Class Descriptions

Team ROC: Lego Robotics Club & First Lego League for Ages 10+

Team ROC! is for experienced and committed Lego enthusiasts who like to work collaboratively within teams, and/or also enjoy creating individual robotics projects in the company of other advanced builders with whom they can share ideas and discoveries, and also have their creations interact with the creations of others.  FIRST (For Inspiration and  Recognition of Science and Technology) LEGO provides annual missions that invite students to investigate real-world engineering challenges by building LEGO-based robots to complete a variety tasks that simulate real-life technological challenges...

Web & Video Game Design: Computer Coding

This is a course in which beginner students will learn core skills and technologies of web development including HTML, CSS, and Processing while they learn how to build their own websites and video games, etc.  Intermediate/Advanced students will enhance and challenge their skills through the development of more advanced projects. (While students do not need any prior experience with programming, they are expected to have a basic understanding of how to use the computer – install programs, delete files, navigate directories, etc., and be generally comfortable operating a computer)...

Writer’s Workshop for AGES 7-12

The workshop approach encourages students to think of themselves as writers. The teacher serves as a facilitator helping to inspire, motivate, encourage and guide students in their exploration of the craft of writing. and in finding ways for each student to be excited about writing. Perfect for all types of writers – struggling, or those who find writing boring or irrelevant, to advanced writers as well as those who already love to write. With the focus being on the practical practice of writing itself, student’s individual interests and passions inform the writing topics, and...

Summer “Samp” Camp!

Click here to register The ROC’s Summer “Samp” Camp is back! with its annual chance to sample some of The ROC’s most popular School Year classes/teachers, and also check out some new ones, all featuring STEAMM themes – Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Math & Movement. Contact us at TheROCFamily@gmail.com to register… Several classes and activities will be offered each camp day – courses available include: Science of SuperHeroes! Biology, Animal Science, Herbology, Archery, Fencing, Career Pathmakers, Money Matters, Taekwondo, Self...

Descriptive & College Prep Writing

This unique class is a combination of two classes that have been taught in previous terms – the fun fieldtrip and sensory based descriptive writing class formerly known as the Cupcake Class and the college prep essay class called Writing for College. We experience the world through our perceptions. Whether it’s sight, taste, smell, touch or hearing, we absorb and perceive our surroundings using our five senses. In this class we will learn how to precisely and comprehensively express what we perceive using the written word. We will use shared experiences (including field trips to coffee...

Global Citizenship, Writing and Empowerment Class