spring 2018 Second and Third Grade
2:00-3:00pm
SU 20 Habitats Around The World
In this course, students will be able to deepen their knowledge on habitats around the world. Planet Earth has a vast variety of ecosystems, habitats, and animals that live within each habitat. This course will allow students to become immersed with science by learning about the dessert, farmland, the arctic, the rainforest, and the savanna!
COST: $ 20 ROOM: Alfred 34
Ms. Sarah Kalp is a sophomore at Saint Vincent College majoring in Early Childhood Education with a minor in Special Education. She has had many experiences with elementary school kids through participating in a first grade internship at Amos K. Hutchinson Elementary school. Ms. Kalp has also worked in a preschool where she was a preschool teacher and also an infant caretaker. She has worked with special needs children all throughout high school assisting with after school projects and countless in-school assignments. She enjoys spending time with her friends and family while riding horses and participating in church functions.
SU 21 Rockin’ Restaurant Owner
In this course, students will become an owner of their very own restaurant! Students will be given the freedom to create and design their own name, logo, menu, and space of their choice. While, starting up their business they will have to use measurement, create sale prices, total bills, and assess profit. Are you ready to run your own business from the ground up? Create your own restaurant empire today!
COST: $ 20 ROOM: Alfred 21
Miss Leah Fertal is a sophomore at Saint Vincent College with a major in Early Childhood Education and a minor in Special Education and Spanish. She has enjoyed teaching the class, “Clay with Kids,” in the previous year for Step Up. She has enjoyed teaching 3 and 4 year olds in high school, bible study this summer, a second grade class with the program, Junior Achievement, and Girl Scout day camp. She was also the Special Events Coordinator for her marching band her senior year of high school. She is on the Orientation Team, a core member of the Apologetics club, and a member of the Education and Early Childhood Education clubs. She loves to spend time with her family and friends in her free time!
SU 22 Look, in the Sky! It’s a Bird! It’s a Plane! No it’s the Weather!
By taking this course, students will learn about what makes the weather in the sky tick. From the simplicity of a simple rain shower, to the intensity of a hurricane, students will be fully immersed into the course as they discuss how weather works. Along with these discussions, students will also participate in different activities and experiments to help them better understand the topic of the day. Students will participate in games, crafts, and experiments that will make them feel like they are truly weathermen! If you are interested in understanding how sky and weather and how it works, this is the right class for you!
COST: $ 20 ROOM: Alfred 24
Ms. Victoria Dague is a sophomore at Saint Vincent College majoring in Early Childhood Education and minoring in Special Education. She has plenty of experience with children as she has a 6 year old sister. Since she was little she used to go to work with her mother, who is a second grade teacher. Ms. Dague previously taught a course in Step-Up. She also has plenty of experience in tumbling since she has been a cheerleader for many years and has helped coach the tiny team for her competitive cheer gym. Some of Ms. Dague's hobbies include drawing, painting and spending time with her younger sister.
Ms. Maria Loftis is a sophomore at Saint Vincent College majoring in Early Childhood Education and minoring in Special Education. She has had experiences working with children ranging from the ages of eighteen months to eight years old as an employee at her local YMCA in the daycare center. Ms. Loftis taught a Step-Up class in a previous semester. She also volunteered to work at her parish's Bible School over the years. Ms. Loftis enjoys spending time with her friends and family, playing soccer, cheerleading, and traveling to new places.
3:00-4:00pm
SU 23 Create, Paint and Draw
In this course we will explore the various artists and their most famous artwork. A few of the artists we will learn about are Eric Carle and his creations using tissue paper, Kandisky and his abstract circles, Vincent Van Gogh and his Starry Night painting, and Jackson Pollock and his work with splatter painting. Not only will we learn about each artist, and review their artwork, we will also recreate several of them. At the end of the course we will have an art show that families will be able to attend! Please send your children in old clothing and/or send an old t-shirt for them to wear while we are using various materials to make our masterpieces!
COST: $ 20 ROOM: Placid 1B
Ms. Heather Ramsey is a junior at Saint Vincent College majoring in Elementary Education. She has had many experiences with children including volunteering in preschool and elementary school classrooms in the Derry Area School District, coaching soccer and dance teams, babysitting, being a teacher in her high school’s Trojan Pony Preschool Program, and babysitting for many years. Ms. Heather is also currently an assistant teacher at Latrobe Kinder-Schull Daycare and is the assistant Girl Scout leader of a local troop. In her free time, she enjoys spending time with her family and friends, and doing outdoor activities.
SU 24 Discovering the Solar System
Do you dream of being a space cadet or astronaut? This course will help aspiring students understand and learn about the planets within the solar system. Every class session will focus in on a new planet and discover information about that particular planet. We will follow up with the second half of the class by doing various activities, for example, videos, crafts, or games. We will take each class period to distinguish the different planets and their order and roles within the solar system. This class is out of this world, I hope to see you there!
COST: $ 20 ROOM: Alfred 21
Ms. Anna Zahren is a Sophomore at Saint Vincent College studying Early Childhood Education with a Special Education minor. She has participated in many activities involving children, including coaching a K-5 field hockey program at her high school, volunteering opportunities at schools including the Christ the Divine Teacher school, and volunteering at multiple churches within her community, Saints John and Paul and Christ Church at Grove Farm. Ms. Anna is interested in array of different activities, including drawing, writing, reading, and traveling. She aspires to become a teacher for students grades Pre-K- 4. Her main goal as a teacher is to make learning intriguing as well as engaging for young students.
SU 25 The Price is Right!
This course will focus on becoming familiar with the types of money we use every day and how to use it. We will practice the basics of money, counting change, adding and subtracting money problems, and how to do this in a real-life situation. This course will prepare the students for using money in the real world, a very important skill to have.
COST: $ 20 ROOM: Alfred 24
Miss Sarah Simsic is a junior early childhood education major with a minor in special education. She has experience working with children teaching Sunday School at the Saint Vincent Basilica. She spent this past summer tutoring local students in reading. She has been a part of many field experiences throughout her time in the education department. She has worked various babysitting jobs. She has previously taught a k-1 step up class about shapes and a 4-5th grade step up class on important American figures in history. Her interests include exploring the outdoors, working with children, and playing sports such as softball.
SU 20 Habitats Around The World
In this course, students will be able to deepen their knowledge on habitats around the world. Planet Earth has a vast variety of ecosystems, habitats, and animals that live within each habitat. This course will allow students to become immersed with science by learning about the dessert, farmland, the arctic, the rainforest, and the savanna!
COST: $ 20 ROOM: Alfred 34
Ms. Sarah Kalp is a sophomore at Saint Vincent College majoring in Early Childhood Education with a minor in Special Education. She has had many experiences with elementary school kids through participating in a first grade internship at Amos K. Hutchinson Elementary school. Ms. Kalp has also worked in a preschool where she was a preschool teacher and also an infant caretaker. She has worked with special needs children all throughout high school assisting with after school projects and countless in-school assignments. She enjoys spending time with her friends and family while riding horses and participating in church functions.
SU 21 Rockin’ Restaurant Owner
In this course, students will become an owner of their very own restaurant! Students will be given the freedom to create and design their own name, logo, menu, and space of their choice. While, starting up their business they will have to use measurement, create sale prices, total bills, and assess profit. Are you ready to run your own business from the ground up? Create your own restaurant empire today!
COST: $ 20 ROOM: Alfred 21
Miss Leah Fertal is a sophomore at Saint Vincent College with a major in Early Childhood Education and a minor in Special Education and Spanish. She has enjoyed teaching the class, “Clay with Kids,” in the previous year for Step Up. She has enjoyed teaching 3 and 4 year olds in high school, bible study this summer, a second grade class with the program, Junior Achievement, and Girl Scout day camp. She was also the Special Events Coordinator for her marching band her senior year of high school. She is on the Orientation Team, a core member of the Apologetics club, and a member of the Education and Early Childhood Education clubs. She loves to spend time with her family and friends in her free time!
SU 22 Look, in the Sky! It’s a Bird! It’s a Plane! No it’s the Weather!
By taking this course, students will learn about what makes the weather in the sky tick. From the simplicity of a simple rain shower, to the intensity of a hurricane, students will be fully immersed into the course as they discuss how weather works. Along with these discussions, students will also participate in different activities and experiments to help them better understand the topic of the day. Students will participate in games, crafts, and experiments that will make them feel like they are truly weathermen! If you are interested in understanding how sky and weather and how it works, this is the right class for you!
COST: $ 20 ROOM: Alfred 24
Ms. Victoria Dague is a sophomore at Saint Vincent College majoring in Early Childhood Education and minoring in Special Education. She has plenty of experience with children as she has a 6 year old sister. Since she was little she used to go to work with her mother, who is a second grade teacher. Ms. Dague previously taught a course in Step-Up. She also has plenty of experience in tumbling since she has been a cheerleader for many years and has helped coach the tiny team for her competitive cheer gym. Some of Ms. Dague's hobbies include drawing, painting and spending time with her younger sister.
Ms. Maria Loftis is a sophomore at Saint Vincent College majoring in Early Childhood Education and minoring in Special Education. She has had experiences working with children ranging from the ages of eighteen months to eight years old as an employee at her local YMCA in the daycare center. Ms. Loftis taught a Step-Up class in a previous semester. She also volunteered to work at her parish's Bible School over the years. Ms. Loftis enjoys spending time with her friends and family, playing soccer, cheerleading, and traveling to new places.
3:00-4:00pm
SU 23 Create, Paint and Draw
In this course we will explore the various artists and their most famous artwork. A few of the artists we will learn about are Eric Carle and his creations using tissue paper, Kandisky and his abstract circles, Vincent Van Gogh and his Starry Night painting, and Jackson Pollock and his work with splatter painting. Not only will we learn about each artist, and review their artwork, we will also recreate several of them. At the end of the course we will have an art show that families will be able to attend! Please send your children in old clothing and/or send an old t-shirt for them to wear while we are using various materials to make our masterpieces!
COST: $ 20 ROOM: Placid 1B
Ms. Heather Ramsey is a junior at Saint Vincent College majoring in Elementary Education. She has had many experiences with children including volunteering in preschool and elementary school classrooms in the Derry Area School District, coaching soccer and dance teams, babysitting, being a teacher in her high school’s Trojan Pony Preschool Program, and babysitting for many years. Ms. Heather is also currently an assistant teacher at Latrobe Kinder-Schull Daycare and is the assistant Girl Scout leader of a local troop. In her free time, she enjoys spending time with her family and friends, and doing outdoor activities.
SU 24 Discovering the Solar System
Do you dream of being a space cadet or astronaut? This course will help aspiring students understand and learn about the planets within the solar system. Every class session will focus in on a new planet and discover information about that particular planet. We will follow up with the second half of the class by doing various activities, for example, videos, crafts, or games. We will take each class period to distinguish the different planets and their order and roles within the solar system. This class is out of this world, I hope to see you there!
COST: $ 20 ROOM: Alfred 21
Ms. Anna Zahren is a Sophomore at Saint Vincent College studying Early Childhood Education with a Special Education minor. She has participated in many activities involving children, including coaching a K-5 field hockey program at her high school, volunteering opportunities at schools including the Christ the Divine Teacher school, and volunteering at multiple churches within her community, Saints John and Paul and Christ Church at Grove Farm. Ms. Anna is interested in array of different activities, including drawing, writing, reading, and traveling. She aspires to become a teacher for students grades Pre-K- 4. Her main goal as a teacher is to make learning intriguing as well as engaging for young students.
SU 25 The Price is Right!
This course will focus on becoming familiar with the types of money we use every day and how to use it. We will practice the basics of money, counting change, adding and subtracting money problems, and how to do this in a real-life situation. This course will prepare the students for using money in the real world, a very important skill to have.
COST: $ 20 ROOM: Alfred 24
Miss Sarah Simsic is a junior early childhood education major with a minor in special education. She has experience working with children teaching Sunday School at the Saint Vincent Basilica. She spent this past summer tutoring local students in reading. She has been a part of many field experiences throughout her time in the education department. She has worked various babysitting jobs. She has previously taught a k-1 step up class about shapes and a 4-5th grade step up class on important American figures in history. Her interests include exploring the outdoors, working with children, and playing sports such as softball.
