UPPER ELEMENTARY
GRADES 4th-6th
Please pick three choices from each hour for registering your child.
A first choice and two back-up options.
We try our best to arrange the first choice, but classes fill-up and we will place you in your 2nd choice, the third choice is rarely used unless first choice is full and the second choice has been canceled due to lack of interest.
Most classes are limited to 12 students unless otherwise noted.
1st Hour Choices
Beginning Baking - $40
Teacher - Aimee Hansen
In this class we will learn to do some very beginner baking recipes. Come learn some fun recipes and enjoy some yummy food. Children with allergies are discouraged from taking any food classes.
Career Exploration - What's My Dream Job - $0 (6th-12th combined)
Teacher - Megan Balloid - Mendoza
How many times have you been asked the question, "So, what are you going to be when you grow up?". Well, where do you start? We will be doing a career interest activity in class #1 to find out what your strengths & talents are and then give you some career fields to consider. We will be using each consecutive class to explore careers that go along with certain talent/interest areas (sciences, the arts, teaching, etc). Come and join us as we set off to explore and discover professions and career fields! 1, 2, 3 ... Blast Off !
Card Games (6th-12th) - $0
Teacher - Becky Harless
Come play some fun card games with your friends. If you have one to share feel free to bring it in too. We can learn some new games and play a few rounds of the oldies but goodies.
Health & Nutrition - $5- NO LONGER AVAILABLE
Teacher - Heidi Snyder
Empower kids with the knowledge and skills to help them make their own choices when it comes to better nutrition. Fun, relevant, practical how-to’s and hands on activities.
Public Speaking (6th-12th) - $0- NO LONGER AVAILABLE
Teacher - Veronica Richards
Come have fun learning to speak confidently in front of others! This is a skill that we all need to have some experience with even if you are not planning to be a teacher, preacher or politician and yet most people are terrified to do it. Let’s have some fun overcoming those fears, learn how to speak clearly and effectively in front of others and gain confidence in the process!
Tae Kwon Do (3rd-12th together) - $0
Teacher - Marjorie Collins
Tae Kwon Do will provide the introduction to TKD basics, class will consist of learning blocks, kicks and strikes and beginning forms.
Unwind With Your Creativity (Grades 5th-12th) - $15- NO LONGER AVAILABLE
Teacher - Di Higuchi
Returning students preferred only - Student will learn and make crafts that will focus on relaxing, unwinding and using their hands. From paper crafts, to crocheting and fiber art crafts, students will learn different forms of relaxing crafts.
2nd Hour Classes
Around the World - $15
Teacher - Linda McKinney/Erin Brewster
Would you like to learn more about our world? How people learn, eat, and live in other parts of the world? Join us for this fun journey as we explore a different location each week! At the end of the semester, we could host a geography fair for all the families to see our study.
Book club for Girls (6th-8th) - $0 (students must purchase/borrow the book ahead of time)- NO LONGER AVAILABLE
Teacher - Di Higuchi
"Girls Book Club" Calling all middle school girls who love to read! We will be reading a historical fiction/mystery book "Mandie and the Secret Tunnel" by Christian author Lois Gladys Leppard and then watching the movie based off this book. We will be discussing the book and comparing it to the movie. There is no cost for the class but you will need to buy the book. (Used single book, kindle version, or Volume 1 Mandie Collection are all acceptable options)
Challenge Island (K-6th combined) - $76 – minimum of 8 students required to run!
Teacher - Michelle Peterson - Outside Teacher
Challenge Island is an award-winning STEAM enrichment program where students solve fun, hands-on “challenges” which teach them about STEAM fundamentals and crosscurricular topics, plus important success skills like creativity, critical thinking, problem solving and much more. Students work together in small "tribes" to solve each week's challenges, giving them an opportunity to grow their teamwork and social skills as well. We look forward to seeing you on Challenge Island!
Challenge Island for this semester - Cool Careers Island
What do you want to be when you grow up? Challenge Island’s Cool Careers Island will give you a taste of some of the world’s most exciting jobs, from veterinarian to marine biologist to mechanical engineer and more, as you learn about a new career each week and then solve a hands-on STEAM challenge to experiment with some of the principles that each career works with. Start engineering your future today with this STEAMtastic Challenge Island adventure! Here’s the careers and STEAM concepts that we plan to cover each week:
Week 1: Tribal Spirit Rally at Loose Tooth Turnaround (molars, incisors, cavities)
Week 2: Pro Basketball Arena (catapult, projectile, elasticity)
Week 3: Marine Biologist Bay (adaptation, neutral buoyancy, photic zone)
Week 4: Pet Emergency Room (MRI, wheel and axle, gravity)
Week 5: Mechanical Engineer Orange Grove (conveyor belt, inclined plane, filtering)
Week 6: Interior Design Studio (texture, theme, complementary & analogous colors)
Week 7: City Planner Speedway (magnetic force, levitation, internships)
Week 8: Astronaut Lunar Landing (Apollo 11, shock absorption, air resistance)
***Hand Sewing - $0 - materials needed list will be sent home (5th grade and up)- NO LONGER AVAILABLE
Teacher - Deb Saul
This class will be based on popularity against Calligraphy. If both classes prove to be very popular we will try to find another teacher and offer them both.
Do you know how to sew a button, hem a skirt, repair a hole or patch it? Come learn from Mrs. Saul who has been a seamstress since she was in High school, her senior class project was sewing her wedding dress.
***Calligraphy - $15 - (5th grade & up)
Teacher - Deb Saul
This class will be based on popularity against Hand Sewing. If both classes prove to be very popular we will try to find another teacher and offer them both.
Calligraphy is the art of extra fancy writing. It is beautiful and useful for making special certificates and cards. You will learn how to write in this art form. Lots of practice makes perfect in this class.
Percolating Poetry - $0- NO LONGER AVAILABLE
Teacher - Megan Balloid - Mendoza
What does the word "Poetry" bring to mind? Well, we are going to see Poetry through various lenses in this class. We will see that poetry is so much more than what we might think → it can teach math concepts, it can be written as a shape, it can rhyme or not rhyme. But most of all, I want to show you that poetry is FUN and lets you be CREATIVE !
Think! Team Challenge (6th-12th) - $5
Teacher - Kathy Ratliff
Each week students will receive building material and project specifications without any instructions of how to do it. They will have to use their brain muscles in order to their assigned construction pieces.
THIRD HOUR
Acting W/ Improv - $0 - - NO LONGER AVAILABLE
Teacher - Sara Beth Bonjour
Come learn the fun art of improvising. Do you enjoy acting? Or maybe feel that you would like to learn to act but don't know how? Improv might be perfect for you! Learning to act with improv is fun beacuse you don't always have to stick to the script and if you forget your lines the narrator has your back. A basic idea of where the story is going, who your character is, and a narrator to help you get where you are going, and presto you are ready to improvise! It's an excellent skill to develop for use in ministry. (if you are in this class I'll likely grab you to help in our devotional skits) We will also be learning some basic acting skills like projecting our voices, and expressing emotions along with acting. Come have fun acting with me!
American Grls - $10 (K-5th combined)
Teacher - Deb Saul
This semester we will be reading, crafting and studying two girls. Walk through the time period, make crafts and lapbooks, and eat snacks. What a great way to learn history. Particular girls that we will be studying is still to be determined.
Decorating With Decoupage - $25 (3rd-6th) - NO LONGER AVAILABLE
Teacher - Veronica Richards
Decorating with Decoupage In this class we will create beautiful works of art using the technique of decoupage (glueing cut paper/fabrics to the surface). We will use various surfaces such as wood, glass, terra cotta pots and metal. Due to the supplies needed for this class there is a fee of $25 but students are welcome to bring items of their own that they would like to decoupage.
Embroidery - $25 ( 5th-12th combined)- NO LONGER AVAILABLE
Teacher - Erin Brewster
Embroidery the art or process of forming decorative designs with hand needlework. There are so many different stitches to learn to make beautiful creations of art. You can stitch pillowcases, and wall hangings with the things you will learn. This is becoming a lost art form so lets revive it and come join Miss Erin for some time of creativity.
Escape Room - $15
Teacher - Marjorie Collins
By creating an Escape Room in the classroom, you can offer them a new, innovative and challenging environment that will allow them to play as a team. By cooperating, they will be able to participate in their own way in solving the puzzles. Students will be able to use their skills and knowledge to help the group.
Team Challenge (6th-12th) - $10
Teacher - Becky Harless
This will be a very active class with learning to work together in groups through games. You will be presented with a challenge and then as a team win the challenge.
GRADES 4th-6th
Please pick three choices from each hour for registering your child.
A first choice and two back-up options.
We try our best to arrange the first choice, but classes fill-up and we will place you in your 2nd choice, the third choice is rarely used unless first choice is full and the second choice has been canceled due to lack of interest.
Most classes are limited to 12 students unless otherwise noted.
1st Hour Choices
Beginning Baking - $40
Teacher - Aimee Hansen
In this class we will learn to do some very beginner baking recipes. Come learn some fun recipes and enjoy some yummy food. Children with allergies are discouraged from taking any food classes.
Career Exploration - What's My Dream Job - $0 (6th-12th combined)
Teacher - Megan Balloid - Mendoza
How many times have you been asked the question, "So, what are you going to be when you grow up?". Well, where do you start? We will be doing a career interest activity in class #1 to find out what your strengths & talents are and then give you some career fields to consider. We will be using each consecutive class to explore careers that go along with certain talent/interest areas (sciences, the arts, teaching, etc). Come and join us as we set off to explore and discover professions and career fields! 1, 2, 3 ... Blast Off !
Card Games (6th-12th) - $0
Teacher - Becky Harless
Come play some fun card games with your friends. If you have one to share feel free to bring it in too. We can learn some new games and play a few rounds of the oldies but goodies.
Health & Nutrition - $5- NO LONGER AVAILABLE
Teacher - Heidi Snyder
Empower kids with the knowledge and skills to help them make their own choices when it comes to better nutrition. Fun, relevant, practical how-to’s and hands on activities.
Public Speaking (6th-12th) - $0- NO LONGER AVAILABLE
Teacher - Veronica Richards
Come have fun learning to speak confidently in front of others! This is a skill that we all need to have some experience with even if you are not planning to be a teacher, preacher or politician and yet most people are terrified to do it. Let’s have some fun overcoming those fears, learn how to speak clearly and effectively in front of others and gain confidence in the process!
Tae Kwon Do (3rd-12th together) - $0
Teacher - Marjorie Collins
Tae Kwon Do will provide the introduction to TKD basics, class will consist of learning blocks, kicks and strikes and beginning forms.
Unwind With Your Creativity (Grades 5th-12th) - $15- NO LONGER AVAILABLE
Teacher - Di Higuchi
Returning students preferred only - Student will learn and make crafts that will focus on relaxing, unwinding and using their hands. From paper crafts, to crocheting and fiber art crafts, students will learn different forms of relaxing crafts.
2nd Hour Classes
Around the World - $15
Teacher - Linda McKinney/Erin Brewster
Would you like to learn more about our world? How people learn, eat, and live in other parts of the world? Join us for this fun journey as we explore a different location each week! At the end of the semester, we could host a geography fair for all the families to see our study.
Book club for Girls (6th-8th) - $0 (students must purchase/borrow the book ahead of time)- NO LONGER AVAILABLE
Teacher - Di Higuchi
"Girls Book Club" Calling all middle school girls who love to read! We will be reading a historical fiction/mystery book "Mandie and the Secret Tunnel" by Christian author Lois Gladys Leppard and then watching the movie based off this book. We will be discussing the book and comparing it to the movie. There is no cost for the class but you will need to buy the book. (Used single book, kindle version, or Volume 1 Mandie Collection are all acceptable options)
Challenge Island (K-6th combined) - $76 – minimum of 8 students required to run!
Teacher - Michelle Peterson - Outside Teacher
Challenge Island is an award-winning STEAM enrichment program where students solve fun, hands-on “challenges” which teach them about STEAM fundamentals and crosscurricular topics, plus important success skills like creativity, critical thinking, problem solving and much more. Students work together in small "tribes" to solve each week's challenges, giving them an opportunity to grow their teamwork and social skills as well. We look forward to seeing you on Challenge Island!
Challenge Island for this semester - Cool Careers Island
What do you want to be when you grow up? Challenge Island’s Cool Careers Island will give you a taste of some of the world’s most exciting jobs, from veterinarian to marine biologist to mechanical engineer and more, as you learn about a new career each week and then solve a hands-on STEAM challenge to experiment with some of the principles that each career works with. Start engineering your future today with this STEAMtastic Challenge Island adventure! Here’s the careers and STEAM concepts that we plan to cover each week:
Week 1: Tribal Spirit Rally at Loose Tooth Turnaround (molars, incisors, cavities)
Week 2: Pro Basketball Arena (catapult, projectile, elasticity)
Week 3: Marine Biologist Bay (adaptation, neutral buoyancy, photic zone)
Week 4: Pet Emergency Room (MRI, wheel and axle, gravity)
Week 5: Mechanical Engineer Orange Grove (conveyor belt, inclined plane, filtering)
Week 6: Interior Design Studio (texture, theme, complementary & analogous colors)
Week 7: City Planner Speedway (magnetic force, levitation, internships)
Week 8: Astronaut Lunar Landing (Apollo 11, shock absorption, air resistance)
***Hand Sewing - $0 - materials needed list will be sent home (5th grade and up)- NO LONGER AVAILABLE
Teacher - Deb Saul
This class will be based on popularity against Calligraphy. If both classes prove to be very popular we will try to find another teacher and offer them both.
Do you know how to sew a button, hem a skirt, repair a hole or patch it? Come learn from Mrs. Saul who has been a seamstress since she was in High school, her senior class project was sewing her wedding dress.
***Calligraphy - $15 - (5th grade & up)
Teacher - Deb Saul
This class will be based on popularity against Hand Sewing. If both classes prove to be very popular we will try to find another teacher and offer them both.
Calligraphy is the art of extra fancy writing. It is beautiful and useful for making special certificates and cards. You will learn how to write in this art form. Lots of practice makes perfect in this class.
Percolating Poetry - $0- NO LONGER AVAILABLE
Teacher - Megan Balloid - Mendoza
What does the word "Poetry" bring to mind? Well, we are going to see Poetry through various lenses in this class. We will see that poetry is so much more than what we might think → it can teach math concepts, it can be written as a shape, it can rhyme or not rhyme. But most of all, I want to show you that poetry is FUN and lets you be CREATIVE !
Think! Team Challenge (6th-12th) - $5
Teacher - Kathy Ratliff
Each week students will receive building material and project specifications without any instructions of how to do it. They will have to use their brain muscles in order to their assigned construction pieces.
THIRD HOUR
Acting W/ Improv - $0 - - NO LONGER AVAILABLE
Teacher - Sara Beth Bonjour
Come learn the fun art of improvising. Do you enjoy acting? Or maybe feel that you would like to learn to act but don't know how? Improv might be perfect for you! Learning to act with improv is fun beacuse you don't always have to stick to the script and if you forget your lines the narrator has your back. A basic idea of where the story is going, who your character is, and a narrator to help you get where you are going, and presto you are ready to improvise! It's an excellent skill to develop for use in ministry. (if you are in this class I'll likely grab you to help in our devotional skits) We will also be learning some basic acting skills like projecting our voices, and expressing emotions along with acting. Come have fun acting with me!
American Grls - $10 (K-5th combined)
Teacher - Deb Saul
This semester we will be reading, crafting and studying two girls. Walk through the time period, make crafts and lapbooks, and eat snacks. What a great way to learn history. Particular girls that we will be studying is still to be determined.
Decorating With Decoupage - $25 (3rd-6th) - NO LONGER AVAILABLE
Teacher - Veronica Richards
Decorating with Decoupage In this class we will create beautiful works of art using the technique of decoupage (glueing cut paper/fabrics to the surface). We will use various surfaces such as wood, glass, terra cotta pots and metal. Due to the supplies needed for this class there is a fee of $25 but students are welcome to bring items of their own that they would like to decoupage.
Embroidery - $25 ( 5th-12th combined)- NO LONGER AVAILABLE
Teacher - Erin Brewster
Embroidery the art or process of forming decorative designs with hand needlework. There are so many different stitches to learn to make beautiful creations of art. You can stitch pillowcases, and wall hangings with the things you will learn. This is becoming a lost art form so lets revive it and come join Miss Erin for some time of creativity.
Escape Room - $15
Teacher - Marjorie Collins
By creating an Escape Room in the classroom, you can offer them a new, innovative and challenging environment that will allow them to play as a team. By cooperating, they will be able to participate in their own way in solving the puzzles. Students will be able to use their skills and knowledge to help the group.
Team Challenge (6th-12th) - $10
Teacher - Becky Harless
This will be a very active class with learning to work together in groups through games. You will be presented with a challenge and then as a team win the challenge.