Where will your Building STEAM journey take you next?

Day and Time: Tuesdays 9:30-11:00 am EST (Classes begin September 6th and May 23rd)

Location: GameOn Gaming Center (5386 Kemps River Dr), Virginia Beach

Ages: 12+

Cost: $50/month (December $25)

+ $100 costume/set deposit

Mentor: Juliet Bellinger

*Attendance at one of the parent information meetings on Zoom is required to register for class  

Shakespeare Conquest is a year-long course created by the Leadership Education Mentoring Institute (LEMI) which utilizes the classic writings of William Shakespeare, the historical context of the Elizabethan period, and the mechanics of acting to aid students in recognizing they can be part of something great, be someone great, and contribute something uniquely theirs to the world.  As with all LEMI courses, a strong emphasis is placed on high values and personal mission. 

This class culminates in a full production of a Shakespeare play. 

Parent Information Meetings:

Sunday, May 29th, 6 pm

Thursday, June 16th, 7 pm

Monday, June 27th, 8 pm

Tuesday, July 19th, 7 pm 

Monday, August 1st, 7 pm

Day and Time: Wednesdays 1:00-2:30 pm EST (Classes September 7th-May 31st)

Location: Online (Zoom)

Ages: 12+

Cost: $250 per semester + cost of books needed for class*

Mentor: Brooklynn McClure

With the United States Constitution, other founding documents, and classic literature as the backbone of this course, students will engage in hands-on, fun and inspiring educational activities as they wend their way through early American history  (American Revolution up to WW1) to current events affecting the U.S. Constitution.  

The object of Authors of Liberty is to empower students to become authors of liberty in both their private and public lives.  This objective can be realized as students choose to “enlist” in “General Washington’s Army”, and fulfill weekly “missions” at home and alongside their peers. Students will have fun as they challenge one another in moving up the ranks from Private to Sergeant to General, and everything in between, completing selected missions along the way!  Such missions include participating in book discussions, engaging in document studies, cooking food from historic periods, serving others in their families and communities, writing letters to congressmen/women, taking on physical fitness challenges and more!  

The first portion of Authors of Liberty will focus on events and key characters leading up to the adoption of the U.S. Constitution.  The course then moves into an in-depth study of the U.S. Constitution and other founding documents while continuing to highlight important figures in history, including both male and female heroes and heroines. Authors of Liberty then addresses factors which have weakened the fabric of the U.S. Constitution, including the events of 1913 and also the threats of Communism.  This course culminates in each student identifying their own unique passions, skills and abilities they will contribute to authoring liberty in their own lives and communities now and throughout their lifetimes.  

*Some of the books to be read during Authors of Liberty:

• Independence by Peter Reese Doyle
• Bunker Hill by Michael Burgan
• Little Britches by Ralph Moody
•  Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe
• Toothpaste Millionaire by Jean Merrill
• Tuttle Twins Spectacular Showbusiness by Connor Boyack

Documents to be studied in Authors of Liberty:

• Magna Carta
• Mayflower Compact
• Declaration of Independence
• Articles of Confederation
• U.S. Constitution
• George Washington’s Farewell Address
• Gettysburg Address

  (American Revolution up to WW1) 

Day and Time: Thursdays 9:30-11:30 am EST

Location: GameOn Gaming Center (5386 Kemps River Dr), Virginia Beach Ages: 12+

Cost: $55/ month (December $28)

Mentor: Juliet Bellinger

The beauty of nature and the wonder of science come together in this class designed to satisfy both a science AND fine arts requirement for high school students.

In this class, students will engage in activities such as:

*Complete a plant scrapbook

*Create a detailed plant sketchbook

*Plant and care for food and non-food bearing plants.

*Go on (4) nature hikes, and keep a nature journal

*Participate in discussions on the books Braiding Sweetgrass and Animal, Vegetable, Miracle

*Collect rain, test it, and record findings

*Hear from experts in the field, such as : botanist, ecologist, herbalist, soil expert, nature artist, arborist, beekeeper, Native American expert, and forestry professional

Materials needed for class: Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer, Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver, plant specimen pressing supplies, plant identification book or app, sketchbook, drawing pencil set, eraser, watercolors, colored pencils, journal 

Day and Time: Thursdays 2:00-4:00 pm EST

Dates: September 8th, 15th, 22nd, and 29th

Location: GameOn Gaming Center (5386 Kemps River Dr), Virginia Beach Ages: 8+

Cost: $60/session

Mentor: Juliet Bellinger

***Class size is limited to 11 students, so register TODAY!***

All the fun and whimsy of LEGO meets the engineering and science of robotics and coding in this hands-on experience.  Using the LEGO WeDo 2.0 kit, students will construct a different robot each week which will highlight design elements such as:

*parallel linkages

*gear trains

*worm gears

*inverted slider-crank linkages

Students also will learn how to code the robots to control motors, movement, sensors, and infinite loop commands. Add in a little sound, and we have a perfectly playful robot!

Each student will have use of one of the LEGO WeDo 2.0 kits and an iPad for coding each week.