Courses are listed by grade levels and are filled on a first-come, first-served basis. Please read the appropriate class descriptions for your student and note your top three choices. When registering, you will submit the student’s top three class choices.  If the top (#1) choice is filled, they will be placed in the next available class. Students will be in the same class for all three Saturdays.

Please note there is a waitlist for classes that are filled based on payment status and choices selected. Students will be added if any openings become available. Families will be reimbursed if none of their choices can be accommodated.

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Grade 1 

1. Amazing Science Lab - Lyndsey Duke-Brooks
   As junior chemists, we will explore colors, solids, liquids, gases, polymers, chemical reactions, and so much more. Through minds-on experiments, you will become a scientist. No fancy laboratory is required! Note: This class does have some messy experiments.

 

Grades 1 & 2

2. Adventures in Number Jungle: A Math Quest - Allison Cowles
   Get ready for an epic math adventure! Explorers will enter the magical Number Jungle—a place filled with mystery animals, hidden patterns, and treasures waiting to be discovered. Each week, young explorers solve challenges using skip counting, equal groups, and arrays. Students build art-and-math projects they’ll take home each Saturday, and on the final day, they’ll design their own giant Number Jungle map filled with creatures, landmarks, and math puzzles. This course is perfect for curious, creative learners who love stories, building, problem-solving, and adventure! I can’t wait to go on this adventure with you!
3. The Art of Nature - Sarah Lynch
   Calling all artists! Create nature-inspired art while learning the science behind that nature. We will have so much fun investigating connections among science, nature, and art. I can’t wait to explore and create with you!
4. Deep Sea Discoveries - Leslie Allen
   Get ready to explore the incredible world beneath the waves! In this exciting class, you’ll discover fascinating marine creatures, mysterious underwater landscapes, and the science behind ocean exploration. Through fun activities and hands-on projects, you’ll uncover the secrets of one of Earth’s most amazing habitats. Come splash into learning with us!
5. Discover Art and More! - Melody Haase
   Unleash your inner artist in this art workshop. Create masterpieces in paint, design, and mixed media. Each week will open a new door to art. Come have fun and create with me!
6. Investigating the Natural World - Christy Givens
   Are you curious about the world around you? Are you ready to develop your science skills and learn more about our astonishing planet? We will explore why weather, mammals, trees, and insects all have an important place on our planet. In this class, you will assume the role of a scientist as we investigate, observe, create, and wonder together!
7. Picture-Perfect Science - Gayle Cooper
   Do you ever look at the world around you and ask, "Why does it work that way?" "How tall can I build this tower?" Or wonder how birds look so different? Well, if you love reading silly stories, building tall buildings, rolling objects down ramps, designing your own pollinator, or deciding the best bird beak shape, and so much more, then this is the class for you! We will use a blend of science and literacy to learn more about the world around us!
8. The Science of Thrills: Designing an Amusement Park of Fun - Candace Davis
   Step right up and join the FUN! Get ready for the most amazing adventure as we explore the wild, wonderful world of amusement parks! In this hands-on STEM/STEAM class, you’ll build, create, design, and play your way through exciting activities. You’ll get to engineer your own mini roller coasters, dream up awesome rides, design festival food, create with playdough, and end it all with carnival-style games! Come join the excitement and create your very own amusement-park world!

 

Grades 2 & 3

9. Acting - Julie Boggess
   Are you interested in trying out for a play or perhaps learning how to improve the times you share your ideas in class? You will have fun participating in acting games that help develop the skills needed for acting and speaking. By the end of the three sessions, you will perform a monologue for your parents.
10. Art Adventurers - Ashley Davison
    Prepare to create, explore, and imagine! Art Adventurers will learn about and explore art from around the world through many hands-on art-making activities, such as painting, drawing, and sculpting. Adventurers will create dioramas with items from nature and found objects, as well as create clay masterpieces. This class is perfect for creative and curious kids who love to build things and explore a wide variety of art materials
11. Be a Mathmagician! - Nicole Taylor
    Would you like to be a Mathmagician? Do you get excited at the thought of solving problems? Join us on a mathematical odyssey that includes games, puzzles, mysteries, and magic. Each week, we will explore math using a fun, minds-on, hands-on approach. Let’s wave our mathmagic wands, develop our mathmagical powers, and astound our friends and family!
12. Pirates Adventures and Hidden Treasures - Ellaine Thornberrry
    Ahoy, mateys! Let's take a trip on the high seas for pirate adventures. We will sail back to the days of deserted islands, secret treasure maps, and hidden gold. All pirates will design their own pirate hats, make treasure maps, and hunt for gold. Come aboard and let's discover treasures and adventures galore. Young pirates will be using reading, math, art, geography, and creative thinking skills in this class. ARGGHHH!
13. Spy Training Academy - Sara Spear - This course is at capacity 
    Calling all Junior Spies! The Jr. Spy Training Academy is about to begin, and we are looking for curious and creative minds to explore spy science. We’ll learn how to create invisible ink messages, make a cipher to solve codes, and create our own secret codes. (We have to keep our secrets safe!) Our special training will also include detective work such as dusting for fingerprints, using chromatography to test ink samples, building a pom-pom shooter to create a diversion, and other techniques to navigate the spy world. Who is ready to uncover the science behind spying, complete the academy, and get an official Spy School Training certificate?
14. Weave Me the Sunshine - Miwon Choe
    Louisa May Alcott, American novelist best known for her novel, "Little Women" wrote "We all have our own life to pursue, dream to be weaving, and we do have the power to make wishes come true as long as we keep believing." In this class, our young creative weavers and artists will begin with "Peace Catcher" where you cut, tear, paint into a beautiful multi-media art accompanied by creative stories of friendship, clap and tap movement, and songs of inspiration to sing together! We will also learn about a wide range of multi-media tapestry, Llama weaving from the Andes of Latin America adding to new sunshine ideas, and more!

 

Grades 3 & 4

15. Explore Chinese - Zhuqin Borders
    Get ready for an exciting journey to China! This hands-on course invites you to explore the richness of Chinese culture through fun, interactive activities. We will learn about delicious Chinese food, discover famous tourist landmarks, and practice the beautiful art of calligraphy. Plus, we'll try gentle movements of Taiji and have a blast with special activities like DIY boba tea making and group karaoke! Join us to explore, create, and deepen your appreciation for this amazing, dynamic culture.
16. The Great Escape - Michelle Eversole 
    Each week we will explore various escape room adventures, use our math skills to uncover the secret codes and try to escape before time runs out! Will we crack the code and escape? Adventures await, come join the fun to find out!
17. Math Detectives - Sarah Partin
    Calling all junior detectives! Put on your thinking caps, grab your magnifying glass (imaginary is fine), and get ready to become a Math Detective. In this fun and challenging class, we’ll solve mystery puzzles using number clues, patterns, and logic—just like real detectives do! We will crack clever clues using step-by-step hints to find secret number patterns, using reasoning tools to learn problem solving strategies, work in teams to share ideas and test our guesses, play exciting detective games, and learn how to show our evidence and detective skills.
18. Parks, Problems, and Possibilities - Amanda Rupsch
    Join us as we “visit” some national parks and learn about complex issues they face. We will learn about challenges parks are experiencing and use our critical thinking skills to design solutions for solving those problems. We will take a look at how engineers are solving problems for both wildlife and humans. Come explore possibilities and see how our ideas can be used for national parks and perhaps even locally.
19. The Science Chef: Food Experiments and Fun Recipes for Kids - Madison Staton
    Step into the kitchen and discover the magic of science with The Science Chef! In this hands-on class, you’ll explore exciting food experiments that teach you how science works in the kitchen. From learning why onions make you cry to discovering how cupcakes rise in the oven, each class will focus on different science topics, followed by a fun recipe that you can make and taste! You'll get to experiment with cool scientific ideas like fermentation, plant growth, and how acids and bases help baking happen—all while whipping up a delicious treat!
20. The Ultimate LEGO Challenge Quest - Jessi Hampton This course is at capacity 
    Start your adventure in the Innovation Lab by designing creative solutions to real problems and sharing your ideas like a young entrepreneur. Let your imagination grow as you write your own story and build a LEGO scene filled with characters and action. Take on an exciting engineering challenge by building a tall tower and testing it on our earthquake table to see how strong it is. This hands-on series lets you explore creativity, problem solving, storytelling, and STEM while encouraging you to dream big and build even bigger.

 

Grades 4 & 5

21. Artful Marketing: Exploring Design & Concepts - Haley Kirtley
    Dive into the exciting world of marketing where creativity meets strategy! Students will explore key marketing concepts and design principles through hands-on graphic design projects. Create eye-catching advertisements, develop unique branding ideas, and discover what makes products stand out. Experience the artful side of marketing and design!
22. Medical Mysteries: The Science of Solving Diseases - Ecil Miller
    Step into the world of medical detectives! In Medical Mysteries, students take on the role of scientists and healthcare investigators to uncover the secrets behind how our bodies work—and what happens when things go wrong. Through hands-on labs and real-world case studies, students will explore DNA replication, blood typing and testing, and the science of epidemiology to learn how medical professionals identify diseases, track outbreaks, and save lives. From analyzing genetic clues to tracing the source of an epidemic, this class brings biology, chemistry, and problem-solving together in exciting, investigative ways.
23. Mock Trials - Harmony Hendrick
    Are you interested in the court system and how trials are run? If so, this class is for you! Join us as we explore the court system, learn the parts of a trial, and act it all out in your day in court. We will participate in two mock trials where you will have important roles. Be ready to play your part and see that justice is served!

 

Grades 4, 5, & 6

24. Castles and Catapults - Shawn Quinn
    Discover how heroes and warriors have defended their people throughout history! Students will explore ancient armies and castle defenses through hands-on projects like shields, spears, and catapults. Each activity teaches problem-solving, teamwork, and creativity — the marks of a true hero.
25. Intro to Spanish Art - Sydney Young
    Join us and learn about different kinds of Spanish Art, including tiles, surrealism, and cubism! We will explore different techniques and art processes using a variety of mixed media such as acrylic paint, watercolor, and art pencils. Each week, you will take home a unique piece of art. Can’t wait to see you there!

 

Grades 5 & 6

26. Crime Busters - Laura Leeper
    Join our exciting Crime Busters class, where you'll become a detective solving mysteries by examining clues! You'll learn how to analyze different types of evidence like mysterious powders, hair samples, fingerprints, DNA, and blood. You'll use a microscope to identify unknown substances, compare hair and fingerprints, and even discover how to use DNA profiling and blood typing to crack the case. Get ready to uncover the secrets of crime scenes and become a top-notch sleuth!
27. Design & Code a 2D Video Game - Jennifer Emberton This course is at capacity 
    Gamefroot is the fun way to make 2D video games and share them with the world! You will learn creative coding, design thinking, and experience the thrill of publishing a video game. Come design and code a 2D video game with us on Gamefroot!
28. Mysteries of the Human Body - Cameron Carr-Calvert, Catherine Malin, and Emily Sutton
    The human body is one of the greatest mysteries of all time. Together, we will explore and solve some of the mysteries surrounding human anatomy and physiology, genetics, and more! Throughout the program, you’ll extract your own DNA, make a blood model, create breathing lungs, and so much more. Join us on this intriguing journey as we uncover the mysteries of the human body.
29. Robotics Rumble - Will King 
    Arrre youuu readyyy to... CODE! Join us for Robotics Rumble! Each week, a new, fast-paced challenge will pit your team's robot against others- it could be a race, a precision task, or an arena duel! Learn to iterate designs and solve problems on the fly as you adapt your code to the ever-changing demands of the competition. But success in this rumble requires more than good code- you need persistence and collaboration! So, if you love teamwork and are ready to tackle problems with a positive, never-give-up attitude, sign up today and see if your team will be crowned Ruler of Robotics Rumble!