Discovery Week (DYP)

Discovery Week is scheduled for February 19-22. During Discovery Week, we set aside the ordinary school week and provide students with hands-on, student-centered learning opportunities. Students will have the chance to choose from 60+ classes. We need your help to make it happen.

Here are some of the sixty classes planned:

origami • firearms and hunting • Japanese cooking • making deer calls • cribbage • bead making • job shadowing • juggling • Dancing with the Stars• music residency • theater games • herbal medicine • organic jewelry making • outdoor survival • cooking 101 • trebuchet making • digital photography • paint.net • traditional fishing • drumming • instrument making • skateboard decks • glass mosaics • mural design • Coast Guard boot camp • digital storytelling • documentary film making • cedar bark work • Ravenstail weaving • seal oil rendering • babysitting 101 • readers’ theater • Pilates • archery • sea kayaking • Filipino cooking • steam punk costuming • first aid • soap making • water polo • knitting • vocal • breakdancing • freshwater fishing • Russian cooking

Hands-on learning requires materials: tools, utensils, paper, wood, clay, paint, camera cards, groceries, wax, and much more. We also use funds to pay for rental fees.

The aim of the project is to help students build assets for a healthy and happy life. This program complements Blatchley’s anti-bullying and “positive behavioral supports” programs in building students’ assets for success. 99% of students surveyed about DYP 2011 expressed strong approval or WILD ENTHUSIASM for DYP.

Do you have a skill you would like to share? DYP needs instructors and class aides during Discovery Week. Please email Kari Sagel at sagelk@sitkaschools.org or call 907-752-7323 for more information. Please help us spread the word about our indiegogo campaign. Post us on Facebook.