Grades 5-8 Session Descriptions

June 1-18, 2021

Creative Writing - Grades 8-11 (3 Hours)

Instructor Miss Henwood

Are you a storyteller? Do you have lots of ideas, but need help getting them organized and down on paper? Do you enjoy writing, but struggle to come up with ideas? Do you want to use your creativity to write stories, but you don’t know where to start? Or maybe you are already a strong writer but want to continue to improve your skills and get some new ideas for your writing.

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Disney Theme Book Club - Grades 5-8 (1 Hour)

Instructor Ms. Forsythe

“To infinity, and beyond!” - Toy Story (1995). Refine your reading skills with a collection of fun, interactive Disney-themed activities that will make you believe in magic! There is more treasure in BOOKS than in ALL the pirate’s loot on Treasure Island. - Walt Disney

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RMS Book Club - Grades 5-8 (1 Hour)

Instructor Ms. Forsythe

Enjoy a captivating novel paired with in-depth conversations at the RMS Book Club! Dive into a book of YOUR choice with friends. Discover magical, top-rated books today.

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Reader’s Theater - Grades 5-8 (1 Hour)

Instructor Mrs. Caton

Learn valuable reading skills this summer through creative lessons while interacting with your peers. Don't miss this amazing opportunity to wow your audience!

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Science Stem Enrichment - Grades 5-6 (3 Hours)

Instructor Mrs. Schoonover

Are you looking for adventure? Do you want to experience the force of Newton’s Laws in action? Can you see the balanced force of NATURE in our ecosystem? How do you feel the force of sound and light throughout your day? Feel the FORCE in you and join the fun in science by experiencing the SCIENTIST in you and learn you will!

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QUEST - Building Life Skills - Grades 5-8 (1 Hour)

Instructor Mrs. Mahler

Do you like the game, Life? If so, enroll in QUEST! QUEST is a basic life skills course that will help you gain independence and confidence to be a self-sufficient person.

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Math Exploration - Grades 5-8 (1 Hour)

Instructor Mrs. Miller

Over the next 14 days you will be applying your technology and computer knowledge to build your math proficiency skills. You will be using digital resources throughout to help build your confidence in Mathematics and help improve your class time experience in the school year to come. Come and learn with individual time and attention given to your learning from your Rushville Middle staff.

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Coding with Lego Mindstorms - Grades 7-8 (1 Hour)

Instructor Mrs. McCoy

Do you enjoy building with Legos? Do you want to learn how to code? Do you enjoy topics like science, technology, engineering and math? If you answered “Yes” to all three of these questions then this is a course for you!

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Coding & Robotics with Ozobots - Grades 5-6 (1 Hour)

Instructor Mrs. McCoy

Learn to code with Ozbots! Ozobots are mini pocket-sized robots that look like the ghosts from Pacman, and you can create commands for the robots by creating codes using paper, colored markers, and a series of lines and colored squares. If you enjoy creating games and solving puzzles then this is a course for you!

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Art Studio - Grades 5-8 (1 Hour)

Instructor Ms. McKinnon

Students will have the opportunity to design and create their own painting. This course will be one hour per day with Ms. McKinnon. Students will learn fundamental painting techniques. At the end of the course, students will have a completed painting of their own to take home.

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The Face of our Community - Grades 5-8 (1 Hour)

Instructor Ms. McKinnon

Students will have an opportunity to design and create “The Face of our Community”. Each student will design and create a Mask to collaboratively be displayed in downtown Lancaster by the Court House! The display will come back to school after a year and be a sculpture here at school!

The course will be 1 hour per day with Ms. McKinnon and students will learn to make their own clay and form their mask. Students will glaze the stoneware clay mask with high fire glaze and learn how glazes are made and fired. Connections to the student’s heritage will influence their mask design in a colorful way and a local sculptor Ric Leichliter will attach all the masks together and will Publicly display the projects for the whole community to view.

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Real Money Real World - Grades 7-8 & Grades 9-11 (1 Hour)

Instructors Mrs. Swick/Mrs. Phillips

Have your parents or guardians ever told you “Money doesn’t grow on trees?” Real Money Real World will show you how quickly living expenses can add up and exactly what they mean when they tell you this! Real Money. Real World. (RMRW) is a youth-focused financial literacy program from Ohio State University Extension.

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Science Laboratory - Grades 8-11 (3 Hours)

Instructors Mr. Miller/Mr. Alford

Are you interested in doing real science? Are you interested in a career that requires a science background? Are you interested in using the latest technology available for doing science? Are you interested in collecting data then using that data to solve complex problems? Are you going to be taking science courses in college? Then this program is for you.

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