THE HACKETTSTOWN ELEMENTARY PTA
PRESENTS
THE 27TH ANNUAL
SUMMER ENRICHMENT PROGRAM
LOCATION: HACKETTSTOWN HIGH SCHOOL
Many new and Taught by
creative classes! Hackettstown District
teachers
ONE 12-DAY SESSION
STARTING DATE: JUNE 28, 2010
ENDING DATE: JULY 14, 2010
(No classes on Monday, July 5, 2010)
DIRECTORS:
ASPASIA VERPEUT
LINDA MERCURIO
The complete Summer Enrichment Program Brochure, including the
registration form, is available on our websites:
http://www.hackettstown.org
Can be accessed via the Willow Grove, Hatchery Hill, and Middle School pages
http://www.hackettstownpta.com
8:30 A.M. – 9:30 A.M. 1
Party, Party, Party Food
Let’s celebrate – birthdays, slumber parties, pool parties, garden parties, holiday parties and more through
the world of cooking. There is something for every beginning chef. Enjoy creating slumber party cereal
bars, movie snack mix, hot dog bugs (yuck) and peanut butter and jelly sushi (no raw fish) to name a few
delicious recipes. Come out for 12 days of cooking delight.
Class is limited to 12 students.
Grade Level: K-3
Instructor: Melissa Watters
Goin’ Bananas for Lego’s
Calling all Lego Builders! If you like to build with Lego’s, this is the class for you. You will work in teams to
create a variety of vehicles to transport bananas, yes bananas!! Your bananas are grown in Ecuador, so how
do they get to Hackettstown? Mmmm….where to begin – that is for you and your team to decide. Come
enjoy this adventurous challenge and have some fun. We will even make some banana smoothies at the end
to celebrate!
Grade Level: K-4
Instructor: Loren Ackerman
Sports Mania
Come play all of your favorite playground games! We’ll enjoy kickball, wiffle ball, jump rope, parachute, red
rover and more.
Grade Level: K-5
Instructor: Danielle Willis
Eric Carle Collage
Enjoy a different Eric Carle story each day, and then learn how he creates the illustrations for his books. In
this class, we will watch a movie that introduces Eric Carle and how he illustrates and creates his stories.
Then we will paint tissues paper and use them to collage pictures, just like Eric Carle!
Grade Level: 2-4
Instructor: Jean Lobby
Tabletop Games to Go
Build and enjoy games for rainy day enjoyment at your home or for a backyard carnival. Games include:
Football, Bounce Basketball, Tiddlewinks Tennis, Sharpshooter,
Golf, and more!
Grade Level: 2-8
Instructor: Elizabeth Moore
Itch for a Stitch? Learn Plastic Canvas Stitching
Got an itch for a stitch? Learn how to do plastic canvas stitching, using yarn and a tapestry needle. From the
basic Back Stitch to the expert Algerian Eye Star Stitch, create plastic canvas artwork that will dazzle you,
your friends, and family. Gain stitching skills you can use for this class and beyond!
Instructor: Leigh Ann Schwenk
Grade Level: 2-8
8:30-9:30 2
Spa Science
Pamper yourself while learning the science behind our beauty regimens. Make your own lip balm, experiment
with perfume and create lotions and potions to make your skin silky and smooth. It’ll be a real treat!
Grade Level: 3-8
Instructor: Kerry Munson
Green Goodies
Join us as we learn about the importance of recycling and see what fun we can have “going green.” We’re
going to put our recyclables to good use in this class, creating crafts, instruments, and much more from our
recycled materials.
Grade Level: All ages
Instructor: Kristen Jones
Let’s Play Wii
Course also offers DDR (Dance Dance Revolution) gameplay as well! Get ACTIVE, be competitive, and have
FUN all while utilizing the Wii game system! Included will be baseball, bowling, tennis, golf, and boxing as
well as many others! Tournaments will be created for those who are interested in competing against their
peers! ONLY 8 STUDENTS WILL BE PERMITTED PER CLASS SO SIGN UP EARLY!!
Grade Level: All grade levels accepted
Instructor: Stentzee Woepple
9:30 CLASSES FOLLOW……………………………………………………..
9:30-10:30 3
Rhythm and Dance
Get moving and dancing this summer with this great music and movement class. We’ll move and groove to all
kinds of music, some of it will be our own!
Grade Level: PK-3
Instructor: Danielle Willis
Games, Games, Games
Do you like to play board games? Do you want to learn how to play some new ones? Come join us for as we
play some old time favorites like Chutes and Ladders and Bingo, or learn some new games. Play with a team or
challenge someone else. Children will work on counting, following directions, and taking turns. Learn how to
play fairly and come out on top.
Grade Level: K-2
Instructors: Doris Kaiser
Away We Go!
Trucks and Trains, Ships and Planes – Let’s go places with all kinds of transportation. We will build working
models, discover the science behind floating and flying and learn the rules of the road. All aboard for motor
madness!
Grade Level: K-3
Instructor: Kerry Munson
Water Works!
Explore the amazing power of water by building a landscape and water erosion experiment, create a paddle
boat to race for the finish, enjoy a new twist on a water balloon catch game, take aim with your water
squirter to hit the target and more fun with water!
Grade Level: K-5
Instructor: Elizabeth Moore
Marvelous Masks and Playful Puppets
If you like to use your imagination, this is the place to be! Use your creative thinking to design hand puppets,
Mardi - Gras masks, spider puppets, bat masks, animal puppets, alien masks and more! The choices are
unlimited!
Grade Level: K-4
Instructor: Loren Ackerman
Act it Out!
Do you love to act but aren’t ready for the big stage? Then this class is right for you! We’ll enjoy a story
each day, and have fun acting it out! Through music and movement, facial expressions and voice control, we
can re-create the characters in the stories we read. Ready, set, act it out!
Grade Level: 1-4
Instructor: Jean Lobby
9:30-10:30 4
Greeting Cards Are Us!
Move over Hallmark. Learn how to create your own personal and unique greeting cards using various materials
and digital pictures. Say “Happy 4th of July”, “I’m Thinking of You”, “Hello Friend” or any other greeting you
desire. Make cards for different occasions with many different materials to impress for less!
Grade Level: 2-8
Instructor: Leigh Ann Schwenk
The Right K’nexions
Did you ever want to have a chance to put together those HUGE K’nex roller coasters but didn’t have the
space? Come join us in building roller coasters, a Ferris wheel, we well as the buccaneer ride…We will create
the whole carnival on the classroom floor!
Grade Level: 3-8
Instructor: Kristen Jones
Yucky Stuff Cooking
Welcome to the cool world of gooey, slimy, yucky and really strange edible concoctions. The creepy cuisine
will include Horror d’Oeuvres, Slimy Soups, Scary Salads, Main Corpses, Putrid Portions and Dead-zerts. The
recipes are designed to unleash the grisly gourmet buried in everyone. Class is limited to 12 students.
Grade Level: 4-8
Instructor: Melissa Watters
Let’s Play Wii
Course also offers DDR (Dance Dance Revolution) gameplay as well! Get ACTIVE, be competitive, and have
FUN all while utilizing the Wii game system! Included will be baseball, bowling, tennis, golf, and boxing as
well as many others! Tournaments will be created for those who are interested in competing against their
peers! ONLY 8 STUDENTS WILL BE PERMITTED PER CLASS SO SIGN UP EARLY!!
Grade Level: All grade levels accepted
Instructor: Stentzee Woepple
10:30 CLASSES FOLLOW……………………………………..
10:30-11:30 5
Creature Feature
Slimy, Scaly, Stinky or just plain repulsive – these monsters are waiting to be discovered. We will explore a
variety of misunderstood animals such as sharks, lizards, dinosaurs, and dragons. Then we will take the outer
limits to find Bigfoot, aliens and other mysteries of the living world. Along the way we will read some stories,
do some crafts and learn interesting facts about our featured creatures.
Grade Level: K-3
Instructor: Kerry Munson
Pizza Plus
Learn to make real pizza dough and tomato sauce, recipes that will be favorites in your own home. Enjoy
making galaxy pizza, brown tiger pizza, a pizza toadstool, a pizza snail and many more creations. Have tons of
fun making simple variations to create detailed family favorites “PIZZA”. This class is limited to 12
students.
Grade Level: K-3
Instructor: Melissa Watters
Sign Language Club
Have you ever wanted to learn American Sign Language? Well now here is your chance. Learn how to
communicate without speaking. Sing a song using sign language. Children will learn colors and numbers and
other simple words in a new and exciting way.
Grade Level: K-5
Instructors: Doris Kaiser
Super Science
Watch science come alive in this workshop. Every day participate in hands-on experiments! These
experiments will not only make you feel like a “mad scientist,” they will help you see that doing science is like
magic. Make tornados, explore the magic of mirrors, mix concoctions, and build molecules using gumdrops.
Come and explore the Fun of Science!
Grade Level: 1-5
Instructor: Loren Ackerman
Once Upon a Time
Do you love to write? Do you love to draw? Join us for some creative story-telling and writing. We’ll explore
the world of poetry, and also make our own storybook. We’ll learn some really creative ways to tell a story,
and then…we’ll think up some of our own ways to tell a story…how do other cultures tell a story? Find out
when you take this class!
Grade Level: 2-6
Instructor: Jean Lobby
CSI: Just for Kids!
The “Who Dunnit”? of summer enrichment. Come join us and learn how to fingerprint and analyze crime
scene clues to discover Who Dunnit?
Grade Level: 3-6
Instructor: Kristen Jones
10:30-11:30 6
Create It and Cruise It
Welcome back captains and admirals of all ages. After all the success last year’s first ever “Create it and
Cruise it” enrichment program had, we decided to set sail yet again this summer. For first time sailors that
are new to the program “Create it and Cruise it” is a team building exercise that requires hard work,
determination, creativity and the ability to have a lot of fun. Students will be asked to design and construct
a boat out of cardboard that can carry two people from one team across the Hackettstown pool. Best case
scenario each class will have 2 teams of five to seven students (no more than 15 students per class so sign up
early). On the day before competition teams will vote on 2 members to become captains. Captains will be the
first group members to navigate their team’s boat across the pool. Then each member of the group will have
a chance navigate across the pool. The team that crosses the pool the most times on the day of the event will
win the competition. On the day of the competition parents are more than welcome to come and cheer on
their student’s team. I guarantee this will be an experience that your student will never forget. So make sure
to sign up early to guarantee your student’s spot and together we will “Create it and Cruise it”.
Grade Level: 3-5
Instructor: Kyle Sosnovick
Mini Scrapbook-Mighty Message
Transform digital pictures and basic craft materials into a special personal scrapbook that you will cherish.
We’ll take digital pictures, create a theme, and design a mini scrapbook that documents the wonderful,
unique, and awesome person you are. With special lettering, graphics, and basic scrapbook design techniques,
bring pictures to life and reveal the true you.
Grade Level: 2-8
Instructor: Leigh Ann Schwenk
Be-Dazzled
If you like creating spectacular jewelry and crafts, this class is for you! We’ll make necklaces, bracelets,
headbands, belts, and more. Boys don’t be shy; we can tailor any craft to fit your needs.
Grade Level: 4-8
Instructor: Danielle Willis
Pet Potpourri
Celebrate your pets and pamper them with homemade treats, toys, personalized photo frames and food
scoops, and other pet themed creations!
Grade Level: All Ages Accepted
Instructor: Elizabeth Moore
Let’s Play Wii
Course also offers DDR (Dance Dance Revolution) gameplay as well! Get ACTIVE, be competitive, and have
FUN all while utilizing the Wii game system! Included will be baseball, bowling, tennis, golf, and boxing as
well as many others! Tournaments will be created for those who are interested in competing against their
peers! ONLY 8 STUDENTS WILL BE PERMITTED PER CLASS SO SIGN UP EARLY!!
Grade Level: All grade levels accepted
Instructor: Stentzee Woepple
11:30 CLASSES FOLLOW…………………………………
11:30-12:30 7
Beach Ball Gymnastics
A parachute, beach balls, Frisbees, jaili scoops, water balloons, and hoola-hoops are just some of the
fun and exciting activities that will get your heart pumpin’, and get you up and moovin!!!
Grade Level: preK-2
Instructors: Doris Kaiser
Bead – Dazzled!
Be dazzled by the jewelry you’ll make in this class! Strengthening fine-motor skills and eye/hand coordination
is fun while stringing beads to create necklaces, bracelets, hair do-dads, and more. We will even have the
opportunity to make some beads of our own using various products such as clay and paper.
Grade Level: K-3
Instructor: Jean Lobby
Clay Imagination
Calling all creative kids! If you like to create, get messy and use your imagination, this is the class for you.
We will make different forms of clay and modeling dough, shape them into amazing creatures and paint with
bright colors. Let your imaginations SOAR!
Grade Level: K-4
Instructor: Loren Ackerman
Drama
Calling all actors! This year’s drama club performance will be a hit! We have 11 days to rehearse and create
costumes and scenery for our amazing, summer performance on day 12…..July 9th.
Grade Level: K-8
Instructor Danielle Willis
Solar Power
Enjoy s’mores, hot dogs, and other treats using your solar cookers. Create sun prints with items found on an
outdoor hike. Sample sun tea punch (no caffeine) and experiment with a sundial to tell the time. It is
”sunsational”!
Grade Level: 2-6
Instructor: Elizabeth Moore
Ready, Set, Action!
Have you ever thought about directing your own movie? Now you can!! Using a fun interactive website, we
can create movies about anything and everything you want! You get to choose your actors and setting, change
camera angles and control all of the action. You can create short films, animated cards for your family and
friends, or funny jokes to tell.
Grade Level: 3-6
Instructor: Kristen Jones
Spy Science
Would you like to be a spy? Discover some tricks of the trade, make some spy gadgets and learn to send
secret messages and codes. We’re going deep under cover, so be ready to outwit the opposition.
Grade Level: 3-8
Instructor: Kerry Munson
11:30-12:30 8
The Poets’ Place
Come celebrate the love of words and poetry by joining us at the Poet’s Place. Use words to make you and
your friends laugh, imagine, and think. Learn to write a variety of poems, including haikus, limericks, cincains
and more. You will work with your classmates to create and publish poems to share in a poetry book that you
design. Then, join us for our Poetry Place Read-Aloud Finale where you’ll show that you’re truly a poet, and
know it!
Grade Level: 2-8
Instructor: Leigh Ann Schwenk
Delicious Desserts
Too good to be true, if you can’t wait to dig into a sweet treat this class is for you. Make a great tasting
dessert that will be fun to make and yummy to eat. You’re sure to find a tasty treat to satisfy everyone’s
sweet tooth. From chocolate and cherries to ice cream and berries - Which one will be your favorite? This
class is limited to 12 students.
Grade Level: 4-8
Instructor: Melissa Watters
Create It and Cruise It
Welcome back captains and admirals of all ages. After all the success last year’s first ever “Create it and
Cruise it” enrichment program had, we decided to set sail yet again this summer. For first time sailors that
are new to the program “Create it and Cruise it” is a team building exercise that requires hard work,
determination, creativity and the ability to have a lot of fun. Students will be asked to design and construct
a boat out of cardboard that can carry two people from one team across the Hackettstown pool. Best case
scenario each class will have 2 teams of five to seven students (no more than 15 students per class so sign up
early). On the day before competition teams will vote on 2 members to become captains. Captains will be the
first group members to navigate their team’s boat across the pool. Then each member of the group will have
a chance navigate across the pool. The team that crosses the pool the most times on the day of the event will
win the competition. On the day of the competition parents are more than welcome to come and cheer on
their student’s team. I guarantee this will be an experience that your student will never forget. So make sure
to sign up early to guarantee your student’s spot and together we will “Create it and Cruise it”.
Grade Level: 6-8
Instructor: Kyle Sosnovick
Let’s Play Wii
Course also offers DDR (Dance Dance Revolution) gameplay as well! Get ACTIVE, be competitive, and have
FUN all while utilizing the Wii game system! Included will be baseball, bowling, tennis, golf, and boxing as
well as many others! Tournaments will be created for those who are interested in competing against their
peers! ONLY 8 STUDENTS WILL BE PERMITTED PER CLASS SO SIGN UP EARLY!!
Grade Level: All grade levels accepted
Instructor: Stentzee Woepple
Registration Information
Please Read Carefully
1. All registration will be made through the mail (see below).
2. Please provide a second choice of a class or classes.
3. A $5.00 discount is applied for Hackettstown PTA members (see chart below).
4. A class must have at least eight students to run.
5. The directors reserve the right to cancel classes in the best interest of the program.
6. Even though registration will remain open until the beginning of the Summer
Enrichment program, classes with low or insufficient registration will be cancelled by
Tuesday, June 1, 2010.
6. Refunds will be made only for classes cancelled by the directors.
7. Grade level is determined by the grade your child will enter in September.
8. Unless otherwise notified by phone or email, your child is enrolled in the classes for
which you have registered and paid.
9. If you have any questions, please call: Mrs. Aspasia Verpeut, 908-852-8550, ext. 237.
PLEASE MAKE CHECKS PAYABLE TO: “HACKETTSTOWN ELEMENTARY PTA.”
Please mail completed registration form and payment to:
Mrs. Aspasia Verpeut
Hatchery Hill School
398 Fifth Avenue
Hackettstown, New Jersey 07840
Pricing Policy Per Session Per Child
(There is no discount for siblings)
Pricing Policy per Session for Non-Hackettstown Elementary PTA Members
ONE CLASS TWO CLASSES THREE CLASSES FOUR CLASSES
$75 $150 $225 $300
Pricing Policy per Session for Hackettstown Elementary PTA Members
ONE CLASS TWO CLASSES THREE CLASSES FOUR CLASSES
$70 $140 $210 $285
Registration Form (Please print. Detach and return this form.)
Student’s Name_________________________________ Age _______________
Parent’s Name________________________________________________________
Address ____________________________________________________________
Telephone Numbers: Home_____________________ Work____________________
Cell__________________ EMAIL:________________________________
Emergency Name, relationship, and phone number: ______________________________
Student grade level (in September):____________________
School__________________________________________
Allergies/Medical conditions: _____________________________________________
Doctor/Treating Physician’s Name and Phone#: ________________________________
FIRST CHOICE
TIME NAME OF CLASS COST
8:30-9:30
9:30-10:30
10:30-11:30
11:30-12:30
SECOND CHOICE
TIME NAME OF CLASS COST
8:30-9:30
9:30-10:30
10:30-11:30
11:30-12:30