2025 Humanities Fair event information

Sunday, April 27, 1 pm to 4 pm
Nueva Upper School

Join us for an afternoon of presentations, performances, hands-on workshops, and interactive exhibits, as Nueva students PreK to 12 and their families explore what it means to build a society. 

You’ll choose your own adventure from a menu of 30+ unique sessions led by our special guests and Nueva students, faculty, and parents. Make a plan using the session descriptions and the schedule at a glance. Food trucks will be parked. by the cafe lawn to provide afternoon snacks and treats before and after sessions (free for guests!).

Parking is available in the on-campus garage and adjacent overflow lot. Please enter through the 28th Avenue driveway and check in with the onsite Nueva security. We recommend all attendees park on campus due to stricter San Mateo parking enforcement in the Bay Meadows neighborhood.  For those who prefer public transportation, CalTrain’s Hillsdale station is just one block away.

NOTE: Please be advised that this is *not* a drop-off event. Parents are invited to join their child(ren) in the lower school sessions (required for preK-2, at parents’ discretion for grades 3 to 4).

Session descriptions

Lower/Middle School

Middle/Upper School

All Ages

1 to 2 PM

Freestyle and Flow with Frak
Join Bay Area rapper Frak for an exclusive live freestyle performance, guided rap writing exercises, and a chance to share your voice during a short open mic. Whether you’re a seasoned lyricist or just curious, this session is for anyone ready to play with words and rhythm!

Middle and Upper School students.

Frak is a Bay Area rapper, songwriter, freestyler, comedian, and person. He is a cast-member on Nick Cannon’s Wild N’ Out, and has performed on platforms such as Sway, On the Radar, Kai Cenat, MTV & BET. 

Collective Community Mural: What Does Being An American Mean To You?
In this workshop led by students Ellie L and Rachel Y, participants will explore the question “What does being an American mean to you?” through black-out poetry and collage. After the session, all student works will be displayed as a collective installation at the Nueva campus.

All ages.

Ellie L ’26 and Rachel Y ’26 are co-leads of Art and Writing for Social Impact (AWSI) club, a team that creates school installations and galleries to promote community engagement and activism within the arts.

The Greek Mythology Adventure Hour
Dive into the magical world of Greek mythology with with Student Raksha K. This fun session brings gods, heroes, and mythical creatures to life. Discover exciting stories, and unleash your imagination as you explore legends that have inspired art, culture, and adventure for thousands of years!

Lower and Middle School students.

Raksha Kashyap ’35 has been a fanatic of mythology since 1st grade. Greek mythology is especially close to her heart and she is excited to share at the Humanities Fair.

Light & Dark: Creating with Notan
Discover the art of Notan—a Japanese design concept that explores the balance between light and dark, positive and negative space. In this hands-on workshop with Deborah Snyder, you’ll cut, flip, and arrange shapes to create striking paper compositions that play with symmetry, contrast, and design. Explore how opposites can work together to make something beautiful.

2nd grade and older.

Deborah Snyder is a Math Specialist and Math Curriculum Coordinator for Nueva’s Lower School.

Make A Corn Husk Doll with Peopleologie (5th–8th grade)
Hand crafting with corn husks is a centuries-old indigenous tradition throughout the Americas and wherever corn grows. This may be one of the oldest forms of doll-making on our side of the world. Create your own doll of any gender using corn husks, tying and knotting skills. Dress it up or down, add accessories, and it’s display and play-ready!

5th–8th grade students. (2nd–4th grade session at 2 p.m.)

Linda Janklow is the founding director/educator of Peopleologie, a hands-on humanities and cultural arts program for ages 5 to 105. https://www.peopleologie.com/about.

Behind the System: A Youth Lens on Juvenile Justice Reform
Nueva freshman Ayaan D will share highlights from his interview with Ms. Vaishali Sirkay, a Commissioner on the Santa Clara County Juvenile Justice Commission. They discussed what youth justice looks like behind the scenes—what’s working, what isn’t, and how reform happens on the ground. Ayaan will offer personal reflections on the conversation, surprises, and how this connects to his broader interest in justice and advocacy. Through excerpts from the interview and his own commentary, He hopes to give the community a perspective on the challenges and possibilities within the juvenile justice system.

Middle and Upper School students.

Ayaan D is a Nueva Upper School student.

Learn What It Takes to Design Your Own Instrument
Matt Small — bassist, composer, founder, inventor, educator, and long-time professional musician in San Francisco — will lead an interactive discussion on his patent-pending electric bass inventions. Three custom-designed and hand-built basses will be displayed and discussed, focusing on getting students and parents thinking about how custom design principles intersect with how master luthiers build instruments, which ultimately wind up on performing arts stages. Topics to be covered include engineering, machine and hand woodworking, artistic expression and performance, acoustics, body health and ergonomic design, electrical engineering, history of instrument making, patent law, and travel logistics (if we have time for all that!).

6th–12th grade students (younger students OK with parents present; the instruments are fragile!)

Hailed by the San Francisco Chronicle as “a gifted San Francisco bassist and composer whose alluringly original music draws on a rich range of classical, jazz and indigenous music,” Matt Small has been developing his own cutting-edge, multi-genre work in the Bay Area since 1997. With a deep dedication to his craft and an unrelenting spirit of curiosity, Small explores a wide variety of musical traditions while exercising “a strong aesthetic sensibility” (Down Beat Magazine). Small has found inspiration from a vast array of music, including jazz, experimental, popular, Western classical, and indigenous music styles from around the world.

Whatcha Mean, What’s A Zine?
Let’s express ourselves and educate others by getting crafty and making zines! Though modern zines are made using handmade drawings, photos, and copy machines, we will combine our favorite aspects from the past and present to create our very own self-published magazine. Workshop will consist of a brief introduction to the zine and open craft time to make your mark! Open to everyone, materials will be provided. Led by student Grace C ’25 of the Zine Club.

6th grade and up.

Grace C is a senior at Nueva.

Chopin & Jazz
Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849) was a Polish composer and pianist of the Romantic period, known for his expressive and technically sophisticated piano works. Join student Celina L ’31 and pianist Xueyang Wang to listen to and analyze several of Chopin’s piano pieces to learn about Chopin’s profound influence on jazz.

All ages.

Celina Liu ’31 and pianist Xueyang Wang. https://www.h-musicandarts.com/teacher-xueyang-wang

Panel Discussion: So, What Can I Do with a Humanities Degree When I Grow Up?
Humanities spans a wide range of disciplines such as literature, philosophy, film studies, history and languages. But what do Humanities graduates do after they graduate? How did having a Humanities degree help them later in life? This panel brings together a set of Nueva parents with diverse backgrounds to discuss their career journey, share a “day in their life” at work and answer questions.

Middle School and up.

Moderated by Craig Sprosts and featuring Abigail Wen – author, film director ; Karin Wood – Nueva Communications Director; Liza Percer – author & editor; Joy Alferness – public policy advocate, nonprofit leader.

Turning Life into Words: Writing A Memorable College Essay
Learn how storytelling can make your essay stand out among other applicants using strategies to explore and expand upon given essay prompts. Engage in playful activities to generate unique essay ideas and harness specific, personal experiences to address essay prompts effectively.

Upper School students.

Corey Rosen is a writer, actor, visual effects producer, and storytelling teacher based in San Francisco.  He hosts The Moth StorySlams and GrandSlams, and has been featured on The Moth Radio Hour. Corey is a performer at BATS Improv, one of the world’s foremost centers for Improvisational Theater and is the author of “Your Story, Well Told: Creative Strategies to Develop and Perform Stories that Wow an Audience” and  “A Story for Everything: Mastering Diverse Storytelling for Any Occasion,” a comprehensive guide to storytelling for professional, educational, and personal success. www.coreyrosen.com.  Instagram, TikTok and Facebook: @storyrosen.

The Mystery of Things: Some Philosophical Conundrums
Philosophy, it is often said, is motivated by wonder and perplexity. Join us to explore some philosophical puzzles that raise questions about things we ordinarily take for granted.

7th grade and up.

Rich Booher teaches philosophy at De Anza College, Marie Burks teaches history and philosophy at Nueva Upper School.

Writing for Impact: Op-eds and Public Engagement
Writing short articles for the public is an important skill in the scholar’s toolkit. It’s how we can share our research, connect it meaningfully to current debates, and reach new readers. This workshop will offer tips for brainstorming, pitching, and writing impactful op-eds, and a panel of practicing historians will discuss writing for a general audience.

All ages.

Felicia Viator is the associate editor for the Made By History column at TIME. She will be joined by Erica Wetter, a LS parent and acquisitions editor for Stanford University Press; and Lindy Jensen, an US teacher and passionate advocate for scientists to engage with the public through storytelling.

Cartooning for Graphic Novels and Comic Strips
Do you want to learn to draw professional comic strips and graphic novels? Then this workshop is for you. Join cartoonist Khalid Birdsong as he shows you step-by-step how to design characters and reveals the secrets of drawing dynamic and professional-looking comic pages.

3rd–8th grade students.

Khalid Birdsong is an art teacher and cartoonist living in the Bay Area. His comic strip Little Fried Chicken and Sushi is syndicated on GoComics, and he’s worked as a freelance illustrator and published several comic book collections.

2 to 3 PM

Masculinity Goes Pop! Symbolism, Representation, and Hyperstition
In this interactive session with Shawn Taylor, we will explore the ways masculinity and manhood are portrayed in popular culture, and how these portrayals have real world impact for our young men and boys. We will discuss body image, the man-o-sphere, and how to best support the boys/young men in your life to resist the more harmful messages.

7th grade and up.

Aside from being Nueva School’s Director of Equity and Inclusion, Shawn Taylor is a senior fellow with the Pop Cultural Collaborative, cultural critic, music writer, folklorist, and The Moth storySLAM winner. For most of his career, he has been an advocate for healthy masculinity. His proudest accomplishment is the creation of the, “What I Need You To Know…” (2025) audio project, an inter-generational work where men and boys express what they felt the world needed to know about their experiences.

Collective Community Mural: What Does Being An American Mean To You?
In this workshop led by students Ellie L and Rachel Y, participants will explore the question “What does being an American mean to you?” through black-out poetry and collage. After the session, all student works will be displayed as a collective installation at the Nueva campus.

All ages.

Ellie L ’26 and Rachel Y ’26 are co-leads of Art and Writing for Social Impact (AWSI) club, a team that creates school installations and galleries to promote community engagement and activism within the arts.

Woven Connections: A Journey Through Wool
Students will explore the journey of wool through a presentation on its origins and fabric-making process. They’ll engage in hands-on projects with parent Boyi Phiri, weaving with yarn or creating friendship bracelets, and experience carding wool, gaining insight into the art of textile creation.

Lower School students.

Boyi Phiri is a Nueva parent.

Storytelling Through Shadow Boxes
Students bring their stories to life by designing and creating shadow boxes and puppets that capture key moments, themes, or settings. This hands-on activity with teacher Fen Zhang encourages creativity, visual storytelling, and deeper comprehension, as students transform narrative elements into three-dimensional scenes that reflect their interpretation and understanding of the story.

All ages.

Lower School associate teacher Fen Zhang is a passionate educator and lifelong learner dedicated to nurturing curiosity, connection, and growth in classrooms and beyond.

Make A Corn Husk Doll with Peopleologie (2nd–4th grade)
Hand crafting with corn husks is a centuries-old indigenous tradition throughout the Americas and wherever corn grows. This may be one of the oldest forms of doll-making on our side of the world. Create your own doll of any gender using corn husks, tying and knotting skills. Dress it up or down, add accessories, and it’s display and play-ready!

2nd–4th grade students. (5th–8th grade session at 1 p.m.)

Linda Janklow is the founding director/educator of Peopleologie, a hands-on humanities and cultural arts program for ages 5 to 105. https://www.peopleologie.com/about.

Middle School Geography Bee
Test your knowledge of all things geography in this fast-paced trivia GeoBee with triviamaster Rachel Freeman!

Middle School students. (Upper School Geobee is at 3 p.m.)

Rachel is the Nueva communications and website manager and ‘resident triviamaster.’ During COVID lockdown, Rachel facilitated and led more than 25 trivia games for members of the Nueva community. She loves trivia and seeing how much Nueva community members know!

Learn What It Takes to Design Your Own Instrument
Matt Small — bassist, composer, founder, inventor, educator, and long-time professional musician in San Francisco — will lead an interactive discussion on his patent-pending electric bass inventions. Three custom-designed and hand-built basses will be displayed and discussed, focusing on getting students and parents thinking about how custom design principles intersect with how master luthiers build instruments, which ultimately wind up on performing arts stages. Topics to be covered include engineering, machine and hand woodworking, artistic expression and performance, acoustics, body health and ergonomic design, electrical engineering, history of instrument making, patent law, and travel logistics (if we have time for all that!).

6th–12th grade students (younger students OK with parents present; the instruments are fragile!)

Hailed by the San Francisco Chronicle as “a gifted San Francisco bassist and composer whose alluringly original music draws on a rich range of classical, jazz and indigenous music,” Matt Small has been developing his own cutting-edge, multi-genre work in the Bay Area since 1997. With a deep dedication to his craft and an unrelenting spirit of curiosity, Small explores a wide variety of musical traditions while exercising “a strong aesthetic sensibility” (Down Beat Magazine). Small has found inspiration from a vast array of music, including jazz, experimental, popular, Western classical, and indigenous music styles from around the world.

Goldilocks Reimagined
In this session, we will explore the classic fairy tale and read a humorous version that flips the conventional version on its head. Who really is Goldilocks? What do her actions tell us? Once we read the “other version,” we will make a comic strip or a Wanted poster.

3rd–5th grade students.

Sharmistha Ghosh is the 4th grade humanities teacher at Nueva.

Classical Music Club Presents: Dmitri Murrath and Mitchell Mutz on Careers in Music
Join the Nueva Classical Music Club and special guest violinist Dimitri Murrath and French Horn player Mitchell Mutz.

All ages.

Violist Dimitri Murrath is a member of the Esmé String Quartet and Professor of Viola at San Francisco Conservatory of Music. French Horn player Mitchell Mutz was a member of the Stuttgart Opera Orchestra before pivoting to a career in biotech and venture capital.

Blast off with The Comic Adventures of Astrid and Stella
Join Sabrina and Eunice Moyle, the graphic novel writer and illustrator duo behind The Cosmic Adventures of Astrid and Stella, for an exciting and creative workshop! In this fun-filled session, they will introduce their latest book in the series, Blast from the Past, and share behind-the-scenes insights into the making of the graphic novel. Then, get ready to roll up your sleeves as Sabrina and Eunice guide you through a live drawing demonstration, showing you how to bring Astrid the unicorn to life on the page. Whether you’re a budding artist or a fan of the series, you’ll walk away with new drawing skills and a deeper appreciation for the creative process. Don’t miss this cosmic adventure in art and storytelling!

Lower School students. (Sabrina Moyle is offering a second session on storytelling for Middle and Upper School students at 3 p.m.)

The Moyle sisters are the creative team behind Hello!Lucky and their bestselling books for children.

American Sign Language (7th–12th grade)
Of the more than 380 languages used in the United States, only one of these consists of hand gestures, body movements and facial expressions, rather than the spoken word. Get a ‘feel’ for American Sign Language as we learn the ASL alphabet, play games, sing and sign our way through this exciting hands-on workshop! You will learn enough signs to chat with your friends from across the room . . . without making a sound!

7th grade and up.

Bill White is the founder of Happy Baby Signs, author of Signs of a Happy Baby.

Critical Thinking: A Superpower for School, Life, and the Future
In this fun, interactive session with Tony Zhang, students will learn how to ask better questions, spot misleading information, and think logically. Tony will introduce key tools like The Elements of Reasoning and Intellectual Standards to help students make smart decisions in school, friendships, and online. With real-life examples and a Q&A session, this talk will show how thinking clearly can improve problem-solving, creativity, and confidence. Join us for a mind-opening experience.

Upper School students.

Tony (Tao) Zhang is a Critical Thinking expert and a member of the Critical Thinking Foundation. With a background in engineering and over 20 years in IT consulting, he now teaches thinking skills to kids and adults. He loves writing, traveling, and helping students develop clear, logical, and open-minded reasoning.

Telling Your Story and Finding Other Stories
In this session Melanie Thernstrom will talk about memoir writing and journalism. Violet will talk about writing and researching historical fiction. We will do some exercises to help you find your own stories.

Upper School students.

Violet C is a Nueva student in class of ’28. Melanie Thernstrom is a NYT best-selling author, memorist and journalist. melanie.thernstrom.com.

Chinese Brush Painting: Ink, Water, and Landscape Poetry
Upper School teacher Jamie will teach Chinese brush painting using ink and water. It is one of the oldest living arts in the world—over 6,000 years old. The participants will learn the culture, art, and poetry that is incorporated in the brush painting. The students will also have an opportunity to make their own art work.

Middle School students.

Jamie Gao teaches Mandarin at the Upper School.

3 to 4 PM

Open Mic
An hour of open mic on the WRC stage.

All ages.

Collective Community Mural: What Does Being An American Mean To You?
In this workshop led by students Ellie L and Rachel Y, participants will explore the question “What does being an American mean to you?” through black-out poetry and collage. After the session, all student works will be displayed as a collective installation at the Nueva campus.

All ages.

Ellie L ’26 and Rachel Y ’26 are co-leads of Art and Writing for Social Impact (AWSI) club, a team that creates school installations and galleries to promote community engagement and activism within the arts.

Strung Through Time: From Zulu Bead Code to the Eras Tour
Join student Taryn H (’27) to explore the rich history of beading across continents and centuries and participate in hands-on beading!

Lower and Middle School students.

Taryn H is a Nueva Upper School student.

Collaging Figurative Language
Join LS teacher Priscilla Jih to create illustrations and art around pieces of figurative language. You can make a little bookmark or art piece based on idioms around the world, hyperboles, or more.

2nd grade and up.

Priscilla is a Third Grade Lead Teacher and loves to see all the wonderful poetic creations students make each year.

AIDS, Conceptual Art & Activism through Felix Gonzales-Torres
Join Kelly Huang for an introduction to contemporary conceptual art through the poetic work of Felix Gonzales-Torres. As the AIDS crisis was unfolding in the United States, Gonzalez-Torres used the power of art to create empathy, understanding and compassion.

Upper School students.

Kelly Huang has dedicated her professional career to expanding access to and interest in contemporary art. She is the founder KCH Advisory, helping individuals build meaningful collections of contemporary art. Kelly was previously the Co-Director of Gagosian San Francisco, where she curated exhibitions and programmed special events. Previous to that, Kelly spent ten years as an art advisor with Zlot Buell + Associates in San Francisco, helping a new generation of Bay Area clients participate at every level of the contemporary art world while building and managing curated collections of art. She also has extensive experience in building corporate and public art collections. In addition to advising private clients, Kelly serves as the Art Basel VIP Representative for the West Coast, US and is the founder of the biennial Gold Art Prize, a partnership with Gold House to support and elevate artists from the Asian diaspora.

Upper School Geography Bee
Test your knowledge of all things geography in this fast-paced trivia GeoBee with triviamaster Rachel Freeman!

Upper School students. (Middle School Geobee is at 2 p.m.)

Rachel is the Nueva communications and website manager and ‘resident triviamaster.’ During COVID lockdown, Rachel facilitated and led more than 25 trivia games for members of the Nueva community. She loves trivia and seeing how much Nueva community members know!

Learn What It Takes to Design Your Own Instrument
Matt Small — bassist, composer, founder, inventor, educator, and long-time professional musician in San Francisco — will lead an interactive discussion on his patent-pending electric bass inventions. Three custom-designed and hand-built basses will be displayed and discussed, focusing on getting students and parents thinking about how custom design principles intersect with how master luthiers build instruments, which ultimately wind up on performing arts stages. Topics to be covered include engineering, machine and hand woodworking, artistic expression and performance, acoustics, body health and ergonomic design, electrical engineering, history of instrument making, patent law, and travel logistics (if we have time for all that!).

6th–12th grade students (younger students OK with parents present; the instruments are fragile!)

Hailed by the San Francisco Chronicle as “a gifted San Francisco bassist and composer whose alluringly original music draws on a rich range of classical, jazz and indigenous music,” Matt Small has been developing his own cutting-edge, multi-genre work in the Bay Area since 1997. With a deep dedication to his craft and an unrelenting spirit of curiosity, Small explores a wide variety of musical traditions while exercising “a strong aesthetic sensibility” (Down Beat Magazine). Small has found inspiration from a vast array of music, including jazz, experimental, popular, Western classical, and indigenous music styles from around the world.

What Do You Mean By That: How To Have Difficult Conversations
In today’s dynamic and often polarized world, the ability to engage in difficult conversations is more crucial than ever. Let’s spend some time not only discussing practical strategies for how we talk with each other with confidence and empathy, but trying out these strategies in a workshop format. Facilitated by Misasha Graham.

Upper School students.

Misasha Suzuki Graham is a facilitator, writer, storyteller and speaker regarding issues of racial and social justice, especially when it pertains to youth, the co-author of Dear White Women: Let’s Get (Un)comfortable Talking About Racism, and the co-host of Dear White Women, a social justice podcast (www.dearwhitewomen.com OR https://www.linkedin.com/in/misasha/).

Hollywood meets Silicon Valley: On Writing, Book to Film Adaptations and Telling Tales from the Bay Area
Join us for a 1-hour conversation and study of the craft of writing, book-to-film adaptation and telling stories from the Bay Area, with ample time for Q&A — bring questions!

Upper School students.

Abigail Hing Wen is an author, film producer and director as well as former tech executive. She is the New York Times best selling author of multiple novels for young people, including Loveboat, Taipei, which has been adapted as the movie Love in Taipei, now on Netflix. Abigail served as an executive producer and on set during production. Her novel Kisses, Codes and Conspiracies, a thriller and romantic comedy novel featuring three teens on the run through the Bay Area is an instant National Best Seller, USA Today Best Seller and Amazon Editor’s Pick for YA Book of the Month. Abigail is directing her first short film starring Lea Salonga, a prequel to her middle grade debut THE VALE, coming September 2025, and featuring an inventor family that builds an AI generated virtual world. She serves on the board of Harvardwood. Abigail is a frequent keynote speaker for young people, including Y’Allfest, US Presidential Scholars, and the Los Altos High Writer’s Week, as well as libraries, schools and bookstores around the country.

Mastering Storytelling with the Save the Cat Framework
Join Sabrina Moyle and William A to unlock the secrets of compelling storytelling in this hands-on workshop, where you’ll learn how to apply the Save the Cat framework to craft engaging and emotionally resonant stories. Whether you’re an avid creative writer or just getting started, this workshop will teach you the essential beats of storytelling that captivate audiences from start to finish. You’ll walk away with practical tools and strategies to structure your stories, develop dynamic characters, and create narratives that leave a lasting impact.

Middle and Upper School students.

Parent Sabrina Moyle (The Cosmic Adventures of Astrid and Stella) and 6th grader William A (Of Toast and Trebuchets).

American Sign Language (3rd–6th grade)
Of the more than 380 languages used in the United States, only one of these consists of hand gestures, body movements and facial expressions, rather than the spoken word. Get a ‘feel’ for American Sign Language as we learn the ASL alphabet, play games, sing and sign our way through this exciting hands-on workshop! You will learn enough signs to chat with your friends from across the room . . . without making a sound!

3rd–6th grade.

Bill White is the founder of Happy Baby Signs, author of Signs of a Happy Baby.

Found in Translation
The famous American poet Robert Frost supposedly said, “Poetry is what is lost in translation.” Although he never actually said that, it is a truism that something is always lost when translating from one language to another and that poetry is particularly difficult to translate. What, though, is actually lost in translation? More importantly, what is gained? In this workshop with Chris Scott and Ted Theodosopoulos, we’ll consider these and other compelling questions regarding the theory and practice of literary translation. We’ll also try our hand at translating some poems from Japanese and Greek. As we will see, poetry can be found in translation, not just lost. No knowledge of Japanese or Greek required.

Upper School students.

Chris Scott (Ph.D., Stanford University) has been teaching Japanese, Japanese culture, and translation studies at Nueva since 2014. He is also an active and accomplished translator himself, having published three book-length translations from Japanese, including most recently Kim Tal-su’s “The Trial of Pak Tal and Other Stories” (Seoul Selection, 2022). Ted Theodosopoulos (Ph.D., MIT) has been teaching Math and Economics at Nueva since 2017. He designed and taught a seminar in linguistics at the Saint Ann’s School in NYC, and he led a workshop on Logic and Language at Nueva. For the past sixteen years, Ted has been writing poetry, in both English and Greek, and has worked on several literary translations, most recently Dora Tsogia’s new play, “The Peach Tree” (premiered in Athens, 9/14/21).

From Idea to Story: How Young Writers Find Their Voice
Through discussion and interactive writing, we’ll explore how young authors develop their stories. A panel of Creative Youth Collective authors will share their process, challenges, and growth. Then, we’ll dive into a writing sprint, review story snapshots, and wrap up with a Q&A.

3rd–8th grade students.

The Creative Youth Collective helps young writers bring their stories to life, share them widely, and donate book sale royalties to organizations creating positive change. www.cccproject.space.

Japanese Tea Tasting with Strawberry Mochi
Explore a brief history of tea while sampling several Japanese varieties! Participants will also create a small origami paper container for strawberry mochi and rice cracker treats to enjoy with their tea. At the end of the session, you’ll have the opportunity to craft your own tea bags using your favorite blend to take home. Limited to 15 people.

Middle School students.

Mason S ’30 and Yuka Tomita (mom).

All day

Food Trucks
Stop by Lilo’s Kitchen and Mister Softee food trucks before and in between sessions for an afternoon snacks or a special treat. Free for guests!

Cafe lawn.