SuperStar Island©
Calling all trailblazers, groundbreakers, and universe shakers to Challenge Island’s SUPERSTAR ISLAND©! You and your STEAM Team will journey through our Challenge Island Hall of Fame from The Beatles to Venus & Serena; from Walt Disney to Josh Allen; from Roberto Clemente to Lewis Hamilton. SuperStar Island shines as bright as a Challenge Island kid, so grab onto your inner star and join us for this stellar cross-curricular engineering adventure!
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Why Challenge Island?
Challenge Island is a cross-educational STEAM-based enrichment program for kids. All programs are unplugged with no digital technology. Children are taken on unique "island" adventures where they work in collaborative groups to take on high-level thinking challenges on real world issues using only the materials in their treasure chest and their creativity. Students have opportunity to build & strengthen their skills in all five aspects of STEAM – Science, Technology (invention & innovation), Engineering, Arts (language & creative), and Math - to successfully complete challenges as a team; while also strengthening their life skills in communication, collaboration, critical and creative thinking, flexibility, sociability, initiative, leadership, grit, and perseverance through difficulty. Challenge Island is dedicated to ensuring a brighter future for our kids and our communities by helping you prepare your child to succeed in the 21st Century and beyond!
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OMPS After-School Enrichment Classes
Oct-Nov Session ~ 6 Weeks
@ Old Mission Peninsula School
- Immediately after school, Time: 3:20 PM - 4:40 PM
- Classes are once a week
- TUESDAYS: Oct 13, 20, 27, Nov 3, 10, 17
- Students are placed in same/similar-grade collaborative groups
PARTICIPATION
· The 6-week program includes six 1-hour & 20-minute sessions, development of and strengthening of STEAM skills & Life Skills, all materials, and take-aways.
· If the program spots fill up, we highly encourage you to place your child on the waiting list. We cannot guarantee a spot. However, there are times people have cancelled at the last minute and spots have opened up.
· In the event school is closed due to WEATHER, no after-school activities will be held. There is no guarantee of a make-up date in the case of inclement weather. Missed sessions will be made up if schedules allow (which includes Challenge Island schedules, school room schedules, and OMPS schedules). We always want to make up a class, so Challenge Island will always make all efforts to make up sessions cancelled due to weather when possible.
REGISTRATION
o Registration through Challenge Island Northwest Michigan’s website is secure and only for Challenge Island use in the safety and security of the participants and their families.
o Hold on to your ID and password for registration in future programs as well (After-School, Kids Night Out events, Summer Day Camps, Challenge Island Junior (preschool), and Community Events).
o If you have forgotten your password, follow prompts to set a new password.
o If you have forgotten your ID, email Renee (rallen@challenge-island.com ) and she can provide that to you.
o Multiple Child Discount – If you have more than one child from the same household to enroll in a CI after-school program at the same time, you can receive a 10% discount on additional children. 1) Register the first child and make payment, 2) make a profile for the additional child(ren) (if not already in the system), but do not register the additional child(ren) for the class, 3) then email Renee (email above) the names of the additional child(ren) and what class you want to register them for. She will add them for you at the discounted fee and let you know when the balance is ready for payment. All balances must be paid before classes start.
Questions? Reach out to Renee! She would love to share those additional details you are looking for. rallen@challenge-island.com