Tens-Ups Choice Classes

Ten-Ups Choice Class Season Overview

PLEASE NOTE: The Choice Classes listed below are from the 2023 Season. 2024 Choice Classes will be published in early April, 2024.

 

Choice Classes meet Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday. Choice Classes meet for one hour.

 

Session 1: June 26th- July 7th
Block A:
Pickle Ball
World of Weaving
Build Your Own Photography
Block B:
Parkour
Engineering Creations
Painting in Space
Block C:
Life Size Puppets
New Sports
Session 2: July 10th- July 21st
Block A:
Comic Makers
Basketball Skills and Drills
Flash Mob
Karate
Block B:
Tiny Worlds
Sports Skills Combine
Vogue
Comics, Flip Books and Zines
Block C:
Movers and Shakers
Collaging
Project Runway: Camper Edition
Basketball
Session 3: July 24th- August 4th
Block A:
All About Beading
Pickle Ball
Chess
Marionettes
Block B:
Parkour
Basketball Skills and Drills
Eclectic Electrics
Corner Cafe
Block C:
Quidditch
Build Your Own Photography
Mixed Media Makers

Session 1

Block A: 9:30-10:30



Pickle Ball (John Henry Katinas) – Pickleball is sweeping the nation – let’s play! We will cover the basic rules and fundamentals, and then build up to playing full games! One on one or two on two we’ll develop skills to be pickleball players in no time!

 

World of Weaving (Cheryl Woodley) – Try your hand at the ancient art of weaving! In this class campers will use burlap and vibrant, colorful yarn to weave their own works of art. Campers will choose what image, or written message they want to weave, and then get to work. Towards the end of the session, campers will collaborate on a group quilt!

 

Build Your Own Photography (Josh Brand) – The sun, the window, the scene right in front of us: all these things can be etched into light-sensitive paper using non-digital means. We can turn a room or a cardboard box into a camera. How can this be? Come find out! This class explores the fundamentals and physicality of analog photography.

 

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Session 1

Block B: 1:30-2:30



Parkour (James Miner) – Parkour, otherwise know as the art of “free-running.” In this class, campers will use a wide range of abilities (balance, speed, coordination) to navigate a series of obstacles. There will be wall running, rope swinging, bench hurdling, and mat sliding. Everyone will finish the course, but each athlete will do it with their own unique style… No limits and no boundaries!

 

Engineering Creations (Chris Klein) – In Engineering Creations, students will learn what it’s like to be real engineers. Students will experience the different engineering disciplines such as mechanical, civil, and environmental engineering. We’ll build models of solar-powered cars, launch mini-rockets via slingshots, design bridges with different materials and more! It doesn’t matter whether you have prior engineering knowledge or none at all. If you want to feel what it’s like to imagine and build like an engineer, this class is for you!

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Session 1

Block C: 2:30-3:30



Life Size Puppets (Andrea Messaoud) – This summer, campers will be transported into the world of folklore while also bringing some of their favorite folktale characters to life. . Each week we will read a different folktale from around the world and work as a group to create a puppet from that folktale, we will end each session choosing which folktale to perform with our large scale puppets for other camp groups. Campers will have the option of painting, sewing, and gluing a large scale puppet. They will work carefully to design their chosen character, and will practice acting out the story. After our performance and at the end of the session each camper will have the opportunity to take their large scale puppet home.

 

New Sports (Josh Brand) – Are sports fun? Sure. Could they be better? Let’s find out! We’ll attempt to invent some new games and play some old favorites, like four-square, basketball, and tag. We’ll see what parts of these familiar games we might want to use our new games? Campers will try out eachothers’ inventions to see what makes games fun. We will think about and experiment with rules, equipment, durations, and movements in an attempt to come up with the most fun games we can play!

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Session 2

Block A: 9:30-10:30



Comic Makers (Isaiah Sullivan) – Pow! Bam! Screech! If you like comics this is the class for you. Campers will create their very own awesome comic books! Whether making an individual book, a series, or entire graphic novel, campers will explore what makes a comic book fun and exciting, and learn about the process of making their own books to enjoy and share.

 

Basketball Skills and Drills (Chris) – Want to shoot like Steph Curry? Pass like Nikola Jokic? Dribble like Chris Paul? Join Basketball Drills & Skills if you want to become a better basketball player. This class is for kids of all skill-levels. If you’ve never played basketball before – come learn about the game, and if basketball is your game – come hone your skills and be the best hooper you can be.

 

Flash Mob (Danielle S.) – If you like creating and performing fun and silly dances, then this class is for you! Campers will work together to choreograph short dance sequences to the music of their choice. We will travel through the building as a dance troupe and surprise fellow campers and counselors with our awesome dance moves!

 

Karate (VB) – An introduction to the basic moves and ideas of Karate. Activities will focus on building strength, flexibility, coordination, and spatial awareness.

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Session 2

Block B: 1:30-2:30



Project Runway: Camper Edition (Zoey) – Similar to the hit TV show, campers will put their fashion skills to the test, as they face off in groups designing outfits for counselors. However, each class will have a special theme or required material they must incorporate into their look (no sewing needed). Campers will need to use their problem-solving skills, creativity and teamwork to finish their outfits.

 

Sports Skills Combine (James) – There are so many fun ways to develop skills for our favorite sports. In the “Combine” we’ll be introducing campers to skills through non-traditional challenges. Do you love football? We’ll practice footwork through ladders and over hurdles. Then we’ll dive into the End Zone, get up, and show off our best Touchdown Dances! Love Basketball? We’ll practice “spinning” like a Globetrotter, play some PacMan, Knockout, and even work on our slam dunks! You choose the sport. We’ll build the combine.

 

Vogue (Danielle S) – Strike a pose! Originating in Harlem’s ballroom scene, and inspired by Egyptian hieroglyphics and fashion magazines, Voguing is a dance form all about style, grace, and self-expression to the max! Together we will own the runway and twist and roll our bodies into our own fabulous shapes. All while cheering each other on. Come on, Vogue!

 

Comics, Flip Books, and Zines (Josh Brand) – Books are things to see and read and make and share. They are made of words and pictures and paper and imaginations. In this class, we will make zines and comics and flip-books. We will draw and write and make photocopies, and also get inspired by fun, funny, and surprising books that other people have made by hand.

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Session 2

Block C: 2:30-3:30



Movers and Shakers (Dana) – This is a dance-based where campers will learn and create new material together. Campers will work on small phrases and participate in creative movement activities that will later inform their work on one small comprehensive piece that will be shared with other camp groups at the end of the session.

 

Collaging (Sara) – Paper Party! Collaging Class: In this class, we will free our creativity & explore collage making techniques to make our own unique works of art as well as collaborative art. We will explore shapes, colors, & patterns. We will get to touch & feel a variety of paper types such as magazine, newspaper, tissue paper, & construction paper to learn how each one rips, tears, cuts, & sticks to paper. We will culminate our collage class with a 3D collage that we work on together!

 

Tiny Worlds (Clara) – In this construction/art class, we will create tiny worlds using our big imaginations. Projects will include forest gnome homes, tiny apartments, tiny art museums, and more! Materials will include boxes, wood, cork, cardboard, string, wire, buttons, and many other tiny things, perfect for creating our own tiny worlds!

 

Basketball (John Henry) –  In this class we will learn the basics, improve on our skills, and have a lot fun on the basketball court! We’ll practice dribbling, passing, and shooting, as well as play full games and mini-games.

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Session 3

Block A: 9:30-10:30



All About Beading (Isaiah Sullivan) – Let’s make some wearable art! In this class, we will be making our own beautiful necklaces, bracelets, rings, and anything else our imaginations come up with. Campers will experiment with various techniques, and different types of beading materials to make their creations just how they want them!

 

Chess (David Rigo) – In this class we will review the fundamentals of chess, going over opening principles, tactics, and common checkmate patterns. We will use a combination of game study, tactics and checkmate puzzles, and some fun chess variants to develop our skills, get familar with some famous chess players and their games, and have a blast doing it!

 

Pickleball (John Henry Katinas) – Pickleball is sweeping the nation – let’s play! We will cover the basic rules and fundamentals, and then build up to playing full games! One on one or two on two we’ll develop skills to be pickleball players in no time!

 

Marionettes (Cheryl Woodley) – In this class, campers will create their own marionette puppets and learn how to operate them. We will learn about how marionette puppets are made and used. Then, campers will create and fully design their own puppet, and we will create a performance that our fellow campers will be invited to.

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Session 3

Block B: 1:30-2:30



Parkour (James) –  Parkour, otherwise know as the art of “free-running.” In this class, campers will use a wide range of abilities (balance, speed, coordination) to navigate a series of obstacles. There will be wall running, rope swinging, bench hurdling, and mat sliding. Everyone will finish the course, but each athlete will do it with their own unique style… No limits and no boundaries!

 

Basketball Skills and Drills (Chris) – Want to shoot like Steph Curry? Pass like Nikola Jokic? Dribble like Chris Paul? Join Basketball Drills & Skills if you want to become a better basketball player. This class is for kids of all skill-levels. If you’ve never played basketball before – come learn about the game, and if basketball is your game – come hone your skills and be the best hooper you can be.

 

Corner Cafe (Bessie McDonough-Thayer) – Ahh, life at the Corner Cafe. In this class, campers will create their own Corner Cafe with all the ambiance, tasty pastries, yummy, hot (and cold) beverages and perhaps even an Open Mic Night or two. It’s sure to be the hottest spot in the neighborhood!

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Session 3

Block C: 2:30-3:30



Quidditch (John Henry Katinas) – Hogwarts fans, which House will you choose to represent? The sport of Quidditch brought to life. Hop on your brooms, grab you bludgers and score! Keep an eye out for that Snitch! We’ll be heading to the playground to play this magical team game all summer!

 

Build Your Own Photography (Josh Brand) – The sun, the window, the scene right in front of us: all these things can be etched into light-sensitive paper using non-digital means. We can turn a room or a cardboard box into a camera. How can this be? Come find out! This class explores the fundamentals and physicality of analog photography.

 

Mixed Media Makers (TBD) – Many artists create work using a mixture of multiple materials. Artists in this class will work from their imaginations and observations as they experiment with various mixed media techniques and even invent some of their own. Explore the exciting possibilities of combining multiple materials all in one piece!

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