Lakewood Computer Clubhouse & Robotics Center

With summer coming to a close, the Clubhouse is looking forward to the fall schedule at both the Clubhouse (Harrison Prep) and the Robotics Center (Lakewood Presbyterina Church).

It all kicks off September 9th.

MONDAYS

1:00 – 3:00  Homeschoolers (Robotics Center)

3:00 – 7:00 Robotics (Robotics Center)

3:00 – 7:00 Girls Day (Clubhouse)

TUESDAYS

3:00-7:00 Open Time (Clubhouse)

WEDNESDAYS

1:00 – 3:00  Homeschoolers (Robotics Center)

3:00 – 7:00 Robotics (Robotics Center)

3:00 – 7:00 Open Time (Clubhouse)

THURSDAYS

3:00-7:00 Open Time (Clubhouse)

FRIDAYS

3:00-7:00 Open Time (Clubhouse)

We are so ahead of the curve! The field kit came and we will be setting it up next Wednesday at 9:00 am at the Clubhouse at Lakewood Presbyterian Church.

We won’t get the rules for the challenge until September but we can anticipate, imagine, and build ‘bots to navigate the course. This year’s theme is “Body Forward” and participants are supposed to think seriously about BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING to prepare for the competition.

So come on Wednesday – bring a friend – and get ready for robotics season.

In between ping pong, Puppy games Linux, foosball, boffer sword battle games, s’mores, unicyling, and steal-the-bacon, the kids at Friday Fun made these puppet movies.

Aesop Fable – Don’t Count Your Chickens

Aesop Fable – A Man with No Enemies

Just Being Silly

School is out and summer hours have begun at the the Clubhouse. Here is what is going on…

Mondays – At the Clubhouse at Harrison Prep – Open 8:00-2:45 (Design Squad from 9:00 to Noon).

Tuesdays – At the Clubhouse at Harrison Prep – Open 8:00-2:45 (A Software Challenge from 9:00 to Noon).

Wednesdays – At the Clubhouse at Lakewood Presbyterian – Open 8:00-2:45 (Robotics from 9:00 to Noon).

Thursdays – At the Clubhouse at Harrison Prep – Open 8:00-2:45 (Geeks & Webmasters from 9:00 to Noon).

Fridays – At the Clubhouse at Lakewood Presbyterian – Open 5:00 pm – 10:00 pm.  Campfire if the weather cooperates.

The Clubhouse is wrapping up the school year – maybe the good weather will stick around a a bit.

As for the schedule – there are some changes.

This Thursday (17th) – the Clubhouse is closed.  Rain and I are doing an event for Lakewood’s Promise.  Next week the Clubhouse will be closed  so we can prepare the place for the summer.  Robotics will still happen on Wednesday.

June 26th is SummerFEST at Ft Steilacoom Park, in Lakewood.  Rain and I need help running the Lakewood’s Promise booth from 11:00 to 7:00.  We need help guarding painted wagons, helping with the silent auction of the painted wagons, helping kids memorize the five promises, and helping those kids sign their name to a special wagon.

Please let me know if you are able to help out for some of the time.

I hope everyone enjoyed the Memorial Day Weekend – in spite of the rain.

This Wednesday the Clubhouse will be visited by the City of Lakewood, from which we get funding.  The visit will happen at noon which is an awkward time because we generally have no kids at noon on Wednesdays.  Some Harrison Prep students may be there but they too, are having a unique “week without walls”.

So — if any homeschoolers or out-of-schoolers are available on Wednesday, noonish, to populate the Clubhouse, then feel free to stop by.

Just a reminder – The Clubhouse will be CLOSED Friday-Monday for the Memorial Day weekend.

On Saturday, May 22nd (That’s right – a Saturday) the Clubhouse at Harrison Prep will be open from 10:00 to 3:00 to celebrate our 8th Birthday!  YAY!

May 22nd is also SCRATCH DAY.  All around the world, people young and old will be working on Scratch projects and our Clubhouse will join in.

We have invited teachers to our Scratch Day so hopefully, they will learn Scratch enough to take to their classrooms.    So  on Saturday, we need enthusiastic members to help out and show-off Scratch.

Of course, we will also have cake and ice cream to celebrate an amazing eight years of our Clubhouse.  Come prepared to party, come prepared to teach others and show off your skills,  and come prepared to work on Scratch.