ENRICHMENT
MIDDLE SCHOOL Rising 5th – Rising 8th Graders
3-D GAMES WITH UNITY
Within the process of learning and rehearsing an abbreviated Shakespeare play, students will work on personal and interpersonal skills, including focus, compassion, imagination, patience, problemsolving and collaboration. They will also work on basic dramatic skills such as enunciation, focus, cooperation, vocal projection, language skills and acting. Finally, this camp gives students a leg up for deeper immersion into Shakespeare in the future! We ask that each child come to every day of camp, as each day builds upon the day before and each individual is important to the experience of the group. Cynde Liffick, co-founder of Richmond Shakespeare Festival at Agecroft Hall, is in her 20th year as a Shakespeare instructor, director and performer. Her present company, Bard Unbound, takes Shakespeare off the page and on the stage through Virginia. For more information, contact Cynde Liffick at cynde@bardunbound.org.
Black Rocket Rising 6th Graders – rising 8th Graders June 27 – July 1 • 1 – 4 p.m. $230 • Bring a healthy snack and a filled water bottle to camp each day. Are you ready to take your game design skills to another level? With Unity, an industry-grade design software, aspiring game designers will learn level editing, 3-D modeling, impactful gameplay creation and how to utilize scripts and variables. Student-created games will be available on a password protected Black Rocket website to share with friends and family. Returning students can create more advanced projects that build on previous years. Black Rocket has 20 years of experience designing courses in the STEAM fields. Every program is powered by the child’s innate imagination and designed to bring to bring a student’s ideas to life in a fun, hands-on learning environment. All Black Rocket programs mirror real-life experiences and the collaborative nature of the design process. For more information, contact the Black Rocket staff at help@blackrocket.com.
ADVANCED ROBOTICS COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN AND PROGRAMMING FOR COMPETITIONS Greg Sesny Rising 5th Graders – rising 8th Graders July 25 – 29 • 1 – 4 p.m. $230 • Bring a healthy snack and a filled water bottle to camp each day. Spend the week working with Collegiate Robotics and our award-winning FIRST Robotics Competition Team, TORCH 5804. Our two primary activities are: 1) Learning to use CAD and other types of software to draw and analyze our team’s FRC robot in 3D and 2) Programming our team’s FRC competition for both the teleoperated and autonomous phases of the competition. In addition to being a FRC Robotics coach, Greg Sesny is also an experienced physics teacher and will be incorporating physics, mathematics and engineering concepts into camp activities for a true integrative STEAM experience. Greg Sesny is a physics teacher in Collegiate’s Upper School. He has worked with the Upper School FIRST Robotics program and he previously founded a FIRST Robotics Team and served as a lead mentor. For more information, contact Greg Sesny at greg_sesny@collegiate-va.org.
ACTING, CREATIVE PLAY AND MORE – MIDDLE SCHOOL SHAKESPEARE Cynde Liffick and Bard Unbound Rising 5th Graders – rising 8th Graders July 18 – 22 • 1 – 4 p.m. $230 • Bring a filled water bottle to camp each day. Start with a phrase and end with performing an entire play. Students will have fun with the language, learn some facts about Shakespeare and the Elizabethan era, get to know the characters and learn a bit about the Bard. The play utilized in this camp is Hamlet, one of Shakespeare’s most famous plays. Hamlet is filled with murders, ghosts, insanity and swordfights — perfect for an exciting week of fun!
APP ATTACK! APP DESIGN Black Rocket Rising 6th Graders – rising 8th Graders July 18 – 22 • 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. $230 • Bring a healthy snack and a filled water bottle to camp each day. Take the first steps into the world of mobile app design and customize your own game app! Using a specialized app and game development tool, students will explore the world of web-based (HTML5) mobile apps. In addition to learning the basics of mobile app design and game development, campers will also see firsthand how 27
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