Computer Robotics
Ingenious Engineers
Explore the worlds of mechanical and computer engineering! You and your partner will build two machines using these special LEGO Dacta® sets that include motors, lamps, sound, pulleys, gears, axles and four different sensors. Hook up your LEGO creation to the interface board and then write your Logo procedures.You choose what machines to build, how you want it to work and decide which types of sensors will control it automatically!

Appropriate for grades 6-10

Class #05CSCR1-19
Mon.-Thurs., June 16 - 19
9:30 am - 12:30 pm
Fee: $120
Registrations received after June 2: $135

Kris North - See bio below

Advanced Ingenious Engineers
Continue the LEGO engineering challenge; bring your LEGO building and Logo programming skills to the next level! In this class you will build a more complex machine that uses multiple motors and sensors and requires thoughtful sequential programming. You’ll have time to use your own ideas and really customize your complex machine.

Appropriate for grades 6-10 who’ve completed Beginning Ingenious Engineers.

#05CSCR2-12
Mon.-Thurs., June 16 - 19
1:30 – 4:30 pm
Fee: $128
Registrations received after June 2: $142

Kris North is a credentialed science teacher instructing locally for the past fourteen years. Since 1997, her company Logo À Gogo, has specialized in the LEGO Dacta® Control Lab System.

Photoshop Basics
Learn to import, manipulate, and combine images in the computer. This basic class provides an overview of Photoshop's tools. Students will use text, filters, layers, and masks in their creations. With Photoshop it's easy to improve existing photos or create new images, whether realistic or fantastic.

Appropriate for grades 6 - 10

Class #05CSPS1-05
Mon.-Thurs., July 7 – 10
9 am – 12 noon
Fee: $98
Registrations received after June 2: $112

Zan La Hara See bio below

Flash Animation
Animation is more than making things move! In this class you will learn about basic animation concepts, how to get existing artwork into the computer, how to use the computer to create artwork for animation, and how to bring that artwork to life.

Using Macromedia Flash software we will cover many topics, including vector drawing tools, motion tweens, shape tweens, and frame-by-frame animation. We will also cover how to set up your animation for export to the web and DVD-video. (No drawing skills are required for this class.)

Appropriate for grades 6 - 10

Class #05CSFA1-03
2 wks Mon.-Thurs., July 14 - 24
9 – 11:30 am
Fee: $135
Registrations received after June 2: $150

Zan La Hara is a digital graphics enthusiast. She has taught computer graphics, web design, animation, and video at Cabrillo College. She is co-founder of Sunflower Studios which specializes in video, animation and effects.

Acting in Movies & TV
Here's your chance to learn about acting on camera! You'll learn how kids get work on TV and in movies, how to script read and act on camera, what to expect at auditions, how to contact agencies, how and where to get started, and what kind of resume and photos you'll need.

You’ll be writing original scripts for a TV commercial to be acted out in class. You will receive a workbook to take home for you and your parents to use as a practical guide to commercial acting.

Students must bring a blank VHS tape to class.

Appropriate for Grades 6-9

Class #05ETTV1-10
Mon.-Thurs., July 7 - 10
9 - 11:30 am
Fee: $105, includes workbook fee
Registrations received after June 2 $120

Jack Dunstan is a SAG member who has worked on stage, in films, and TV. He actively works as a model and film extra in the Bay Area, most recently appearing as an extra in the films High Crimes, Matrix 2, The Valley of Heart’s Delight and The Engagement Ring.

Beginning Acoustic Guitar
You can learn basic guitar chord formation and strumming techniques to play your favorite songs. This teaching method does not require reading musical notation and is a quick and easy way for you to play the guitar without any musical background, training or experience.

Students must bring their own guitars and their desire to learn.

Appropriate for grades 6 - 10.

Class #05PAAG1-02
3 wks. Wed. & Thurs., June 18 – June 26 and
Tues. & Wed., July 1 & 2 (please note date change)
2 - 4 pm
Room 435
Fee: $120
Registrations received after June 2: $135

Doug Montgomery has played drums and guitar for most of his life, focusing on guitar for the past 20 years. He is a member of the California Bluegrass Association and specializes in crosspicking and flatpicking.

Parenting with KIDPOWER
In this workshop parents and other caregivers have the opportunity to learn the KIDPOWER approach for introducing and practicing self-protection and personal safety skills with the young people in their lives. These skills include using your awareness, acting with confidence, moving away from trouble, checking and thinking first, getting help, and what to do in emergencies.

Find answers to questions such as, “How can we teach our younger children to be safe without scaring them?” and “How can we prepare our older children to balance their need for increased independence with their safety?”

This is an adults only program, participants are given an opportunity to ask questions and voice their concerns.

Class #01ERKP1-01
Tues., July 8
6 - 9 pm
Room 435
Register by May 19: $98
Register after May 19: $110,
plus $30 workbook fee at class

Irene van der Zande is the Co-Founder and Executive Director of KIDPOWER, a non-profit organization, and is author of many articles and books in the educational and child development field.