Summer Program Sign-up

I'm excited to let everyone know that the Adobe Creative Suite 5 software is now available on most of the clubhouse computers. I still have to load it on the music room, but the rest are ready. I have also submitted my orders for the hardware that will be purchased. So we should soon be ready to fully participate in Adobe Youth Voices. The timing may not be perfect since it is almost the end of the school year and many of you will not be coming during the summer, but AYV is an ongoing program. I expect us to be "Creating with Purpose" for many years. Note, Adobe CS5 was just released in April 2010. BTW, Congratulations to Treymaine for providing the awesome artwork for the new clubhouse flyer and brochure.

I want everyone to know about the following three things:
1) Summer Schedule
2) Summer Projects
3) Youth Mentors

The Summer Schedule will begin on June 28 and end on August 20. The hours will remain the same (3:30 - 7:00), however, (thanks to Kenyae) I have decided to include a Boys Only Day. I resisted against it since I'm not a boy, but Kenyae wore me down. So, I'm ready to see how it goes. The following is the daily schedule:

Monday - Girls Only
Tuesday - Girls & Boys
Wednesday - Boys Only
Thursday - Girls & Boys
Every other Friday - AYV Activity

Summer Projects
If you think you want to participate in the summer program, make sure you know that you will have to do several projects each week. The Adobe Creative Suite contains over 10 programs, we will be learning to use Photoshop, InDesign, Flash, Fireworks and Premiere. The list of projects will include:

• 2 Write Abouts (1 pager; 14pt max.)
• 1 PowerPoint (start at 7 slides and increase 1 each week)
• 2 Drawing projects (1 on paper; 1 on pc)
• 1 Bryce
• 1 Photoshop
• 1 The Print Shop / Publisher / InDesign
• 1 Flash
• Digital Photography (3-5 shots; max.10)
• 1 Premiere

There are lost of other software programs (Scratch, Pivot, etc) that you can explore and learn, as well as the opportunity to do individual activities, like sew, make jewelry, do arts and crafts, build with Legos, and more. Let me know if you want to sign up.

Youth Mentors

The summer is a great time for teen-aged, high school members to help out in the clubhouse. You can gain valuable knowledge and skills by assisting younger members to learn software. You must commit to a schedule and think of this opportunity like it is a job. You can fulfill a DPS graduation requirement by gaining community service hours. Most youth mentors are able to gain over 100 community service hours by helping during the summer. The number of youth mentors needed is only about 5 or 6. If you want to take advantage of this opportunity, please let me know as soon as possible.

I'm looking forward to a summer filled with creative learning. I hope you are, too. Leave a comment and let me know what you think.