OCC Community Education Classes for July 9

Description

Make Xtra Income: Auto Wholesale Business from Home
Learn six techniques that create profits and cash flow! Find out the how and where of buying below wholesale prices and how to sell at retail prices. You will also learn how to get your auto dealer license in 15 days. This class is DMV approved and you’ll receive a DMV certificate of completion after you complete the class exam.
Date: Monday & Tuesday, July 9 & 10
Time: 6 PM – 9 PM
Fee: $119

Mad Science Secret Agent Lab – Ages 6-12
As junior secret agents, students will use the science of detection to analyze crime scenes, and send secret messages to their friends by learning Morse code, braille, and flag signaling. Students will also learn how to construct security alarms to stop burglars in their tracks, and even master awesome spy tech like disappearing ink, metal detectors, and motion alarms!
Dates: Monday – Friday, July 9-13
Time: 9 AM – 12 PM
Fee: $219

Summer Knight’s Chess Camp – Ages 6-12
Chess has been shown to improve critical thinking skills, increase attention span, help children deal with winning and losing, improve memory, help build confidence and patience, and improve problem solving abilities. This fun-packed week includes the development of daily chess strategy and tactics for all levels (beginning through advanced); outdoor interactive activities and games that reinforce chess principles; a giant chess set and board on-site (including at three-foot-tall king!), painting your own chess pieces; and an exclusive chess workbook. Students may sign up for multiple weeks as lessons are geared toward attending student’s abilities. Academic Chess emphasizes a sense of camaraderie, fun learning, and sportsmanship in all of its activities.
Dates: Monday – Friday
Session 2: July 9-13 (12:30 PM – 3:30 PM)
Session 3: July 16-20 (9 AM -12 PM)
Session 4: July 23-27 (12:30 PM – 3:30 PM)
Session 5: August 6-10 (9 AM -12 PM)
Session 6: August 13-17 (9 AM -12 PM)
Fee: $179

Writing Academy II – Ages 11-14
Class will focus on teaching students to organize and create cohesive essays and short research based writing projects. In addition to strengthening the entire writing process, this class will give students a solid understanding of specific essay formats, such as compare and contrast, cause and effect, and critical and descriptive.
Dates: Monday - Thursday, July 9-12
Time: 2 PM – 4 PM
Fee: $85

Algebra Review – Grades 7-9
Students will retain their algebra skills with a review over the five major topics of Algebra 1, including solving multi-step equations, rules of exponents, graphing linear equations, rules of radicals and factoring polynomials. Students enrolling in this course should have been enrolled in Pre-Algebra or Algebra 1 the previous school year.
Dates: Monday – Thursday, July 9-19
Time: 2 PM – 3:30 PM
Fee: $135

Pre-Algebra – Grades 4-6
Students will learn the skills to prepare them for Pre-Algebra. Topics include operations with integers, solving one and two-step equations, evaluating algebraic expressions, basic rules of powers and exponents and graphing simple linear equations. Students enrolling in this course should know basic math skills, such as addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.
Dates: Monday – Thursday, July 9-19
Time: 3:30 PM – 5 PM
Fee: $135

Role-Playing Games Skills for Social Success, Teamwork & Problem Solving – Grades 3-8
This week-long course is designed to help students thrive socially and intellectually. These non-competitive storytelling games are played in groups of 4-6 students with no electronics, and provide a low-risk environment for children to experiment with social roles, leadership positions, dealing with success and failure, building cooperation skills, and improving self-esteem. After working together to solve the puzzles presented through game play, students will learn how to design and lead their own game adventures, creating thoughtful challenges and engaging worlds in which players interact. This course emphasizes critical thinking, creative writing, reading and comprehension, public speaking, social studies, probabilities, and social interaction through academically oriented gaming. This class is tailored for boys and girls from 3^rd to 8^th grade. Students are organized into gaming groups with others within their age range.
Dates: Monday – Friday, July 9-13
Time: 9 AM – 12 PM
Fee: $99

Cake Decorating for Teens Buttercream Icing
Have fun learning hands-on techniques to frost and decorate cakes and cupcakes. Techniques learned: tinting, frosting, filling, stars, zig-zag, leaves, and more. You will learn to use decorating tools like: decorating tips and bags, couplers, spatulas, and turntable. Material fee includes cakes and supplies to decorate 18 cupcakes and an 8” round cake. Enroll early, class limited to 12 students.
Dates: Monday – Thursday, July 9-12
Time: 9 AM – 12 PM
Fee: $199

Little Yogis – Ages 5-8
All children can benefit from yoga and meditation. From improvement in behavioral issues and anxiety to better concentration at school and home, yoga helps kids and teens relax, focus their attention and quiet the mind. Little Yogis yoga camp is dedicated to boosting self-esteem through positivity and encouragement. We offer age appropriate yoga for kids and teens to help them connect to their mind and body, and become more self-aware. Bring your yoga mat.
Dates: Monday, Wednesday, Friday, July 9, 11 & 13
Time: 9 AM – 9:50 AM
Fee: $49

Little Yogis – Ages 9-12
All children can benefit from yoga and meditation. From improvement in behavioral issues and anxiety to better concentration at school and home, yoga helps kids and teens relax, focus their attention and quiet the mind. Little Yogis yoga camp is dedicated to boosting self-esteem through positivity and encouragement. We offer age appropriate yoga for kids and teens to help them connect to their mind and body, and become more self-aware. Bring your yoga mat.
Dates: Monday, Wednesday, Friday, July 9, 11 & 13
Time: 10 AM – 10:50 AM
Fee: $49