The Winter Enrichment Program was created with goals of connecting every student to learning activities that interest him/her, thus individualizing the school experience, and providing in-depth topical areas of study. The Winter Enrichment Program has been designed as a supplement to our curriculum. It is our hope that these programs will provide students with opportunities to develop skills, increase their self-esteem, and experience learning beyond the classroom walls.
Salmon Bay School
2010 Winter Enrichment Program
Our WEP consists of six Fridays starting Friday January 8th and going every Friday through February 12th, 2010 (except Friday, January 29th, the day between semesters day; we will go on Thursday, January 28th instead). Every student will be encouraged to choose one of the exciting and challenging all-day activities that we are offering. The skiing and snowboarding program takes place at Snoqualmie Central Ski Area on Snoqualmie Pass; students will be transported by Journeyline charter buses. Skiing and snowboarding students leave school about 9:30 AM and return either to a convenient south end drop-off or to Salmon Bay School at about 7:30 PM. The other activities are done by the end of the regular school day and students can ride the school buses home.
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This year we plan on offering several new activities at school as well as some of the most popular activities from last year. Options will include Mural Painting with Glyde, Touring Seattle with Janet, Playing with Water Colors and Pastels with Ticely, Team Sports with Anthony and Keith, Jewelry Making and Bead Design with Melanie and Victoria, Ice Skating at Highland Ice Arena with Hien, Movie Making with Jeff, and Hiking Adventures with Tim Lundquist.
Every student at Salmon Bay is encouraged to participate in the WEP activity of his or her choice regardless of the costs involved; scholarships are available for families that need help paying for their student’s activity. Scholarship forms will be available in the Main Office when the WEP signups start November 6th.
If you plan to choose to participate in our skiing and snowboarding program, you may want to start planning now how you are going to work it into your family budget. This year, families can pay for the program using a credit card. Another option is you may pay for your student’s skiing/snowboarding program with our “EZ Payment Plan” (a down payment when you sign your student up, and whatever you can afford each month as long as it is paid off by the end of the season, March 1st, 2010
Start planning and saving your allowance now, the snow is going to fly soon!
Sample Winter Enrichment Program:
1. Ice Skating
Students will travel to and become familiar with Highland Ice Arena in North Seattle. They will learn basic ice-skating techniques, skills and games, as a participant in a 30-minute lesson. They will have an additional 30 minutes to free skate and enjoy the ice. The afternoon will provide time to reflect on our experiences through writing, art and related films. This activity allows students to work at their own level while interacting through pairing-up, assisting one-another by sharing, teaching, encouraging, and having a fun, fun, time on the ice.
Cost: 80.00
Location: Highland Ice Arena
Instructors: Hien Le and Gabriel Kidane
Maximum amount of students: 20
2. International Cooking
International Cooking…Have you every tried chapatis? Made fresh guacamole, salsa or Mexican hot chocolate? Do you dare try to make your own sushi? Come learn some basic cooking skills and special techniques to make a different meal from a different culture every week! Participants must be able to be safe and responsible in a kitchen, and be willing to try different foods. Menus may contain items with nuts, dairy or soy.
Cost: Free!
Location: Salmon Bay School, plus 1-2 outings
Instructor: Kathleen Goldfarb
Maximum amount of students: 15
3. Drama/Acting
Students will learn theatre basics and engage in a variety of acting exercises to develop their minds, bodies and voices. Stage combat, scene study and scene creation will be explored. In addition, students will spend one day touring a local theatre and talking with professional theatre artists.
Cost: 85.00
Location: Salmon Bay School
Instructors: Mocha Monkey Productions and SB teachers
Maximum amount of students: 15-20
4. Beading/Jewelry Making
We’ll start this year with a focus on beading and jewelry. Based on everyone’s interests, we’ll decide where to go from there. Options include: field trip to local artist studios, loom beading, other types of arts and crafts-bring your ideas and interests! We’ll have a lunch meeting sometime in late November to see what everyone’s interests are…
Cost: 60.00
Location: Salmon Bay School, Rm. 317
Instructors: Melanie Shelton
Maximum amount of students: 15
5. Rock Climbing at Vertical World
This class is geared to help students learn the basic skills of rock climbing. They include:
- Proper use of knots used in rock climbing
- Proper use of harnesses, shoes, gear used for rock climbing
- Proper use of commands used in rock climbing
- Climbing techniques used in rock climbing
Students will also participate in experiential education activities that promote teamwork, cooperation and especially FUN!
Cost: 110.00
Location: Vertical World
Instructors: Katy Maynard and Joelle Loveless
Maximum amount of students: 15
6. Film and Movie Making
Are you interested in learning how to use iMovie to make short movies? Want to study script writing, how to use a camera properly, how to write a documentary, editing and more? Would you like to meet some folks in the Seattle area who work on writing or making movies or commercials? Then sign up for this class!
Cost: 25.00
Location: Salmon Bay School
Instructors: Joel Maier
Maximum amount of students: 15-20
7. Hiking/Adventures
Hiking Adventures: Do you enjoy the outdoors? Enjoy hiking? Would you like to learn backpacking skills such as how to purify your drinking water, cooking a hot meal in the woods, using elevation and trail maps, reading direction with a compass, or shelter building with ropes and tarps? Then sign up for this class! We will learn on the go as we take hiking trips to various mountain lakes, rivers, and snow free ridges.
Cost: 40.00
Instructor: Tim Lundquist
Location: Salmon Bay School
Maximum number of students: 15
8. Tour Seattle
We’ll decide as a group what popular Seattle sites to visit. Then we’ll take Metro to popular sites around Seattle and write up critical reviews of the sites. At the end of the class we’ll create a polished, illustrated, pocket tour guide of Seattle.
Possible Destinations:
- EMP
- The science fiction museum
- Seattle Art Museum
- Pike Place Market
- Archie McPhee’s
- Frye Art Gallery
- Gameworks
- Majestic Bay Theater
- Space Needle
- Uwajimaya’s
- Chinatown/International District in general
- Elliot Bay Bookstore
Cost: 85.00
Instructor: Jeff Callahan
Location: Salmon Bay School
Maximum number of students: 12-15
IMPORTANT POINTS:
- Students will sign-up for one program option and stay with that activity for the entire six weeks.
- Students will participate in their designated program for five weeks. The sixth week will be a skill showcase and celebration, with the exception of skiing/snowboarding, which will continue all six weeks.
- Some of the program options will have a program fee, but scholarships are available and no student will be turned away from her/his program of choice for financial reasons.
- On a Winter Enrichment Program day, students are to be at school for regular start time of 8:55 a.m. At 9:30, we will begin the different Winter Enrichment Programs and they will last until the end of the school day.
