Pop Culture Classroom Hosts Low-Cost Workshops and Family-Fun Nights for Colorado Kids
Denver Non-profit Brings Out the Superhero in All by Offering a Variety of Ongoing Instructional Sessions Focused on Innovative Pop Culture-Based Education.
Denver, CO, February 18, 2019 --(PR.com)-- Pop Culture Classroom (PCC), the non-profit organization behind Denver Pop Culture Con, is offering a new series of after-school workshops for local kids with a pop culture-based educational focus to inspire love of learning, increase literacy, build community, and celebrate diverse voices. For a complete list of workshops and schedules, visit www.popcultureclassroom.org.
Each workshop is priced between $0-$10 and are appropriate for children ages 8 and up. They are offered on weekdays through May, with topics that include the following:
- Board Games
- Cosplay (Costumer Play)
- Comic Books
- Graphic Design
- Video Games
- Coding
Special Friday-night family movie nights and Saturday full-day workshops are also available on topics ranging from comic books, to video games, to sewing and costume making, to board games.
A diverse and educational series of summer camps for children ages 7-16 will also be offered from May 27 through August 16, 2019.
“In addition to the super-fun comic book workshops and game nights, we’ve added several new STEM-based learning programs to our spring schedule which focus on coding and video games,” said Dr. Katie Monnin, director of education for PCC.
“Science and technology can be very exciting, especially when the learning program is centered around video games or pop culture,” added Monnin. “When kids follow their interests, learning comes easily. We want to inspire a love of learning in our kids and we do so by utilizing creative mediums that are likely quite different than those they experience in a traditional classroom setting.”
About Pop Culture Classroom
Pop Culture Classroom was founded in 2010 and is a charitable organization that educates through alternative approaches to literacy, learning, and character development. The organization creates programs for underserved students, schools and communities featuring comic books, graphic novels, and related media. It hosts workshops at its new educational facilities in west Denver and within Denver-area classrooms and after-school programs. For more information, visit www.popcultureclassroom.org.
Each workshop is priced between $0-$10 and are appropriate for children ages 8 and up. They are offered on weekdays through May, with topics that include the following:
- Board Games
- Cosplay (Costumer Play)
- Comic Books
- Graphic Design
- Video Games
- Coding
Special Friday-night family movie nights and Saturday full-day workshops are also available on topics ranging from comic books, to video games, to sewing and costume making, to board games.
A diverse and educational series of summer camps for children ages 7-16 will also be offered from May 27 through August 16, 2019.
“In addition to the super-fun comic book workshops and game nights, we’ve added several new STEM-based learning programs to our spring schedule which focus on coding and video games,” said Dr. Katie Monnin, director of education for PCC.
“Science and technology can be very exciting, especially when the learning program is centered around video games or pop culture,” added Monnin. “When kids follow their interests, learning comes easily. We want to inspire a love of learning in our kids and we do so by utilizing creative mediums that are likely quite different than those they experience in a traditional classroom setting.”
About Pop Culture Classroom
Pop Culture Classroom was founded in 2010 and is a charitable organization that educates through alternative approaches to literacy, learning, and character development. The organization creates programs for underserved students, schools and communities featuring comic books, graphic novels, and related media. It hosts workshops at its new educational facilities in west Denver and within Denver-area classrooms and after-school programs. For more information, visit www.popcultureclassroom.org.
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Pop Culture Classroom
Diana Crawford
502-727-8881
http://popcultureclassroom.org/
Diana Crawford
502-727-8881
http://popcultureclassroom.org/
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