After School and Summer Programs Update

Fairfax County Public Schools sent this bulletin at 01/13/2020 01:56 PM EST

After School Programs will not meet on Friday, January 17th and Friday, January 24th, county wide.

In accordance with FCPS policy, after school programs county-wide will not meet on Fridays before a long student holiday weekend.  The next Friday after school programs will meet is Friday, January 31st.

Magic: The Gathering Club starts 3rd Quarter

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Students interested in the popular role playing fantasy card game can join Ms. Reinemann (formerly Ms. Anderson) in Quad 5 during A session on Mondays to meet with fellow planeswalkers for a weekly quest.  STARTS 3rd Quarter

Free Roblox Game Development Course at GMU

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Help us launch this new 7 Week Course!

This course utilizes the Roblox game platform to teach students game design and development. Students will build multiplayer worlds and use the Lua programming language to create desired game mechanics. During the second half of the course, students will create their own game by choosing from a collection of custom tutorials provided with one of the base game templates provided (Platformer, Racer, RPG).   Students will publish their games on Roblox to share with their classmates and their parents.

Prerequisites: Students who took the course previously are encouraged to enroll again, as the updated curriculum offers a completely new experience!  Students should be reasonably proficient with a keyboard and mouse as this course requires some typing.

This class requires that the student have a Roblox account before attending the class. Create an account for your student here: www.roblox.com

You can find more information about Lua coding here: www.lua.org/about.html 

Ages:  9 – 14

Time:  10:00AM – 1:00PM

Dates: February 22, 29; March 7, 14, 21, 28; April 4

Location:  GMU Fairfax, Art and Design Building Room TBA

 

We are offering this course free of charge to Luther Jackson Middle School.  If you are interested, please contact Vera Lichtenberg, and we will provide you a coupon code to register.

We will continue to offer seats until the class is full.

 

For more information about MGTA:  https://mgta.gmu.edu/

SAVE THE DATE: Summer Programs

The following Summer Programs are available to current and future LJMS Students:

Program Name Date(s) Age Range Cost
Summer Bridge July 6-24 Rising 7th-9th FREE
Young Scholars July 6-24 Rising 7th/8th

     FREE      (invitation only)
HTSMS 2020 July 27-31 Rising 7th $100*
TJ Prep Camp July 27-31 Rising 8th $300
VIP Camp Thoreau June 29-July 30 Rising 7th/8th $50*

 

*F&RL Pricing is available for this program.

We are also working on two other week-long summer camp programs for current elementary school students... stay tuned for details.