Week 4

The Quickstart Academy will use the teaching method of Quickstart Tennis, a program aimed at helping young athletes learn the game of tennis. Using a smaller court, net, racquet, and larger foam tennis balls, the Quickstart method makes the game of tennis easily accessible to the little ones.
DROP OFF AND PICK UP AT TENNIS CENTER

instructor: Jay Horne (Hutchison middle school tennis coach)
cost: $140 per session, per session

Students learn the importance of our food system in their daily lives. Learn about agriculture, sensory evaluation, the science of cooking, and much more through interactive experiments and hands-on activities.
date/time:          Monday-Friday, 9:00 am-noon
Session I: June 19-23
Session II: July 17-21
instructor:          Ali Manning (Founder of FS4K)
cost:                    $250, per session

Keep sharp with phonological awareness and phonics skills to head into first grade at your best! Review rhyming & syllables, phoneme isolation, letter & sound correspondences, and decoding skills tailored by the data on each girl enrolled. Activities will be multisensory and hands-on so we will have fun while we prevent a ‘summer slide’!

date/time: Mondays, June 12-July 28 (No class 7/3); 1:00-3:00 PM
instructor: Shannon Manzi (lower school learning specialist)
cost:           $200 (six sessions)

Language Enrichment, Acquisition, and Phonics (LEAPS) will reinforce letter-sound correspondences by offering multisensory (visual, auditory, kinesthetic, and tactile), systemic, evidence-based phonics instruction for students in rising 2nd grade. During our two-week classes, LEAPS will focus on blending and segmenting words, CVC/CCVC/CVCC words, consonant blends, digraphs, long vowel magic E, and grade-appropriate vowel teams.

date/time: Monday-Friday, June 19-30, 1:00-3:00 pm
instructor: Alyson Ruby (lower school learning specialist)
cost:           $300

Keep sharp with phonological awareness and letter-sound knowledge to head into kindergarten at your best! Review rhyming & syllables, beginning sound isolation, and TONS of practice with letter & sound correspondences. Activities will be multisensory and hands-on so we will have fun while we prepare for kindergarten!

date/time: Tuesdays, June 12-July 28 (No class July 4th); 1:00-3:00 PM
instructor: Shannon Manzi (lower school learning specialist)
cost: $200 (six sessions)

Bonjour from Madeline! Bloom Studios brings you children’s etiquette with a French flair. Enjoy a week of French immersion and all things fancy for your little lady in training.
date/time:          Monday-Friday, June 19-23; 9:00 am-noon
instructor:          Emily Cantrell (Bloom Studios)
cost:                     $300

Need help getting all of your summer work done? Tired of haggling with your daughter to get it done? Send her to Packet Pacer! Summer work assistance for math packets, IXL, summer reading, and journaling. Each Wednesday afternoon from 1-3 all summer. 

date/time: Wednesdays, June 14 - July 26 (No class July 5th); 1:00-3:00 PM
instructor: Hutchison lower school teachers
cost: $200

In this two-week course, you will learn all the fundamentals of pottery from hand-building techniques, to wheel throwing and sculpting. Learn or expand your knowledge of the tools, materials, and techniques used in pottery making. No prior experience is necessary -- our instructor will be there to guide you through every step of the process. By the end of the camp, you will have the skills and confidence to create beautiful, functional, and creative pottery pieces of your own. 
instructor: Kristi Duckworth (ceramist and painter)
cost: $450, two-week camp

In this two-week course, you will learn all the fundamentals of pottery from hand-building techniques, to wheel throwing and sculpting. Learn or expand your knowledge of the tools, materials, and techniques used in pottery making. No prior experience is necessary -- our instructor will be there to guide you through every step of the process. By the end of the camp, you will have the skills and confidence to create beautiful, functional, and unique pottery pieces of your own. 
instructor: Kristi Duckworth (ceramist and painter)
cost: $800 two-week camp

Looking for something fun and educational that will get your child outside this summer? 
SNAG Golf (‘Starting New At Golf’) is a fantastic first-touch program that effectively teaches the game of golf to all ages and ability levels. It’s easy to learn and FUN to play! Campers will develop strong golf fundamentals such as putting, chipping, pitching, and how to correctly execute a full swing. Learning to put all of these fundamentals together in a fun, supportive, and encouraging environment so that they can take their new skills out on the golf course.

date/time:    Monday–Friday; June 19-23;  9:00 am–12:00 pm
instructor:    Stephanie Brown (Hutchison middle school golf coach)
cost:              $200

X-STEAM Girl Pop-Ups is a summer intensive where campers engage in hands-on learning to build a brand, products, and pop-up designs through the curriculum using the design-thinking model. Additionally, girls will receive advice from leaders in the field to assist in completing their costumes. Girls will walk away with their very own branded and crafted hand-made costume that reflects their inner heroic personality. At the end of the experience, campers will host a fun and interactive fashion show of their Super Hero Costume designs artistically handcrafted by them. Parents and families of campers are invited to experience the fashion show.
date/time:          Monday-Friday, June 19-23; 9:00 am-noon                       
instructor:          Erika Cain (Founder girl24)
cost:                    $225

instructors: Daija Lowe (Hutchison volleyball coach)
cost: $200