Thursday - Dance Studio A - 116: 2:00 pm - 2:50 pm
Description:
Fairytales and Tutus is a creative ballet class for children, incorporating favorite children’s stories, various costumes, colorful props, and the enjoyment of make-believe! We have several new stories this semester and each week a new story will come to life through ballet instruction, creative movement, dancing games, colorful costumes, and plenty of imagination! Children will learn ballet basics and incorporate that technique in a dance as a character in our weekly story that they will perform for the parents at the end of each class.
This semester’s stories will be:
1. Sleeping Beauty
2. Raggedy Ann
3. Princess and the Pea
4. Madeline
5. Moana
6. Angelina Ballerina
7. Strawberry Shortcake
8. Barbie and The Twelve Dancing Princesses
9. Fall Fairies
10. Thanksgiving Pilgrim Story
11. Nutcracker
12. Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer
13. Jesus and the Manger
14. Wizard of Oz
15.
16. Little Mermaid Under the Sea Tea Party
Requirements:
None - This class will not be performing in the Spring Show next semester.
Thursday - Dance Studio A - 116: 2:00 pm - 2:50 pm
Description:
Fairytales and Tutus is a creative ballet class for children, incorporating favorite children’s stories, various costumes, colorful props, and the enjoyment of make-believe! We have several new stories this semester and each week a new story will come to life through ballet instruction, creative movement, dancing games, colorful costumes, and plenty of imagination! Children will learn ballet basics and incorporate that technique in a dance as a character in our weekly story that they will perform for the parents at the end of each class. **Students will be performing in two performances for our Spring Dance Show “Moses and The God Who Delivers” (May 15th-18th). This Class will be in Show B. PLEASE READ our syllabus containing more details about the shows and pertinent dance class information is located here on our website. Click on Programs - Dance. Mandatory parent meeting 7pm 2/24. Each semester’s Admin fee includes the show costume rental fee. **Parents may choose to have their student opt out of performing, but will need to communicate that with the teacher by (TBD)
This semester’s stories will be: 1. Beauty and the Beast
2. Little Red Riding Hood
3. Jasmine/Aladdin
4. Little House on the Prairie
5. Olivia Saves the Circus
6. The Sound of Music
7. Fancy Nancy
8. Cinderella
9. Every Cowgirl Needs Dancing Boots
10. Mary Poppins
11. Thumbelina
12. Tangled
13. Minnie Mouse
14. Snow White
15. Me and My Dolly
16. Spring Garden Fairy tea party
Thursday - Dance Studio B - 118: 2:00 pm - 2:50 pm
Description:
Fairytales and Tutus is a creative ballet class for children, incorporating favorite children’s stories, various costumes, colorful props, and the enjoyment of make-believe! We have several new stories this semester and each week a new story will come to life through ballet instruction, creative movement, dancing games, colorful costumes, and plenty of imagination! Children will learn ballet basics and incorporate that technique in a dance as a character in our weekly story that they will perform for the parents at the end of each class. **Students will be performing in two performances for our Nutcracker presentation (December 5th-8th) as well as the Spring Dance Show “Moses and The God Who Delivers” (May 15th-18th). This Class will be in Show A. PLEASE READ our syllabus containing more details about the shows and pertinent dance class information is located here on our website. Click on Programs - Dance - Dance Department. Each semester’s Admin fee includes the show costume rental fee. **Parents may choose to have their student opt out of performing, but will need to communicate that with the teacher by October 1st.
This semester’s stories will be:
Swan Lake
Goldilocks and The Three little Bears
Three little Pigs
The Princess and the Frog
Miss Lina’s Ballerinas
Peter Pan and Tinkerbell
If You Give A Mouse A Cookie
Heidi
The Princess and the Pauper
The Nutcracker (two weeks)
The Nativity
Pocahontas
Thanksgiving Pilgrims
Fall Fairies
A Very Frozen Tea Party on our last day of class.
In this class we will be reviewing our alphabet, alphabet sounds and writing skills. We will be working on putting our alphabet sounds together. Each week we will do fun games, crafts and worksheets to help us start reading 3 letter words. We will learn a new Bible verse each week.
Requirements:
Children need to have gone to the restroom before class begins, must be able to sit for discussion time, take turns and help clean up their space.
Purpose: To teach the basics of Human form drawing in the comic/cartooning media. Philosophy of Art: Art is an opportunity to connect with our Creator through the creative process. Art is not only a personal expression, but one to be shared, evaluated, and experienced.
Requirements:
This class does not require any previous skill level or knowledge of drawing, just a desire to learn how to draw comic book art or cartooning of the Human form. Students will be required to participate in Art critiques and weekly homework. All grading will be based on attendance, weekly homework, participation, and the final project.
This is the middle school version of the popular "BizTown" class.
We will cover financial literacy - budgeting, saving, investing, credit, debt, and risk management.
We will also explore careers by looking at different career paths and understanding the connection between education, career choices and income.
In class we will go through real world scenarios, allowing students to make financial decisions.
*This class will attend a simulation field trip on November 14 in Hillsboro. Students will assigned a "persona" with a specific career, income, and family situation. In the simulation they'll be making decisions about housing, transportation, food, utilities, and other expenses, while trying to balance their budget.*
An introduction to personal economics decision making with emphasis on the financial choices faced by individuals in the build-up and management of net worth. Topics covered include education and experience, earning and spending, savings and debt, taxes and inflation, insurance, investments, and contracts.
This is a CORE class that meets twice a week for the full year. CORE classes have greater expectations of students, parents, and teachers. Parents are required to attend the mandatory CORE Classes Parent Meeting immediately following Family Orientation on either August 26th at 6:45pm or August 28th at 2:45pm. An introduction to personal economics decision making with emphasis on the financial choices faced by individuals in the build-up and management of net worth. Topics covered include education and experience, earning and spending, savings and debt, taxes and inflation, insurance, investments, and contracts.
Dual Enrollment classes such as this give the student the option to take the course for 3 units of college credit through Northwest Nazarene University. Students opting for college credit would fill out additional registration for NNU after class begins and pay an additional $225 to NNU above teacher costs and FPHRC admin fees. Students may take the class solely for High School credit by paying only teacher and center fees per usual.
If seeking dual-enrollment, NNU offers credit as an economics course.
This class will cover first aid, CPR, and basic human anatomy and physiology as it applies to medical emergencies. Students will be eligible to obtain CPR certification card through the Red Cross with completion of this class. We will cover things such as heart attacks, choking, burns, lacerations, fractures, seizures, etc.. The goal of the class is to teach the students to assess a situation, do what they can to manage it, and know when to call 911. We will be very hands on with mannequins and medical supplies to simulate real life scenarios as much as possible.
*Disclaimer- Red Cross First Aid/CPR Certification includes teaching about opiate overdoses. Please let me know if this is an issue and we can discuss options.
Requirements:
If you wish for your student to obtain a certification card, class attendance is extremely important. If a student misses a class that contains mandatory education for the certification, there will be make-up classes for a fee of $15.