Upper School Intersession 2025: Full Schedule

Student sign-up timeline:

Monday, November 18 @ 3:15 – 12th Grade
Tuesday, November 19 @ 3:15 – 11th Grade
Wednesday, November 20 @ 3:15 – 10th Grade
Thursday, November 21 @ 3:15 – 9th Grade
November 21-30 – Sign-ups/changes open to all. After December 1, schedules will be frozen.

arrow_back View All Dates

8:55am PST

Cu-Bop Latin Jazz Ensemble

Thursday January 9, 2025 8:55am - Friday January 10, 2025 3:10pm PST

Legendary Cuban musicians Axel Tosca and Jesus Diaz will be leading Nueva musicians in an intense rehearsal format teaching Afro-Cuban jazz styles both contemporary and traditional. With Axel on keyboards and Jesus on percussion you will learn to groove in new styles and have a great time working with two of the best around. You’ll learn the Mambo, Cha Cha, Songo and more.

This will run as a Tuesday-Wednesday session and again on Thursday-Friday. YOU CAN SIGN UP FOR ONE OR BOTH SESSIONS! Both groups will culminate with a lunchtime performance on Friday.

All instruments welcome!

Facilitators

Jim Munzenreider

The Nueva School

Axel’s Bio, check it out!https://www.axeltosca.com/bioRodney’s Bio, insane!https://www.discussionsinpercussion.com/home/2021/2/2/214-rodney-barreto-drummer-for-chucho-valdes-omara-portuondo-havana-de-primera-amp-more

Thursday January 9, 2025 8:55am - Friday January 10, 2025 3:10pm PST
TBA

2-Day intensive

Content Category Music

8:55am PST

Playing Politics: A Political Role Playing Game

Thursday January 9, 2025 8:55am - Friday January 10, 2025 3:10pm PST

TBA

Prepare to practice the art of politics in the Civic Mirror® political role-playing game. You will inhabit a country modeled after the U.S. and will have an opportunity to manage a business, run for office, and serve on a jury. If someone sues you or charges you with a crime, you will be put on trial. You will need to find a way to keep the members of your family alive (provide them with food, shelter, medical care, etc.) while pursuing your "hidden agenda" (secret goals). You will work through the real-life challenges and trade-offs necessary to enact legislation in a country where people's goals are often in conflict.

Facilitators

Lee Miller

College of San Mateo

Lee has been a professor of political science at College of San Mateo since 2008 and has been teaching in the Nueva summer program since 2012. Lee earned a Ph.D. in political science at UCLA and also has studied at Brandeis University (Massachusetts), Oxford University (England) and... Read More →

Thursday January 9, 2025 8:55am - Friday January 10, 2025 3:10pm PST
TBA

2-Day intensive

Content Category Philosophy/Social Science/Law/Politics, Equity and Social Justice

8:55am PST

Woodworking: Build A Bandsaw Box

Thursday January 9, 2025 8:55am - Friday January 10, 2025 3:10pm PST

TBA

With designer/woodworker Katie Kilanowski, you will build your very own bandsaw box. Bandsaw boxes are boxes made out of wood using only a bandsaw for cutting them out. The wood may be a solid block, a laminated block, or a log from the woodpile. Whereas most boxes have straight sides and square corners, bandsaw boxes have virtually no shape restrictions.

Facilitators

Katie Kilanowski

Kila Co.

Katie Kilanowski is a full-time woodworker who specializes in custom furniture fabrication and sculptural lighting fixtures. The artist attempts to bridge the gap between fine art and furniture, paying homage to the studio furniture movement. Curved lines and smooth contours reference... Read More →

Thursday January 9, 2025 8:55am - Friday January 10, 2025 3:10pm PST
TBA

2-Day intensive

Content Category Fine and Industrial Arts/Crafts