Community Education - Rochester, Minnesota

Week 1: The Recharge Program June 14 – 18, 2021 Price: $270 Location: Gibbs Elementary School - 5525 56th St NW. Rochester, MN 55901 Implementation: In-person and at home offered! Young innovators will: Design morphing vehicles using inspiration in nature Experiment with physics concepts as they build and test a rubber duck launcher Build their own solar-powered robot crickets, Reverse engineer a wireless microphone, discover sound waves and pitch their own big ideas Week 2: The Elevate Program June 21 – 25, 2021 Price: $270 Location: Gibbs Elementary School - 5525 56th St NW. Rochester, MN 55901 Implementation: In-person and at home offered! Young innovators will: Build a city-scape, navigate planes and take apart a robot Learn the value of their creativity as they build prototypes, design logos and market their inventions Collaborate to protect earths ecosystem, compete in zipline races and explore energy conservation Discover the great inventors behind sports and design the ultimate sports complex Registration is ONLY through Camp Invention. You may call 800-968-4332 or visit registration page HERE

This Chess camp is for all ages and stages! Rochester CE Chess camp is sure to improve your game. Students will learn basic concepts of the game, as well as fundamental concepts such as castling and check. Beginner and advanced strategy will be taught so you can learn how to attack the enemy king! Multiple achievement levels will be sure to challenge everyone from beginner to expert! Show what you've got by mastering the next level.

GRASP is an academic workbook correspondence program designed for students to review and maintain skills that were learned during the school year over the summer months. Students complete nine lessons in math, reading or both over the summer. Each lesson takes about one hour to complete. Students will mail their answer sheets in pre-addressed envelopes directly to GRASP for correcting. All lessons must be completed and postmarked for correction by August 5th. Students will receive their scores back via mail. Students who successfully complete all their lessons at 70% or better will receive a certificate or medal. Rochester Community Education will be contacting all participants to make arrangements to receive their work books, answer sheets, and mailing envelopes prior to the end of the school year. Please register your student for the grade they completed during the 2020/2021 school year. Registration deadline for this program is May 7th.

GRASP is an academic workbook correspondence program designed for students to review and maintain skills that were learned during the school year over the summer months. Students complete nine lessons in math, reading or both over the summer. Students will receive their scores back via email. Students who successfully complete all their lessons at 70% or better will receive a certificate or medal. New online option for students in Grades 4-8 only. If paper isn’t your thing, try the new online version! All materials are online only. Using the online option gives you the opportunity for immediate scoring and feedback. Instead of a book and paper copies you will receive an email from GRASP on or before June 5th with website and login instructions. Please select online version during the registration process. All online lessons must be completed by August 10th. Please register your student for the grade they completed during the 2020/2021 school year. Registration deadline for this program is May 7th

Magic for the whole family! In this course parents will have the opportunity to learn a new game with your kids that you can all play together the entire year! Do you all enjoy dragons, spells, and fantasy? Interested in promoting socializing, reading, and strategizing? MAGIC: The Gathering is a card game where wizards build a spell book without the screen time! MagiKids was built for you and our program gets you started! We help build skills such as critical thinking, math, and reading. Our Sort, Build, Play curriculum gets kids to engage with the game in a way that not only keeps them focused on learning in the moment, but makes it more likely they will stick with it down the road. We will provide cards, sleeves and deck boxes to all participants who come willing to learn and have fun! Class location: Magikids, 4229 W. Frontage Rd NW, Hwy 52 N.

Do you all enjoy dragons, spells, and fantasy? Interested in promoting socializing, reading, and strategizing with your kids? Magic: The Gathering is a card game where wizards build a spell book without the screen time! MagiKids was built for your kids and our program gets them started! We help build skills such as critical thinking, math, and reading. Our Sort, Build, Play curriculum gets kids to engage with the game in a way that not only keeps them focused on learning in the moment, and makes it more likely they will stick with it down the road. We will provide cards, sleeves and deck boxes to all participants who come willing to learn and have fun! Class location: Magikids, 4229 W. Frontage Rd NW, Hwy 52 N.

You know how to play Magic: The Gathering and love it. You know how to build a deck and you are ready to learn more! Join us for some various ways to play this game. Concepts include drafting, tournament play, and playing with more than two players. We will provide cards, sleeves and deck boxes to all participants who come willing to learn and have fun! It is recommended that you already know how to play Magic: The Gathering. Class location: Magikids, 4229 W. Frontage Rd NW, Hwy 52 N.

It’s here! Keep young minds active with the locally developed Math-By-Mail curriculum. This math practice is accompanied by enrichment activities for the upcoming summer months. This curriculum has been created by current middle school math teachers with 40+ years of combined experience! Minnesota State Standards, Math Frameworks MCA strands, and current Minnesota Benchmarks are the foundation for this curriculum. With creative problem solving, multiple choice, short answer and vocabulary embedded into an 8-week course of independent study, students will maintain or increase the level of their math understanding in addition to reviewing the recommended targets suggested by grade level in the Minnesota School Academic Standards of mathematics. A pre-test will be sent to assess the appropriate skill level necessary to strengthen their individual math needs, unlike other programs that are exclusively grade level driven. Students will then receive 8 packets to complete at their own pace throughout the summer. As students finish packets, they are mailed back for feedback and then returned to the students.This program is for students entering grades 6-9 in the Fall of 2021. No Refunds will be processed after June 1st. All packets are due back by August 11th in order to provide timely feedback before the 2021 school year begins.

The {YEL!} Teach It!…Practice It!...Play It! method keeps chess students progressing with 60+ chess lessons and thousands of puzzles as well as guided games and an end-of-week in-class tournament. Class fee includes ChessKid.com membership for the session ($49 annual value). Battle summer brain drain...sign up today to THINK, LEARN and PLAY WELL with {YEL!}. All levels of players are welcome!