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Enrichments
Important Dates
*Our welcome back event will be Wednesday August 16th 1:30-3:30pm
* Volleyball, Art studio, and social events begin the week of August 21, 2023
* All other enrichment classes begin the week of August 28, 2023
K-2nd
Create and Construct
Wednesdays 10-12:30
with Teacher Crissy
Come create and construct with us! This class will be full of hands-on engineering and creative projects. We’ll be thinking about how engineers use design to solve problems and innovate. We will also explore engineering in nature! Each week will focus on a different kind of engineering or design, and we’ll practice building our own models together!
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Library Read Aloud
Mondays 12:30 - 1:00
with Librarian Jolene
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Listen to a great book and discuss new books with librarian Jolene. This is also a time to check out books in the BSSC library.
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Zoom Classes for K-3 - Tue/Thu/Fri 9:00 - 9:30
with AFE Teachers
Interactive Read Aloud- Let’s explore books as we develop literacy and critical thinking skills
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Music, Art, and Body Movement- Let’s move our bodies, practice art, and explore sounds together
Games- Let’s build community & laughter as we play together across a variety of subject areas
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Further Offerings
In addition to these teacher-led classes, we offer a variety of weekly parent-led enrichment classes. Our AFE parent club also hires outside enrichment teachers to engage students in meaningful learning. Click our enrichment schedule tab to learn more!
3rd-5th
Science Explorers
Wed. 10-12:30 pm
with Teacher Amelia
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In this hands-on class we will be discovering the principles of science that shape our world through inquiry and exploration. We will explore chemistry, physics, biology, earth sciences, and more! If you like to do science experiments and you wonder how things work… come find out together!
Library Read Aloud
Mondays 12:30 - 1:00
With Librarian Jolene
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Come listen to a great book and discuss new books with librarian Jolene. This is also a time to check out books in the BSSC library.
Zoom Classes for K-3 - Tue/Thu/Fri 9:00 - 9:30
with AFE Teachers
Interactive Read Aloud- Let’s explore books as we develop literacy and critical thinking skills
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Music, Art, and Body Movement- Let’s move our bodies, practice art, and explore sounds together
Games- Let’s build community & laughter as we play together across a variety of subject areas
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Further Offerings
In addition to these teacher-led classes, we offer a variety of weekly parent-led enrichment classes. Our AFE parent club also hires outside enrichment teachers to engage students in meaningful learning. Click our enrichment schedule tab to learn more!
6th-8th
Book Club
Wednesdays 12-1:00
with Teacher Zari
Come talk about your favorite books with your favorite people! Each month will have a theme that our reading will explore. We will read selected texts, discuss, and respond to prompts.
Ecology
Tuesdays 10-12:30
with teacher Peter
We will address key topics and concepts in ecology and investigate these ideas in our local and global environment. The structures, interactions and functions in ecosystems will be the basis of our study.
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This will include natural resources, human impacts, various biomes and habitats, classification of living things, and the structure, function, and behavior of organisms. Our class will allow for a range of interactions in big and small groups and the instruction/content will set the stage for the active, hands-on based weekly homework and larger projects. We will also take field trips to some local natural areas.
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Further Offerings
In addition to these teacher-led classes, we offer a variety of weekly parent-led enrichment classes. Our AFE parent club also hires outside enrichment teachers to engage students in meaningful learning. Click our enrichment schedule tab to learn more!
9th-12th
A History of Why
Thursdays 10 am-12 pm
United States, World History, Electives, English credits
with Teacher Zari
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Inquiry-based history, relating present-day questions, dilemmas, observations to its place in the past. We will review research methods and writing functions in history. This course can cover World History, United States History and English requirements. This course is not an incantation to the ills of the past. Rather, students will be able to critically-think about how their past, present and future are intertwined. For our primary text, we will use an organizer called “Slingshot” as a source of inspiration and Ronald Takaki’s A Different Mirror for comprehensive research- students are free to choose which primary sources they wish to use in a final research paper on their selected topic connecting their inquiries of why to the answers from history.
Communications
Tuesdays 10am-12pm
English or Electives credits
with teacher Ayala
The word communication is derived from a Latin word meaning “to share.” In this class, we will share our thoughts, craft and deliver ideas, and understand verbal and nonverbal communications. We will look at ways we communicate, the complexities of communication barriers, and challenge ourselves to be braver and become better presenters of ideas. You might think that you cannot (and do not) want to talk in front of anyone! Hey, I’ve got you! This class will be fun, supportive, and you will grow so much. I promise it will be worth taking it! Already a confident communicator? This class is also for you! It will serve to further advance your skills in this arena as you hone your ability to listen, question, and articulate your ideas. We will tackle one on one communication, small & larger group communication, emotional mastery, organizational skills, and the things that can stand in the way of effective communication. Join me for a class that will give you the confidence to tackle these critical life skills. It may just change your life.
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Further Offerings
In addition to these teacher-led classes, we offer a variety of weekly parent-led enrichment classes. Our AFE parent club also hires outside enrichment teachers to engage students in meaningful learning. Click our enrichment schedule tab to learn more!
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