Mar 20, 2015 - Also, the application for financial aid has an earlier deadline of April 2, 2015. # # # ... data/graphing
MARCH 20, 2015 NORWIN SCHOOL DISTRICT 281 MCMAHON DRIVE NORTH HUNTINGDON, PA 15642 CONTACT: Ms. Cheryll Elder, Secondary Education Administrative Assistant, 724-861-3022 or
[email protected]
NEWS RELEASE
NORWIN PLANS 18 SUMMER CAMPS Registration Opens April 20; Scholarships Available for K-8 Students Courtesy of Norwin Council of PTAs NORTH HUNTINGDON – For the third year in a row, Norwin School District will offer educational summer camps to excite students of all ages about Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM). There are two key dates that interested parents need to know about: •
Thursday, April 2, 2015: Deadline for financial aid / scholarship applications.
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Monday, April 20, Registration opens.
2015:
Camp
This summer, 18 camps are planned. A few examples from among many include Baseball Math, Stop Motion Mini-Movies, We’re Alive! (Biology Camp), Mental Athletes, and Advanced Game Design.
A photo collage from Norwin summer camps in 2014. Registration for the 2015 camps opens Monday, April 20. Financial Aid forms are due earlier, on April 2.
All camps will occur in June and July at Norwin schools. Scroll down below this page to read the full list of camps, times, dates, instructors, and other details. “We are thrilled to offer this variety of camps that will be of interest to all students, from incoming kindergarteners through our High School students,” said Mrs. Natalie McCracken, Assistant Superintendent of Elementary Education. “All camps will be instructed by our District teachers and will challenge students to think, explore, design, and create.” Registration will open on Monday, April 20 on the Norwin School District Web site at www.norwinsd.org, as well as on the home pages of the seven Norwin schools. One camp, Camp Invention, has a separate registration page at http://campinvention.org/parents. Financial Aid The Norwin Council of PTAs is once again offering summer camp scholarships for qualifying K-8 students in all elementary buildings, Hillcrest Intermediate and Norwin Middle School. Scholarships will be awarded based on camp availability, financial need, and a student input statement. Click here to download the Financial Aid Form. Those interested in scholarships are advised that financial aid is only able to be given to students entering grades K-8. Also, the application for financial aid has an earlier deadline of April 2, 2015. ###
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Norwin School District - Summer Camps 2015
Camp Name
Camp Invention
Grade Level(s) Entering 1-6
Dates/Sessions
Camp Description
Instructor
June 15-19, 2015 9:00 am – 3:30 pm
Camp Invention returns to Norwin for its fourth year. Students participate in innovative challenges and learning activities with District teachers.
Veronica Check (Director) Candice Hindman Kelly Lynch Sue Schehr Emily Dulak
You’re Never too Young for STEM!
K-1
June 8-11, 2015 9:00 am – 12:00 pm
Earth Science
1-2
June 1-4, 2015 9:00 am – 12:00 pm
We’re Alive! Biology Camp
1-2
June 22-25, 2015 9:00 am – 12:00 pm
Fairy Tales and Engineering
2-3
July 6-9, 2015 9:00 am – 12:00 pm
Little Bits
3-6
June 15-18, 2015 1:00– 4:00 pm
Baseball Math
3-5
June 22-25, 2015 9:00 am – 12:00 pm
Introduction to Robotics – Lego WeDo
4-5
June 29-July 2, 2015 9:00 am – 12:00 pm
Click, Click, Move, … Stop Motion Mini-Movies
4-8
June 15 – 18, 2015 9:00 am – 12:00 pm
Primary students will engage in hands-on STEM activities that focus on Light Optics, Living Things, Force/Motion, Water, and Electricity and will use the Engineering Design Process to solve real-world problems. Students will use hands-on activities and explorations to develop earth science concepts including land formations, forces that change the earth’s surface, the water cycle, and weather. We’re Alive! Biology Camp will focus on the relationships between living things and environments. Through a variety of learning experiences we will look at biomes, food webs, and adaptations. Students will become engineers and will solve challenges taken from some of our most popular fairy tales. Students will use Little Bits, magnetic circuits pre-wired to function as mechanical or electronic pieces. Artwork will be enhanced with this creative, inventive twist to engineering. Actual baseball game experience will be combined with classroom math lessons on place value, fractions/decimals, data/graphing, and geometry. Students will be introduced to programming and will build simple robots using Legos, extending the Lego work they did during the school year. Students will create short stop motion min-movies in this new camp for 2015!
Camp Fee $220
“SPRING” discount available until 5/12/15
Trisha Brunazzi Lisa LeDonne
$110
Larry Paladin April Preisach
$110
Larry Paladin April Preisach
$110
Sean Mainwaring Judi Zindren
$110
Molli Brown Sue Teems
$110
Jason Giuliana Dan Miller
$110
Larry Paladin April Preisach
$110
Molli Brown Sue Teems
$110
iOS App Creation
4-8
June 29-July 2, 2015 9:00 am – 12:00 pm
Beginning Game Design Gamestar Mechanic
4-8
June 1 – 4, 2015 9:00 am – 12:00 pm
Intermediate Robotics Lego EV3
5-8
June 8-11, 2015 9:00 am – 12:00 pm
Advanced Robotics - NXT: Movie Madness
6-8
July 6-9, 2015 9:00 am – 12:00 pm
Advanced Game Design3D Game Making
7-12
July 27-30, 2015 9:00 am – 12:00 pm
Science of Crime
7-12
July 13-16, 2015 9:00 am – 12:00 pm
Mental Athletes
7-12
June 29-July 2, 2015 9:00 am – 12:00 pm
Alice
9-12
June 8-11, 2015 9:00 am – 12:00 pm
Scuba Diving
7-12
June 22-25, 2015 9:00 am – 12:00 pm
*Must be Age 12 to participate
Students will use online programs to create and publish games compatible for all iOS platforms. No coding is required as beginning app creators use “drag and drop” app development tools. Students will design and develop computer games using the Gamestar Mechanic program. They will learn st valuable 21 Century digital skills through experimentation with puzzles and games. Students will work with Lego’s newest robotics product in a self-paced environment where no prior experience is needed. Using robotic skills, sensors, team building skills, and programming, students will get to explore movie challenges focusing on Jurassic Park, Superheroes, Indiana Jones, and Star Wars Students will use multidimensional game toolkits to create their own intricate 3D puzzles and games. No prior coding experience is required for this course. Students will learn about the psychological and scientific aspects of forensic science while utilizing realistic investigation tools. Students will participate in memory challenges based on the USA Memory Championship. Through an innovative programming environment that makes it easy to create an animation for telling a story or playing an interactive game, students will be introduced to object-oriented programming. Students will learn the science of scuba diving with an emphasis on the physics of diving, physiology of divers, and ecology of the diving environment. The water portion will include an introduction to snorkeling, handling of equipment, buoyancy control and rescue techniques. This week long experience has an option for certification (additional fees, materials, training required).
Jessica Pollock Christy Yurko
$110
Jessica Pollock Rachel Kalberer
$110
Paula Giran
$110
Matt Mincucci Brad Zundel
$110
Jessica Pollock Rachel Kalberer
$110
Neal Nanassy Matt Bostick
$140
Pat MacLaughlin Neal Nanassy
$110
Tom Harskowitch Ray Rakvic
$110
TJ Lloyd
$160
Includes equipment rental
