Come and try out something new! Spend the afternoon with a great group of kids and adults. Learn something you’ve always wanted to learn. Many of our Thursday workshops are open to all people aged 10 to 18. All are welcome: traditional students, homeschoolers, and anyone else who is free on Thursday afternoons! (Note that some student-led workshops are only open to our current students and are noted as such.) These workshops are a series of 1 – 8 week long workshops. We take advantage of local organizations and experts. Students may register for the entire series of workshops, or for individual offerings. Interested students are invited to play a significant role in choosing workshop topics, organizing them, and even leading them. Past workshop topics have included mountain biking, archery, model rocketry, fencing, American Sign Language, improvisational acting, Shakespeare reading and performance, digital photography, board game design, and more. In the winter or spring, Thursday workshops will focus on the production of a full-length play.
To register:
Please call 223-1010 or email ryan@pacemschool.org. Pre-registration is required. Workshops with insufficient registration may be cancelled. Please email us to be on the list if you want to hear about upcoming workshops.
Upcoming workshops:
9/24 – Improv Acting Games with Alex Yahm-Halberg (former Pacem student, actor, and theater teacher in training) — Delve into the world of improv acting games and fun and easy techniques. This workshop will give both theater enthusiasts and beginners a chance to express themselves creatively in a casual environment. Expect to laugh a lot! Thursday, 9/24, 1-3pm; included in full-time tuition, $25 for part-time enrolled students, $35 for students not currently enrolled.
10/1 – Meet the New Makerspace with Paul Wallich (Pacem teacher and makerspace maven) — Get to know Pacem’s makerspace in its new home! We have four 3D printers (one that can print objects in clay), a laser cutter, a vacuum former, sewing machines and a quilting frame. We also have motors and electronics for creating and programming simple gadgets. In this workshop you will learn the basics of some of these tools. You can learn about designing for 3D printing, and you may be able to make a design to cut on the laser or customize a mask mold for vacuum forming. You can also learn about our collection of small mobile robots. Explore possibilities for using the makerspace for class projects, as well as for future makerspace workshops. Thursday, 10/1, 1-3pm; included in full-time tuition, $25 for part-time enrolled students, $35 for students not currently enrolled.
10/29 – Growing Oyster Mushrooms with Ryan Johns — Learn how to grow oyster mushrooms at home! We will learn how to prepare buckets, sterilize our growth mediums and set up the mushrooms to grow all on their own. These will be skills that you can replicate at home and the class will include discussion and demonstrations about other mushroom growing techniques as well. Finished oyster buckets will remain at Pacem for our students to use in culinary projects. Thursday, 10/15, 1-3pm. Included in full-time tuition, $25 for part-time enrolled students, $35 for students not currently enrolled. $10 materials fee for all participants.
Upcoming Workshops open to current Pacem students only (tentative):
10/8 How to Be a DM or a second option to be determined
10/15 Green Mount Cemetery field trip
10/22 Making Duct Tape Armor (and probably other duct tape crafts)
