GEMSTONES BOOK CLUB
(Girls, Ages 12-15)
Gemstones- Book Club promotes exposure to texts that highlight and focus on gender- and age-specific topics that incorporate relevant identity, familial, social, and educational issues through various genre. Youth will also explore texts that introduce and center around real individuals and periods in our history. Although not a reading class, students will be introduced to strategies that support comprehending text and engaging with the author and peers.
Seats: 30 Girls
Course: gembk-01a
GEMSTONES Dignity Development
(Girls, Ages 12-15)
Gemstones Book Clubs and All Stars Book Clubs promote exposure to texts that highlight and focus on gender- and age-specific topics that incorporate relevant identity, familial, social, and educational issues through various genre. Youth will also explore texts that introduce and center around real individuals and periods in our history. Although not a reading class, students will be introduced to strategies that support comprehending text and engaging with the author and peers.
Seats: 50 Girls
Course: gemdg-01a
ALL-STARS BOOK CLUB
(Boys, Grades 2-3)
All Stars Book Clubs promote exposure to texts that highlight and focus on gender- and age-specific topics that incorporate relevant identity, familial, social, and educational issues through various genre. Youth will also explore texts that introduce and center around real individuals and periods in our history. Although not a reading class, students will be introduced to strategies that support comprehending text and engaging with the author and peers.
Seats: 30 Boys
Course: allbk-01a
ALL-STARS BOOK CLUB
(Boys, Grades 4-5)
All Stars Book Clubs promote exposure to texts that highlight and focus on gender- and age-specific topics that incorporate relevant identity, familial, social, and educational issues through various genre. Youth will also explore texts that introduce and center around real individuals and periods in our history. Although not a reading class, students will be introduced to strategies that support comprehending text and engaging with the author and peers.
Seats: 50 Boys
Course: alldg-01a
Writing Development for Homeschoolers
(Boys & Girls; Ages 9-11)
Upper elementary youth are introduced to and hone several writing types that include descriptive, narrative, and journal-letter writing styles in a 20-week session.
February 4 – June 17, 2021
Mondays and Thursdays
10:00 – 11:00 AM
Cost: $200 single youth, $140.00 per child for two or more
Seats: 20 Youth
Course: wdhs-911-01
Writing Proficiency for Homeschoolers
(Boys & Girls; Ages 11-15)
Middle teens engage in the writing process to produce writing in four categories of writing: descriptive, narrative, expository, and persuasive writing in a 20-week session.
Seats: 20 Youth
Course: wphs1115-01
February 4 – June 17, 2021
Mondays and Thursdays
11:15 AM – 12:30 PM
Cost: $200 single youth, $140.00 per child for two or more
Sankofa Live Museum for Young Dramatic Historians
(Boys & Girls; Ages Teens)
Youth study a designated period in the African historical journey and selected key figures who left a huge impression upon our lives. Participants will then transition to designing live museum exhibits (via zoom or video) that teach, enrapture, and captivate their audiences for the Sankofa Live Museum. This program explored select times and figures in history who exemplify unity and community building.
February 1 – June 17, 2021
1st and 3rd Monday monthly
5:30 – 7:30 PM
Cost: $125 single youth, $100 per child for two or more
Seats: 20 Youth
Course: SLMYDH-1115-01
