Does your middle or high school student love to read? Love fantasy? JR Tolkien is a fabulous writer who weaves together a tale filled with friendship, adventure, treasure, and a dragon. This term we will read The Hobbit and The Fellowship of the Ring. Next term we will read The Two Towers and The Return of the King. All of the reading will be done outside of class. Our class sessions will include exploring the realm of fantasy literature, learning about the author, comparing LOTR to other classic stories, and discovering biblical "treasure" within the story. In addition to reading the story, students will be writing essays, building vocabulary, and understanding literary techniques.
Parents can choose to have this course be a core class (3-4 hours of homework per week) or as an elective (1-2 hours of homework per week). Both groups will have the same in-class experience but you can choose how much outside work you want your student to have.
Does your middle or high school student love to read? Love fantasy? JR Tolkien is a fabulous writer who weaves together a tale filled with friendship, adventure, battles, and characters from many fantasy realms. In the fall, we read The Hobbit and The Fellowship of the Ring. For the spring term, we will read The Two Towers and The Return of the King. All of the reading will be done outside of class. Our class sessions will include exploring the realm of fantasy literature, learning about the author, comparing LOTR to other classic stories, and discovering biblical "treasure" within the story. In addition to reading the story, students will be writing essays, giving speeches, and participating in small/large group discussions. Parents can choose to have this course be a core class (3-4 hours of homework per week) or as an elective (reading and minimal homework). Both groups will have the same in-class experience but you can choose how much outside work you want your student to have.
Welcome to Lost in Space Camp.
Suit up for an out-of-this-world trip to the stars. Daily Countdown.......7) Grab your official NASA badge and gather in our “Control Center” for devotions and intro. to today’s mission 6) STEM space craft and activity 5) Prep & eat spacey snacks 4) Listen to inspiring stories of endurance of Christian astronauts like John Glenn & Gordon Cooper 3) Get mission-ready training with fun get-moving activities 2) Have some down-to-earth free time at a variety of Space Centers like build-your-own-rocket and Spacy Art 1) Astronauts will gather back at our Control Center to add their “official” NASA patches each day to their Space Camp journals.
Our devotions for the week will be based on Psalms 8:3 When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your hands, the moon, and the stars, which You have set in place.
Examples of crafts/activities: Kids will learn about Newton’s Law of Levers. They will each build a real launcher (catapult) and label the fulcrum & other key parts. Next, we will blast off launching pompoms across the room. The kids will learn to sing all the planets with the help of a planet orbiter that they will build on day 1. Other spacy activities include making a star constellation viewer and recreating Van Gogh’s “Starry Night” by painting on foil. Each day we will make and eat a different spacy themed snacks like fruit rockets (skewers) and rice cake moon landings. Some of our daily "get-moving" activities will include stomp rocket races, planet bowling, comet (balloon) volleyball, parachute fun and more. So excited for this journey, it will be a blast!!
Join me for a special time of prayer, sharing a meal, and playtime for young children at our center. The Bible encourages us to break bread with one another, and this class provides a wonderful opportunity to do so. In our beautiful early education space, featuring large windows and developmentally appropriate materials, we will gather at a long table. Children should bring a packed healthy meal. Once everyone arrives, we will read scripture, pray, and eat together, discussing manners and good table conversation. After the meal, we will enjoy playtime, followed by cleanup, and conclude with a song and prayer. The supply fee is for extra fruits and veggies for all the children.
Student’s dance skills will be strengthened and they will be stretched to explore dance as an art and means of communicating ideas. We may be dancing with props including ribbons and scarves. Students will work on their dance technique as well as learn creative methods of choreography. Students should wear loose-fitting clothes, ballet, jazz, or lyrical shoes and their hair pulled back away from their face. This is a year long class and students will be asked to commit to attending for the entire year. 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.
Requirements:
Student must have taken at least one year of previous ballet or jazz dance classes.
Wednesday - Dance Studio A - 116: 3:00 pm - 3:50 pm
Description:
Level 1 and 2 Student’s dance skills will be strengthened and they will be stretched to explore dance as an art and means of communicating ideas. We may be dancing with props including ribbons and scarves. Students will work on their dance technique as well as learn creative methods of choreography. Students should wear loose-fitting clothes, ballet, jazz, or lyrical shoes and their hair pulled back away from their face. This is a year long class and students will be asked to commit to attending for the entire year. Students will be performing in a Winter Showcase on January 19th as well as the Spring Dance Show in May (16th-19th). Parents please view and sign our syllabus containing more details about the shows and pertinent dance class information. It is located here on our website. Click on Programs - Dance - Dance Department or at this link: https://fphrc.groupzu.com/page/view/dance.
Requirements:
Student should have completed at least one year of dance class. Parents are required to view and sign the dance department syllabus available at: https://fphrc.groupzu.com/page/view/dance and parents new to the dance department need to attend a Mandatory Parent Meeting on Monday, October 2nd at 7pm.
Wednesday - Dance Studio A - 116: 3:00 pm - 3:50 pm
Description:
Level 1 and 2 Student’s dance skills will be strengthened and they will be stretched to explore dance as an art and means of communicating ideas. We may be dancing with props including ribbons and scarves. Students will work on their dance technique as well as learn creative methods of choreography. Students should wear loose-fitting clothes, ballet, jazz, or lyrical shoes and their hair pulled back away from their face. This is a year long class and students will be asked to commit to attending for the entire year. Students will be performing in a Winter Showcase on January 19th as well as the Spring Dance Show in May (16th-19th). Parents please view and sign our syllabus containing more details about the shows and pertinent dance class information. It is located here on our website. Click on Programs - Dance - Dance Department or at this link: https://fphrc.groupzu.com/page/view/dance.
Requirements:
Student should have completed at least one year of dance class. Parents are required to view and sign the dance department syllabus available at: https://fphrc.groupzu.com/page/view/dance and parents new to the dance department need to attend a Mandatory Parent Meeting on Monday, October 2nd at 7pm.
Student’s dance skills will be strengthened and they will be stretched to explore dance as an art and means of communicating ideas. We may be dancing with props including ribbons and scarves. Students will work on their dance technique as well as learn creative methods of choreography. Students should wear loose-fitting clothes, ballet, jazz, or lyrical shoes and their hair pulled back away from their face. This is a year long class and students will be asked to commit to attending for the entire year. 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 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 - Dance Department. Each semester’s Admin fee includes the show costume rental fee.
Requirements:
Student must have taken at least on year of previous ballet or jazz dance classes.
Wednesday - Dance Studio A - 116: 2:00 pm - 2:50 pm
Description:
In this class we will be combining our Level 1 and 2 students. Students will enjoy dancing with expression and artistry, using differing emotions and styles of music. Previous dance experience is required. Students need to have taken a class such as ballet, tap or hip hop jazz for at least one year. Student’s basic dance skills will be strengthened and they will be stretched to explore dance as an art and means of communicating ideas. We will be dancing with props including scarves and/or ribbons. Students should wear loose-fitting clothes, ballet, jazz, or lyrical shoes. Students are encouraged to take a strength and conditioning class as well. We recommend Ballet Strength and Technique, Ladies Cardio, Weights, Fun, and Done, or a Teen Fitness class.
Requirements:
Level 1 requires at least one year of dance class; Level 2 requires an additional year of Lyrical class.
Parents are required to view and sign the dance department syllabus available at: https://fphrc.groupzu.com/page/view/dance and attend a Mandatory Parent Meeting on September 19th at 7pm. The Christmas Dance show will require minimal parent involvement. Christmas Dance Show Dress Rehearsal: 12/8; Christmas Dance Show Performances: 12/9 @6pm, 12/10 @1:30pm, and 12/10 @6:30pm (Child and Youth level dance classes will each be performing in only one show). The Spring Dance show will require significant parent involvement. Spring Dance Show Dress Rehearsal and Performances will be the week of 5/16-5/20. Costume rental fees are included in the term admin fees.
Wednesday - Dance Studio A - 116: 2:00 pm - 2:50 pm
Description:
In this class we will be combining our Level 1 and 2 students. Students will enjoy dancing with expression and artistry, using differing emotions and styles of music. Previous dance experience is required. Students need to have taken a class such as ballet, tap or hip hop jazz for at least one year. Student’s basic dance skills will be strengthened and they will be stretched to explore dance as an art and means of communicating ideas. We will be dancing with props including scarves and/or ribbons. Students should wear loose-fitting clothes, ballet, jazz, or lyrical shoes. Students are encouraged to take a strength and conditioning class as well. We recommend Ballet Strength and Technique, Ladies Cardio, Weights, Fun, and Done, or a Teen Fitness class.
Requirements:
Level 1 requires at least one year of dance class; Level 2 requires an additional year of Lyrical class.
This class will be performing in the Spring Dance Shows the week of May 15-20. We are still working on our plans for the spring show, but please reserve that week now on your calendar. Our format will most likely be similar to our last spring show, with our youngest students performing in two of the four shows. Details will be related in full at our mandatory parent meeting to be held at 7pm on Monday, February 27th. Parental attendance to this meeting is essential in order to ensure clarity of information and the success of your dancer. Each family is required to have one parent volunteer to help in some way with the show. Please read the updated class syllabus that is posted on the dance department page of this website for more general dance class information.