AM Boot Camp with Yvette

Boot Camp is a total-body group exercise class that mixes traditional calisthenics and body weight exercises with interval and strength training. In each class, participants will work towards improving flexibility, strength, and cardiovascular endurance through a wide variety of exercises and drills, including traditional and dynamic stretching, running, plyometrics, boxing, obstacle courses, strength training exercises with weighted balls, bands, body weight, and much more. No two classes are alike!

Fee: 1 day per week: $165 (9 Classes) | 2 days per week: $300 (18 Classes) | Time: 6:00 - 7:00 a.m. or 8:00 - 9:00 a.m.

Students may choose to attend either 1 or 2 days per week.

Days: Tuesdays and/or Thursdays
Dates: June 12th - August 23rd | No class on: July 3rd, July 5th, August 7th, August 9th
Location: All classes are held on Newman’s Lupin Field (when the weather is bad, in one of our two gymnasiums).
What you need for class: Please bring a mat and/or towel, water, and a can-do attitude! Additional water is available for purchase.

Instructor: Yvette Stouse
Yvette is a certified personal trainer who has successfully led Newman’s morning Boot Camp class since 2009.

Awareness Through Movement (The Feldenkrais Method®)

“Movement is life. Life is a process. Improve the quality of the process and you improve the quality of life itself.” ~Moshe Feldenkrais~
The Feldenkrais Method® is an unusual melding of motor development, bio-mechanics, and psychology, and it is recognized for its demonstrated ability to improve posture, flexibility, and coordination; to clarify the self-image; and to alleviate muscular tension and pain. Awareness Through Movement® (ATM) consists of verbally directed, gentle exercise lessons involving sophisticated movement sequences. The lessons directly engage our natural intelligence in a gentle and pleasurable way. The method accesses the sensory motor processes of the brain and involves attention, perception, imagination, and cognition and harnessing the nervous system's ability to self-organize towards more effective and intelligent action.  Awareness Through Movement® lessons address every joint and muscle group in the body and every human function. (Open to all ages and abilities.)

Fee: $75 (4 classes) | Time: 7:00 - 8:15 p.m.

Days: Tuesdays
Dates: July 10th - July 31st
Location: Dance Studio, Stern Building 2nd floor
What you need for class: Comfortable loose clothing, including socks (many lessons take place lying on the floor with mats). Bring a blanket or beach towel to place over the provided mats.

Instructor: Liese Weber, Newman Director of Dance
Liese is a twenty-five year veteran dance educator, choreographer, performer, and costumer, as well as a Guild Certified Practitioner of The Feldenkrais Method® (trained in the Feldenkrais International Training Program in Vienna, Austria). Besides teaching the core techniques and dance styles, she has pursued training in numerous other dance/movement forms including: ballroom, Capoeria, Movement Concept, and the Feldenkrais Method®.

Ceramics - Wheel Throwing & Hand Building

This class is designed for active adults who specifically want to learn how to use the pottery wheel and don’t mind getting their hands dirty! Students will work on the pottery wheel each session and will learn basic wheel-throwing techniques necessary to create functional works of art such as bowls, cups, and plates. Although students will be able to hand-build during this course, there will only be specific instruction regarding wheel-throwing techniques.

After creating a number of original pieces, students will be able to decorate the surface with various types of glazes. No clay experience is necessary, and this hands-on course is open to all skill-levels.

Fee: $145 |

Session 1
Days: Mondays
Dates: June 18 - July 30
Times: 3:00 - 5:00 p.m. or 5:15 - 7:15 p.m.

Session 2
Days: Wednesdays
Dates: August 1 - September 12
Times: 4:30 - 6:30 p.m. or 6:45 - 8:45 p.m.

Location: Clay Studio, Valmont Building, 1st Floor
What will you need for class: Active wear that you don’t mind getting dirty!

Instructor: Rachael Therese DePauw, Newman Ceramics Teacher
Rachael received a bachelor's degree in Political Economy from Tulane University in 2007. In her third year of school, DePauw discovered her passion for ceramics while studying at the Newcomb Department of Art. She continued to pursue her interests in ceramics after graduation and completed a one-year apprenticeship with New Orleans artist Alex Williams. Currently, DePauw teaches both high school and adult classes at Isidore Newman School. She maintains an active studio career in New Orleans, Louisiana, and sells her Newcomb-inspired dinnerware and pottery at various locations throughout the South.

PM Boot Camp with Brandon

Boot Camp at Newman is unlike any other boot camp. It is specifically designed to integrate tough workouts with the support and motivation of a team. The activities include boxing, crossfit, cardio and strength development. Class is a mix of indoor and outdoor activities. Competitions are encouraged, and trying your best is mandatory. Join us and finally achieve your fitness and fat loss goals!

Fee: 1 day per week: $165 (10 Classes) | 2 days per week: $300 (20 Classes) | Time: 5:30 - 6:30 p.m.

Students may choose to attend either 1 or 2 days per week.

Days: Tuesdays and/or Thursdays
Dates: June 12th - August 23rd | No class on: July 3rd, July 5th
Location: Lower School Playground and Aronson Hall.
What you need for class: Please wear workout clothes and bring a towel. You will get sweaty.

Instructor: Brandon Nelson
Brandon is the Head Men’s and Women’s Tulane Basketball Strength and Conditioning coach. He is certified as a personal fitness trainer by the Aerobics and Fitness Association of America. Brandon is also trained in Total Body Resistance Training (TRX) and as a USA Boxing Coach, and Red Cross life guard.