When: Mondays at 2:50-3:50p.m.

Session Days  4/17, 4/24, 5/1, 5/8, 5/15, 5/22, 6/5. No Class 5/29.

Cost: $133/student

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Chess Wizards is a premier chess education company providing fun, informative and challenging chess lessons to students. Chess Wizards teaches children important life concepts, such as learning the ability to win graciously and accept defeat with dignity and sportsmanship. Students will be divided into groups according to their chess experience. At the end of this session, each student would have had the chance to participate in a mini-chess tournament.

To register, please visit our website at www.chesswizards.com/register.

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact us at [email protected] or (866) 949-4386

Grades 3-5 Scratch: Create Stories and Animations

When: 2:50-3:50 pm
9 weeks

Dates: 4/12, 4/19, 4/26, 5/3, 5/10, 5/17, 5/24, 5/31, 6/7

Cost: $225

Course description
Game developers are much more than tech experts — they’re also creatives who use code to bring stories to life. If you would like to express your creativity through code, this course is for you. These lessons take students with basic Scratch skills beyond game creation into the magical world of storytelling. Students brainstorm and organize their ideas, use Scratch’s art tools to draw original game assets, and code story projects with many scenes and animations.

Get into ART! Students are introduced to real fine art skills in drawing, painting and clay to balance with their own ideas to make unique artwork. New students are introduced to fundamentals while continuing students are challenged. Each session is different and most students continue the program through 5th grade. Art class will be held on Thursdays from 2:50-3:50pm.

Art classes at VCES are taught by artist and licensed Fine Art Teacher, Ms Sascha, who has been teaching art to K-12 students for over 20 years. She teaches Art full time and was nominated for the Oregon Art Educator of the year award in 2021. Fine Art Starts is a federally-recognized 501(c)3 organization and Foundation 11 School. Financial assistance available for qualifying families. Tuition is tax-deductible.

Link to more details and registration: http://www.fineartstarts.com/after-school-classes.html

Ms. Sascha’s direct contact information: talk/text (503)740-8220

Register online here.

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