April 12-16, 2010
Eight Unique Opportunities to Learn “Outside the Classroom Walls”
Surviving Your Own Cooking will help to widen your culinary horizons beyond the peanut butter and jelly sandwich. We will solve the mysteries of the “perfect” French omelet, Asian stir-frying, Italian panini, All-American barbeque, and painlessly introducing fresh vegetables and fruits into your life…
This experience will challenge participants to look at their personal nutrition and observe levels to determine if their current choices will maintain proper health, mental well-being and self worth. It is our belief that a few moderate changes in both diet and exercise can lead to a better life. We challenge each participant to look beyond their teenage years, and establish a routine designed to provide an active and enjoyable long life.
This April, we will explore the San Francisco Bay Area with our digital cameras searching for the perfect shot(s) for our fine art card collection. We will visit the Flower Conservatory, and other destinations in Golden Gate Park, and travel to West Marin, where will visit a photography gallery and then photograph the magnificent beauty of the coastline. Wednesday through Friday we will edit and produce our photo cards, and calendar.
Come and bike some of the county’s best trails! We will be on our bikes each day, and in between we’ll learn about bicycle maintenance and repair, the history of mountain biking, trail usage, and controversies over trail access. Geared towards the intermediate skilled mountain biker.
Students attending this workshop will enjoy a unique opportunity to look behind the scenes at the selection process that puts actors into most movies, TV shows and commercials. Students will then practice the self-presentation techniques required for a good audition, techniques applicable to a great many real-life situations.
China Blue, Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars, Third Monday
in October-movies that have all been big hits at The Marin School over the past couple of years. What do they have in common? They’re about issues that have social impact, newsworthiness and strong human interest. They were made skillfully by filmmakers who cared deeply about their subjects, who investigated tough, complicated stories and put a human face on the issues. You too can make a movie like that.
This exciting and physically challenging course will focus on practical self-defense techniques, de-escalation skills, and non-violent communication. We’ll demystify the subtle and not so subtle ways violence is both perpetrated and perpetuated, and uncover ways to minimize and/or avoid violent situations altogether. The course will blend physical activity with discussions, lessons, and the viewing of a martial arts film. The culminating activity will be a form (series of techniques) that students will learn and practice over the 4 days, and perform on the final day in front of the student body.
Our outside the walls course will spend each day experiencing the rich variety of outdoor public art, indoor alternative art and working Art studios throughout the bay area to find answers to the above questions.