Metro Elementary Summer Camps 2019

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JULY 2019

Registration Starts March 1st

ELEMENTARY

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Imagine a summer of possibilities

Boredom is so last summer! Discover something new with hands-on enrichment camps led by experienced, passionate instructors. Review your previous learning or look ahead to the new school year with academic camps taught by enthusiastic certified teachers.

Sprout your academic skills Sprout your skills in reading, writing and math through experiences and exciting topics.

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Sprout your academic skills Read, write, and use math through real-world experiences and hands-on activities.

Choose your learning journey STEP ONE

MAD SCIENCE

PICK YOUR CAMP & DATE All camps run from 8:30 a.m. - 4:30. p.m.

STEP TWO Greenfield School or Laurier Heights School

STEP THREE All camps are offered for the following groupings: • Grades 3-4

• Grades 5-6

YOU’RE READY TO REGISTER

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Did you know?

$349

Building things to last involves asking a lot of questions. What makes a strong structure? How can structures use gravity to move objects? How do structures use gears and pulleys? Learn from experts. Sketch, write plans, design and build with a team.

COOL CREATORS Week 4 • July 22-26

STEP FOUR

$349

Discover local plants, trees, insects, and animals as you use your ninja skills to explore natural areas. Go on adventure hikes and learn about the past. Create a project to share your discoveries.

BOSS BUILDERS Week 3 • July 15-19

FIND YOUR AGE GROUP

Critical Thinking

A week of mad science! Explore your wonders and experiment with scientific concepts. Read, write, sketch and journal about your discoveries and use math in real-world scenarios.

NATURE NINJAS Week 2 • July 8-12

CHOOSE YOUR LOCATION

• Grades 1-2

Week 1 • July 2-5 $299

$349

Develop a creator mindset. How many ways can you tell your stories? The sky is the limit! Express yourself through coding, art, songs, comics, tinkering, and creating videos. Share your projects during our showcase afternoon.

Our summer camps support the development of the Alberta Education competencies

| Problem Solving | Managing Information | Creativity and Innovation

Communication

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Spark your curiosity Discover a new hobby or master a new skill!

Young Engineers: Bricks Challenge

Calling all young engineers! If you love to build—or take things apart—this class is for you. Learn about basic engineering, physics and math and explore the scientific world by building custom motorized LEGO® models! This program is offered in partnership with e2 Young Engineers. DATES TIMES LOCATION

AGES

July 8-12 8:30-4:30 July 22-26 8:30-4:30

6-11 6-11

Greenfield Laurier Heights

FEE

$349 $349

Maker Camp

Develop your maker mindset! Use your imagination to explore different ways of making, creating and building. The possibilities are endless! Imagine building art, making machines, learning easy electronics and circuitry, or trying coding. Share your maker projects using #makercamp. DATES TIMES LOCATION

AGES

July 8-12 8:30-4:30 July 15-19 8:30-4:30

6-11 6-11

Greenfield Laurier Heights

FEATURED CAMP

FEE

$289 $289

Bricks & Sticks Stop-Motion Animation Check out this program designed for younger campers aged 6-8! Build digital skills and take your first steps into the world of coding. Bring your favorite action figures and toys and make them come to life with stop-motion software. Access the interactive learning platform and continue your coding journey at home.

INSTRUCTOR SPOTLIGHT

MARKIANA DHADLI Markiana Dhadli has Bachelor of Fine Arts and Education degrees. She has been teaching art to K - 9 students ever since she graduated and excels at engaging her students in a variety of art making processes. Her specialty is printmaking, but she loves all of the disciplines, especially combining them to create mixed media.

AGES FEE

6-8 6-8

8:30-4:30 8:30-4:30

Laurier Heights Greenfield

$359 $399

Claymation Creations

Get messy and try wild new art techniques! Express your creativity and create art that is unique to you while exploring different visual effects. Learn to collage, paint, print make, sculpt, construct and much more!

Ever wanted to create your own claymation film? Develop stories, build mini-sets and create clay characters! Work in teams with a real filmmaker to create a stop-motion animation film. You’ll use stopmotion technology to capture your movie and add sound effects, titles, voices and music. Learn how to market your own film, and finish the week by sharing your work at our red-carpet film festival! Offered in partnership with The Director's Cut.

DATES TIMES LOCATION

AGES FEE

DATES TIMES LOCATION

AGES

July 2-5 8:30-4:30 July 22-26 8:30-4:30

6-11 6-11

July 2-5 July 8-12

8-11 8-11

Wild at Art!

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DATES TIMES LOCATION

July 2-5 July 8-12

Laurier Heights Greenfield

$269 $309

E L E M E N TA R Y S U M M E R E N R I C H M E N T C A M P S • J U LY 2019 • ME TR O CO N TIN U IN G E D U C ATION

8:30-4:30 8:30-4:30

Greenfield Laurier Heights

FEE

$249 $299


Edmonton Wilderness Adventures

Do you love being outdoors? Experience outdoor adventures and learn about environmental science, right in the heart of the city! Enjoy exciting river valley hikes, outdoor games and challenges. Get active and build an appreciation for the amazing science of nature. DATES TIMES LOCATION

AGES

July 15-19 8:30-4:30 July 22-26 8:30-4:30

8-11 8-11

Laurier Heights Greenfield

FEE

$339 $339

Wizard Academy

Unleash your inner wizard! Explore potion making with household chemistry, experiment with art techniques to create magical creatures and write your own scrolls and spells! Participate in team challenges in mystical forests, build your own wand and construct a model of your wizard academy. DATES TIMES LOCATION

AGES

July 2-5 July 8-12

6-11 6-11

8:30-4:30 8:30-4:30

Greenfield Laurier Heights

FEE

$279 $339

The Great Escape

Do you have what it takes to escape? Using teamwork and clues, solve puzzles and riddles to escape a series of rooms before your time runs out. Visit one of Edmonton's best escape rooms and work together to create your very own escape room for others to try. DATES TIMES LOCATION

AGES

July 8-12 8:30-4:30 July 22-26 8:30-4:30

6-11 6-11

Laurier Heights Greenfield

FEE

$319 $319

FEATURED CAMP

FEATURED CAMP

Feel the Beat! What happens when you take a drumming expert and professional dance instructors and put them together? Find out during one creative week that combines dance, different styles of drumming and visual art projects. Andrea Gregorio and Krista Deady, co-founders of dancED Movement Project and Lucas Coffey of Rhythm, Rhythm, Rhythm are mixing it up in an exciting camp that ends with a student performance for parents, family members and friends! DATES TIMES LOCATION

AGES FEE

July 8-12 8:30-4:30 July 15-19 8:30-4:30

6-12 6-12

Greenfield Laurier Heights

$339 $339

Pet Vet What animals make good pets? Learn about different kinds of pets, their needs and how to care for them, through off-site visits and guest speakers from veterinary clinics and local animal organizations. Design your own small animal habitat and become an animal ambassador. You’ll even get to work together with other animal lovers to develop a project to support a local animal care organization!

Battle of the Bakers

Your dream of being a master baker can become a reality in this fun camp! Learn your way around the kitchen, work cooperatively and build delicious meals and snacks. You’ll even go behind the scenes at real bakeries and see what it’s like to be a professional baker! Finally, use your creativity and the decorating techniques you’ve learned in a cupcake war!

DATES TIMES LOCATION

AGES FEE

DATES TIMES LOCATION

AGES

July 2-5 July 8-12

6-11 6-11

July 2-5 July 8-12

8-11 8-11

8:30-4:30 8:30-4:30

Laurier Heights Greenfield

$269 $319

8:30-4:30 8:30-4:30

Harry Ainlay Laurier Heights

FEE

$309 $359

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Comic Book Boot Camp

Bring your own comic book to life with help from professional comic book artists! You'll learn the fundamentals of writing and drawing comics, how to tell a great story and how to manage creative projects.

FEATURED CAMP

DATES TIMES LOCATION

AGES

July 15-19 8:30-4:30 July 22-26 8:30-4:30

9-11 9-11

Greenfield Laurier Heights

FEE

$299 $299

Minecraft Modders & Designers Have you always wanted to design your own world in Minecraft? Learn how to create a custom map, create basic 3-D models, build with Redstone and Command blocks and create custom textures that you can import at home and share with friends. Use your favourite game to learn the basics of modding and foundations of programming, including scripting and logic statements, as you create your first mods. DATES TIMES LOCATION

AGES FEE

July 2-5 July 8-12

8-11 8-11

8:30-4:30 8:30-4:30

Greenfield Laurier Heights

$359 $399

Make Your First Video Game

Don’t just play video games when you can create your own! Turn your ideas into a 2-D game and then move on to creating more challenging 3-D worlds. Explore beginning storytelling, event scripting and level design, and learn to control the flow of game play. Challenge your family and friends with the new game you have created! DATES TIMES LOCATION

AGES

July 15-19 8:30-4:30 July 22-26 8:30-4:30

8-11 8-11

Laurer Heights Greenfield

FEE

$399 $399

INSTRUCTOR SPOTLIGHT

Sydney Campbell Sydney Campbell is a theatre artist and a recent graduate of the University of Alberta in Drama and Gender Studies. They have been doing improv since 2011 and joined the ranks of RapidFire Theatre in 2016. In addition to creating theatre, Sydney is an instructor with RapidFire's outreach program teaching improv classes to youth all over the city.

FEATURED CAMP

Battle Royale: Make Your First Fortnite-Style Video Game Fans of Fortnite, we need you! Don't just play the game— design your own. Learn about professional 3-D game development software, including Unity, build levels and assets, and include cartoonish action and battle sequences. Challenge your family and friends to play the game that you’ve created.

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DATES TIMES LOCATION

AGES FEE

July 15-19 8:30-4:30

Greenfield

8-11

$399

July 22-26 8:30-4:30

Laurier Heights

8-11

$399

E L E M E N TA R Y S U M M E R E N R I C H M E N T C A M P S • J U LY 2019 • ME TR O CO N TIN U IN G E D U C ATION

Dare to Be Dramatic! Think on your feet as you explore the world of performance and improvisation. Learn basic acting skills, meet new friends and laugh out loud. If you enjoy performing—or want to try it for the first time—this is your chance! Take a risk and express yourself freely in a positive and supportive environment. DATES TIMES LOCATION

AGES FEE

July 2-5 8:30-4:30 July 15-19 8:30-4:30

6-11 6-11

Laurier Heights Greenfield

$299 $329


Camps at a Glance LAURIER HEIGHTS SCHOOL DATES

GRADES/AGES

FEE

PROGRAM

GRADES/AGES

FEE

Mad Science

Grades 1-2

$299

Mad Science

Grades 1-2

$299

Mad Science

Grades 3-4

$299

Mad Science

Grades 3-4

$299

Mad Science

Grades 5-6

$299

Mad Science

Grades 5-6

$299

Pet Vet

Ages 6-11

$269

Claymation Creations

Ages 8-11

$249

Bricks & Sticks Stop-Motion Animation

Ages 6-8

$359

Battle of the Bakers * *Harry Ainlay School

Ages 8-11

$309

Dare to be Dramatic

Ages 6-11

$299

Minecraft Modders & Designers

Ages 8-11

$359

Wild at Art

Ages 6-11

$269

Wizard Academy

Ages 6-11

$279

Nature Ninjas

Grades 1-2

$349

Nature Ninjas

Grades 1-2

$349

Nature Ninjas

Grades 3-4

$349

Nature Ninjas

Grades 3-4

$349

Nature Ninjas

Grades 5-6

$349

Nature Ninjas

Grades 5-6

$349

Claymation Creations

Ages 8-11

$299

Pet Vet

Ages 6-11

$319

The Great Escape

Ages 6-11

$319

Bricks & Sticks Stop-Motion Animation

Ages 6-8

$399

Battle of the Bakers

Ages 8-11

$359

Feel the Beat!

Ages 6-12

$339

Minecraft Modders & Designers

Ages 8-11

$399

Maker Camp

Ages 6-11

$289

Wizard Academy

Ages 6-11

$339

Young Engineers: Bricks Challenge

Ages 6-11

$349

Boss Builders

Grades 1-2

$349

Boss Builders

Grades 1-2

$349

Boss Builders

Grades 3-4

$349

Boss Builders

Grades 3-4

$349

WEEK

Boss Builders

Grades 5-6

$349

Boss Builders

Grades 5-6

$349

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Maker Camp

Ages 6-11

$289

Comic Book Boot Camp

Ages 9-11

$299

JULY

Feel the Beat!

Ages 6-12

$339

Battle Royale: Make Your First Fortnite-Style Video Game

Ages 8-11

$399

Make Your First Video Game

Ages 8-11

$399

Dare to be Dramatic

Ages 6-11

$329

Edmonton Wilderness Adventures

Ages 8-11

$339 Cool Creators

Grades 1-2

$349

WEEK

1 JULY

2- 5

WEEK

2 8:30 A.M. - 4:30. P.M.

GREENFIELD SCHOOL

PROGRAM

JULY

8-12

15-19

Cool Creators

Grades 1-2

$349

Cool Creators

Grades 3-4

$349

WEEK

Cool Creators

Grades 3-4

$349

Cool Creators

Grades 5-6

$349

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Cool Creators

Grades 5-6

$349

The Great Escape

Ages 6-11

$319

Comic Book Boot Camp

Ages 9-11

$299

Edmonton Wilderness Adventures

Ages 8-11

$339

Young Engineers: Bricks Challenge

Ages 6-11

$349

Wild at Art

Ages 6-11

$309

Battle Royale: Make Your First Fortnite-Style Video Game

Ages 8-11

$399

Make Your First Video Game

Ages 8-11

$399

JULY

22-26

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METRO SUMMER CAMPS REFUND POLICY/WITHDRAWALS Cancellations:

Metro reserves the rights to cancel any camp. A full refund will be issued for all cancelled camps. Please note that Metro Continuing Education does not close sites due to weather and camps will run as scheduled when possible.

Withdrawals/Refunds:

To withdraw from a camp for a refund, please notify Metro's Registration and Customer Service office at least one (1) full business day prior to the start of your camp. At this time, a full refund, minus a $40 service fee, will be issued. Refunds will not be issued once a camp has begun or for non-attendance.

Metro Continuing Education 7835 - 76 Avenue NW, Edmonton, Alberta 780.428.1111 / toll-free 1.877.202.2003

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