Practical Life
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One of our goals as parents and teachers is to help our kids develop a strong and realistic sense of independence and self-reliance. We want them to be prepared, and feel prepared, as they make the journey into adulthood. These classes will address some of the most important skills necessary to make a seamless transition into adulthood and its many challenges.
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Digital Storytelling 14+
Teacher: Douglas Horner
Outside Work: Minimal
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Ages: 14 and up
1.5 Hour Class; 1 day/week
Yearly Materials Fee : $40.00
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In our new Facebook-y, YouTube-y culture, people are scrambling to pour stories through the new technologies that have taken over our lives. Whether you are a blogger, a university student, a world-changing idealist starting a non-profit, a teacher, a small business owner, or a global corporation, learning to use digital platforms to pitch Your Big Awesome Thing has become a requisite skill. Creating engaging stories in visual and interactive mediums can be useful when promoting an event, championing a cause, selling your stuff, growing a community, and and and and.
In this class we will explore the full range of opportunities including viral video, animation, documentary film, PowerPoint presentation, and all the new cutting-edge platforms, memes, and whatnot. Students will select a story or cause and learn how to develop a concept, plan in a way that ensures results, and fully execute their project in the medium of their choice.
15% Survey of digital culture and technology
25% Training in how to focus and plan for a great story that really CONNECTS
25% Learning the tools of the trade in your chosen medium
35% YOUR STORY: plan, create, share with the world
Students may work independently or in small groups to create their final project and students may be called on to contribute talent to each other’s projects as needed by performing in each other’s videos, creating design and illustration elements, and helping write/edit scripts. Assignments and expectations will be customized per student/project as they set out to fully produce and publish the presentation or docu[mocku!]mentary or blog or vlog or animation or PowerPoint or anything else we can come up with! Maybe we'll invent the next new trend in digital storytelling...
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Practical Math
Teacher: Melanie Moore
Outside Work: Moderate
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Ages: 14 and up
1.25 Hour Class; 1 day/week
Yearly Materials Fee : $40.00
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Practical Math promises to teach the math concepts and skills you will use every day of your life! We will focus on money management, fractions in cooking, measurements for sewing, measurements for carpentry and home repair, percentages for appropriate tipping and more.
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Sewing I and II Rm #37
Teacher: Lisa Boys
Outside Work: Minimal
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Ages: 10 and up
1.5 Hour Class; 1 day/week
Yearly Materials Fee : $40.00
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Students in this class learn everything they need to know to create whatever they desire out of fabric! Students learn hand stitching techniques and what they are used for; how to use and care for a sewing machine, how to choose a pattern, and learning to read and follow a pattern through to the end! This class is individualized to accommodate all sewing levels. It is strongly recommended that each student have their own machine.
Students who have already taken Sewing I or come in with sewing knowledge, will pick up where they left off.
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This is Your Life: Practical Skills
Teacher: Melanie Moore
Outside Work: Minimal
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Ages: 14 and up
1.25 Hour Class; 1 day/week
Yearly Materials Fee : $35.00
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This class will take the mystery out of the world of personal finance and will help to prepare students to make financially sound decisions.
Topics to be covered:
*Financial terms and vocabulary
*Balancing checking/savings accounts
Shopping for a bank
*W-4 (What is it? How do you fill it out?)
*Reading a paystub
*Computing payroll withholdings
*Filling out deposit/withdrawal slips
*Writing checks/endorsing checks
*Creating a budget
*Philanthropy/charity
*Researching, budgeting and buying a car
*Budgeting for college/school loans
*Credit Cards (shopping for the right card, interest rates, fees, reward programs, reading credit card statements, dangers/benefits)
*Filling out tax forms (1040)
*Moving-out expenses, budgeting, insurance
*Investing in stocks, bonds, mutual funds, IRA's, 401k accounts, CDs and money markets
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