Summerfest

What is better on a warm summer day than hanging out with your friends at the pool and playing games in the park? During this week of Wet and Wild, we will be traveling around Portland to discover the best outdoor and aquatic sites. Each morning we will select one of Portland's great parks and play a variety of games such as some killer badminton, bocce ball, disc golf, croquet and capture the flag. And of course, don’t forget to work on your Ahhh! skills because we will be putting them to the test. Then we will have a picnic lunch (or find a nearby food cart) to fill up before heading off to the pools to find the fastest slides, the highest diving boards and the laziest rivers. Come relax with your friends and enjoy Portland’s great summer!

 

Instructor: Julie Duffield
Waiver A Required

 

 

Ever wondered how detectives solve their cases? Now is your chance to learn how to find the important clues identifying who committed the crime! The CSI Forensic Science course takes advantage of students' fascination with mysteries using minute, ordinary, or unexpected crime-scene evidence to catch the culprit, and combines that with dozens of academic skills they need to learn and sharpen. Students, through a variety of educational presentations and hands-on experiences, will learn how their acquired scientific knowledge can be applied to a criminal investigation. Throughout the week, students will have the opportunity to apply their creativity and investigative skills working as a CSI with real crime scene equipment on several mock crime scenes.

 

Instructor: Greg Darling
Waiver A Required

Explore people, events and issues that shaped our world. In this workshop history comes alive when we move outside the classroom to explore historical sites and living history museums, and talk with re-enactors and expert guides. In addition, we will recreate world changing events as we try a variety of historical games and simulations ranging from 19th century US sectional politics to World War I and the Treaty of Versailles. As we explore great moments in history and plan worldwide conquests, we will need to sustain ourselves by sampling favorites from local cuisine including Oven and Shaker pizza, some Portland food carts, and Voodoo donuts! 
*$45 fee to cover additional travel costs and entrance fees

Instructors: Denise and Jim Lundblade
Waiver A Required

Do you have the makings of a top chef? Come find out! Not only will we make lunch > for ourselves every day and bake delicious goodness, we will make dinner for you to pack and bring home to your family of four. Yes parents, come home to a prepared dinner!  Then, the challenge is on! After learning various cooking skills and styles, on Friday you will make your own signature dish and compete against your friends with a distinguished panel of food tasters to find out who rules and will become Gilkey's Top Chef.       

 

Instructor: Julie Duffield

(* $95materials fee to cover additional food costs)

 

Ahhh! might possibly be the most fun tournament game ever, at least in the minds of the majority here at the Gilkey International Middle School. A more complicated form of kickball, Ahhh! utilizes six bases and requires the development of kicking, catching, and throwing skills. Ahhh! is a great way to be active and have fun with friends. Join us this summer for the ultimate Ahhh! tournament organized by master coach, Ron Thomas. Here at Gilkey we take our Ahhh! seriously . . . you will not want to miss this awesome event! 

Instructor:  Ron Thomas
Waiver A Required

Get organized before the school year begins and you can start the year motivated and feeling in control of your learning experience! Learn how to keep useful class notes and how to reduce stress while taking important tests, refine your reading and listening skills, maximize your class and homework time, and learn how to promote good communication with your teachers. Make this school year your most successful ever!

Instructor: Genna Robertson-Hall