Electives are a great way to enhance your child’s Hybrid experience! Primary students can take up to 4 onsite electives. Middle School students may take up to 2 onsite electives. Material fees are for Part-Time OVA and Self-Pay students.
Detective Science
Grades 6-8
Monday 9:30
Material fee $70
Have you ever wondered how detectives and forensic science technicians find and examine evidence? Join us and learn how detectives investigate crime scenes in hands-on labs. Subjects such as chemistry, biology, and physics are behind the scenes in investigations, substance analysis, fingerprints, DNA, breaking glass, footprints, and more. Students will learn the techniques and science that are used to solve crimes and put those skills to use in hands-on activities in the classroom.
MS Art Techniques
Grade 6-8
Monday 9:30
Material fee $50
This class is designed for students to explore and experience creative expression, critical evaluation, and a greater appreciation for Art. While learning about the elements and principles of design, students will develop their drawing, painting, and printmaking skills.
Culinary Expressions
Grade 1-8
Monday 9:30
Material fee $98
Our curriculum covers basic nutrition while teaching our students how to cook. Far more than an “activity” – these lessons are packed with education.
Alternatives are demonstrated for all recipes, teaching the students options. All lessons are gluten free, dairy free, peanut free, with alternatives taught for egg free, nut free, and grain free. Options are important! Freedom comes from choice.
The philosophy that this program is built on is that with courage, confidence and creativity, kids will learn not only how to cook, but how to take care of themselves, make choices for their needs, and problem solve.
Exploring Board Games
Grade DK-5
Monday 9:30
Materials fee $25
Students will learn the history and strategies behind many of our childhood favorites such as Monopoly, Sorry, Uno and more. This class will build critical thinking skills while also giving students the opportunity to play a different board game each week.They will also learn how to create their own board game.
Lego-STEM
Monday 10:30
Grades DK-5
Material Fee $50
In this class students will be presented with a STEM building challenge to encourage their critical thinking with some hands on creative fun!
Food from Around the World
3-5th Grade
Monday at 10:30
Materials fee $90
In this class, students will dive deep into other cultures from around the world, through their rich and diverse food. Each week, we will learn about a different country, make a popular meal from their culture, and create a recipe book full of wonderful meals from around the world.
STEM Computer Coding 2
Grade 3-5
Monday 10:30
Material fee $10
In this intermediate coding class, students will use Scratch and Code.org to increase their coding skills. They will begin with close-ended projects and work toward open-ended projects.
Globetrotters
Monday at 10:30 *Different day and time for spring*
Grades DK-5
Materials fee $50
Adventurers and explorers unite in traveling across the globe to learn more about different countries and cultures. Fun activities, crafts, recipes, traditions, and maps galore!
Cake and Cookie Decorating Design
Grade 3-5
Monday at 10:30
Material fee $50
In this course students will learn how to plan, prepare, design, create and deliver beautiful cakes and cookies. They will learn different frosting techniques as well as how to achieve different colors and textures of frosting. Students will also learn about what it takes to market and sell their own cakes and cookies.
Lego-STEM
Wednesday at 9:30
Grades DK-5
Material Fee $50
In this class students will be presented with a STEM building challenge to encourage their critical thinking with some hands on creative fun!
Animation 101
Grade 6-8
Wednesday 9:30
Material fee $50
Join us as we explore the wonderful world of animation. We will discover the history of animation around the world, how animation is made, and making our own animations. Students will learn about various animation techniques, such as storyboarding, perspective, action blocking, and editing. By the end of the class, students will have a full flipbook story as well as completion of a digital animation project.
Art Techniques
Grade DK-5
Wednesday 9:30
Material fee $50
Children learn a lot through art. As they draw, paint, and make collages, they are learning about their world (colors, shapes, and sizes of objects). When they use paints, glue, and markers, children are planning, trying out new things and solving problems. As they mix paints they learn to understand that one thing can make changes in another.This class will introduce all of the above through the use of mixed media.
Choir
Grade 6-8
Wednesday 9:30
Material fee $25
Students will be exposed to choral elements, such as ensemble singing, blend, and vocal techniques. Students will sing and perform a variety of music in both formal and informal situations, both individually and in an ensemble.
Pottery
Grades 6-8
Wednesday 9:30
Material Fee $50
In this class, the students will be able to express their creativity in the hands-on art of pottery. The students will hand-build and create pottery at a middle school level.
American Sign Language 1 and Deaf Culture
Grades 1-5
Wednesday at 10:30 Different day and time for spring*
Materials fee– $50
Introduces basic American Sign Language (ASL) skills, focusing on communication in a cultural context. Covers fingerspelling, basic vocabulary and grammatical structures, and the development of visual receptive and gestural expressive skills. Introduces the Deaf culture and the Deaf community, focusing on its history, traditions, values, and characteristics. As well as information about the contributions of Deaf persons to American society. This course requires active participation.
Crock-pot Cooking
K-5th Grade
Wednesdays 10:30
Material fee-$100 (Crockpot plus ingredients)
We’ve all come home at the end of a long day and realized that we still need to make dinner. What if you were able to have a warm meal already waiting for you? In Crockpot Cooking, students will learn how to prepare and cook various meals, all in a crockpot, and will be able to bring home dinner for the family at the end of class each week. Some of the recipes we will explore include soups, pasta, pot pies, chili, and much more!
Choir
Grade DK-5
Wednesday 10:30
Material fee $25
Students will be exposed to choral elements, such as ensemble singing, blend, and vocal techniques. Students will sing and perform a variety of music in both formal and informal situations, both individually and in an ensemble.
Pottery
Grade K-5 (K-2 Parents will need to be present to assist their children)
Wednesday 10:30
Material fee $50
In this class, the students will be able to express their creativity in the hands-on art of pottery. The students will hand-build and create pottery at an elementary level.
Art Techniques
Grade DK-5
Tuesday at 9:30-New day and time added for Spring*
Material fee $50
Children learn a lot through art. As they draw, paint, and make collages, they are learning about their world (colors, shapes, and sizes of objects). When they use paints, glue, and markers, children are planning, trying out new things and solving problems. As they mix paints they learn to understand that one thing can make changes in another. This class will introduce all of the above through the use of mixed media.
STEM Computer Coding
Grade 1-2
Tuesday at 9:30
Material fee $10
In this beginning/intermediate coding class, students will use Scratch jr. to increase their coding skills. They will begin with close-ended projects and work toward open-ended projects.
Crock-pot Cooking
Grade K-5
Tuesdays 9:30
Material Fee $100
We’ve all come home at the end of a long day and realized that we still need to make dinner. What if you were able to have a warm meal already waiting for you? In Crockpot Cooking, students will learn how to prepare and cook various meals, all in a crockpot, and will be able to bring home dinner for the family at the end of class each week. Some of the recipes we will explore include soups, pasta, pot pies, chili, and much more!
Lego – STEM
Tuesday at 9:30–New day and time added for spring*
Grades DK-5
Material Fee $50
In this class students will be presented with a STEM building challenge to encourage their critical thinking with some hands on creative fun!
Exploring Board Games
Grade 2-5
Tuesday at 9:30
Materials fee $25
Students will learn the history and strategies behind many of our childhood favorites such as Monopoly, Sorry, Uno and more. This class will build critical thinking skills while also giving students the opportunity to play a different board game each week. They will also learn how to create their own board game.
Animation 101:
Tuesday at 9:30
Material fee $50
Join us as we explore the wonderful world of animation. We will discover the history of animation around the world, how animation is made, and making our own animations. Students will learn about various animation techniques, such as storyboarding, perspective, action blocking, and editing. By the end of the class, students will have a full flipbook story as well as completion of a digital animation project.
STEM Computer Coding
Grade 3-5
Tuesday at 10:30
Material fee $10
In this beginning/intermediate coding class, students will use Scratch and Code.org to increase their coding skills. They will begin with close-ended projects and work toward open-ended projects.
American Sign Language 1 and Deaf Culture
Grades K-5
Tuesday at 10:30
Materials fee– $50
Introduces basic American Sign Language (ASL) skills, focusing on communication in a cultural context. Covers fingerspelling, basic vocabulary and grammatical structures, and the development of visual receptive and gestural expressive skills. Introduces the Deaf culture and the Deaf community, focusing on its history, traditions, values, and characteristics. As well as information about the contributions of Deaf persons to American society. This course requires active participation.
Choir
Grade DK-5
Tuesday 10:30
Material fee $25
Students will be exposed to choral elements, such as ensemble singing, blend, and vocal techniques. Students will sing and perform a variety of music in both formal and informal situations, both individually and in an ensemble.
Lego – STEM
Tuesday at 10:30
Grades DK-5
Material Fee $50
In this class students will be presented with a STEM building challenge to encourage their critical thinking with some hands on creative fun!
Spanish
Grade DK-2
Tuesday at 10:30
Material fee $50
Students will be introduced to Spanish language and culture while learning through vocabulary and building sentences. Weekly themes will include food, arts, music, animals, holidays, traditions and more. Students will end the semester with a real Spanish Fiesta! No prior knowledge necessary.
Cake and Cookie Decorating
Grade 3-5
Tuesday 10:30
Material fee $50
In this course students will learn how to plan, prepare, design, create and deliver beautiful cakes and cookies. They will learn different frosting techniques as well as how to achieve different colors and textures of frosting. Students will also learn about what it takes to market and sell their own cakes and cookies.
Globetrotters
Thursdays at 9:30
Grades DK-2
Materials fee $50
Adventurers and explorers unite in traveling across the globe to learn more about different countries and cultures. Fun activities, crafts, recipes, traditions, and maps galore!
Inventors and Inventions
Grades 3-5
Thursdays 9:30
Material fee $50
Learn and discover “Who Made it?” Every two weeks we will learn about an inventor and one of their specific inventions. At the end of the two weeks, we will make a replica of their invention for us to take home.
Food from Around the World
Grade DK-5
Thursday at 9:30
Materials fee $90
In this class, students will dive deep into other cultures from around the world, through their rich and diverse food. Each week, we will learn about a different country, make a popular meal from their culture, and create a recipe book full of wonderful meals from around the world.
Country Western Dance
Grades 1-5
Thursday 10:30
Materials fee $20
Boys and girls have fun learning country line, square, reel, round, and folk dancing.
Kinder Krafts
Grade DK-1
Thursdays 10:30
Material fee $50
In this class we will discover new activities that teach and reinforce color, and shape. We will be using our fine motor skills to cut, color, and glue fun projects each week.
Spanish
Grade 3-5
Thursday at 10:30
Material fee $50
Students will be introduced to Spanish language and culture while learning through vocabulary and building sentences. Weekly themes will include food, arts, music, animals, holidays, traditions and more. Students will end the semester with a real Spanish Fiesta! No prior knowledge necessary.
Art Techniques
Grade DK-5
Thursday 10:30
Material fee $50
Children learn a lot through art. As they draw, paint, and make collages, they are learning about their world (colors, shapes, and sizes of objects). When they use paints, glue, and markers, children are planning, trying out new things and solving problems. As they mix paints they learn to understand that one thing can make changes in another. This class will introduce all of the above through the use of mixed media.
Detective Science
Grade 3-5
Thursday 10:30
Material fee $70
Have you ever wondered how detectives and forensic science technicians find and examine evidence? Join us and learn how detectives investigate crime scenes in hands-on labs. Subjects such as chemistry, biology, and physics are behind the scenes in investigations, substance analysis, fingerprints, DNA, breaking glass, footprints, and more. Students will learn the techniques and science that are used to solve crimes and put those skills to use in hands-on activities in the classroom.