Are you interested in becoming the best babysitter you can be? Are you hoping to work with kids as a lifeguard or camp counselor? Are you planning to go to college for education, social work, or counseling? Join the LEAP Caretaking and Child Development workshop! We will learn about developmental milestones for children 0-5 years old, safety when caring for young children, and activities to do with children of different ages. At the end of the week, we will have an opportunity to watch the children of LEAP volunteers which will allow us to put into practice everything we learned all week.

Have you ever wondered what makes a meal truly memorable? Imagine your favorite meal; the colors, taste, texture, aroma, and atmosphere. Together, we will explore culinary techniques, nutritious ingredients, dining etiquette, pairing flavor profiles, and much more as we journey through LEAP's Culinary workshop! 

Love spontaneous comedy?  Like making people laugh?  This LEAP workshop will introduce the basics of improv and provide an opportunity to put those principles into practice through improv games. We will develop plots (both serious and funny), characters, and dialogue which will all be created in the moment. This spontaneous art ensures no improv show will ever be the same as the next. No acting experience is necessary. Come as you are and create the unexpected!

Students will learn to sew by making four projects that build their sewing skills over the week:  a placemat to be donated to Meals on Wheels, a hot pad as a thank you gift to the person whose machine they used during the week, a fabric bin that will be useful in organizing their own room at home and finally, a zipper pouch made from a very unique, upcycled and fun “fabric.”   The pouch can be used to take home and store the basic sewing supplies they used throughout the week.  These projects will give them experience in simple quilt making/home dec sewing, working with fabrics stabilized with different products, making gussets (very useful in bag making) as well as inserting zippers.  Along the way, topics will be discussed such as differences in fabrics, sewing machine upkeep, what to look for when shopping for a sewing machine with ideas to find reasonably priced machines, and how to read a pattern.  They will go home with patterns for the projects made in class as well as some extra patterns that can be made with the skills they learned.

Music technology encompasses the composition, recording, and playback of music. During this LEAP workshop we will learn to edit music tracks and create our own music using Logic Pro X and Ableton. Students will understand the basics of these programs, know how to use MIDI and learn the basics of Mics. Students will also learn how to create and post a podcast.

The Engineering Track for the 2023 LEAP Program will give student’s exposure to Physical Science principals in a fun and engaging setting. Understanding the relationship of mass, velocity and forces on a simple projectile, students will gain hands-on experience learning about propulsion and the application of aerodynamic design that utilizes all four S.T.E.M disciplines.