LTC 354-2020 City Funded After School Enrichment Fall 2020DocuSign Envelope ID: 36F26DD8-9CA2-4BEF-839C-966B8E55A441
MIAMI BEACH
OFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGER
354-2020 NO. LTC # LETTER TO COMMISSION
To: Mayor Dan Gelber and Members of the City Commission
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Date: October 7, 2020
Subject: City Funded Afterschool Enrichment Fall 2020 - Miami Beach Fienberg Fisher K-8,
Biscayne Beach Elementary and Miami Beach Senior High School
I am pleased to provide the status of the City's free Afterschool Enrichment Program for Fall
2020 at Miami Beach Fienberg Fisher K-8, Biscayne Beach Elementary and Miami Beach
Senior High School. Classes began the week of September 28, 2020 and will end January
29th, 2021 this semester. Registration for this year has been automated and current class
offerings are virtual. Youth continue to enroll in our school site afterschool enrichment programs
at Miami Beach Fienberg Fisher K-8, Biscayne Beach Elementary, and Miami Beach Senior
High School.
At the April 11, 2018 Commission meeting, administration received direction to develop and
implement an afterschool enrichment program at public schools in Miami Beach with limited
access to STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) activities. Support from
Miami Beach Fienberg Fisher K-8 principal Maria Costa and Biscayne Beach Elementary
principal Karen Villalba-Belusic ensures distribution of registration information within each
school community to support awareness and access.
Afterschool enrichment classes offered at Miami Beach Fienberg-Fisher K-8, Biscayne Beach
Elementary, and Miami Beach Senior High School include the following virtual options:
• Artificial Intelligence (Al) & Programming: Students will learn the hottest Al topics,
including path planning, speech recognition, machine learning, and more. They will code
a virtual robot in Calypso, an Al programming framework and use applications such as
speech recognition and path planning in their code. No prior experience is required.
• Buzzy Games: Create, Code & Play: Students team up to design, code & play live
multiplayer games. They have fun collaborating on several game design & coding
challenges by modifying existing Buzzy Game templates. No prior experience with
coding or game design is required.
• Inventive Engineering: Step into an engineer's shoes and solve engineering
challenges across various fields including aerospace, biomedical, environmental and
electrical engineering. Design, build, and test while applying the engineering design
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process to both fictional and real-world scenarios that are sure to foster the next
generation of creators and problem solvers.
• Ocean Exploration: Dive into the underwater world of the seven seas. Students will
submerge themselves in learning about the diverse life living on 71 % of the Earth's
surface, from microscopic plankton to deep sea cephalopods to the saltwater cities of
coral reefs. They will explore marine life adaptations, invasive species, and current
environmental challenges facing ocean creatures throughout this deep dive into oceans.
• Unplugged Logic/Mathematics Games: Youth will use playing cards, board games
and floor games for the development of computational and algebraic thinking. The youth
will learn playing card tricks based on mathematics and will use playing cards to learn
efficient sorting algorithms. Some classic toys that will be used to also study algorithms
are: Tower of Hanoi, Rubik's Cube, Master Mind and Triangle Peg Solitaire. Other
puzzles, problems and games such as the Scramble Squares Puzzle, the Syracuse
Problem and the Broken Squares Game will be used.
• 3D Printing (Biscayne Beach only): Youth will use 3D printing as a means to develop
their spatial visualization ability. Three types of printing to which youth will be exposed
are: printing from a file, printing a robotics part, and printing a solid by revolving a 2D
shape about an axis. Design thinking will be explored to expose youth to how engineers
define a problem, come up with solutions, and create and test prototypes. During the
printing of objects, the youth learn about measurement and scale.
• MIT Scratch (Biscayne Beach only): Youth will be introduced to Scratch programming
language by creating an online Scratch account in which they will save games and
projects. They will learn to create games individually and follow project requirements in a
group format. Several higher-level programming commands beyond variables, loops,
conditionals and arrays will be learned. Group projects will be based on a theme
common to all class participants. Gits will be downloaded and converted into frames to
animate characters that interact with each other.
• Book Club (Fienberg only): Youth will read a new novel every month, and
share/discuss what they have read, as well as complete activities related to the novel.
• Jazz Dance (Fienberg only): Youth will focus on learning proper dance technique such
as isolation of the body (torso and hips) improving performance quality and developing
complex rhythms and patterns. Youth will be exposed to various styles of jazz such as
broadway, hip-hop and contemporary to help develop a well-rounded dancer. Class
curriculum is based on ballet technique layered with jazz movements. The class will
include a proper warm-up, stretches, isolation, cross the floor progressions and
combinations. As youth progress through each level curriculum the movements will
become more complex and intricate.
• Rock Ensemble (Miami Beach Senior High only): Musicians will meet in-person in
the Gleason Room at the Fillmore on Tuesdays. On Thursdays the ensemble will break
into 3 groups of 4-6 students, divided between vocalists, instrumentalists, and music
tech engineers.
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In addition to the above enrichment, the following classes will be available both virtual and in-
person beginning in Spring 2021:
• Playing with Physics: Accelerate an interest in physical sciences with thrilling lessons
exploring gravity, magnetism, forces and energy. Students will start off with mechanic
fundamentals in simple machines and then increase momentum by investigating the
laws of motion and electricity before venturing into the application of physics to
cosmology and astronomy.
• Environmental Guardians: Unearth the science in the natural world with intriguing
investigations exploring human impact, alternative energy sources, green infrastructure,
and climate change. Students will create solar cars, discuss marine debris, and learn
how buildings like Frost Science tackles green infrastructure while also examining
current environmental issues leaving no stone unturned and brainstorm solution to
answer the call to be guardians of Earth!
• Robotics: Youth learn about the confluence of mechanics, electronics and
programming. The youth learn to program user-controlled code and autonomous code in
two different manners, one of which stresses the importance of design thinking and
another that stresses task functionality. The youth learn to design and order parts that
are 3D printed to complement the robotics equipment parts. Emphasis is given to youth
learning to tell a story about the task their robots perform.
• Healthy Me: (Fienberg only): Activities will include sports rotations (football, soccer,
kickball, and basketball), a garden rotation, and discussions on healthy choices
including, but not limited to food and beverage choices, exercise, and health lifestyle
choices.
• Cheerleading (Fienberg only): Youth participating in cheerleading will perform and
participate in the following activities: running, calisthenics, basic jump learning, basic
pyramid, basic dance moves, motivational cheers, and community service helping with
school events.
• Volleyball (Fienberg only): Youth will play volleyball to help them develop eye-hand
coordination, reflexes, and balance. Youth will also develop social skills, teamwork, and
sportsmanship.
• Flag Football (Fienberg only): Youth will play flag football to help them develop eye-
hand coordination, reflexes, and balance. Youth will also develop social skills, teamwork,
and sportsmanship.
• Basketball (Fienberg only): Youth will play basketball to help them develop eye-hand
coordination, reflexes, and balance. Youth will also develop social skills, teamwork, and
sportsmanship.
We will continue to support our vision of being a prosperous city with a special flavor of arts,
culture, education, and business with management objectives of being known for educational
excellence (K-12). If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Dr. Leslie Rosenfeld.
MT/LDR
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The City of Miami Beach is funding FREE afterschool enrichment classes for students at
Miami Beach Fienberg Fisher KS (grades 3-8) and Biscayne Beach Elementary (grades 3-5).
Classes include: 3D Printing, Math and logic games, Science Fair, Bookclub, Artificial
Intelligence [Al), Games and Coding, Ocean Exploration, Inventive Engineering, Jazz,
Basketball, Volleyball, Flag Football and Healthy Me.
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• Under "After School Programs" choose either Fienberg Enrichment or Biscayne Enrichment
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For questions, contact liana Vasseur at LianaVasseur@miamibeachfl.gov.
or leave a message with Manny Ramos at 305.673-7000 ext 26953 ,
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Lo Ciudad de M iami Beach ofrece un programa de enriquecimiento extracurricular gratis
para los estudiantes de Fienbe rg Fisher K8 Center [de 3° a 8 grado) y de Biscayne Beach
Elementary (de 3 a 5° grado).
Las clases incluyen: Impresión en 3D, Juegos de Matemáticas y Lógica, Feria de Ciencias,
Club de Lectura, Inteligencia Artificial {Al), Juegos y Codificación, Exploración Oceánica,
Ingeniería Inventiva, Baile de Jazz, Baloncesto, Voleibol, Fútbol con Banderas y Yo Saludable.
• Inscríbase visitando register.miamibeachparks.com
• Nuevo usuario? Oprima "Create an Account" {Crear uno cuenta) para añadir la
info rmación de la familia
• En "After School Programs" elija "Fienberg Enrichment" o "Biscayne Enrichment" para
inscribirse en las clases.
Par a más información comuníquese con Liana Vasseur al LianaVasseur@miamibeachfl.g~v.
o deje un mensaje con Manny Ramos en 305.673.7000 ext 26953 V. • HA