Hopkins Community Education

Unleash your creativity and holiday spirit in this fun and festive painting class. Join us as we guide you step-by-step in creating your very own charming elf hiding behind a present on an 11x14” stretched canvas. Everyone paints their own canvas. Enjoy a cupcake while your painting dries. This class is open to ages 6+, if a student is registered guardian must also be registered.

Learn the basics of cartooning and create your own characters! Each day students will learn techniques used in cartooning. Subjects like characteristics, features, exaggeration, action and personification will contribute to your child’s artistic advancement! Young Rembrandts students will immediately apply their new skills in every class to create their own original cartoon characters. Sign up today! Hopkins Community Education is excited to provide a pick your price payment option for before and after school programming. Our hope is to provide access to high quality enrichment classes for all Hopkins students. Contact us for more information or to donate more.

When your child has a Smartphone there are key things you should know in order to keep them safe and secure. In this class you’ll understand recommended safety settings on popular social media apps, parental apps for your child’s Smartphone, and more! We simplify this complicated technology so that you and your child can use the phone safely without worry. *Please note that the class recording will be sent to all registered students so that they do not have to attend at the exact designated time. Follow-up support is also included from the instructor and students are encouraged to reach out with questions at any time before or after the class has concluded.

Chalk Pastels are extremely pigmented, blendable, and can be used to create paint-like effects without the use of water. In this class you will learn the many possibilities of this medium as you follow step-by-step instructions to create your own sunflower drawing.

Build a computer bot to play head-to-head against other coders! Whether this is your first Code Championship event, or if you've been competing for years, this is the perfect way to explore the competitive coding world of Code Championship. No previous coding experience necessary. The Code Championship Series is a series of four tournaments in four weeks (it's ok to miss one or two). These tournaments will be hosted online using Google Meet and the Code Championship website. If you have a modern browser like Chrome or Firefox, no additional download is required. Players must be able to navigate the internet: basic typing and mouse control. The link to the Google Meet event will be emailed two days before the tournament.

We’ll create 3D creations and get messy with finger-paint; we’ll even use a special spin-art technique to make the cutest, most colorful artwork ever seen. After taking this class, the art table will definitely become your child’s happy place. Get ready to roll up your sleeves and color yourself happy! Children must be accompanied by a caregiver.

Whether you need to make a dull work presentation more lively, mix laughter with learning in the classroom, or ultimately want to write for print/production or perform your own stand up routine, this fast-paced session will show you how to apply humor to all aspects of your life. You will learn the anatomy a joke, how to use your powers of observation to sharpen your wit, write different types of jokes, and use humor to entertain and influence people. Informative handouts for future use are included in class fee. The instructor LeeAnne Krusemark is a former stand-up comedian at places like The Laugh Factory in Hollywood, current author and editor, and a nationwide Professor of Publishing at higher learning institutions, including Harvard Adult Education. The webinar login information will be emailed the day before class.