Spring 2024 Program of Project PRIZE

This class will align with the Common Core Math that will help students acquire proficiency in the Math subject and will provide extra support to those students seeking to achieve a passing grade or wish to keep satisfactory performance in their math class. This class is for Junior high school students to also have a successful transition to high school.

This will cover most of the high school math topics and concepts with exercises. This reviews the knowledge tested in High School Regents Exam, SAT and College Placement exams too. Moreover, this class gives an ample opportunity for those students who are interested in achieving proficiency in the subject to have a successful transition to the next school grade or college.

This class will teach ELA lessons that align with Common Core Standards that will help students acquire proficiency in the ELA subject and will provide extra support to those students seeking to achieve a passing grade or wish to keep satisfactory performance in ELA. Emphasis will be made on reading comprehension, grammar, vocabulary, and essay writing that will prepare students to transition successfully to High School. This class will include Learning through the Arts Pedagogy in collaboration with the Art instructor of the program.

This class will teach ELA lessons that align with Common Core Standards that will help students acquire proficiency in the ELA subject and will provide extra support to those students seeking to achieve a satisfactory performance in the Regents, SAT, College Placement, and other exams or wish to keep satisfactory performance in ELA. Emphasis will be made on reading comprehension, grammar, vocabulary, and essay writing that will also prepare students to transition successfully to college. This class will include Learning through the Arts Pedagogy in collaboration with the Art instructor of the program.

In the College/Career Readiness portion of the class, students will create their resume and sample cover letters. They will also learn how to look for a job as a teen and to review online employment applications.

Whether you want to learn to express yourself more effectively, become an actor, or you are just interested in something fun and new. This class is a space for students to work together to learn and/or review the disciplines of acting and writing for theater and film through the use of table top games like Werewolf and Dungeons and Dragons. In class we will be learning to read lines from plays and movies and at the end of class put together a final piece based on those tasks and activities. Even the games! Don’t worry! If you’re not familiar with table top games Mr. Malcolm loves teaching new and fun ways to learn professional skills while making it fun and engaging! Let’s expand on the passion of acting and self-expression together.

Build Physical and emotional intelligence. In this class Students will learn the fundamentals of boxing/ self-defense, as well as Kata (patterns) to learn the discipline of martial arts. Students will also learn the “Kingfisher” style of fighting, which is the way to stop a fight through discipline, self-control, and directness, both conversational and emotional. They will learn how to defend themselves physically and mentally. Building discipline, self-esteem, and confidence. The class will include a discussion session on what self-defense means and what it means to protect. This class requires discipline, perseverance, and the willingness to become more than you were before you started! The only requirement to join: Be willing to get out of your comfort zone and have fun! While this class is an amazing and fun workout, you will be pushed to be a caretaker, a fighter, and someone who is emotionally/ physically intelligent, competent, and compassionate.

In this workshop students will learn perspective and more technical aspects of drawing and will rely more on visual observation of beautiful indoor and outdoor spaces on campus. At the end of the program students should have their own portfolio of sketches. This workshop will allow students to explore and express themselves in a simple sketch and will use recycled materials. This class addresses the socio-emotional well-being of students, caters to one of their favorite subjects and exposes them to college majors within the art field.

In this class students will build an architectural model and will work on small projects, will participate in service-learning Saturdays and related trips. No experience in architecture is needed, and students choosing college majors other than architecture will acquire a wealth of knowledge in Sociology, Geography, Journalism, History, Graphic Design and other delivered by Professor Weber from the QCC Engineering Dept. He will also introduce students to the history of house building in the context of time and history. This is a college/career readiness class that exposes students to STEM and allows them to learn more about science and Architecture, which will be of help for those undecided or eager to explore college majors.

This is a 12-week course with 2-hour sessions for committed 11th grade students who plan to attend consistently to score the highest possible in the May 2024 exam. The course will be focusing on the heart of algebra, geometry fundamentals, close reading, big idea, grammar, etc. Dive in and maximize the amount of TEACHING. This class will do a lot of mini practice drills DURING the class (either individual or group) to attack small, bite-size chunks of materials focused on specific topics.

Students will be learning what Impressionism is in art and will be outdoors observing and painting their chosen subjects on materials selected by the Art Instructor. This class will prepare in the Spring to go to the QCC Art Gallery in the summer for a tour of the current outdoor and indoor exhibitions. The director will address the class and explain Art as a major and the career opportunities in the field as well as the rigor of Art school admission and sustaining a good standing. The director of the Gallery also discusses summer internship opportunities in the Gallery. This class addresses the socio-emotional well-being of students, caters to one of their preferred subjects, and it is also a college/career readiness class.

Origami: The origins of this art go way back to the 17th century AD at the latest and were popularized outside of Japan in the mid-1900s. Origami from ori meaning "folding", and kami meaning "paper" is the traditional and exotic Japanese art of paper folding. Learn to make the most intricate creatures out of a simple piece of paper with folding and sculpting techniques. This workshop will be facilitating the Learning through the Arts pedagogy, while it is fun, it will use Origami to teach math, geometry, and trigonometry in collaboration with the Math Instructor of the program.

In this class, students will learn about the fundamental unit of life: DNA. Strawberries will be the subject which DNA will be extracted from and students will learn everything DNA can tell you about an organism. The purpose of this class is to expose students to science fields, in this case biology, which will help students discover the magic of science and organic life. A QCC Biology graduate student will facilitate this workshop, under the supervision of a faculty member from the Biology Dept. This workshop will include Lab sessions on selected Saturdays. The Learning through the Arts Pedagogy will be implemented in this class through collaboration with the Art instructor of the program to show the DNA chain in different forms of art.

The MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) App Inventor gives students the perfect chance to explore the creative side of coding in a supportive and collaborative environment. The program is partially adapted from the MIT App Inventor Computational Thinking Curriculum, with an emphasis on app-making through new technologies including artificial intelligence, translation, and music production. Our classes will include discussions, demos, and working sessions, with an overall focus on fostering creativity and innovation in the field of modern tech.

For students who might need to refresh or get extra support to improve their grade or continue performing at a satisfactory level in any junior or high school subject. Students must be prepared to receive homework help and tutoring and/or to receive tutoring by bringing their textbook, homework, quizzes, tests, or specific questions. Tutors will be unable to help students who are not prepared.

The case management team (School Counselor and LMSW) will, as mandated by the funder, the New York State Education Department (NYSED), create and update Personal Learning Plans (PLP) for each student enrolled in the program. The team will create PLPs based, in part, on the college and career survey JHS and HS students will complete upon enrollment in the program. The assessment is mandated, so adequate interventions are set as goals to achieve during the program year therefore, progressive participation is expected. Students complete the survey-type assessment online upon receiving a link via email. Individual and group counseling sessions to address all socio-emotional needs of students will be conducted as needed. Grade transition, graduation auditing, preparation of college and FAFSA applications, and high school senior exit interviews are also scheduled and required.