Fall 2023: Second and Third Grade
*Please note: The below information is for the Fall 2023 semester. Information for Spring 2024 will be posted to the site in January.*
2:00 - 3:00
SU 20: Out of this World Exploration
Have you ever looked up at the sky and wondered what’s out there? In taking this course, students will become astronauts and take a journey into outer space within our solar system. We will first learn about what it means to be an astronaut and journey into outer space. Regarding the solar system, we will learn about each of the planets, what makes them a planet, and what else we can find in outer space– from comets and asteroids to shooting stars. By the end of this course, students will design their own planets and we will form our own class solar system! Get ready for take-off and let’s reach for the stars!
COST: $ 20 ROOM: Library 122
Ms. Kayleigh Thompson is a sophomore at Saint Vincent College majoring in Early Childhood Education. She has had various experiences with children, including three years as a student teacher in Penn-Trafford High School’s preschool program, a semester of student teaching in a first-grade classroom at Sunrise Estates Elementary School, and babysitting. In her free time, you can find her spending time with family or friends, listening to music, or reading!
3:00 - 4:00
SU 21: What on Earth? A Study of Earth's Natural Properties and Disasters
This course is about the natural land formations and occurrences on Earth, with an extra focus on weather and natural disasters. Every student will get to experience the wonders of our planet with their own eyes through presentations, S.T.E.M. challenges, and demonstrations. Each class will start with an overview of the topic followed by an interactive application of the topic. Students will be encouraged to work together to complete challenges using creativity and engineering. Other activities will prepare students to brave the weather and safely handle disasters. After this class, students will have a stronger understanding of the planet we live on and why Earth behaves the way it does.
COST: $20 ROOM: Library 122
Ms. Campbell is a sophomore at Saint Vincent College majoring in Early Childhood Education. She has a variety of experiences with infants and children including Sunday school, babysitting, and tutoring. Ms. Campbell was also a camp counselor at her parish’s summer camp, where she supervised and assisted the children in their lessons and activities. In her free time, she is either with her family, with her friends, reading, or fulfilling her duties as secretary of the Creative Corner Club on campus.
4:00 - 5:00
SU 22: Let's Go Shopping
This will be a basic course for second and third graders that will teach them the fundamentals of money. The goal is for them to learn how to count money and be able to differentiate the different dollars and coins if they do not know already. By the end of the course, we will have a shopping day where students will be given fake money and they will try to figure out what they can get with the amount that they were given. This course will ultimately teach money in a fun and engaging way!
COST: $ 20 ROOM: Library 122
Emily Schmucker is a junior at St. Vincent and is an early education major with a special education minor. Within her academic journey she has had an internship in a middle school as well as in a multiple disability room in the elementary level. These opportunities as well as having experience in working at a daycare taught her valuable lessons as well as made her love for teaching grow. Emily enjoys staying active whether that is walking her dog, exercising, or even going on hikes. When she just wants to relax and stay in, she will read any chance she gets as she loves the idea to get her imagination going.
2:00 - 3:00
SU 20: Out of this World Exploration
Have you ever looked up at the sky and wondered what’s out there? In taking this course, students will become astronauts and take a journey into outer space within our solar system. We will first learn about what it means to be an astronaut and journey into outer space. Regarding the solar system, we will learn about each of the planets, what makes them a planet, and what else we can find in outer space– from comets and asteroids to shooting stars. By the end of this course, students will design their own planets and we will form our own class solar system! Get ready for take-off and let’s reach for the stars!
COST: $ 20 ROOM: Library 122
Ms. Kayleigh Thompson is a sophomore at Saint Vincent College majoring in Early Childhood Education. She has had various experiences with children, including three years as a student teacher in Penn-Trafford High School’s preschool program, a semester of student teaching in a first-grade classroom at Sunrise Estates Elementary School, and babysitting. In her free time, you can find her spending time with family or friends, listening to music, or reading!
3:00 - 4:00
SU 21: What on Earth? A Study of Earth's Natural Properties and Disasters
This course is about the natural land formations and occurrences on Earth, with an extra focus on weather and natural disasters. Every student will get to experience the wonders of our planet with their own eyes through presentations, S.T.E.M. challenges, and demonstrations. Each class will start with an overview of the topic followed by an interactive application of the topic. Students will be encouraged to work together to complete challenges using creativity and engineering. Other activities will prepare students to brave the weather and safely handle disasters. After this class, students will have a stronger understanding of the planet we live on and why Earth behaves the way it does.
COST: $20 ROOM: Library 122
Ms. Campbell is a sophomore at Saint Vincent College majoring in Early Childhood Education. She has a variety of experiences with infants and children including Sunday school, babysitting, and tutoring. Ms. Campbell was also a camp counselor at her parish’s summer camp, where she supervised and assisted the children in their lessons and activities. In her free time, she is either with her family, with her friends, reading, or fulfilling her duties as secretary of the Creative Corner Club on campus.
4:00 - 5:00
SU 22: Let's Go Shopping
This will be a basic course for second and third graders that will teach them the fundamentals of money. The goal is for them to learn how to count money and be able to differentiate the different dollars and coins if they do not know already. By the end of the course, we will have a shopping day where students will be given fake money and they will try to figure out what they can get with the amount that they were given. This course will ultimately teach money in a fun and engaging way!
COST: $ 20 ROOM: Library 122
Emily Schmucker is a junior at St. Vincent and is an early education major with a special education minor. Within her academic journey she has had an internship in a middle school as well as in a multiple disability room in the elementary level. These opportunities as well as having experience in working at a daycare taught her valuable lessons as well as made her love for teaching grow. Emily enjoys staying active whether that is walking her dog, exercising, or even going on hikes. When she just wants to relax and stay in, she will read any chance she gets as she loves the idea to get her imagination going.
