Ben Franklin Elementary PTA

Ben Franklin Elementary School
12434 NE 60th Street
Kirkland, WA 98033
425.822.7460 (old)
425.936.2550 (new)

Ben Franklin PTA Board of Directors

Presidents:
Donna Blinn & Mandi McChesney

Mark Whiteside

Tamara Hill

Frida Kumar & Rena Peterson

Julia Ednie & Valerie Horvath
Paula Goelzer & John Wharton

Amanda Maggiora & Misty McCormick

Colette Ulloa & Cindy Furitani

Michelle Muir

Legislative Chair:
Rena Peterson

SUMMER: Redmond Parks Offers Summer Learning Programs

posted May 26, 2009 9:37 AM by Franklin PTA PTA

Avoid the Summer Slide!

 
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Don’t let your child lose valuable learning ground over the summer.  Studies show that students lose between 1 to 3 months of learning during the summer months. 

The Redmond Parks Department is offering fun-filled summer learning programs! 

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Call 425-556-2300 to register or sign up on-line atwww.redmond.gov 
 

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Learn to read; Read to learn 
 
 
 
 
 

“The Gift of Knowledge Lasts a Lifetime!” 
 

MAGIC READING SERIES

See your child excel in reading! Enroll your child in one of the “Magic Reading Series” courses to build your child’s confidence and encourage a genuine interest in the magic of reading. Classes are taught in small groups. Each “Magic Reading” class includes skill building and a reading incentive program. Also included is a Magic Reading Book Club party on the last day of the session!  

Magic Pre-Reading    
  
 This class opens the door to the wonderful world of reading. Children explore letters, sounds, and site words through playful songs, games, puzzles, and activities. Students graduate to Magic Beginning Reading after the successful completion of this class.

Loc: Old Redmond Schoolhouse Community Center Room 205A.

Fee: $89R/$107N

Class#     Age          Time            Days             Date

28221      4-6yrs      9-9:40am     Mon-Fri         Jul 14-25

28270      4-6yrs      9-9:40am     Mon-Fri         Jul 28-Aug 8

28271      4-6yrs      9-9:40am     Mon-Fri         Aug 11-22  

Magic Beginning Reading    
  
 This class explores blending sounds together using phonetic rules and sight reading. Children will learn to make words and sentences, subsequently understanding the meaning of words in the stories and/or the information they read. Students graduate to Advanced Magic Reading after the successful completion of this class.

Loc: Old Redmond Schoolhouse Community Center Room 205A.

Fee: $99R/$119N

Class#     Age         Time                  Days             Date

28223      5-6yrs      9:50-10:40am     Mon-Fri         Jul 14-25

28275      5-6yrs      9:50-10:40am     Mon-Fri         Jul 28-Aug 8

28276      5-6yrs      9:50-10:40am     Mon-Fri         Aug 11-22 

Advanced Magic Reading    
  
 This class increases vocabulary and comprehension through more practice and advanced reading games. Children develop skills to infer the real meaning behind the story and/or information they read. At the completion of the Advanced Magic Reading Program, children will have acquired the needed skills to gain knowledge through reading.

Loc: Old Redmond Schoolhouse Community Center Room 205A.

Fee: $99R/$119N

Class#     Age         Time                    Days             Date

28225      5-7yrs      10:50-11:40am     Mon-Fri         Jul 14-25

28278      5-7yrs      10:50-11:40am     Mon-Fri         Jul 28-Aug 8

28279      5-7yrs      10:50-11:40am     Mon-Fri         Aug 11-22

 

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Magic Creative Writing   **NEW Class** 
  
See your child excel in Writing!  “Magic Creative Writing” opens the door to the wonderful world of writing. Students will explore characters, settings, plots, genres, titles and dialogue.  Words! Words! Words! Students will learn about descriptive and sensory words, transition and action words, overused words and frequently misspelled words. We will learn about editing symbols and will use both editing and revising checklists. Come have fun with writing, become a better writer and create your own writing masterpiece!                                                                       Loc: Old Redmond Schoolhouse Community Center Room 205A. Fee: $95R/$114N

                                                                                    Class#     Age          Time                 Days          Date

28227      7-10yrs  2:10-3:40pm     Mon-Fri      Jul 13-17 28261      7-10yrs   2:10-3:40pm     Mon-Fri       Jul 20-24 28262      7-10yrs   2:10-3:40pm     Mon-Fri       Jul 27-31 28263      7-10yrs   2:10-3:40pm     Mon-Fri       Aug 3-7  28264      7-10yrs   2:10-3:40pm     Mon-Fri       Aug 10-14 28265      7-10yrs   2:10-3:40pm     Mon-Fri       Aug 17-21

Magic Medieval Math    
  
 Learn about acute, obtuse and right angles as you travel back in time on your quest for some knightly medieval math fun! Read about knights in math adventure books, make chocolate pudding pies (and eat them!) to learn to measure circles using Pi (3.14), learn about the medieval strategy game of chess, perform geometric math puppet shows, play math games, and much more! 
Loc: Old Redmond Schoolhouse Community Center Room 205A.

Fee: $95R/$114N

Class#     Age          Time            Days             Date

28228      6-12yrs     12:10-2pm   Mon-Fri         Jul 14-18

Magic Geo Math    
  
 Read tangram stories, use large felt pieces, make your own tangrams and solve tangram puzzles! You'll also make origami creations, learn some amazing paper tricks to impress your family and friends, and solve story puzzles from around the world. A fun class with lots of math skills games, and a special snack served in an origami creation on the last day!

Loc: Old Redmond Schoolhouse Community Center Room 205A.

Fee: $95R/$114N

Class#     Age          Time            Days             Date

28229      6-12yrs     12:10-2pm    Mon-Fri         Jul 21-25 

Magic Skyscraper Math    
  
 The sky is the limit in this class that will take your math skills to new heights! Create marshmallow structures and mini elevators to take home, use calculators to play 'Journey to the Moon' which is an activity based on weights and gravity, and solve mathematical mind benders. Play math skills games and work on 'Hershey's Weights and Measures' (this will definitely be a treat day!). 
Loc: Old Redmond Schoolhouse Community Center Room 205A.

Fee: $95R/$114N

Class#     Age          Time            Days             Date

28230      6-12yrs     12:10-2pm    Mon-Fri         Jul 28-Aug 1 

Magic Money Math    
  
 Get rich quick! At least when it comes to your math skills... Learn money tricks to impress your family and friends, make your own wallets and money registers, learn where money comes from, how to keep track of it, and even earn your own 'Magic Math money' and go on a shopping spree at an auction at the end of camp. We'll also read 'How to Make Four Million Dollars by Next Thursday' and play a variety of other exciting money games. 
Loc: Old Redmond Schoolhouse Community Center Room 205A.

Fee: $95R/$114N

Class#     Age          Time            Days             Date

28231      6-12yrs     12:10-2pm   Mon-Fri         Aug 4-8

Magic Mystery Math    
  
 Calling all Junior Detectives! Your mission, if you choose to accept it, is as follows: Create Morse code bracelets and key chains, develop your own code wheels, try out invisible ink, make your own cipher squares, learn a secret code used by the confederate army and construct a Code Stick. There's even more, but you'll have to sign up to get the complete details for accomplishing this secret mission, all while improving your math skills! 
Loc: Old Redmond Schoolhouse Community Center Room 205A.

Fee: $95R/$114N

Class#     Age          Time            Days             Date

28256      6-12yrs     12:10-2pm    Mon-Fri         Aug 11-15 

Magic Pirates of the Mathibbean    
  
 Come play swashbuckling pirate games, create pirate ships out of foil to see how much pirate loot they can hold before sinking, make a compass and learn how to use it, and create treasure maps for treasure hunts with a real treasure treat at the end! We'll be pirate mapping with coordinates, navigating and using our compasses to prepare for those long pirate voyages on the open sea. Don't go walking the plank; join us for this mathematical adventure!

Loc: Old Redmond Schoolhouse Community Center Room 107.

Fee: $95R/$114N

Class#     Age          Time            Days             Date

28258      6-12yrs     12:10-2pm    Mon-Fri         Aug 18-22

Magic Chess Level I 
In Magic Chess I beginning players start with the basics and move up from there. Students are exposed to various tactics, and they are given an opportunity to apply these skills in real game play situations with other students in the class.

Loc: Old Redmond Schoolhouse Community Center Room 201.

Fee: $95R/$114N

Class#     Age          Time            Days             Date

24881       6-12yrs     1:30-3:30     Mon-Fri         Jul 14-18 
24883       6-12yrs     1:30-3:30     Mon-Fri         Jul 28-Aug 1 
24885       6-12yrs     1:30-3:30     Mon-Fri         Aug 11-15

Magic Chess Level II 
In Magic Chess II, intermediate and advanced students will learn tournament play, timed play, notation and advanced strategies.  They are given an opportunity to apply these skills in real game play situations with other students in the class.

Loc: Old Redmond Schoolhouse Community Center Room 201.

Fee: $95R/$114N

Class#     Age          Time            Days             Date

24882       6-12yrs     1:30-3:30     Mon-Fri         Jul 21-25

24884       6-12yrs     1:30-3:30     Mon-Fri         Aug 4-8

24886       6-12yrs     1:30-3:30     Mon-Fri         Aug 18-22

          

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