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Nueva Enrichment 2011- 2012
Nueva Enrichment is open to ALL Bay Area K-8 students. We have launched a new Saturday Math Series, the AMC 10 Test Prep, Starting on 12/10. Click the Saturday tab for further information. Explore: Click the tabs for Saturdays, fall, or spring. Hover your mouse over any title to see a course description, which includes dates, time, and cost for that class. Click here to read instructor bios, listed in ascending alphabetical order. While curricula were designed for specific ages, accommodations can be made for interested students outside the suggested grade range. Late Bus/Extended-Day: Don't forget to check out our special 5:30 Late Bus -- you can see the bus schedules and sign up here (login required). If you have questions about the bus, please This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it Nueva students have the option to attend After-Care or Homework Club before our 4:30 enrichment offerings; please note our standard Extended Day fee of $10/hour applies. Registration/Cancellation Policy: Click here to register. Please note, classes with low enrollment may be subject to cancellation. Students may drop an enrichment class for a full refund after attending the first session. Students who have attended two or more sessions can receive a pro-rated credit for any other enrichment classes. Credit is valid for one year. About a week before classes begin, you will receive an email confirming location, as well as any further details. If you have any questions, please call or email: 650-350-4537 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .
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Teacher Bios: Lisa Dettloff:
Lisa Dettloff’s adventure in science education began when she entered UC Berkeley at age fifteen to study physics. At seventeen, she was hired to teach at the Lawrence Hall of Science, a science education research center at UC Berkeley. At LHS, she presented and developed planetarium shows and hands-on science workshops. Her twenty-one year career at Lawrence Hall added richness and depth to her exploration of inquiry-based science education. She developed curriculum and presented workshops, large-group science shows and teacher workshops. A passion for adventure led her to ten years of international science education programs. She taught internationally for six months each year, in a variety of settings ranging from large international schools in capital cities to small village school houses and schools for street children, in Guatemala and Nepal. Back in the US, Lisa spent six years as Science Specialist for the Nueva School, an independent school for gifted children, where she developed an innovative science education program, in conjunction with colleague Fred Estes. Her traveling science lab brings inquiry-based science classes to an expanding group of private students from Silicon Valley to Marin County. She works as a presenter for AL Gore’s Climate Education Project and has consulted for Microsoft’s Next Media Research Lab. Passion for Inquiry’s special touch is based on a lifetime of experience and adventure in science education. Joshua Zucker: After completing his degrees in physics, math, and astrophysics at Stanford and UC Berkeley, Joshua Zucker has taught at both private and public schools in the Bay Area. Most recently, he helped found the Julia Robinson Mathematics Festivals and has served as the director of the Bay Area Mathematical Olympiad as well as the National Association of Math Circles. He teaches at math circles in the area, from San Jose to Marin, as well as online for the Art of Problem Solving. Blue Bear School of Music Blue Bear School of Music is San Francisco's leading destination for aspiring musicians of all ages and all skill levels who want to enjoy learning and playing rock, blues, jazz, folk, or pop. Blue Bear, a nonprofit organization founded in 1971, is a place where learning and playing popular music is fun and affordable, where people come together who love music, and where each student's unique talents and goals are recognized and supported. Blue Bear's professional staff and student music community have helped more than 20,000 students achieve their musical goals for voice, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, piano, bass, drums, horns, songwriting, bands, and ensembles. The school currently has more than 1,700 members annually enrolled in small group classes and private or semi-private lessons Monday through Saturday. Blue Bear's teachers are talented, successful, professional musicians who are also highly experienced and passionate educators. They have played with, taught, or written for numerous major acts, including Bonnie Raitt, Metallica, Huey Lewis and the News, Third Eye Blind, Carlos Santana, The Tubes, Billy Idol, Norah Jones, Counting Crows, Belinda Carlyle, The Sons of Champlin, Albert Collins, Charlie Musselwhite, Bobby McFerrin, and countless other Bay Area-based recording artists and performers. Tracy Chang FallFALL 2011 Enrichment ClassesComing up this year, we have some exciting, fun, challenging, and educational Enrichment offerings. This year, we have some brand new classes presented by quality Bay Area educational organizations, including as Hillbarn Theater Company, Kidizens, CuriOdyssey, Bay Area Chess, Abada Capoeira, and others. Please browse the offerings, and sign up to continue your child's education beyond the school day!
BayAreaChess: Chess BayAreaChess is a nonprofit organization founded by educators who believe in hands-on learning. Their mission is to provide enjoyable activities that develop intellectual, mathematical, analytical, visual, and personal skills. This program rewards persistence while fostering sportsmanship. For more information, visit them on the web at www.bayareachess.com. Emma Tipping: Comics, Cartooning, and Darwin’s Sketchbook Emma Tipping is a cartoonist and writer based in the Bay Area. She currently works as a caricature artist on the Santa Cruz Boardwalk with FU Studios, is the co-creator of “Fate’s Apprentice,” a graphic novel for the iPad, and has designed various apps for the iPhone and iPad. She also works as a volunteer graphic designer for Q’ente Textile Revitalization Society and is a freelance illustrator. Gary Kaplan: The Art of Public Speaking From an early age, Gary has known the importance of effective public speaking skills (he delivered the graduation speech at his 8th grade graduation!). Ever since then, he has been speaking or presenting to the public, both amateurishly, through local theatre productions and community government involvement, to professionally, with over 35 years of trial experience as an attorney and years of experience presenting at seminars and conferences across the country. He now brings this experience to the classroom, working with his students to overcome the anxieties of making oral presentations in class and helping them to develop the confidence, demeanor and "tricks" for becoming an accomplished public speaker, whether in the classroom or elsewhere. Hillbarn Theatre Conservatory: Lower School Musical Theatre The Hillbarn Theatre Conservatory, formed in September 2000, is a theatre arts education program serving the needs of youth and adolescents, ages 4-18, in Foster City and the mid-peninsula area. This year Hillbarn’s instructors will be coming to Nueva to provide in-depth training for those interested in learning any and all aspects of theatre and performance. Students will gain valuable life skills and confidence in a professional, supportive environment. Hillbarn reminds us that the need for artistic experience, whether as audience or artist, is universal. Jim Munzenrider: Steel Drums Jim holds a master’s degree in classical percussion performance from San Jose State University. A life-long quest in search of more instruments to hit has led him to the steel drum, the national instrument of the island nations of Trinidad and Tobago. Jim has served on the music faculty at Chabot College in Hayward since 1983. In 1988 he started the Chabot Panhandlers Steel Drum Band, a 25-piece nationally acclaimed group that has three CDs to their credit. The group performs regularly throughout California, often backing up the world’s greatest players in this art form. In addition, Jim is a founding member of Pan Ramajay, a professional six-member steel drum band that tours nationwide, performing and teaching steel drum master classes at colleges, universities, and high schools. Jim now teaches the 7th and 8th grade elective steel drum band and the steel drum band Academies. Before coming to Nueva, Jim served for nine years as the music instructor at the East Bay Science and Arts Middle School in Berkeley, where he taught steel drum bands, jazz band, and African and Brazilian drumming groups. Kelly Pauly: The Joy of Cooking Kelly Pauly is a second year associate teacher at Nueva, (and an alum!), working in second grade this year. She has a degree in Psychology from UC Berkeley, and has been volunteering and working with kids in various capacities since high school. Her mother is a chef, so she has always been exposed to great cooking and yummy food. She has developed her own love of cooking and excitement for learning new techniques. She traveled to Italy last spring and took a Culture of Food class where she got to experience and learn more about the rich, “slow-food”culture of the country. She is excited to work with aspiring young chefs! Kidizens: “Build-a-City” Kidizens is an innovative, educational enrichment program for children where they learn real-life strategies and civic and economic concepts in a social, interactive, fun, learning environment using LEGOs. Kidizens allows collaborative and guided discovery of real world concepts for children while they build, live in and role-play in a universe built of LEGOs. The Kidizens Workshops offer a way to bring the rich social learning framework, the hands-on learning, and exciting social studies projects of Kidizens into the school campus in an afterschool capacity. Kidizens has been operating successfully in Palo Alto for past 3 years and is now expanding to other locations in the Bay area. Website: www.kidizenspaloalto.com The Marvegos Fine Art School: Art Exploration and Fine Art Fundamentals The Marvegos Fine Art School is a private art school for children in Saratoga, California. The founder, Rita Young, recently published a book entitled Teaching Art to Children, The Marvegos Way, which provides parents and art educators with a roadmap to follow in assisting children to be self-confident, self-directed, independent art-makers, and to be and express who they are in their generation. The goal of this life-altering art program is to increase each child’s self-confidence as they discover and develop their own art-making styles. The Marvegos Fine Art School instructors believe that exercising creativity is better with some structure, and their program is not merely free art making. Paula Ramsey: Magic! Paula Ramsey has been a professional magician for over 20 years. She is a member of the prestigious Academy of Magical Arts, Magic Castle, Society of American Magicians and the International Brotherhood of Magicians. She is the official magician for the Hornblower Cruises and has worked for the Napa Valley Train. Paula teaches courses in the instruction and history of magic locally and performs nationwide. Paula loved magic as a child and enjoys teaching children as well as adults. She has performed for many celebrities and in 2001 was chosen to open for Siegfried and Roy at their only San Francisco appearance. She has studies with some of the world’s greatest sleight of hand magicians and credits her talent and passion to a life long curiosity and love for the art and craft of magic. Russ Byers: Basketball Russ Byers has been the Nueva 5th grade boy’s basketball coach for the last 2 seasons and taught several basketball and sports enrichment classes in K-4th grade. He is married with two adult daughters. Russ’s positive experiences coaching his own children’s teams has brought him back to the youth sports scene now that he has semi-retired from his clock service and sales business. He is happy to have the time to encourage and instill a love of team sports to a new group of youngsters. “My emphasis is the learning of fundamental skills and sportsmanship through fun team drills and games.” San Francisco Fencers’ Club: Fencing San Francisco Fencers' Club provides the Bay Area community with premier youth and adult fencing programs as well as coaching services for both competitive and recreational fencers. Currently, SFFC athletes hold some of the top fencing positions in the country and compete internationally as members of the US National Team. These young athletes are US National gold, silver, and bronze medalists, two of whom joined the Stanford and Princeton varsity fencing teams in the fall of 2007. Tracy Chang: Mandarin Level I and Mandarin Level II Tracy Chang is the founder of Fun Mandarin Learning Center. She holds credentials and certifications in Early Childhood Education, Teaching English as a Second Language, and Adult Education. She has over 15 years of language teaching experience with people of all ages. Her goal is to serve people who are interested in learning Mandarin Chinese, and to provide guidance and structure for those interested in developing consciousness and understanding of Chinese culture in a fun and relaxing way.
Ward Frye: Introduction to iPhone (iOS) App Development and Client-side Web Programming with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript Ward’s current focus is developing web and mobile apps. Last year he co-taught the Web UI and Web Server Programming enrichment classes at Nueva and served as a mentor for an iPhone app recital project. Ward has worked over 12 years in R&D for life science and medical device companies including Minimed Technologies, Acuson, Siemens, and Applied Biosystems. As an engineer, he’s been awarded four patents on components he’s designed for insulin pumps and PCR systems. As a program manager at Applied Biosystems, he led the 7900HT real-time PCR system from concept to release. He was also chosen by the executive committee to lead a global corporate-wide initiative to speed product development at Applied Biosystems. A graduate of Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo with a BS in Mechanical Engineering, MBA, and Masters of Engineering Management, Ward has since pursued an education in software programming, web development, molecular biology, and financial planning. Ward loves to share his passion for product development and entrepreneurship. He particularly enjoys teaching students about mobile and web development, two areas of technology that are sure to impact their lives. SpringSPRING 2012 Enrichment classes
Coming up this year, we have some exciting, fun, challenging, and educational Enrichment offerings. In addition to the scheduled classes, we will be adding some brand new classes presented by quality Bay Area educational organizations, such as Kidizens, CuriOdyssey, Outward Bound, and others. Please browse the offerings, and sign up to continue your child's education beyond the school day!
BayAreaChess: Chess BayAreaChess is a nonprofit organization founded by educators who believe in hands-on learning. Their mission is to provide enjoyable activities that develop intellectual, mathematical, analytical, visual, and personal skills. This program rewards persistence while fostering sportsmanship. For more information, visit them on the web at www.bayareachess.com. Emma Tipping: Comic Adventures, Cartooning & Animation, and Darwin’s Sketchbook Emma Tipping is a cartoonist and writer based in the Bay Area. She currently works as a caricature artist on the Santa Cruz Boardwalk with FU Studios, is the co-creator of “Fate’s Apprentice,” a graphic novel for the iPad, and has designed various apps for the iPhone and iPad. She also works as a volunteer graphic designer for Q’ente Textile Revitalization Society and is a freelance illustrator. Hillbarn Theatre Conservatory: Lower School Musical Theatre The Hillbarn Theatre Conservatory, formed in September 2000, is a theatre arts education program serving the needs of youth and adolescents, ages 4-18, in Foster City and the mid-peninsula area. This year Hillbarn’s instructors will be coming to Nueva to provide in-depth training for those interested in learning any and all aspects of theatre and performance. Students will gain valuable life skills and confidence in a professional, supportive environment. Hillbarn reminds us that the need for artistic experience, whether as audience or artist, is universal. Jim Munzenrider: Steel Drums Jim holds a master’s degree in classical percussion performance from San Jose State University. A life-long quest in search of more instruments to hit has led him to the steel drum, the national instrument of the island nations of Trinidad and Tobago. Jim has served on the music faculty at Chabot College in Hayward since 1983. In 1988 he started the Chabot Panhandlers Steel Drum Band, a 25-piece nationally acclaimed group that has three CDs to their credit. The group performs regularly throughout California, often backing up the world’s greatest players in this art form. In addition, Jim is a founding member of Pan Ramajay, a professional six-member steel drum band that tours nationwide, performing and teaching steel drum master classes at colleges, universities, and high schools. Jim now teaches the 7th and 8th grade elective steel drum band and the steel drum band Academies. Before coming to Nueva, Jim served for nine years as the music instructor at the East Bay Science and Arts Middle School in Berkeley, where he taught steel drum bands, jazz band, and African and Brazilian drumming groups. Kelly Pauly: The Joy of Cooking Kelly Pauly is a second year associate teacher at Nueva, (and an alum!), working in second grade this year. She has a degree in Psychology from UC Berkeley, and has been volunteering and working with kids in various capacities since high school. Her mother is a chef, so she has always been exposed to great cooking and yummy food. She has developed her own love of cooking and excitement for learning new techniques. She traveled to Italy last spring and took a Culture of Food class where she got to experience and learn more about the rich, “slow-food”culture of the country. She is excited to work with aspiring young chefs! Marina Dullman: Sewing and Fashion Design Marina Dulman is a founder and a teacher of "Marina's Sewing and Fashion Design School" in Burlingame, teaching children ages 6 and up for over 10 years focusing on learning, self-development and fun. Marina resides in Burlingame with her family and teaches 20-25 weekly classes and camps focusing on teaching children how to use the fashion design tools including sewing machines to create and sew fashionable, personalized clothing and well as how to use a hobby as a creative and relaxing tool for self-expression. The Marvegos Fine Art School: Art Exploration and Fine Art Fundamentals The Marvegos Fine Art School is a private art school for children in Saratoga, California. The founder, Rita Young, recently published a book entitled Teaching Art to Children, The Marvegos Way, which provides parents and art educators with a roadmap to follow in assisting children to be self-confident, self-directed, independent art-makers, and to be and express who they are in their generation. The goal of this life-altering art program is to increase each child’s self-confidence as they discover and develop their own art-making styles. The Marvegos Fine Art School instructors believe that exercising creativity is better with some structure, and their program is not merely free art making. Paula Ramsey: Magic! Paula Ramsey has been a professional magician for over 20 years. She is a member of the prestigious Academy of Magical Arts, Magic Castle, Society of American Magicians and the International Brotherhood of Magicians. She is the official magician for the Hornblower Cruises and has worked for the Napa Valley Train. Paula teaches courses in the instruction and history of magic locally and performs nationwide. Paula loved magic as a child and enjoys teaching children as well as adults. She has performed for many celebrities and in 2001 was chosen to open for Siegfried and Roy at their only San Francisco appearance. She has studies with some of the world’s greatest sleight of hand magicians and credits her talent and passion to a life long curiosity and love for the art and craft of magic. San Francisco Fencers’ Club: Fencing San Francisco Fencers' Club provides the Bay Area community with premier youth and adult fencing programs as well as coaching services for both competitive and recreational fencers. Currently, SFFC athletes hold some of the top fencing positions in the country and compete internationally as members of the US National Team. These young athletes are US National gold, silver, and bronze medalists, two of whom joined the Stanford and Princeton varsity fencing teams in the fall of 2007. Tracy Chang: Mandarin Level I and Mandarin Level II Tracy Chang is the founder of Fun Mandarin Learning Center. She holds credentials and certifications in Early Childhood Education, Teaching English as a Second Language, and Adult Education. She has over 15 years of language teaching experience with people of all ages. Her goal is to serve people who are interested in learning Mandarin Chinese, and to provide guidance and structure for those interested in developing consciousness and understanding of Chinese culture in a fun and relaxing way. Ward Frye: Introduction to iPhone (iOS) App Development and Client-side Web Programming with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript Ward’s current focus is developing web and mobile apps. Last year he co-taught the Web UI and Web Server Programming enrichment classes at Nueva and served as a mentor for an iPhone app recital project. Ward has worked over 12 years in R&D for life science and medical device companies including Minimed Technologies, Acuson, Siemens, and Applied Biosystems. As an engineer, he’s been awarded four patents on components he’s designed for insulin pumps and PCR systems. As a program manager at Applied Biosystems, he led the 7900HT real-time PCR system from concept to release. He was also chosen by the executive committee to lead a global corporate-wide initiative to speed product development at Applied Biosystems. A graduate of Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo with a BS in Mechanical Engineering, MBA, and Masters of Engineering Management, Ward has since pursued an education in software programming, web development, molecular biology, and financial planning. Ward loves to share his passion for product development and entrepreneurship. He particularly enjoys teaching students about mobile and web development, two areas of technology that are sure to impact their lives. Wizbots Robotics: Raphael Mahpour Raphael Mahpour is the program director of Wizbots, an educational robotics company founded by Conor McGann, PhD. The Wizbots approach integrates creative and analytical problem-solving skills in a hands-on, collaborative, and social learning environment. Raphy transforms classrooms into engaging sets of challenges that make learning fun. Growing up in Silicon Valley, he’s always had an affinity for technology and has lectured on the utilization of new technologies at local Silicon Valley chapters of BOMA and Chambers of Commerce. He also holds the position of Productions Director at the Silicon Valley Chapter of the Social Media Club. Raphael Mahpour is a recipient of the Academic Excellence Award from the University of California, Santa Barbara where he completed his degree with honors in both Psychology and Art History with an architecture and environment emphasis. When he’s not working, he’s usually found somewhere his bots have difficulty getting to: Surfing the stellar waves of the Coastal Bay Area. |