Summer Programs 2023
9-12 Non-Credit Class Schedule

Designed for students preparing to enter Algebra I in the fall, this course touches on the introductory topics of Algebra I, such as solving multi-step equations, simplifying algebraic expressions, graphing in the coordinate plane, linear functions and exponents. The course has a strong emphasis on teaching students to organize their written work. Applications of fractions and decimals are included.
Instructors: Jazzmine Flores, Michaela Rolls

Boys and girls have the opportunity to focus on improving skills, game strategies, and teamwork. Instruction is organized and managed by experienced coaches who utilize drills, small group activities, and scrimmages in order to make classes educational and fun. Each class takes place in the air-conditioned gym.
Instructor: Daniel Gomez

Whether you are a beginner or advanced, you'll have fun with the projects in this class. Students that are new to crochet will start with small stuffed yarn creatures, and move on to more advanced projects that include making flower squares. You'll be proud of the special keepsake created with your new skills!
Instructors: Johana Bautista, Charlene Whitfill

Are you interested in learning about how to solve a crime? Crime Scene Investigation (CSI) will be the class for you! As students take on the role of investigator we will cover different areas of science, such as physics, biology, chemistry, and earth science. We will establish what happened and identify the responsible person, using problem-solving skills. The ultimate goal is to develop a higher-order thinking skills, which students will utilize as they debate using their found evidence. *Different cases will be used in different sessions*
Instructor: Jessie Clemente

This course will educate students regarding the many and evolving platforms of social media and familiarize them with their appropriate use. It will highlight the controversial issues associated with social media, including the laws regarding social media, inappropriate usage, and online harassment. Overall, this course will educate students in maintaining a responsible online digital footprint. Activities in this course include the analysis and application of various forms of social media platforms, a study of laws concerning online aggression and safety, and the use of learned technology that will further engage students in academics.
Instructor: Ira Pincus

Fun with a purpose! Class time is used primarily to play games such as Taboo, Charades, Word Association, and other games of expression and quick thought to help students develop confidence, problem-solving abilities, verbal and physical expression, humor skills, social interactions, and more. Explore the importance of taking "safe risks," accepting and celebrating mistakes, and expanding avenues of communication, all of which can be valuable life skills. It sounds serious, but is centered on fun and a lot of healthy game playing.
Instructor: Keith Burns

Boys and girls will develop their teamwork skills, focus, coordination and learn game strategies for a variety of indoor team sports. Examples include tchoukball, team handball, court hockey, and wiffle ball. Instruction is organized and managed by experienced coaches who utilize drills, small group activities, and scrimmages in order to make classes educational and fun. Each class takes place in an air-conditioned gym.
Instructor: Sean Newland

Journey through the wonderful world of film! Learn the basics of film history while also designing your own short film. Learn how to write, edit, shoot and market your own film. At the end of the course, you will have a mini-film festival to show off your creation.
Instructor: Luis Peralta

Are you up to the challenge? Oil painting has never been more fun as we follow Bob Ross's instructions to paint a very happy landscape.
Materials fee: $15
Instructor: Johana Bautista

In this course, students will be introduced to physics topics through engaging labs. Students will learn how things they experience every day can be understood through basic physics principles. Students will explore topics in energy with Hot Wheels cars, learn about how planes can stay in the air through Bernoulli's principles, and learn about Newton's laws by building a rocket! No previous physics knowledge is required.
Instructor: Rebekah Smith

Relationships to literacy come in many forms. They come in diverse structures such as hip-hop, rap lyrics, poetry, and content that encompass issues currently affecting students. These types of structures and themes are powerful pathways toward engagement. Using figurative language as a pivotal point, students will be able to identify relationships between rap music and poetry. This will assist students in exercising self-expression and self-exploration while learning figurative language techniques. The acquired knowledge of the course will arm students with tools to write poetry, ignite change in their own lives and their communities.
Instructor: Mizraim Carrion

Perhaps you've heard of "Wall Street" or the "Bull fights the Bear," but do you know the meaning behind these phrases? In this class, students study the origins of the stock market while also learning the economics behind building a team of stocks. Compete daily against fellow classmates in stock trading for the title of best investor, while also teaching about the ups and downs of the market and how to analyze risk! Over the duration of this class, it will range from the history of the market all the way to how stocks still affect our daily lives today.
Instructor: Marc Telep

Boys and girls have the opportunity to focus on improving skills, game strategies, and teamwork. Instruction is organized and managed by experienced coaches who utilize drills, small group activities, and scrimmages in order to make classes educational and fun. Each class takes place in the air-conditioned gym.
Instructors: Dana Bair, Molly Creagh

Designed for students who have completed Algebra I and want to strengthen their understanding or revisit the course to prepare for Algebra II. The course reviews the central topics covered in Algebra I, such as factoring, quadratic functions, exponents, and rational functions, with a central focus on teaching students to organize their written work. Includes practice with fractions and decimals.
Instructor: Jazzmine Flores

Boys and girls have the opportunity to focus on improving skills, game strategies, and teamwork. Instruction is organized and managed by experienced coaches who utilize drills, small group activities, and scrimmages in order to make classes educational and fun. Each class takes place in the air-conditioned gym.
Instructor: Andre Gibson-Starks

Boys and girls will develop their teamwork skills, focus, coordination and learn game strategies for a variety of indoor team sports. Examples include tchoukball, team handball, court hockey, and wiffle ball. Instruction is organized and managed by experienced coaches who utilize drills, small group activities, and scrimmages in order to make classes educational and fun. Each class takes place in an air-conditioned gym.
Instructor: Daniel Gomez

An introduction to the world of barbells and dumbbells! The primary focus of this class is to become comfortable with a loaded bar for the first time. Namely, we will be introducing the 3 "Power Lifts" - aka the Back Squat, the Bench Press, and the Dead Lift. These 3 movements are widely considered the foundational "Strength" movements. Not only will learning them be directly beneficial to health and performance through the development of baseline, full-body strength, they will also serve as a great jumping off point for the rest of our weight room movements. Students will learn the movements very gradually, progressing from empty bars, to lightly loaded work, before coming to and recording a baseline "max" in each of the major lifts. This will help direct training within more advanced programs down the road. Additionally, students will learn a host of accessory strength movements using the widely versatile dumbbell, as well as continue to develop core strength and stability!
Instructor: Sean Newland

Interested in film but don't want to make your own? Want to learn how films are written and translated to the silver screen? This is the course for you! In Lessons from the Screenplay. Based on the Youtube channel, this course will help you breakdown various story elements through comparing and contrasting the written material to the finish visual product. The primary discussion tool will be a socratic seminar.
Instructor: Luis Peralta

Are you up to the challenge? Oil painting has never been more fun as we follow Bob Ross's instructions to paint a very happy landscape.
Materials fee: $15
Instructor: Johana Bautista

If you have a love for movies, well this is the class for you! Learn about the history of movies and the process of writing a movie. Campers will be able to write their own short film and then work together to make their film come to life!
Instructor: Remi Braca

Learn to create objects and jewelry using fabrication techniques that take a simple sheet of metal and turn it into something special. Sample the fundamentals of metalsmithing, from designing and constructing earrings & key chains, etc. Learn about cutting, piercing, texturing & elementary fabrication.
Materials fee: $20
Instructor: Charlene Whitfill

Hear ye, hear ye, the court is now in session. Participants in this course will learn about the sources of law as well as the basic processes of trial advocacy and jurisprudence. Throughout the session, campers will engage in trials of fictional civil or criminal cases by taking on the role of attorneys and witnesses for the plaintiff/prosecution and defense.
Instructor: Sean Harvey

You've seen beloved movies based on historical figures, stretching from cartoons to action movies. However, how much of these are historically accurate? This class will teach history through movies, while also informing students on the interesting portions left out and why producers chose to make films based around specific figures. Take this class to look at well known historical films in a "new perspective," truly understanding the bigger picture behind the scenes!
Instructor: Marc Telep

Welcome to Phone, Photography, and Design! In this summer course, you will learn the basics of cell phone photography and how to use tools like Canva and Adobe Photoshop to enhance your photos. Throughout the course, you will explore various techniques for taking great photos with your cell phone, including composition, lighting, and editing. You will also learn how to edit and enhance your photos, adding filters, adjusting color and contrast, and more. In addition to learning technical skills, you will also have the opportunity to express your creativity and develop your own personal style as a photographer. By the end of the course, you will have a strong foundation in cell phone photography and be able to use Canva and Adobe Photoshop to bring your vision to life. Whether you are a beginner or have some experience with photography, this course will help you take your skills to the next level!
Instructor: Krista Tomlin

Pilates builds core strength, stamina, and flexibility while improving posture. Students will learn most of the basic Pilates Mat and ballet barre exercises that can be used throughout their lives to reduce stress and improve self confidence. This will be a fun class for all levels of ability that will push their limits and hopefully inspire good healthy habits. Students will need to bring a yoga mat and wear "workout" clothing or something comfortable like yoga pants/bike shorts, tank/t-shirt, and grip socks/bare feet.
Instructor: Kelsey Kinsey

Relationships to literacy come in many forms. They come in diverse structures such as hip-hop, rap lyrics, poetry, and content that encompass issues currently affecting students. These types of structures and themes are powerful pathways toward engagement. Using figurative language as a pivotal point, students will be able to identify relationships between rap music and poetry. This will assist students in exercising self-expression and self-exploration while learning figurative language techniques. The acquired knowledge of the course will arm students with tools to write poetry, ignite change in their own lives and their communities.
Instructor: Mizraim Carrion

In this course students will gain extra experience in writing, for various audiences and purposes. Creativity in expression is encouraged with a focus on clarity, coherence, organization, and detail. Students will conduct short research projects as part of the course. By the end of the course students should be able to write multi-paragraph pieces that may be in the form of fairy tales, fictional stories, detailed descriptions, dialogue, letters, narrative of personal experiences, effective summaries, e-mails, and other writing formats.
Instructor: Ira Pincus

Boys and girls have the opportunity to focus on improving skills, game strategies, and teamwork. Instruction is organized and managed by experienced coaches who utilize drills, small group activities, and scrimmages in order to make classes educational and fun. Each class takes place in the air-conditioned gym.
Instructor: Dana Bair

Students will learn the basics of wood-working, safety protocols, use of tools, and construction as they create their own take-home piece of craftsmanship.
Materials fee: $10
Instructor: Keith Burns

You've lived or traveled in Arizona, but how much do you really know about our state's history? In this class, students will explore a "time machine" that teaches them about the vast history and origins of State 48. Truly learn about important eras and landmarks like the OK Corral in Tombstone, the London Bridge, and more!
Instructor: Marc Telep

Boys and girls have the opportunity to focus on improving skills, game strategies, and teamwork. Instruction is organized and managed by experienced coaches who utilize drills, small group activities, and scrimmages in order to make classes educational and fun. Each class takes place in the air-conditioned gym.
Instructor: Daniel Gomez

Are you interested in learning about how to solve a crime? Crime Scene Investigation (CSI) will be the class for you! As students take on the role of investigator we will cover different areas of science, such as physics, biology, chemistry, and earth science. We will establish what happened and identify the responsible person, using problem-solving skills. The ultimate goal is to develop a higher-order thinking skills, which students will utilize as they debate using their found evidence. *Different cases will be used in different sessions*
Instructor: Jessie Clemente

It's time to let your creativity shine as we make everything you need to host your next birthday party! Invitations, piñatas, party games, yummy no-bake birthday treats, DIY decorations, party favors, and more!
Materials fee: $10
Instructor: Jazzmine Flores

This project-based class will help students explore geometric topics and see that geometry patterns are all around us. Projects include creating 3D shapes like prisms and octahedrons with toothpicks and marshmallows, creating an "eyeball" from parabolic curves, and creating artistic designs using tessellations.
Instructors: Jazzmine Flores, Michaela Rolls

Boys and girls will develop their teamwork skills, focus, coordination and learn game strategies for a variety of indoor team sports. Examples include tchoukball, team handball, court hockey, and wiffle ball. Instruction is organized and managed by experienced coaches who utilize drills, small group activities, and scrimmages in order to make classes educational and fun. Each class takes place in an air-conditioned gym.
Instructor: Andre Gibson-Starks

Competitive eSports, or "electronic sports", is an AIA-sanctioned sport and is growing nationwide. In this class, students of any skill level will learn the basics of competitive Rocket League including digital citizenship, communication, team-work skills, goal setting, time management, sportsmanship and health promotion.
Instructor: Jalen Montgomery

Are you interested in the virtual world of gaming? Competitive eSports, or "electronic sports", is an AIA-sanctioned sport and is growing nationwide. In this class, students of any skill level will learn the basics of competitive Super Smash Bros Ultimate including tournament rule-sets, character-specific skills, shoutcasting, general gamesense and strategy, and healthy sportsmanship.
Instructor: Luis Peralta

An introduction to the world of barbells and dumbbells! The primary focus of this class is to become comfortable with a loaded bar for the first time. Namely, we will be introducing the 3 "Power Lifts" - aka the Back Squat, the Bench Press, and the Dead Lift. These 3 movements are widely considered the foundational "Strength" movements. Not only will learning them be directly beneficial to health and performance through the development of baseline, full-body strength, they will also serve as a great jumping off point for the rest of our weight room movements. Students will learn the movements very gradually, progressing from empty bars, to lightly loaded work, before coming to and recording a baseline "max" in each of the major lifts. This will help direct training within more advanced programs down the road. Additionally, students will learn a host of accessory strength movements using the widely versatile dumbbell, as well as continue to develop core strength and stability!
Instructor: Sean Newland

Let's Argue: Develop writing skills to influence others with meaningful writing techniques. Good arguments, as students will discover in this class, combine truth-seeking with persuasion. The goal of this class is to provide students with techniques for writing on effective argumentative essay. Students will learn argumentative terms, discuss, share prior experience and knowledge with the genre. Additionally, they will learn strategies for developing various arguments of their own on a variety of issues and using outside sources. Accordingly, students will study strategies for determining positions, assessing claims and reasons, locating and evaluating supporting evidence, and writing essays that represent clear and convincing arguments in themselves.
Instructor: Mizraim Carrion

Welcome to Phone, Photography, and Design! In this summer course, you will learn the basics of cell phone photography and how to use tools like Canva and Adobe Photoshop to enhance your photos. Throughout the course, you will explore various techniques for taking great photos with your cell phone, including composition, lighting, and editing. You will also learn how to edit and enhance your photos, adding filters, adjusting color and contrast, and more. In addition to learning technical skills, you will also have the opportunity to express your creativity and develop your own personal style as a photographer. By the end of the course, you will have a strong foundation in cell phone photography and be able to use Canva and Adobe Photoshop to bring your vision to life. Whether you are a beginner or have some experience with photography, this course will help you take your skills to the next level!
Instructor: Krista Tomlin

Beginners learn basic sewing fundamentals by hand and machine. Students will learn how to cut fabric and sew fabric pieces together, creating functional pieces of sewn art in a fun and relaxed environment. Sample projects may include a pillow, pajama pants or shorts.
Materials fee: $20
Instructor: Charlene Whitfill

In this writing class students will learn how to appreciate, analyze, and interpret stories, character, story structure, and narrative technique through the medium of film, television, and music. Learners will incorporate technology to create presentations and written work reflecting their ability to critically view mass media.
Instructor: Ira Pincus

Boys and girls have the opportunity to focus on improving skills, game strategies, and teamwork. Instruction is organized and managed by experienced coaches who utilize drills, small group activities, and scrimmages in order to make classes educational and fun. Each class takes place in the air-conditioned gym.
Instructor: Molly Creagh

Students will learn the basics of wood-working, safety protocols, use of tools, and construction as they create their own take-home piece of craftsmanship.
Materials fee: $10
Instructor: Keith Burns