PJA Summer Discovery Brochure 2019

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. 9, 11 Dragon Team: p. 12 Instructors: p. 13-14

• Program Hours: 9:00 am - 1:00 pm (pre-care available at 7:30 am) • All students must be the designated age for the course and potty trained by 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) • Extended Day: Continue on to MJCC Day Camp!

PJA will escort students to the MJCC at 1:00 pm.

For ages 3 - grade 4: PJA rate + $136 or $114 for MJCC members Visit: oregonjcc.org/daycamp for info.

Sunday, February 10 10:00 am - 1:00 pm 6651 SW Capitol Hwy. MJCC Lobby

5% Discou Feb. 10 nt -28!

Every effort will be made to offer listed courses and instructors. If a course must be canceled, PJA will make every effort to direct your child to another class 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.

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PROGRAM

JULY 8-12

JULY 15-19

Magic School Bus®: Human Body

Magic School Bus®: Human Body

Intro to STEM with

LEAPFROG Ages 4-6

Mini Masters Art Adventures

LEGO® Ages 5-6

Mini Masters Art Adventures

STEPPING STONE Entering Grades 1-3

Intro to Ninjaneering with LEGO®

Storigami: Animal Kingdom

Chemistry for Kids

Land of Unicorns, Narwhals & Rainbows

Cooking: Shindig Food

Outdoor Classroom: Art & Discovery 1

Outdoor Classroom: Art & Discovery 2

Cooking: Shindig Food

Puppet Theatre:

Imaginative Storytelling

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.

Imaginative Storytelling

Accessories to DYE For

Accessories to DYE For

Magic School Bus®:

JULY 29-AUG. 2

Puppet Theatre:

Sing, Strum, Bang, Play!

Balloon BLAST!

JULY 22-26

Storigami: Under the Sea

PJokemon Whoa

Origami & Japanese Culture

Weird Science

Weird Science

Girl Powered Intro to STEM

Accessories to DYE For

with LEGO®

Storigami: Transportation Sensation (Land, Air, Water)

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.

Sing, Strum, Bang, Play!

MOSAIC

Entering Grades 2-6

SOARING

Entering Grades 3-6

Play with Your Food, Eat Your Science

Unicorns, Dragons, & Bigfoots, Oh My!

Mermaids, Krakens, and Sea Monsters, OH MY!

DIY Amazing

Harry Potter: Hogwarts House Cup

Harry Potter: Hogwarts House Cup Continued

Fractured Fairytale Theater

Calling All (Board) Gamers!

Minecraft®: Powered By Redstone

Minecraft®: Build a School

Chemistry for Kids

Garden to Table

The Beauty of Math and Art

Minecraft®: Survival 101

Chemistry for Kids

Garden to Table

Garden to Table

Jedi Masters Engineering with LEGO®

(More available classes for grades 3-6 in Mosaic, page 10)

DRAGON TEAM Ages 7-15

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 12.

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 8-12

Ages 4 - 6

JULY 15-19

Magic School Bus速: Human Body

Magic School Bus速: Human Body

Intro to STEM with LEGO速 Ages 5-6

Mini Masters Art Adventures

Mini Masters Art Adventures Sing, Strum, Bang, Play!

JULY 22-26 Magic School Bus速:

Land of Unicorns, Narwhals & Rainbows

JULY 29-AUG. 2 Cooking: Shindig Food

Outdoor Classroom: Art & Discovery 1

Outdoor Classroom: Art & Discovery 2

Cooking: Shindig Food

Puppet Theatre:

Puppet Theatre:

Imaginative Storytelling

Imaginative Storytelling

COOKING: SHINDIG FOOD

MINI MASTERS: ART ADVENTURES

INTRO TO STEM WITH LEGO®

OUTDOOR CLASSROOM: ART & DISCOVERY 1

Are you tired of the same old party food?

Well come liven things up by making food that makes your guests say WOW! Lava cake, sloth cupcakes, Yoda soda, and El Salvadorian Quesadillas are just a few of the yummy treats we will prepare. Bring your apron for the week.

Instructor: Chris Blakemore Cost: $215

Ages 5-6 Let your imagination run wild with tens of thousands of LEGO® parts! Build engineerdesigned projects such as: Trains, Helicopters, Treehouses, and Beam Bridges. Design and build as never before, and explore your craziest ideas in a supportive environment.

Instructor: Play-Well Teknologies Cost: $185

MAGIC SCHOOL BUS® SERIES: INTO THE HUMAN BODY

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!

Instructor: Ellen Kipnis Cost: $215

MAGIC SCHOOL BUS® SERIES: LAND OF UNICORNS, NARWHALS & RAINBOWS

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

Gain confidence in self-expression through a multimedia experience! Mini masters unlock their innate artistic capabilities by exploring 2-D and 3-D art forms, such as drawing, printmaking, collage, and sculpture. Learn the methods and styles of master artists included in each lesson.

Instructor: Katie Korenberg Cost: $215

Enjoy art and nature in the outdoor classroom!

Spend the day outside creating sun prints, charcoal rubbings, kaleidoscopes, collages and more. Keep a journal and find inspiration in natural elements.

Instructor: Lily Jones Cost: $200

OUTDOOR CLASSROOM: ART & DISCOVERY 2

Enjoy art and nature in the outdoor classroom!

Spend the day outside creating stepping stones, cloud paintings, fairy furniture, clay bowls and more. Keep a journal and find natural inspiration.

Instructor: Lily Jones Cost: $200

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. Performance of songs we’ve learned at the end of the week!

Instructor: Aaron Peterson Cost: $210

Register at: pjaproud.org/summer

PUPPET THEATRE: IMAGINATIVE STORYTELLING

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 Korenberg Cost: $210

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JULY 8-12

Entering Grades 1-3

JULY 15-19

JULY 22-26

JULY 29-AUG. 2

Balloon BLAST!

Accessories to DYE For

PJokemon Whoa

Origami & Japanese Culture

Accessories to DYE For

Intro to Ninjaneering with LEGO®

Weird Science

Weird Science

Chemistry for Kids

Storigami: Animal Kingdom

Girl Powered Intro to STEM with LEGO®

Accessories to DYE For

Storigami: Under the Sea

Storigami: Transportation Sensation (Land, Air, Water) Sing, Strum, Bang, Play!

ACCESSORIES TO DYE FOR

Learn how to take everyday plants and vegetables to make pretty designs on all kinds of natural fibers. Learn how to decorate silk scarves, cotton totes and tee shirts using materials found in nature such as flowers, vegetables, and fruit.

Instructor: Chris Blakemore Cost: $205

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: $215

CHEMISTRY FOR KIDS

Learn how different properties interact, combine and change through fun and hands-on experiments. We’ll melt metal with our hands, create tin hedgehogs, and learn how to dye our own cloth. Experience water science as we desalinate seawater to drink. Study and make ferrofluid, elephant toothpaste and more!

Instructor: Heather Maclaughlan Cost: $205

GIRL POWERED INTRO TO STEM WITH LEGO®

This course will provide a supportive environment for girls to build engineer-designed projects such as Boats, Snowmobiles, Catapults, and Merry-GoRounds. Then use special pieces to create your own unique design! New and returning students can explore endless creative possibilities!

Instructor: Play-Well Teknologies Cost: $185

INTRO TO NINJANEERING WITH LEGO®

Learn the way of Spinjitzu, build the Fire Temple, race Skull Trucks, and encounter the mighty Dragon! Imagine and build unique and fun LEGO® projects with the guidance of an experienced Play-Well instructor while exploring the fantasy world of Ninjago. This is an ideal way to prepare young Ninjaneers for the challenge of Ninjaneering Masters with LEGO® Materials.

Instructor: Play-Well Teknologies Cost: $185

ORIGAMI & JAPANESE CULTURE

Learn origami and about Japan through art, music and stories. Create an origami treasure box, birds, and more, while learning basic folds in a supportive environment. We will make decorations for and end the week with our Japanese tea party.

Instructor: Brenna Nakamura Cost: $205

PJOKEMON WHOA

Gotta catch them all! Learn all about your favorite pocket monster. Play Pokemon games, draw Pokemon, make Pokemon cards! Meet some of the real animals that inspired Pokemon. Pikaju!

Instructor: Susanna Perrin 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. Performance of songs we’ve learned at the end of the week!

Instructor: Aaron Peterson Cost: $210

STORIGAMI: ANIMAL KINGDOM

Explore the animal kingdom through stories and origami. Students will play, create, and share through crafting, creative writing and storytelling.

Join us for a walk on the wild side.

Instructor: Bess Nation Cost: $205

STORIGAMI: TRANSPORTATION (LAND, AIR, WATER) Cruise along for a fun exploration into transportation through stories and origami!

Students will play, create, and share through crafting, creative writing, and storytelling.

Special paper boats and airplane building!

Instructor: Bess Nation Cost: $205

STORIGAMI: UNDER THE SEA

Dive into the underwater world, and explore life beneath the waves through stories and origami. Students will play, create, and share through crafting, creative writing, and storytelling.

Instructor: Bess Nation Cost: $205

WEIRD SCIENCE

Science is all around us - the foods we eat, our surroundings outside, even the colors we see!

Explore the scientific world with a different topic each day: bugs and trees one day, chemistry the next, even the science of sound. Investigate!

Instructor: Una O’Donnell-King Cost: $205

Register: pjaproud.org/summer 8

Entering Grades 2-6

Entering Grades 3-6

MOSAIC

SOARING

JULY 8-12

JULY 15-19

Play with Your Food, Eat Your Science

Unicorns, Dragons, & Bigfoots, Oh My!

Mermaids, Krakens, and Sea Monsters, OH MY!

DIY Amazing

Harry Potter: Hogwarts House Cup

Harry Potter: Hogwarts House Cup Continued

Fractured Fairytale Theater

Calling All (Board) Gamers!

Minecraft速: Powered By Redstone

Minecraft速: Build a School

Chemistry for Kids

Garden to Table

The Beauty of Math and Art

Minecraft速: Survival 101

Chemistry for Kids

Garden to Table

Jedi Masters Engineering with LEGO速

Garden to Table

JULY 22-26

JULY 29-AUG. 2

CALLING ALL (BOARD) GAMERS!

HARRY POTTER: HOGWARTS HOUSE CUP

MINECRAFT®: POWERED BY REDSTONE

Love to play board and card games? We will spend the week designing and building our very own board games as well as playing all of our favorite classics!

Maybe you will create the next “Exploding Kittens!”

Instructor: Lucy Schwimmer Cost: $205

Spend a magical week getting sorted into your Hogwarts house and competing for the house cup! Play Quidditch, games, solve puzzles, make potions, practice spells, and duel your fellow wizards and witches to earn house points!

Be chosen by your wand and create items in house colors to show your house pride!

Instructors: Kasey Breuier & Lucy Schwimmer Cost: $205

Create machines using Redstone circuitry and engineering-one of Minecraft’s® coolest features.

Learn a little bit of JSON computing with Minecraft Command Blocks! Come learn the complexities of Redstone in a supported environment, with an instructor who aims to make it easy to understand!

Instructor: Stone Johnson Cost: $200

CHEMISTRY FOR KIDS Learn how different properties interact, combine and change through fun and hands-on experiments. Melt metal with your hands, create tin hedgehogs and learn how to dye our own cloth. Experience water science as we desalinate seawater to drink. Study and make ferrofluid, elephant toothpaste and more!

Instructor: Heather Maclaughlan Cost: $205

DIY AMAZING Learn to DIY everything from homemade tortillas and butter to handcrafted games, candles, bath bombs and so much more. Everything is better when you make it yourself.

Instructor: Lisa Russell Cost: $210

FRACTURED FAIRY TALE THEATER

Unleash your inner storyteller and spend the week creating a magical fairy tale world with a twist!

During this creative class, we will write our own fractured fairy tale, create costumes, build props, and rehearse for a big performance on the last day!

Instructor: Lucy Schwimmer Cost: $200

MERMAIDS, KRAKENS, & SEA MONSTERS, OH MY! A fascinating class all about the legends and lore of hidden creatures from the sea. Hear the stories while doing wet, wild, and whimsical arts and craft projects and fun games.

Instructor: Lisa Russell Cost: $210

MINECRAFT : BUILD SCHOOL ®

This Minecraft® class will be all about the fundamentals of quality Minecraft® building.

Explore many different types of architecture from around the world, and learn how to build them! Learn some new and amazing building techniques for interior decorating and design in Minecraft.

Instructor: Stone Johnsen Cost: $200

PLAY WITH YOUR FOOD, EAT YOUR SCIENCE Turn those ordinary kitchen cabinets into a science lab with this fun and exciting science class. Using all food ingredients, we will conduct over 50 experiments.

Instructor: Lisa Russell Cost: $215

UNICORNS, DRAGONS, & BIGFOOTS, OH MY! Although we’ve probably never seen them, there is a lot of history behind these creatures, and many more. Mysterious, creepy, and intriguing tales accompany creative art projects and fun games.

Instructor: Lisa Russell Cost: $210

Soaring descriptions on the next page.

Register at:

pjaproud.org/summer 10

CHEMISTRY FOR KIDS

MINECRAFTÂŽ: SURVIVAL 101

Learn how different properties interact, combine and change through fun and handson experiments. Melt metal with your hands, create tin hedgehogs and learn how to dye our own cloth. Experience water science as we desalinate seawater to drink. Study and make ferrofluid, elephant toothpaste and more!

Instructor: Heather Maclaughlan Cost: $205

In this class, we will become true Minecraft Experts of Survival Mode. Learn how to thrive in Minecraft from day 1 by planning short-term and long-term goals, efficiently gathering resources, learning how to farm, trade with other villagers, brew potions, and more!

Explore how Minecraft survival techniques directly relate to real-life survival skills!

Instructor: Stone Johnsen Cost: $200

GARDEN TO TABLE

THE BEAUTY OF MATH AND ART

Delicious dishes start with great ingredients.

Split your time between the kitchen and the PJA Garden to plant, weed and harvest! We will use the harvest to create delicious and nutritious meals.

If you like to cook, eat and get your hands dirty, this is the class for you. Please join us.

Instructor: Radha Rogers Cost: $210

JEDI MASTERS ENGINEERING WITH LEGOÂŽ The Force awakens in this advanced engineering course for young Jedi! Discover key engineering concepts such as gear trains, worm drives, pneumatics, and eccentric motion. Build projects such as X-Wings, AT-AT walkers, Pod Racers, and other complex machines and structures from a galaxy far, far away.

Instructor: Play-Well Teknologies Cost: $185

This week we will explore the beauty of math and art.

With inspiration from such artists as Sonia Delaunay, Frank Stella, Paul Klee and others, we will learn about how these artists 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: $205

(More available classes for grades 3-6 in Mosaic, page 10)

Register at:

pjaproud.org/summer

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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.

“ It’s a great experience because

you get to hang out with younger kids, some you know and some

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you don’t. One of my favorite parts is seeing the kids faces when you

experience with amazing people - Sanna, Dragon Team Member

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and learning more every day!!

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teach them something new.

I really appreciate the

- Ethan, Dragon Team Member

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“I love teaching Summer Discovery because it gives me the opportunity to share the topics I’m passionate about with my students, and to have fun while doing it.”

- Lisa Russell (Summer Discovery Instructor)

AARON PETERSON

JAKE MCCOY

BESS NATION

KACEY BREUIER

has been studying music since a child and received his formal music education at Roosevelt University in classical trumpet. He is a music and Jewish Studies teacher at PJA. teaches to foster a love of reading and a sense of wonder in her students. A PSU graduate, she has taught in the USA and China.

BRENNA NAKAMURA

is a Kindergarten assistant who has taught lower grades for five years. She learned origami from her Japanese grandmother as a nine year-old and has loved it ever since.

CELINDA LLANEZ

has taught Kindergarten at PJA for 13 years and first grade for two. As the Director of the Summer Discovery Program, Celinda enjoys seeing the program grow! She is inspired by the wonderful staff and children.

CHRIS BLAKEMORE

Jake McCoy has worked in Jewish education in various capacities over the last ten plus years. This will be his second year working with the Summer Discovery program at PJA. has been teaching for seven years. This is her first year at PJA. She loves to learn and share that love of learning with her students. As a huge Harry Potter fan (Go Ravenclaw!), she is very excited to teach a class centered around it.

KATIE KORNBERG

PLAY-WELL TEKNOLOGIES

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.

RADHA ROGERS

has taught at PJA for 10 years teaching middle school Spanish, cooking, and health. She works with PJA teachers to incorporate learning experiences in the kitchen and PJA garden. She loves to learn, cook, be outside and dance.

taught 3 year-olds in the PJA preschool this year. She has studied many different modalities of fine art. Her passion is ceramics. Katie finds inspiration by guiding others through the unlocking of their creative potential.

RICHARD BOYD

LILY JONES

worked in after school care for eight years. He is a professional balloon entertainer with PDX Balloons, and a musician, artist, and Minecraft Expert!

has taught preschool at PJA for almost four years. She aims to bring openended art, cooking, dramatic play and empathy into the curriculum.

is the PJA Day School Registrar. He just finished his 11th year with PJA. Richard loves to support and help administrators and teachers in any way he can.

STONE JOHNSEN

SUSANNA PERRIN

Chris Blakemore is excited to be back for another year of Summer Discovery.

During the other months of the year, she is the Head Teacher at Kidscorner.

Her interests include collecting cook books and Tupperware.

LISA RUSSELL

has taught Summer Discovery Since 2015, worked with Dragon’s Den and Kidscorner for two years, then, sadly, she moved away, but she’ll be back for another fun filled summer at PJA!

has been teaching at PJA for 17 years.

She loves the integration of stories and art with learning. Susanna enjoys the great outdoors, reading, creating her own art and stories and spending time with her family and pets.

ELLEN KIPNIS

LUCY SCHWIMMER

TRACY WYGANT

has taught for 24 years, 12 of those at PJA. She believes in learning through hands-on activities and curiosity as a guide to gaining knowledge. She loves children. Her goal is to make a positive difference in all children’s lives.

HEATHER MACLAUGHLAN

has worked for four 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. She loves traveling and reading.

is in her second year of teaching at PJA. She is excited to share her love of theater and storytelling, as well as play around in the world of Harry Potter that she grew up with.

MARTA JANSSEN

is a PJA Instructional Aide in second grade. She has also worked with students of all grades from both public/ private schools in the PJA Afterschool Program. This is her 4th summer with the Discovery program.

taught math at PJA for 21 years in the middle school and provided math support in the elementary school. She enjoys incorporating art projects in her math classes and loves making art through a mathematical lens.

UNA O’DONNELL-KING

is a Kidscorner/Dragons Den teacher during the school year. Una is excited about science, art and cooking with her students. Una is currently in school and is preparing to go to graduate school in the near future.

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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

2019