A Summer Enrichment Experience at Portland Jewish Academy
g n i t a r b e l Ce 10 years! EXPLORE
Your Creativity
DISCOVER Your Talents
NURTURE
Your Curiosity
BROADEN Your Horizons
pjaproud.org/summer
At the heart of PJA Summer Discovery... are experienced teachers and staff creating their classes, based on topics they are passionate about, and sharing them with your children. Summer Discovery instructors strive to provide quality enrichment programming that is fun and challenging, with the goal of providing “new learning� for students.
General information: p. 2-4 Leapfrog: (Ages 4-6): p. 5-6 Stepping Stone: (Grades 1-3) p. 7-8 Mosaic: (Grades 2-6) p. 9-10 Soaring: (Grades 3-6) p. 11-12 Dragon Team: p. 13 Instructors: p. 14
• Program Hours: 9:00 am - 1:00 pm (pre-care available at 7:30 am) • All students must be the designated age for the program and potty trained by the start of class. • PJA does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, sexual orientation, gender identity or national origin in the administration of its educational policies, admission policies, or any programs.
Bring a vegetarian snack and lunch (meat- and shellfish-free) and a water bottle.
• PJA Pre-Care: 7:30 - 9:00 am Cost: $25 per week (pre-registration required) • MJCC Extended Day: 1:00 - 4:00 pm Continue on to MJCC Day Camp! PJA will escort students to the MJCC at 1:00 pm. For ages 4 - grade 6 Cost: $136. Member Cost: $114. • MJCC After-Care: 4:00 - 6:00 pm. Cost: $45. Member Cost: $38.
Every effort will be made to offer listed programs and instructors. If a program must be canceled, PJA will make every effort to direct your child to another program or offer a full refund. There are no refunds after May 1 except for course cancellation. In the unusual case where refunds are appropriate, PJA will charge a $25 processing fee.
Celinda Llanez, Summer Discovery Director: cllanez@pjaproud.org
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PROGRAM
LEAPFROG Ages 4-6
STEPPING STONE Entering Grades 1-3
JULY 6-10
JULY 13-17
JULY 20-24
Magic School Bus®: The Human Body
Magic School Bus®: The Human Body
Rainbows & Unicorns
Rainbows & Unicorns
Sing, Strum, Bang, Play!
Part 1: Art Takes Nature As a Model - Aristotle
Part 2: Art Takes Nature As a Model - Aristotle
Mini Masters: Eco Art
Puppet Theatre: Imaginative Storytelling
Puppet Theatre: Imaginative Storytelling
Mini Masters: Eco Art
Chemistry for Kids
Jedi Engineering using LEGO®
Intro to STEM using LEGO®
PJAWarts
Storigami
Balloon Blast!
Play with Your Food, Eat Your Science
Origami & Japanese Culture
String Arts, String Arts
Amigurumi: Crochet a Stuffie
Jedi Master Engineering Using LEGO®
Garden to Table
Minecraft®: Powered by Redstone
Where In the World is Carmen Sandiego?
Logic Puzzles
Chemistry for Kids
Makers for Pollinators
Minecraft®: Survival 101
Dungeons & Dragons For Beginners
Makerspace: Robots, Robots, Robots!
Makerspace: Making Things Fly!
Makerspace: Fun with Circuits
Garden to Table
Garden to Table
Magic School Bus®:
JULY 27-31 Magic School Bus®:
Sing, Strum, Bang, Play! Cupcake Warz
MOSAIC
Entering Grades 2-6
Minecraft®: Build School Minecraft® Master Engineering using LEGO® Garden to Table
SOARING
Entering Grades 3-6
Makerspace: Game Making Workshop
DRAGON TEAM Ages 7-15
Junior Detectives The Beauty of Math & Art
See a class you’re interested in, but are older than the age assigned to the class? Join the Dragon Team and be a leader! See page 13.
Leapfrog engages young learners in an exploration of math, science, and literacy activities that are hands-on and inquiry-based. These classes nurture your child’s curiosity, allow imaginations to flourish and encourage a love for learning.
Stepping Stone inspires children to explore new and exciting topics that incorporate inquiry-based activities, global themes and project-based work. Students will form friendships with other learners who share their passion for the same topic.
Mosaic brings together a broader range of students in an effort to foster and encourage a patchwork of new ideas and lines of inquiry. With mixed-age groups, students learn from their instructor and from one another.
Soaring challenges learners to broaden their thinking through in-depth study of topics offered by our talented instructors. Classes will be taught with inquiry in mind, allowing students to express themselves creatively.
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JULY 6-10
Ages 4 - 6
JULY 13-17
JULY 20-24
JULY 27-31
Magic School Bus速: The Human Body
Magic School Bus速: The Human Body
Magic School Bus速: Rainbows & Unicorns
Magic School Bus速: Rainbows & Unicorns
Sing, Strum, Bang, Play!
Part 1: Art Takes Nature As a Model - Aristotle
Part 2: Art Takes Nature As a Model - Aristotle
Mini Masters: Eco Art
Puppet Theatre: Imaginative Storytelling
Puppet Theatre: Imaginative Storytelling
Mini Masters: Eco Art
MAGIC SCHOOL BUS® SERIES: THE HUMAN BODY
PART 2: ART TAKES NATURE AS A MODEL - ARISTOTLE
MAGIC SCHOOL BUS® SERIES: LAND OF UNICORNS, NARWHALS & RAINBOWS
PUPPET THEATRE: IMAGINATIVE STORYTELLING
Mrs. Frizzle and her young scientists will make blood, expand lungs, and learn about fire safety. Take a field trip to Doernbecher’s Safety Center, ride the Tram, and much more! Instructors: Ellen Kipnis & Debbie Sweeney Cost: $215
Come join Ms. Frizzle and explore the magical and mystical “Land of Unicorns, Narwhals & Rainbows.” Our journey includes unicorn tales, rainbow science, art, and much more. Instructor: Ellen Kipnis Cost: $215
MINI MASTERS: ECO ART
Why is it important to leave gentle footprints on our planet, and how does Eco Art help us do that? Come learn about natural dyes, recycled paper, repurposed canvases, and more! Let’s honor our planet and learn about our impact. Instructor: Katie Kornberg Cost: $215
Spend the week in the outdoor classroom and be inspired by nature! Keep a nature journal and use natural items to create clay nature prints and face sculptures. Explore patterns, paint your designs on rocks, and more! Instructor: Leslie Berman Cost: $215
Join in on some summer storytelling as we create small and large scale puppets, learn how to bring them to life through theatre, and share our experiences through storytelling. Instructor: Katie Kornberg Cost: $210
SING, STRUM, BANG, PLAY!
Explore many styles of music and music-making! Come sing, listen, explore musical instruments, and build your own. Sing as a group, listen to music from around the world, and learn from guest musicians. Perform in a musical parade around the school at the end of the week! Instructor: Aaron Peterson Cost: $210
PART 1: ART TAKES NATURE AS A MODEL - ARISTOTLE
Spend the week in the outdoor classroom and be inspired by nature! Take nature walks, collect natural items to make mandalas, do nature weaving, and create flower fairies. Explore patterns, make nature's paintbrushes, and more! Instructor: Leslie Berman Cost: $215
Register at: pjaproud.org/summer
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JULY 6-10 Chemistry for Kids
Storigami
Entering Grades 1-3
JULY 13-17 Jedi Engineering using LEGO®
Balloon Blast!
Sing, Strum, Bang, Play!
JULY 20-24
JULY 27-31
Intro to STEM using LEGO®
PJAWarts
Play with Your Food, Eat Your Science
Origami & Japanese Culture
BALLOON BLAST!
Learn all of the basic techniques of a balloon artist and combine them to create amazing creatures, wearables, and even characters out of balloons! Each student will receive their own Qualatex® Balloon Pump and a bag of 100 assorted balloons. Instructor: Stone Johnsen Cost: $220
CHEMISTRY FOR KIDS
Learn how different properties interact, combine and change through fun and handson experiments. We'll melt metal with our hands, learn the difference between exothermic and endothermic reactions, and learn how to create our own fireworks and more! Instructor: Heather Maclaughlan Cost: $210
INTRO TO STEM USING LEGO® AGES 5-7
Ratchet up your imagination with tens of thousands of LEGO® parts! Design and build as never before, and explore your craziest ideas in a supportive environment. Instructor: Play-Well Teknologies Cost: $195
JEDI ENGINEERING USING LEGO® AGES 5-7
The Force Awakens in this introductory engineering course for young Jedi! Explore engineering principles by designing and building projects using LEGO® materials. Create motorized and architectural projects with imagination and engineering to defeat the Empire! Instructor: Play-Well Teknologies Cost: $195
ORIGAMI & JAPANESE CULTURE
STORIGAMI
PJAWARTS
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Explore a centuries-old culture through art, food, and language including origami, calligraphy, fabric printing, folk tales, games, and food. You’ll love this playful, creative, and delicious introduction to some of Japan's most fascinating elements. Instructor: Bess Nation Cost: $215
Potions, Care of Magical Creatures, Transfigurations! Spend a week steeped in the magic of PJA. Each day will focus on a different magical specialty through stories, magic tricks, illusions, and chemistry. A professional magician will visit the class. Abracadabra! Instructor: Susanna Perrin Cost: $220
Origami artists of all levels will delight in folding characters from their favorite stories and creating their own tales! From cute Pokémon to giant paper airplane races, we'll blend technical skills with artistic whim, while enjoying as much of the summer weather as possible. Instructor: Bess Nation Cost: $210
pjaproud.org/summer
PLAY WITH YOUR FOOD, EAT YOUR SCIENCE
Turn those ordinary kitchen cabinets into a science lab with this fun and exciting science class. This class is fast paced with several experiments each day. Hands on and messy! Instructor: Heather MacLaughlan Cost: $215
SING, STRUM, BANG, PLAY!
Explore many styles of music and music-making! Come sing, listen, explore musical instruments, and build your own. Sing as a group, listen to music from around the world, and learn from guest musicians. Perform in a musical parade around the school at the end of the week! Instructor: Aaron Peterson Cost: $210
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JULY 6-10 Cupcake Warz Minecraft®: Build School
Entering Grades 2-6
Minecraft® Master Engineering using LEGO®
Garden to Table
JULY 13-17
JULY 20-24
JULY 27-31
String Arts, String Arts
Amigurumi: Crochet a Stuffie
Jedi Master Engineering Using LEGO®
Garden to Table
Minecraft®: Powered By Redstone
Where In the World is Carmen Sandiego?
AMIGURUMI: CROCHET A STUFFIE
Amigurumi is the Japanese art of crocheting stuffed animals. Spend the week learning crochet and sewing techniques, and take home your own stuffie and crochet hook! Instructor: Lucy Schwimmer Cost: $220
CUPCAKE WARZ
Make, bake, and decorate! Spend the week perfecting cupcake baking and decorating techniques, promoting your designs, and being critiqued by special guest judges! Will your cupcake reign supreme? Instructor: Lucy Schwimmer Cost: $225
GARDEN TO TABLE
Start your day in the garden exploring, investigating, and tending to our little piece of this wondrous world! Pull weeds, plant seeds, and harvest fresh vegetables. Cook and eat healthy, delicious meals, featuring our very own garden produce harvested by YOU! Be outside and get your hands dirty! Meals are kosher and vegetarian. Instructor: Blair Borax Cost: $225
JEDI MASTER ENGINEERING USING LEGO®
The Force Awakens in this advanced engineering course for young Jedi! Discover key concepts such as gear trains, worm drives, and eccentric motion. Build projects using LEGO®, complex machines, and structures from a galaxy far, far away. Instructor: Play-Well Teknologies Cost: $200
MINECRAFT®: BUILD SCHOOL
Learn all about the fundamentals of quality Minecraft® building. Explore many different types of architecture from around the world, and learn how to build examples of them! Dive into some new and amazing building techniques for interior decorating and design in Minecraft®. Instructor: Stone Johnsen Cost: $205
MINECRAFT®: MASTER ENGINEERING USING LEGO® AGES 8-12 Bring Minecraft® to life using LEGO® parts! Build a motorized walking Creeper, a terrifying Ghast, and a motorized Minecart! Explore realworld concepts in physics, engineering, and architecture while building your favorite Minecraft® objects. Instructor: Play-Well Teknologies Cost: $195
WHERE IN THE WORLD IS CARMEN SANDIEGO?
Solve puzzles, crack codes, experience different cultures, and explore world landmarks as we travel around the world in search of the mysterious Carmen Sandiego! Instructor: Lucy Schwimmer Cost: $220
Register at:
pjaproud.org/summer
MINECRAFT®: POWERED BY REDSTONE
Focus on creating machines using Redstone circuitry and engineering—one of Minecraft's® coolest features. Also, learn a little bit of JSON computing with Minecraft® Command Blocks! Explore the complexities of Redstone in a supported environment, with an instructor who aims to make it easy to understand! Instructor: Stone Johnsen Cost: $205
STRING ARTS, STRING ARTS
Spend the week perfecting friendship bracelets, making cool lanyards, building bead animals, and more! Weaving and string arts help with planning, organization, fine motor skills, and creativity. All skill levels welcome! Instructor: Lucy Schwimmer Cost: $220
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Entering Grades 3-6
JULY 6-10
JULY 13-17
Logic Puzzles
Chemistry for Kids
Makers for Pollinators
MinecraftÂŽ: Survival 101
Dungeons & Dragons For Beginners
Makerspace: Robots, Robots, Robots!
Makerspace: Making Things Fly!
Makerspace: Fun with Circuits
Garden to Table
Garden to Table
Makerspace: Game Making Workshop
JULY 20-24
JULY 27-31
Junior Detectives The Beauty of Math & Art
JUNIOR DETECTIVES
CHEMISTRY FOR KIDS
Learn how different properties interact, combine, and change through fun and hands-on experiments. We'll melt metal with our hands, learn the difference between exothermic and endothermic reactions, and learn how to create our own fireworks and more! Instructor: Heather Maclaughlan Cost: $210
DUNGEONS & DRAGONS FOR BEGINNERS
Come slay dragons! Learn how to create a character, work as a team, and practice epic storytelling. Come play with Dungeon Master Adrianne as she teaches you beginner rules and the ins and outs of Dungeons and Dragons! Instructor: Adrianne Sharrock Cost: $225
GARDEN TO TABLE
Start your day in the garden exploring, investigating, and tending to our little piece of this wondrous world! Pull weeds, plant seeds, and harvest fresh vegetables. Cook and eat healthy, delicious meals, featuring our very own garden produce harvested by YOU! Be outside and get your hands dirty! Meals are kosher and vegetarian. Instructor: Blair Borax Cost: $225
MAKERSPACE: MAKING THINGS FLY!
It's your first day on the job and you have received a confidential folder filled with codes, cyphers, brain teasers, riddles, and logic puzzles. Work your way through your file, solve your case, and explore the life of a detective in order to earn your Junior Detective badge! Instructor: Kasey Breuier Cost: $220
Learn about aerodynamics and propulsion through experimentation and discovery. Build projects that test different fundamentals of flight. Spend the week in the Makerspace working on projects such as vortex cannons and stomp rockets! Instructor: Matthew Dalton Cost: $215
LOGIC PUZZLES
Become a true Minecraft® expert of Survival Mode. Learn how to thrive in Minecraft® from day one by planning short and long-term goals. Gather resources by learning how to farm, trade with other villagers, brew potions, and more! Explore Minecraft® survival techniques that directly relate to real-life survival skills! Instructor: Stone Johnsen Cost: $205
Explore the world of logic puzzles: Sudoku, KenKen, logic grid puzzles, brain teasers, and more. At the end of the week, take your puzzle workbooks home. Instructor: Kasey Breuier Cost: $220
MAKERS FOR POLLINATORS
Be ready to build and create while helping some of the world's most critical critters: pollinators! Make a big difference by creating solitary bee habitats, butterfly and bird feeders, and wildflower seed postcards. Let's make a positive difference while enjoying the summer sun. Butterflies guaranteed! Instructor: Bess Nation Cost: $215
MAKERSPACE: FUN WITH CIRCUITS
Play with made circuits and learn how to build our own. Explore the fun world of circuitry by making interactive and wearable projects. Spend the week in PJA’s Makerspace creating exciting projects such as paper circuits and sewn monsters! Instructor: Matthew Dalton Cost: $225
MAKERSPACE: GAME MAKING WORKSHOP
Learn programming with the micro:bit. Spend the week playing around with different programming concepts while working towards creating your very own hand-held game. Spend the week in PJA’s Makerspace, learning the ropes of programming! Instructor: Matthew Dalton Cost: $215
MINECRAFT®: SURVIVAL 101
MAKERSPACE: ROBOTS, ROBOTS, ROBOTS!
Let’s make some robots! With just a couple of motors and a little bit of power, you will learn how simple it is to start making your very own robots. Come spend the week in PJA’s Makerspace making robots such as an aftbot or mousebot! Instructor: Matthew Dalton Cost: $225
THE BEAUTY OF MATH & ART
Explore the beauty of math and art. With inspiration from such artists as Sonia Delaunay, Frank Stella, and Paul Klee, we will learn about how they use line and pattern in their work, and will create our own original works of art using geometric design and mathematical patterns. Instructor: Tracy Wygant Cost: $210
Register at:
pjaproud.org/summer 12
Ages 7 - 15 All classes are Dragon Team opportunities! We hope you join our team! Do you see a class that interests you? Just pick your topic, pay, and register! Learn leadership skills by aiding the instructor, participating in class activities, and contributing your knowledge to young children. Each team member will receive a t-shirt and certificate of participation.
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I really enjoyed being a Dragon Team Member. I had fun doing the classes, and it was also really rewarding helping others do them too! I like how it taught me about leadership and caring for others.
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- Rose, Dragon Team Member
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AARON PETERSON
has been studying music since a child and received his formal music education at Roosevelt University in classical trumpet. He taught music and Jewish Studies at PJA.
ADRIANNE SHARROCK
has taught at PJA for 14 years. She enjoys laughing and learning with children every day. She is super excited to teach and share her hobby of Dungeons and Dragons with a new generation of kiddos!
BESS NATION
teaches to foster a love of reading and a sense of wonder in her students. A PSU graduate, she has taught in the USA, China, and was an instructional assistant in second grade at PJA this year.
BLAIR BORAX
has taught gardening and cooking classes for six years at farms, gardens, food banks, community college, and high schools. She believes that the garden and the kitchen are wonderful living laboratories for young people to connect with their food, the earth, themselves, and each other.
CELINDA LLANEZ
teaches Kindergarten at PJA and is the Director of the Summer Discovery program. She is looking forward to celebrating Summer Discovery's 10th anniversary!
DEBBIE SWEENEY
has taught in the PJA Preschool for four years. She loves providing preschoolers with opportunities to play and explore to support them in their learning processes. She is passionate about finding great picture books for preschoolers!
ELLEN KIPNIS
has taught for 25 years, 13 of those at PJA. She believes in learning through hands-on activities and curiosity as a guide to gaining new knowledge. She loves children and her goal is to make a positive difference in all children’s lives.
HEATHER MACLAUGHLAN
has worked for five years with Summer Discovery and works for the Kidscorner Afterschool Program. When Heather isn't having a blast working with kids, she spends her time with family. Her favorite pastimes are traveling and reading.
JAKE MCCOY
LUCY SCHWIMMER
has taught second grade at PJA for three years. She is excited to bake, make beautiful string art, and explore the world with you this summer!
MATTHEW DALTON
has been involved in the Maker community since volunteering at the inaugural Maker Faire in 2006. He's since worked at Make: Magazine, Instructables, Autodesk, Maker Faire, and currently teaches at PJA. He holds a Master's in Interactive Art and Technology from Simon Fraser University.
PLAY-WELL TEKNOLOGIES
has worked in Jewish education in various capacities over the last 11 plus years. This will be his third year working with the Summer Discovery program at PJA.
provides project-based programs for children, ages 4-14, using LEGO®. As they build elaborate objects, structures and vehicles, kids have fun while exploring fundamental principles of engineering and physics.
KASEY BREUIER
STONE JOHNSEN
has taught for eight years in both public and private schools, two of those at PJA. She believes that learning should be fun and student-driven. Kasey takes her inspiration from her second grade teacher, who was her favorite teacher and mentor.
KATIE KORNBERG
taught preschool students this year. She has studied many different modalities of fine art. Her passion is ceramics. Katie finds inspiration by guiding others through unlocking their creative potential.
LESLIE BERMAN
teaches in the PJA preschool. She is passionate about outdoor education, gardening, and art. She is a leader in developing the outdoor classroom and loves to teach classes there in the summer, embracing everything the season offers.
has been working in after school care for ten years. He’s a professional balloon entertainer, owner of PDX Balloons, as well as a photographer, a musician, an artist, and seasoned Minecraft® veteran!
SUSANNA PERRIN
has been teaching at PJA for 18 years. She loves the integration of stories and art with learning. She enjoys reading, creating her own art and stories and spending time with her family and pets.
TRACY WYGANT
taught math at PJA for 21 years in the Middle School and provided math support in the Lower School. She enjoys incorporating art projects in her math classes and is looking forward to spending an entire week making art through a mathematical lens.
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Portland Jewish Academy Summer Discovery Ages 4 - 15 6651 SW Capitol Hwy. Portland | 503.244.0126 | pjaproud.org
PJA SUMMER
DISCOVERY
2020