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Curlew Creek Elementary
3030 Curlew Rd.
Palm Harbor

Site Director: Mike Fresia
Enrollment Application Fee Class #2056
Check out the Middle School Programs - Code Blue/CSI and Language Camp
WEEK ONE: June 8-12, 2009
Class #2077

KELLY CLARK

EXPLORATION OF THE NIGHT SKY
We will study the moon make constellations, day/night, etc.

  • To increase the students knowledge of the night sky, referencing the moon, stars and contributions they make.

DAVID BOSTICK

COMPUTER CAMPUS
This introduction week will introduce the students with the computers they will be working with this summer. Students will also have the opportunity to discuss topics of interest in computer literacy.

  • The students input help guide the summer’s curriculum and the computer subjects.

KAREN HUNTER

CHARACTER BUILDING THROUGH PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
Emphasis on Respect, Responsibility, Honesty & Motivation. C2C in P.E. aligns with Pinellas County Schools Commitment to character Program.

  • Students will demonstrate the four (4) character values as they participate in a variety of physical and social activities.
SUSAN MACLEISH

PABLO PICASSO'S PORTRAIT
Learning some art history about Picasso's life. Creating four self portraits using some of Picasso's periods (Blue, Rose, cubism, etc.) Exploring watercolor techniques, values and line.

  • Learning about Pablo Picasso and exploring the watercolor medium. Enjoying creating four self portraits with color and line.

KIMBERLY JACOBS

HUJAMBOL! HELLO! FROM KENYA
Learn about the culture in Kenya through literature, art, cooking, and mapmaking.

  • Students will develop an understanding and appreciation of the various aspects of the culture in Kenya.
CFK II
Class #2122
CFK II will give the students the opportunity to interact with other students in various educational activities. Activities may include group activities, special events and free time for student use. A minimal amount of outside activity may be included.

Week II : June 15-19, 2009
Class #2078

KELLY CLARK

CHEMISTRY EXPERIMENTS
We will make goop, playdough, etc.

  • To understand that mixing together different substances can create new substances.

DONNA SINICROPE

GETTING TO KNOW THE WORLD’S GREAT ARTISTS
Students will work with a variety of medium using great artists and their art for inspiration.

  • Students will learn about important artists from history and create their own work of art incorporating styles and elements of art.

KAREN HUNTER

P.E. AND M.E. (PHYSICAL EDUCATION & MENTAL EXERCISE
Students will develop large muscle groups & improve body control. Students will be introduced to “Brain Gym” activities & learn how to improve mental development.

  • Students will improve physical & mental development of their bodies.

DAVID BOSTICK

COMPUTER HISTORY
Students will take a look back and a peek at the future in computer science.

  • Students will discover how computers are changing and evolving in all fields of computer science.

KIMBERLY JACOBS

BUON GIORNOL! HELLO! FROM ITALY
Learn about the culture in Italy through art, literature, cooking and mapmaking.

  • Students will develop an understanding and appreciation of the various aspects of the culture in Italy.
CFK II
Class #2123
CFK II will give the students the opportunity to interact with other students in various educational activities. Activities may include group activities, special events and free time for student use. A minimal amount of outside activity may be included.
Week III: June 22-26, 2009
Class #2079

 KELLY CLARK

BEACH LIVING; ANIMALS AND HUMANS
Experiment and work with sand, erosion, shells, and sea grasses.

  • To increase knowledge and learn how the sand, shells and small creatures of the shore affect each other.

DAVID BOSTICK

COMPUTER WORD PROCESSING
Students will learn the ends and outs and common characteristics of word processors.

  • The students will learn how to use special features, such as tool bars, buttons and shortcuts to help them prepare for creating documents.

KAREN HUNTER

INTERNATIONAL PLAYTIME
An invitation for students to celebrate their own culture while learning to integrate into the diversity of the world through play.

  • Students will have an awareness of the similarities & differences between cultures & respect diversity.

KIMBERLY JACOBS

YEE, UHR, SAHN! 1,2,3, LET’S GO TO CHINA
Learn about the culture in China through art, literature, cooking, and mapmaking.

  • Students will develop an understanding and appreciation of the various aspects of the culture in china.
CFK II
Class #2124
CFK II will give the students the opportunity to interact with other students in various educational activities. Activities may include group activities, special events and free time for student use. A minimal amount of outside activity may be included.
Week IV: June 29-July 2, 2009
Class #2080

KELLY CLARK

BUGS
Create bugs, find bugs, and investigate their living systems.

  • Increase understanding and likeableness of our small friends.

DAVID BOSTICK

THE INTERNET AND STAND ALONE PROGRAMS
The students will learn how the Internet was developed. They will learn how to use browsers and their features.

  • Students will learn about computer safety and safety precautions while surfing the Net.
KAREN HUNTER

P.E. POTPOURRI
Students will participate in a variety of all time favorite games and activities.

  • Students will have fun while participating cooperatively and demonstrate good sportsmanship.
SUSAN MACLEISH

VINCENT VAN GOGH'S SUNFLOWERS

Learning about Van Gogh's life and times. Learning about still life drawing and using oil pastels.

  • Learning about van Gogh's unusual life. Learning about the oil pastel medium, still life drawing.

KIMBERLY JACOBS

ZDRASTVYUTE! HELLO FROM RUSSIA
Learn about the culture in Russia through literature, art, cooking, and mapmaking.

  • Students will develop an understanding and appreciation of the various aspects of the culture in Russia.
CFK II
Class #2125
CFK II will give the students the opportunity to interact with other students in various educational activities. Activities may include group activities, special events and free time for student use. A minimal amount of outside activity may be included.
Week V: July 6-10, 2009
Class #2081

KELLY CLARK

FOSSILS
Explore for fossils, make fossils.

  • Research and try to grasp the significance of what a fossil is.
GLENDA MAUGER

MUSICAL GAMES
Play a variety of games teaching musical concepts, history, rhythm, melody, and instrumental.

  • Students will gain musical knowledge.
SUSAN MACLEISH

WHO IS HENRI ROUSSEAU?
Henri Rousseau never saw a jungle, but his imagination took him there. He never had an art lesson and yet he is a Master. We will paint a tropical jungle using Rousseaus techniques.

  • Learning about Rousseau's life and times. Work with drawing and painting in tempra paint. Use our imagination to create a tropical jungle.
KAREN HUNTER

FCAT & P.E.
Students will participate in games & activities which involve using knowledge & skills from the F.C.A.T. test.

  • Students will improve on skills necessary for successful completion of the F.C.A.T. test.
CFK II
Class #2126
CFK II will give the students the opportunity to interact with other students in various educational activities. Activities may include group activities, special events and free time for student use. A minimal amount of outside activity may be included.
Week VI: July 13-17, 2009
Class #2082

KELLY CLARK

BRAIN GAMES/SCIENCE OF MEMORY
Play and make Suduko, memory, puzzles

  • Try and increase our memory by a weeks end. To take our thinking to another level-computation

DAVID BOSTICK

COMPUTER SAFETY
Students will learn about computer safety and safety precautions while surfing the Net.

  • Students will learn ways to protect themselves while on the net and how to report inappropriate web chats and email.
GLENDA MAUGER

MUSICAL GAMES
Play a variety of games teaching musical concepts, history, rhythm, melody, and instrumental.

  • Students will gain musical knowledge.
SUSAN MACLEISH

MOSAIC SELF PORTRAIT
Creating a self portrait with tearing colored paper. Very tactile experience.

  • Learning about creating a two dimensional self portrait using a tearing method, no scissors and some elmers glue.

KAREN HUNTER

INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL GAMES
Students will learn new games and activities from a variety of cultures.

  • Students will learn an appreciation for other cultures and countries.
CFK II
Class #2127
CFK II will give the students the opportunity to interact with other students in various educational activities. Activities may include group activities, special events and free time for student use. A minimal amount of outside activity may be included.
Week VII: July 20-24, 2009
Class #2083

KELLY CLARK

RECYCLE
Students will learn how to help earth and what is done with our garbage
Research recycling and put some actions into crafting with old items.

  • To understand the problem of waste in our society and to reuse old packaging to help start a recycling thinking in our own neighborhoods.

DAVID BOSTICK

INTERNET EDUCATIONAL GAMES
Students will use the internet to find educational games and activities. Students will also learn about stand alone programs and simulators. They will have a chance to discover how exciting a computer can be.

GLENDA MAUGER

MUSICAL GAMES
Play a variety of games teaching musical concepts, history, rhythm, melody, and instrumental.

  • Students will gain musical knowledge.

KAREN HUNTER

P.E. POTPOURRI
Students will participate in a variety of all time favorite games & activities.

  • Students will have fun while practicing physical and social skills through a variety of games & activities.
CFK II
Class #2128
CFK II will give the students the opportunity to interact with other students in various educational activities. Activities may include group activities, special events and free time for student use. A minimal amount of outside activity may be included.
Week VIII: July 27-31, 2009
Class #2084

KELLY CLARK

PLANTS AND GROWING
We will plants seeds, learn what you need to grow things, make a bottle terrarium.

  • To foster a love of real plants and the miracle of growth instead of taking it for granted.
SUSAN MACLEISH

LET'S GET SURREAL WITH SALVADOR DALI
Learning about the 20 th century movement of surrealism and the master Dali. Creating a few different projects to explore the surrealistic view point. Collage, Color, Shape, Line.

  • Learning about surrealism, creating strange images in order to shock the viewers into new ways of thinking about the world.
GLENDA MAUGER

MUSICAL GAMES
Play a variety of games teaching musical concepts, history, rhythm, melody, and instrumental.

  • Students will gain musical knowledge.

KAREN HUNTER

ENERGIZERS & BRAIN GYM
Games and activities that integrate physical activity with academic concepts will help to prepare students for the new school year.

  • Students will demonstrate academic concepts through physical activity.
CFK II
Class #2129
CFK II will give the students the opportunity to interact with other students in various educational activities. Activities may include group activities, special events and free time for student use. A minimal amount of outside activity may be included.

Middle School Program - Code Blue

June 8 - July 2
Fees: $50.00 Enrollment application fee
$349.00 class fee
Instructor: Lori Moore
Monday - Friday 8:30 am-2:30 pm
Course #0725
Class #2236

Designed for? Students going into 7th and 8th grades.

Code Blue Pre-Med Camp: Be a Doctor for the summer!

St. Petersburg College will bring science to life every morning at CFK.

  • We’ll start off with learning about some of the careers that involve medical training besides the usual doctor, nurse, etc.
  • The kids will be keeping a notebook on these careers and what education/internships are required.
  • We’ll study the 4 senses that keep us in touch with our environment and selves and make models of the skin, eye, ear, mouth and tongue, and conduct some experiments on the senses.
  • The kids will learn about blood typing and conduct a little experiment using colored water to determine donors and receivers.
  • Keeping bones healthy and we will build a skeleton
  • How the brain works and what causes it to not function properly. We will build a Brain Cap that shows the location of the different areas of the brain and what they control.
  • We will have various “visitors” who will teach about their medical careers and how to get into their fields.
  • We’ll practice how to react in an emergency situation, including making a 911 call, and what should and should not be done before help arrives.
  • We’ll make individual emergency escape routes for individual homes.
  • We will visit Countryside Mease ER to learn what happens, and how many different people are involved, when someone comes to the ER.
  • We’ll have a disaster day toward the end of the 4 weeks when the kids will show they know how to handle an emergency situation and care for injuries to different body systems - I’m going to try to get some EMS or Firefighters involved this year to make it more realistic.

A field trip to a local hospital will be scheduled during this program.

Middle School Program - Language Camp

July 6 - 31
Cost: $349

Instructor: TBA
Class #2233
Course #CFK0725

  • This language camp will introduce students to the basics of listening, speaking, reading, writing, and helps them appreciate the cultures of French and Spanish speaking countries.

*NOTE: Class schedules may change due to unforeseen circumstances.

 
 
 
   
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