Students will explore the basics of drumming, such as: Learning how to play basic and intermediate drumbeats, the purpose of each beat and when to use it, how to read drum notation, playing along with songs, and other important drumming techniques! My hope is to prepare students with a basic knowledge of drumming, so they can go on to pursue any form of drumming they wish, to the glory of God!
Requirements:
Practice at least 30 min per week. The more the better.
You will need a pair of drum sticks (Vick Firth recommemed), a drum practice pad, and a pair of wired over the ear headphones.
This class, designed for 3-5-year-olds, will foster imagination and an engineering mindset as students build creations using DUPLO blocks. Students will have the opportunity to work independently or in teams. Activities will include directed themes as well as freestyle building. At the end of class, students will have the opportunity to share their creations with the class.
Requirements:
There are no requirements or homework for this class.
This class, designed for 4-5-year-olds, will foster imagination and an engineering mindset as students build creations using DUPLO blocks. Students will have the opportunity to work independently or in teams. Activities will include directed themes as well as freestyle building. At the end of class, students will have the opportunity to share their creations with the class.
Requirements:
There are no requirements or homework for this class.
This class, designed for 5-7-year-olds, will foster imagination and an engineering mindset as students build creations using DUPLO blocks. Students will have the opportunity to work independently or in teams. Activities will include directed themes as well as freestyle building. At the end of class, students will have the opportunity to share their creations with the class.
Loved The Hunger Games? Read the classics that shaped and inspired the dystopian literature genre, and find out what modern authors predict for the future. This is a fast-paced semester-long high school course in which students will read several novels, short stories and related texts in a single semester.
This course will provide a survey of dystopian literature as well as current events, civics, and the news all from a Biblical worldview. Dystopian texts explore social and political choices made by individuals and cultures that create a nightmarish world; these narratives serve as criticism against real life tyranny. While dystopian novels are depressing, there’s a purpose to reading about a future that’s negative—namely to serve as a warning against troubling realities. Students will have to discuss the ways that fictional and real societies dehumanize citizens. The content routinely covers mature or sensitive themes. While classic dystopian novels and modern dystopian films contain sobering events and themes, reading about a future that is negative acknowledges people are capable of doing awful things - meaning dystopian novels are ironically honest.
In this course, students will examine classic and contemporary examples of science-fiction texts which focus on the concept of dystopia: an alternate reality or futuristic society in which life is supposed to be wonderful, but instead has been corrupted. Students will examine how authors use this genre of literature and film to analyze and critique certain elements of their own worlds, such as politics, environmental and social issues, technology, religion, and more. This course will ask students to push beyond pop culture to examine pressing topics and grapple with these issues. Continued skill development in composition, speaking, vocabulary, language, and literary and non-fiction studies are the essential components of this course.
Dystopian literature has a strong pull on the modern imagination. In this course students will learn the common settings and themes in dystopian literature, with a special focus on the themes of death and rebirth, destruction and resurrection. Students will practice both creative and critical writing.
Discussions may include:
• The relationships between dystopian literature and the 20th century
• The nature of dystopias, real and imagined
• Ethical dilemmas in extreme circumstances
• What is dystopian literature?
• Utopia vs Dystopia
• Compare contemporary authors’ views of the future
• Characteristics of the dystopian hero
• Biology, psychology, and memory
• Government and social hierarchy
• Symbols in dystopia
• Freedom vs. equality
Requirements:
Required Textbooks
• Amusing Ourselves to Death, Neil Postman
• The Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins
• Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury
• Brave New World, Aldous Huxley
• The Road, Cormac McCarthy
• 1984, George Orwell
• The Giver by Lois Lowry
• World War Z by Max Brooks
• Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
• Harrison Bergeron, Kurt Vonnegut (short story)
Learning Recommendations: Students will enjoy this class who are interested in reading novels and enjoy thinking about the political/social conditions of America and the world. The class is heavily discussion-based and is styled after collegiate literature courses. Expect approximately 20 pages of reading before each class period.
Strategies: Small and large group discussions, analysis and synthesis, formal literary analysis writing (thesis practice, paragraphs), Socratic seminars, and individual public speaking tasks.
Monday - Ceramics Studio - 004: 11:00 am - 11:50 am
Description:
In this weekly gathering we will be gleaning inspiration for our projects through stories read aloud each week. Students will be guided through the basics of clay sculpture, pinch pots, coil making and more. This tactile medium will be used to help cultivate fine motor skills, hand eye coordination, attention to detail and storytelling. Artwork will range from a small guided projects completed in one day and projects that may take two or more sessions to complete. The class will touch on sculptural and functional wares over the course of our 16 weeks together.
Monday - Ceramics Studio - 004: 11:00 am - 11:50 am
Description:
We will engage your student’s imagination through read aloud stories and coordinating projects. Alternating between guided projects and ‘free play” clay. Students will be guided through the basics of clay sculpture, pinch pots, coil making, slip and score and more. This tactile medium will be used to help cultivate fine motor skills, hand eye coordination, attention to detail and storytelling. Artwork will range from a small, guided projects completed in one day and projects that may take two or more sessions to complete. The class will explore both sculptural and functional wares over the course of our 16 weeks together.
Monday - Ceramics Studio - 004: 11:00 am - 11:50 am
Description:
We will engage your student’s imagination through read aloud stories and coordinating projects. Alternating between guided projects and ‘free play” clay. Students will be guided through the basics of clay sculpture, pinch pots, coil making, slip and score and more. This tactile medium will be used to help cultivate fine motor skills, hand eye coordination, attention to detail and storytelling. Artwork will range from a small, guided projects completed in one day and projects that may take two or more sessions to complete. The class will explore both sculptural and functional wares over the course of our 16 weeks together.