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EMHS Discovery
Project Catalog
2016
DISCOVERY PROJECTS 101 Purpose East Mountain High School embraces the importance of experiential learning and unique educational opportunities. Discovery Projects are cornerstones of this philosophy. They encourage student learning through exposure to fascinating topics that lead to both academic success and the pursuit of life-long learning. The significance of discovery-based learning is an important part of the charter of EMHS and further emphasized in the graduation requirements of all of our students. Schedule Final exams for freshmen, sophomores and juniors will be given May 11 and 12. There will be no school for students on Friday, May 13. Discovery Projects begin Monday, May 16 and end Thursday, May 26. On Thursday, May 26, students will present their Discovery Projects to the entire school community. Parents are invited to attend this event and to celebrate the end of the school year with us in a school-wide BBQ. Students will be dismissed after the BBQ ends. Catalog Discovery Project descriptions will be available from the school website beginning Friday, November 20 at www.eastmountainhigh.net under the Discovery tab. Please use the link to download the PDF catalog. If you do not have internet access and need a copy of the packet, please stop by the EMHS Front Office. Students will also be able to look at the packet during advocacy. Registration Registration for 2015 Discovery Projects will be held online. On Thursday, January 21, a link for Discovery Project registration will go live at 6:00am and will be closed at 8:10am. It will be emailed to both parents and students who have provided an email address to the school and a reminder using School Reach will also provide families with the registration link. The link will also be placed on the home page of the school website: http://www.eastmountainhigh.net. Any device with Internet access including a mobile phone can be used to complete the registration online. Online registrations will be time-stamped automatically with the time that they are received and students will be placed into projects on a first-completed, first-placed basis, with juniors taking first priority, then sophomore and then freshmen. All registrations received on registration day between 6:00am and 8:10am will be placed into projects before placing students into projects who do not complete the online registration during that time period, irrespective of grade level. If a student does not have internet access at home, he or she is welcome to come to East Mountain High School on the registration day in order to complete online registration between 6:00am and 8:10am. Please report to the Student Guidance Center in Building 1. Students will find out their Discovery Project placement as soon as possible on the day following registration. Please understand that we do our best to enroll students in Discovery Projects fairly and without prejudice. Clearly we cannot accommodate every student’s first choice due to higher demand for some projects. Requests for changes of enrollment after registration is completed must be made in writing, explaining the reason for the change, and submitted to the Principal for consideration. Pre-Registration In the case of expensive Discovery Projects costing more than $500.00 per student, a pre-registration process may be required. In the pre-registration process, students must bring in a deposit to demonstrate their commitment to this project before the official registration day. Students who commit to an expensive project before Registration Day will be placed into the project they have paid a deposit for and DO NOT
need to participate in the online sign-up process. Your Discovery Project teacher will communicate with you about this process. Payment All Discovery Projects have associated fees due to the costs of supplies and off-campus travel. These fees are due in two installments. Half of the payment is due Thursday, February 18 and the second half of the payment will be due Thursday, March 17. Please make checks payable to “EMHS.” Students will meet with their Discovery Project teachers on these dates during Advocacy to turn in their payments. Financial Aid We understand that participating in a Discovery Project can be financially difficult for families. Should your child require financial aid to participate in a Discovery Project, he or she should obtain a scholarship application from the Front Office. This application should be completed and returned to the Principal by Tuesday, February 2. Please note that we will rank the costs of all Discovery Projects (excluding out of state trips), and that no scholarship will be awarded for more than the median amount (approximately $200.00). No scholarships are available for out-of-state trips. Most scholarships will be partial. Students Who Do Not Register, Pay or Participate All students must participate in a Discovery Project. Students who choose not to register will be placed in a project with openings. The student will be required to pay the project fee and/or apply for financial aid. Any student who does not pay will be dropped from the project and receive an incomplete (failing) grade for the project which is a half credit. This impacts a student’s GPA and is reflected in his or her transcripts. Students who do not pay for the projects for which they registered or who do not attend Discovery Projects will be removed from the project and will receive an incomplete (failing) grade for the project. Students who are not participating in or have been removed from projects are not to be on campus after the last day of regular classes. Student Discipline Students are required to adhere to the Code of Conduct published in the Student Handbook at all times during Discovery Projects, whether on or off campus, during or outside of regular school hours, at all times and locations where school based activities occur. Parents / guardians will be called upon to assume responsibility for any and all damages that may result from a prohibited action of a student, will be responsible for retrieving the students and/or paying for the return trip due to prohibited action by the student and will forfeit all remaining money, deposits or fees paid for the Discovery Project because of prohibited actions by the student. Additionally, a student may be disallowed from participating in any off- campus travel called for by a Discovery Project due to prohibited actions by the student. The parent or guardian will forfeit all money, deposits or non-refundable fees in the case of prohibited actions by a student. Please the Student Handbook for a list of prohibited actions. Parental and Family Involvement Many Discovery Projects cannot happen without parent and family participation. Please consider joining your child in this learning experience and gain volunteer hours at the same time. Some trips may require parent drivers. Parent volunteer drivers must show proof of liability insurance of $100,000 per person and $300,000 per accident for bodily injury and $50,000 per occurrence for property damage. Volunteer drivers will need to provide the declaration page of their policy, a copy of their current registration, and a current driver’s license. They will be asked to sign a form giving EMHS permission to check their driving record. Also, parent volunteer chaperones must have completed a background check. Please see the EMHS website at http://www.eastmountainhigh.net for information about completing a background check or contact Gwen Brown at gbrown@eastmountainhigh.net. Thus, drivers’ license check forms and background checks must be completed by Tuesday, April 5.
Independent Projects In some cases, students have the opportunity and the independence required to conceive of and complete an independent Discovery Project. Proposals for independent projects must be from sophomores or juniors who have already completed a Discovery Project at EMHS and must be turned in by Friday, January 15. Students interested in an independent project must complete a project proposal that includes learning objectives linked to New Mexico Common Core Standards and Benchmarks and secure a faculty advisor. Absences In order to meet required hours for a credit bearing class, students may not miss more than 8 hours of a Discovery Project and still receive credit for the class. For More Information For more information about Discovery Projects or with questions about the information in this catalog, please contact Discovery Project Committee Chair Lori Webster at 281-7400 x. 168 or lwebster@eastmountainhigh.net.
Filmed in New
Mexico
Teacher: Ms. Berlin
Project Description: Come check out the movie industry in New Mexico! This project is geared
toward exploration of the major employment opportunities available in live action filming in our state.
Students will work with a casting agent, develop a resume and headshot, speak with a representative from
the Screen Actors Guild, tour the campus of the University of Santa Fe film school, and visit Garson Studios
stages, which houses the filming of Longmire, a Netflix original show. Take the Breaking Bad Tour (on the
RV,) which is conducted by actors who were on the show Breaking Bad. Students will also watch movies and
shows which were filmed in New Mexico in the recent and distant past. Some of these viewing opportunities
will be R-Rated. Parental permission will be required for all activities and viewing opportunities.
Activities and Exciting Features:
1. Work with and take an acting course from a local casting agency.
2. Develop a resume/head shot for potential use in casting.
3. Santa Fe Film School/ Garson Studios Tour
4. Breaking Bad RV Tour
Supplies or Skills Needed:
Bring an open mind and a willingness to try all things film related, including acting!
Schedule 5/16 5/17 5/18 5/19 5/20
Intro to the Headshots Create Speaker from Breaking Bad
movie industry/ taken in the headshot/resume the acting Tour/ Lunch
Screen Actor’s morning/casting for submission/ industry/watch provided from
Guild agency in the Practice audition movies, shows Los Pollos
Representative afternoon skills/Watch and analyze Hermanos
Talk movies shows
and analyze
5/23 5/24 5/25 5/26 5/27
Creating and Santa Fe Prepare Last Day of
audition tape/ University Film Presentation/ Discovery /
Movie and show School/Garson Rehearse/Reflect/ Presentations
viewing and Studios Tour Viewing and
analysis Analysis
Costs: Donations or Parent Help Needed:
Transportation per student: $100 Parent chaperones will be needed for all off campus
Supplies per student: $30 fieldtrips (3-4). Any parents with special knowledge
Fees per student:$100 or expertise in film or acting should contact Laura
Food per student:$40 Berlin to discuss other volunteer opportunities at
lberlin@eastmountainhigh.net. Thanks a million!!!
TOTAL: $270.00
DAILY (WODS)
TRAINING FROM
MEXMIGS JIU JITSU
FIELD TRIPS TO
CROSSFIT GYM AND
NINJAPARK IN ABQ
NUTRITION AND MENTAL
FOCUS CHALLENGES
COMPETE IN 1ST EMHS
CROSSFIT GAMES
Costs (per student):
Transportation: $32.00
Supplies: $20.00
OH MY SCHEDULE:
5/16: INTRO; MEX MIGS JIU JITSU; MMA
Fees: $130.00
WOD!
Food per student: $10 for
WOD
afternoon healthy snacks.
Bring your own lunch.
5/17: FIELD TRIP-NINJA PARK
MODERN FUNCTIONAL TOTAL: $195.00
FITNESS METHODS, SPORTS, 5/18: MENTAL FOCUS; NUTRITION; MEX
MIGS WOD
& COMPETITIONS
The world of obstacle races and
5/19: FIELD TRIP- CROSSFIT GYM
functional fitness are driving a new
era of athleticism. We will explore 5/20: BEGIN BUILDING OBSTACLES;
new fitness training and sports such MOBILITY
Teacher: Ms. Booth
as CrossFit, Spartan races, MMA,
5/23: MORNING WOD; COURSE PREP; Current physical required.
Ninja Warrior and more!
WATCH CROSSFIT GAMES Mandatory vigorous
DONATIONS and PARENT activities and training.
HELP NEEDED: 5/24: EMHS CROSSFIT GAMES
Work-out gear- sunscreen,
Chaperones to go with us to Ninja
5/25: PRESENTATION PREP shoes, extra clothes, etc.
Park and CrossFit gym– need
background check, $22. Bring your own lunch.
5/26: LAST DAY/PRESENTATIONS
Scrap lumber, nails, power tools and
assistance for building obstacles.
Teacher: Ms. Dorwart
Project Description:
Do you like the water? Do you like to build things? Do you value our natural resources? If so, let’s make
a kayak out of water bottles and duct tape and go paddling. Plus, we will paddle REAL kayaks, too!
Activities and Exciting Features:
Paddle REAL kayaks in the Rio Grande
Paddle homemade water bottle kayaks in pool and lake
Volunteer for National River Clean Up Day
Visit UNM Civil Engineering labs plus see the concrete canoes used for college competitions
Research San Juan Chama River Project, tour facility at Alameda
Watch the movie "DamNation"
Supplies or Skills Needed:
Strong swimming skills and enthusiasm to maintain our natural resources.
Backpack, sack lunch and snacks, sunscreen, hat, appropriate swimming suit, river shoes or river
sandals, fleece pants and jacket for paddling. (Life jackets will be provided and worn at all times
while in the water.)
LOTS OF WATER BOTTLES to make our kayaks.
Schedule: 5/16 5/17 5/18 5/19 5/20
-Build boat -Paddle Rio -UNM Civil -Build boat -Build boat
-Boater safety Grande Engineering
certification online -Quiet Waters -Paddle
Paddling Lake
-New Mexico
Kayak
Instruction
5/21 5/23 5/24 5/25 5/26
Saturday -Build boat -Finish -Prepare -H2O Presentation
-National River -Pool building presentation and Picnic
Clean Up boat -San Juan
-Quiet Waters Chama Project
Paddling -Paddle Lake
-New Mexico
Kayak
Instruction
Costs: Donations or Parent Help Needed:
Transportation per student: $80 Parent drivers/chaperones are necessary and
Supplies per student: $20 APPRECIATED! (Background check and
Fees per student: $145 driving paperwork needs to be done well in
Food per student: $30 advance. Reimbursement is available for your
TOTAL: $275.00 background check) Chaperones can
participate in the activities with us for free!
Photography:
The Camera & the Print
Teacher: Flake
Project Description:
This Discovery Project will highlight technical aspects of the camera, going far beyond point & shoot. Creative
techniques such as narrative, documentary, and created environment will be explored. We will utilize our group
of students to its fullest capacity, encouraging group work, group modeling, and group storytelling. Students will
learn the basics of Photoshop software in order to create extraordinary prints, which they can keep and display in
the hallways of EMHS campus.
Activities and Exciting Features: Printing on a large-scale printer
Field trip to Tent Rocks Monument Display of student work during 2016-2017
Field trip to downtown Albuquerque school year
Field trip to Madrid, NM Professional artist guest speakers
Field trip to Tinkertown Folk Art Museum
Supplies or Skills Needed:
Students must be able to access an SLR camera (film or digital) every day during the two weeks. EMHS has
limited access to SLRs that students can check out. Please talk to Ms. Flake BEFORE signing up for Discovery if
you will need to check out a camera or if you are not sure if your camera is an SLR. If you don’t talk to Ms. Flake
before signing up, you risk your spot in this Discovery.
Schedule 5/16 5/17 5/18 5/19 5/20
Intro to camera Field trip to Field trip to Night-shoot: Printing/shooting
and downtown ABQ Tinkertown. Class meets from day at school.
contemporary Printing/shooting 3:00—9:30 pm Guest Speaker
photography on this day. from UNM.
5/23 5/24 5/25 5/26 5/27
Field trip to Tent Printing/shooting Field Trip to Presentations/BB No School—
Rocks. day at school. Madrid. Last day Q Memorial Day
Guest speaker. to print.
Costs: Donations or Parent Help Needed:
If you have any supplies related to photography,
$150.00 lighting, tripods, camera bags, printers, paper, etc,
please consider donating! We need light bulbs, black
velvet, extension cords, water bottles, snacks, etc.STEAMPUNK 101:
Leather Working, Costume Construction, & Creative Nonsense
Your Airship Captains: Carmen Healy & Tucker Janes
Adventurers, Alchemists, Pirates, Duelists, and Scoundrels!
In a world of steam and leather, brass gears and occult
mysticism, one never knows what’s around the corner: Tea
with the Archduke, a submarine battle with a giant squid,
uncovering the dusty secrets of lost cities.
Be prepared for whatever might come your way, and equip
yourself with all of the accessories, tools, and knowledge
you’ll need to survive in Steampunk 101.
Activities and Exciting Features:
1. Learn about the exciting and weird subculture(s) of Steampunk!
2. Build your own custom costume pieces, including goggles, hat, leather armor, nerf blaster, steampunk magnets
& jewelry, and quick-draw teacup holster.
3. Learn about and participate in the genteel art of Tea Dueling
4. Group interest will determine other areas of exploration, which could include Victorian literature and history,
steampunk films, character development, costuming/cosplay, Murder Mystery Scavenger Hunt, and
Steampunk sub-genres.
Supplies or Skills Needed:
Students will need to bring a lunch each day. Students will also need a signed permission slip to work with sharp
hand tools and solvents, and to view films rated PG-13. All other necessary supplies will be provided, although
students may wish to bring additional tools, supplies, or costume pieces, including thrift-store finds.
5/16 5/17 5/18 5/19 5/20
Schedule
Intro to Individual Individual Individual Individual
Steampunk/ Projects/ Projects/ Projects Projects/
Individual Projects Steampunk Film Steampunk Panels Steampunk Film Tea Duel
5/23 5/24 5/25 5/26 5/27
High Tea @ St. Finish individual Madrid Trip! All-School NO SCHOOL!
James Teahouse/ projects & Photoshoot and presentations and HAPPY
Thrift-a-palooza costume pieces Murder Mystery picnic SUMMER!!
Costs: Donations or Parent Help Needed:
Supplies per student: $160 Parent help is welcome! Loans or donations of
Transportation & Fees per student: $40 tools, time (chaperoning) and expertise will be
Food per student: $50 graciously accepted. Experience with time-travel
TOTAL: $250.00 and/or interdimensional shifting preferred.Exploring Northern New Mexico Water and Ancient Seas
Teacher: Ms. Holmen
Project Description:
Learn how water shaped and is shaping the New Mexican landscape and culture all while hiking, horseback
riding, and relaxing in mineral hot springs. We will explore some of the oldest geological features in the
United States which were formed by an ancient inland sea. We will study how water shaped the culture of
natives and early settlers in New Mexico. We will look at how current water engineering projects continue to
shape the landscape of New Mexico. We will stay in a beautiful lodge in the Chama area for three nights.
Activities and Exciting Features:
1. Hike and explore the Puye Cliff dwellings.
2. Hike to the Brazos water falls
3. Horseback ride in the Brazos Cliffs area
4. Soak in the beautiful hot springs at Ojo Caliente
5. Enjoy the wildlife around a beautiful lodge in the woods for 4 days.
6. Community service on Rio Grande.
Supplies or Skills Needed:
Students will need to bring daypack, clothes and shoes for hiking and horseback riding, and swimsuit for the
hot springs. Students will also need to pay for lunch for 4 days while traveling.
Schedule 5/16 5/17 5/18 5/19 5/20
Prepare for trip and Drive to Chama Horseback ride and Explore water Spend the morning
do research at EMHS stopping at Puye hike at Brazos Cliffs diversion project at Ojo Caliente and
Cliffs and Falls. and reservoirs in return to school
Chama area.
5/23 5/24 5/25 5/26 5/27
Hike the Rio Grande Community service Prepare for Last Day of
trails and tour of presentations Discovery /
Chama Diversion Presentations
project.
Costs: Donations or Parent Help Needed:
Transportation per student: $110 Please contact me at mholmen@eastmountainhigh.net
Fees per student: $90 for more information about how parents can get
Food per student: $40 (Dinner and breakfast while involved and help.
traveling to Chama. Students buy lunch.)
Lodging per student $110
TOTAL: $350.00Xenophilia: An ethnographic approach to )
Teacher: Ms. Hostetler
Project Description: Xenophiles love learning about people from other cultures. We know that by
learning about others, we learn about ourselves. As Americans, we have the potential to meet people
from distinctly different backgrounds from our own. We also have the responsibility to decide how to
approach these differences.
For this class, we will study and reflect on what culture really is. Then, we will listen to people from
various backgrounds speak for themselves. Join me in my quest to learn more about the diversity of
people of international backgrounds here in our local communities!
Activities and Exciting Features:
1. Guest speakers from target cultures
2. Field trips to the Santa Fe School for the Deaf, the Islamic Cultural Center, the Indian Pueblo Cultural
Center, Talin Market, and several restaurants
3. Service work with the Refugee Resource Village of Albuquerque
4. Cooking, reading, watching movies, lots of reflection and discussion
Supplies or Skills Needed: An open mind and curiosity about different life experiences.
Schedule 5/16 5/17 5/18 5/19 5/20
Defining Russia & China Japanese Indonesia, Visit to Islamic
culture & restaurant, Talin Turkey, & Center & Indian
analysis of our Market, & the Pakistan Pueblo Cultural
own culture Refugee Resource Center
Village of
Albuquerque
5/23 5/24 5/25 5/26
Kenya & Santa Fe School Argentina, School
Ethiopia for the Deaf Europe, & presentations
(Sign Language Australia
culture),
Restaurant Reflection &
synthesis of
experiences
Costs: Donations or Parent Help Needed:
Transportation per student: $48 Chaperones needed for the three field trip days.
Supplies per student: $7
Fees per student: $10 Guest speakers from various cultural
Food per student: $40 (Includes 3-4 lunches) backgrounds are welcomed!
TOTAL: $105WAR
Teacher: Michael Jamison
Project Description:
“War is hell” (William Tecumseh Sherman). This project will examine war in a variety of ways. We will spend
extensive time learning about recent wars of the United States: the war on Terror, the Iraq War, Afghanistan, the
Gulf War, and Vietnam. We will read the definitive book on war, Sun Tzu’s The Art of War. Members of our
nation’s military branches will visit to discuss their programs, career opportunities and benefits, and lead
activities. Veteran guest speakers will share the stories of their experiences of combat and/or their life in the
armed services. In addition to classroom learning and guests, we will take a field trip to bow shoot at Hit or Miss
Archery and Hinkle’s for paintball and laser tag. We’ll also play Real Time Strategy games like Civ 5, Age of
Empires, and Mount and Blade and board games like Settlers of Cataan and Risk. We’ll have an EMHS
sleepover with a night of Capture the Flag and other fun war games. Indoors and outdoors, day and night, this DP
has a variety of excitement to keep you engaged for two weeks.
Activities and Exciting Features:
1. learn about the United States’ most modern wars through lecture and video
2. visits from military branches with hands-on activities, UNM AFROTC, and veteran guest speakers
3. field trip for archery shooting, paintball, and laser tag (equipment will be provided)
4. Overnight outdoor game night at EMHS- capture the flag, etc.
5.play Real Time Strategy games on PC and board games
Supplies or Skills Needed:
Signed parent waiver required for paintball. Paintball equipment and archery equipment will be provided. Some
war violence, images, and language in movies. Video games rated Teen or Everyone for action violence.
Schedule: 5/16 5/17 5/18 5/19 5/20
With students and guests
we will create a more
detailed calendar at a later 5/23 5/24 5/25 5/26 5/27
time. Last Day of
Discovery /
Presentations
Costs: Donations or Parent Help Needed:
Bus trip, archery, Hinkle paintball and lazer tag, Military parents and/or contacts willing to help would
insurance, The Art of War book, videos, RTS PC games be awesome. At least one parent to help chaperone on
and board games. field trip day and at Night Time Capture the Flag
Food NOT included. extravaganza required.
Total Cost: $120.00Climbing the Rock
Lead Rope Certification Discovery
Teacher: Mr. Keller
Project Description:
If you like climbing, bouldering, and have no fear of heights, this is project for you!! Our goal is to climb as often as
possible to become the best climbers all while having some fun.
This project is for those with some climbing experience (or willingness and time to spend time at Stone Age improving) to
advance and become lead rope certified. Students will get training during the spring semester and be required to climb over
the spring semester at Stone Age to improve skills. Then, during the Discovery Weeks, we will get outside and climb the
rocks, improving even more. The project will cumulate with a 2 day overnight camping trip to Jemez Springs area.
Activities and Exciting Features:
1. Stone Age Indoor Climbing Gym
2. Outdoor Climbing at Palomas Peak, Secret Garden, Terrace, Big Block
3. Bouldering Indoors and Outside – U-Mound
4. Camping at Jemez Springs
Supplies or Skills Needed:
Students should have some climbing experience and a lack of ‘fear’ when it comes to climbing and heights. They will need
to be confident in belaying skills and can help others. Experience can be limited, as students will be trained, but some
experience and confidence is required.
Students will be outside most days and need to be prepared. This includes, lots of water, snacks, packed lunch, sunscreen,
etc. Clothing for outside activity is also required, including hiking shoes, flexible, breathable, layered clothing. Many
climbing spots will require a 2-3 mile hike, so a backpack to carry all your food, water, and gear for the day is also a must.
The group as a whole will also need gear for camping. This includes tents, sleeping bags, overnight gear, etc. When we get
closer to the camping trip, we will do much more intensive planning.
In order to save on transportations costs, all but the overnight trip will require the student to provide transportation to the
climbing or bouldering location for the day. The ONLY day a bus will be provided will be for the overnight trip on Tue
5/24 through Wed 5/25.
Schedule – may change slightly:
First Deposit ($325) BEFORE Winter Break – Fri 12/18/15
Second ½ of Fee Due by Wed 1/20/15.
Wed 1/27 – 6:30-7pm – Parent Meeting, 7pm – 9pm – Intro to Climbing Class @ Stone Age
Wed 1/27 – 6:30-7pm – Parent Meeting, 7pm – 9pm – Intro to Climbing Class @ Stone Age
Informational
**Students must log 20 hours of climbing before 4/6 Meeting on Tue
Mon 2/15 (Presidents Days) – 11-2pm – U-Mound Bouldering (end of Copper in foothills) 12/8 at 6pm at
Wed 4/6 – 6:30-9:30pm – Lead Rope Class @ Stone Age EMHS!
Wed 4/13 – 6:30-9:30pm – Lead Rope Class @ Stone Age
**Students should log 10 hours before Mon 5/16
Discovery Weeks:
Mon 5/16 – 10am-3pm @ Stone Age
Tue 5/17 – 8am-3pm @ Palomas Peak (off of Crest Road)
Wed 5/18 – Rest Day
Thur 5/19 – 8am-3pm @ Secret Garden (Sandia Crest)
Fri 5/20 – 8am-12noon @ Terrace
Mon 5/23 – 8am-12noon @ Big Block
Tue 5/24 – Leave at 7am for Overnight @ Las Conchas
**Camp @ Jemez Springs
Wed 5/25 – Return to EMHS @ 5pmish
Thur 5/26 – Presentations
Costs per student: Donations or Parent Help Needed:
*$575 – Stone Age fee for Instruction and Guides, Spring Semester
Membership to Stone Age, & Equipment Rental WE NEED ONE FEMALE PARENT TO
*$20 – EMHS Insurance Fees CHAPERONE THE OVERNIGHT TRIP!
*$32 – Transportation for Overnight Trip
*$23 – Extra Supplies and Background Checks for Volunteers We need help with transportation/carpooling.
TOTAL: $650.00Remembering Jane Austen:
A Reading Seminar
Teacher: Ms. Kuehne
Project Description:
We will read Jane Austen through a 21st century lens and attend modern events with a
19th century flair. Bring your parasols, your book, and your straw hat, because we have
much to discuss!
Activities, Field Trips, or Exciting Features:
1. Make straw hats, as women of the late 1800s might
2. Attend an Isotopes game in period costume
3. Attend the Botanic Gardens for a day of reading and talking…in period costume
4. St. James Tearoom…in period costume
Supplies or Skills needed: Books you will need to purchase in advance:
1. Pride and Prejudice
2. What Jane Austen ate and Charles Dickens knew
Schedule: 5/17 5/18 5/19 5/20 5/21
Make hats Isotopes game Botanic Gardens St. James Seminar at
Tearoom Edgewood
Period costume Meet at the Meet at the
Library and
making park Gardens Meet in ABQ
Soccer Field
Meet in
Edgewood
5/24
5/25 5/26 5/27 5/29
Video
comparison Book party in Putting together Presentation NO SCHOOL
Pride and period costume a presentation Day
Prejudice
Costs: Donations or Parent Help Needed: Parent
Transportation: Students are donations of time (as chaperones or as advisors)
responsible for meeting at and of straw hats, ribbons, feathers and cotton
locations, depending on date and skirts/dresses are welcome.
activity. More information to come.
Supplies and Insurance:$50
Admissions/Fees: $50
Total: $100Tennis Camp
Teacher: Mr. Langan
Project Description:
Two weeks of tennis! If you are a beginner this is a tremendous way to learn the basics, so
you can enjoy the game of tennis. If you already play, this can only help you improve. We will
have the benefit of a Level 1 professional tennis instructor with more than 40 years of
experience. We will meet each day at the Jerry Cline Tennis Center in Albuquerque and
transportation is not offered, so please make sure you can drive or carpool there, or be picked
up and dropped off.
Activities and Exciting Features:
1. Hitting drills, forehands, backhands, serve and volley.
2. We will play, play and play some more!
3. Singles and doubles
Supplies or Skills Needed:
A tennis racket is necessary, but if you don’t have one we will arrange for a loaner. You also
must provide your own lunch and plenty of water.
Schedule 5/16 5/17 5/18 5/19 5/20
Tennis court Tennis court Tennis court Tennis court Tennis court
5/23 5/24 5/25 5/26 5/27
Tennis court Tennis court Tennis court Presentation
Day.
Costs: Donations or Parent Help Needed:
Transportation per student: None. Students will need to be dropped off and
Supplies per student: None. picked up from the Jerry Cline Tennis
Fees per student: $205.00 Complex at Louisiana and Constitution in
Food per student: Albuquerque. Carpooling or students
transporting themselves will also work.
TOTAL: $205.00Illustrated Book of Poetry
and Short Stories
Teacher: Mr. Naylor
Project Description:
Pairing up with printing apprentices and retired professional printers, students will learn and utilize a variety or
printing techniques to illustrate and create a book of student poetry and short stories. Whether it is screen
printing, relief, intaligo, or poly plate printing—students will learn all processes, and combined with their artistic
hand and writing, place a finished product into a book that they will also make as part of the project to keep for
eternity!!
Also in the works (but not fully fleshed out as of yet) would be to include a CD recording of each student reading
their work and creating the artwork for the slipcase to accompany the book.
Activities and Exciting Features:
1. Learning Printing, of all types…
2. Research current poets and story tellers of all genres…
3. Write their own literary piece, either a poem, essay, or story
4. Illustrate their piece in an appropriate, reproducable fashion
5. Create a book of all the combined works of those involved in the project, and print
Supplies or Skills Needed:
A strong desire to pair a narrative writing with illustration/art. Bringing some ideas ahead of time that you have
been thinking about or working on may help get the juices flowing. No real previous printing experience
required. Oh yeah, a willingness to learn…
Schedule 5/16 5/17 5/18 5/19 5/20
Write, print, Write, Print, Write, Print, Write, Print, Print, Write,
repeat Repeat repeat repeat repeat
5/23 5/24 5/25 5/26 5/27
Compilation and Compilation and Compilation and Last Day of
recording recording recording Discovery /
Presentations
Costs: Donations or Parent Help Needed:
Transportation per student: 0 If you have any expertise in printing and book
Supplies per student: Perhaps an older book to use for making, that would be great. We will have some
our shell. We will see what we can get. extremely knowledgeable people assisting most days.
Fees per student: $350.00
Food per student: None, students will provide daily
lunch, snacks, and drinks.
TOTAL: $350.00"Sir, Yes Sir!"
Teacher: Mrs. Naylor
Project Description:
Literally, a condensed and mini version of the Bernalillo County Sheriff's Academy. Students will be engaged
in daily p.t. (physical training) in addition to a variety of activities geared towards the career of law
enforcement such as: accident investigation, defensive tactics, basic law, gun safety, team-building, as well as
verbal and written communication including, but not limited to: verbal judo, de-escalation tactics and crisis
intervention.
Activities and Exciting Features:
1. daily p.t. and beginning/ending p.t. tests to measure growth in abilities and strength
2. E.D.P - emotionally disturbed person(s) scenarios
3. K9 and S.W.A.T presentations
4. OMI (Office of the Medical Investigator) interactive presentation and field trip to CSI lab/ballistics/finger-
printing
5. Tour of downtown academy, interaction with drill instructors, M.I.L.O firearms simulator putting the
participant(s) in a position of having to decide whether or not to use deadly force.
6. Accident investigation and D.W.I. scenarios with "drunk goggles" and obstacle course.
7. Investigation scenarios at P.A.L. (Police Assistance League) warehouse
Pre-requisites:
1. Minimum 2.5 GPA. (a typical requirement for any junior sheriff/police academy)
2. Having a general level of physical fitness would be in your best interest as daily p.t. will be physically and
mentally challenging.
Schedule: 5/16 5/17 5/18 5/19 5/20
Lunch will take -am P.T. test -am P.T. -am P.T. -am P.T. -field trip to BCSD
-note taking/ -use of force -field trip to -field trip to CSI Academy
place daily from report writing/10- -lunch E.Sub-station lab/ballistics -tour
about 11:30am - codes -APD Rappel -S.W.A.T. -lunch -M.I.L.O
12:00pm -body language & Obstacle Course -bomb squad -finger-printing -introduction to drill
(Students must -mock -survival attitudes -K-9 plant & -mock crime scene instructors
come prepared interrogation search investigation -defensive tactics
-lunch -lunch -OMI interactive
with their own -E.D.P. scenarios -history of law presentation
sack lunch daily.)
5/23 5/24 5/25 5/26 5/27
-am P.T. -am P.T. -am P.T. test Presentation Day
-traffic pres. & in- -constitu-tional law -portfolio & BBQ - LAST
vestigation -10-code test organization DAY OF
protocol -lunch and prep for SCHOOL
-SFST -begin project presentation
-patrol -certificates
procedures/
scenarios
-dwi scenarios
TOTAL: $91.50 Daily Requirements:
1. Personal sack lunch
Cost Breakdown: 2. Project t-shirt
3. Notepad and pen/pencil
Transportation per student for 4 field trips:
$64.00 (includes accident insurance)
Fees per student: $27.50Raspberry Pi Computing
Teacher: Mr. Robertson
Project Description:
Each student will own and learn to program their very own, fully functional minicomputer. The Raspberry
Pi is a low cost, credit-card sized computer that plugs into a computer monitor or TV, and uses a
standard keyboard and mouse. It’s capable of doing everything you’d expect a desktop computer to do,
from browsing the internet and playing high-definition video, to making spreadsheets, word-processing, and
playing games. We will explore computing, and learn how to program in languages like Scratch and Python.
Each student will make an infrared bird house to observe the maturation process from eggs to chicks. At
the midway point of the Discovery we will take a break from the classroom and spend a day at Cliff’s to
observe how computers are used to operate the rides.
Activities and Exciting Features:
1. Assemble and set up the Raspberry Pi
2. Learn the basics of the Linux Operating System
3. Program animations using Scratch
4. Build an infrared birdhouse and stream video to the internet
5. Field trip to Cliff’s
Skills Needed:
Interest in computers, electronics and fun!
5/16 5/17 5/18 5/19 5/20
Schedule:
Assemble and Learn the basics Program Infrared Trip to Cliff’s
setup PC of Linux animations birdhouse
project
5/23 5/24 5/25 5/26 5/27
Continue Continue Put together Last Day of No school
working on working on presentation Discovery /
project project Presentations
Costs: Note: Students will be responsible for bringing their
Supplies per student: $200 lunch each day. On Friday, May 16th we will meet at
Cliff’s Amusement Park in Albuquerque. Students will be
responsible for providing their own transportation.
TOTAL: $200OM NOM NOM:
Cooking and Thinking About Food
YOU WILL NEVER BE THIS COOL -Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
Teachers: Schuette and Schwebach
Project Description:
iety. After all, we live in a culture obsessed with speeding
up all things, including the preparation and consumption of our food.
little regard to where it comes from or how it is produced. As a class, we will be taking several steps away from the
drive through window and frozen dinners of our world to learn to speak the most universal language: food. We will
explore new flavors, master cooking fundamentals, and appreciate some of the more abstract ideas behind
preparing a well-rounded and delicious meal.
Besides cooking and eating, we will be doing some reflection upon our own personal relationship with food. There
will be a fair amount of reading and thinking, too!
Activities and Exciting Features:
1. Cook delicious food with a professional chef Schuette and Schwebach (not professional chefs!)
2. Explore the chemical processes at the core of making food edible
3. Travel to food outlets to consider its production processes
4. Plan and cook your own meal to compete with other groups for interesting prizes
5. Explore unique, interesting, and possibly weird dining experiences in the Albuquerque area
Supplies or Skills Needed:
Schedule 5/16 5/17 5/18* 5/19 5/20*
Food safety intro Magic of eggs Cooking on a Dorm room Santa Fe food
budget cooking tour
Chemistry Getting saucy
Farmers Market Thinking about
Flavor profiling Basics of olive sustainability
with cheese oils Dinner at
s
5/23 5/24* 5/25 5/26 5/27
Recipe inquiry Chef demo Cooking Final day: share No school!
competition out & wrap up
Food aesthetics Food truck tour
Clean up
Grocery shop for
group meals
Costs: Notes:
Transportation per student: $50 The * denotes days that we will be off campus.
Supplies per student: $50 th
Food per student: $100 May 18 will be a late arrival day (12:00 p.m. 7:30 p.m.).
Plates, forks, aprons, and bowls should be labelled with
TOTAL: $210.00 (+25.00 spending cash) name and brought on the .Yard Games
Teachers: Ms. Salazar and Mr. Schulke
Project Description:
Did you know that you can kick patootie at games like croquet? Well you can! And how about smashing your
opponent at tether ball? Never seen Competitive Four Square? Check out Youtube! Yard games have been
played by humans for hundreds of years, children and adults alike, until very recently. As modern life became
more complicated (40 hour work week, TV, video games, internet) yard games have mostly become the realm of
children, and even more so the realm of elementary school children while at school. Even this is becoming a
threatened form of play as many elementary schools are eliminating recess. Yet, deep down inside, when given
the chance (or permission) many people still enjoy playing games. Join us while we play, build, and learn
strategies on how to kick patootie and increase the fun factor of the EMHS campus for years to come!
Activities and Exciting Features:
1. Play, play, play!
2. Build a giant Jenga set
3. Build a Cornhole game set
4. Build a tether ball court
5. Yard Chess/Checkers?
6. Carnival!
Prerequisites:
1. An attitude for fun. 2. An attitude for fun. 3. An attitude for fun.
Schedule: 5/16 5/17 5/18 5/19 5/20
Build and Build and Play! Build and Build and Play! Build and Play!
Play! Croquet Horseshoes Play! Four Square and Giant Jenga
Yard Hopscotch
Chess/Checkers
5/23 5/24 5/25 5/26 5/27
Build and Build and Play! Carnival! Presentation Day
Play! Cornhole & BBQ - LAST
Tetherball DAY OF
SCHOOL
Costs: Daily Requirements:
Game Equipment $35.00 Bring your own lunch and water bottle
Building Materials $25.00 We’ll be outside a lot…so, sunscreen, hat, etc.
Craft Materials $15.00 Clothes that can get messy…paint, stain, sawdust, dirt, etc.
T-shirts and Paint $10.00
Pizza Day $10.00
Attitude for Fun $0.00
TOTAL: $95.00Teachers: Trey Smith and Michael Wood
Project Description:
A select group will soon be undertaking an impressive challenge: the full production of a short horror
film. This group will carry out every part of the process: writing, acting, filming, editing, marketing, etc.
We will secure all necessary equipment to carry out the production and form partnerships with experts
in the local film industry. The final film running time should be about 20 minutes. Students will be
divided into specific teams to carry out each aspect of the movie: writers, actors, editors, and crew. We
plan to schedule an opening screening of the film at a theater in Albuquerque.
This project will require a substantial amount of time for meeting and planning prior to May. Only
students with a real commitment should consider joining. By the end of this project, students will have a
tangible product that could be showcased on resumes and college applications.
Activities and Exciting Features:
1. Writing, directing, acting, and editing a 20 minute film
2. Marketing and publicizing the film and premiere
3. Learning from industry leaders
4. Attending the movie premiere night
Supplies or Skills Needed:
An open mind and a commitment to excellence.
Schedule: 5/16 5/17 5/18 5/19 5/20
Filming Filming Editing Editing Editing
5/23 5/24 5/25 5/26 5/27
Marketing Marketing Film Screening Last Day of No school
Discovery /
Presentations
Costs: Donations or Parent Help Needed:
Transportation per student: Any parent with film experience or connections.
Supplies per student: $150
Fees per student:
Food per student: $50
TOTAL: $200.00THE NEED FOR SPEED
Teacher: Mrs. Wilvert
Project Description:
What do motorcycle racing, back country skiing, Nascar, flying jet planes, and carving a turkey have in
common? They all require practice, knowledge, and safety awareness. If you watch extreme sports or
racing on TV and think, “Wow, I would love to do that!”, then this discovery is for you. Learn about the
equipment, training, and SAFETY issues involved with racing, skiing, and flying, and experience them first
hand. You will, however, have to learn how to carve a turkey on your own.
Activities and Exciting Features:
1. Attend a 3 day Motorcycle Safety Foundation (MSF) class on riding motorcycles (motorcycles and
helmets provided, certification for street riding earned upon satisfactorily completing the course)
2. Fly jet planes and helicopters on the US Air Force simulator
3. Attend a 1 day course on team building with ropes course
4. Attend a 1 day outdoor safety course at Camp Oro Quay
5. Visit the Unser Racing Museum
6. Experience your own race at Albuquerque Indoor Karting.
Parent Permission is a must!!!! Students must be UNDER the age of 18. If you sign up for this
project, please print the permission page and have it signed to bring to school on the day of the sign
up!!!! No prior experience is needed. Bring your curiosity, willingness to learn and experience new
things. Long pants, long sleeves, gloves, and closed toe shoes are necessary for the motorcycle class and
the ropes course. Students must bring lunch, snacks, and water every day.
Schedule 5/16 5/17 5/18 5/19 5/20
Activities may MSF Course MSF Course MSF Course Unser Racing Kirkland AFB
change Students will Students will Students will Museum and Flight simulators
meet in meet in meet in Go-Karts
Albuquerque Albuquerque Albuquerque
5/23 5/24 5/25 5/26 5/27
Camp Oro Camp Oro Guest Speakers Presentations
Quay Quay and BBQ
Ropes Course Outdoor Safety Presentation 1:00 dismissal
Team Building Preparation
Costs: Donations or Parent Help Needed:
Transportation per student: $56.00 Parents, please volunteer to drive to help keep
(reduced if parents or students drive) the cost down. Background checks are necessary
Supplies per student: $12.00 and will be paid for by EMHS, but must be done
Fees per student: $225.00 ahead of time.
Insurance per student: $12.00 If you have racing or sports experience to share,
guest speakers are welcome.
TOTAL: $ 305.00You can also read
