Language, Humanities and Arts Classes

Let your creativity shine through classes like Canvas Painting, Comic Creation, Creative Writing Workshop, Debate and Public Speaking, Dystopian Short Story Writing, Escape Room Creation and Film-Making!

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    3D Art and Sculpture, Ages 8-10

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    Our budding artists will be inspired by artists like Alexander Calder, Yahoi Kusama, Peter Carl Fabergé, Auguste Rodin, Dale Chihuly and Antoni Gaudí as they create their own 3D art.  Projects include creating cardboard sculptures, dolls, papier marche eggs, clay heads, water bottle sculptures and bean mosaics. When and Where This Class is Offered: Week [...]
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    Camp Newspaper, Ages 8-10

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    Students of this class will be the reporters at camp where they write stories about the people at International Ivy and their activities at camp and their views about current events that week.  They will write stories, take pictures and layout the content for a newspaper to be published. In addition, students will create online content like blogs and videos to capture what happened at camp. The teacher will guide students through the creative process and offer suggestions for better journalism.

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    Canvas Painting, Ages 9-12

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    Students will obtain step-by-step instructions to create and customize one painting each day.  Students will learn about color theory, brush stroke and paint application.  Students will study both old and modern artists, along with different styles and movements throughout the ages. When and Where This Class is Offered: Week 3 - July 8-12, 2024 9AM-12:30PM [...]
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    Comic Creation, Ages 8-10

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    Does your child have a great idea for a comic book or love anime?  Students will learn to tell a short story through sequential art by creating  a story line, brainstorming to create characters, and write a plot with dialogue. They will learn digital cartooning using Pixton. Students collaborate on a comic anthology that they [...]
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    Crafting with the Cricut Machine, Ages 8-10

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    Young crafters will develop essential skills in the journey into the world of makerspace and the hands-on possibilities of the Cricut machine! We will explore the wonders of creativity and design through the use of the versatile Cricut machine and its application, Design Space. We will learn and use the various functionalities of Cricut while engaging in a series of interactive projects, such as custom t-shirts, tote bags, note book, key chain, greeting cards, stickers, flowers and more! 

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    Creative Writing Workshop, Ages 8-10

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    The primary goal of this course is to inspire a passion for creative writing using diverse activities, challenges, games, and prompts, including Heart Mapping, Simile Chains, Hip-Hop and Shakespeare, Ted Talks, Storymatic©, photography, Pixar© shorts, share circles, and mentor texts. These fun activities will not only allow students to become interested in the fiction writing process and written expression, but also produce and share an effective, polished anthology of personal works from multiple genres: (1) Six Word Memoir, (2) Sonnet, (3) Ode, and (4) Short “Spooky” Fiction Story. Students will sharpen their creative writing pieces using tips and techniques from our Fiction Toolbox.

     

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    Debate and Public Speaking, Ages 9-12

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    Students will look a wide range of issues from the mundane to the worldly and argue "for" or "against" a variety of everyday items, events, and ideas.  Along the way, they will research, structure, craft and execute their speeches to inform and persuade. Students will be practicing their public speaking skills, working on speaking from [...]
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    Digital Art, Ages 9-12

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    The class starts with the fundamentals of drawing from lines, shapes, 3D forms to using perspective, space, light and color.  Campers will be drawing and painting still life, landscapes and people using digital brushes, blending tools and textures through a series of fun projects. When and Where This Class is Offered: Week 2 - July [...]
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    Digital Creations with Canva / Animoto, Ages 8-10

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    Students will learn how to create amazing graphic designs inside Canva, one of the world’s leading free graphic design applications and Animoto, an easy drag and drop video maker.  The course will cover core skills needed to use Canva efficiently and effectively, including text and typography, shapes and lines, adding icons, pictures, filters, color, alignment and transparency.  Students will apply their skills working on different projects like magazine covers, posters, greeting cards, photo collages, vision boards and mind maps.  Students will also make stunning videos in minutes using Animoto.  During the course, the instructor will cover some basic graphic design theory, which will help make their work stand out.

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