UNBOUND COURSES

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MONDAY

1. Cooking for Life
Time: 3-5pm
Dates: October 27 – December 8
Grades: 6-8
Instructor: Bernadette Bessette
Location: Peoples Academy FACS Room L009
Participation Fee: None

Prepare delicious, affordable, and healthy dishes for yourself, family and friends! Learn about nutrition, how to cook, and how to shop for affordable ingredients. Students get hands-on cooking experience and participate in fun activities to learn about nutrition. Each week every student receives a bag of groceries containing the ingredients prepared to make the recipe at home, plus a cookbook.

2. Emergency Medical Services (EMS)
First Responder Training
Time: 3-5pm
Dates: November 3 – April 13, 2009
Grades: 9-12
Instructor: Kurt Poulin
Location: Morristown Rescue Squad Building, 539 Washington Hwy
Participation Fee: $26 for PA students ($78 all others)

Be a lifesaver and become a nationally registered First Responder! Training includes emergency first aid, CPR, and other life-saving skills. These skills are essential for caring for family, friends, and community. Learn from a Morristown Rescue Squad professional. No previous experience necessary.

3. Golf: Basics to Building a Stronger Game
Time: 3-5pm
Schedule Change: Fri 9/12, Thurs 9/18, Fri 9/19 & 26, Fri 10/3, Mon 10/6, Thurs 10/9, Fir 10/10, Thurs 10/16, Fri 10/17
Grades: 6-10
Instructor: Stuart Maynard
Location: Meet in Peoples Academy Cafeteria
Participation Fee: $24 for PA/PAML students ($72 all others)

Students improve various aspects of their golf game, including putting, chipping, sand and iron play, and tee shots. Learn golf etiquette and the rules of the game. Equipment is available to those who need it. Enjoy playing in a non-competitive and supportive environment.

4. Weight and Fitness Training
Time: 3-4:30pm
Dates: September 15 – December 11
Grades: 8-10
Instructor: Carl Stewart
Location: Peoples Academy Weight Room
Participation Fee: $20 for PA/PAML students ($60 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 sign up for one or both the Monday and Thursday classes.

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Tuesday

5. Tennis: Basics to Building a Stronger Game
Time: 3-4pm
Dates: Tuesdays and Thursdays, September 4– November 4
Grades: 6-12
Instructor: Lana Ryder
Location: Peoples Academy Tennis Court
Participation Fee: $20 for PA/PAML students ($60 all others)

Students improve their game, including groundstrokes, volleying, and serving as well as gaining knowledge in court etiquette and the rules of the game. Equipment is available to those who need it. Come enjoy the sport in a non-competitive, fun environment.

6. Darkroom Photography: Storytelling with the Camera                CANCELED
Time: 3-5pm
Dates: September 16 – December 9
Grades: 9-12
Instructor: Carley Stevens-McLaughlin
Location: Peoples Academy Spanish Room L010
Participation Fee: $26 for PA/PAML students ($78 all others)

Learn to shoot with a 35mm camera and develop film and photos in the darkroom. Students choose elders, ask them about their past, and find out how their experiences compare to life today. This course ends with a public photo exhibition that shares these stories in pictures.

7. Junior Iron Chef Competition
Time: 3-5pm
Dates: November 5 – December 10
Grades: 6-12
Instructor: Katelyn McCarthy
Location: Peoples Academy FACS Room L009
Participation Fee: $12 for PA/PAML students
($36 for all others)

Prepare for the Vermont Jr. Iron Chef Competition held in the spring. Gain hands-on experience preparing and cooking nutritious foods that can help change the school lunch menu. Learn about fresh local foods, healthy eating choices, and the culinary arts. Field trips to local farms are included.

8. Tool Time: Tech Boot Camp
Time: 3-5pm
Dates: Tuesdays and Thursdays, September 16 – December 11
Grades: 8-12
Instructors: John Duffy
Location: Peoples Academy Auditorium
Participation Fee: $52 for PA/PAML students ($156 all others)

Wield power tools! Make cool stuff! Construct sets, rig lights, and work on special projects, such as improving PA’s dungeon space. Students have the opportunity to learn set design, set construction, and lighting design as well as work on projects based on their areas of interest.

9. Acting for Actors
Time: 3-5pm
Dates: Tuesdays and Thursdays, September 16 – December 11
Grades: 9-12
Instructors: Carol Spradling
Location: Peoples Academy Auditorium
Participation fee: $52 for PA students ($156 all others)

Veterans and first-time actors have the chance to stretch their skills on stage. Exercises and activities help students to develop the technical tools of the actor including voice, movement, awareness, sensory memory, emotional recall, observation and response, imagination, and focus. Games, exercises, and activities build each of these skills as students delve into areas of particular interest. While the class is open to all students, those involved in the fall musical are expected to participate in addition to their regular rehearsals.

10. Honoring Myself              CANCELED
Time: 3-4:30pm
Dates: September 16 – December 9
Grade: 8
Instructor: To Be Announced
Location: Peoples Academy Middle Level Room NW9
Participation Fee: $20 for PAML students ($60 all others)

Students explore the most important healthy relationship they have, the one with themselves. Each week students look at the world around them and within to find their strengths and to silence self-doubt. Through art, music, and nature, students participate in adventures of the mind, spirit, and body.

11. Marching Band Drumline
Time: 3-4:30pm
Dates: September 16 – December 9
Grades: 6-12
Instructor: Dan Bruce
Location: Peoples Academy Music Room
Participation Fee: $20 for PA/PAML students ($60 all others)

The Peoples Academy Marching Band is a growing activity in the community — its heartbeat is the drumline. Learn basic and advanced techniques, as well as ensemble playing, marching, and showmanship. The group learns marching cadences and percussion routine, marches in all parades involving the PA Marching Band, and
may attend competitions. No prior experience is
necessary, but the ability to read music is a plus.

12. Girls are Beautiful            CANCELED
Time: 3-4:30pm
Dates: September 16 – December 9
Grades: 6-7
Instructor: Kelly Henzl
Location: PA Middle Level Art Room NW9
Participation Fee: $20 for PAML students ($60 all others)

Attention girls! Explore who you really are! Learn communication styles, new ways to stay fit, and unleash your creative side as you talk about everyday life with other girls in this fun environment.

13. Environmental Action         CANCELED
Tim: 3-4pm
Dates: September 16 – December 9
Grades: 9-12
Instructor: Sheila Tymon
Location: Peoples Academy Room U208
Participation Fee: $13 for PA students ($39 all others)

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

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WednesDAY

14. Amnesty International
Time: 3-5pm
Dates: September 17 – December 10
Grades: 9-12
Instructor: Carolyn Smiles
Location: Peoples Academy Science Room U209
Participation Fee: $26 for PA students ($78 all others)

Interested in joining students from around the world to end human
rights abuses? Imagine being imprisoned for life for planning a meeting about democracy. This has happened in Myanmar and Darfur where over 200,000 people have died in conflict that continues to this day. In some countries, young children are forced to become soldiers. Become aware and empowered; be a part of PA’s new Amnesty International Chapter
and help end crimes against humanity.

15. Altering Clothing
Time: 3-5pm
Dates: September 17 – December 10
Grades: 6-9
Instructor: Ruth Brown
Location: Peoples Academy FACS Room L009
Participation Fee: $26 for PA/PAML students ($78 all others)

Transform old clothing into hip new creations. Learn to sketch your own fashion ideas. Emphasis is on recycling old clothing and fabrics into new items by cutting, sewing, and adding trim and beadwork. No previous sewing experience necessary.

16. Craft a Character
Time: 3:30-5pm
Dates: September 17 – December 10
Grades: 6-12
Instructor: Michele Walker
Location: To Be Announced
Participation Fee: $20 for PA/PAML students ($60 all others)

Students choose their favorite characters to craft by sculpting and painting a clay head, designing, sewing, and decorating clothes. Accessorize the figure to be a woodsman, an elf or anything they
want. No previous experience required, just a willingness to imagine
and have fun.

17. Yoga for Health and Fitness
Time: 3:15-4:45pm
Dates: October 1 – December 10
Grades: 9-12
Instructor: Faith Bieler
Location: Peoples Academy Room C005
Participation Fee: $17 for PA students ($51 all others)

Increase patience, peace, and happiness through improved physical flexibility, strength and balance. Students learn breathing strategies for raising, lowering, and redirecting energy to balance functions in the left and right sides of the brain. Meditation skills are taught for centering, calming, and relieving anxiety and stress. Wear loose clothing and bring a water bottle. Open to middle level students with instructor’s approval.

Students join a supportive group of girls their age to explore the woods, the arts, and music to discover reasons to celebrate who they are and question negative messages. Students are encouraged to learn and
honor their strengths as women so they can accomplish great things.

19. Fitness Workout
Time: 3-4pm
Dates: September 17 – December 10
Grades: 6-7
Instructor: Carl Stewart
Location: Peoples Academy Middle Level Room NW6
Participation Fee: $13 for PAML students ($39 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 techniques. Designed to build basic fitness and a
healthy lifestyle.

Enjoy the magic of the darkroom! Learn the foundations of photography from shooting film, developing, and printing, to discovering the visual techniques of composition, perspective, perception, and more. Advanced students are encouraged to participate as assistants and improve their own technique. The course ends with a public exhibit of student work.

21. Ceramics
Time: 3-5pm
Dates: September 18 – October 9
Grades: 6-9
Instructor: Ashley Lynch
Location: PA Middle Level Art Room NW9
Participation Fee: $8 per PAML student ($24 all others)

An introduction to the joys of working with clay using both hand-building and wheel-throwing techniques, students discover the endless possibilities and techniques of coil, slab, and pinch as well as explore functional pottery and sculptural pots.

22. Last Chapel
Video Production
Time: 3-4:30pm
Dates: September 18 – December 12
Grades: 6-8
Instructor: Gary Vear
Location: PA Middle Level Room NW2
Participation Fee: $20 for PAML students ($60 all others)

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 tech-savvy classmates to create the greatest media production to show off at Last Chapel!

23. Beekeeping                 CANCELED
Time: 3-5pm
Dates: September 18 – December 11
Grades: 9-12
Instructor: Sheila Tymon
Location: Peoples Academy Science Room U208
Participation Fee: $26 for PA students ($78 all others)

Why do beekeepers dress funny? Why should you thank a honeybee for every third bite of food? Do you like arts and crafts? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then check out Unbound Beekeeping. Learn about the fascinating honeybee, managing a beehive, using bee by-products to create fabric batiks, dipping and molding candles, and making lip balms. Of course, students get to eat some honey too!

24. Weight and Fitness Training
Time: 3-4:30pm
Dates: September 15 – December 12
Grades: 8-10
Instructor: Carl Stewart
Location: Peoples Academy Weight Room
Participation Fee: $20 for PA/PAML students ($60 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 both the Monday and
Thursday courses.

Tennis: Basics to Building a Stronger Game
Time: 3-4pm
Dates: Tuesdays & Thursdays, September 2 – November 4
Grades: 6-12
Instructor: Lana Ryder
Location: Peoples Academy Tennis Court
Participation Fee: $20 for PA/PAML students ($60 all others)
See Tuesday for course description #5.

Tool Time: Tech Boot Camp
Time: 3-5pm
Dates: Tuesdays & Thursdays, September 16 – December 11
Grades: 8-12
Instructor: John Duffy
Location: Peoples Academy Auditorium
Participation Fee: $52 for PA/PAML students ($156 all others)
See Tuesday for course description #8.

Acting for Actors
Time: 3-5pm
Dates: Tuesdays & Thursdays, September 16 – December 11
Grades: 9-12
Instructor: Carol Spradling
Location: Peoples Academy Auditorium
Participation fee: $52 for PA students ($156 all others)
See Tuesday for course description #9.

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FRiDAY

25. Claymation      CANCELED
Time: 3-5pm
Dates: September 19 – December 12
Grades: 6-12
Instructor: Meredith Holch
Location: Peoples Academy Art Room L007
Participation Fee: $26 for PA/PAML students ($78 all others)

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

26. Access Adventure
Times: Fridays, 3-5:30pm
Saturdays, 10am-3pm
Dates: Thursday's, September 18– December 11
Saturdays, 9/27, 10/25, 11/22, 12/13
Grades: 6-8
Instructors: Jason Derner and Chris Player
Location: Meet in Peoples Academy Cafeteria
Participation Fee: $33 for PAML students ($99 all others)

For any student interested in the excitement and exhilaration of outdoor adventure sports! Class includes hiking, mountain biking, and snowshoeing. Students build trail navigation skills and learn equipment maintenance. Saturdays include lunch for all students.

Golf: Basics to Building a Stronger Game
Time: 3-5pm
Dates: Mondays & Fridays, September 8 – October 13
Grades: 6-10
Instructor: Stuart Maynard
Location: Meet in Peoples Academy Cafeteria
Participation Fee: $24 for PA/PAML students ($72 all others)
See Monday for course description #3.

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Special Events

27. Archery Field Shooting
Time: Saturdays 9am-12pm, Weekdays 3pm-5pm
Schedule Change: Sat 9/13, Wed. 9/17, Sat 9/20, Thurs 9/ 25. Tues 9/30, Thurs 10/2.
Grades: 8-12
Instructor: Stuart Maynard
Location: Meet in Peoples Academy Cafeteria
Participation Fee: $12 for PA/PAML students ($36 all others)

Get ready for the opening of archery season with this hands-on course. Targets will be set in wooded areas for practice. All levels of experience are welcome, but everyone must have a positive attitude and respect for this powerful sport.

28. Extreme Power   CANCELED
Time: 10am-12pm
Dates: Saturdays, September 20 – December 13
Grades: 6-8
Instructor: To Be Announced
Location: Peoples Academy Room C104
Participation Fee: $26 for PA/PAML students ($78 all others)

Want to be strong, powerful, and respected? Have you already got game enough to share? This is for you! This session is about personality and mental strength training. Extreme Power comes from adventurous choices and bold action. Explore both through choosing, planning, and participating in adventure activities, such as mountain biking, snowboarding, rock climbing, kayaking, and hunting. Chill activities like movies, concerts, and gaming are included, too.

29. Tough Guys    CANCELED
Time: 10am-12pm
Dates: Saturdays, September 20 – December 13
Grades: 9-12
Instructor: To Be Announced
Location: Peoples Academy Room C105
Participation Fee: $26 for PA/PAML students ($78 all others)

Gain true toughness through mental and emotional strength training and adventure-based activities. Anyone can use fists and weapons; a real guy uses his mind, heart, and inner strength to be tough in this world. Activities include snowboarding, rock climbing, kayaking, and hunting, as well as chilling with movies, concerts, and gaming.

30. College Visit: Keene State and Marlboro Colleges        CANCELED
Time: 7:30am-6pm
Date: One Day Only! Saturday, September 27
Grades: 10-12
Instructor: Elizabeth Smith
Location: Meet at PA Copley Building Entrance
Participation Fee: $10 for PA students ($30 all others)

This is a chance to compare and contrast two very different colleges. Keene State College, in Keene, New Hampshire, has a student population of 5,200 and a 17:1 student to faculty ratio. Most
popular majors include art, science, and education.
Marlboro College in Vermont has a population of 330
students and a student to faculty ratio of 8:1. Marlboro
students design their own program of study and have the
opportunity to take an active role in the governance of the college.

31. Alt Art
Time: 10am-3pm
Dates: 3 Saturdays - 10/4, 10/11, 10/18
Grades: 9-12
Instructor: Shawn Dumont
Location: Peoples Academy Library Computer Lab
Participation Fee: $15 for PA Students ($45 all others)

Learn the art of screen-printing, t-shirt designing, and stencil-making with a professional graphic designer devoted to alternative art. This class will broaden student skills and provide the tools to continue making great art on their own. Special emphasis on helping students who plan to major in art build their college portfolios.

32. College Visit: Castleton State and Green Mountain Colleges       CANCELED
Time: 8:30am-6pm
Date: One Day Only! Saturday, October 11
Grades: 10-12
Instructor: Elizabeth Smith
Location: Meet at PA Copley Building Entrance
Participation Fee: $10 for PA students ($30 all others)

Interested in college but don’t want to leave Vermont? Experience Castleton State College in Castleton and Green Mountain College in Poultney. Castleton is home to nearly 2,000 students. Most popular
majors include business, communications, and psychology.
Green Mountain College has a student population of over 700 and
the most popular programs are business, environmental science,
and parks/recreation.

33. College Visit: Norwich University and Vermont Technical College
Time: 8:30am-6pm
Date: One Day Only! Thursday, October 23rd
Grades: 10-12
Instructor: Carrie Felice
Location: Meet at PA Copley Building Entrance
Participation Fee: $10 for PA students ($30 all others)

Norwich University houses 1,700 students and has a 14:1 student to faculty ratio. Norwich is known for its military program, architecture,
art, and nursing schools. Vermont Technical College has a total of 1,556 students on two campuses in Randolph Center and Williston. VTC offers sustainable design and technology, agribusiness management, veterinary science, and software engineering; all include hands-on applications.

34. Experimental Polaroid Photography, Framing and Exhibition     CANCELED
Dates: Tuesday, October 28, 3-5pm
Saturday, November 15, 10am-2pm
Thursday, December 4, 3-7pm
Grades: 9-12
Instructor: Lisa Dimondstein
Location: 10/28 and 11/15 PA Middle Level Science Lab EW9
12/4 Peoples Academy Art Room L007
Participation Fee: $10 for PA students ($30 all others)
Materials Fee: $20

Polaroid Transfers combine photography and printing to create beautiful, one-of-a-kind works of art. The first class is devoted to shooting slide film with 35mm cameras around town. The second class includes lunch and focuses on developing students’ slides into beautiful and unique color images. The third includes dinner where students learn how to cut mats and create frames for their artwork. Together they plan for exhibiting their artwork in the community by designing invitations and posters for the big event. No previous art or photography experience necessary.

35. Outdoor Adventure Workshop   CANCELED
Time: 10am-4pm
Date: One Day Only! Saturday, September 6
Grades: 6-9
Instructors: Ashley Allegrini and Keri-Ann Clinton
Location: Johnson State College, Johnson
Participation Fee: $6 for PA/PAML students ($18 all others)

Learn outdoor and teamwork skills from wilderness adventure experts. Participate in fun outdoor activities that you can use in your everyday life. Students will do teambuilding activities, take a ropes course using the climbing wall at Johnson State College, learn outdoor living skills, and practice wilderness leadership techniques. Includes lunch for all students.

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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.

36. SAT Prep – Expert Coaching
Grades: 10-12
Instructor: Morgan Chase
Location: Peoples Academy Room C101
Participation Fee: $40 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 one’s best. SAT PREP includes a free College Board SAT Prep Guidebook – a $20 value.

First, PA students register for the SAT exam in the Guidance Office.
Then sign up for one of the following monthlong courses:
Session 1 for October 4 SAT Exam
Time: 5-7pm English
7-9pm Mathematics
Dates: Wednesdays, Sept. 10, 17, 24, Oct. 1

Session 2 for November 1 SAT Exam
Time: 5-7pm English
7-9pm Mathematics
Dates: Wednesdays, Oct. 8, 15, 22, 29

37. Peer Tutoring in all Subject Areas
Time: 7:30-8am and 2:45-3:15pm
Days: Monday – Friday
Grades: 6-12
Instructors: Peoples Academy Students
Location: Peoples Academy Learning Center C203 and Library
Participation Fee: None

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

38. PA’s Learning Center
Time: 7:30-8am and 2:45-3:30pm
Days: Monday – Friday
Instructors: To Be Announced
Location: Peoples Academy Learning Center Room C203
Participation Fee: None

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

39. PA Middle Level Learning Center & Homework Club
Time: 7:30-8am.
Days: Monday – Friday
Instructor: Elizabeth Bourne
Location: PA Middle Level Learning Center Room EW1
Participation Fee: None

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

40. Midterm and Final Exam Study Help
Time: 7:30-8am and 2:50-3:30pm
Dates: Monday – Friday, January 7 – 17
Instructors: Learning Center Staff, PA Teachers, and Peer Tutors
Location: Peoples Academy Learning Center Room C203 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 increase confidence in taking exams.

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