Ice Skating on GMF Lake!
Winter Session Classes December 18, 2009
3,2,1…ACTION!
Instructor: Mrs. Reiter Grades: 3-5 Cost: $25
Mondays Dates: Jan. 25, Feb.8, 22, March 1,8 3:00–4:00 p.m.
Make your own movie, using the latest digital equipment available at UPE! You will learn how to use the video cameras to film, computers to edit your footage and create your very own movies. Mrs. Reiter is our very own Computer Teacher at UPE and is excited to share film making with the students.
(If you are in 2nd grade, please see Mrs. Reiter if you are interested.)
Math Games
Instructor: Ms. McNeal Grades: 2-5 Cost: $25
Tuesdays Dates: Jan. 26, Feb. 2,9,16,23, March 2 3:00-4:00 p.m.
Learn some new math and logic games to help enhance your problem solving skills. Come see how fun math can be! Ms. McNeal is our very own 3rd Grade teacher and has been teaching elementary school for 12 years. She is passionate about creating an excitement and love of math.
Juggle 1-2-3
Instructor: Mrs. Hitchcock Grades: K-5 Cost: $25
Mondays Dates: Jan. 25, Feb. 8,22, March 1,8 3:00-4:00 p.m.
In Juggle 1-2-3, students will learn how to easily juggle one, two or three scarves, beanbags, clubs, or rings! Learn the basics of juggling to advanced techniques. Other juggling items will also be used, such as gravity sticks and hacky sacks. Mrs. Hitchcock is the P.E. teacher here at UPE and has taught juggling in PE for about 5 years.
Russian
Instructor: Graeme Badger Grades: K-1 with a parent, 2-5 Cost: $25
Wednesdays Dates: Jan. 27, Feb. 3,10,17,24, March 3 3:00-4:00 p.m.
Students will learn the Russian alphabet, basic pronunciation and survival expressions and words. Come explore a foreign language and see what is similar to ours…
Graeme Badger has a B.A. in Russian and Eastern European Studies and loves sharing his knowledge of Russian with others! He has taught the YES Club here at UPE the past 2 years.
Ice Skating
Instructor: Pete March Grades: K-2 with a parent, 3-5 Cost: $25
Wednesdays Dates: Jan. 20, 27, Feb. 3,10,17 3:30-4:15 p.m.
Join UPE parent, Pete March, at the Green Mountain Falls Lake to learn beginning skating skills. Mr. March has coached HS, Mite, and Pee Wee hockey for 10 years. Participants must have skates, helmets, and elbow pads, and must dress warmly. Parents are encouraged to attend the classes. 5 gallon-buckets are needed as well for skate-aids.
Swimming
Instructor: Manitou Pool Grades: pre-5 Cost: $40/$35
Thursdays Dates: Feb. 4,11,18,25 3:30-4:15 p.m.
Four fun classes to teach and build on swimming skills. Students will be in the pool from 3:30-4:15 and will be bussed to Manitou Pool and back to UPE, returning around 4:30 pm. Parents must pick up from pool or UPE after lessons or the following Bus Stops Only: Topeka, or GMF Pool. Pre-schoolers must have a parent present for lessons. Please fill out and return the attached registration form.
Keep your eyes peeled…. December 11, 2009
the new class lists will be out after the holiday break…some possible classes: Intro to Russian, Juggling, Art….any other ideas? let us know
Some Photos from the fall classes: October 27, 2009
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- Let’s help
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- Getting our instructions
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- Autumn, Sage, Brianna and Mr. Badger
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- let’s start planting
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- Nick and Haydn: this is what we’re planting
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- Jesse and Casey digging in the dirt
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- Katie
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- Melissa
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- Ethan
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- Katy
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- Ali
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- Shelby
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- Hunter
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- Stella
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- Coco
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- Liz
Fall Classes are getting Started! September 17, 2009
YES Club: Catamount has met once already, next meeting Sept 23rd
Rock Climbing weather permitting Tuesday, Sept 29th
DI will start on Tuesday, Sept 22nd, remember parent help is requested
Batik first class on Sept 25th, parents are asked to help here too
3,2,1…Action will start on Sept 28th
Swim starts a little later on Oct 15th
Fall Classes: Sept-Nov August 24, 2009
3,2,1…ACTION!
Instructor: Mrs. Reiter Grades: 2-5 Cost: $25
Mondays 3:00–4:00 p.m.
Dates: Sept. 28, Oct. 19,26, Nov. 9,16,30
Make your own movie, using the latest digital equipment available at UPE! You will learn how to use the video cameras to film, computers to edit your footage and create your very own movies. Mrs. Reiter is our very own Computer Teacher at UPE and is excited to share film making with the students.
Swimming
Instructor: Manitou Pool Grades: pre-5 Cost: $40/$35
Thursdays 3:30-4:15 p.m.
Dates: Oct. 15, 29, Nov. 5, 12
Four fun classes to teach and build on swimming skills. Students will be in the pool from 3:30-4:15 and will be bussed to Manitou Pool and back to UPE, returning around 4:30 pm. Parents must pick up from pool or UPE after lessons or the following Bus Stops Only: Topeka, or GMF Pool. Pre-schoolers must have a parent present for lessons. Please fill out and return the attached registration form.
Destination Imagination (DI)
Instructor: Candace Mowery Grades: K-5 Cost: $60
Tuesdays -All School Year beginning Sept 22nd 3:00-4:00 p.m.
DI is a problem solving, team building fun experience! Teams of 3-7 students work all year to solve a challenge. They are to present their solutions in a “show” on March 7th. Parent volunteers are needed!
Ms. Mowery has over 30 years experience in DI, and is currently the Pikes Peak Regional Director.
Rock Climbing
Instructor: Bruce Hamilton Grades: 4 & 5 Cost: $90
Tues/Thurs 3:30-6:00 p.m.
Dates: Sept. 22, 24, 29, Oct. 1,6…
Rock Climbing offers students a safe and fun experience with bouldering and roped climbing to enhance communication skills, build confidence, foster teamwork, increase personal responsibility, learn and apply physics and geology, and have FUN! Parents must provide transportation to Garden of the Gods or Red Rock Canyon for the climbs.
Bruce Hamilton is the senior guide, with more than 30 years’ experience with climbing and instruction. Registration packets must be filled out and returned no later than Wed, Sept 16th. ONLY 4 spots available!
Yoga
Instructor: Deborah Winking, C.Y.I.
Grades: K-3 with a parent, 4&5 Cost: $20/$4 a class
Wednesdays 3:00-4:00 p.m. Dates: Sept. 30, Oct. 7,14,21,28, Nov 4
Can you do a down dog, cobra or plank? Come find out…end your school day with some stretching and relaxation! Yoga for children focuses on strength, flexibility, balance, relaxation, and fun. Classes will be structured to meet the individual needs of the students. Emphasis is placed on body awareness and self-acceptance. A non-judgmental atmosphere will be fostered at all times. Please bring a yoga mat or towel to each class.
Deborah Winking is a Certified Yoga Instructor who has been teaching yoga for four years, but has studied since the 1960’s. Some examples of Deborah’s classes include senior yoga, restorative yoga, power yoga, and blended-style yoga.
Batik
Instructor: Emily Woloszyn Grades: 2-5 Cost: $35
Fridays 3:00-4:00 p.m.
Dates: Sept. 25, Oct. 2,9,30, Nov. 6,13
Batik is a unique hands-on Indonesian art technique. Students will create their own drawings, enlarge their pictures, paint them with melted crayons, and then dye them. Parent volunteers are needed! Mrs. Woloszyn is our very own UPE Music teacher, she has taught the Batik class in the past. ONLY 10 spots available!
YES Club: Catamount August 17, 2009
Attention 4th and 5th Graders!
Catamount Institute will be offering another YES Club this fall…Fire Ecology
Class will start on Wednesday, September 9 and run for 13 weeks until December
We will get to meet with Wildland Firefighters, Forest Rangers, possibly see the Hayman Burn area, look at birds and insects and even discuss good versus bad fires!
Info was sent out Today! Thursday, Aug 20, 2009…
Please return Registration Packets by Friday, August 28th!
TAP Countdown… July 29, 2009
Get ready, the new TAP class selection will be out in the middle of September and new classes will start a few weeks after the flier is sent out…
IDEAS FOR CLASSES LET US KNOW!
Looking for Something this summer… June 3, 2009
Check out the visiting author: David Lubar, he’ll be visiting UPE and PPLD. Come meet him at our school gym on June 30th from 10:00-11:00 am!!!!! What a great opportunity for us and David Lubar will be talking, signing books and answering questions.
Well David Lubar is as funny in person as he is in his books! What a fun time and he signed books for the people that were at the school too…Mr. Lubar’s advice to anyone who wants to write was: play with a good title, find a hook to start a story, or even start at the end and work backwards.
A HUGE THANK YOU! May 21, 2009
The school year is drawing to an end. Now is the time to say Thank you to all of you who have signed up for classes, taught classes, drove our kids to and from classes, or even found people to teach classes this year!
Thank you, 谢谢你, धन्यवाद, thank you, Ačiū, Хвала ти, thank, you, ขอบคุณ, merci, danke, bedankt, grazie, thank you, bien, tack, grazzi, gracias, Thank You!
