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3rd Grade Camp Invention
Grades: 3rd
Meeting Days: 3:15-4:45 in cafeteria 9-26, 10-3, 10-17, 10-24, 10-31
Registration: Click here to register
Cost: Free
Mission/Purpose: Children hear of the extreme build-up of trash in the North Pacific Central Ocean Gyre between California and Hawaii. They must figure out if it truly is an island, what it is made of, and what can be done to keep it from growing. As a crew, children will be faced with ocean research challenges along the way - designing trawls, testing water quality and creating their own underwater investigation equipment.
Activities: Hands-on problem solving and learning through creating: building waterproof cases, boat logs, fishing poles and so much more!
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Michelle Foxworth
Affiliations: invent.org
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Lego League
Grades: 4th and 5th
Meeting Days: Wednesdays 3:15-5 September 6-December 6
Registration: Application process- please contact the sponsor for more information
Cost: Free
Mission/Purpose: First Lego League competition
Activities: Building missions, and program robot to do the missions. Work as a group on core values. Present at competition.
Faculty Sponsor: Johanna Disney
Affiliations: First Lego League Challenge
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Girls on the Run
Grades: 3-5
Meeting Days: Practices are on Tuesdays and Wednesdays Afterschool from 3:10-4:40
Cost: Registration fees are based on a sliding scale dependent on family household income and starts at $0 for families who qualify. This can be calculated when you register at the Girls On the Run site.
Activities: Girls on the Run is a non-competitive program where our girls are valued regardless of running ability. Our MKES GOTR team focuses on empowering girls to become leaders in our community. Over the course of the program, our girls will improve on personal growth, build confidence, develop strength of character, and learn to recognize how they can shape the world at large. Our dynamic lessons instill valuable life skills, including the important connection between physical and emotional health. Click here to see our newsletter.
Registration:
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Program lottery closes - August 22 at 11:59 pm
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Program lottery run - August 23 by 3 pm
Faculty Sponsor:
Truc Dang
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Reader's Rally
Grades: 4-5
Meeting Days: Wednesday 7:00am-7:45am Sept-March
Cost: Free
Activities: Reading quiz bowl style competition for students starting in 4th grade. Students read 15 books from the list and answer the questions about the books. The team represents the school at the county Readers Rally Competition.
Faculty Sponsor: Nicole Duque, Betty-Sue Garrish, Carla Stewart