Hickory Ridge Middle School 2016 Summer Camps All Camps are Monday Thursday Time: 9:00 a.m. 12:00 p.m. / Cost: $85 per week Week 1 June 20 - June 23 Week 2 June 27-30 Week 3 July 11-14 Success for 6th Camp Available: Weeks 1, 2, 3 Ms. Locklear Grades: Rising 6 th Grade Only Anxious about coming to middle school, or just wanting to become more familiar with Hickory Ridge Middle and meet new people? This camp is specially designed for incoming 6 th graders. Campers will get to know other rising 6 th graders through ice breaker activities, become familiar with the school during school scavenger hunts, learn tips for organization and academic success, participate in locker relays and much more! Campers are asked to bring a snack each day. Maximum Number of Campers: 15 Boys & Girls Basketball Ms. Morton The objective of the basketball camp is to provide campers the opportunity to improve their fundamental skills and increase their understanding of the game. The camp will stress skills such as shooting, passing, ball handling, dribbling, rebounding and man defense. This will also be a great opportunity for rising 6th graders to get to know other HiRMS students. Campers should bring: basketball shoes/socks, basketball shorts/t-shirt, snack/drink for break time. Maximum Number of Campers: 25
Maverick s Cooking Camp Available: Week 1 Mrs. Schott & Ms. Morton Get your aprons on and come join us for a week full of mixing, chopping, baking and learning all about FOOD! All camper chefs will enjoy a hands-on experience while learning the basic principles behind food preparation, food safety, kitchen safety, and nutrition. This camp is not recommended for students with food allergies. Maximum Number of Campers: 22 Art Camp Available: Weeks 1, 2, 3 Mrs. Kiral & Mrs. Schott (Week 2) Campers will explore the creative process, art styles and multiple art media including, but not limited to, drawing, painting, printmaking, collage and clay. Campers will enjoy being creative while producing original artworks through personal expression and imaginative exploration. Join us for the party! Maximum Number of Campers: 12 (Weeks 1 and 3), 20 (Week 2) Maverick Cheer Camp Mrs. Ritch & Ms. Stroup Are you interested in Cheerleading? Do you love to dance and get pumped up at sporting events? If so, then come check out Maverick Cheer Camp! This camp will be geared towards cheerleaders with little to no experience at all. You will be learning basic arm motions, jumps, cheers, and dance routines all while getting to know fun, new people through engaging team building activities. Let's Go Mavericks!! Campers should bring: tennis shoes/socks, shorts/t-shirt, a hair tie, and snack/drink for break time.
Gym Games Available: Weeks 1, 2, 3 Mr. Osadnick Do you want to get in shape, learn about different gym games, and have some fun? During this camp we will focus on team gym games. All participants will become more physically fit, enhance their knowledge of several sports, and learn to work as a team. Some of the team games we will play include: Basketball, Battle Ball, Kickball, Wiffle Ball (if weather permits), and relay races. Remember it does not matter how active you are or what you know about these gym games. All participants will be respectful of everyone s ability level and maintain sportsmanship throughout the entire camp. Maximum Number of Campers: 14 Super Summer Scrapbooking Mrs. Meadows If you like photography or arts and crafts, then this camp is for you! In Super Summer Scrapbooking, we will use your photos to create beautiful pages for your personal scrapbook. We will learn some cool techniques to jazz up your pages and also use a variety of scrapbooking tools to create knock-out designs. Maximum Number of Campers: 15 Books Go To The Movies, 3 Mrs. Rucker Students will use imovie or a Web 2.0 tool to create a video for a book trailer (similar to a movie trailer). Participants should read the book before creating the trailer and be careful not to give away the endings. Students can create as many trailers as time will allow. Book trailers will be shown next year in the Media Center to encourage students to check out the books. Maximum Number of Campers: 10
Physics & Rocketry Camp Ms. Bienkievitz & Dr. Macon Do you like experimenting? How about launching things high into the air? In Physics and Rocketry Camp students will explore the principles behind rocket launches and flight. Using experiments the instructors will provide experiences to show how rockets launch, stay in flight and land. Come prepared to have fun and learn new things! Distance Running Camp Available: Week 1 Mr. Tinnel Let s get outside and pound the pavement! Whether you are currently a distance runner or would just like to get out and stretch your legs during the summer, Coach Tinnel has developed the Distance Running Camp to give you a workout! Each day at camp will have two parts - the workout block from 9:00am to 10:30am and the lesson block from 10:30am to 12:00pm. The workout block will focus on outdoor, long distance running exercise, and the lesson block will teach students various lessons on running skills and techniques. We will learn running workouts like interval training, speed training and long distance muscle conditioning. As a bonus, we will learn about runner nutrition, how to choose the proper shoes and footwear and running apps for your phone! Distance Running Camp is a great way to keep conditioned during the summer and learn ways to keep running over the off season! If you have any questions, contact Coach Tinnel at chase.tinnel@cabarrus.k12.nc.us
Sprinting and Field Events Camp Mr. Tinnel Sprinting and Field Events Camp is built for the runner interested in Track and Field that would like more hands on work with individual events. This camp will focus on sprinting, sprint conditioning workouts, starting block work, long jump, triple jump, high jump and hurdles. Students will learn all these focus areas together, then they will break out into small groups to focus on the event that interests them. This will be a great time to get individual, one-on-one instruction from Coach Tinnel. If you want to work out, develop the skills you already have and are interested in Track and Field, this camp is for you! If you have any questions, contact Coach Tinnel at chase.tinnel@cabarrus.k12.nc.us Beginner Rock Guitar Camp Available: Week 3 Mr. Tinnel ARE YOU READY TO ROCK!?!?! In this camp, young guitarists will learn the basics of guitar, tablature, chords, soloing and music theory. Mr. Tinnel brought his years of guitar experience into the classroom to create this intensive four-day session that is built for students that have no experience to moderate experience with guitar and an interest in learning popular, rock and roll style guitar. During each lesson, students will learn how guitars work, reading guitar tablature, dozens of different chord shapes, methods on how to practice those chords, strumming patterns, basic soloing techniques and of course a few songs to play. This is a great way to get thorough introductory guitar lessons without paying the private lesson price! Students will be required to have their own guitar. If you do not currently own a guitar but are interested in this camp, please contact Mr. Tinnel at chase.tinnel@cabarrus.k12.nc.us. He can give you advice on buying a guitar that is affordable and fits your needs. Maximum Number of Campers: 10
Register online through the K12 Payment Center until June 8th! Please also follow the link provided to download our camp waiver form. Fax or mail your completed form to HiRMS. Thank you, and we look forward to seeing you at camp!