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Events (Informative/Sample Sessions + Summertime Offerings)

Open House Sample Mini Sessions

Opportunities to get a taste of The Hub's online micro-academy

Micro-Academy Open House -- Next one will be scheduled in Spring 2023

The Hub's facilitators will lead a (free) condensed version of a micro-academy session for children ages 11 to 15 who are interested in getting a taste of what we do.


(The micro-academy program is described here. The founder and co-facilitators discuss it in more detail here. Tuition and other practicalities are listed on the "Apply" page.)


To be notified of the next open house date, or to set up an individual meeting instead, please fill out the contact form.


Information Sessions

Opportunities to learn more about The Hub and its programming

Information Session #4 (Summer 2022)

The Hub's founder and the micro-academy's co-facilitators discussed The Hub's program, how a participant-driven approach differs from a curriculum-driven approach, how we gauge results, and more. The recording can be viewed on The Hub's Facebook feed. (To get individual questions answered, please send us a message here.)

"Behind the Scenes" -- How to Encourage Taking Ownership of Learning

The micro-academy's co-facilitators share tips and tools they use to encourage participants to take ownership of their learning journeys, and the benefits of doing so. These are things that anyone who is in a position of supporting someone's learning can also put into practice. The recording can be viewed on The Hub's YouTube channel.

Information Session #3 (July 12, 2021)

The Hub's founder and the micro-academy's co-facilitators discussed The Hub's vision and how it gets put into practice. The recording can be viewed on The Hub's YouTube channel. (To get individual questions answered, please send us a message here.)

ARCHIVED -- Information Session #2 (Dec. 8, 2020)

An overview of The Hub micro-academy's first term and the plans for next term, presented by The Hub's founder and the two co-facilitators. The recording can be viewed on The Hub's YouTube channel. (To get individual questions answered, please send us a message here.)

ARCHIVED -- Information Session #1 (Sept. 8, 2020)

The Hub's founder and the micro-academy's co-facilitators discussed The Hub's vision and the plans to achieve it, starting with the launch of the micro-academy and other programming in Fall 2020. The recording can be viewed on The Hub's Facebook page. (To get individual questions answered, please send us a message here.)


Summer Camps and Workshops—2022

Special opportunities that fall outside our regular September-to-May programming

"Digital World Traveler" Camp #2 (July 19-21, 2022)

Prepare to experience some of the joys of travel during an empowering and interactive crash course focused on opening up the world through online exploration. More details here.

"Digital World Traveler" Camp #1 (June 28-30, 2022)

Prepare to experience some of the joys of travel during an empowering and interactive crash course focused on opening up the world through online exploration. More details here.


Summer Camps and Workshops—2021

Special opportunities that fall outside our regular September-to-May programming

"The Hero's Creative Writing Journey" Camp (July 19 - 22, 2021)

An empowering and interactive group workshop that will guide participants on a journey to discover their own inner heroes and to use creative writing to document what they find. More details here.


Summer Camps and Workshops—2020

Special opportunities that fall outside our regular September-to-May programming

STEAM Camp w/ Gabriel Mellan (June 29 - July 2, 2020)

An empowering four-afternoon workshop on making ElectroTins—turning little mint tins into crazy and creative optical illusions using simple circuitry. More details here.

Explorers' Camp w/ Rudy and Svetlana (Aug. 3 - 6, 2020)

The greatest adventure is knowing yourself and connecting to the world  around you. We invite you to explore and discover new things about yourself and your surroundings, while playing and expressing yourself through movement and art. More details here. (Original artwork by Rudy Van Daele.)

"Digital World Traveler" Camp #2 (July 19 - 21, 2022)

OVERVIEW

If your tween or teen is interested in travel, or would just like to explore the world from the comfort of their home, we invite them to join dynamic facilitator duo Miró Siegel and Brooklyn Wetzel in an engaging crash course focused on opening up the world through online exploration!


Dates: Tuesday, July 19 - Thursday, July 21, 2022


Ages: 10 to 14+


Hours: 1 – 4pm ET (with a 15-minute break)


Cost: $190, with 10% discount for current and past members of The Hub (via enrollment in The Hub's micro-academy), and 10% sibling discount. (Please contact us to inquire about grant money availability if the full cost is prohibitive for your family.)

CAMP STRUCTURE

The facilitators will walk participants through the steps of planning their future travels, including (but not limited to): 

  • How to research and find desirable locations, activities and outings
  • How to stay organized using an array of online tools
  • How to keep track of spending and be money conscious
  • Research regional customs and idiosyncrasies
  • How to stay safe while traveling
  • Practice in making the best itinerary possible!  


Participants will be empowered to take ownership over their experiences by integrating planning, budgeting and general research skills into their toolkit. The camp will culminate with a brief guided trip presentation to other camp participants. So pack your (virtual) bags and get ready to go wherever your heart desires!

"Digital World Traveler" Camp #1 (June, 2022)

OVERVIEW

If your tween or teen is interested in travel, or would just like to explore the world from the comfort of their home, we invite them to join dynamic facilitator duo Miró Siegel and Brooklyn Wetzel in an engaging crash course focused on opening up the world through online exploration!


Dates: Tuesday, June 28 - Thursday, June 30, 2022


Ages: 10 to 14+


Hours: 3 – 6pm ET (with a 15-minute break) 


Cost: $190, with 10% sibling discount (please contact us to inquire about grant money availability if the full cost is prohibitive for your family)

CAMP STRUCTURE

The facilitators will walk participants through the steps of planning their future travels, including (but not limited to): 

  • How to research and find desirable locations, activities and outings
  • How to stay organized using an array of online tools
  • How to keep track of spending and be money conscious
  • Research regional customs and idiosyncrasies
  • How to stay safe while traveling
  • Practice in making the best itinerary possible!  


Participants will be empowered to take ownership over their experiences by integrating planning, budgeting and general research skills into their toolkit. The camp will culminate with a brief guided trip presentation to other camp participants. So pack your (virtual) bags and get ready to go wherever your heart desires!

"The Hero's Creative Writing Journey" Camp (July, 2021)

OVERVIEW

The Hub micro-academy's dynamic facilitator duo (Brooklyn Wetzel and Miró Siegel) will be leading this four-session workshop, guiding participants on a journey to discover their own inner heroes, and to use creative writing to document what they find. 


Dates: Monday, July 19 - Thursday, July 22, 2021


Ages: 9 to 13


Hours: 1 – 4pm ET (with breaks) 


Cost: $240

CAMP STRUCTURE

This camp will focus on the Hero's Journey. In The Hub’s spirit of co-creation, self direction and inquiry, the workshop's direction will be guided in part by the interests of the heroes as we travel together, using elements of the Hero’s Journey as signposts, jumping-off points and places of discussion. The goal is to inspire and support participants as they explore and then choose the journey they personally want to write about. By building a friendly and welcoming social space, we will move beyond what stops us from writing freely, and transform those fears into places of creative potential. Each young person will be supported to find and express the bravery to say "yes" to the “call to adventure” and move forward confidently as a writer. 


More concretely, the workshop will encompass the following elements:

  • Learn about Joseph Campbell's “The Hero's Journey,” its role in literature and myth, and how it relates to our lives. 
  • Read and then experiment with several forms of poetry (e.g., ballads, epics, sonnets and limericks).
  • Write a prose poem or short story.
  • Put together a book of your writing from the workshop that you can print at home.

Explorers' Camp with Rudy and Svetlana (August, 2020)

OVERVIEW

Learning is an adventure, and the greatest adventure is knowing yourself and connecting to the world around you. We invite you on a shared adventure to explore your most immediate world—your home, back yard, or whatever else you can easily access—to discover new things about yourself and your surroundings. In the company of skilled facilitators and other young explorers, this close-to-home adventure can help you discover hidden treasures that are within you and all around you, and serve as a stepping stone to grander life adventures.


This camp will be guided by two highly experienced facilitators who are passionate about helping young people find hidden resources and live their best lives. In each session, we will play; offer various ways to explore our spaces, individually and jointly, through movement, art, writing, and storytelling; and share our adventures as a group. Rudy will guide you in fun and creative ways to engage your body in space. Svetlana will support you in generating and expressing ideas in your own way (through writing, photography, other art forms, etc.). 


The camp will be a unique blend of individual and group online and offline exploration. We will also create a group Miro board (an online community bulletin board) of all the adventures to share and celebrate on our last day of camp. 


“The adventure we engage in when we explore our experiences, thoughts, and feelings is significant,” notes Rudy Van Daele. “We find who we are, and we find resources far more powerful than we ever imagined. The next great exploration is in the home, where we find all the support we need. In this camp, we get to know ourselves and develop new friendships; we identify the places in our homes where adventures begin and continue, when we go on them with our friends. This type of exploration helps me understand my past, excites great pleasures in the present, and is the future adventure I wake up to every day.”


"Where in your home is comfort, creativity, and adventure?

What do you do during the day that will become your dream?

Happily rested, close your eyes, and discover your new best self…" 


Dates: Monday, August 3 - Thursday, August 6, 2020


Location: Online and offline (your home, back yard, and any other space available for exploration).


Ages: 9  to 12 (and mature enough to meet the requirements listed below); family members are welcome to join for the wrap-up celebration at the end of the final day


Hours: 10a.m. – 1p.m. ET (if a shorter experience is preferred, a child can join for just the first hour or two)
 

Cost: $220 (there is also a 10% sibling discount). If the camp would be a great fit for your child, but the price is out of reach for your family at this time, please get in touch.


Size: Camp size will be limited to 12, to allow for personal interactions.

CAMP STRUCTURE

Each day will have a flow, while also leaving room for new things to emerge. This is a sample starting point for a day:


10a.m. - 10:50a.m.: Connection

  • Opening circle 
  • Movement game 
  • Guessing game with objects


10:50a.m. - 11a.m.: Break


11a.m. - 11:50a.m. Focus – Travel-related stories

  • Svetlana shares an object from her room and tells a travel story related to it. Then we invite everyone to walk around their room or home in search of their favorite travel-related story. Sit anywhere you want with this object, and write, draw, or create a movement with it. Alternatively, find an object in your imagination about your dream trip. 
  • Miro Board exploration 


11:50a.m. - 12p.m.: Break


12p.m. - 1p.m.: Sharing 

  • Movement game
  • Breakout rooms—interview or share traveling stories with a partner 
  • Show pictures or short videos about travel
  • Closing circle (Discussion topics: What do you give to yourself that brings out the best in you, or what did you learn or experience about yourself today that felt good and/or interesting? What do you share that brings out the best in each other, or what did you learn about someone else today that you found interesting?)

REQUIREMENTS

  • Your curiosity and an open mind.
  • Your excitement for exploration and discoveries.
  • Any art materials readily available to you (paper, journal, pencils, crayons, markers, etc.).
  • Your computer and a phone or camera for taking pictures.

TESTIMONIALS

"[My daughter] said it's her favorite camp! ... she's excited about tomorrow." -- L.N. (Maryland)

STEAM Camp with Gabriel Mellan (June, 2020)

OVERVIEW

Facilitator extraordinaire Gabriel Mellan (former creative director of the Washington, DC-area KID Museum and educator at San Francisco’s Exploratorium; read more about him and his approach here) will be leading a four-day workshop on making ElectroTins—turning little mint tins into crazy and creative optical illusions using simple circuitry. 


“Control motor speed and melt minds with wild patterns,” as Gabriel puts it. "This workshop will introduce really basic circuitry concepts to participants, as we design and build small, spinning sculptures. Participants will explore inventive ways of transforming recyclables to house their creations and hide their circuitry. We will experiment with optical illusions and complex patterns attached to the motors in our sculptures."


Dates: Monday, June 29 - Thursday, July 2, 2020


Ages: 9 to 12 (and mature enough to meet the requirements listed below)


Hours: 1:30 – 4pm ET

Cost: This camp is being offered at cost—$145 for the camp program plus $150 for the kit containing materials and tools (many of them reusable for future projects) that will be mailed to you. (Total cost = $295.)


Size: Camp will be limited to eight children

WORKSHOP STRUCTURE

Each morning will open up with a group session, which will include group discovery of components, questions posed to each other, and sharing our discoveries. Gabriel, in his role as the facilitator, will pull together what the participants have discovered into a short introduction of a concept, process, or a way to use a tool. 


After the full group discussion, the online workshop will shift into small breakout rooms within the Zoom platform, to allow for one-on-one coaching in 10-to-15-minute segments. Those not in a one-on-one session will work on their projects, draw ideas out, and connect with others in the workshop. Participants can opt to turn their microphone and camera off, but will stay in the group room so that co-learning and support can occur through Zoom’s chat feature.


The last 40 minutes of the workshop will have everyone together as a full group, and will focus on sharing individual struggles and breakthrough moments. Gabriel will then wrap up the day with a seed to think about for the following day. 

REQUIREMENTS

SKILLS NEEDED

  • Thread a needle (fine motor and patience)
  • Cut a circle (fine motor)
  • Use a kitchen knife (risk assessment and safety)
  • Control Zoom settings and use own email for communication
  • Taking responsibility for workspace and feeling comfortable with project requirements as explained on this page (including in FAQs)


WORKSPACE REQUIREMENTS

Required:

  • Headphones (Bluetooth recommended)
  • Laptop computer
  • Zoom software/app installed & updated
  • Quiet designated workspace (approximately 2’x3’), out of the common family space
  • Material/tool kit (provided) and materials/tools from your home (listed below)
  • Power strip within reach
  • Ready to start and doodling 10 minutes prior to start

Recommended:

  • Moveable light (a desk/work light works well)
  • Plywood to protect table or desk
  • A window or bright light behind the computer 
  • A cool background (appropriate/not too distracting)


TOOLS AND MATERIALS YOU PROVIDE (FROM YOUR HOME)

Required:

  • Hot glue gun with hot glue sticks
  • Pliers (needle nose)
  • Compass (for making circles)
  • Scissors for cutting paper, and sturdy scissors for cutting plastic
  • Sharpie-style permanent markers
  • Sketch book and printer/copy paper
  • Clear tape (e.g. Scotch tape), masking tape, and duct tape

Optional:

  • Self-healing cutting mat 
  • Flush cutters
  • Protractor 
  • Superglue 
  • Paint markers 
  • Double-sided tape


TOOLS AND MATERIALS WE PROVIDE (KIT WILL BE MAILED TO YOU; NO SUBSTITUTIONS POSSIBLE)

  • Hole punch/crop-a-dile punch
  • Pin drill & vise
  • 3v solar panels 
  • Geared hobby motors with pre-soldered wires
  • Ratcheting stubby driver 
  • AAA 3v battery holder w/ switch
  • AAA batteries & charger
  • Electrical tape
  • PWM controllers
  • Self adhesive crafting mirrors
  • Mint tins
  • Motors and clamps
  • Small screwdriver
  • Wire stripper/cutters
  • Craft sticks and tooth picks
  • Tracing paper
  • A few extra bits and pieces

FAQ

Gabriel's answers to some anticipated questions from children (and their parents):


Can I do this?

Because this workshop is focused on building autonomy and agency through hands-on making, it is important that the project is 100% yours. So is the workspace, the mess you make (and we will!), how you clean up, and the mistakes you make. You can ask for help when you need it, but other people can’t do it for you. Parents aren’t allowed to touch your project without asking you either. 


You will also need to know how to connect your headphones with your computer, change the audio and video settings in Zoom, and have a workspace that you can keep set up for the whole workshop. You will need your own email account.


We will be using real tools and manipulating materials in unique ways. You will have to slow down, stay organized, and manage your safety.


Is it difficult?

You will have moments of frustration and failure, as well as times to celebrate the struggle and shout out loud because you figured it out. 

TESTIMONIALS

"This is [my daughter's] first online workshop/camp/class. She loves your class! Thank you." -- S.D. (Maryland)


"[My daughter] is loving it! ... Thank you so much for providing this! It's extremely well run and planned and giving her something I cannot!" -- L.D. (California)

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