UNBOUND COURSES

Classes start January 28th!

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Spring 2008 Courses

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MONDAY

1. S.T.R.I.V.E. – Prepare for a Great Job — COURSE CANCELED
Time: 3-4:30pm
Dates: January 28 – May 19
Grade: 6-12
Instructor: Allen Jacobs
Location: Peoples Academy Spanish Room L010
Participation fee: $23 for PA/PAML students ($70 all others)

Skills. Teamwork. Readiness. Information. Vision. Encouragement. = STRIVE. Through a series of hands-on activities, students gain the skills needed for the workplace, build confidence, set goals, and identify and achieve their dreams. A must for students already on the job and managing money.

2. Peoples Academy Cycling
Time: 3-4:30pm
Dates: Mondays, Thursdays & Fridays, March 31 – May 30
Grades: 9-12
Instructor: Michael Burris
Location: Meet in Peoples Academy Room U206
Participation fee: $36 for PA/PAML students ($108 all others)

Peoples Academy Cycling is open to boys and girls looking to increase their fitness through road cycling. Cycling offers each student an opportunity to learn road cycling skills, road racing tactics, and how to be a member of a team. Competitive racing offered to those ready for a challenge.

3. Worldwide Cooking and Baking — COURSE CANCELED
Time: 3-5pm
Dates: January 28 – May 19
Grades: 9-12
Instructor: Jude Elford
Location: Peoples Academy FACS Room L009
Participation fee: $30 for PA/PAML students ($90 all others)

Learn the secrets of delicious vegetarian cooking. Cook, talk, laugh, and eat with new friends, and start feeling and looking better! Travel the world and sample other cultures through the kitchen. These delicious and lowcost recipes prepare you for living and cooking on your own. From working within a budget to working with a knife, instructor Jude Elford shares cooking techniques strategies and skills while helping you explore your
tastes and desires.

4. Video Production
Time: 3-4:30pm
Dates: January 28 – May 19
Grades: 9-12
Instructor: David Bain
Location: Peoples Academy Multimedia Lab C002
Participation fee: $23 for PA/PAML students ($70 all others)

Interested in making the next great snowboarding, skiing, or
skateboarding video? Learn to use digital video and still cameras to create your own videos. Use technology tools to create projects for assemblies, for fun, or for PA’s Last Chapel Senior Video. Focus on mastery of Adobe Premiere, Adobe Photoshop, and Audacity software skills.

5. Hero Journey – Myths, Superheroes & YOU
Time: 3-4:30pm
Dates: January 28 – May 19
Grades: 6-12
Instructor: Morna Flaum
Location: Peoples Academy Room C005
Participation fee: $23 for PA/PAML students ($70 all others)

What do Spiderman, Luke Skywalker, Nemo, King Arthur, Beowulf, Hercules, and other heroes have in common? Their stories are all different versions of the Hero Journey. Watch favorite movies while learning the stages of the classic path every hero must follow. Learn to identify archetypes and find out how the greatest moviemakers of our time create the films and characters that rock our world.

6. Emergency Medical Services (EMS)
Apprentice Program
Time: 3:30-5pm
Date: January 28 – May 19
Grades: 9-12 and Adults
Instructors: Kurt Poulin and Joyce Lanpher
Location: Morristown Rescue Squad Building,
539 Washington Hwy
Participation fee: $23 for PA/PAML students ($70 all others)

Save a life by learning EMS. Training includes paramedics, hazardous terrain, water rescue, life-guarding, ski patrol, firefighting, dispatching, nursing, and police work. These skills are essential to caring for your family, friends, and community. No previous experience necessary to learn from the experts at the Morristown Rescue Squad.

7. French — COURSE CANCELED
Time: 4:30-5:30
Dates: January 28 – May 19
Grades: 6-8
Instructor: Lisa Finnegan
Location: Peoples Academy French Room L008
Participation fee: $30 for PA/PAML students ($90 all others)

Explore the French language and culture through singing, arts and crafts and drama. This course focuses on speaking – learning words and phrases for numbers, food, the calendar and weather. Bienvenue dans le monde francophone! To make progress in learning French, students must attend both Monday and Wednesday classes.

8. Weight and Fitness Training
Time: 3-4:30pm
Dates: January 28 – May 19
Grades: 8 and 9
Instructor: Carl Stewart
Location: Peoples Academy Weight Room
Participation fee: $23 for PA/PAML students ($70 all others)

Learn how to increase strength, endurance, and flexibility through use of appropriate and proper lifting techniques with a professional trainer and other students who want to shape up. Blow off some steam, build up your strength, find new friends, and make a positive difference in your life that others will notice. Students may attend one or two classes per week.

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Tuesday

9. Fitness Workout
Time: 3-4pm
Dates: January 29 – May 20
Grades: 6-7
Instructor: Carl Stewart
Location: Peoples Academy Room C004
Participation fee: $15 for PA/PAML students ($45 all others)

Fit and fun is the goal of this program! Come join us for a one-hour workout that includes a dynamic warm-up, stretching, free exercise, and relaxation strategies. Designed for basic fitness concepts, proper exercise techniques, and a healthy lifestyle. Sign up for one day of the week only.

10. Almost Famous Taco Bunnies — COURSE CANCELED
Time: 3-5pm
Dates: January 22 – June 10
Grade: 9-10 Girls
Instructor: Kary Bennett
Location: Peoples Academy Advisory Room C003
Participation fee: Free for PA/PAML students ($90 all others)

With all of the messages that put us down, are you now ready to look at reasons to be happy? Come and join a supportive group of girls to discover and share our ideas. We explore and create through art, music, movement, and play, finding reasons to celebrate who we are. Through fun, experiential activities, we uncover each person’s inner strengths to accomplish great things!

11. Killer Spin Table Tennis
Time: 3-4:30pm
Dates: January 29 – April 17
Grades: 6-12
Instructor: Stuart Maynard
Location: Peoples Academy Cafeteria
Participation fee: $15 for PA/PAML students ($45 all others)

Designed to improve the novice player and challenge those more experienced, students will compete individually and in doubles play in a safe, caring environment. A competitive spirit and willingness to improve is a must! Students may sign up for one or two classes each week.

12. Let’s Dance — Course Day Changed to Monday
Time: 3-4:30pm
Dates: January 29 – May 20
Grades: 6-8
Instructor: Bonnie Tallman
Location: PA Middle Level Math Room EW6
Participation fee: $23 for PA/PAML students ($70 all others)

Middle Level students who typically do not get a chance to dance and exercise now can! Try out new moves to feel good and get fit. Fun is the goal while getting in shape and learning how to be healthy in body and mind. Students may attend one or two classes each week.

13. Honoring Oneself
Time: 3-4:30pm
Dates: January 29 – May 20
Grade: 8 Girls
Instructor: Amy Ruddy
Location: PA Middle Level Room EW9
Participation fee: $23 for PA/PAML students ($70 all others)

Come and join us to explore the most important healthy relationship you should have first, the one with yourself! Explore the world around and within us, freeing strengths and silencing self-doubts. Participate in adventures of the mind, spirit, and body through art, music, and nature. Don’t be shy; all activities are by your own choice.

14. Marching Band Drumline
Time: 3-4:30pm
Dates: January 29 – May 20
Grades: 6-12
Instructor: Dan Bruce
Location: Peoples Academy Band Room
Participation fee: $23 for PA/PAML students ($70 all others)

Learn basic aspects of percussion techniques for marching band
percussion, from rudiments and reading music to drum cadences and competitive percussion routines. Members of this class learn to play snare and bass drums, quad toms, and cymbals individually as well as in a unit. Develop basic marching skills and learn the commands and cadences that accompany them. This class forms the drumline of the Peoples Academy Marching Band, and participates in all parades and competitive events, plus other performances. Students need not know how to read music, but it would be advantageous.

15. Girls are Beautiful
Time: 3-5pm
Dates: January 29 – May 20
Grades: 6-7 Girls
Instructor: Kelly Henzl
Location: Peoples Academy FACS Room L009
Participation fee: $30 for PA/PAML students ($90 all others)

Attention girls! Begin to understand who you really are. In this class learn a new way to stay fit; unleash your creative side and sit and talk about everyday life. Learn to do facials, manicures, and more! Special guest instructors will teach self-defense, media awareness, and other issues for girls of today.

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WednesDAY

16. Quilt Making
Time: 3:30-5pm
Dates: January 30 – May 21
Grades: 6-8
Instructor: Jane Langdell
Location: Peoples Academy FACS Room L009
Participation fee: $23 for PA/PAML students ($70 all others)
Supplies Fee: $20

Ever admire the beautiful quilts made in your grandparents’ time? Students learn to cut fabric, sew on a machine, and make a quilt throw of their very own. Activities include shopping at a fabric store, picking out fabric, and sewing a quilt. Build skills to last a lifetime and pass them on to the next generation.

17. Black and White Photography
Time: 3-5pm
Dates: January 30 – May 21
Grades: 9-12
Instructor: Amber Kaemmerlen
Location: Peoples Academy Spanish Room L010
Participation fee: $30 for PA/PAML students ($90 all others)

Interested in developing an appreciation for the wonder of the world around us? In this introduction to darkroom photography, students learn about being a photographer by viewing photos, using 35mm cameras, shooting and developing film, and printing black and white pictures.

18. American Blues Music — COURSE CANCELED
Time: 3-4:30pm
Dates: January 30 – May 21
Grades: 8-12
Instructor: Michael Burris
Location: Peoples Academy Room U206
Participation fee: $23 for PA/PAML students ($70 all others)

The blues have deep roots in American history, particularly African-American history. The blues are about overcoming hard luck, saying what you feel, ridding yourself of frustration, letting your hair down, and having fun. Learn how the many styles of blues music, from the earliest traditional country blues to the in-your-face electric style of Chicago and Texas, have inspired and influenced generations of musicians. Each class will consist of listening, analysis, and discussion as well as a blues jam session. Open to musicians and non-musicians.

19. Peoples Academy Students Against Drugs — COURSE CANCELED
Time: 3-4:30pm
Dates: January 30 – April 30
Grades: 6-8
Instructor: Deb Wucik
Location: PA Middle Level NW10
Participation fee: $23 for PA/PAML students

Games and activities will teach students all they need to know about alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs. Together the class creates a final project to show the secrets behind ATODs – effects on the body and brain – to display and educate the Peoples Academy community.

20. Last Chapel Media Production
Time: 3-4:30pm
Dates: January 30 – May 21
Grades: 6-8
Instructor: Gary Vear
Location: Peoples Academy Multimedia Lab C002
Participation fee: $23 for PA/PAML students

Last Chapel is not just a one-time event; it takes months of planning for the video to steal the show in June. Get an early start and work with techsavvy classmates to create the greatest media production to show off at Last Chapel.

21. French — COURSE CANCELED
Time: 4:30-5:30
Dates: January 30 – May 21
Grades: 6-8
Instructor: Lisa Finnegan
Location: Peoples Academy French Room L008
Participation fee: $30 for PA/PAML students ($90 all others)

See Monday for course description #7.

22. Hyjinx 2008
Time: 3-4:30pm
Dates: January 30 – May 21
Grades: 6-12
Instructor: Dorinne Dorfman
Location: Peoples Academy Advisory Room C003
Participation fee: $23 for PA/PAML students ($70 all others)

Let’s work together to make Hyjinx happen! Together we organize our own arts festival for the Morristown community. Student artists, musicians, dancers, actors, writers, photographers, and all kinds of leaders and helpers are needed for the tons of creativity required for Hyjinx. We make decisions and presentations together, plan events, collaborate with community partners and artists, fundraise, and celebrate! An experience of a lifetime!

23. Fitness Workout
Time: 3-4pm
Dates: January 30 – May 21
Grades: 6-7
Instructor: Carl Stewart
Location: Peoples Academy Room C004
Participation fee: $15 for PA/PAML students ($45 all others)

Fit and fun is the goal of this program! Come join us for a one-hour workout that includes a dynamic warm-up, stretching, free exercise, and relaxation strategies. Designed for basic fitness concepts, proper exercise techniques, and a healthy lifestyle. Sign up for one day of the week only.

24. S.T.R.I.V.E. – Prepare for a Great Job [4H]
— COURSE CANCELED
Time: 3:30-5pm
Dates: April 9– May 21
Grades: 9-12
Instructors: Lauren Traister and Allen Jacobs
Location: Peoples Academy Library
Participation fee: $9 for PA/PAML students ($27 all others)

Skills. Teamwork. Readiness. Information. Vision. Encouragement. = STRIVE. Through a series of hands-on activities, students gain the skills needed for the workplace, build confidence, set goals, and identify and achieve their dreams. A must for students already on the job and managing money.

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THURSDAY

25. Ceramics
Time: 3-5pm
Dates: January 31 – May 22
Grades: 6-9
Instructor: Ashley Lynch
Location: PA Middle Level Art Room NW9
Participation fee: $30 for PA/PAML students ($90 all others)

An introduction to the joys of working with clay using both handbuilding and wheel-throwing techniques, students discover the endless possibilities and techniques of coil, slab, and pinch, and explore functional pottery as well as sculptural. Learn to successfully wheel-throw and the basics of glazing. Students of all levels of experience are welcome.

26. Crocheting — COURSE CANCELED
Time: 3-5pm
Dates: January 31 – May 22
Grades: 6-9
Instructor: Jessica Stengel
Location: PA Middle Level NW1
Participation fee: $30 for PA/PAML students ($90 all others)

Come learn how to make scarves, hats, and mittens for friends or yourself in a relaxed environment where we can all try new things. No experience needed; just come with a positive attitude.

27. Let’s Dance — Course Day Changed to Wednesday
Time: 3-4:30pm
Dates: January 31 – May 22
Grades: 6-8
Instructor: Bonnie Tallman
Location: PA Middle Level Math Room EW6
Participation fee: $23 for PA/PAML students ($70 all others)

Middle Level students who typically do not get a chance to dance and exercise now can! Try out new moves to feel good and get fit. Fun is the goal while getting in shape and learning how to be healthy in body and mind. Students may attend one or two classes each week.

28. Hip Hop Dance [River Arts] — COURSE CANCELED
Time: 3-4:30pm
Dates: January 31 – May 22
Grades: 6-9
Instructor: Jen Lindsay
Location: Peoples Academy Middle Level EW Science Lab
Participation fee: $23 for PA/PAML students ($70 all others)

Create a new style with pop dance by learning the elements of jazz and hip hop. By learning basic steps and moves, students learn dance routines for fun and performance.

29. Tasty and Delicious Cooking
Time: 3-5pm
Dates: January 31 – April 3
Grades: 7-12
Instructors: Hillary Bliss and Penny Plante
Location: Peoples Academy FACS Room L009
Participation fee: $18 for PA/PAML students ($54 all others)

Come join Mrs. Bliss and her mom for nine weeks of tasty and delicious cooking! Theme nights include Basics of Baking, Appetizer Party, Sweetheart’s Sweets, Soup’s On, Comfort Foods Made Lighter, Italian Night, Breakfast for Dinner, Mexican Fiesta, and Dessert Anyone. Students learn a variety of cooking techniques and recipes to enjoy together and take home.

30. Alt Art [River Arts] — COURSE CANCELED
Time: 3-5pm
Dates: January 31 – May 22
Grades: 9-12
Instructor: Shawn Dumont
Location: Peoples Academy Art Room L010
Participation fee: $30 for PA/PAML students ($90 all others)

Learn the art of graffiti, t-shirt design, stencil-making, and silk-screening with a professional graphic designer devoted to alternative street art. Individual and group projects broaden student skills and provide the tools to continue making great art on their own.

31. Killer Spin Table Tennis — Tuesdays Only
Time: 3-4:30pm
Dates: January 29 – April 18
Grades: 6-12
Instructor: Stuart Maynard
Location: Peoples Academy Cafeteria
Participation fee: $17 for PA/PAML students ($51 all others)

Designed to improve the novice player and challenge those more experienced, students will compete individually and in doubles play in a safe, caring environment. A competitive spirit and willingness to improve is a must! Students may attend one or two classes each week.

32. Weight and Fitness Training
Time: 3-4:30pm
Dates: January 31 – May 22
Grades: 8-9
Instructor: Carl Stewart
Location: Peoples Academy Weight Room
Participation fee: $23 for PA/PAML students ($70 all others)

Learn how to increase strength, endurance, and flexibility through use of appropriate and proper lifting techniques with a professional trainer and other students who want to shape up. Blow off some steam, build up your strength, find new friends, and make a positive difference in your life that others will notice. Students may attend one or two classes each week.

33. Peoples Academy Cycling
Time: 3-4:30pm
Dates: Mondays, Thursdays & Fridays, March 31 – May 30
Grades: 9-12
Instructor: Michael Burris
Location: Meet in Peoples Academy Room U206
Participation fee: $36 for PA/PAML students ($108 all others)

See Monday for course description #2.

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FRiDAY

34. Claymation
Time: 3-5pm
Dates: February 1 – April 18
Grades: 6-12
Instructor: Meredith Holtch
Location: Peoples Academy HS Art Room L007
Participation fee: $20 for PA/PAML students ($60 all others)

Make a claymation video! Learn how to use a video camera to shoot animation, one frame at a time. Create clay figures and sets, write a script and make a sound track. Each student takes home his/her own complete claymation video. The best work will be broadcast on Public Access Television. No experience necessary; all levels are welcome!

35. Environmental Action
Time: 3-4pm
Dates: February 1 – May 23
Grades: 9-12
Instructor: Sheila Tymon
Location: Peoples Academy Room U208
Participation fee: $15 for PA/PAML students ($45 all others)

Make a difference in PA, the community, and the world by taking
environmental action! Working as a team with teachers, staff, and farmers, students conduct research and create solutions to local and global environmental problems. Our future depends on it!

36. Access Adventure - Hike & Bike
Time: 3-5:30pm
Dates: February 1 – May 23
Grades: 6-8
Instructors: Jason Derner and Chris Player
Location: Meet in Peoples Academy Cafeteria
Participation fee: $37 for PA/PAML students ($112 all others)

For any student interested in the excitement and exhilaration of outdoor adventure sports! Class begins with snowshoeing and hiking, then as the weather warms, we focus on mountain biking. Students build trail navigation skills and learn equipment maintenance.

37. Peoples Academy Cycling
Time: 3-4:30pm
Dates: Mondays, Thursdays & Fridays, March 31 – May 30
Grades: 9-12
Instructor: Michael Burris
Location: Meet in Peoples Academy Room U206
Participation fee: $36 for PA/PAML students ($108 all others)

See Monday for course description #2.

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SUNDAY

38. The Art of Audio Production
Time: 3-6pm
Dates: February 3 – May 25
Grades: 9-12
Instructor: Peter Guihan
Location: Peoples Academy Library and Auditorium
Participation fee: $45 for PA/PAML students ($135 all others)

Write, produce, and record audio projects; make use of fellow class members’ talents to bring new ideas to life. Learn about the operation of audio equipment needed to produce live and recorded works. Projects can include skits, poetry, solo musical performances, and full band recordings.

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Special Events

39. Childcare Training with Morristown Rescue
Time: 8am-5:30pm
Date: One Day Only! Saturday, February 2
Grades: 6-12 and Adults
Instructors: Kurt Poulin and Joyce Lanpher
Location: Morristown Rescue Squad Building,
539 Washington Hwy
Participation fee: $10 for PA/PAML students ($30 all others)

Ever want to earn extra money providing childcare but didn’t have the skills? This training teaches how to start a babysitting business, care for children of all ages, as well as handle difficult situations, home safety, pediatric first aid, CPR, FBOA, and rescue breathing.

40. College Visit to Castleton State
and Green Mountain Colleges
Time: 8:30am-6pm
Date: One Day Only! Monday, February 25
Grades: 10-12
Instructor: Carrie Felice
Location: Meet at Peoples Academy Copley Building Entrance
Participation fee: $10 for PA/PAML students ($30 all others)

Interested in college but don’t want to move too far from home?
Experience Castleton State College in Castleton, Vermont and Green Mountain College in Poultney, Vermont. Castleton is home to nearly 2,000 students. Most popular majors include business, communications, and psychology. At Green Mountain College, the most popular majors are business, natural resources/environmental science, and parks/recreation, with just over 700 students.

41. College Visit to St. Anselm College
and Chester College of New England
Time: 7:30am-5:30pm
Date: One Day Only! Monday, April 21
Grades: 10-12
Instructor: Elizabeth Smith
Location: Meet at Peoples Academy Copley Building Entrance
Participation fee: $10 for PA/PAML students ($30 all others)

Want to go away for college but not too far? Experience St. Anselm College in Manchester, NH and Chester College of New England in Chester, New Hampshire. St. Anselm is a small liberal arts college of 1,900 students with business, health sciences, and social sciences as the most popular majors. Chester College of New England is a small school dedicated to the arts, with majors in web design, creative writing, graphic design, fine
art, and photography.

42. Geocache – A Modern Day
Treasure Hunt [4H] — COURSE CANCELED
Time: 9am-12pm
Date: One Day Only! Saturday, May 17
Grades: 6-12
Instructor: Lauren Traister
Location: Meet at Peoples Academy Copley Building Entrance
Participation fee: $3 for PA/PAML students ($9 all others)

Do you want to go on a treasure hunt? Join us for a fun workshop to learn how to use a GPS unit to search for hidden “caches.” A great activity to do with family and friends – or to meet new friends!

43. CSI: Crime Solving Insects [4H]
Time: 3-5pm
Date: One Day Only! Thursday, May 1
Grades: 6-12
Instructor: Lauren Traister
Location: Peoples Academy Cafeteria
Participation fee: $2 for PA/PAML students ($6 all others)

“The horses in the pasture fidgeted with anticipation when they heard Mr. Johnson’s lawn mower nearby. Little did anyone know that soon one of them would end up dead as a result.” Students evaluate evidence from four animal death scenarios in this hands-on workshop. For each scenario, they analyze a sample of fake maggots collected from a fictional corpse and figure out the postmortem interval. The insects prove whether the death was by natural causes or maybe murder.

44. Comedia Theater [Vermont Arts Council]
Time: 3-4:30pm
Dates: 4 days only! May 8, 9, 14 & 15
Grades: 6-12
Instructors: Donny Osman and Chuck Meese
Location: Peoples Academy Auditorium
Participation fee: $6 for PA/PAML students ($18 all others)

Learn comedy theater from the experts! Osman and Meese teach comedic stylings and timing, stage authority, and theater games to students serious about drama or who just want a laugh from the crowd. Participants will perform in the Hyjinx Community Arts Festival. Don’t miss this once-in-a-lifetime experience!

45. Hyjinx Festival [Vermont Arts Council]
Time: 4-10pm
Date: One day only! Friday, May 16
Grades: All Ages and All Community Members
Location: Peoples Academy Bandshell
Inside the PA building in case of rain
Free of charge! The whole community is welcome!

Hyjinx is a festival jam packed with music, creativity, arts and crafts, fun, and food. The fourth annual arts festival offers comedy acts, theater, children’s arts and craft activities, rides, jam stage, and a Hip Hop concert. Hyjinx admission and activities are free to the public for their enjoyment and celebration of the arts. Peoples Academy students attending Unbound’s Hyjinx course spend the entire year preparing for this “spontaneous burst of fun (with lots of planning behind it).”

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unbound academic support

The following workshops, except SAT PREP, are free for all high school students, snack included, which is served at class. While registering in advance is greatly appreciated, students can sign up a week ahead of time in the Unbound office if they need help at any point during the semester.

1A. SAT PREP - Expert Coaching
Grades: 10-12
Instructor: Morgan Chase
Location: Peoples Academy Room C101
Participation fee: $40 for PA students ($120 all others)

Students must prepare for the SAT in order to succeed. The SAT has its own rules and expectations, and thorough preparation with plenty of practice is the only way to show colleges your best. SAT PREP incudes a free College Board SAT Prep Guidebook – a $20 value!

How Important is the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT)
for College?
READ ARTICLE

Register for the SAT exam in the Guidance Office.
Then sign up for one of the following monthlong courses:

Session 1 for March 1st SAT Exam
Time: 5-7pm English
7-9pm Mathematics
Dates: Thursdays, Jan. 31, Feb. 7, 14, 21
Booster Class: Wednesday, Feb. 20 • 3-5pm

Session 2 for May 3rd SAT Exam
Time: 5-7pm English
7-9pm Mathematics
Dates: Thursdays, Apr. 3, 10, 17, May 1
Booster Class: Wednesday, Apr. 30 • 3-5pm

Session 3 for June 7th SAT Exam
Time: 5-7pm English
7-9pm Mathematics
Dates: Thursdays, May 15, 22, 29, June 5
Booster Class: Wednesday, June 4 • 3-5pm

2A. AP Statistics Refresher
Time: 3-4pm
Dates: Thursdays, January 31 – April 17
Grades: 9-12
Instructor: Tim Fritz
Location: Peoples Academy C204
Participation fee: None

Students taking the AP Statistics exam in May can review elementary data analysis, research design, probability distributions, and hypothesis testing. Be prepared to earn your best score by learning each week with Mr. Fritz.

3A. Peer Tutoring in all Subject Areas
Time: 7:30-8am and 2:45-3:15pm
Dates: Every Day
Grades: 6-12
Instructors: PA Students
Location: Peoples Academy Learning Center and Library
Participation fee: None

To request a student tutor, tell the Learning Center, Main Office, or Guidance Office which subject(s) you want help in. Within one week, a meeting will be arranged with a talented student who can help.

4A. PA’s Learning Center
Time: 7:30-8am, 2:45-3:30pm
Dates: Every Day
Instructors: Steve Mest and Morna Flaum
Location: Peoples Academy Learning Center
Participation fee: None

Students receive one-on-one and small group assistance in every subject, as well as organizational and study skills. The Learning Center is also a nice, quiet place to study for tests and focus on homework. Drop-ins welcome!

5A. PA Middle Level Learning Center & Homework Club
Time: 7:30-8am and 2:45-3:30pm
Dates: Every Day
Instructor: Elizabeth Bourne
Location: PA Middle Level Learning Center
Participation fee: None

Students receive one-on-one and small group assistance in every subject, as well as organizational and study skills. The Learning Center is also a nice, quiet place to study for tests and focus on homework. Drop-ins welcome!

6A. Midterm and Final Exam Study Help
Time: 7:30-8am and 2:50-3:30pm
Dates: Monday – Friday, January 7-17 & June 2-6
Instructors: Steve Mest, PA teachers, and peer tutors
Location: Peoples Academy Learning Center and Library
Participation fee: None

Students meet with skilled teachers and students to review information learned in their classes and master test-taking skills. A must to help pass your classes!

Download the SPRING 2008 Registration Form

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