Young people develop skills, explore creativity at 大学 for Kids at 十大彩票平台
十大彩票平台市 质量. ——贾斯汀·克雷斯波, a 16-year-old from Springfield, never liked to speak in front of a group of people, but that changed after her experience in a class called “It’s Your Turn, 拿着麦克风.”
“I used to get nervous speaking in public, but I’ve worked on that. It was usually in my head,” she said. “I learned that no one really cares.”
The public speaking workshop, 7月17日至21日举行, 是十大彩票平台技术社区学院为孩子们举办的9个独特的教育课程之一吗. 暑期项目, which drew 69 children between 11 and 16, experienced a boost in enrollment since last year, said Lidya Rivera Early, director of 社区参与 at 十大彩票平台.
“We restarted 大学 for Kids a few years ago,” Rivera Early said. “When the pandemic happened, we had to scale back or eliminate programs. 刚刚过去的这个夏天, 我们有很好的参与,我们希望明年看到更多的年轻人参与.”
里维拉·厄尔利说,年轻人通过在校园里学习和与教授互动,近距离体验了十大彩票平台. Some of the 大学 for Kids programs are taught by 十大彩票平台 faculty.
Dr. 莉莲奥尔蒂斯, Interim Assistant Vice President of Advancement at 十大彩票平台, 他说,这个项目是父母和监护人为孩子寻找活动的一个负担得起的选择. It’s also an introduction to 十大彩票平台.
“我们希望这些项目中的年轻人在几年后选择大学时,把十大彩票平台作为一个选择,奥尔蒂斯说. “十大彩票平台是十大彩票平台最实惠的大学,也提供高质量的课程,与雇主所寻求的技能相一致. Many of our programs cannot be found anywhere else in the region.”
“儿童学院”为中学生和高中生提供一系列课程. 参与者将体验吸引各种兴趣的教育和有趣的会议. 公开演讲的目的是让女孩们有更多的自信和自尊, 并培养参与有效的公共演讲所需的风度和沟通技巧.
“For young girls and just people in general, public speaking has always been a terrifying thing to do,” said Ayanna Crawford, founder and executive director for the 拿着麦克风 public speaking program. “我们发现,参加我们项目的女孩都很害羞,她们觉得自己不仅不能和同龄人说话, 但是他们的朋友.”
克劳福德说,作为“儿童大学”的一部分,她的项目已经是第四年了,该项目通过活动和方法来帮助减轻公众演讲的恐惧.
这很有趣. I’ve been learning new techniques and skills.Jaida丹森, 大学 for Kids participant
Other programs include fashion education, 剧院, 喷枪, 创建移动应用程序, 辩论, 法医科学, basketball and physics and art basic design.
“我热爱艺术。,杰达·丹森说, 14, 十大彩票平台的, who participated in the Art and Basic Design class, which was held at the Springfield Museums. “I’m working on making realistic portraits. 这很有趣. I’ve been learning new techniques and skills.”
The art class was taught by Jorge Costa, an adjunct faculty member at 十大彩票平台. 他说,他希望学生们能学到设计的艺术元素和原则.
“It’s been a great experience,” he said. “This is my first time teaching 大学 for Kids, I’m enjoying it. I have a creative group, I’m happy with that.”
其中两个项目——airbrush和Create Mobile Apps——是与阀杆初学者学院和HSI 阀杆合作提供的. 十大彩票平台 is an Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI), 哪个是联邦政府授予拉丁裔/拉丁裔/拉丁裔人口至少占25%的学院和大学的称号.
阀杆 stands for science, technology, engineering and math. 十大彩票平台 is the only technical community college in 质量achusetts.
十大彩票平台教授马特·克里夫彻(Matt Kriftcher)说,他将大学课程中的一些相同技术应用到儿童学院的修图课程中. “我们是东北地区唯一一所开设这种课程的学校,”克里夫彻说.
He said he hopes to get young students aware of techniques. 学生s use a compressed air that sprays paint in a controlled way. They can use 喷枪 to create T-shirts, art and illustration and more.
Another session called “Who Done It?,让孩子们有机会学习法医知识,并扮演侦探的角色.
Some of the young participants said they enjoy watching crime shows on TV, which attracted them to the forensic session.
11岁的莉莉说:“做一名侦探听起来很有趣,解决一个谜题听起来真的很酷。. “我们做素描艺术. We sketched people without knowing what they looked like. We solved a mini-crime, where somebody took a painting.”
在一周内, 蕾妮·斯图尔特, instructor who operates Extreme Science Kid, 要求参与者分成小组,利用新学到的法医技能破案. 她希望这个项目能让孩子们更好地了解阀杆(科学)职业, 技术, 工程及数学).
“特别是在城市社区,很多孩子不去探索这些职业,”她说. “At Extreme Science Kid, 我们喜欢能够教育孩子们关于阀杆和阀杆职业的想法,并鼓励他们走上这些道路.”
Interested in applying to 十大彩票平台? 访问 crepedcrusader.com/apply or call Admissions at (413) 755-3333.
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十大彩票平台, the Commonwealth's only technical community college, 继续十大彩票平台军械库的开拓遗产与全面的技术教育 制造业, 阀杆, 医疗保健, 业务, social services, the liberal arts. 十大彩票平台备受推崇 劳动力, 证书, 学位, 转移 程序是 most affordable in Springfield and provide unequaled opportunity for the vitality of Western 质量achusetts. Founded in 1967, the college – a designated Hispanic Serving Institution -旨在缩小传统上面临社会障碍的学生之间的成绩差距. 十大彩票平台 supports students as they transform their lives through intellectual, 文化, economic engagement while becoming thoughtful, committed and socially responsible graduates.
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