The Foote School: Co-Curricular Programs

Science Programs



Science for Fun
Ages 7-9 $250
July 16-20 8:30 a.m. - 1 p.m.

Come join us for a week of fun-filled, creative and astonishing science experiments. The class will introduce the scientific background of the process of cooking as you learn what actually makes food rise in the oven, what makes glue stick and other interesting processes. Be prepared to be impressed!


Flying Machines
Ages 7-9 $300
July 16-20 8:30 a.m. - 1 p.m.

Now with more rockets! Harold Ellis' great-grandfather built a glider that students could fly. We won’t go that far, but we will learn how to design and make balsa airplanes, model rockets and other flying machines.


Electrical Amphibious Vehicles
Ages 9-12 $300
July 9-13 8:30 a.m. - 1 p.m.

Join technology education teacher Harold Ellis and build a working model of an amphibious vehicle. Students will lern basic wiring and hand tool use. Everyone will have a vehicle to take home – commandos not included.


Electrical Burglar Alarms
Ages 9-12 $300
July 30-Aug 3 8:30 a.m. - 1 p.m.

Join Technology Education Teacher and UNH Criminal Justice Master’s candidate Harold Ellis in building a burglar alarm. Students will learn how to use reed switches, micro switches, relays and buzzers.


Optical Fun
Ages 9-12 $300
July 23-27 8:30 a.m. - 1 p.m.

Learn how to make pin hole cameras, kaleidoscopes,camera obscrua, camera lucida, zoetrope and more. Lots of fun with Harold Ellis!


Robots & Spacemen, Gizmos & Gadgets
Ages 7-10 $300
July 9-13 8:30 a.m. - 1 p.m.

In this class, we will work in teams and independently to reverse-engineer (take apart) old computers, telephones and other mechanical gadgets in order to learn how they work and to scavenge the parts to make our own individual robot art.

Courses at a Glance

Courses by Week

Week 1
June 25-29
Mud Program
Baking

Visiting Animals
Soccer Rocks
Woodworking
Let's Make Dolls

Field Trips
Foote Theater
Set Building

Week 2
July 2-6 (No July 4)
Mud Program
Art of the Shape
Soccer Rocks
Fishing
Foote Loose
Foote Theater
Set Building

Week 3
July 9-13

Mud Program
Robots & Gismos
Soccer Rocks
Chess
Amphibious Vehicles
Pajama Making
Hiking
Quilt Making
Actors Workshop
Foote Theater
Set Building

Week 4
July 16-20
Mud Program
Stained Glass
Science for Fun
Flying Machines
Chess
Make a Guitar
Actors Workshop
Helping Hands
Foote Theater
Set Building

Week 5
July 23-27

Mud Program
The Game is the Thing
Soap Making
Optical Fun
Off Campus Adventures
Actors Workshop
Digital Cameras
Foote Theater
Set Building

Week 6
July 30-August 3

Mud Program
Around the World
Burglar Alarms
Baseball Bonanza
Dangles & Bangles
Restaurants
Actors Workshop
Foote Theater
Set Building

Courses by Age
Ages are set by individual instructors

Ages 4-8
Mud Program
Fours
Fives
Sixes
Sevens & Eights

 

 


Ages 9-13
Let's Make Dolls

Ages 9-16
Make Your Own     Electric Guitar

Ages 10-12
Foote Loose

Ages 10-13
Basketball Blast

Ages 10-14
Hiking
Restaurants

Ages 10-16
Quilt Making
Dangles & Bangles

Ages 7-9
Science for Fun
Flying Machines
The Art of the Shape

Ages 7-10
Robots & Gismots
The Game is the Thing

Ages 8-10
Baking
Make Your Own Soap
Visiting Animals
Soccer Rocks |
Stained Glass Designs
Fishing

Ages 8-11
Around the World

Ages 8-16
Chess

Ages 11-13
Actors Workshop

Ages 11-14
Field Trips

Ages 12-14
Digital Cameras
Helping Hands

Ages 9-12

Baseball Bonanza
Electrical Amphibious
    Vehicles

Electrical Burglar Alarms
Pajama Making
Woodworking
Electrical Communications
Candle Making
Electrical Space Opera
Off-Campus Adventures
Optical Fun

Ages 14-18
Foote Theater

Ages 15-19
Set Building