The Community Classroom

Edible STEAM Summer Program
2023-07-24 13:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | The Community Classroom, 86 Maple Street, Florence, Massachusetts, 01062
Edible STEAM Summer Program
Register here.

Ages 9-12
July 24-29
1-4 pm at The Community Classroom

All we can say about this summer program is yum, yum! This week will be spent helping students develop skills in five specific areas: observation, innovation, planning + revision, collaboration, and presentation. This camp is the perfect blend of cooking, crafting, social skills, and science-ing. Projects for the week may include extracting DNA from strawberries, exploring the chemistry of cookies, making edible slime, and discovering what makes drinks fizzy. Students will add each day’s recipe to a cookbook that they craft. They will end the week by showcasing their science and cooking skills in our own version of Great American STEAM Baking/Cooking Show (and celebrate by eating their projects). Registration will be really cooking, so don’t hesitate. This fun + educational experience is HOT!
*Students do not need to love STEAM or cooking to join this camp. They just need to be curious!

1-1:15 Opening activity (read aloud + game/movement)
1:15-2:15 Group STEAM activity
2:15-2:30 Clean up
2:30-2:45 Snacks and movement break
2:45-3:45 STEAM Exploration (campers choose an activity or game based on their passions and preferences)
3:45-4 Journaling and Reflection

Dragon STEAM Summer Program
2023-07-24 09:00 - 11:30 | The Community Classroom, 86 Maple Street, Florence, Massachusetts, 01062
Dragon STEAM Summer Program
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Ages 6-9
July 24-29 2023
9-11:30 am at the Community Classroom
Cost: $250 (includes materials)

Dragons! STEAM skills! Crafting!
Anchored in literacy, this week will be spent helping students develop skills in five specific areas: observation, innovation, planning + revision, collaboration, and presentation. Students will explore how to create a chomping dragon with levers, how to help a dragon learn to fly with simple physics, crafting a dragon that actually breathes “smoke,” and tame a dragon with static electricity. This is the perfect blend of crafting, social skills, and science-ing. The week will culminate in a celebratory viewing party of “How to Train Your Dragon,” complete with tacos (which dragons love). So quit “dragon” your feet and register: This program is too hot to pass up.
*No previous experience with dragons is needed.
Daily Schedule:

9-9:15 Read aloud and opening activity (game/movement)
9:15-10:15 Group STEAM activity
10:15-10:30 Clean up
10:30-10:45 Snacks and movement break
10:45-11:15 STEAM Exploration (campers choose an activity or game based on their passions and preferences)
11:15-11:30 Visual journaling

Leadership Program For Young Women + Non-Binary Young People
2023-07-10 13:00 - 16:30 | The Community Classroom, 86 Maple Street, Florence, Massachusetts, 01062
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Dates:

Leadership Program Week 1 (Rising 5th-8th graders): July 10-14 (open to 10 students)
Leadership Program Week 2 (Rising 5th-8th graders): July 17-21 (open to 10 students)
Counselors-in-training (Rising 9th graders and up): Either week (open to 3 CITs)

Time: 1-4:30 pm EST
Cost: $350/week

Each day starts in the Community Classroom with a hands-on lesson about a leadership skill that will help the young person navigate (and own) life. These include the following research-based leadership pillars:

Unpacking Leadership
Setting Goals (Self and Group)
Communication (Verbal and Nonverbal)
Getting Organized
Collaboration and Teamwork
Decision-Making
Embracing Failure
Trying New Things
Building Consensus
Being Assertive

These are not only leadership skills, knowledge, and dispositions, but also executive functioning skills that can become more complicated for adolescents as they yearn for more independence.

Each day ends with a community-based internship with a local leader or entrepreneur. Last year’s leaders had access to our Northampton mayor, the Chamber of Commerce, and a network of women who welcomed our campers and served as role models (and future connections). Students will be sent a menu of options for internships prior to the start of camp so their internship experience can be individualized based on their passions and interests.

SWAG: Community Classroom t-shirt, journal, pen, name badge, framed photo, collage, and graduation gift.

Each week will culminate in a graduation Leadership Summit at the top of Mount Tom (recorded for caregivers).

Leadership students will have access to several optional activities as well, including developing and participating in a segment for WWLP News Channel 22’s Mass Appeal and an event with the Greater Northampton Chamber of Commerce.

Cancellation: Payment for the program is due 1 month before the start of camp. Caregivers may cancel up to 2 weeks before the start date and receive a 100% refund, minus the deposit. Cancellations after that result in a 50% refund.

Looking for more details about the curriculum, research, and last year’s program? Find it here.

Week of the Young Child Celebration
2023-04-29 09:30 - 11:30 | Smith Vocational School, Northampton, ma
The Community Classroom will be setting up their Pi Day Celebration carnival games + face paining at the Northampton Public Schools’ Week of the Young Child Celebration. It will take place on April 29th from 9:30-11:30 at Smith Vocational High School in Northampton and is open to all (and free!).

Hampshire Regional YMCA Healthy Kids Day
2023-04-22 11:00 - 14:00 | Hampshire YMCA, 286 Prospect Street, Northampton, MA
Come visit The Community Classroom at this event at our local YMCA.
What: HRYMCA Healthy Kids Day 2023
Where: Hampshire Regional YMCA 286 Prospect Street, Northampton MA
When: April 22, 2023 (11am-2pm)

Pi Day Celebration (3.14!)
2023-03-14 15:00 - 17:30 | The Community Classroom, 86 Maple Street, Florence, Massachusetts, 01062
Celebrate Pi Day (3.14) on March 14th! Kick-off time will be at 3:14 PM.
We are celebrating Pi Day with fun activities that each have their own math-y and educational spin! Either way, our carnival-style games will have your kiddos eager to line up for a slice of fun, or for a piece of pie! We are happy to host this event and invite anyone (math lovers or not) to come join us for this lively experience, not just for our students, but also, for the community!
*Featured Event: The Debut of Florence’s first mini Math Vending Machine.
*What Else to Look for:

Pie and Refreshments!
Target Practice
Lucky Roll
Kerplunk
The Floor is Lava (with a twist!)
Face Painting
Bracelet Making

WWLP Mass Appeal Appearance
2023-03-09 11:00 - 12:00 | On television/live stream
The Community Classroom will be celebrating both National Popcorn Day and Pi Day with the hosts at WWLP News Channel 22’s Mass Appeal! Watch it live here.

WWLP Mass Appeal Appearance
2023-02-10 11:00 - 12:00 | On television/live stream
We’ll be talking all things STEM as we gear up on this Inventor’s Day! Stream it live from your own device here.

Northampton Education Foundation Spelling Bee
2022-10-19 18:00 - 19:00 | JFK Middle School, 100 Bridge Road, Florence, MA, 01062, United States
Come and support The Community Classroom’s spelling bee team, Learning is Bee-utiful, at the NEF spelling bee!

Florence Night Out
2022-09-24 16:00 - 19:00 | Florence Night Out, North Main Street, Florence, MA, 01062, United States
Join The Community Classroom at our Carnival Booth (in partnership with Caravan Kitchen) as we bring some fun games to the event! We’ll be raising money with carnival games for the Dean Fund, a scholarship fund to support free English lessons for Afghan evacuees in Northampton. Come play, win prizes, and know your money is going to a great cause!

Did you try the estimation activity at Caravan Kitchen? Find the answers at the link below. And thanks for playing!
Caravan Kitchen answers

Bus Demolition Derby
2022-09-03 19:00 - 21:00 | 3 County Fairgrounds, 54 Fair Street, North Hampton, MA, 01061, United States
Join us at the 3 County Fair in Northampton to watch our custom-painted bus compete in the bus demolition competition!

Demolition Derby Paint Party
2022-08-25 10:00 - 13:00 | 3 County Fairgrounds, 54 Fair Street, North Hampton, MA, 01061, United States
photo from 3countryfair.com
Join the team at the Community Classroom with students for the painting of our school bus that will compete in the Demolition Derby to be held at the 3 County Fair! Paint materials will be supplied. We recommend wearing clothes you don’t mind getting dirty in. We will be painting at the fairgrounds. Please RSVP below (this is important for our pizza count!).
If the Community Classroom wins a prize at the derby, this will go towards the Dean Sikorski scholarship fund, which provides tutoring scholarships for students at The Community Classroom.
