Parent Programs

Green Up Your Life

Green up your life and your space! Learn more about bringing houseplants into your home and how to keep them looking great! Mitch George from The Village Greenery in Yellow Springs, Ohio, will present this 3 hour workshop on indoor foliage plants. The hands-on seminar will cover common houseplant nomenclature, care instruction, soil and parasite information, lighting rules of thumb, and will include a do-it-yourself transplant of a 4-6 inch plant from its nursery planter into a decorative planter. The enrollment fee includes a choice of plant and planter. Participants leave with their creation. Plant and planter upgrades will be available as well for an additional fee.

Instructor: Mitch George
Location: Midde School Science Room

Course Number: PC01
Dates: June 19
Times: 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon
Fee: $125

Course Number: PC02
Dates: June 27
Times: 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon
Fee: $125

Mud Wrestling! (aka Clay Creations for the Home)

You will learn clay handbuilding techniques to create decorative tiles and clay wall hangings. You will also create vases and lidded vessels on the pottery wheel.

Instructor: Sarah Nowlin
Location: Upper School Art Studio room 342
Course Numbers: PC03
Dates: August 18-21
Daily: 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon
Fee: $150 (Cost Includes all materials)

Gourmet Cooking and YOU!

Instructor: Mary Jo Cleveland
Location: Upper School Kitchen
Dates: June 6, 13, 20
Daily: 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Fee: $55 per class or $150 for all three
(Cost Includes all material) Class Size: Limit of 8 students

Class One: Knife Skills and Soups
Course Number CHEF01
Date: June 6

Knife Skills
• How and when to use which knives?
• What are the important features of a knife?
• Rough chop, chop, dice, julienne.
Soups: Use knife skills to make two of the following soups:
• Vegetarian Vegetable
• Creamy Smoked Turkey and Wild Rice
• Tomato Basil with Mushrooms

Class Two: Meats
Course Number CHEF02
Date: June 13

Learn definition, technique and when to use each of the following:
• Sautee - Chicken or beef cubes for use in soup or stew
• Pan Roast -Chicken breast or pork chop
• Oven Roast - Whole tenderloin, vegetables

Class Three: Sauces
Course Number CHEF03
Date: June 20

• Basic vinaigrette
• Basic pan sauce
• Cream sauce
• Crème Anglaise

Taekwondo and the Family

This class design is for the whole family in the study of martial arts. This week-long session will teach parents and children basic self-defense and will help develop focus, respect, and self-control. There will be martial arts games and drills and campers will break a board at the end of their session. A snack is provided.

Instructor: Master Paul Korchak, Cincinnati Taekwondo Center
Location: Middle School Gym
Course Numbers: Chop01
Dates: July 21-25
Daily: 1:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Fee: $150 (Cost Includes all materials)

Be Geek Not Chic

Does your child make fun of you for you lack of technical ability? Then it’s time to sit down to become a little more geekish. This class will cover the basics of e-mail, text messaging and the internet to social networking and blogging. Let’s learn to use technology to make your life simpler and more streamlined. Bring your own PDA or computer to class and learn to maximize its usefulness. This class is designed to ask all the questions about technology that you were embarrassed to ask. Come receive useful answers.

Instructor: Ken Uckotter
Location: Upper School Technology
Course Number: Tech01
Dates: June 20
Daily: 1:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Fee: $100 (Cost Includes all materials)

Salsa Dancing

Did you know Cincinnati is a hot bed for Salsa Dancing? Well, now you know. On just about any given night in Cincy you can find dance clubs serving up Salsa music for folks off all ages.
You can dance if you want to, you can leave your friends behind, but why not join them in this fun-filled class?

Instructor: TBD
Location: Lower School Gym
Course Number: Dance101
Dates: June 19
Daily: 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Fee: $50 per person (babysitting included)

Scrapbooking 101

Scrapbooking is a method for preserving personal and family history in the form of photographs, printed media, and memorabilia contained in decorated albums or scrapbooks. Learn to scrapbook in this one day course. You will walk away with your first album and the basic materials and knowledge to begin.

Instructor: Heather Spanbauer
Location: Middle School Art Room
Course Number: Scrap01
Dates: June 13
Daily: 1:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Fee: $100 (Cost Includes all materials)