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Listen to the Music of WONK

WONK band members - Upper Arlington juniors (Rees Finley, Jack Lynch, Thomas Young and Scott Joyce)

Summer 2010 Teen Programs

The following programs are being offered for teens by the City of UA's Park and Recreation Division. For more information, visit www.uaoh.net or call 583-5300.

Quick links to: Teens on the Go Programs, Paintball and Adventure Trip

Computer and Digital Media Programs

NEW - 2D- Video Game Design with Scratch

Ted Jordan

Design a basic computer video game – (no experience needed). Learn about storyboarding, use of color, light and texture for mood creation. Create an exciting landscape for your game. Load, animate sprites and add sound. Each student gets a disc of their projects and the software (Scratch)

CLASS TIME DAYS DATES AGES

232200 A 9 am-3 pm M-F 6/21-6/25 (5 sessions) 8-14 yrs

SITE: UA Municipal Services Center COST: $488 R | $499 NR

Lower Level Meeting Room

REGISTRATION DEADLINE: 6/16


NEW -
Digital Art & Animation

Ted Jordan

Students use Alice to create a 3D programming environment to create animations which can be a story, interactive game or simply a dance. We teach the fundamental principles of object oriented programming through animation. These concepts are used to populate a virtual world and then animate the objects within that world such as people, animals, and vehicles. While making games and animations they are learning the principles behind Java, C++ and C#. Students get to keep the work they create and get a copy of Alice.


CLASS TIME DAYS DATES AGES

232200 B 9 am-3 pm M-F 6/21-6/25 (5 sessions) 8-14 yrs

SITE: UA Municipal Services Center COST: $488 R | $499 NR

Lower Level Meeting Room

REGISTRATION DEADLINE: 6/16


NEW - XBOX360 Game Design - Ted Jordan

Learn to make games like Tetris, Pac-Man, Asteroids or Bejeweled for the Xbox 360. The Video Game Design tool (C# using Visual C# Express) uses a combination of typed commands and a drag-and-drop tool. We teach students the game development cycle from design to finished game. The games can be played on a computer or XBOX360. Games can be submitted to Microsoft's annual Dream-Build-Play Challenge game design contest.

CLASS TIME DAYS DATES AGES

232200 C 9 am-3 pm M-F 6/21-6/25 (5 sessions) 10-15 yrs

SITE: UA Municipal Services Center COST: $488 R | $499 NR

Lower Level Meeting Room

REGISTRATION DEADLINE: 6/16


NEW - 3D Video Game Design/Panda 3D - Ted Jordan

Step up to the next level of visual excitement and gaming. Add light and texture to create a Realistic environment that looks like a real world. This course focuses on important aspects of making 3D Video Game. Students use concepts learned from Scratch and Alice. They use Panda and Blender to make a 3D game. This course shows students how 3D video games are made.

CLASS TIME DAYS DATES AGES

232200 D 9 am-3 pm M-F 6/21-6/25 (5 sessions) 9-14 yrs

SITE: UA Municipal Services Center COST: $488 R | $499 NR

Lower Level Meeting Room

REGISTRATION DEADLINE: 6/16


NEW - How to Build and Repair a Computer - Ted Jordan

Want a faster computer with more memory? This is the class for you. Take apart a computer and learn the hardware components. Reassemble; install operating system and software, technology upgrades add-ons and debug. Students work in teams of two. $50 material fee payable to Funutation on the first day.

CLASS TIME DAYS DATES AGES

232200 E 9 am-3 pm M-F 8/2-8/6 (5 sessions) 9-15 yrs

SITE: UA Municipal Services Center COST: $488 R | $499 NR

Lower Level Meeting Room

REGISTRATION DEADLINE: 7/28


NEW - Website Design with Animation - Ted Jordan

Create a website that highlights your creativity! Learn the basics of web design. Students start by learning design fundamentals such as storyboarding, color choices, and moods using HTML programming. Next learn how to add text, images and forms to your website. We teach you how to be Safe on the Internet.

CLASS TIME DAYS DATES AGES

232200 F 9 am-3 pm M-F 8/2-8/6 (5 sessions) 9-14 yrs

SITE: UA Municipal Services Center COST: $488 R | $499 NR

Lower Level Meeting Room

REGISTRATION DEADLINE: 7/28


NEW - Digital Video Production - Ted Jordan

Learn the basics of using advanced digital video cameras. This course covers techniques for producing a quality video. Editing software is used to add special effects, audio, and graphics to the projects. Students storyboard and then shoot short documentaries, ads, and comedy sketch videos. Each student can download a DVD of their work from the funutation.com website. Students work in teams of 4-6.


CLASS TIME DAYS DATES AGES

232200 G 9 am-3 pm M-F 8/2-8/6 (5 sessions) 8-15 yrs

SITE: UA Municipal Services Center COST: $488 R | $499 NR

Lower Level Meeting Room

REGISTRATION DEADLINE: 7/28


NEW -
3D V.R.C.U. (Virtual Reality Control Unit)

Ted Jordan

Students work on fun electronics projects and create their own LED remote control unit. The controller manipulates a 3D environment on the computer. This course teaches students the basics of computers, electronics, transistors, and diodes. The experience is enhanced with the 3D glasses they make.


CLASS TIME DAYS DATES AGES

232200 H 9 am-3 pm M-F 8/2-8/6 9-15 yrs

SITE: UA Municipal Services Center COST: $488 R | $499 NR

Lower Level Meeting Room

REGISTRATION DEADLINE: 7/28


Instructor Ted Jordan Bio:

Principal of Funutation Tekademy, Computing Education & Corporate Training
MS from the University of California at Berkeley
BS from General Motors Institute in Flint, MI.
20 years of worldwide technical training with General Motors, Ford Motor Company, US Tank Command Center, Silicon Graphics, Sun Microsystems, Chrysler, NASA, Automotive Suppliers and Learning Tree International.
Certified as an instructor and administrator for Solaris, Linux, TRIZ, and other related certifications.

 

Teens on the Go Camp
Recreation Staff
Experience some of Ohio’s greatest places. Each week we travel to destinations to enjoy hiking and canoeing, watching baseball games, experiencing the thrills of amusement parks and playing paintball.

Week 1
This week we visit the Dayton Air Force Base, Newport Aquarium, play disc golf and visit Columbus Zoo.

CLASS TIME DAYS DATES AGES

233217 A 8 am-5 pm M–F 6/21-6/25 (5 sessions) 12-15 yrs

SITE: Various, Meet at the MSC Concourse COST: $195 R | $215 NR

REGISTRATION DEADLINE: 6/17


Week 2

This week we go to Olentangy Indian Caverns, go to the Wilds, canoe and go ice-skating and bowling.


CLASS TIME DAYS DATES AGES

233217 B 8 am-5 pm M–F 6/28-7/2 (5 sessions) 12-15 yrs

SITE: Various, Meet at the MSC Concourse COST: $195 R | $215 NR

REGISTRATION DEADLINE: 6/24

Week 3
This week we go to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Museum, go fishing and go to the Beach water park.

CLASS TIME DAYS DATES AGES

233217 C 8 am-5 pm M–F 7/6-7/9 (4 sessions) 12-15 yrs

SITE: Various, Meet at the MSC Concourse COST: $150 R | $165 NR

REGISTRATION DEADLINE: 7/1

Week 4
This week we visit COSI, go to Zoombezi Bay, a day at Alum Creek and riding the rides at Cedar Point.

CLASS TIME DAYS DATES AGES

233217 D 8 am-5 pm M–F 7/12-7/16 (5 sessions) 12-15 yrs

SITE: Various, Meet at the MSC Concourse COST: $195 R | $215 NR

REGISTRATION DEADLINE: 7/8

Week 5
This week we go on a bike ride downtown, go canoeing, spend a day at Magic Mountain, and enjoy the rides at Kings Island.

CLASS TIME DAYS DATES AGES

233217 E 8 am-5 pm M–F 7/19-7/23 (5 sessions) 12-15 yrs

SITE: Various, Meet at the MSC Concourse COST: $195 R | $215 NR

REGISTRATION DEADLINE: 7/15

Week 6
This week we go to the Wilds, spend a day at Magic Mountain, go to the Dayton Air Force Base, and enjoy the rides at Kings Island.

CLASS TIME DAYS DATES AGES

233217 F 8 am-5 pm M–F 7/26-7/30 (5 sessions) 12-15 yrs

SITE: Various, Meet at the MSC Concourse COST: $195 R | $215 NR

REGISTRATION DEADLINE: 7/22


Week 7

This week we ride the rides at Zoombezi Bay, watch a Clippers game, go bowling and ice skating, and spend the day at John Bryan State Park.

CLASS TIME DAYS DATES AGES

233217 G 8 am-5 pm M–F 8/2-8/6 (5 sessions) 12-15 yrs

SITE: Various, Meet at the MSC Concourse COST: $195 R | $215 NR

REGISTRATION DEADLINE: 7/29


Week 8

This week we watch a Reds game, visit the Ohio State Fair, enjoy the rides at Cedar Point, and spend a day bowling and going to Magic Mountain.

CLASS TIME DAYS DATES AGES

233217 H 8 am-5 pm M–F 8/9-8/13 (5 sessions) 12-15 yrs

SITE: Various, Meet at the MSC Concourse COST: $195 R | $215 NR

REGISTRATION DEADLINE: 8/5

Paintball
Recreation Staff
Have you got what it takes to capture the flag without being shot by a barrage of paint? If you think you do, join us for a trip to Splatterpark and a day of fierce paintball games. Wear your best camouflage over clothes to wear home and a change of shoes. Don’t forget your friends whom you just can’t wait to splatter with paint! Cost includes a rental mask, paintball gun and 500 paintballs.

CLASS TIME DAY DATE GRADES

232103 A 9 am-5 pm M 4/5 6-8

232103 B 9 am-5 pm M 4/5 9-12

SITE: Splatter Park, COST: $56 R | 62 NR

Drop off at UA Municipal Services Center

REGISTRATION DEADLINE: 4/2

NEW - Pacific Northwest Adventure Trip

Jim Cash & Brian Neikamp

Join experienced teacher/adventurers, Jim Cash and Brian Neikamp on an 11 day odyssey through the Pacific Northwest. Camp in remote, beautiful locations in the mountains as well as near the sea as we explore sand dunes, dramatic coastlines, volcanoes, rain forests, lava caves, raft a wild river and hike to the bases of glaciers. This is not just a camping trip, but a rare chance to experience some of the most dramatic features in the lower 48 states.

CLASS DAYS DATES GRADES

233100 A T-F 8/3-8/13 (11 days) Current 7-8 COST: TBA

2009 City of Upper Arlington Youth Award goes to...
Fourth-grade students of Barrington Elementary
teachers Katie Benton and Bonnie Emery, whose "Beat Michigan! Beat Cancer! Racing to Beat Ovarian Cancer" event, begun after two students lost family members to the same disease, greatly exceeded organizer's expectations and raised more than $22,000 for cancer research.

 

Photo by Rachel K.
First Place Winner - UAHS Photo Contest
Upper Arlington High School

See other Winning photos from the Upper Arlington High School Photo Contest!
Go to the UAHS web site and look for the Photo Contest link!

Painting by
Jones Middle School Art Students
presented to
The UA Fire Division in
honor of their 75th Anniversary
celebrated on Oct. 9, 2005

Alumni NIght 2005 at Moorehead Stadium

 

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Check out the UA High School College Center
Go to the UAHS web site and look for the College Center link!

 
 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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