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Materials Fee: $ 20 Class Fee: $150 Includes Non- refundable deposit: $50 (Compare at $40 per month) Payment Plan available Max/Min Students: 10/5 Grades:  1-2   Exploring Spanish  Grades 1 - 2 Learn basic Spanish conversation through the use of games, songs, books, and hands-on activities.  There will be an emphasis on conversation.  The class will concentrate on introductions, greetings, numbers 0 – 100, colors, shapes, food, animals, and family. Requirements:  Knowledge of alphabet, recognition of numbers to 20, ability to read some words, and a three ring binder, and a pencil This is a one-semester class, meeting once a week for 1 hour. Biography  Kathy has a B.S. in Secondary Education and has taught English, Spanish, and ESL in the public school system.  She left teaching for a while to be the Teen Court Coordinator for the North Richland Hills Teen Court working extensively with young people.  She most recently taught Spanish to preschoolers and Kindergarteners at Discovery School.  Although teaching is one of her passions, she is most proud of her accomplishment as mother to her two amazing children, Camille – age 11, and Nicolas – age 8.  She thanks God everyday that He bestowed and entrusted such incredible gifts to her.

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Materials Fee: $ 20 Class Fee: $298 Includes Non- refundable deposit: $50 (Compare at $40 per month) Payment Plan available Curriculum Fee: $110 Max/Min Students: 10/5 Grades:  2-6   Beginning Spanish  Grades 3 - 6 Learn basic Spanish conversation through the use of games, songs, books, and hands-on activities.  There will be an emphasis on conversation, although learning to read and write in Spanish will be incorporated.  The class will concentrate on introductions, greetings, numbers 0 – 1000, colors, conjugation in present tense, shapes, food, months, days, body parts, animals, and family.  Requirements: Ability to read and write, a three ring binder, pencil, ability to devote 1-2 hours weekly for homework, and a desire to learn Text:  The Learnables, Book 1 for first semester,            Basic Structures, Book 2 with CD for second semester This is a 28 week - two semester class, meeting once a week for 1 hour.

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Materials Fee: $ 20 Class Fee: $298 Includes Non- refundable deposit: $50 (Compare at $40 per month) Payment Plan available Curriculum Fee: $ 75 Max/Min Students: 10/5 Grades:  2-6   Intermediate Spanish Grades 3 - 6 Continuing Spanish conversation through the use of games, songs, books, and hands-on activities.  There will be an emphasis on conversation, writing, and reading.  The class will concentrate on conjugation in present and past tense, grammar, vocabulary building, and fluency.  This class will have more outside work than beginning Spanish. Requirements: Ability to read and write well, a binder, pencil, previous year of Spanish, ability to devote 2-3 hours of outside homework weekly, and a desire to learn.  Text: Basic Structures, Book 2 with CD's  This is a 28 week - two semester class, meeting once a week for 1 hour.

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Materials Fee: $ 20 Class Fee: $298 Includes Non- refundable deposit: $50 (Compare at $40 per month) Payment Plan available Curriculum Fee: $ 70 Max/Min Students: 10/5 Grades:  2-6   Advanced Spanish  Grades 3 - 6 Continuing intermediate Spanish through the use of games, songs, books, and hands-on activities.  There will be an emphasis on conversation, writing, and reading.  The class will concentrate on conjugation in several tenses, grammar, vocabulary building, and fluency.  This class will have more outside work than Intermediate Spanish. Requirements: Ability to read and write well, a binder, pencil, previous year of Spanish, ability to devote 2-3 hours of outside homework weekly, and a desire to learn.  Text: Basic Structures, Book 3 with CD's This is a 28 week - two semester class, meeting once a week for 1 hour.

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Materials Fee: $ 20 Class Fee: $150 Includes Non- refundable deposit: $50 (Compare at $40 per month) Payment Plan available Curriculum Fee: $ 30 Max/Min Students: 10/5 Grades:  3-5   Science is FUN   We will study scientists and perform experiments to explore some of their ideas.  We will take difficult theories and try to apply them to the real world. This will be a fun class to get children exposed to complicated scientific principles through hands on observations. There will be 30 minutes to 1 hour of outside homework each week. This is a 14 week, one semester class. Class Time: 1 hour.

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Materials Fee: $ 20 Class Fee: $150 Includes Non- refundable deposit: $50 (Compare at $40 per month) Payment Plan available Curriculum Fee: $ 30 Max/Min Students: 10/5 Grades:  4-6   Around the World in 840 Minutes     Send your child around the world without ever leaving Texas! In this 14-week trip, your child will visit countries on every continent, and learn about each country's people, art, music, food and geography. Using the book Visualize Geography, your child will be able to locate on a map many, if not all, of the countries of the world.  Your child will also give a report about one of the countries that we visit. Guest tour guides, who will give us an insider’s view of select countries, will assist us in our travels. This class will culminate with an invitation for you to capture the highlights of our travels. Equipped with maps, passport and travel brochures you too can experience the journey, meet the people, taste the food, and enjoy the music as you feel the heartbeat of God's people across His world. Hurry, or you'll miss the plane! This is a one-semester class. Class Time: 1 hour.

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Materials Fee: $ 30 Class Fee: $150 Includes Non- refundable deposit: $50 (Compare at $40 per month) Payment Plan available Curriculum Fee: $ 0 Max/Min Students: 8/4 Grades:  1-3   Teaching Science - Children's Literature     Using children's literature from around the world, we will read a book in class and then do science experiments to explore chemical and physical reactions. This will be a fun class to get children familiar with basic science. There will be little outside homework. This is a 14 week, one semester class. Class Time: 1 hour.