovers who want to
experiment with a wide variety of art mediums.
Instructor:
Shari Burgdorf Limit:
16 students
AFTERNOONS:
SummerQuest Survivors
Who will be the sole survivor? Compete in team
and individual challenges that test your physical and mental strength.
Immunity is up for grabs. Decide on team names and making flags as part
of your assignment. Are you willing to run, jump, pull, climb, think,
stratigize and eat gross stuff? Then maybe you will be crowned SummerQuest
Survivor 2008!
Instructor:
Jan Fiorilli Limit:
16 students
OR
Musical Theatre Camp (2-week camp July 14-25)
Join us for a fun-filled 2-week adventure as we
rehearse then perform the smash-hit British musical Honk! This modern-day
version of the classic Hans Christian Anderson story “The Ugly Duckling”
gives up-tempo barnyard life a whole new vibe. Simple sets and costumes
will round out the show.
Instructors:
Staci Sabarsky & Mary Kathryn Walson
Limit: 25
students
back to top
WEEK: JULY 28 – AUG. 1
MORNINGS:
Globetrotters
Set off on an expedition to see the world! Hike
through the continents… Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North and
South America to explore the special arts and crafts unique to each one.
Look into old and new civilizations from the Romans and their mosaics
to Tibetan monks and their sand art.
Instructor:
Shari Burgdorf Limit:
16 students
AFTERNOONS:
Treasure Hunters Sr.
There’s a national treasure just waiting
to be unearthed! Only a fearless team of treasure hunters, willing to
decode historical clues and follow cryptic leads around the country, if
not around the globe, can uncover this long hidden American secret. Are
you ingenious, inventive and a super sleuth? If so, then come help us
track down a national treasure and save the day!
Instructor:
Jan Fiorilli Limit:
16 students
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