Georgia Enrichment Program for Homeschoolers, Inc.
Class Descriptions
2011-2012 Class Descriptions
A Moment in Time
Ages: Montessori style all ages welcome but must be reading.
Instructor: Karen Beauvais
Email: Karen@omega-network.net
Website: none
Cost: $60 per session, 10% sibling discount; If registered after deadline: $66
Min/Max: none
Required Materials: Provided
• Making a Timeline book
• Ancient/Middle Ages/Renaissance/Modern - one book per session
• For those that are working on history at home or that need an abbreviated class that will cover only chronological dates, times and geographic references.
• Each session we will make a timeline book that covers continents, oceans, landmarks, major battles/wars and notable people.
• This class will be a fast paced 55 minutes and a brief look at the topics in context to when they occurred. The timeline book will start with the fertile crescent and end with modern America.
• Your child will have a completed chronological time line book in cardstock at the end of each session. This will be compiled into a binder to reuse with your History curriculum.
Advanced Acting
Ages: 8 - 12 grade
Instructor: Carolyn Choe
Email: Carolyn.Choe@comcast.net
Website: none
Cost: $90 ($70 for additional siblings); If registered after deadline $99 ($77 for additional siblings)
Min/Max: 4/8
Required Materials: none
• Advanced Acting for High Schoolers allows students to refine their skills and develop their craft. It begins with the five W’s: WHO am I? WHAT do I want? WHY do I want it? WHERE am I? WHEN does this event take place?
• Sounds basic—but we get down to the nitty gritty with intense work. The young actors will work through problems of character identity and motivation. They will also learn about auditioning, rehearsal, and improvisation.
• This class is for those with acting experience and who are also at a maturity level that allows them to focus and get down to business during class time. Class size is limited to allow for more individual work.
• Suggested, but not required, that the student commit to a minimum of two sessions to fully benefit from the class. Therefore, there will be no presentations after Sessions 1 and 3 to allow for more in-depth work.
Advanced Costume and Fashion Design
Ages: 7+ years old
Instructor: Rachel Bick
Email: grossclothes@gmail.com
Website: none
Cost: $95; If registered after deadline: $104.50
Min/Max: 2/15
Required Materials: Fabric, scissors, tape measure, tailoring chalk and pins.
• In this class students will learn constructions of costumes and clothing.
• Students will design and make one piece of clothing in class.
• This class will teach pattern making and fitting skills.
• At the end of the class each student will have a piece of clothing they designed and made!
• A portable sewing machine will be provided by the teacher.
American Sign Language 1
Ages: 5 - 8 years old
Instructor: Miranda Barzey
Email: mirandabarzey@gmail.com
Website: none
Cost: $75; If registered after deadline: $82.50
Min/Max: *
Required Materials: *
• Through songs, games, and hands-on learning with concrete objects, students will learn the basics of American Sign Language including fingerspelling the manual alphabet, grammar, elementary conversation, and vocabulary.
• Students will also learn about deaf culture. By the end of the course students will be able to produce basic phrases and have a decent sign vocabulary.
• Students are not required to have taken the previous ASL course.
American Sign Language 2
Ages: 6 - 10 years old
Instructor: Miranda Barzey
Email: mirandabarzey@gmail.com
Website: none
Cost: $75; If registered after deadline: $82.50
Min/Max: *
Required Materials: *
• A continuation class for students who have taken several ASL 1 classes and have mastered the alphabet, conversational phrases, and have an extensive vocabulary base.
• This class will focus on sentence structure, classifiers, and basic conversation skills. Students will also learn more about deaf culture.
• Students must get clearance from the teacher to move up to ASL 2.
Art Journaling
Ages: 10+ years old
Instructor: Amy Durant
Email: lynnbug@gmail.com
Website: www.amydurant.com
Cost: $80; If registered after deadline: $88
Material Fee: $20 (covers all materials including the journal)
Min/Max: 5/12
Required Materials: Provided
• I will be out of town on 9/7, so we will cancel my classes for that week and reduce class prices by $10.
• Journaling is a great way to express your personal thoughts and feelings. In this class, you will learn how to overcome a blank page and create a work of art.
• Your journal will be a safe place to try out new techniques and ideas using pencils, stamps, inks, metal, and much more.
Art Journaling-Session 3
Ages: ALL Ages (Yes, adults, you can draw, too!)
Instructor: Amy Durant
Email: lynnbug@gmail.com
Website: www.amydurant.com
Cost: $80; If registered after deadline: $88
Material Fee: $20 (covers all materials including the journal. If you took Art Journaling in session 1, you can use the same journal and your material fee will be $10. )
Min/Max: 5/12
Required Materials: Provided
Art journals are wonderfully positive tools for kids and adults alike to express thoughts and feelings. Drawing can be a very calming and centering activity. This class will focus on drawing no matter what your skill level. If you've been frustrated with drawing, want to improve your skills, and/ or want to create and be inspired with others, give this class a go. My goal is for you to have fun, draw subjects you like, and to be excited about art!
Art Trading Cards
Ages: All ages
Instructor: Amy Durant
Email: lynnbug@gmail.com
Website: www.amydurant.com
Cost: $80; If registered after deadline: $88
Material Fee: $10
Min/Max: 5/12
Required Materials: Provided
• I will be out of town on 9/7, so we will cancel my classes for that week and reduce class prices by $10.
• Get ready for fun with friends.
• Art cards are high quality blank 2.5" x 3.5" acid free cards just waiting for your personal touch. Come join the fun of creating, swapping, and collecting these mini art works.
• Markers, pencils, stamps, watercolors, and more will be used in this class.
Beginner Acrylic Painting
Ages: 10+ years old
Instructor: Amy Durant
Email: lynnbug@gmail.com Website: www.amydurant.com Cost: $90; If registered after deadline: $99
Material Fee: 0
Min/Max: 5/12
Required Materials: 9" x 12" Canvas Paper (comes in a pad of 10 sheets) Acrylic Paints: Liquitex Heavy Body tubes of Titanium White, Mars Black, Quinacridone Crimson, Yellow Medium Azo, Phthalo Blue (Green Shade) *Some acrylic paint colors contain toxic ingredients--we will not be using those in this class!* Brushes: Small round brush, Medium round brush, Medium flat brush gel medium Palette or plastic plate Smock or apron Additional purchases: Several canvases, I can get a bulk discount if we buy as a class.
• Acrylic paints are so versatile. Come learn and experiment with my favorite medium! These fast drying water based paints can be thinned like watercolors or used straight out of the tube. Additives can be used with the paints to create even more texture.
• I will show you old and new ways of using this medium. Learn about color theory, composition, mood and lighting.
• There will be several paint along sessions that will help you put it all together.
Beginner Photography
Ages: 5 - 8 years old
Instructor: Miranda Barzey
Email: mirandabarzey@gmail.com
Website: none
Cost: $85; If registered after deadline: $93.50
Min/Max: *
Required Materials: digital camera with removable memory card or cord to connect to a computer.
• Through hands-on learning students will learn the basic rules of photography, both technical and creative including light, composition, angle, and exposure.
• Students will take photos both in and out of class. The students will create a portfolio at the end of the session to show to friends and family.
Blogging 101
Ages: middle school and high school level
Instructor: Morgan McFarland
Email: morgan@mcfamilies.com
Website: none
Cost: $70; If registered after deadline: $77
Min/Max: 4/12
Required Materials: access to a laptop during class
• Are your children reluctant writers? Are they technophiles who are more comfortable behind a
computer than in front of a crowd? Do they have a lot of subject-area knowledge they would like to share with others?
• Blogging is the perfect format to let them share their thoughts and to develop their passion for writing!
• Blogging is a meaningful way to add your voice to the Great Conversation happening all around us.
• Students will establish and maintain a personal blog, participate in a class blog, learn basics of HTML, and generate content for their blogs that includes text, links, and embedded images and videos.
• They will learn online etiquette as they comment on others’ blogs and manage comments on their own blogs (with adult guidance).
• Parents will be provided links to class blogs and access to their students’ blogging accounts (unless declined).
A Moment in Time
Ages: Montessori style all ages welcome but must be reading.
Instructor: Karen Beauvais
Email: Karen@omega-network.net
Website: none
Cost: $60 per session, 10% sibling discount; If registered after deadline: $66
Min/Max: none
Required Materials: Provided
• Making a Timeline book
• Ancient/Middle Ages/Renaissance/Modern - one book per session
• For those that are working on history at home or that need an abbreviated class that will cover only chronological dates, times and geographic references.
• Each session we will make a timeline book that covers continents, oceans, landmarks, major battles/wars and notable people.
• This class will be a fast paced 55 minutes and a brief look at the topics in context to when they occurred. The timeline book will start with the fertile crescent and end with modern America.
• Your child will have a completed chronological time line book in cardstock at the end of each session. This will be compiled into a binder to reuse with your History curriculum.
Advanced Acting
Ages: 8 - 12 grade
Instructor: Carolyn Choe
Email: Carolyn.Choe@comcast.net
Website: none
Cost: $90 ($70 for additional siblings); If registered after deadline $99 ($77 for additional siblings)
Min/Max: 4/8
Required Materials: none
• Advanced Acting for High Schoolers allows students to refine their skills and develop their craft. It begins with the five W’s: WHO am I? WHAT do I want? WHY do I want it? WHERE am I? WHEN does this event take place?
• Sounds basic—but we get down to the nitty gritty with intense work. The young actors will work through problems of character identity and motivation. They will also learn about auditioning, rehearsal, and improvisation.
• This class is for those with acting experience and who are also at a maturity level that allows them to focus and get down to business during class time. Class size is limited to allow for more individual work.
• Suggested, but not required, that the student commit to a minimum of two sessions to fully benefit from the class. Therefore, there will be no presentations after Sessions 1 and 3 to allow for more in-depth work.
Advanced Costume and Fashion Design
Ages: 7+ years old
Instructor: Rachel Bick
Email: grossclothes@gmail.com
Website: none
Cost: $95; If registered after deadline: $104.50
Min/Max: 2/15
Required Materials: Fabric, scissors, tape measure, tailoring chalk and pins.
• In this class students will learn constructions of costumes and clothing.
• Students will design and make one piece of clothing in class.
• This class will teach pattern making and fitting skills.
• At the end of the class each student will have a piece of clothing they designed and made!
• A portable sewing machine will be provided by the teacher.
American Sign Language 1
Ages: 5 - 8 years old
Instructor: Miranda Barzey
Email: mirandabarzey@gmail.com
Website: none
Cost: $75; If registered after deadline: $82.50
Min/Max: *
Required Materials: *
• Through songs, games, and hands-on learning with concrete objects, students will learn the basics of American Sign Language including fingerspelling the manual alphabet, grammar, elementary conversation, and vocabulary.
• Students will also learn about deaf culture. By the end of the course students will be able to produce basic phrases and have a decent sign vocabulary.
• Students are not required to have taken the previous ASL course.
American Sign Language 2
Ages: 6 - 10 years old
Instructor: Miranda Barzey
Email: mirandabarzey@gmail.com
Website: none
Cost: $75; If registered after deadline: $82.50
Min/Max: *
Required Materials: *
• A continuation class for students who have taken several ASL 1 classes and have mastered the alphabet, conversational phrases, and have an extensive vocabulary base.
• This class will focus on sentence structure, classifiers, and basic conversation skills. Students will also learn more about deaf culture.
• Students must get clearance from the teacher to move up to ASL 2.
Art Journaling
Ages: 10+ years old
Instructor: Amy Durant
Email: lynnbug@gmail.com
Website: www.amydurant.com
Cost: $80; If registered after deadline: $88
Material Fee: $20 (covers all materials including the journal)
Min/Max: 5/12
Required Materials: Provided
• I will be out of town on 9/7, so we will cancel my classes for that week and reduce class prices by $10.
• Journaling is a great way to express your personal thoughts and feelings. In this class, you will learn how to overcome a blank page and create a work of art.
• Your journal will be a safe place to try out new techniques and ideas using pencils, stamps, inks, metal, and much more.
Art Journaling-Session 3
Ages: ALL Ages (Yes, adults, you can draw, too!)
Instructor: Amy Durant
Email: lynnbug@gmail.com
Website: www.amydurant.com
Cost: $80; If registered after deadline: $88
Material Fee: $20 (covers all materials including the journal. If you took Art Journaling in session 1, you can use the same journal and your material fee will be $10. )
Min/Max: 5/12
Required Materials: Provided
Art journals are wonderfully positive tools for kids and adults alike to express thoughts and feelings. Drawing can be a very calming and centering activity. This class will focus on drawing no matter what your skill level. If you've been frustrated with drawing, want to improve your skills, and/ or want to create and be inspired with others, give this class a go. My goal is for you to have fun, draw subjects you like, and to be excited about art!
Art Trading Cards
Ages: All ages
Instructor: Amy Durant
Email: lynnbug@gmail.com
Website: www.amydurant.com
Cost: $80; If registered after deadline: $88
Material Fee: $10
Min/Max: 5/12
Required Materials: Provided
• I will be out of town on 9/7, so we will cancel my classes for that week and reduce class prices by $10.
• Get ready for fun with friends.
• Art cards are high quality blank 2.5" x 3.5" acid free cards just waiting for your personal touch. Come join the fun of creating, swapping, and collecting these mini art works.
• Markers, pencils, stamps, watercolors, and more will be used in this class.
Beginner Acrylic Painting
Ages: 10+ years old
Instructor: Amy Durant
Email: lynnbug@gmail.com Website: www.amydurant.com Cost: $90; If registered after deadline: $99
Material Fee: 0
Min/Max: 5/12
Required Materials: 9" x 12" Canvas Paper (comes in a pad of 10 sheets) Acrylic Paints: Liquitex Heavy Body tubes of Titanium White, Mars Black, Quinacridone Crimson, Yellow Medium Azo, Phthalo Blue (Green Shade) *Some acrylic paint colors contain toxic ingredients--we will not be using those in this class!* Brushes: Small round brush, Medium round brush, Medium flat brush gel medium Palette or plastic plate Smock or apron Additional purchases: Several canvases, I can get a bulk discount if we buy as a class.
• Acrylic paints are so versatile. Come learn and experiment with my favorite medium! These fast drying water based paints can be thinned like watercolors or used straight out of the tube. Additives can be used with the paints to create even more texture.
• I will show you old and new ways of using this medium. Learn about color theory, composition, mood and lighting.
• There will be several paint along sessions that will help you put it all together.
Beginner Photography
Ages: 5 - 8 years old
Instructor: Miranda Barzey
Email: mirandabarzey@gmail.com
Website: none
Cost: $85; If registered after deadline: $93.50
Min/Max: *
Required Materials: digital camera with removable memory card or cord to connect to a computer.
• Through hands-on learning students will learn the basic rules of photography, both technical and creative including light, composition, angle, and exposure.
• Students will take photos both in and out of class. The students will create a portfolio at the end of the session to show to friends and family.
Blogging 101
Ages: middle school and high school level
Instructor: Morgan McFarland
Email: morgan@mcfamilies.com
Website: none
Cost: $70; If registered after deadline: $77
Min/Max: 4/12
Required Materials: access to a laptop during class
• Are your children reluctant writers? Are they technophiles who are more comfortable behind a
computer than in front of a crowd? Do they have a lot of subject-area knowledge they would like to share with others?
• Blogging is the perfect format to let them share their thoughts and to develop their passion for writing!
• Blogging is a meaningful way to add your voice to the Great Conversation happening all around us.
• Students will establish and maintain a personal blog, participate in a class blog, learn basics of HTML, and generate content for their blogs that includes text, links, and embedded images and videos.
• They will learn online etiquette as they comment on others’ blogs and manage comments on their own blogs (with adult guidance).
• Parents will be provided links to class blogs and access to their students’ blogging accounts (unless declined).
Cell Biology and Cancer (Session 1)
Ages: 8th to 12th grade
Instructor: Donna Eckert
Email: donnaeckert@comcast.net
Website: none
Cost: $70; If registered after deadline: $77
Min/Max: 4/12
Required Materials: pencil
• Curriculum by National Institute of Health http://science-education.nih.gov/supplements/nih1/cancer/default.htm
• These enrichment modules are published by the National Institute of Health. Real-World
scenarios and the inquiry method are used to cover topics in biology. Students work in groups
to understand data and come to conclusions. These modules will provide a great supplement
to an independent study of Biology. You can read more about each of these modules at the
website listed. The main focus of each section will be the module listed. However, there may be time at the end of each section for additional material. In that case I will use material from BSCS Curriculum Development
• Cell Biology and Cancer has two objectives. The first objective is to introduce students to major concepts related to the development and impact of cancer. Today we have a picture of cancer that, while still incomplete, is remarkably coherent and precise. Cancer develops when mutations occur in genes that normally operate to control cell division. These mutations prompt the cell to divide inappropriately. Cancer-causing mutations can be induced by a wide variety of environmental agents and even several known viruses. Such mutations also can be inherited— thus, the observation that some families have a higher risk for developing cancer than others. We still have much to learn about cancer, to be sure, but the clarity and detail of our understanding today speak powerfully of the enormous gains scientists have made in just the last 30 years. One objective of this module is to help students catch a bit of the excitement of these gains.
• A second objective is to convey to students the relationship between basic biomedical research and the improvement of personal and public health. Cancer-related research has yielded many benefits for humankind. Most directly, it has guided the development of public health policies and medical interventions that today are helping us prevent, treat, and often, even cure cancer.
Central Europe + trip (year long)
Class starts at 9:15
Ages: 12 - 18 years old
Instructor: Freya Fitzpatrick
Email: FreyaFitzpatrick@gmail.com
Website: www.startlearning4life.com
Cost: $100 per session ; If registered after deadline: $110
Min/Max: maximum class size: approximately 15 students. 30 people can come on the trip. Number of students in class depends on the number of adults coming on the trip
Required Materials: One tri-fold display board. One role of 3 ¼ inch adding machine paper . A book list will be supplied: Each student will select the books needed for his or her projects, presentations and papers. Parents may buy these books, get them from the library or download them if available for download.
Parents participation: If a parent wants to participate in the class or trip, there will be an additional fee to cover expenses.
• Year-long interdisciplinary course culminating in a 2-week trip to Germany, Poland and Czech Republic
• Ages: 12-18 years old. Twelve-year olds must be capable of early high-school level behavior and performance. Students 14 and older can (if parents want) travel under my chaperonage. Students 12-13 must have a parent or other responsible adult on the trip. In order for a child to go on the trip they must be enrolled in the class. This applies to siblings as well.
• The course can be taken as: a) an elective; b) an English course – lit or writing or both; c) a social studies course; d) an arts course. What I teach in class will remain the same no matter which option you choose. What will make the course fit one of these specific categories will be the type of assignments your children do. For instance, if they select the essay and research assignments, I will critique and coach their work based on writing criteria. (The literature and writing option would be best for students who have already taken my writing course this year.) I will provide a course description to meet whichever option you choose.
• The 2-week trip is worth a ½ credit and can also be used as a) an elective; b) a social studies course or c) an arts course. I will provide a course description to meet whichever option you choose. To get ‘credit’ students will be expected to turn in a travelogue of their trip featuring arts, history, or whatever is appropriate for what they’re getting credit for.
• Cost of trip: approximately $2500 per person. We’ll travel by rail and other public transportation within Europe. We’ll stay mostly in hostels unless I find awesome deals on hotels, but really, hostels are a great cultural experience and usually you can prepare food in a communal kitchen which will keep food costs down. We’ll also probably spend 2-3 nights sleeping on trains–another cool cultural experience.
• Cultural exchange – students will be paired with a similarly aged pen-pal in at least one of the three countries we visit, and hopefully with a pen-pal in one city in each country. This will be arranged through friends of mine. The idea is that the kids will get to meet their pen-pals and do one or more of the following: attend a group get together with them, have their pen-pal as a guide for the day, eat or stay-over at the pen-pal’s house.
• Touring – the trip is intended as an educational trip, not a vacation. I will try to be reasonable – my family says I’m very unreasonable when it comes to learning and touring. They call me the blitzkrieg tour guide. The point of mentioning this is that parents and students on the trip need to be prepared to keep up an energetic pace for 2 weeks. I plan for us to visit 9-10 towns in two weeks, which means about 1 town per day, which means lots of paying attention and being mentally on task. If everyone really wants, I can cut it down to 6-7 towns in two weeks, but to my way of thinking, if you’re spending all that money to go to Europe, why not see as much as you can? You can come back and sleep for a month!
Chemical Analysis (1st session)
Ages: 5th - 8th grade
Instructor: Donna Eckert
Email: donnaeckert@comcast.net
Website: none
Cost: $70; If registered after deadline: $77
Min/Max: 4/12
Required Materials: pencil, 3 prong folder
Curriculum from TOPS Science: http://topscience.org/
• This is a hands-on science class. It is an excellent introduction to simple chemical analysis, especially for students who have had no previous background in chemistry.
• Your students will quantitatively separate salt and sand mixtures by following simple flowchart procedures. They'll observe common household substances interacting, then use these characteristic reactions to qualitatively analyze unknown substances.
• They'll investigate acids and bases, both with traditional litmus paper and cabbage water. By titrating with an eye dropper, your students will compare the strengths of common kitchen substances, and match color changes to estimate pH.
The Classical Book Club
Ages: 5 - 12 years old; must be reading or with emerging reading skills.
Ages: 12-15 years old. Apprentice Level (25.00 fee) Will assist and help build props and participate in original reenactments. These children will staff the book club and plan the activities.
Instructor: Karen Beauvais
Email: Karen@omega-network.net
Website: none
Cost: $30 fee for supplies required; If registered after deadline: $33
Min/Max:20 slots
Required Materials: flexible required text. Books may be audio or checked out of the library.
• Every 8 week session will bring 3-4 classics in Literature 1 poem, bard or sonnet.
• The club will be constructed to function like a traditional book club - facilitated not taught.
• There will be discussion on the reading then an open studio environment which may include reciting a poem from a soap box, a props and enactment, an art area to draw or paint a scene from the reading or a period craft. Each week will bring a different activity pertaining to the reading.
• Children will have reading requirements to complete in order to earn ribbons.
• Parents will receive an age appropriate classical reading list and students will cover material by listening to audio books, reading along with parents or reading themselves independently. The version of text will not matter, as long as the child completes the reading requirement.
• Students may read above or below grade level with or without a parent.
• Parents will have the full reading list by July. 8-12 Classical books (2-3 per session) and 4 classical poems will be experienced by the end of the year. Poems will be provided.
• Students will be immersed in great literature and enjoy the journey!
• Parents are welcome in this class!
CMC (Cool Moms Class)
Ages: I won’t go there. If you’re a mom, you’re in.
Instructor: Lauren Eckert
Email: owattever@comcast.net
Website: none
Cost: $55; If registered after deadline: $60.50
Min/Max: 5/none
Required materials: *
• This is a fitness class exclusively for cool moms. :) You will be led in anaerobic exercise, aerobic exercise, and stretching. This class combines elements of Zumba, Pilates, and Boot Camp for a super fun, high-energy workout.
• The instructor is a senior member of Impact Dance of Atlanta’s performing company and crew.
• Super convenient! Take class while your kids are taking their classes!
Crime Scene and Criminal Justice
Ages: 7 - 13 years old (reading fluently and writing at a min 2nd/3rd grade level)
Instructor: Karen Beauvais
Email: Karen@omega-network.net
Website: none
Cost: $80 per session includes all lab supplies; If registered after deadline: $88
Min/Max: none
Required Materials: TBA (Will be consulting with Acworth Police explorers on appropriate study guides)
• This class will be modeled after the Police Explorers program. If your child has their eye on a career in the police force, the military or within the criminal justice system this will foster their desire to learn more.
• Using criminal justice text, forensics, ballistics, investigation techniques and judicial study we will explore fighting crime and keeping order from the ground up. We will problem solve, use science to unravel a crime and write subpoena worthy reports each week.
• Guest speakers will detail to us careers in law enforcement and each week we will have a crime lab. (No graphically violent crime will be studied.)
• Students will explore the penal code, local, state and federal law as well as the court system.
• A weekly police/crime report will be required, as well as 1 project on an assigned topic per session.
Digital Literacy
Ages: 7+ years old
Instructor: Morgan McFarland
Email: morgan@mcfamilies.com
Website: none
Cost: $70; If registered after deadline: $77
Min/Max: 4/12
Required Materials: laptops with an internet browser installed
• Email, instant messenger, Facebook, forums, blogs – our children have so many ways to reach out to other people with similar interests and wide array of backgrounds.
• Being online means being part of a large and vibrant community, but like any community, the online world has its own rules, social expectations, and occasional dangerous elements.
• Do your children have the skills they need to be smart and safe digital citizens?
• Digital literacy is the ability to locate, organize, understand, evaluate, and analyze information using digital technology.
• More than that, it’s the knowledge of how to traverse the Internet safety, how to interact with others online in a way that is polite and appropriate, and what information they should or shouldn’t share.
• Students will learn the basics of email, safe web navigation, distinguishing between reliable and unreliable websites (a useful tool for research), online etiquette, and how to be a responsible online “citizen.”
Early Reading Enrichment
Ages: PreK to 1st grade (your child should be able to recognize most letters of the alphabet)
Instructor: Rebecca Ferguson
Email: gafergs@comcast.net
Website: none
Cost: $75; If registered after deadline: $82.50
Sibling discount: $65 ($71.50 after deadline)
Min/Max: 4/12
Required Materials: glue sticks and pencils
• This class will teach your child phonic awareness, sight word recognition and other decoding skills as they discover the love of reading.
• Specific reading strategies will be taught as they learn to read literally and inferentially for many purposes.
• They will engage in pre-reading activities, active reading, review activities, and in a wide spectrum of response strategies.
• Students will read a variety of materials, including phonics oriented stories, revised reading books, and trade books.
• Games, craft and written activities will be used as part of this class to help instill a love of reading.
• Activities will be sent home to help reinforce what is being taught in class.
Electric Circuits
Ages: 9 - 12 years old
Instructor: YES! (Youth Engaged in Science)
Email: info@youthengagedinscience.com
Website: www.youthengagedinscience.com
Cost: $105; If registered after deadline: $115.50
Min/Max: 6/12
Required Materials: Provided
• Electric Circuits will be taught using the Electric Circuits KitBook.
• Students will build actual circuits from the materials provided in the book and learn how they work.
• This is a hands-on class.
• Concepts taught include simple circuits, batteries, conductors and insulators, switches, series circuits and parallel circuits.
Elementary Acting/Acting & Improvisation
Ages: 7 years old to 13 years old
Instructor: Carolyn Choe
Email: Carolyn.Choe@comcast.net
Website: none
Cost: $90; If registered after deadline: $99
Min/Max: 6/12
Required Materials: none
Through interactive exercises, theatre & improvisational games, and scene work, student’s imaginations and creativity can blossom to its full potential. By creating character and learning to trust their instincts students can build self confidence, make new friends & develop independent thinking. This class is for those new to the stage as well as those who have had previous acting classes.
Emerging and Re-emerging Infectious Diseases (Session 3)
Ages: 8th to 12th grade
Instructor: Donna Eckert
Email: donnaeckert@comcast.net
Website: none
Cost: $70; If registered after deadline: $77
Min/Max: 4/12
Required Materials: pencil
• Curriculum by National Institute of Health
http://science.education.nih.gov/supplements/nih1/diseases/default.htm
• These enrichment modules are published by the National Institute of Health. Real-World
scenarios and the inquiry method are used to cover topics in biology. Students work in groups
to understand data and come to conclusions. These modules will provide a great supplement
to an independent study of Biology. You can read more about each of these modules at the
website listed. The main focus of each section will be the module listed. However, there may be time at the end of each section for additional material. In that case I will use material from BSCS Curriculum Development
• Emerging and Re-emerging Infectious Diseases has two objectives: to introduce students to major concepts related to emerging and re-emerging infectious dis eases and to convey to students the relationship between basic biomedical research and the improvement of personal and public health.
Fabulous Fractions (Session 1)
Ages: 8+ years old
Instructor: Rebecca Ferguson
Email: gafergs@comcast.net
Website: none
Cost: $70; If registered after deadline: $77
Min/Max: 4/12
Required Materials: Provided
• In this class students will find out all about fractions, including what they look like, how to write them, the relationship between fractions and decimals, adding and subtracting fractions, proper fractions, reducing fractions, multiplying, and dividing.
• The students will play games, work in cooperate groups, and work independently while learning all about fractions in a fun environment.
Fashion/Costume Design
Ages: 5+ years old
Instructor: Rachel Bick
Email: grossclothes@gmail.com
Website: www.grossclothesinc.com
Cost: $90; If registered after deadline: $99
Min/Max: 2/15
Required Materials: Two - three yards of fabric, scissors, pins, tape measure, and glue gun.
• In this class students will learn to design and construct costumes for a hypothetical movie.
• Students learn basic pattern making and construction skills without using a sewing machine.
• Students will make the costumes that they design!
Fashion Illustration
Ages: 5+ years old
Instructor: Rachel Bick
Email: grossclothes@gmail.com
Website: www.grossclothesinc.com
Cost: $80; If registered after deadline: $88
Min/Max: 2/15
Required Materials: 11X14 sketch book, 11x14 tracing paper, colored pencils, and fashion magazines.
• This course is an introduction on how to draw fashion figures and design clothing.
• Learn proportions of the female figure as it applies to fashion design.
• Students learn to illustrate fabrics, color and different styles.
Fashion Illustration Advanced
Ages: 6+ years old
Instructor: Rachel Bick
Email: grossclothes@gmail.com
Website: www.grossclothesinc.com
Cost: $85; If registered after deadline: $93.50
Min/Max: 2/15
Required Materials: 11X14 sketch book, 11x14 tracing paper, colored pencils, colored markers, and fashion magazines.
• Using the fashion figure students learn to develop their own individual style.
• They learn to illustrate fabric and design clothing.
• Students will learn to make inspiration boards (colleges that inspire clothing).
• We will study color, source of light and shadow technique.
• At the end of the class students will have a portfolio piece: Colored fashion drawings with a collage to go with.
Fashion Illustration and Fashion Design
Ages: 7+ years old
Instructor: Rachel Bick
Email: grossclothes@gmail.com
Website: www.grossclothesinc.com
Cost: $95; If registered after deadline: $104.50
Min/Max: 2/10
Required Materials: 11x14 sketch book, pencils and colored pencils or markers, ruler, fabric, pins, tape measure.
• In this class children learn to draw the classic fashion figure and clothing, then they design a simple top or a skirt.
• The second half of the session the students get to make what they design!
• Sewing machine provided by teacher.
Fun With Chess
Ages: 5 years and up
Instructor: Kid Chess
Email: info@kidchess.com
Website: www.kidchess.com
Cost: $95; If registered after deadline: $104.50
Min/Max: 8/none
Required Materials: Provided
• Chess is a Gymnasium for Your Brain. Participation in Chess has been shown to increase test scores in reading and math. Chess helps develop critical thinking, problem solving abilities, concentration, memory, attention span, patience, sportsmanship, and other skills.
• At Kid Chess, the Kid Comes First. Though our staff and students include top-rated tournament players, our focus is on the enrichment and entertainment of kids. The beginner is every bit as important as the champion.
• Class will include a trophy for each participant, “Bughouse” (a version of team chess), computer-aided instruction, and many other ways to learn and enjoy this great game.
• Teaching for all levels and ages, from those that do not know how to play on up to champions!
• Each child will receive instruction appropriate to their own level.
Geometry for the Elementary student (Session 4)
Ages: 8 - 11 years old
Instructor: Rebecca Ferguson
Email: gafergs@comcast.net
Website: none
Cost: $70; If registered after deadline: $77
Min/Max: 4/12
Required Materials: protractor, compass, triangle, ruler, pencil and eraser
• A hands on approach will be used to expand on the students basic ideas of geometry.
• Line segments, angles, and open and closed curves. Students will be introduced to plane figures; solid figures; congruence and symmetry; perimeter, area and patterns in geometry.
• Games, group cooperation and hands on activities will be used throughout this course.
• Most activities will be completed in class, but homework may periodically be sent home.
Go West!
Ages: K5 through middle school
Instructor: Karen Beauvais
Email: Karen@omega-network.net
Website: none
Cost: $70 per session, 10% sibling discount; If registered after deadline: $77
Min/Max: none
Required Materials:
Covers American History following the her Independence from 1804 -1912. Class will start with basic geography and time line of the United States after the American Revolution.
It will cover the Louisiana Purchase, Lewis and Clark, The Donner Party, Native American Indians, the Alamo, the Gold Rush, the Pony Express, Western towns and the building of
rail ways and Great Western Expansion. The class will cover geography, extensive mapping, some geological science and plenty of rich, exciting, hands on history!
For those using Story of the World Curriculum III, we will cover the same time line. Students will choose a character from the 1800's to research and report on by the end of session.
*We will offer some guided field trips to historic Indian sites and the Booth Western museum as side journeys to anyone wanting to supplement their study
Guitar-Private Lessons
Ages: 8+ years old
Instructor: Barry Edelson
Email: barryedelson@bellsouth.net
Website: none
Cost: $136; If registered after deadline: $149.60
Min/Max: 1/1
Required Materials: Guitar, Music Stand, and pencil
30 Minute private instruction
Times will be given upon enrollment.
• This course assumes no previous playing experience and covers all the fundamentals necessary to ultimately the master the instrument. These include learning to play all the basic chords and scales.
• Proper musicianship will be stressed including playing in time with a beat, hearing the difference between various notes and playing along with others.
• By the end of the course students will be able to strum along with their favorite songs and also be able to play single note phrases necessary to becoming the next “guitar hero”.
• Student is required to provide a guitar. All course materials will be provided by the instructor.
Hands On Art History
Ages: 6 - 9 years old
Instructor: Amy Durant
Email: lynnbug@gmail.com
Website: www.amydurant.com
Cost: $80
Material Fee: $10
Min/Max: 5/12
Required Materials: Provided
• I will be out of town on 9/7, so we will cancel my classes for that week and reduce class prices by $10.
• Each week learn about a famous artist in history and make an art project based on his/her style. We will draw, paint, cut, sculpt, build, and more.
• There will be an informational handout about the artist, time period, and style.
• Some of the artists in this series are: Alexander Calder, Georgia O'Keefe, M.C. Escher, Albrect Durer, Salvador Dali.
Hands-On Geometry with Zome Modeling
Ages: 8 years and older
Instructor: YES! (Youth Engaged in Science)
Email: info@youthengagedinscience.com
Website: www.youthengagedinscience.com
Cost: $105; If registered after deadline: $115.50
Min/Max: 6/12
Required Materials: Provided
• This class will utilize Zome manipulatives to give your student hands-on experimentation with geometry and help them connect numbers to shapes in the real world.
• They will explore symmetry and proportion, angles, area, perimeter and polygons while working in 2 and 3 dimensions.
• For those with an eye for art and pattern we will also work with tessellations and pattern recognition.
• In addition, students will learn about geometry connections to science and fine arts.
• Guaranteed fun while they learn!
Hands-On Science and Technology using LEGO®
Ages: 8 - 12 years old
Instructor: YES! (Youth Engaged in Science)
Email: info@youthengagedinscience.com
Website: www.youthengagedinscience.com
Cost: $105; If registered after deadline: $115.50
Min/Max: 6/12
Required Materials: Provided
• This class is a hands-on approach to physical science and technology. Students will work with LEGO® models to learn various physical science and technology concepts, including forces and motion, basics of simple machines, measurement, energy, and magnetism through experimentation.
• Students build real world mechanisms that work, such as a postal scale, a land yacht, a measuring tool, a sweeper, etc.
High School Robotics/Labview (Session 2)
Ages: 13 - 18 years old
Instructor: YES! (Youth Engaged in Science)
Email: info@youthengagedinscience.com
Website: www.youthengagedinscience.com
Cost: $115; If registered after deadline: $126.50
Min/Max: 4/8
Required Materials: Provided
• High School Robotics / Labview will concentrate on programming a robot from the Remote Operations class to perform reliably.
• Students will program their robots using Labview, a graphical programming language.
High School Robotics/Remote Operation (Session 1)
Ages: 13 - 18 years old
Instructor: YES! (Youth Engaged in Science)
Email: info@youthengagedinscience.com
Website: www.youthengagedinscience.com
Cost: $115; If registered after deadline: $126.50
Min/Max: 4/8
Required Materials: Provided
• High School Robotics / Remote Operation will cover building robots using metal plates, channels and gears, plus servo and DC motors.
• This class will concentrate on building a robot that moves accurately.
• Remote control devices will power these robots.
High School Robotics (Session 3 & 4-Two session committment)
Ages: 13 - 18 years old
Instructor: YES! (Youth Engaged in Science)
Email: info@youthengagedinscience.com
Website: www.youthengagedinscience.com
Cost: $115 per session; If registered after deadline: $126.50 per session
Min/Max: 4/8
Required Materials: Provided
Hip-hop Dance
Ages: 9 and up
Instructor: Lauren Eckert
Email: owattever@comcast.net
Website: none
Cost: $55; If registered after deadline: $60.50
Min/Max: 5/none
Required Materials: Just bring some sneakers and your swag. ;)
• In this class students will learn the basics of hip-hop and breakdancing. Each week they will practice new steps, learn high-energy choreography, and develop personal style by freestyling! No experience required. All you need is some swagger. ;)
• The instructor is a senior member of Impact Dance of Atlanta's performing company and crew.
• 60 minute class
Ages: 8th to 12th grade
Instructor: Donna Eckert
Email: donnaeckert@comcast.net
Website: none
Cost: $70; If registered after deadline: $77
Min/Max: 4/12
Required Materials: pencil
• Curriculum by National Institute of Health http://science-education.nih.gov/supplements/nih1/cancer/default.htm
• These enrichment modules are published by the National Institute of Health. Real-World
scenarios and the inquiry method are used to cover topics in biology. Students work in groups
to understand data and come to conclusions. These modules will provide a great supplement
to an independent study of Biology. You can read more about each of these modules at the
website listed. The main focus of each section will be the module listed. However, there may be time at the end of each section for additional material. In that case I will use material from BSCS Curriculum Development
• Cell Biology and Cancer has two objectives. The first objective is to introduce students to major concepts related to the development and impact of cancer. Today we have a picture of cancer that, while still incomplete, is remarkably coherent and precise. Cancer develops when mutations occur in genes that normally operate to control cell division. These mutations prompt the cell to divide inappropriately. Cancer-causing mutations can be induced by a wide variety of environmental agents and even several known viruses. Such mutations also can be inherited— thus, the observation that some families have a higher risk for developing cancer than others. We still have much to learn about cancer, to be sure, but the clarity and detail of our understanding today speak powerfully of the enormous gains scientists have made in just the last 30 years. One objective of this module is to help students catch a bit of the excitement of these gains.
• A second objective is to convey to students the relationship between basic biomedical research and the improvement of personal and public health. Cancer-related research has yielded many benefits for humankind. Most directly, it has guided the development of public health policies and medical interventions that today are helping us prevent, treat, and often, even cure cancer.
Central Europe + trip (year long)
Class starts at 9:15
Ages: 12 - 18 years old
Instructor: Freya Fitzpatrick
Email: FreyaFitzpatrick@gmail.com
Website: www.startlearning4life.com
Cost: $100 per session ; If registered after deadline: $110
Min/Max: maximum class size: approximately 15 students. 30 people can come on the trip. Number of students in class depends on the number of adults coming on the trip
Required Materials: One tri-fold display board. One role of 3 ¼ inch adding machine paper . A book list will be supplied: Each student will select the books needed for his or her projects, presentations and papers. Parents may buy these books, get them from the library or download them if available for download.
Parents participation: If a parent wants to participate in the class or trip, there will be an additional fee to cover expenses.
• Year-long interdisciplinary course culminating in a 2-week trip to Germany, Poland and Czech Republic
• Ages: 12-18 years old. Twelve-year olds must be capable of early high-school level behavior and performance. Students 14 and older can (if parents want) travel under my chaperonage. Students 12-13 must have a parent or other responsible adult on the trip. In order for a child to go on the trip they must be enrolled in the class. This applies to siblings as well.
• The course can be taken as: a) an elective; b) an English course – lit or writing or both; c) a social studies course; d) an arts course. What I teach in class will remain the same no matter which option you choose. What will make the course fit one of these specific categories will be the type of assignments your children do. For instance, if they select the essay and research assignments, I will critique and coach their work based on writing criteria. (The literature and writing option would be best for students who have already taken my writing course this year.) I will provide a course description to meet whichever option you choose.
• The 2-week trip is worth a ½ credit and can also be used as a) an elective; b) a social studies course or c) an arts course. I will provide a course description to meet whichever option you choose. To get ‘credit’ students will be expected to turn in a travelogue of their trip featuring arts, history, or whatever is appropriate for what they’re getting credit for.
• Cost of trip: approximately $2500 per person. We’ll travel by rail and other public transportation within Europe. We’ll stay mostly in hostels unless I find awesome deals on hotels, but really, hostels are a great cultural experience and usually you can prepare food in a communal kitchen which will keep food costs down. We’ll also probably spend 2-3 nights sleeping on trains–another cool cultural experience.
• Cultural exchange – students will be paired with a similarly aged pen-pal in at least one of the three countries we visit, and hopefully with a pen-pal in one city in each country. This will be arranged through friends of mine. The idea is that the kids will get to meet their pen-pals and do one or more of the following: attend a group get together with them, have their pen-pal as a guide for the day, eat or stay-over at the pen-pal’s house.
• Touring – the trip is intended as an educational trip, not a vacation. I will try to be reasonable – my family says I’m very unreasonable when it comes to learning and touring. They call me the blitzkrieg tour guide. The point of mentioning this is that parents and students on the trip need to be prepared to keep up an energetic pace for 2 weeks. I plan for us to visit 9-10 towns in two weeks, which means about 1 town per day, which means lots of paying attention and being mentally on task. If everyone really wants, I can cut it down to 6-7 towns in two weeks, but to my way of thinking, if you’re spending all that money to go to Europe, why not see as much as you can? You can come back and sleep for a month!
Chemical Analysis (1st session)
Ages: 5th - 8th grade
Instructor: Donna Eckert
Email: donnaeckert@comcast.net
Website: none
Cost: $70; If registered after deadline: $77
Min/Max: 4/12
Required Materials: pencil, 3 prong folder
Curriculum from TOPS Science: http://topscience.org/
• This is a hands-on science class. It is an excellent introduction to simple chemical analysis, especially for students who have had no previous background in chemistry.
• Your students will quantitatively separate salt and sand mixtures by following simple flowchart procedures. They'll observe common household substances interacting, then use these characteristic reactions to qualitatively analyze unknown substances.
• They'll investigate acids and bases, both with traditional litmus paper and cabbage water. By titrating with an eye dropper, your students will compare the strengths of common kitchen substances, and match color changes to estimate pH.
The Classical Book Club
Ages: 5 - 12 years old; must be reading or with emerging reading skills.
Ages: 12-15 years old. Apprentice Level (25.00 fee) Will assist and help build props and participate in original reenactments. These children will staff the book club and plan the activities.
Instructor: Karen Beauvais
Email: Karen@omega-network.net
Website: none
Cost: $30 fee for supplies required; If registered after deadline: $33
Min/Max:20 slots
Required Materials: flexible required text. Books may be audio or checked out of the library.
• Every 8 week session will bring 3-4 classics in Literature 1 poem, bard or sonnet.
• The club will be constructed to function like a traditional book club - facilitated not taught.
• There will be discussion on the reading then an open studio environment which may include reciting a poem from a soap box, a props and enactment, an art area to draw or paint a scene from the reading or a period craft. Each week will bring a different activity pertaining to the reading.
• Children will have reading requirements to complete in order to earn ribbons.
• Parents will receive an age appropriate classical reading list and students will cover material by listening to audio books, reading along with parents or reading themselves independently. The version of text will not matter, as long as the child completes the reading requirement.
• Students may read above or below grade level with or without a parent.
• Parents will have the full reading list by July. 8-12 Classical books (2-3 per session) and 4 classical poems will be experienced by the end of the year. Poems will be provided.
• Students will be immersed in great literature and enjoy the journey!
• Parents are welcome in this class!
CMC (Cool Moms Class)
Ages: I won’t go there. If you’re a mom, you’re in.
Instructor: Lauren Eckert
Email: owattever@comcast.net
Website: none
Cost: $55; If registered after deadline: $60.50
Min/Max: 5/none
Required materials: *
• This is a fitness class exclusively for cool moms. :) You will be led in anaerobic exercise, aerobic exercise, and stretching. This class combines elements of Zumba, Pilates, and Boot Camp for a super fun, high-energy workout.
• The instructor is a senior member of Impact Dance of Atlanta’s performing company and crew.
• Super convenient! Take class while your kids are taking their classes!
Crime Scene and Criminal Justice
Ages: 7 - 13 years old (reading fluently and writing at a min 2nd/3rd grade level)
Instructor: Karen Beauvais
Email: Karen@omega-network.net
Website: none
Cost: $80 per session includes all lab supplies; If registered after deadline: $88
Min/Max: none
Required Materials: TBA (Will be consulting with Acworth Police explorers on appropriate study guides)
• This class will be modeled after the Police Explorers program. If your child has their eye on a career in the police force, the military or within the criminal justice system this will foster their desire to learn more.
• Using criminal justice text, forensics, ballistics, investigation techniques and judicial study we will explore fighting crime and keeping order from the ground up. We will problem solve, use science to unravel a crime and write subpoena worthy reports each week.
• Guest speakers will detail to us careers in law enforcement and each week we will have a crime lab. (No graphically violent crime will be studied.)
• Students will explore the penal code, local, state and federal law as well as the court system.
• A weekly police/crime report will be required, as well as 1 project on an assigned topic per session.
Digital Literacy
Ages: 7+ years old
Instructor: Morgan McFarland
Email: morgan@mcfamilies.com
Website: none
Cost: $70; If registered after deadline: $77
Min/Max: 4/12
Required Materials: laptops with an internet browser installed
• Email, instant messenger, Facebook, forums, blogs – our children have so many ways to reach out to other people with similar interests and wide array of backgrounds.
• Being online means being part of a large and vibrant community, but like any community, the online world has its own rules, social expectations, and occasional dangerous elements.
• Do your children have the skills they need to be smart and safe digital citizens?
• Digital literacy is the ability to locate, organize, understand, evaluate, and analyze information using digital technology.
• More than that, it’s the knowledge of how to traverse the Internet safety, how to interact with others online in a way that is polite and appropriate, and what information they should or shouldn’t share.
• Students will learn the basics of email, safe web navigation, distinguishing between reliable and unreliable websites (a useful tool for research), online etiquette, and how to be a responsible online “citizen.”
Early Reading Enrichment
Ages: PreK to 1st grade (your child should be able to recognize most letters of the alphabet)
Instructor: Rebecca Ferguson
Email: gafergs@comcast.net
Website: none
Cost: $75; If registered after deadline: $82.50
Sibling discount: $65 ($71.50 after deadline)
Min/Max: 4/12
Required Materials: glue sticks and pencils
• This class will teach your child phonic awareness, sight word recognition and other decoding skills as they discover the love of reading.
• Specific reading strategies will be taught as they learn to read literally and inferentially for many purposes.
• They will engage in pre-reading activities, active reading, review activities, and in a wide spectrum of response strategies.
• Students will read a variety of materials, including phonics oriented stories, revised reading books, and trade books.
• Games, craft and written activities will be used as part of this class to help instill a love of reading.
• Activities will be sent home to help reinforce what is being taught in class.
Electric Circuits
Ages: 9 - 12 years old
Instructor: YES! (Youth Engaged in Science)
Email: info@youthengagedinscience.com
Website: www.youthengagedinscience.com
Cost: $105; If registered after deadline: $115.50
Min/Max: 6/12
Required Materials: Provided
• Electric Circuits will be taught using the Electric Circuits KitBook.
• Students will build actual circuits from the materials provided in the book and learn how they work.
• This is a hands-on class.
• Concepts taught include simple circuits, batteries, conductors and insulators, switches, series circuits and parallel circuits.
Elementary Acting/Acting & Improvisation
Ages: 7 years old to 13 years old
Instructor: Carolyn Choe
Email: Carolyn.Choe@comcast.net
Website: none
Cost: $90; If registered after deadline: $99
Min/Max: 6/12
Required Materials: none
Through interactive exercises, theatre & improvisational games, and scene work, student’s imaginations and creativity can blossom to its full potential. By creating character and learning to trust their instincts students can build self confidence, make new friends & develop independent thinking. This class is for those new to the stage as well as those who have had previous acting classes.
Emerging and Re-emerging Infectious Diseases (Session 3)
Ages: 8th to 12th grade
Instructor: Donna Eckert
Email: donnaeckert@comcast.net
Website: none
Cost: $70; If registered after deadline: $77
Min/Max: 4/12
Required Materials: pencil
• Curriculum by National Institute of Health
http://science.education.nih.gov/supplements/nih1/diseases/default.htm
• These enrichment modules are published by the National Institute of Health. Real-World
scenarios and the inquiry method are used to cover topics in biology. Students work in groups
to understand data and come to conclusions. These modules will provide a great supplement
to an independent study of Biology. You can read more about each of these modules at the
website listed. The main focus of each section will be the module listed. However, there may be time at the end of each section for additional material. In that case I will use material from BSCS Curriculum Development
• Emerging and Re-emerging Infectious Diseases has two objectives: to introduce students to major concepts related to emerging and re-emerging infectious dis eases and to convey to students the relationship between basic biomedical research and the improvement of personal and public health.
Fabulous Fractions (Session 1)
Ages: 8+ years old
Instructor: Rebecca Ferguson
Email: gafergs@comcast.net
Website: none
Cost: $70; If registered after deadline: $77
Min/Max: 4/12
Required Materials: Provided
• In this class students will find out all about fractions, including what they look like, how to write them, the relationship between fractions and decimals, adding and subtracting fractions, proper fractions, reducing fractions, multiplying, and dividing.
• The students will play games, work in cooperate groups, and work independently while learning all about fractions in a fun environment.
Fashion/Costume Design
Ages: 5+ years old
Instructor: Rachel Bick
Email: grossclothes@gmail.com
Website: www.grossclothesinc.com
Cost: $90; If registered after deadline: $99
Min/Max: 2/15
Required Materials: Two - three yards of fabric, scissors, pins, tape measure, and glue gun.
• In this class students will learn to design and construct costumes for a hypothetical movie.
• Students learn basic pattern making and construction skills without using a sewing machine.
• Students will make the costumes that they design!
Fashion Illustration
Ages: 5+ years old
Instructor: Rachel Bick
Email: grossclothes@gmail.com
Website: www.grossclothesinc.com
Cost: $80; If registered after deadline: $88
Min/Max: 2/15
Required Materials: 11X14 sketch book, 11x14 tracing paper, colored pencils, and fashion magazines.
• This course is an introduction on how to draw fashion figures and design clothing.
• Learn proportions of the female figure as it applies to fashion design.
• Students learn to illustrate fabrics, color and different styles.
Fashion Illustration Advanced
Ages: 6+ years old
Instructor: Rachel Bick
Email: grossclothes@gmail.com
Website: www.grossclothesinc.com
Cost: $85; If registered after deadline: $93.50
Min/Max: 2/15
Required Materials: 11X14 sketch book, 11x14 tracing paper, colored pencils, colored markers, and fashion magazines.
• Using the fashion figure students learn to develop their own individual style.
• They learn to illustrate fabric and design clothing.
• Students will learn to make inspiration boards (colleges that inspire clothing).
• We will study color, source of light and shadow technique.
• At the end of the class students will have a portfolio piece: Colored fashion drawings with a collage to go with.
Fashion Illustration and Fashion Design
Ages: 7+ years old
Instructor: Rachel Bick
Email: grossclothes@gmail.com
Website: www.grossclothesinc.com
Cost: $95; If registered after deadline: $104.50
Min/Max: 2/10
Required Materials: 11x14 sketch book, pencils and colored pencils or markers, ruler, fabric, pins, tape measure.
• In this class children learn to draw the classic fashion figure and clothing, then they design a simple top or a skirt.
• The second half of the session the students get to make what they design!
• Sewing machine provided by teacher.
Fun With Chess
Ages: 5 years and up
Instructor: Kid Chess
Email: info@kidchess.com
Website: www.kidchess.com
Cost: $95; If registered after deadline: $104.50
Min/Max: 8/none
Required Materials: Provided
• Chess is a Gymnasium for Your Brain. Participation in Chess has been shown to increase test scores in reading and math. Chess helps develop critical thinking, problem solving abilities, concentration, memory, attention span, patience, sportsmanship, and other skills.
• At Kid Chess, the Kid Comes First. Though our staff and students include top-rated tournament players, our focus is on the enrichment and entertainment of kids. The beginner is every bit as important as the champion.
• Class will include a trophy for each participant, “Bughouse” (a version of team chess), computer-aided instruction, and many other ways to learn and enjoy this great game.
• Teaching for all levels and ages, from those that do not know how to play on up to champions!
• Each child will receive instruction appropriate to their own level.
Geometry for the Elementary student (Session 4)
Ages: 8 - 11 years old
Instructor: Rebecca Ferguson
Email: gafergs@comcast.net
Website: none
Cost: $70; If registered after deadline: $77
Min/Max: 4/12
Required Materials: protractor, compass, triangle, ruler, pencil and eraser
• A hands on approach will be used to expand on the students basic ideas of geometry.
• Line segments, angles, and open and closed curves. Students will be introduced to plane figures; solid figures; congruence and symmetry; perimeter, area and patterns in geometry.
• Games, group cooperation and hands on activities will be used throughout this course.
• Most activities will be completed in class, but homework may periodically be sent home.
Go West!
Ages: K5 through middle school
Instructor: Karen Beauvais
Email: Karen@omega-network.net
Website: none
Cost: $70 per session, 10% sibling discount; If registered after deadline: $77
Min/Max: none
Required Materials:
Covers American History following the her Independence from 1804 -1912. Class will start with basic geography and time line of the United States after the American Revolution.
It will cover the Louisiana Purchase, Lewis and Clark, The Donner Party, Native American Indians, the Alamo, the Gold Rush, the Pony Express, Western towns and the building of
rail ways and Great Western Expansion. The class will cover geography, extensive mapping, some geological science and plenty of rich, exciting, hands on history!
For those using Story of the World Curriculum III, we will cover the same time line. Students will choose a character from the 1800's to research and report on by the end of session.
*We will offer some guided field trips to historic Indian sites and the Booth Western museum as side journeys to anyone wanting to supplement their study
Guitar-Private Lessons
Ages: 8+ years old
Instructor: Barry Edelson
Email: barryedelson@bellsouth.net
Website: none
Cost: $136; If registered after deadline: $149.60
Min/Max: 1/1
Required Materials: Guitar, Music Stand, and pencil
30 Minute private instruction
Times will be given upon enrollment.
• This course assumes no previous playing experience and covers all the fundamentals necessary to ultimately the master the instrument. These include learning to play all the basic chords and scales.
• Proper musicianship will be stressed including playing in time with a beat, hearing the difference between various notes and playing along with others.
• By the end of the course students will be able to strum along with their favorite songs and also be able to play single note phrases necessary to becoming the next “guitar hero”.
• Student is required to provide a guitar. All course materials will be provided by the instructor.
Hands On Art History
Ages: 6 - 9 years old
Instructor: Amy Durant
Email: lynnbug@gmail.com
Website: www.amydurant.com
Cost: $80
Material Fee: $10
Min/Max: 5/12
Required Materials: Provided
• I will be out of town on 9/7, so we will cancel my classes for that week and reduce class prices by $10.
• Each week learn about a famous artist in history and make an art project based on his/her style. We will draw, paint, cut, sculpt, build, and more.
• There will be an informational handout about the artist, time period, and style.
• Some of the artists in this series are: Alexander Calder, Georgia O'Keefe, M.C. Escher, Albrect Durer, Salvador Dali.
Hands-On Geometry with Zome Modeling
Ages: 8 years and older
Instructor: YES! (Youth Engaged in Science)
Email: info@youthengagedinscience.com
Website: www.youthengagedinscience.com
Cost: $105; If registered after deadline: $115.50
Min/Max: 6/12
Required Materials: Provided
• This class will utilize Zome manipulatives to give your student hands-on experimentation with geometry and help them connect numbers to shapes in the real world.
• They will explore symmetry and proportion, angles, area, perimeter and polygons while working in 2 and 3 dimensions.
• For those with an eye for art and pattern we will also work with tessellations and pattern recognition.
• In addition, students will learn about geometry connections to science and fine arts.
• Guaranteed fun while they learn!
Hands-On Science and Technology using LEGO®
Ages: 8 - 12 years old
Instructor: YES! (Youth Engaged in Science)
Email: info@youthengagedinscience.com
Website: www.youthengagedinscience.com
Cost: $105; If registered after deadline: $115.50
Min/Max: 6/12
Required Materials: Provided
• This class is a hands-on approach to physical science and technology. Students will work with LEGO® models to learn various physical science and technology concepts, including forces and motion, basics of simple machines, measurement, energy, and magnetism through experimentation.
• Students build real world mechanisms that work, such as a postal scale, a land yacht, a measuring tool, a sweeper, etc.
High School Robotics/Labview (Session 2)
Ages: 13 - 18 years old
Instructor: YES! (Youth Engaged in Science)
Email: info@youthengagedinscience.com
Website: www.youthengagedinscience.com
Cost: $115; If registered after deadline: $126.50
Min/Max: 4/8
Required Materials: Provided
• High School Robotics / Labview will concentrate on programming a robot from the Remote Operations class to perform reliably.
• Students will program their robots using Labview, a graphical programming language.
High School Robotics/Remote Operation (Session 1)
Ages: 13 - 18 years old
Instructor: YES! (Youth Engaged in Science)
Email: info@youthengagedinscience.com
Website: www.youthengagedinscience.com
Cost: $115; If registered after deadline: $126.50
Min/Max: 4/8
Required Materials: Provided
• High School Robotics / Remote Operation will cover building robots using metal plates, channels and gears, plus servo and DC motors.
• This class will concentrate on building a robot that moves accurately.
• Remote control devices will power these robots.
High School Robotics (Session 3 & 4-Two session committment)
Ages: 13 - 18 years old
Instructor: YES! (Youth Engaged in Science)
Email: info@youthengagedinscience.com
Website: www.youthengagedinscience.com
Cost: $115 per session; If registered after deadline: $126.50 per session
Min/Max: 4/8
Required Materials: Provided
High School Robotics will engage the students with activities that put the engineering design process into practice in an assistive robotics theme, providing real-world scenarios and open-ended challenges. Students will build robots from aluminum pieces that will have to be bolted together along with the brains of the LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT.
Hip-hop Dance
Ages: 9 and up
Instructor: Lauren Eckert
Email: owattever@comcast.net
Website: none
Cost: $55; If registered after deadline: $60.50
Min/Max: 5/none
Required Materials: Just bring some sneakers and your swag. ;)
• In this class students will learn the basics of hip-hop and breakdancing. Each week they will practice new steps, learn high-energy choreography, and develop personal style by freestyling! No experience required. All you need is some swagger. ;)
• The instructor is a senior member of Impact Dance of Atlanta's performing company and crew.
• 60 minute class
Human Anatomy and Large Mammal Organ Dissection (session 4)
Ages: 12 - 18 years old (high school/ jr. high)
Instructor: Alison Crawford
Email: iacrawford@
Website: none
Cost: $100 per session; If registered after deadline: $110
Material fee: $25
Min/Max: 8/20
Required Materials: none
In this class, students will study human anatomy. A multi-disciplinary approach will be used that will help the student to build excellent observation and critical thinking skills. We will utilize large mammal organs such as cow eyes, livers and brains to help us explore the functions of human anatomy. The students will see how small details fit in context with the big picture, which will give understanding and meaning to what we are studying. This class will be a mixture of teaching, dissection and observation (through our museum field trip).
At the end of the quarter, we will take a field trip to the Bodies Exhibit in Atlanta. Museum Admission is included in the class fee.
Human Genetic Variation (Session 2)
Ages: 8th to 12th grade
Instructor: Donna Eckert
Email: donnaeckert@comcast.net
Website: none
Cost: $70; If registered after deadline: $77
Min/Max: 4/12
Required Materials: pencil
• Curriculum by National Institute of Health
http://science.education.nih.gov/supplements/nih1/genetic/default.htm
• These enrichment modules are published by the National Institute of Health. Real-World
scenarios and the inquiry method are used to cover topics in biology. Students work in groups
to understand data and come to conclusions. These modules will provide a great supplement
to an independent study of Biology. You can read more about each of these modules at the
website listed. The main focus of each section will be the module listed. However, there may be time at the end of each section for additional material. In that case I will use material from BSCS Curriculum Development
• Human Genetic Variation has two central objectives. The first is to introduce students to major concepts related to human genetic variation. The second objective is to convey to students the relationship between basic biomedical research and the improvement of personal and public health.
Ages: 8th to 12th grade
Instructor: Donna Eckert
Email: donnaeckert@comcast.net
Website: none
Cost: $70; If registered after deadline: $77
Min/Max: 4/12
Required Materials: pencil
• Curriculum by National Institute of Health
http://science.education.nih.gov/supplements/nih1/genetic/default.htm
• These enrichment modules are published by the National Institute of Health. Real-World
scenarios and the inquiry method are used to cover topics in biology. Students work in groups
to understand data and come to conclusions. These modules will provide a great supplement
to an independent study of Biology. You can read more about each of these modules at the
website listed. The main focus of each section will be the module listed. However, there may be time at the end of each section for additional material. In that case I will use material from BSCS Curriculum Development
• Human Genetic Variation has two central objectives. The first is to introduce students to major concepts related to human genetic variation. The second objective is to convey to students the relationship between basic biomedical research and the improvement of personal and public health.
Kid's Klay
Ages: 5 - 12 years old
Instructor: Teresa Barnes
Email: t-treasures@mindspring.com
Website: none
Cost: $80; If registered after deadline: $88 (Session 1-$70/77: Instructor will miss one week of classes on September 7th)
Min/Max: 4/8
• Children will learn basic hand-building techniques, including pinch-pot, slab, and coil construction.
• They will learn to express their creativity in a fun but educational environment.
LEGO® Robotics
Ages: 10 years and older
Instructor: YES! (Youth Engaged in Science)
Email: info@youthengagedinscience.com
Website: www.youthengagedinscience.com
Cost: $105; If registered after deadline: $115.50
Min/Max: 6/12
Required Materials: Provided
• This class integrates practical applications of computer science, math, fundamental physics, engineering, into a rich and challenging course. The curriculum includes materials designed by the Carnegie Mellon Robotics Academy and the NASA Robotics Educator Program designed to foster mathematical and engineering competency as well as technological and scientific literacy. • We will utilize the LEGO® MINDSTORMS products for this class.
• Session 1 will be an introduction to robotics, building and programming LEGO® NXT robots.
• Session 2 will include building and programming ANIMAL robots using the LEGO® Mindstorms NXT Zoo book.
• Session 3 will be Robotics II, which will delve into more advanced building and programming.
• Session 4 will use the LEGO Mindstorms NXT One-Kit Wonders book to build and program cool robots such as dragsters, security system robots, a robotic hand, and a NXT bicycle.
LEGO® Simple Machines
Ages: 8 - 12 years old
Instructor: YES! (Youth Engaged in Science)
Email: info@youthengagedinscience.com
Website: www.youthengagedinscience.com
Cost: $105; If registered after deadline: $115.50
Min/Max: 6/12
Required Materials: Provided
• Concepts are taught through hands-on experimentation with LEGO® models: Forces and Structures, Inclined Planes, Levers, Wheels & Axles, Gears, Pulleys and Compound Gears.
• Class includes: learning the mechanical advantage of each type of simple machine, simple graphing and data collection exercises, and experiments using trial and error.
LEGO® WeDo Robotics
Ages: 7 years and older
Instructor: YES! (Youth Engaged in Science)
Email: info@youthengagedinscience.com
Website: www.youthengagedinscience.com
Cost: $105; If registered after deadline: $115.50
Min/Max: 6/12
Required Materials: Provided
• Introductory Robotics utilizes the new LEGO Education WeDo robotics set to teach students how to build fun models and then program them to move.
• Students are introduced to motors and sensors, which are built into models that are then connected to a computer to be programmed using a simple programming tool.
• The WeDo robotics concept is designed to cover a broad range of curriculum targets.
• Students build models of machines and animals, program actions and behaviors, measure distance in centimeters and speed in rotations, investigate how machines work.
Little Champs Sports
Ages: 3 - 8 years old
Instructor: Creative Movement and Dance
Email/phone: heatherpace@bellsouth.net/678-229-6156
Website: www.creativemovementanddance.com
Cost: $90; If registered after deadline: $99
Min/Max: 4/10
Required materials: none
• Little Champ Sports promotes balance, strength, coordination, left and right skills, and many gross motor skills. These are skills critical to all sports.
• In addition, the students learn the value of cooperation, sportsmanship, and team attitudes.
• Classes are taught in a logical progression - beginning with flexibility/range of motion, eye/hand coordination, and the “building blocks” of athleticism and sport. The children then advance to general agility, ball rolling, bouncing, kicking, handling and throwing.
• Finally, sport specific skills are perfected, for baseball, basketball, football, soccer, track & field, and others.
• Little Champ Sports is a great way for your child to have fun, while getting a “head start” for any sports activities they may pursue.
• This is a non-competitive environment and is a great activity of boys AND girls.
Literature – British Lit (year long course)
Ages: high school level
Instructor: Freya Fitzpatrick
Email: FreyaFitzpatrick@gmail.com
Website: www.startlearning4life.com
Cost: $100 per session; If registered after deadline: $110
Min/Max: 5/10
Required Materials: A book list will be provided once a student registers. There are 12 novels. Parents may purchase books or download them if available for download. Books must be in a format that can be brought to class and which can be marked or highlighted.
• The purpose of this class is to provide students with a secure understanding of British literature. Students will read, discuss, and write about the Anglo-Saxon, Medieval, Elizabethan, Romantic, Victorian, and Modern periods. They will go beyond this, however, by analyzing the social, political, and religious influences that mark each period historically and affect literary style.Through class discussions and personal writing, students will establish their roles as critics, becoming conscious readers/writers. Texts used: 12 full-length British literature novels, and 3 collections of British poetry. Basis of grade: Average of grades on 15 essays.
• My approach to literature is to read. Read, read, read. I want kids to immerse themselves in books that are well-known classics of specific eras. They will of course learn the appropriate analysis skills of literature, but my belief about literature is that kids will learn more about the world, about ideas and about literature by actually reading, getting wrapped up in a book, rather getting bogged down in excruciating nit-picking at books. So, students will read two-three full novels per 8-week session. They can read via books-on-CD. Some people really benefit from hearing rather than just reading a book. Class time will be spent on vocabulary development, historical and cultural background on specific works and on analysis skills.
Marine Life Dissection Study (session 2)
Ages: 12 - 18 years old
Instructor: AlisonCrawford
Email: iacrawford@overcomerswc.com
Website: none
Cost: $100 per session; If registered after deadline: $110
Material fee: $25
Min/Max: 8/20
Required Materials: none
Math Around the World (2nd session)
Ages: 5th - 8th grade
Instructor: Donna Eckert
Email: donnaeckert@comcast.net
Website: none
Cost: $70; If registered after deadline: $77
Min/Max: 4/10
Required Materials: pencil
Curriculum from GEMS: http://www.lhsgems.org/index.html
• Journey through the world of mathematics! Games and diversions from across the globe and throughout time have relied on numbers, geometry, probability, and logic.
• Discover the intriguing patterns of Topology Networks that originated in Zaire.
• Play Game Sticks, a version of a game played by Native Californians.
• Challenge your spatial skills by building Geometric Constructions that were first developed in England.
• Try to solve our Lo-Shu puzzles, classic magic squares that came from China.
• Maps and historical information at each station blend social studies and geography with mathematics.
Middle School Chemistry – A Walk through the Periodic Table (full year)
Ages: middle school and advanced 5th graders
Instructor: Donna Eckert
Email: donnaeckert@comcast.net
Website: none
Cost: $80 per session; If registered after deadline: $88
Min/Max: 6/16
Required Materials: loose-leaf notebook, pencil
• In this middle-school level science course, students will learn the logic of the Periodic Table and the beauty of the elements. As we walk through the elements we will learn about the structure of atoms, naming of chemicals, chemical reactions, environmental chemistry, biological chemistry, history of chemistry, properties of elements, and much more….
• Some (but not all) of the topics include atoms, protons, neutrons, electrons, nucleus, and orbitals, bonding – both ionic and covalent, electron structure, the effect of salts on melting and boiling, solution/solvent/solute concepts, ions, molecular vs. empirical structure, the forms of carbon, carbon dioxide and global warming, isotopes and C14 dating, silicon chips, polymers, and slime, the nitrogen cycle and ammonia, phosphates, radiation and half-lives, combustion, ozone, acids, bases, and acid rain, metals, lead, electricity, magnetism, rust, endothermic vs. exothermic reactions, bronze, brass, sterling silver, and much more.
• This will be a great introduction that should help students feel comfortable with the science of chemistry and gently prepare them for a high school course. While there will be some hands-on labs, there will be many demonstrations. The main learning will be through lecture and discussion. Therefore students will learn to take notes with the help of handouts.
• This will be an academic class that will require the students to review their notes at home. I will provide quizzes at least every other week for parents to give at home. These can be either ‘open book’ or ‘closed book’ at the parents discretion. I will NOT be keeping grades.
• This is a full year of information. Students can start in later session, but it will be to their great advantage to take the full year. Each student will finish the year with a nice notebook full of chemistry notes. My goal is to stretch the kids a good bit.
Middle School English – reading comprehension and writing
Ages: 4th - 8th grades
Instructor: Freya Fitzpatrick
Email: FreyaFitzpatrick@gmail.com
Website: www.startlearning4life.com
Cost: $85 per session; If registered after deadline: $93.50
Min/Max: 6/12
Required Materials: Avi, Crispin: The Cross of Lead. Madeline L’Engle, A Wrinkle in Time. Ellen Raskin, The Westing Game. Laurence Yep, Dragon’s Gate.
• Who: This course is for upper elementary through middle school students. Upper elementary means students who are about 9-10 years old, but have the social and emotional maturity of middle school students and who have the writing and reading skills appropriate for at least solid 6th grade work. Middle school means students who are working at a traditional 6-beginning 8th grade level in language arts. This class is not intended for academically advanced middle school students.
• What: Students will read 4 well-known and/or award winning novels during the four sessions. These novels will be the basis for developing vocabulary, reading comprehension skills, and short (250 word minimum) creative writing.
• Homework: There will be reading homework and a little writing.
Mixed Media
Ages: 9 years to 12 years old
Instructor: Amy Durant
Email: lynnbug@gmail.com
Website: www.amydurant.com
Cost: $80
Material Fee: $10
Min/Max: 5/12
Required Materials: Provided
• I will be out of town on 9/7, so we will cancel my classes for that week and reduce class prices by $10.
• Come explore the world of mixed media. We will use paper, fabric, paint, glue, stamps, pencils, and much more. Enjoy the simple pleasure of making things with your own hands.
• Learn how to use old and new materials to express yourself. Some of the projects we will make are collage work, doll making, hand made books, and more.
Pendulums (4th session)
Ages: 4th to 8th grade
Instructor: Donna Eckert
Email: donnaeckert@comcast.net
Website: none
Cost: $70; If registered after deadline: $77
Min/Max: 4/12
Required Materials: pencil
Curriculum from TOPS Science: http://topscience.org
• This is a hands-on science class. In PENDULUMS, students will time pendulums, count cycles, measure lengths, graph data, predict frequency, calculate rations and even discover the square root of two. It’s science, math and art. It’s all in Pendulums.
• There will be some homework (at most an hour a week).
Ages: 5 - 12 years old
Instructor: Teresa Barnes
Email: t-treasures@mindspring.com
Website: none
Cost: $80; If registered after deadline: $88 (Session 1-$70/77: Instructor will miss one week of classes on September 7th)
Min/Max: 4/8
• Children will learn basic hand-building techniques, including pinch-pot, slab, and coil construction.
• They will learn to express their creativity in a fun but educational environment.
Land Mammal Dissection Study (session 3)
Ages: 12 - 18 years old (high school/ jr. high)
Instructor: Alison Crawford
Email: rediscoveringrest@yahoo.com
Website: none
Cost: $100 per session; If registered after deadline: $110
Material fee: $25
Min/Max: 8/20
Required Materials: none
In this class, students will work in pairs to study and dissect 6 specimens. Specimens to be studied include a worm, a grass hopper, a frog, chicken wing/leg (for muscle study) a fetal pig and an owl pellet. Students will study approximately one animal a week. More time will be spent dissecting the more complex life forms.
Each class will start with a study of the animal’s anatomy, what makes that animal unique and how his unique features enable him to thrive in his environment. What is learned during the dissection will help the student to make logical connections between an animal’s anatomy/ physiology and the world that it lives in.
They also will be learning about the scientific method and how to document their findings in a lab research notebook.
A multi-disciplinary approach will be used that will help the student to build excellent observation and critical thinking skills. The students will see how small details fit in context with the big picture, which will give understanding and meaning to what we are studying.
LEGO® Robotics
Ages: 10 years and older
Instructor: YES! (Youth Engaged in Science)
Email: info@youthengagedinscience.com
Website: www.youthengagedinscience.com
Cost: $105; If registered after deadline: $115.50
Min/Max: 6/12
Required Materials: Provided
• This class integrates practical applications of computer science, math, fundamental physics, engineering, into a rich and challenging course. The curriculum includes materials designed by the Carnegie Mellon Robotics Academy and the NASA Robotics Educator Program designed to foster mathematical and engineering competency as well as technological and scientific literacy. • We will utilize the LEGO® MINDSTORMS products for this class.
• Session 1 will be an introduction to robotics, building and programming LEGO® NXT robots.
• Session 2 will include building and programming ANIMAL robots using the LEGO® Mindstorms NXT Zoo book.
• Session 3 will be Robotics II, which will delve into more advanced building and programming.
• Session 4 will use the LEGO Mindstorms NXT One-Kit Wonders book to build and program cool robots such as dragsters, security system robots, a robotic hand, and a NXT bicycle.
LEGO® Simple Machines
Ages: 8 - 12 years old
Instructor: YES! (Youth Engaged in Science)
Email: info@youthengagedinscience.com
Website: www.youthengagedinscience.com
Cost: $105; If registered after deadline: $115.50
Min/Max: 6/12
Required Materials: Provided
• Concepts are taught through hands-on experimentation with LEGO® models: Forces and Structures, Inclined Planes, Levers, Wheels & Axles, Gears, Pulleys and Compound Gears.
• Class includes: learning the mechanical advantage of each type of simple machine, simple graphing and data collection exercises, and experiments using trial and error.
LEGO® WeDo Robotics
Ages: 7 years and older
Instructor: YES! (Youth Engaged in Science)
Email: info@youthengagedinscience.com
Website: www.youthengagedinscience.com
Cost: $105; If registered after deadline: $115.50
Min/Max: 6/12
Required Materials: Provided
• Introductory Robotics utilizes the new LEGO Education WeDo robotics set to teach students how to build fun models and then program them to move.
• Students are introduced to motors and sensors, which are built into models that are then connected to a computer to be programmed using a simple programming tool.
• The WeDo robotics concept is designed to cover a broad range of curriculum targets.
• Students build models of machines and animals, program actions and behaviors, measure distance in centimeters and speed in rotations, investigate how machines work.
Let's Put on a Play
Two Session Committment-Session 3 & 4
Ages: 7 years old to 13 years old
Instructor: Carolyn Choe
Email: Carolyn.Choe@comcast.net
Website: none
Cost: $100 per session; If registered after deadline: $110 per session
Min/Max: 8/15
Required Materials: $5 for script
Two Session Committment-Session 3 & 4
Ages: 7 years old to 13 years old
Instructor: Carolyn Choe
Email: Carolyn.Choe@comcast.net
Website: none
Cost: $100 per session; If registered after deadline: $110 per session
Min/Max: 8/15
Required Materials: $5 for script
This is a two-session commitment! Students will audition, rehearse and put on a production at the end of Session 4. This year's play is Not-so-Grimm Tales by Kevin Bean. Here’s a hilarious tongue-in-cheek retelling of classic Grimm fairy tales that feels fresh and contemporary! A working mother notices her daughter has picked up some not-so-great lessons from the fairy tales she’s been reading, so she sits her down and tells her new, more modern and empowering versions of some of the classics. In Mom’s new and improved variations, Little Red is an animal rights activist and vegetarian who saves the wolf from the Woodsman; Snow White unionizes the dwarves and overthrows her beauty pageant loving stepmother along with her assistant, Mir’ah; and Cinderella shares her love of angst-filled poetry with Charming and they run off together to live the lives of Bohemian artists.
Little Champs Sports
Ages: 3 - 8 years old
Instructor: Creative Movement and Dance
Email/phone: heatherpace@bellsouth.net/678-229-6156
Website: www.creativemovementanddance.com
Cost: $90; If registered after deadline: $99
Min/Max: 4/10
Required materials: none
• Little Champ Sports promotes balance, strength, coordination, left and right skills, and many gross motor skills. These are skills critical to all sports.
• In addition, the students learn the value of cooperation, sportsmanship, and team attitudes.
• Classes are taught in a logical progression - beginning with flexibility/range of motion, eye/hand coordination, and the “building blocks” of athleticism and sport. The children then advance to general agility, ball rolling, bouncing, kicking, handling and throwing.
• Finally, sport specific skills are perfected, for baseball, basketball, football, soccer, track & field, and others.
• Little Champ Sports is a great way for your child to have fun, while getting a “head start” for any sports activities they may pursue.
• This is a non-competitive environment and is a great activity of boys AND girls.
Literature – British Lit (year long course)
Ages: high school level
Instructor: Freya Fitzpatrick
Email: FreyaFitzpatrick@gmail.com
Website: www.startlearning4life.com
Cost: $100 per session; If registered after deadline: $110
Min/Max: 5/10
Required Materials: A book list will be provided once a student registers. There are 12 novels. Parents may purchase books or download them if available for download. Books must be in a format that can be brought to class and which can be marked or highlighted.
• The purpose of this class is to provide students with a secure understanding of British literature. Students will read, discuss, and write about the Anglo-Saxon, Medieval, Elizabethan, Romantic, Victorian, and Modern periods. They will go beyond this, however, by analyzing the social, political, and religious influences that mark each period historically and affect literary style.Through class discussions and personal writing, students will establish their roles as critics, becoming conscious readers/writers. Texts used: 12 full-length British literature novels, and 3 collections of British poetry. Basis of grade: Average of grades on 15 essays.
• My approach to literature is to read. Read, read, read. I want kids to immerse themselves in books that are well-known classics of specific eras. They will of course learn the appropriate analysis skills of literature, but my belief about literature is that kids will learn more about the world, about ideas and about literature by actually reading, getting wrapped up in a book, rather getting bogged down in excruciating nit-picking at books. So, students will read two-three full novels per 8-week session. They can read via books-on-CD. Some people really benefit from hearing rather than just reading a book. Class time will be spent on vocabulary development, historical and cultural background on specific works and on analysis skills.
Marine Life Dissection Study (session 2)
Ages: 12 - 18 years old
Instructor: AlisonCrawford
Email: iacrawford@overcomerswc.com
Website: none
Cost: $100 per session; If registered after deadline: $110
Material fee: $25
Min/Max: 8/20
Required Materials: none
In this class, students will work in pairs to study and dissect 7 specimens. Specimens to be studied include a perch, squid, shark, clam, starfish, crayfish and sponge. Students will study approximately one animal a week. More time will be spent dissecting the more complex marine life.
Each class will start with a study of the animal’s anatomy, what makes that animal unique and how his unique features enable him to thrive in his environment. What is learned during the dissection will help the student to make logical connections between an animal’s anatomy/ physiology and the world that it lives in.
A multi-disciplinary approach will be used that will help the student to build excellent observation and critical thinking skills. The students will see how small details fit in context with the big picture, which will give understanding and meaning to what we are studying.
Math Around the World (2nd session)
Ages: 5th - 8th grade
Instructor: Donna Eckert
Email: donnaeckert@comcast.net
Website: none
Cost: $70; If registered after deadline: $77
Min/Max: 4/10
Required Materials: pencil
Curriculum from GEMS: http://www.lhsgems.org/index.html
• Journey through the world of mathematics! Games and diversions from across the globe and throughout time have relied on numbers, geometry, probability, and logic.
• Discover the intriguing patterns of Topology Networks that originated in Zaire.
• Play Game Sticks, a version of a game played by Native Californians.
• Challenge your spatial skills by building Geometric Constructions that were first developed in England.
• Try to solve our Lo-Shu puzzles, classic magic squares that came from China.
• Maps and historical information at each station blend social studies and geography with mathematics.
Math Lab (Session 2)
Ages: 7th to 12th grade
Instructor: Donna Eckert
Email: donnaeckert@comcast.net
Website: none
Cost: $70; If registered after deadline: $77
Min/Max: 4/12
Required Materials: pencil
• This is not your standard math class! TOPS Science modules are very hands-on. The goal is
understanding, not just rote learning. Students will be expected to read and follow directions and think for themselves. You can find more about these modules at: http://topscience.org/. While there is a wide suggested age range, students need to be at a solid middle school level both mentally and socially so that they can work both independently and in small groups.
• Great hands-on math: This class will combine elements from two TOPS units: Math Lab and Far Out Math. We will study sequences, curves, circles, ellipses, parabolas, logarithms, prime numbers, scientific notation, orders of magnitude, and many other things. These ideas correlate with ideas from both Math I and Math II.
Metric Measuring (3rd session)
Ages: 5th to 8th grade
Instructor: Donna Eckert
Email: donnaeckert@comcast.net
Website: none
Cost: $70; If registered after deadline: $77
Min/Max: 4/12
Required Materials: Calculator, shoe box, pencil, 3 prong folder
Curriculum from TOPS Science: http://topsscience.org/
• This hands-on class will help the student learn the beauty of the metric system.
• All metric units are tied to the same physical reference: a water cube that measures 1 centimeter on each side.
• We will start this unit learning basic metric prefixes. Then we will study length and volume using sugar cubes and progressing to water cubes. We will build a balance to understand the meaning of grams and relate it to the mass of our water cube. Then we will use all of these measurements to study density.
• Students will learn to make and read graphs. An understanding of the metric system is valuable for all future science work.
• There will be math involved. Students should be comfortable decimals and with multiplying and dividing by 10 by moving the decimal.
• Calculators will be needed for some lessons.
• Students will need to have a shoebox in which to store their materials.
Ages: 7th to 12th grade
Instructor: Donna Eckert
Email: donnaeckert@comcast.net
Website: none
Cost: $70; If registered after deadline: $77
Min/Max: 4/12
Required Materials: pencil
• This is not your standard math class! TOPS Science modules are very hands-on. The goal is
understanding, not just rote learning. Students will be expected to read and follow directions and think for themselves. You can find more about these modules at: http://topscience.org/. While there is a wide suggested age range, students need to be at a solid middle school level both mentally and socially so that they can work both independently and in small groups.
• Great hands-on math: This class will combine elements from two TOPS units: Math Lab and Far Out Math. We will study sequences, curves, circles, ellipses, parabolas, logarithms, prime numbers, scientific notation, orders of magnitude, and many other things. These ideas correlate with ideas from both Math I and Math II.
Metric Measuring (3rd session)
Ages: 5th to 8th grade
Instructor: Donna Eckert
Email: donnaeckert@comcast.net
Website: none
Cost: $70; If registered after deadline: $77
Min/Max: 4/12
Required Materials: Calculator, shoe box, pencil, 3 prong folder
Curriculum from TOPS Science: http://topsscience.org/
• This hands-on class will help the student learn the beauty of the metric system.
• All metric units are tied to the same physical reference: a water cube that measures 1 centimeter on each side.
• We will start this unit learning basic metric prefixes. Then we will study length and volume using sugar cubes and progressing to water cubes. We will build a balance to understand the meaning of grams and relate it to the mass of our water cube. Then we will use all of these measurements to study density.
• Students will learn to make and read graphs. An understanding of the metric system is valuable for all future science work.
• There will be math involved. Students should be comfortable decimals and with multiplying and dividing by 10 by moving the decimal.
• Calculators will be needed for some lessons.
• Students will need to have a shoebox in which to store their materials.
Middle School Chemistry – A Walk through the Periodic Table (full year)
Ages: middle school and advanced 5th graders
Instructor: Donna Eckert
Email: donnaeckert@comcast.net
Website: none
Cost: $80 per session; If registered after deadline: $88
Min/Max: 6/16
Required Materials: loose-leaf notebook, pencil
• In this middle-school level science course, students will learn the logic of the Periodic Table and the beauty of the elements. As we walk through the elements we will learn about the structure of atoms, naming of chemicals, chemical reactions, environmental chemistry, biological chemistry, history of chemistry, properties of elements, and much more….
• Some (but not all) of the topics include atoms, protons, neutrons, electrons, nucleus, and orbitals, bonding – both ionic and covalent, electron structure, the effect of salts on melting and boiling, solution/solvent/solute concepts, ions, molecular vs. empirical structure, the forms of carbon, carbon dioxide and global warming, isotopes and C14 dating, silicon chips, polymers, and slime, the nitrogen cycle and ammonia, phosphates, radiation and half-lives, combustion, ozone, acids, bases, and acid rain, metals, lead, electricity, magnetism, rust, endothermic vs. exothermic reactions, bronze, brass, sterling silver, and much more.
• This will be a great introduction that should help students feel comfortable with the science of chemistry and gently prepare them for a high school course. While there will be some hands-on labs, there will be many demonstrations. The main learning will be through lecture and discussion. Therefore students will learn to take notes with the help of handouts.
• This will be an academic class that will require the students to review their notes at home. I will provide quizzes at least every other week for parents to give at home. These can be either ‘open book’ or ‘closed book’ at the parents discretion. I will NOT be keeping grades.
• This is a full year of information. Students can start in later session, but it will be to their great advantage to take the full year. Each student will finish the year with a nice notebook full of chemistry notes. My goal is to stretch the kids a good bit.
Middle School English – reading comprehension and writing
Ages: 4th - 8th grades
Instructor: Freya Fitzpatrick
Email: FreyaFitzpatrick@gmail.com
Website: www.startlearning4life.com
Cost: $85 per session; If registered after deadline: $93.50
Min/Max: 6/12
Required Materials: Avi, Crispin: The Cross of Lead. Madeline L’Engle, A Wrinkle in Time. Ellen Raskin, The Westing Game. Laurence Yep, Dragon’s Gate.
• Who: This course is for upper elementary through middle school students. Upper elementary means students who are about 9-10 years old, but have the social and emotional maturity of middle school students and who have the writing and reading skills appropriate for at least solid 6th grade work. Middle school means students who are working at a traditional 6-beginning 8th grade level in language arts. This class is not intended for academically advanced middle school students.
• What: Students will read 4 well-known and/or award winning novels during the four sessions. These novels will be the basis for developing vocabulary, reading comprehension skills, and short (250 word minimum) creative writing.
• Homework: There will be reading homework and a little writing.
Mixed Media
Ages: 9 years to 12 years old
Instructor: Amy Durant
Email: lynnbug@gmail.com
Website: www.amydurant.com
Cost: $80
Material Fee: $10
Min/Max: 5/12
Required Materials: Provided
• I will be out of town on 9/7, so we will cancel my classes for that week and reduce class prices by $10.
• Come explore the world of mixed media. We will use paper, fabric, paint, glue, stamps, pencils, and much more. Enjoy the simple pleasure of making things with your own hands.
• Learn how to use old and new materials to express yourself. Some of the projects we will make are collage work, doll making, hand made books, and more.
Pendulums (4th session)
Ages: 4th to 8th grade
Instructor: Donna Eckert
Email: donnaeckert@comcast.net
Website: none
Cost: $70; If registered after deadline: $77
Min/Max: 4/12
Required Materials: pencil
Curriculum from TOPS Science: http://topscience.org
• This is a hands-on science class. In PENDULUMS, students will time pendulums, count cycles, measure lengths, graph data, predict frequency, calculate rations and even discover the square root of two. It’s science, math and art. It’s all in Pendulums.
• There will be some homework (at most an hour a week).
Pi in the Sky (Session 3)
Ages: 5th to 12th grade
Instructor: Donna Eckert
Email: donnaeckert@comcast.net
Website: none
Cost: $70; If registered after deadline: $77
Min/Max: 4/12
Required Materials: pencil
• This is not your standard math class! TOPS Science modules are very hands-on. The goal is
understanding, not just rote learning. Students will be expected to read and follow directions and think for themselves. You can find more about these modules at: http://topscience.org/. While there is a wide suggested age range, students need to be at a solid middle school level both mentally and socially so that they can work both independently and in small groups.
Ages: 5th to 12th grade
Instructor: Donna Eckert
Email: donnaeckert@comcast.net
Website: none
Cost: $70; If registered after deadline: $77
Min/Max: 4/12
Required Materials: pencil
• This is not your standard math class! TOPS Science modules are very hands-on. The goal is
understanding, not just rote learning. Students will be expected to read and follow directions and think for themselves. You can find more about these modules at: http://topscience.org/. While there is a wide suggested age range, students need to be at a solid middle school level both mentally and socially so that they can work both independently and in small groups.
These math lessons also develop knowledge of space science. We will discover how astronomers use pi to determine the size and distance of heavenly objects, investigate radian angles, visual acuity and parallax, build an ancient navigational instrument. This book is produced in partnership with NASA to inform students about the Fermi Gamma-Ray Space Telescope (formerly called GLAST), launched in June 2008.
Probability (Session 1)
Ages: 6th to 10th grade
Instructor: Donna Eckert
Email: donnaeckert@comcast.net
Website: none
Cost: $70; If registered after deadline: $77
Min/Max: 4/12
Required Materials: pencil
• This is not your standard math class! TOPS Science modules are very hands-on. The goal is
understanding, not just rote learning. Students will be expected to read and follow directions and think for themselves. You can find more about these modules at: http://topscience.org/. While there is a wide suggested age range, students need to be at a solid middle school level both mentally and socially so that they can work both independently and in small groups.
• This class will cover the mathematics of chance and the science of statistical analysis. We will flip coins, spin an alphabet wheel, build a pinball machine based on Pascal’s Triangle, count permutations, tally combinations, plot frequency distributions, calculate odds on a paper-clip spinner, toss a pi and other things. These topics are included in Math I in public high schools.
Public Speaking – Advanced
Ages: 4th - 12th grades
Instructor: Freya Fitzpatrick
Email: FreyaFitzpatrick@gmail.com
Website: www.startlearning4life.com
Cost: $100 per session; If registered after deadline: $110
Min/Max: 5/none
Required Materials: For session 3: access to a computer in class to a computer with a word processing program and Open Office presentation (PowerPoint look-alike). Access to a computer in class would also be useful in sessions 1 and 4.
• Homework: This is a course with upper-middle school to high school level homework.
• Prerequisite: Previous public speaking experience or permission of the instructor.
• Each session is self-contained so students can join or leave the course during any session.
• Learning to express yourself in public settings is an asset that will be valuable throughout life. The more professionally you can present your ideas, the greater will be the response by others and the more opportunities you will have to progress in areas that are important to you. Public speaking skills will build your self-confidence, can get you a job, get you into college, land a sales contract, help you build and share your convictions and influence other people’s opinions.
• Session One: Students will learn about the composition of a persuasive presentation: effective introduction, choice of words, organization of ideas, adaptation of material to audience and occasion and effective conclusion. For those who are high-school aged, there will be the opportunity to participate in the Voices Of Democracy speaking competition.
• Session Two: Students will further develop their delivery skills: voice control and projection, articulation and diction, appropriate manner and body language, the use of physical actions, setting a tone and creating an atmosphere, and how to manage note-cards as they present an already prepared age-appropriate selected text.
• Session Three: Students will learn (or review) proper research methods to ensure an adequate, accurate and properly documented presentation. They will learn the difference between effective composition for oral presentation compared to written material. They will learn how to choose a topic, how to prepare their own note cards, and how to design and manage PowerPoint presentations and to use these to illustrate their talk. They will learn about the composition of that material into a presentation with an effective introduction, appropriate choice of words, clear organization of ideas, adaptation of material to audience and occasion and an
effective conclusion.
• Session Four: Students will learn impromptu speaking. This is a skill that is a huge asset when needing to speak in situations where someone else gets to choose what you will talk about, situations like college, scholarship or employment interviews, or thesis defense in grad school.
Public Speaking – Introductory
Ages: 2nd - 8th grades
Instructor: Freya Fitzpatrick
Email: FreyaFitzpatrick@gmail.com
Website: www.startlearning4life.com
Cost: $85 per session; If registered after deadline: $93.50
Min/Max: 6/none
Required Materials: Cardstock paper. For sessions 2-4: access to a computer in class
• Prerequisites for sessions 2-4: A) basic computer skills including: typing ability or familiarity with keyboard; finding, opening and saving files; copying, cutting and pasting. B) High 3rd grade level spelling ability. Students lacking these skills may still enroll if a parent attends each session.
• Supplies for sessions 2-4: Students need to have access in class to a computer with a word processing program and Open Office presentation (PowerPoint look-alike).
• Each session is self-contained so students can join or leave the course during any session.
• Learning to express yourself in public settings is an asset that will be valuable throughout life. The more professionally you can present your ideas, the greater will be the response by others and the more opportunities you will have to progress in areas that are important to you. Public speaking skills will build your self-confidence, can get you a job, get you into college, land a sales contract, help you build and share your convictions and influence other people’s opinions.
• Session One: Students will learn the basics of delivery: voice control and projection, articulation and diction, appropriate manner and body language, the use of physical actions, and how to manage note-cards as they present an already prepared age appropriate selected text.
• Session Two: Students will learn proper research methods to ensure an adequate, accurate and properly documented presentation. They will learn how to choose a topic, how to prepare their own note cards, and how to design and manage PowerPoint presentations and to use these to illustrate their talk. They will learn about the composition of that material into a presentation with an effective introduction, appropriate choice of words, clear organization of ideas, adaptation of material to audience and occasion and an effective conclusion.
• Session Three: Students will present a speech about how to do something that has multiple steps. They will learn how to choose a topic, how to prepare their own note cards, and how to design and manage PowerPoint presentations and to use these to illustrate their talk.
• Session Four: Students will learn about the composition of a persuasive presentation: effective introduction, choice of words, organization of ideas, adaptation of material to audience and occasion and effective conclusion. They will also incorporate what was learned in session two and three on how to design and manage appropriate visual aids.
SAT Math Prep (Session 4)
Ages: 7th to 12th grade
Instructor: Donna Eckert
Email: donnaeckert@comcast.net
Website: none
Cost: $70; If registered after deadline: $77
Min/Max: 5/12
Required Materials: pencil
Excellent scores on the SAT (and even the PSAT) can earn you a lot of money toward college. Often schools award the most money to students with SAT scores above 1350 (combined math and critical reading). So... let's start practicing. This class will provide lots of opportunity to practice math problems and see both answers and shortcuts. Students will need basic algebra knowledge. Come prepared with pencil and calculator (4 function, scientific, or graphing).
Ages: 6th to 10th grade
Instructor: Donna Eckert
Email: donnaeckert@comcast.net
Website: none
Cost: $70; If registered after deadline: $77
Min/Max: 4/12
Required Materials: pencil
• This is not your standard math class! TOPS Science modules are very hands-on. The goal is
understanding, not just rote learning. Students will be expected to read and follow directions and think for themselves. You can find more about these modules at: http://topscience.org/. While there is a wide suggested age range, students need to be at a solid middle school level both mentally and socially so that they can work both independently and in small groups.
• This class will cover the mathematics of chance and the science of statistical analysis. We will flip coins, spin an alphabet wheel, build a pinball machine based on Pascal’s Triangle, count permutations, tally combinations, plot frequency distributions, calculate odds on a paper-clip spinner, toss a pi and other things. These topics are included in Math I in public high schools.
Public Speaking – Advanced
Ages: 4th - 12th grades
Instructor: Freya Fitzpatrick
Email: FreyaFitzpatrick@gmail.com
Website: www.startlearning4life.com
Cost: $100 per session; If registered after deadline: $110
Min/Max: 5/none
Required Materials: For session 3: access to a computer in class to a computer with a word processing program and Open Office presentation (PowerPoint look-alike). Access to a computer in class would also be useful in sessions 1 and 4.
• Homework: This is a course with upper-middle school to high school level homework.
• Prerequisite: Previous public speaking experience or permission of the instructor.
• Each session is self-contained so students can join or leave the course during any session.
• Learning to express yourself in public settings is an asset that will be valuable throughout life. The more professionally you can present your ideas, the greater will be the response by others and the more opportunities you will have to progress in areas that are important to you. Public speaking skills will build your self-confidence, can get you a job, get you into college, land a sales contract, help you build and share your convictions and influence other people’s opinions.
• Session One: Students will learn about the composition of a persuasive presentation: effective introduction, choice of words, organization of ideas, adaptation of material to audience and occasion and effective conclusion. For those who are high-school aged, there will be the opportunity to participate in the Voices Of Democracy speaking competition.
• Session Two: Students will further develop their delivery skills: voice control and projection, articulation and diction, appropriate manner and body language, the use of physical actions, setting a tone and creating an atmosphere, and how to manage note-cards as they present an already prepared age-appropriate selected text.
• Session Three: Students will learn (or review) proper research methods to ensure an adequate, accurate and properly documented presentation. They will learn the difference between effective composition for oral presentation compared to written material. They will learn how to choose a topic, how to prepare their own note cards, and how to design and manage PowerPoint presentations and to use these to illustrate their talk. They will learn about the composition of that material into a presentation with an effective introduction, appropriate choice of words, clear organization of ideas, adaptation of material to audience and occasion and an
effective conclusion.
• Session Four: Students will learn impromptu speaking. This is a skill that is a huge asset when needing to speak in situations where someone else gets to choose what you will talk about, situations like college, scholarship or employment interviews, or thesis defense in grad school.
Public Speaking – Introductory
Ages: 2nd - 8th grades
Instructor: Freya Fitzpatrick
Email: FreyaFitzpatrick@gmail.com
Website: www.startlearning4life.com
Cost: $85 per session; If registered after deadline: $93.50
Min/Max: 6/none
Required Materials: Cardstock paper. For sessions 2-4: access to a computer in class
• Prerequisites for sessions 2-4: A) basic computer skills including: typing ability or familiarity with keyboard; finding, opening and saving files; copying, cutting and pasting. B) High 3rd grade level spelling ability. Students lacking these skills may still enroll if a parent attends each session.
• Supplies for sessions 2-4: Students need to have access in class to a computer with a word processing program and Open Office presentation (PowerPoint look-alike).
• Each session is self-contained so students can join or leave the course during any session.
• Learning to express yourself in public settings is an asset that will be valuable throughout life. The more professionally you can present your ideas, the greater will be the response by others and the more opportunities you will have to progress in areas that are important to you. Public speaking skills will build your self-confidence, can get you a job, get you into college, land a sales contract, help you build and share your convictions and influence other people’s opinions.
• Session One: Students will learn the basics of delivery: voice control and projection, articulation and diction, appropriate manner and body language, the use of physical actions, and how to manage note-cards as they present an already prepared age appropriate selected text.
• Session Two: Students will learn proper research methods to ensure an adequate, accurate and properly documented presentation. They will learn how to choose a topic, how to prepare their own note cards, and how to design and manage PowerPoint presentations and to use these to illustrate their talk. They will learn about the composition of that material into a presentation with an effective introduction, appropriate choice of words, clear organization of ideas, adaptation of material to audience and occasion and an effective conclusion.
• Session Three: Students will present a speech about how to do something that has multiple steps. They will learn how to choose a topic, how to prepare their own note cards, and how to design and manage PowerPoint presentations and to use these to illustrate their talk.
• Session Four: Students will learn about the composition of a persuasive presentation: effective introduction, choice of words, organization of ideas, adaptation of material to audience and occasion and effective conclusion. They will also incorporate what was learned in session two and three on how to design and manage appropriate visual aids.
SAT Math Prep (Session 4)
Ages: 7th to 12th grade
Instructor: Donna Eckert
Email: donnaeckert@comcast.net
Website: none
Cost: $70; If registered after deadline: $77
Min/Max: 5/12
Required Materials: pencil
Excellent scores on the SAT (and even the PSAT) can earn you a lot of money toward college. Often schools award the most money to students with SAT scores above 1350 (combined math and critical reading). So... let's start practicing. This class will provide lots of opportunity to practice math problems and see both answers and shortcuts. Students will need basic algebra knowledge. Come prepared with pencil and calculator (4 function, scientific, or graphing).
Scale the Universe (Session 4)
Ages: 5th to 12th grade
Instructor: Donna Eckert
Email: donnaeckert@comcast.net
Website: none
Cost: $70; If registered after deadline: $77
Min/Max: 4/12
Required Materials: pencil
• This is not your standard math class! TOPS Science modules are very hands-on. The goal is
understanding, not just rote learning. Students will be expected to read and follow directions and think for themselves. You can find more about these modules at: http://topscience.org/. While there is a wide suggested age range, students need to be at a solid middle school level both mentally and socially so that they can work both independently and in small groups.
• This class relates math to the science of the infinitely small to the ridiculously large. We will explore distance and time over 40+ orders of magnitude, from protons to the limits of our universe, from a gamma ray period to the lifespan of a red dwarf star. Beginning with familiar human dimensions, we will make a Book of Scale, using powers of ten -- plotting, converting, scaling, and drawing in a creative, reproducible Book of Scale. This book is produced in partnership with NASA to inform students about the Fermi Gamma-Ray Space Telescope (formerly called GLAST), launched in June 2008.
Science Experiments for Young Learners
Ages: K to 2nd grade
Instructor: Rebecca Ferguson
Email: gafergs@comcast.net
Website: none
Cost: $75; If registered after deadline: $82.50
Min/Max: 4/12
Required Materials: goggles, smock, pencil with eraser, and a notebook
• This class will present a fun and engaging experiment each week. The students will be introduced to a topic prior to performing their experiment. Learning more about the topic
will take place as they perform their experiments.
• Students will be introduced to Physical Science, Life Science, Earth and Space Science,
and Science and Technology.
• Through Physical Science experiments, students will understand properties of objects and matter, distinguish between the position and motion of objects, and discover magnetism.
• The Life Sciences experiments will include Characteristics of organisms, Life cycles of organisms, Understanding organisms and their environment. Earth and Space Science experiments will involve properties of earth materials, Objects in the sky, and changes in
the earth and sky.
• Technology Science experiments will help the students to understand the Abilities of Technological Design.
• Students will be introduced to the Scientific Method and will maintain a log of their experiments. This may be in the form of pictures and/or simple sentences.
Sets, Probability, and Statistic Functions for the Elementary Student (Session 2)
Ages: 8 - 11 years old
Instructor: Rebecca Ferguson
Email: gafergs@comcast.net
Website: none
Cost: $70; If registered after deadline: $77
Min/Max: 4/12
Required Materials: Provided
• This class is designed to focus on real-world situations that may be effectively analyzed using principles of probability and statistics. From determining a winning strategy for a dice game to predicting the contents of a bag of fruit snacks, learners get to use mathematics in meaningful ways.
• Each lesson and/or activity integrates real world information not just "realistic" data. These are real products (e.g. fruit snacks, Almond Joy) and real world issues.
• Material will be presented through direct instruction, group activities and individual practice.
Sewing
Ages: 7+ years old
Instructor: Rachel Bick
Email: grossclothes@gmail.com
Website: www.grossclothesinc.com
Cost: $110; If registered after deadline: $121
Min/Max: 2/15
Required Materials: (sewing machine) fabric, pillow or elastic
• One sewing machine provided by teacher.
• Students can bring their own sewing machine!
• Children learn to thread their machines, sew a straight stitch and decorative stitches and cut fabric.
• Children get to choose either to make a pillow case or a simple skirt with patch pockets and elastic waist band.
• Patterns will be provided by teacher.
Sewing for Pre-teens - adults
Ages: 10 and up
Instructor: Rachel Bick
Email: grossclothes@gmail.com
Website: grossclothesinc.com
Cost: $125.00
Min/Max: 2/13
Required Materials: sewing machine, fabric, scissors, tape measure, straight pins, seam ripper, tailoring chalk, seam tape & ruler
Students must bring their own sewing machine. In this class students will make a wrap skirt with two front patch pockets. These students will learn
how to do french seams - how to use seam tape - top stitching - straight stitching - and hand stitching. These students will learn how to work with woven
Shakespeare for Kids I &II
Ages: Montessori style, all ages welcome! Must be reading and writing. Instructor: Karen Beauvais
Email: Karen@omega-network.net
Website: none
Cost: $70 per session. If registered after deadline: $77. Sibling Discount: 10%
Min/Max: none
Required Materials: Text:“Shakespeare can be Fun” mini-books (Optional purchase)
“Shakespeare” ISBN: 9781557086693 Author: Glen McDonald (reproducible worksheets for class not necessary to purchase)
Ages: 5th to 12th grade
Instructor: Donna Eckert
Email: donnaeckert@comcast.net
Website: none
Cost: $70; If registered after deadline: $77
Min/Max: 4/12
Required Materials: pencil
• This is not your standard math class! TOPS Science modules are very hands-on. The goal is
understanding, not just rote learning. Students will be expected to read and follow directions and think for themselves. You can find more about these modules at: http://topscience.org/. While there is a wide suggested age range, students need to be at a solid middle school level both mentally and socially so that they can work both independently and in small groups.
• This class relates math to the science of the infinitely small to the ridiculously large. We will explore distance and time over 40+ orders of magnitude, from protons to the limits of our universe, from a gamma ray period to the lifespan of a red dwarf star. Beginning with familiar human dimensions, we will make a Book of Scale, using powers of ten -- plotting, converting, scaling, and drawing in a creative, reproducible Book of Scale. This book is produced in partnership with NASA to inform students about the Fermi Gamma-Ray Space Telescope (formerly called GLAST), launched in June 2008.
Science Experiments for Young Learners
Ages: K to 2nd grade
Instructor: Rebecca Ferguson
Email: gafergs@comcast.net
Website: none
Cost: $75; If registered after deadline: $82.50
Min/Max: 4/12
Required Materials: goggles, smock, pencil with eraser, and a notebook
• This class will present a fun and engaging experiment each week. The students will be introduced to a topic prior to performing their experiment. Learning more about the topic
will take place as they perform their experiments.
• Students will be introduced to Physical Science, Life Science, Earth and Space Science,
and Science and Technology.
• Through Physical Science experiments, students will understand properties of objects and matter, distinguish between the position and motion of objects, and discover magnetism.
• The Life Sciences experiments will include Characteristics of organisms, Life cycles of organisms, Understanding organisms and their environment. Earth and Space Science experiments will involve properties of earth materials, Objects in the sky, and changes in
the earth and sky.
• Technology Science experiments will help the students to understand the Abilities of Technological Design.
• Students will be introduced to the Scientific Method and will maintain a log of their experiments. This may be in the form of pictures and/or simple sentences.
Sets, Probability, and Statistic Functions for the Elementary Student (Session 2)
Ages: 8 - 11 years old
Instructor: Rebecca Ferguson
Email: gafergs@comcast.net
Website: none
Cost: $70; If registered after deadline: $77
Min/Max: 4/12
Required Materials: Provided
• This class is designed to focus on real-world situations that may be effectively analyzed using principles of probability and statistics. From determining a winning strategy for a dice game to predicting the contents of a bag of fruit snacks, learners get to use mathematics in meaningful ways.
• Each lesson and/or activity integrates real world information not just "realistic" data. These are real products (e.g. fruit snacks, Almond Joy) and real world issues.
• Material will be presented through direct instruction, group activities and individual practice.
Sewing
Ages: 7+ years old
Instructor: Rachel Bick
Email: grossclothes@gmail.com
Website: www.grossclothesinc.com
Cost: $110; If registered after deadline: $121
Min/Max: 2/15
Required Materials: (sewing machine) fabric, pillow or elastic
• One sewing machine provided by teacher.
• Students can bring their own sewing machine!
• Children learn to thread their machines, sew a straight stitch and decorative stitches and cut fabric.
• Children get to choose either to make a pillow case or a simple skirt with patch pockets and elastic waist band.
• Patterns will be provided by teacher.
Sewing for Pre-teens - adults
Ages: 10 and up
Instructor: Rachel Bick
Email: grossclothes@gmail.com
Website: grossclothesinc.com
Cost: $125.00
Min/Max: 2/13
Required Materials: sewing machine, fabric, scissors, tape measure, straight pins, seam ripper, tailoring chalk, seam tape & ruler
Students must bring their own sewing machine. In this class students will make a wrap skirt with two front patch pockets. These students will learn
how to do french seams - how to use seam tape - top stitching - straight stitching - and hand stitching. These students will learn how to work with woven
fabric - cut fabric using grain lines and patterns.
Patterns will be provided by teacher.
Shakespeare for Kids I &II
Ages: Montessori style, all ages welcome! Must be reading and writing. Instructor: Karen Beauvais
Email: Karen@omega-network.net
Website: none
Cost: $70 per session. If registered after deadline: $77. Sibling Discount: 10%
Min/Max: none
Required Materials: Text:“Shakespeare can be Fun” mini-books (Optional purchase)
“Shakespeare” ISBN: 9781557086693 Author: Glen McDonald (reproducible worksheets for class not necessary to purchase)
Exposure to the most common works of William Shakespeare in a fun, non-intimidating, setting.
The class will cover A Midsummer's Night Dream, Macbeth, Julius Caesar, Hamlet, Much to Do About Nothing, Romeo and Juliet and more. The class will include period history, a synopsis of literary types (stories, bards, puns, sonnets, types of poetry etc.) along with some acting out of scenes, oral presentation and appropriate period crafts. We will study the workings of the Globe Theatre and compare and contrast theater life now and back then. There will be some special units on Elizabethan costume and a field trip planned to Georgia Shakespeare homeschool day.
Students will gain insights into Shakespeare’s life and work such as the influence of the Elizabethan age on his writing, his usage of language, his best-known dramas and sonnets, common Shakespearean themes, and his performances at the Globe Theatre.
The “follow-along” at home can be in any form, abridged, audio, pictorial, video or even movie format of the work we are focusing on. Students will be given a bound journal to record their pictures, thoughts and feeling on the works we study. This will be an immersion/exposure class, reading the full works will be optional.
The field trip cost will be $10-20 dollars per child depending on if you choose to do 1 or 2 sessions.
We will be registering for the field trip early to assure our spots. The field trip will be open to friends and family.
Romeo & Juliet
by William Shakespeare
Shakespeare’s classic takes a decidedly contemporary twist as Georgia Shakespeare places the timeless drama in a modern high school setting. The Capulets and the Montagues become archrival high schools making the drama and situations feel like they have been torn from the morning newspaper. Add in a contemporary urban score and some “in your face” stage combat; this presentation of Shakespeare’s classic will resonate with students in a new and thrilling way!
When: Monday, February 21, 2011 at 10:00 a.m.
Where: Oglethorpe University's LUPTON AUDITORIUM
Cost: $10.00 per person*
Bard's Best!
featuring Heroines, Fools and Balladeers from plays by William Shakespeare
Featuring a delightful collection of Shakespeare’s “Greatest Hits”, this is a unique look at the inspiration and meaning behind some of the Bard’s greatest characters and plays. Scenes from Twelfth Night, Macbeth, Comedy of Errors, Romeo and Juliet, and A Midsummer Night’s Dream are just of few of the classic tales that unfold, when a group of young students suddenly find themselves trapped in the world of the Bard. They quickly discover that the only way to return to the present is by playing along with Shakespeare’s shenanigans!
When: Monday, February 21, 2011 at 1:00 p.m.
Where: Oglethorpe University's LUPTON AUDITORIUM
Cost: $10.00 per person*
Solving Logic and Word Problems (Session 3)
Ages: 8 - 11 years old
Instructor: Rebecca Ferguson
Email: gafergs@comcast.net
Website: none
Cost: $70; If registered after deadline: $77
Min/Max: 4/12
Required Materials: pencil with eraser
• This class will walk the students through a systematic process to solving word problems.
• They will learn math skills that will help prepare them for questions presented on standardized tests. Problems and activities involve real world situations. Students understand how they solve word problems on a daily basis without even realizing it.
• It will include games, worksheets, group and individual activities.
Story of the World 3
Ages: K5 through middle school
Instructor: Karen Beauvais
Email: Karen@omega-network.net
Website: none
Cost: $70 per session, 10% sibling discount; If registered after deadline: $77
Min/Max: none
Required Materials: Story of the World 3: Early Modern Times (audio version is acceptable)
http://www.welltrainedmind.com/store/the-story-of-the-world-vol-3-early-modern-times-hardback.html
• Early Modern Times (1600 to 1850) - Introduce your child to the marvelous story of world civilizations.
• Enjoy learning about the Early Modern Times with this fun and informative read-aloud volume.
• Learn about the explorers, settlers, and native people all around the world in this brilliant narrative history for elementary-level readers.
• Each class will make a period related craft and study appropriate mapping. Continue our much-loved Story of the World Series for hands on living History fun!
Stretch and Strengthening
Ages: middle school
Instructor: Lauren Eckert
Email: owattever@comcast.net
Website: none
Cost: $55; If registered after deadline: $60.50
Min/Max: 5/none
Required Materials: *
• In this class students will be led in anaerobic exercise and stretching routines. They will develop toned, flexible muscles in a fun, high-energy environment.
•Emphasis will be placed on developing core strength. This class is great for athletes and other kids who want to reduce their susceptibility to injury.
• The instructor is a senior member of Impact Dance of Atlanta's performing company and crew.
• 60 minute class
Tap-Ballet
Ages: 6+ years old
Instructor: Creative Movement and Dance
Email/phone: heatherpace@bellsouth.net/678-229-6156
Website: www.creativemovementanddance.com
Cost: $90; If registered after deadline: $99
Min/Max: *
Required Materials: *
• Divided with 25 minutes of tap and 30 minutes of ballet.
• Since ballet is the basis for all dance technique, the combination of both works hand in hand. The technical training is taught through ballet, which in turn helps teach the proper shifting of weight and patterns in movement for tap.
• Since children naturally respond to music and movement, all of the activities are executed to music; educational props are also incorporated into the class frequently.
• Children learn warm-up exercises, center floor technique, and simple choreographed dances to fun, age-appropriate music.
Using Technology to Study Cellular & Molecular Biology (Session 4)
Ages: 9th to 12th grade
Instructor: Donna Eckert
Email: donnaeckert@comcast.net
Website: none
Cost: $70; If registered after deadline: $77
Min/Max: 4/10
Required Materials: pencil
• Curriculum by National Institute of Health
http://science-education.nih.gov/customers.nsf/HSTechnology.htm
• These enrichment modules are published by the National Institute of Health. Real-World
scenarios and the inquiry method are used to cover topics in biology. Students work in groups
to understand data and come to conclusions. These modules will provide a great supplement
to an independent study of Biology. You can read more about each of these modules at the
website listed. The main focus of each section will be the module listed. However, there may be time at the end of each section for additional material. In that case I will use material from BSCS Curriculum Development
Writing
Ages: high school and advanced middle school
Instructor: Freya Fitzpatrick
Email: FreyaFitzpatrick@gmail.com
Website: www.startlearning4life.com
Cost: $100 per session; If registered after deadline: $110
Min/Max: 5/12
Required Materials: Optional - laptop computer. Students are permitted to write by hand in class, but essays must be turned in by e-mail so it may be easier for them to have access to a laptop for in-class work.
• This year long course has four distinct sections so that students can join or leave the course during the year. Students will fulfill all the writing and research requirements for high school by the end of the course.
• In each session, students will write in a specific style or genre: writing about literature, persuasive writing, the research paper, and journalism. They will learn to write outlines, to write thesis statement in the introduction, well-constructed paragraphs, a conclusion and transition sentences that connect paragraphs into a coherent whole. They will learn to cite print or electronic sources properly when paraphrasing or summarizing information, quoting, or using graphics. They will learn to use appropriate strategies, such as providing facts and details, describing or analyzing the subject, and comparing or contrasting. Students who take this course as a middle school course and then again as a high school course will be extraordinarily well prepared for college level writing.
Ages: 9th to 12th grade
Instructor: Donna Eckert
Email: donnaeckert@comcast.net
Website: none
Cost: $70; If registered after deadline: $77
Min/Max: 4/10
Required Materials: pencil
• Curriculum by National Institute of Health
http://science-education.nih.gov/customers.nsf/HSTechnology.htm
• These enrichment modules are published by the National Institute of Health. Real-World
scenarios and the inquiry method are used to cover topics in biology. Students work in groups
to understand data and come to conclusions. These modules will provide a great supplement
to an independent study of Biology. You can read more about each of these modules at the
website listed. The main focus of each section will be the module listed. However, there may be time at the end of each section for additional material. In that case I will use material from BSCS Curriculum Development
Writing
Ages: high school and advanced middle school
Instructor: Freya Fitzpatrick
Email: FreyaFitzpatrick@gmail.com
Website: www.startlearning4life.com
Cost: $100 per session; If registered after deadline: $110
Min/Max: 5/12
Required Materials: Optional - laptop computer. Students are permitted to write by hand in class, but essays must be turned in by e-mail so it may be easier for them to have access to a laptop for in-class work.
• This year long course has four distinct sections so that students can join or leave the course during the year. Students will fulfill all the writing and research requirements for high school by the end of the course.
• In each session, students will write in a specific style or genre: writing about literature, persuasive writing, the research paper, and journalism. They will learn to write outlines, to write thesis statement in the introduction, well-constructed paragraphs, a conclusion and transition sentences that connect paragraphs into a coherent whole. They will learn to cite print or electronic sources properly when paraphrasing or summarizing information, quoting, or using graphics. They will learn to use appropriate strategies, such as providing facts and details, describing or analyzing the subject, and comparing or contrasting. Students who take this course as a middle school course and then again as a high school course will be extraordinarily well prepared for college level writing.
You CAN Solve the Rubik's Cube
Ages: 7 years old and up
Instructor: Harrison Verhine (13)
Email: Harrisonverhine@gmail.com
Cost: $25
Min/Max: 1-10
Required Materials: Paper and pencil
Do you want to impress your family and friends? Are you frustrated by that unsolved Rubik’s Cube? How would you like to be able to solve it? Then join me and learn about the classic cube puzzle and how to solve it! We will learn about the history of the Rubik’s Cube, different algorithms, different types of cubes, a solution to solve the cube and much more. Each student will receive a Rubik’s Cube.
Young Explorers Dissection Study (session 3)
Ages: 8 - 11 years old
Instructor: Alison Crawford
Email: rediscoveringrest@yahoo.com
Website: none
Cost: $90 per session; If registered after deadline: $100
Material fee: $20
Min/Max: 6/12
Required Materials: none
In this class, we will work in small groups to study and dissect 6 specimens. Specimens to be studied include a worm, a grass hopper, a frog, a chicken wing/leg (for muscle study) a fetal pig and an owl pellet. Everyone will have a chance to dissect, with assistance.
This class will help students to build excellent observation and critical thinking skills in regards to nature. They will be able to connect the inner workings of an animal with the environment that it lives in. They also will be learning about the scientific method and how to document their findings in a lab research notebook. All learning will be done in a fun and age appropriate way which will produce an excitement to learn more about the amazing world that we live in.
Young Explorers Dissection Study (session 2)
Ages: 8 - 11 years old
Instructor: Alison Crawford
Email: iacrawford@overcomerswc.com
Website: none
Cost: $90 per session; If registered after deadline: $100
Material fee: $15
Min/Max: 6/12
Required Materials: none
In this class, we will work in small groups to study and dissect 8 specimens. Specimens to be studied include a frog, crawfish, perch, grasshopper, earthworm, clam, squid and starfish. Everyone will have a chance to dissect, with assistance.
This class will help students to build excellent observation and critical thinking skills in regards to nature. They will be able to connect the inner workings of an animal with the environment that it lives in. All learning will be done in a fun and age appropriate way which will produce an excitement to learn more about the amazing world that we live in.
Young Explorers Dissection Study (session 4)
Ages: 8 - 11 years old
Instructor: Alison Crawford
Email: iacrawford@
Website: none
Cost: $90 per session; If registered after deadline: $100
Material fee: $25
Min/Max: 6/12
Required Materials: none
In this class, students will study human anatomy. A multi-disciplinary approach will be u