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Thursday, July 4, 2013 • Telegraph, Times & Monitor B Section
7B
Clay Shaw
shows off one
of his projects
in the “Jr. CFK
Builders” class,
where students
discovered just
how handy and
creative they
could be.
FUN
Continued from 1B
“I was skeptical,” Sheffield
said, “but (Canova) can talk me
into anything. It’s been a great
success.”
The program is about allowing
children to have a fun time,
taking such classes in which
they can create various works
of art, learn about caring for
dogs, learn about science while
racing objects such as boats and
balloon rockets, and play with
bubbles.
Those who attend Jr. College
for Kids are probably not going
to grow up and find themselves
blowing bubbles in a college
classroom, but by the time they
ABOVE: Hannah
Ferguson works
on a project in
“Sculpture with
Paper Straws.”
LEFT: Teacher
Colleen Gaffney
assists student
Jada Harris with
the cooking part
of “Book and
Cook.” Students
made several
sized pancakes
to make a pig’s
head.
ABOVE: Erin
Little takes to
the runway with
the latest in
what students
dubbed
“princess-punk”
look as part
of the fashion
class. RIGHT:
Parker Brobston
enjoys pig
pancakes in
the “Book and
Cook” class.
are ready to attend college, they
can say they’ve actually been
exposed to a college setting.
“It takes some of the fear
away,” Linda Sheffield said.
Sheffield said the program
also helps to ensure the future
success of College for Kids.
“It’s almost like a feeder
program, which is good,” she
said. “We want the kids to be
excited about college.”
This year’s Jr. College for
Kids participants certainly
seemed excited, and it wasn’t
limited to running around and
playing sports in the “Got
Game?” class or interacting with
dogs in the “Doggone Trouble”
class. In the “Sculpture with
Paper Straws class, one student
remarked, “My mom’s really
going to like this,” as she was
putting the finishing touches on
her project. In the “Exploring
Glass” class, teacher Colleen
Gaffney handed out passes
Yummy! Students (l-r) Layne Loper, Madison Sellers, Lauryn Loper, Johnny
Benefield and Clay Shaw, along with teacher Margaret Canova (background), enjoy
smoothies in the “Edible Experiments” class.
for free family admissions to
Winter Park’s Morse Museum,
which features the works of
Louis Comfort Tiffany. A
student, upon receiving his pass,
exclaimed, “Now I can show my
mom I get to go to a museum.”
One student was excited
about his future career path,
and he hasn’t even started first
grade yet. He built a boat in the
“On Your Mark, Get Set, Go”
class that traveled farther than
anyone else’s. Linda Sheffield
said she praised the boy, who
replied, “Well, I’m going to be
an engineer.”
It might be tempting to think
the children promptly forget
what they had just learned in
one class while they are on their
way to their next class, but one
student leaving his “On Your
Mark, Get Set, Go” class was
singing a song about kinetic
and potential energy that was
featured on a video he had
watched in that class.
“They’re having so much
fun,” Linda Sheffield said.
“They’re having fun, and they’re
learning.”
Those first-day jitters seem
to disappear in a hurry. Some
students were already thinking
about next year’s program.
Linda Sheffield said a student
in the “Fashion 101” class said,
“This class is awesome. We
must have this next year.”
Lindsey Sheffield said she
knew Jr. College for Kids would
be a hit, and she has enjoyed it as
much as teaching in the College
for Kids program.
“The kids love it,” she said.
“They like all the classes. I
actually like to teach the younger
ABOVE RIGHT:
Macayla
Benefield
grooms Cooper
in the “Doggone
Trouble” dog
care class.
RIGHT: Mason
Young and
Benjamin
Nosworthy
experiment with
a Slinky in the
“Ready, Set, Go”
class.
ones as much as the older kids.”
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