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Categories: Defies Categories, High School Kids, Science, Week 7 (7/30-8/3)
- Instructor: Mr. Jim Lewis – Mr. Lewis currently teaches science and engineering classes at John Dickinson High School. His degrees are in Physics and Earth Science and Astronomy. Research projects include topics in Astronomy, Nuclear Physics, Education, and Chemistry.
Imagine being a detective as you investigate Medieval Crime Scenes. In this camp you will create a scale model crime scene, and then try to solve another mystery created by one of your campmates. A keen eye and sharp mind are all that is required. The Medieval Theme will include literary references from that period, [...]
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Categories: Defies Categories, Middle School Kids, Science, Week 6 (7/23-7/27)
- Instructor: Mr. Jim Lewis – Mr. Lewis currently teaches science and engineering classes at John Dickinson High School. His degrees are in Physics and Earth Science and Astronomy. Research projects include topics in Astronomy, Nuclear Physics, Education, and Chemistry.
Join us as we investigate Earth’s Marine Environment and man’s exploration of the oceans. This one week camp will include topics covering marine vessels, weather, oceanography, and navigation on the high seas. Share on Facebook
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Categories: Defies Categories, Elementary School Kids, Science, Week 1 (6/18 - 6/22)
- Instructor: Mr. Jim Lewis – Mr. Lewis currently teaches science and engineering classes at John Dickinson High School. His degrees are in Physics and Earth Science and Astronomy. Research projects include topics in Astronomy, Nuclear Physics, Education, and Chemistry.
As member of our crew you will be exploring the ocean’s depths through images, class discussions, and fun activities. Our voyage will take us from the surface to the sea floor where we will discover strange creatures and man’s curiosity about our watery world. Welcome Aboard!! Share on Facebook
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Categories: Dance, Defies Categories, High School Kids, Middle School Kids, Week 4 (7/9-7/13)
- Instructor: Rebecca Shumosic and Brittany Moretz
- Class schedule and notes: ***This camp WILL NOT go to the Kalmar Nyckel!!***
Price of camp is $250.00
Emphasis will be placed on proper execution of dance (a mix of hip-hop, jazz, and modern) and color guard techniques to express dynamic, synchronized visual movements to music. Giving students the opportunity to perform, grow, learn, experiment, and develop skills, and project confidence in their abilities. Routines and choreography will be tailored to the talent [...]
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Categories: Defies Categories, Elementary School Kids, Week 4 (7/9-7/13)
- Instructor: Kathleen Shearer -I have taught grades 2 through college in my 34 year teaching career. I graduated from The Ohio State University with a BSEd and MA. I am a National Board Certified Teacher and past state finalist for the Presidential Award in Mathematics and Science Teaching. I am sailing crew on the Kalmar Nyckel and a ship's educator as I continue teaching in retirement.
All hands on deck! Spend a week with a member of the crew to learn about the ship and her crew as she was sailed in 1638 and today, 2012. Monday – We will create a Captain’s Log and begin an overview of the week. Tuesday – We will be at the Kalmar Nyckel Shipyard [...]
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Categories: Defies Categories, Middle School Kids, Week 4 (7/9-7/13)
- Instructor: Andrew Bedell - Has been playing saxophone for twelve years. He studied with John Scarpulla of Tower of Power and Diana Ross before studying with Broadway woodwind artist Todd Groves. While at the University of Delaware he performed in its Jazz Ensembles and Chamber Ensembles on soprano, alto, and tenor saxophones as well as flute. Andrew also led his own jazz quintet, performing at numerous recitals and venues in Newark and Wilmington. As a freelance musician Andrew has played in horn sections, rock and funk bands, and big bands at venues such as the Knitting Factory, Starland Ballroom, and The Queen Theatre. He has also been a part of numerous recording sessions in New York and Delaware. As an educator Andrew has taught private saxophone lessons for six years. He directed his own big band while a sophomore and junior at the University of Delaware. He has also been on faculty at the University of Delaware Community Music School Jazz Camp. Andrew Bedell is currently performing and recording in Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York while composing original music for his debut CD.
Camp objective: Students will put themselves in the explorers’ shoes as they learn about famous explorers, design maps, and write fictional logs of their adventures. Highlights of the week include trips to the Kalmar Nyckel Shipyard and a voyage on a replica of the Kalmar Nyckel itself! Weekly Schedule Monday: Students will look at famous [...]
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Categories: Defies Categories, High School Kids, Middle School Kids, Recording Studio, Week 3 (7/2-7/6)
- Instructor: Mr. David Allen - A 2011 graduate of the Cab Calloway School of the Arts in Stage
Technology. Along with over five years of experience working technical theatre both in
community theaters, and professionally, he also holds positions as a sound and
recording engineer. As a musician, David has been studying both privately and
independently for over 10 years, ranging in instruments of study from piano, to alto
saxophone, to voice. Along with extensive musical theatre and vocal jazz experience,
David has performed solo and in groups across Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and
New York. Currently David is working on his Bachelor in Music for Sound Recording Technology at Ithaca College located in Ithaca, New York.
This camp will be based around the recording arts and sound design giving students an introductory look into how a studio functions in recording as well as creating sounds. We will look into the physical aspects of sound learning how it works and why we perceive it as we do. The week will also focus [...]
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Categories: Defies Categories, Middle School Kids, Visual Arts, Week 5 (7/16-7/20)
- Instructor: Qi Hong - Chinese School of Delaware
This camp provides the opportunity for Children to explore the Chinese culture through art and language. We will focus on folding paper (also known as ORIGAMI), then introduce Chinese cutting paper . When children do paper folding, they enhance their fine muscle control and 3-D skills, learn how to follow instructions and concentrate. Students will learn the [...]
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Categories: Defies Categories, Elementary School Kids, Visual Arts, Week 5 (7/16-7/20)
- Instructor: Alice Lin - Chinese School of Delaware
This camp provides the opportunity for Children to explore the Chinese culture through art and language. We will focus on folding paper (also known as ORIGAMI), then introduce Chinese cutting paper . When children do paper folding, they enhance their fine muscle control and 3-D skills, learn how to follow instructions and concentrate. Students will learn the [...]
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Categories: Defies Categories, Middle School Kids, Theatre, Week 5 (7/16-7/20)
- Instructor: Eva Hiott (’09 CCSA Graduate)
Discover the art of storytelling through puppetry. In this one week course we will construct and learn how to breathe life into a different type of puppet each day. Find out about eastern traditions behind shadow puppetry and bunraku. Build a parade and make toys and ordinary objects come to life! Most importantly come and [...]
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Categories: Defies Categories, High School Kids, Middle School Kids, Science, Week 6 (7/23-7/27)
- Instructor: Steven Field - Cab Calloway School of the Arts, David Kook -
Come to camp and explore the sights and sounds of music and theater through hands-on experiments and activities. Find out how your favorite instrument works. Play a glass harmonica! Invent a new instrument. Project an image with only a magnifying glass. Put a spotlight on stage or hear sounds that are far away. Add and subtract color! There [...]
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Categories: Defies Categories, General Music, Middle School Kids, Theatre, Voice, Week 7 (7/30-8/3)
- Instructor: Jane Monari- I have a Bachelor of Music in voice performance from the Juilliard School, and I am currently a graduate student at the Royal Academy of Music in London.
- Looking at the music of John Dowland, William Byrd, Palestrina (If the students are up for doing things in Italian). Also how the Renaissance period affected the early Baroque period (so also incidently looking at composers like Purcell, Monteverdi, etc). – Singing madrigals and/or solo pieces and/or duets – Stage presentation and Renaissance ideals [...]
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Categories: Defies Categories, Elementary School Kids, General Music, Week 5 (7/16-7/20)
- Instructor: Jane Monari- I have a Bachelor of Music in voice performance from the Juilliard School, and I am currently a graduate student at the Royal Academy of Music in London.
- Class schedule and notes: Jane's Grandfather, Dick Horikawa, was put in the internment camp at Poston, Arizona as a teenager. He maybe a guest speaker this week.
- Traditional Japanese music – learning about some of the instruments (koto, shamisen, taiko, shakuhatchi) – musical construction (pentatonic scales, cyclic rhythm, heterophony) – Noh theatre – comparison with commedia dell’arte – making and working with masks – Creating a noh-like class composition – short play/scene with accompanimental/dramatic music – Japanese Culture as seen through [...]
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Categories: Defies Categories, Elementary School Kids, General Music, Middle School Kids, Voice, Week 3 (7/2-7/6)
- Instructor: Jane Monari- I have a Bachelor of Music in voice performance from the Juilliard School, and I am currently a graduate student at the Royal Academy of Music in London.
- Viewpoints – thinking about shape, gesture, topography, architecture, tempo, pitch, duration, spatial relationship, kinestheic response etc – Asking students: How can I use this in my art form, regardless of what my instrument/method of expression is? – Acting from the outside in versus inside out – acting and movement – Musical improvisation exercises – [...]
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Categories: Defies Categories, Elementary School Kids, Media and Communication Arts, Visual Arts, Week 6 (7/23-7/27)
- Instructor: Erin McNichol - Art Instructor at Ursuline Academy
This class is designed for and will provide rules and guidelines on how to be smart in the digital age that we live in! The class is structured like a story book that will gradually unfold throughout the week, with, of course, a happy ending! Involving both computers and hands on fun… create a collage of [...]
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Categories: Defies Categories, Middle School Kids, Science, Week 6 (7/23-7/27)
- Instructor: Ms. Kim Fabian
Nature is all around us, and this week we will learn about our own world in many different ways. From the mathematics of fractals and the Fibonacci sequence to the literature of haikus and ancient indigenous legends, from the science of global warming and cell biology to the art of nature photography and music, we [...]
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Categories: Defies Categories, Middle School Kids, Week 7 (7/30-8/3)
- Instructor: Ms Kim Fabian
Embark on a journey of creativity and innovation! This camp will explore many of the skill sets learned in the Odyssey of the Mind program: team work, verbal skills, engineering, structure building, script writing, acting, singing, set design, costuming, and of course, out of the box thinking! Campers will spend time finding creative ways to [...]
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Categories: Defies Categories, High School Kids, Media and Communication Arts, Middle School Kids, Week 5 (7/16-7/20), Week 6 (7/23-7/27)
- Instructor: Christopher Kramer - Currently a computer science teacher at the
Charter School of Wilmington. He teaches an introductory freshman
course, AP computer science, and a variety of electives. Before
becoming a teacher, he was a volunteer with the Peace Corps in Namibia
from 2007 - 2009, teaching computer literacy at a youth center near the Angolan and Zambian border.
- Class schedule and notes: This two week course is only being offered to students that will be starting the 8th grade this fall thru 12th grade.
This 2-week course will guide students in learning programming concepts through the creation of video games. (please see grade requirements above) This course will use the Java programming language with the Greenfoot API. No previous programming experience is necessary, but a talent for logic and abstract problem-solving will serve the student well. The course will [...]
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Categories: Dance, Defies Categories, Elementary School Kids, Voice, Week 1 (6/18 - 6/22)
This year we are offering a Show Choir Performance Camp for elementary age kids. Students will have the opportunity to sharpen their individual and group performance skills as they attend choreography and vocal sessions where they will learn a number of songs to be performed at the end of the camp week. This camp will [...]
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Categories: Defies Categories, High School Kids, Middle School Kids, Week 4 (7/9-7/13), Wood Working
- Instructor: David J. Santer
Learn about sailing as you build a model sailboat that can be sailed on a pond. Learn common terminology used on a sailing ship. Tie it up with as you learn the basic knots used in rigging and securing a sailing vessel. Model will be made from everyday materials and will include; mast, sails, rigging [...]
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