Kids in College
Pam Simpson
Sweet Briar College
Guion Science Center
Sweet Briar, VA 24595
{P} 434.381.6443
The Sweet Briar Promise outlines our distinctive approach for providing meaningful, enduring education for women. It includes:
This class will include an introduction to the fundamentals of golf with emphasis on safety and fun. Fundamentals include grip, posture, alignment, balance, golf course etiquette and golf club design. Students will be given drills to take home and practice. Please bring a No. 7 iron with you to class.
This class will include the same fundamentals as the Introduction to Golf, but at an advanced level. Bring a #7 iron if you have one.
How do tap dancers make so many sounds with only two feet? Whether you have already taken lessons or don't even know what a tap shoe looks like, this class will teach you to love all that is tap. Bring tap shoes if available, but all you really need is your feet. Come learn the basics and feel the rhythm!
Learn to play a great game of chess. Beginners and up are welcome. Learn the four-move checkmate and the mystery of the en passant move! Become strategy rich, and cash in your pawns for queens.
Somewhere between art and science is something that seems like magic. Make your own working camera from an empty box and develop pictures in a real darkroom.
Come join us for a week of crafts and adventure in nature. We will build a shelter made of sticks and leaves and our artistic flair, take a hike and collect natural materials to make art and make our very own "dirt shirts." We also will experiment with our senses by listening to sounds in nature and using our senses of smell, sight and touch to inspire some of our creations. The art will be in collaboration with nature, so some of our work will stay in place outdoors while other art pieces can be taken home. Be ready to play outdoors, so wear sneakers or closed-toed shoes and come dressed for the weather.
This advance program offers just as much enjoyment in the outdoors as "Make Art with Nature, Part I" workshop, only we will be taking our art making a step further. Plan on finding pigments from plants and minerals in nature to use as paint, build a group sculpture out of rocks, make art that floats from natural materials and much more. Some art you will be able to take home, other art projects will be left in nature as a monument to our collaboration with the elements. Be ready to play outdoors, so wear sneakers or closed toed shoes and come dressed for the weather and prepare to get dirty. ("Make Art with Nature, Part I" is not a prerequisite. Both workshops complement each other.)
Enjoy a week of fun learning to knit, crochet and weave. Beginners and students with past knitting experience are welcome. Project ideas will be presented for those who are just starting out. Whatever you want to make — a scarf, a hat, a dog sweater, weave a table mat — we'll have fun figuring out how to do it together. We'll have a vast array of yarn colors for you to choose from or you can bring your own special (fuzzy, sparkly or bumpy) yarn for your project. If you bring your own yarn, please be sure to bring the matching size needles and hook, as well. Please feel free to sign up for one or both sessions by marking this class twice under class selections.
All levels of experience. What fun we'll have! This will be a physically based yoga class. The many poses we will practice include: roller coaster, flamingo, scorpion, child's, rocking horse, tree, proud warrior, butterfly, fish, airplane, gorilla, cat, cobra, king of the dance, shooting bow, mountain, camel, hero, lion and cow face. Come find out which will be your favorite!
An active introduction to the sport of foil fencing, including: skills, history and the basics of competition. All equipment provided. (There is an additional $10 fee due on the first day of class.)
Through games and role playing, this class will explore the creative process of theatrical improv. You will get to come up with ways to show emotions, facial expressions and other aspects of the theatre in a spur of the moment fashion. (third- through fifth-grade students only)
Through exercise work, students will explore the creation and performance of original dramatic material. You will learn how to express yourself on stage so that the audience becomes part of your performance. (sixth- through eighth-grade students only)
Using the art of "stage combat" students will learn to fall, roll and fake their way through a fight. (mature seventh- and eighth-grade students only)
Do you know what muscle makes you run or turn a flip? This class will help you learn all about the muscles in the body while enjoying a lot of physical activity. You will label yourself and others with the names of the different muscles in the body.
Learn the basics of cake decorating and make some of your own tasty treats. Imagination and willingness to try new things is required. Students will decorate cookies, cupcakes and work together as a group to decorate a large cake.
