Welcome to
Summer Notes
The Official e-Newsletter for Virtual Summer Connections 2020!
WE
4 OF SUMMER C L CO M E T O W E E K
O N N E C T IO N S!
Look inside for the latest stories, photos, and videos from Virtual Summer Connections 2020!
This week’s issue features the latest news from our program including: Welcome / Introducing our Week 4 Theme: History (Greatest of All Time: GOAT explorations), Video Highlights from Week 3, and Mark Your Calendar!
ss: Science ne at re G of ns io is V 20 20 SC d Design) (Engineering, Innovation an For both those who have continued with Summer Connections since Week 1 and for those who are new, we wish you a hearty Welcome to Week 4. We encourage everyone to look at the Getting Started Presentation to understand clearly how to navigate and access classwork and other fun activities that are a part of our summer community experience. What are the GOAT (Greatest Of All Time) markers in your life? The year 2020 will certainly make the record books! This week in Summer Connections, we’re exploring greatness through the lens of history.To learn more click here.
Have you ever seen something and wondered to yourself, “how did they do that?” We’ll spend some time this week trying to build inquiry skills together. We also want to share with students this week some experiences that are truly “hands-on,” as we firmly believe that handson learning helps to develop critical thinkers.
Through hands-on activities, students will actively create. They will create something real that they can look at and think: I was able to achieve this because of what I have learned and because of the skills that I have practiced. Because of me, it is here. That realization is incredibly empowering, because it shows students that they can have an impact on the world around them. It shows them that they can use their education to achieve something. And it is a physical embodiment of what they’ve learned. These are the skills of BOLD learners, which we need in our rapidly changing world right now.
1
Offerings for This Week
We are excited about several offerings for this week: • Family Gardening • Stayed On Freedom: Exploring the American Civil Rights Movement • String Society Summer Splash MasterClass
We will continue with our fourth week of the Entrepreneur’s Academy! Whether you are new, or want to continue in the course, we will offer it until August 14.
This week marks the end of our Driver’s Ed Theory Class, a two week class in which the students learned about New Jersey driving laws and road safety. Because the state of New Jersey mandates in-person written testing for a driver’s permit, students are required to come to campus to sit for the exam. The exam is scheduled for Thursday from 10-11 AM in the Klein Center, Hajjar Auditorium. We will use safe distancing during students’ time with us on campus. Our Summer Connections Health Director, Holly Alasio will be on hand to lead us through safety protocols during the exam. More information will follow.
2
Mark Your Calendar: Week 4 Meditation and Yoga with Jill Perin - Adults Only Date: Monday, July 27 Time: Meditation (7:45 AM) Time Yoga (1:00 PM) Location: Let’s Get Virtual Week 4 Can Do Zone Date: Wednesday, July 29 Time: 1:00 - 2:00 PM Location: Let’s Get Virtual
Week 5 Summer Connections Kickoff Date: Thursday, July 30 Time: 1:00 - 3:00 PM Location: Campus of Dwight-Englewood School* *See special note from our Health Director about visiting campus Week 4 Field Day Watch Party w/ Mr. P Date: Friday, July 31 Time: 1:00 PM Location: Let’s Get Virtual
3
Watch Stop Motion Video
Watch Inside Design Studio Video
Watch Cartooning Video
New! in Week 4: Game Design Virtual Camp!
4
If you’d like to invite family and friends to join you in your Virtual Summer Connections 2020 experience, please share our program information. There are a few seats available in Discoveries, Adventures, Immersives and one-to-one music lessons.