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It's About to Get Loud! Porsche Track Experience + Luxurious Accomodations! Valued at $3000
Spend two nights in an executive suite at the Kimpton Overland Hotel in Atlanta, Georgia. Kimpton Overland pampers discerning travelers with a sophisticated design and high service standards. The hotel offers luxurious rooms and a Rooftop Lounge with panoramic views of the Porsche handling course.
While there, you will have the change to experience the Porsche Track Experience, the Official US Driving School of Porsche. At the Experience, world class instructors value learning by doing. You will choose a program (skills, test drive, even racing). Each program is designed to meet the needs and abilities of their clients-offering Precision, Performance, or even Advanced courses where you can earn your SCCA full competition license. Hone your skills in the Porsche model of your choosing to get more pleasure out of every drive.
And, when all that excitement makes you hungry, enjoy a meal with a $150 to Two Urban Licks.
Learn more about this incredible driving experience at:
https://www.porschedriving.com/atlanta
Is your son struggling in a subject or need a little extra help? Sign your son up for two hours of tutoring by a Senior Landon Bear before exams.
Jonathan Caplan will help your son study for latin, history, and english. Contact Jonathan_caplan@landon.net to arrange.
Throw yourself into the art of journaling! Beloved Landon LS teacher (and journaler) Rebecca Poyatt will show your writer all different types of journals, from the dream journal, to the gratitude journal, to the journals that showcase each writer's creativity. Writers will take a field trip to the craft store, and fill the pages of their blank journals with personal entries, pictures, quotes, dreams, mementos, and more. Writers will express their writing through multi-genre entries, immerse themselves in journal-y literature, such as Dear Dumb Diary and Dork Diaries, and get to know some famous journalers, all while creating a beautiful keepsake journal. By the end of the workshop, writers will be full-fledged members of the journaling community, sharing, growing, and writing out their dear diary moments.
One two-week session, July 1-12, 1-3:30 p.m.
Boys and girls, rising 4th through rising 6th graders.
For more details see https://www.landon.net/page.cfm?p=7783.
Do you love to play the violin? Do you want to learn how to play fiddle music? It's easy and fun! Fiddle tunes are simple and you can even learn them by ear - we can show you how. Beloved Landon orchestra director, concert violinist and fiddle champion Mr. Robert Spates will teach you to play Irish music, Bluegrass, and other fiddle styles. Each day starts with an easy warm up. We will then listen to different kinds of fiddle music, see how the tunes are put together, and try them out for ourselves. We will read some from sheet music, but many of them we will learn by ear. After lunch, we can get creative and even make up our own tunes. On Friday, July 12 at 2:30 p.m. we will have a jam session for parents and friends to attend. So join us and have some foot-stompin' fun!
One-week session, July 8-12, 9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.
for boys and girls, rising 4th through rising 12th graders.
Prerequisite: At least two years of violin experience or completion of Suzuki Book 1. Students should be comfortable playing scales in first position.
For more details see https://www.landon.net/page.cfm?p=7784
Review your Algebra skills and prepare yourself for a great start in Geometry/ Algebra 2/ Pre-Calculus. It's just two hours a day for two weeks.
One two-week session, July 15-26, 9:30-11:30 a.m.
Boys and girls, rising 9th through rising 12th graders
Prerequisite: successful completion of Algebra 1. Taught by MCPS teacher Valerie Frank.
See details at https://www.landon.net/page.cfm?p=8005&pback=4402
Yoga? Mindfulness? Journaling? Walking? Many different coping techniques allow you to disconnect from stressors and reconnect to your center. Beloved Landon MS history teacher Francesca Panarelli will help campers learn different activities to help them relax, alleviate stress, and most importantly, calm their minds, bodies, and souls. Each day starts with yoga in the Perkins Garden, followed by a mindfulness technique for the day. This includes tasting different kinds of herbal tea, practicing mindful meditation, walking in nature, and daily journal entries to promote a sense of calm. We will also visit a local walking trail to experience the beauty and serenity of nature. Campers will receive a handout each day to summarize the technique they studied to promote more frequent practice and to allow them to share their new knowledge with family and friends.
Choose one of three one-week sessions, June 17-21, July 8-12, July 15-19, 9 a.m.-12 p.m. Boys and girls, rising 4th through rising 7th graders.
For more details see: https://www.landon.net/page.cfm?p=7791
Your boy or girl lacrosse player will have a great time and improve their skills at one of Madlax's lacrosse camps this summer. There are several different camps to choose from based on the interests and needs of your player.
The camps are for rising 2nd to rising 12th grade boys and girls and focus on various aspects of the game--attack, defense, face-offs, goalies, and overall lacrosse.
For more information check out https://capital.madlax.com/summercamps
You want your home to feel like a sanctuary, but you don't know where to start?
Three hours of closet/home organization help by by professional organizer and home management guru Erin Barbot. (Marie Kondo, step aside!)
check Erin out at https://erinbarbotandco.com
Are you ready to become the best version of yourself? To create lasting change in your life? To go from surviving to thriving? If so, life coaching is for you! Life coaching will challenge you to focus on who you are, what you really want and why you want it, and will help you identify and break through any barriers holding you back from achieving your full potential.
Taryn Laughlin, a Certified Professional Life Coach trained in iPEC's Core Energy Coaching process, will help you creat and experience your life of your choosing. Taryn will help you tap into your inner purpose and passion and connect that with outer goals and tasks to bring about extraordinary and sustainable results. Taryn is certified through the International Coach Federation and Dr. Sears.
Each session is 1 hour long and will be held over the phone.
Check out www.tarynlaughlin.com.
Are you ready to become the best version of yourself? To create lasting change in your life? To go from surviving to thriving? If so, life coaching is for you! Life coaching will challenge you to focus on who you are, what you really want and why you want it, and will help you identify and break through any barriers holding you back from achieving your full potential.
Taryn Laughlin, a Certified Professional Life Coach trained in iPEC's Core Energy Coaching process, will help you creat and experience your life of your choosing. Taryn will help you tap into your inner purpose and passion and connect that with outer goals and tasks to bring about extraordinary and sustainable results. Taryn is certified through the International Coach Federation and Dr. Sears.
This is a one hour long session and will be held over the phone.
Check out www.tarynlaughlin.com.
Sugar and Ice and everything nice--for your party!
Our signature Sugar & Ice Candy bars offer a curated selection of sweet & savory treats which can be customized to your tastes for your special event, celebration or red carpet gala. With our breathtaking candyscapes, displays and intriguing selection of sweet treats our signature Sugar & Ice experiences are the highlight of any special event.
Signature Sugar and Ice Candy Bar serves up to 25 guests for up to two hours. This includes set-up, break-down, and an attendant to assist guests during the event.
Check out www.sugar-and-ice.com
The Tuppers are "DC's Original Beer Geeks." This fun package includes:
* A signed copy of Drinking In the Culture: Tuppers' Guide to Experiencing Great Beer in Europe--the first ever guide to finding, not just good beer, but good beer places, in two dozen of the best cities in the world to drink local beer. From the universities of Sheffield, England, to the historic palaces of Prague, from the well-known beer mecca of Brussels to the little Bavarian gem of Passau, here are gardens, cellars, plazas and ancient halls, all featuring unique and superb local brews amid the rich history and culture of Europe. See www.CulturAlePress.com.
* A set of four glasses well suited for tasting craft beers. Logos are of the iconic Tuppers' Hop Pocket beers that won gold medals at the Great American Beer Festival in the 1990s.
* A four-year old vintage aged bottle of Mother Tupper's Back of the Cupboard Imperial Rye Pale Ale. Brewed at Lost Rhino in Ashburn, Virginia, this a strong rye ale at 9.4% alcohol by volume and 94 IBUs to celebrate Bob's mother's 94th birthday. It sold out in weeks.
Give your favorite Bear a confident start on the right paw in school this fall.
The StudyPro Essential Study Skills Course teaches the 10 skills that match what is being asked of a student in school. Your Bear will receive a personalized learning style assessment and leave understanding the most effective study strategies for his unique learning style. Skills covered include time management, organization, planning and note-taking.
The course is broken down into five 2-hour modules and is held at The StudyPro Center in McLean, VA. In addition to the course, the winning bidder will receive three free sessions in our coached Homework Center, where study skills and subject matter coaches are provided for support.
This course is held during the summer and the school year for both MS and HS (grades 6-12).
Check it out at www.thestudypro.com
