Messy Play's fun and engaging projects will strengthen hands, build dexterity, and improve fine motor skills; which are used in writing and hand eye coordination. The projects may include: wet, dry, foamy, slimy, hard and soft mediums.
Requirements:
Assistants:
Homework:
None
Billable Hours Per Week:
1
Admin Tier:
Elective
Admin Fee:
$4.00, Term Total = $64
Class Fee:
$125.00
Supply Fee:
$40.00
Messy Play
Ages 4yr-8yr
Burlacu, Jilda
Spring 2022
Early Education
Schedule:
Thursday - Art Studio - 129: 1:00 pm - 1:50 pm
Description:
A fun way to explore various textures and strengthen your hands while fine tuning dexterity to help improve your fine motor skills for writing and eye hand coordination. We will be making play dough, slime, putty, and other things with shaving cream and paints. We will also use dry textures such as beads, beans, rice, and sand. We will also explore writing in various textures or forming letters with them.
Requirements:
Assistants:
Homework:
None
Billable Hours Per Week:
1
Admin Tier:
Class Override
Admin Fee:
$32, Term Total = $32
Class Fee:
$85.00
Supply Fee:
$45.00
Middle School Ceramics
Ages 10yr-14yr
Hoyt, Sia
Fall 2022
Arts
- Ceramics
Schedule:
Wednesday - Ceramics Studio - 004: 10:00 am - 10:50 am
Description:
Junior ceramic students are bound to have a lot of fun together in this class as they learn the old craftsmanship of working with clay. In this class students will be learning about decoration, carving, smoothing, sculpting and construction in clay. Students will have the opportunity to glaze and take home their work. Over the course of our 16 weeks together, some projects we will be doing include: Freelance sculptural pieces, tiles, nature collection trays, mugs and vases, beautiful little planters, candle lanterns, carved or stamped pendants, wall hangings, sculptural busts. Your student will be given inspiration for border &filler designs& patterns, weaving the art of drawing into their clay projects. As they work within the structure of the ceramics studio, your student will have cleanup duties as well as plenty of creative freedom. This is both for the confident independent junior artists and for thoughtful or hesitant artists. I teach my students to help build up a strong environment in their classroom by building each other up so the ceramic studio can become a source of art therapy, camaraderie and joy for them. Tactile contact is one of the first experiences we have in this life; it is at our roots, so touching clay and experiencing ceramic art is a very grounding experience for students.
Requirements:
Assistants:
Homework:
None
Billable Hours Per Week:
1
Admin Tier:
Specialty
Admin Fee:
$4, Term Total = $64
Class Fee:
$160.00
Supply Fee:
$90.00
Middle School Ceramics
Ages 10yr-14yr
Hoyt, Sia
Spring 2022
Arts
- Ceramics
Schedule:
Monday - Ceramics Studio - 004: 2:00 pm - 2:50 pm
Description:
Junior ceramic students are bound to have a lot of fun together in this class as they learn the old craftsmanship of working with clay. Tactile contact is one of the first experiences we have in this life; it is at our roots. So touching clay and experiencing ceramic art is a very grounding experience for students. In this class students will be learning about decoration, carving, smoothing, sculpting and construction in clay, including slip & score techniques and pinch pots. Over the course of our 16 weeks together, some projects we will be doing include: design and picture tiles, nature collection trays, stamped/carved mugs and vases made from slabs, beautiful little cylinder planters, candle lanterns, pendants, wall hangings, mobile and and sculptural busts. This class will be learning a lot about border designs and filler designs and patterns, weaving the art of drawing into their clay projects.
As they work within the structured boundaries of the orderly ceramics studio, your student will have plenty of creative freedom. This is both for the confident independent junior artists and for thoughtful or hesitant artists. I teach my students to help build up a strong environment in their classroom by building each other up so the ceramic studio can become a source of art therapy, camaraderie and joy for them.
Some Notes:
-We fire the pottery here at the center and students will be able to take home their finished pieces. And whatever functional creations they make can be used in the home, garden and kitchen! We use non toxic food safe glazes and everything that gets fired can be used in the everyday.
-Students will have some cleanup chores, like washing the wooden tools and sponges in the provided water buckets and wiping down their areas after glazing days.
-The finished pottery they will be creating will have undergone several stages of wet, “leather -hard”, trimming and decorating, first fire, decoration, second fire. So it’s a really big deal when they receive their first finished pots from the kiln room.
-Here at our pro ceramics studio we fire to cone 6, providing for elementary students an abundance of clay, a rainbow array of mid-range glazes and all the tools and supplies one would need.
Working with clay, water and their own two hands, students will learn basics of hand building with clay. They will learn to make pinch pots, tiles, sculptural creations and slab containers. Junior potters are bound to have a blast in this tactile, social arts class. Classes will be loosely structured combining projects, goals and plenty of creative flow. Towards the end of the semester, students will learn how to glaze, coming home with their finished, fired creations. In addition to class, ceramics students ages 11 and up will also have the opportunity to come for open studio time 1 to catch up on projects and get more clay time in. Ceramics level: beginning and intermediate.
Working with clay, water and their own two hands, students will learn basics of hand building with clay. They will learn to make pinch pots, tiles, sculptural creations and slab containers. Junior potters are bound to have a blast in this tactile, social arts class. Classes will be loosely structured combining projects, goals and plenty of creative flow. Towards the end of the semester, students will learn how to glaze, coming home with their finished, fired creations. In addition to class, ceramics students ages 11 and up will also have the opportunity to come for open studio time 1 to catch up on projects and get more clay time in. Ceramics level: beginning and intermediate.
Requirements:
Assistants:
Homework:
None
Billable Hours Per Week:
1
Admin Tier:
Class Override
Admin Fee:
$64, Term Total = $64
Class Fee:
$175.00
Supply Fee:
$25.00
Middle School Engineering: Challenging the Next Generation
Ages 11yr-13yr
Veach, Giselle
Spring 2022
Science
- Engineering
Schedule:
Tuesday - Classroom - 220: 4:00 pm - 4:50 pm
Description:
Join us for this challenge based Engineering course in which students will apply STEM concepts to solve problems they may encounter in the real world! Students will work individually or as teams each unit to create a solution to the unit challenge, with some guidance from the teacher. Examples of challenges that will be implemented in class include: The Bridge Challenge, Designing an earthquake-proof building, The Perched Water-Proof Pot, etc. Concluding the course, students will present their favorite work on the final day of class. Bring a notebook, pencil, ruler, pen, scissors, protractor, compass, calculator.
Requirements:
Assistants:
Homework:
None
Billable Hours Per Week:
1
Admin Tier:
Class Override
Admin Fee:
$64, Term Total = $64
Class Fee:
$75.00
Supply Fee:
$5.00
Middle School Engineering: Challenging the Next Generation
Ages 11yr-13yr
Veach, Giselle
Fall 2021
Science
- Engineering
Schedule:
Tuesday - Classroom - 220: 4:00 pm - 4:50 pm
Description:
Join us for this challenge based Engineering course in which students will apply STEM concepts to solve problems they may encounter in the real world! Students will work individually or as teams each unit to create a solution to the unit challenge, with some guidance from the teacher. Examples of challenges that will be implemented in class include: The Bridge Challenge, Designing an earthquake-proof building, The Perched Water-Proof Pot, etc. Concluding the course, students will present their favorite work on the final day of class. Bring a notebook, pencil, ruler, pen, scissors, protractor, compass, calculator.
Requirements:
Assistants:
Homework:
None
Billable Hours Per Week:
1
Admin Tier:
Class Override
Admin Fee:
$64, Term Total = $64
Class Fee:
$75.00
Supply Fee:
$5.00
Middle School English
Ages 11yr-14yr
Becker, Rachael
Fall 2023
Language Arts
- English
Schedule:
Wednesday - Classroom - 228: 1:00 pm - 1:50 pm
Description:
This is a CORE class that meets once a week for the full year. Parents are required to attend the mandatory Core Parent Meeting immediately following Family Orientation on either August 24th at 2pm, August 24th at 6pm, September 7th at 2pm, or September 7th at 6pm.
This class is a year-long class for middle school students. We will meet once per week for one hour. Homework will be approximately 1 hour per week. The focus this year will be on reading quality literature, narrative and essay writing, comprehension strategies, conventions review, vocabulary study. Students will need the following books: The Hobbit, By J.R.R. Tolkien, George Muller: Man of Faith and Miracles (Men of Faith), by Basil Miller; and Anne of Green Gables, by L.M. Montgomery. Homework is due before class each week in order for students to be prepared for class discussions/activities. Points will be deducted from assignments for late work. This is a pass/fail course (80% for passing). Assignments may be done on paper or on Google Classroom depending on the assignment. Electronic materials will be available on Google Classrroom. Other content for this class may come from YouTube videos and other websites as needed.
Requirements:
Grades 6-8
Needed for each family to purchase: three-ring binder with dividers if using for multiple classes, writing notebook (college-ruled), pencil, high lighter, sticky-notes, The Hobbit, By J.R.R. Tolkien; George Muller: Man of Faith and Miracles (Men of Faith), by Basil Miller; and Anne of Green Gables, by L.M. Montgomery.
PREREQUISITE - must have completed fall/winter term in order to register for this class. New students may be accepted on case-by-case basis. Please contact teacher to request.
In this class, students will work to improve their communication skills through oral and written communication. We will practice the three main types of writing: expository, argumentative, and narrative. Grammar concepts will be woven throughout. I also hope to cover a unit on public speaking in the 2nd semester