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FALL 2013 Coleman's Camp begins this week

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Mr. Coleman, 2nd grade teacher at Prairie Elementary, will be offering a valuable learning opportunity during the 2013 FALL time.  Coleman’s Camp Enrichment Program will begin Tuesday August 13th, and run through the end of December, with a second session running January through June.  We meet at Corinth Library (81st and Mission Road). More detailed information is below.

Coleman’s Camp Enrichment Program:

Small groups of students meet as a specialized class to study, explore, and interact with their own learning process in highly individualized and personal ways. The two-hour sessions aim toward mastery of grade-level curriculum taught in Shawnee Mission classrooms but also provide a pervasive environment and cross-pollination of wisdom, art, humor, music, and high quality endeavors.

Coleman’s Camp is an innovative tutoring and enrichment program utilizing a decade of classroom experience at nearly every grade level as well as training in administration, special education, and research-based practices to create a weekly enrichment and support camp for elementary-aged children.

Each session of Coleman's Camp has age guidelines to help facilitate age-appropriate focus and maximized benefit of learning experiences. The Tuesday and Thursday sessions have similar themes, activities, and curriculum. As such, students should only attend either the Tuesday sessions or the Thursday sessions, but not both. In some cases, special arrangements can be made with Mr. Coleman for older students to be Peer-Leaders (example: an older student who attends the Tuesday session returns Thursday to help lead groups, provide examples, or teach parts of the lessons). Such special arrangements should be reserved for highly motivated students wanting to take on leadership roles and increased responsibility.

Additionally, the Saturday session will be different in form and scope from the Tuesday and Thursday sessions. These Saturday sessions are called Coleman's Camp Studio and will be an experience where kids work for a number of consecutive weeks to complete one in-depth project at a time. These studio projects will be built around the passions of the students enrolled, and will push their natural skills, problem solving ability, and creative efforts to produce unique artifacts of significance and quality. Coleman's Camp Studio will be limited to 10 students. Projects might include multimedia presentations, artwork, service projects, inventions, engineering studies, plays, et cetera. There is no specific age guidelines for Saturdays, but an adventurous attitude and willingness to make mistakes, grow, and experiment are important.

Summer 2013 Schedule for Coleman's Camp (2 hour sessions):

• Tuesdays 4:00-6:00 (for kids going into 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th grade)
• Thursdays 4:00-6:00 (for kids going into Kindergarten, 1st and 2nd grade)
• Saturdays 10:00-12:00 (Coleman's Camp Studio)

More Information:

• http://www4.smsd.org/timcoleman/html32214.htm - Credentials, experience, and other district information
• http://www4.smsd.org/timcoleman/html22172.htm - all about Mr. Coleman
  

PLEASE E-MAIL for cost and availability.