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 Tuesday Classes

**checks made out to instructor as listed unless otherwise noted**

9:00 AM Tuesday

Tuesdays, 9:00 AM

Fencing II

John Terris bio

8+

$140

Min. 8; Max. 14

Fencing is a European-originated Olympic sport based on the art of sword play. For new students, classes will concentrate on providing an enjoyable epee/foil fencing experience, improving physical fitness, and creating the foundation needed to understand and appreciate the sport. More advanced, motivated students will have the opportunity to continue studying epee at a higher level. All participants should dress in loose, athletic clothing. Protective equipment will be provided each class. 

Tuesdays, 9:00 AM

Spanish-Intermediate

Sarah Newton bio

7+

$100 ($10 discount for sibling)

Min 5

For children who have some knowledge of the Spanish language, and wish to learn more without starting back at the beginning. We will review basics, but move onto utilizing conversational skills, exploring Spanish speaking countries and their cultures, building vocabulary, strengthening listening skills, reading stories, playing games, and concluding with a fiesta!  The class will be 50 minutes, $10 per child sibling discounts apply, minimum 5 children.

Tuesdays, 9:00 AM and 9:30 AM

Violin/Viola/Cello (Private Lessons in Half Hour Sessions)

Barbara Robinson bio

Instructor approval: basrobinson@bellsouth.net

$25/half hour; $45/hr

Working one-on-one with Barbara Robinson your child will get a private class, designed  personally for him/her. Further explore techniques and music that will advance their musical performance.  Barbara will create a warm and nurturing environment for your young musician. Please contact the teacher directly to schedule your lesson time. basrobinson@bellsouth.net

Tuesdays, 9:00 AM

3D LEVEL DESIGN – Video Gaming

Jessica Henley bio

$125 – Begins December 8^th

Ages 8 – 10 + / teens

Min 4; Max 8

Learn how to create background concept art, 3D modeling for environments for video games, animate characters, vehicles, come up with a storyline and create environment such as laboratory, a ruined city, a faraway planet or a combination of several different worlds for own video game concept.

Kids should have basic computer knowledge, software knowledge not required.

Tuesdays, 9:00 AM

Beginners French

Ages: 7 - 15

Candy Johnson bio

$125

Min. 5; Max. 8

 Students will be taught the skills they need to achieve functional fluency in French and gain an understanding and appreciation for French speaking cultures.  Classes are taught by a native French speaker and includes interactive age specific learning excercises that are geared towards enhancing the student’s oral, reading, writing and understanding of the French language and French culture.

Progress through the skill levels are based on the individual abilities of each student.  The lessons may be adjusted to ensure that each student is achieving an appropriate level of understanding of the essential elements of the French language.

10:00 AM Tuesday

Tuesdays, 10 am

Boxing for FUN and FITNESS

10 thru adults....that means YOU parents!

John Terris bio with Xaviers Biggs (Checks to Xaviers Biggs)

$120

Min. 8; Max. 14

Try a fun, challenging, high energy way to get into shape! Boxing For Fun and Fitness is a great way to shed a few pounds, build strength/muscle, and strengthen cardiovascular endurance. Learn to train like a fighter without suffering the bumps and bruises! Focus on proper form, technique, building self confidence and physical endurance all in a very safe, controlled environment.

Tuesdays, 10:00 AM

Clay Mania I

ages 3-6

Christine Tholl bio

$115 includes all materials

Min. 4; Max. 10

Learn basic hand building techniques, pinch, coil and slab to create functional and sculptural works of art in clay. Students will create different projects and will be encouraged to explore their own ideas while learning about the possibilities of clay. Glazing and other surface treatments will be explored. (This course welcomes new and returning students as new projects will be covered.)

Tuesdays, 10:00 AM

Beginner Spanish

all ages

Sarah Newton bio

$100 ($10 discount for sibling)

Min 5

We will learn to count, sing, use the alphabet and have some conversational skills by the end of the semester.  It will be learning through fun exploring Spanish speaking countries, their culture and customs how they are similiar and different.  The lessons will be new, exciting and the group will have fun while learning!

Tuesdays, 10:00 AM

Intermediate Orchestra

Barbara Robinson bio

Instructor Approval

$150

Min 2; Max 6

Already play a stringed instrument? Join this class and we can make some music together! Learn to be an ensemble musician and how your instrument can blend with others in our practice together. Just bring your instrument, a folding stand and music you have. Last year’s students bring Essential Element Book and other music we worked on in class.

Tuesdays, 10:00 AM

Challenges! Literature-Rich History

Sandra Williams bio

Grades: 4-6

$100

Min. 4; Max. 8

History is dynamic and exciting when you approach it with real books, compelling human stories, maps, timelines, and living history applications.  This class is designed to encourage a love for reading as well as a love for history.  We will focus on aspects of growing up such as finding courage, making decisions, overcoming hardships, etc.  We will anchor each story on a timeline and on a map, and we will study the appropriate history, culture, and geography in some depth.  The primary social studies goal will be to open the subject to students in ways that engage them in higher level thinking than textbooks generally do.  Students who are not enthusiastic readers do not often experience the richness of historical study.  They are stuck in the superficial layer of dates and names, and they miss the rich “you are there” aspect of learning that comes from a literary approach to history.  Students who love to read are bored with textbooks that limit them to shallow understanding of events.  Through literature, they are invited to experience history in a more personal way.

Challenges! is not a reading course, but a living history class that moves beyond the books we are reading.  Please carefully consider the social and emotional needs of your student before choosing which class.  Both of these classes will include a range of ages.  Reading levels are only important when the mechanics of reading the books becomes an issue in and of itself.  It has been my experience that “easy” reading lets the student focus more on the subject matter.

Students will meet to discuss books, examine maps, update personal timelines, and enjoy multimedia presentations.  Some activities will be enjoying a typical meal, building structures, learning poems or phrases in the language, building dioramas, mapping routes or countries, and/or listening to music.  Students will keep notebooks to document their work and to encourage organizational skills.

Students will read at least three living history books per ten-week session, organized around a “challenges” theme. 

Our first book will be The Door in the Wall, by Marguerite De Angeli.  I would encourage you to have your child read a sample page

(available online:  http://www.bethlehembooks.com/readroom_excerpt.cfm?ID=784&category=Latest%20Releases)

Tuesdays, 10:00 AM

Chess: Intermediate and Advanced 

David Vest bio

6-12 years

$80 for continuing students; $100 for new students

Min. 4; Max 12

David Vest has been teaching chess to scholastic students for five years, working with well known coaches such as Lew Marin and Tim Brookshear. He is a National Master 1985, a 2008 state champion and a 2005/2006 state senior champion.

Tuesdays, 10:00 AM

3D Computer Animation

Ages 8 -10 +/ teens

Min 4; Max 8

$125 – 9 week class starting 12/8

Jessica Henley bio

Use and learn software.  Autodesk Maya that was used to create Shrek and Flushed Away.  Become a 3D character animator!  You will also have a chance to record your voice for 3D facial animation.  Learn how to create objects, textures, 3d animation, and see how acting brings characters to life on the big screen!

Kids should have basic computer knowledge, software knowledge not required.

11:00 AM Tuesday

Tuesdays, 11:00 AM

Clay Mania II

Christine Tholl bio

6 -adult

$115 includes all materials

Min. 4; Max. 10

Learn basic hand building techniques, pinch, coil and slab to create functional and sculptural works of art in clay. Students will create different projects and will be encouraged to explore their own ideas while learning about the possibilities of clay. Glazing and other surface treatments will be explored. (This course welcomes new and returning students as new projects will be covered.)

Christine Tholl has taught art classes at area art centers for the past 10 years and is currently co-owner of a local art studio and gallery. Her work is in private and public collections; she primarily works in clay, making functional and sculptural pieces.

Tuesdays, 11:00 AM

Elementary School Latin I

Conway Brackett bio

Grades: 3+

$115 for students who already have the textbook Minimus by Barbara Bell.

$125 includes textbook for new students.

Min. 5

Elementary Latin exposes students to the reading of the Latin language and its basic grammar (nouns, adjectives, and verbs). Students will learn the relationship between Latin vocabulary and English derivatives and explore classical mythology and Roman daily life through a variety of hands-on-activities, songs, art projects, and games. 

Tuesdays, 11:00 AM

Beginning Orchestra

Barbara Robinson bio

Instructor approval: basrobinson@bellsouth.net

$150

Min 3; Max 6

Learn to play the violin (or viola or cello) and have fun! Musical training fosters intellectual development, builds character with lessons in responsibility and self-control and develops eye and hand coordination. Talk about developing a well-rounded person! Your child will learn how to take care of an instrument, read music and perform in a concert all in a nurturing, warm and fun environment .The instructor will recommend violin shops that have rent-to-own policies for your budding musician. 

Tuesdays, 10:00 AM

Friendly Chemistry

Sandra Williams bio

Grades 6 - 8

$130 includes materials fee

Min. 8

Each student will need a textbook, which is really a kit in a box filled with various manipulatives.   Buy the Student Edition, which includes all the manipulatives.  www.friendlychemistry.com.   Rainbow Resources also carries the textbook.

The goal in teaching Friendly Chemistry is to introduce students to the delight of “real” chemistry and to prepare them to embrace the challenges of serious academic work, with confidence.  Students learn that chemistry is a subject they need not fear, and they will approach high school and college chemistry with confidence.  Students also learn that chemistry is a subject they must use some discipline to master.  The approach is gentle, but this is not “little kids’ chemistry.” 

Friendly Chemistry uses manipulatives to teach the structure of the atom and how the arrangement of electrons affects the reactivity of the atom.  Students will learn how to represent the arrangements of electrons using orbital notation, electron configuration notation, and electron dot notation.  Games, some of which we have ourselves developed over the years, reinforce the concepts. 

Students will learn the logic behind the organization of the periodic table and will look at various families of elements.  We will discuss how atoms ionize to gain a more stable configuration and how ions form compounds.  We will learn to calculate the formula weights and percent compositions of chemical compounds.  Students will learn how to write an empirical formula and will discuss chemical reactions.  They will learn to write and to balance chemical equations.  Using Avogadro’s number, they will learn the relationship between grams and moles, and they will practice converting grams to moles and moles to grams.  Finally, students will learn to solve stoichiometric problems, wherein they will predict the output of chemical reactions based upon given amounts of reactants. 

Tuesdays, 11:00 AM

Exploring the Middle Ages

Christine Seelye-King bio

Ages: 6+

$95 – 6 week class starts January 12th

No min or max

Students will experience various aspects of the Middle Ages including culture and daily life, technology, heraldry, armor and weapons, games and more, focusing on the time period between 1000 and 1500 AD in Western Europe.  Hands-on crafts, research projects and the Medieval Banquet classes will bring the time period to life.  (Please notify the teacher of any food sensitivities) .

Students will be given a “persona” on the first day of class, which they will maintain all through the course.  Classes will be presented in a living history manner, encouraging students to become involved in the daily life of their personas.  Class is open to all ages, with projects and materials geared toward different age levels.

Tuesdays, 11:00 AM

Holiday Crafts

Sarah Newton bio

All Ages

$10 per class

4 classes Dec. 1st, 8th, 15th and 22nd

No min or max

Make fun and beautiful keepsake ornaments for the holidays!

12:00 PM Tuesday

Tuesdays, 12:00 PM

Indie Crafts

Christine Tholl bio

age 6+

$90

Min. 4; Max. 10

A hipper, fun crafting experience -- not your grandmothers crafts. We will craft with new and repurposed materials a variety of useful crafts.

Tuesdays, 12:00 AM

Middle School Latin 3

Conway Brackett bio

Grades: 6+ with teacher approval

$125

Min. 8

Middle School Latin 3 is a continuation and completion of Middle School Latin II; new material builds upon the old. After an extensive review, more complex elements of Latin syntax and grammar (4th and 5th declension nouns, participles, the passive voice, and the subjunctive mood) are introduced and implemented. Work with vocabulary and English derivatives continues, and more emphasis is given toward translation and understanding of the written language. Students will also examine the epic poetry of Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey, Roman Emperors, and Roman Comedy.

Tuesdays, 12:00 PM, 12:30 PM

Private  Violin, Viola, or Cello Lessons in Half Hour Sessions

Barbara Robinson bio

Instructor approval: basrobinson@bellsouth.net

$25/half hour; $45/hr

Working one-on-one with Barbara Robinson your child will get a private class, designed  personally for him/her. Further explore techniques and music that will adv5ance their musical performance.  Barbara will create a warm and nurturing environment for your young musician. Please contact the teacher directly to schedule your lesson time. basrobinson@bellsouth.net

Research and Documentation

5^th Grade Writing Level and Up

No min or max

Christine Seelye-King bio

$75 – 6 week class starting January 12th

Students will practice basic writing and research skills including in-class exercises and papers written each week.  Topics discussed will include documentation styles and sources, in-person interviews, libraries, internet research and evaluating web sites.  Weekly written assignments will be kept short, focusing on the format and style rather than extended content.  Internet access is required.

Tuesdays, 12:00 PM

Robotics

Ages 5-14

min. 6; max. 30

Germaine Schweibinz bio

$100

These classes will motivate students using the effects of Robotics to teach math, science, technology and engineering concepts. The best part is they will have fun doing it!

• Ratio per RCX brick is 3 to 1 (this changes per location, with four being the highest)

• National Math, Science and Technology Standards are exceeded with these classes

• The first class will start with a non programming module to acquaint the students to the structure of the classes. They will use an illustrated step by step guide to build structures with:

• Pulleys, Gears, Leavers & Pneumonic's

• This will let them understand how and why a robot will work and move. It will also get them ready for the pictorial and computer based step by step process for building the robots and programming.

• The students will grouped together based on experience then age.

• Based on computer availability, programs will be constructed then downloaded to each RCX brick. If there are computers available, students will do the programming in the computer per group and download their own program via IR tower. If computers are not available I will program the robots.

• The students will learn what the various pieces do in conjunction with each other with the first robot and will go through the rest of the classes progressing to more challenging robots each session. Each robot will have supplementary directions, pieces, sensors or programming. Each group will then proceed at their own pace with assistance as needed.

• All Robotic materials are provided and owned by the instructor.