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Workshops – Winter 2022

Winter 2022 Workshops

Three sessions (fall, winter, and spring) of enrichment weekly workshops provide students in Kindergarten through Grade 8 specialized after school learning opportunities with experienced instructors and passionate teaching artists, musicians, and professionals from the greater Portland area. Workshops offer in-depth exploration into the arts, dance, drama/acting, STEM, electronic music, cooking, athletics, and role-play games (RPG) such as Dungeons & Dragons.

Registration opens December 3
Workshops begin the week of January 10
If a workshop is cancelled due to low enrollment, we will notify registered families by January 5.
Programs take place on campus, or transportation is provided to/from off-campus locations so that parents can pick up workshop participants at the west end campus.
For winter 2022, workshops will run in person, consistent with Waynflete’s health and safety protocols. Waynflete workshops are typically open to students from the broader Portland community. This winter we must limit enrollment to Waynflete students due to health and safety concerns. We will open to students from other schools as health protocols allow. We look forward to when we can welcome back more students to join our workshops.
All students must be registered to attend an enrichment workshop. Full up-front payment for workshops is required prior to attendance.
Students enrolled in full-time Afterschool receive a 25 percent discount on the price of Enrichment workshops. Use the code “FTAS” at checkout.
Questions? Suggestions for new workshops? Contact Director of Enrichment Tessa Anable by email or at 207.774.7863 x1379

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Winter 2022 Workshops

K–1 CREATIVE DANCE
Wednesdays: January 12 to May 18, 12:15–1:15 p.m.
(No classes February 23, March 9, April 20)
$310 (spring session) • Register

Welcome to the second half-year session of dance classes, with a final performance on May 18, 2022. Dancers will learn to become strong, confident, creative, and expressive through dance, with instruction by Creative Movement Dance teacher Susan Nelson.

K–1 ACTING CLASSES: STORYTELLER’S ADVENTURE
Wednesdays: January 12 to March 16, 12:15–1:15 p.m.
(No class February 23)
$218 • Register

Students in K-1 will explore with Portland actor Hannah Daly the art of storytelling through imagination-based play. We will combine classic tales with theatre games to practice basic acting skills, creative movement and expression, culminating in a short performance for family and friends. Pick up at 1:20 p.m. at the loop.

2–3 CREATIVE DANCE
Mondays: January 10 to May 16, 3:30–4:30 p.m. (No classes January 17, February 21, February 28, March 7, April 18)
$310 (spring session) • Register

2–3 ACTING CLASSES: STORIES TO STAGE
Wednesdays: January 12 to March 16, 1:30–2:30 p.m. (No class February 23)
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Acting enthusiasts in Grades 2-3 will build storytelling and acting skills, while developing imagination, emotional facility and physical expression through character-based exercises, creative movement and games. Workshop sessions culminate in an opportunity to share with family and friends. Pick up at the loop at 2:30 p.m.

*This workshop can be combined with the karate workshop (12:15–1:15 p.m. — register for karate workshop separately). Hannah will pick up students from karate to go to Stories to Stage.

**This workshop can be combined with 2–3 Afterschool for lunch (bring a lunch) and free play outdoors before the start of Hannah’s acting workshop. At dismissal, 2–3 students with this workshop package will be walked to Afterschool. Hannah will pick up students from Afterschool to go to Stories to Stage.

Prices are as follows:

Stories to Stage only: $218 (parents are required to pick up students at dismissal and return them to campus at 1:30 p.m.)

Stories to Stage and Karate: $218 (register and pay for karate workshop separately)

Stories to Stage and Afterschool: $298

2–4 ENGINEERING GAMES
Mondays: January 10 to March 21, 3:30–4:30 p.m. (No classes January 17, February 21, February 28)
$218 • Register

Engineering Games, with Susan Wiemer, immerses participants in STEM concepts and the scientific process – while they have fun. Weekly projects, races, events and games teach basic engineering and physics concepts, and sharpen problem-solving skills, while kids have a good time collaborating, creating and innovating. Pick up at the loop at 4:35 p.m.

2–3 DIGITAL ARTS & ANIMATION
Thursdays: January 13 to March 17, 3:15–4:30 p.m. (No class February 24)
$218 • Register

Join MECA grad Seth Baron to create animated characters and clips. Using an iPad, students will explore 2D digital animation and build skills for increasingly complex and imaginative digital story-telling. Pick up at the loop at 4:35 p.m.

2–5 KARATE
Wednesdays: January 12 to March 16, 12:10–1:15 p.m. (No class February 23)
$218 • Register

Weekly karate classes will continue on campus this winter with Kyoshi Andy Campbell, 23-time world champion and an 8th degree black belt in Shotokan karate. Kyoshi Andy brings to his classes over 40 years of training, 35+ years of teaching and a good sense of humor. Students continuing from the fall session will build new skills and greater confidence through practice, and new students are also welcome to join. Pick up at the loop at 1:20 p.m.

4–5 OUTDOOR SKATING AT THOMPSON’S POINT ICE RINK
Wednesdays: January 19 to February 16, 1:30–2:30 p.m. ice time or 12:15–2:45 p.m. with bus and Afterschool lunch or second workshop (Karate)
*Families must date and sign a RELEASE FORM for every week that your child participates (Five signed forms in all.) Helmet required to skate!
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Lower School students may sign up to go ice skating on Tuesdays after school at The Rink At Thompson’s Point. Skaters may meet the group at the rink at 1:20, with parent pick up at the rink by 2:30 p.m.

Or, skaters may sign up to eat lunch with 4–5 Afterschool, or participate in karate, and ride the bus to the rink. Students who take bus transportation to and from school will return to the campus loop by 2:45 p.m.

The Waynflete ice time will be 1:30–2:30 p.m. Bring your skates, helmet, and warm mittens, and have fun with your friends outside!

Prices are as follows:

Skating only: $172 (no bus transportation; parent drop off/pick up at Thompson’s Point rink)

Skating with second workshop (Karate) and transportation: $217 (register and pay for Karate workshop separately)

Skating with after school lunch and transportation: $257

Skate rental: $25 for five weeks of rental

TRANSPORTATION: Students will ride the bus to The Rink At Thompson’s Point. Bring your own skates, or rent skates for an additional fee ($25 for five weeks). Masks and distancing required.

RELEASE FORM: Click here for the release form. Submit each week, or submit all five (pre-dated per week) at the start of January to .

STAY WARM: The skating at Thompson’s Point will be an entirely outdoor experience—bring layers to beat the cold!

Beginners Welcome: Email the enrichment team if your child is a beginning skater and will require additional supervision on ice.

4–5 CREATIVE DANCE
Thursdays: January 13 to May 19, 3:30–4:30 p.m. (No classes February 24, March 10, April 20)
$310 (spring session) • Register

Welcome to the second half-year session of dance classes, with a final performance on May 18, 2022. Dancers in Grades 4-5, with growing coordination and body strength, will progress in creative confidence, flexibility, and strength to master more advanced skills and technique through weekly instruction with Creative Movement Dance teacher Susan Nelson. Pick up at the loop at 4:35 p.m.

4–6 INDOOR TENNIS AT APEX
Wednesdays: January 12 to March 16, 12:15–2:45 p.m. (1:00–2:30 p.m. court time) (No class February 23)
Bring your tennis racket, water bottle(s) and LUNCH.
$348 • Register

Coach Heidi Herrera will teach forehands, backhands, serves and volleys, game scoring, court position, and ball placement through fun games and drills. This clinic is geared to the intermediate tennis player. Pick up at the loop at 2:45 p.m.

5–8 ROBOTICS
Mondays: January 10 to March 21, 3:30–4:30 p.m. (No classes January 17, February 21, February 28)
$218 • Register

The Robotics Team will build and program EV3 Lego robots to accomplish specific engineering challenges. Our goal will be to compete in robot track meet events – such as Fastest Robot, Slope Climber, and Bridge – this spring. Students will explore concepts like friction and grip, power transfer and gearing, center of gravity and structural stability. No experience is required. Participants who continue into the spring term of this workshop will have the option to join fellow team members to compete in a local robotics track meet*.

*To participate in the robot track meet, students must be attending the Robotics Team workshop during the spring term, which starts on March 28, 2022.

**Additional team practice sessions may be offered after school prior to the Maine Robotics Track Meet; attendance is optional.

5–8 ELECTRONIC MUSIC PRODUCTION
Tuesdays: January 11 to March 8, 3:30–4:30 p.m. (No class February 22)
$238 • Register

Students will learn to record, create, and edit sounds from scratch, and gain a foundation for creating electronic music. We welcome beginners and anyone who wants to explore new ways to create music. Listening to and recording new sounds will heighten musical listening ability.

Chris Child, Emmy-winning composer and electronic musician, Kodomo, will share his experience, and teach students the basic elements of electronic music production: 1) sampling, 2) synthesis (using different wave forms to create sound), 3) arrangement, and 4) production.

Chris will help students maximize their use of Garage Band software, introducing students to new layers and depth within the software. Equipment will be provided, including a MIDI keyboard, groove pad, microphones and synthesizers. Each student should bring a good pair of music headphones and a USB flash drive to store work in progress.

6–8 “LINO” PRINTMAKING
Thursdays: January 20 to March 17, 3:30–4:30 p.m. (No class February 24)
$218 • Register

In our lino printing workshop, students will learn the technique of lino carving to create personalized stamps that will then be used for printmaking on specialized projects. There will be an introductory lesson on what lino printmaking is, tools used, and skills practiced. Students can expect a fun, creative environment in which to explore ideas & themes to represent artistically onto physical items. The material of lino is flexible, moldable, and fun to create.

We will be using the concepts of negative and positive space to design and then carve the Lino into stamps to be used on projects such as canvas bags, note cards, wooden frames and more. Lino printmaking focus on technical skills—carving, fine motor skills, & creative skills—design and color theory/exploration/mixing.

6–8 DANCE CHOREOGRAPHY
Tuesdays: January 11 to May 17, 3:30–5:00 p.m. (No classes February 22, April 19)
$385 (spring session) • Register

Middle School dancers, working with Susan Nelson (Waynflete’s Lower/Middle School Creative Movement and Dance teacher), will learn dance theory, expand technical skills and choreograph short dance pieces to share in May. Students who participate in the full year program will build progressively more advanced compositional skills and tools throughout the year.

6–8 DUNGEONS & DRAGONS
Thursdays: January 13 to March 17, 3:30–4:30 p.m. (No class February 24)
$218 • Register

At its core, Dungeons and Dragons is a game of collaborative storytelling. Players will each take on the role of a unique character in a fantasy story and will need to work as a group—led by a practiced dungeon master—to uncover treasure, solve puzzles and accomplish their goals. What path you choose is up to you…but know that the D&D world is full of both danger and adventure.

6–8 MIDDLE SCHOOL SKI
Wednesdays: January 12 to February 16, 12:15–6:15 p.m.
Location: Shawnee Peak, 119 Mountain Rd, Bridgton, ME 04009
Shawnee Peak Phone: (207) 647-8444
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*Required permission forms are listed below and must be turned in for your child to ski. Please read the Parent Information Letter for more details. Participants must be vaccinated and/or participating in pooled testing in order to sign up.

For more than 20 years, Waynflete’s Middle School Ski Program has given our students an opportunity to get outside and build friendships on winter Wednesdays.

This year, parent leaders, including former ski patrol member Shawn Brennan, will lead the program. Shawn will be joined by a team of experienced Middle School parent skiers to provide supervision on the bus and mountain.

In this program, we welcome all levels of skiers—the group typically includes novices and experts, and everything in between. The program requires that all participants wear a helmet while skiing/boarding. If you don’t currently own a helmet, you may rent one from Shawnee Peak for $74 for the season.

Lessons: If your child enrolls in skiing or snowboarding lessons, the lessons run for the first five weeks of the program. The lesson groups consist only of Waynflete participants and are led by Shawnee Peak Snow School staff members.

Places are limited and reserved on a first-come first-served basis, so please register soon. Register through the Enrichment Workshops page.

Prices are as follows:

Transportation and lift: $399

Transportation, lift and lesson: $499

Transportation, lift and rental: $489

Transportation, lift, lesson, and rental: $619

Helmet rental (transportation not included): $74

Transportation only (no lift ticket; bring your own lift ticket): $239

*REQUIRED FORMS — must be completed for your child to ski:

Click here for the student permission slip (must be completed for all students)

Click here for the rental waiver (please complete if your child is planning on renting equipment)

Click here for the lesson waiver (please complete if your child will be taking lessons)

Click here for the adult waiver (please complete if you will be a parent volunteer chaperone)

Return completed forms to Carrie Chamberlain in the Middle School Office, or scan and email forms to the enrichment team. Please read the Parent Information Letter for more details.