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Biology - Kathleen Duncan kduncan@sw.rr.com
This class will meet once weekly and have a paid instructor. We will have one 3-4 hour lab each month. The textbook will be Exploring Creation with Biology from Apologia. Tuition will be approximately $40 per month for 7 months. Tuition (paid to the instructor) is payable by semester and is due in advance. There is a lab fee of about $40 per year. Click HERE for more information.
This class will meet once weekly and have a paid instructor. We will have one 3-4 hour lab each month. Textbook will be 2nd Edition of Exploring Creation with Chemistry from Apologia. Tuition will be approximately $40 per month for 7 months. Tuition (paid to the instructor) is payable by semester and is due in advance. There is a lab fee of about $40 per year.
Physics I & Physics II - Kathleen Duncan kduncan@sw.rr.com
This class will meet once weekly and have a paid instructor. The textbooks will be Exploring Creation with Physics and Advanced from Apologia. Tuition will be approximately $40 per month for 7 months. Tuition (paid to the instructor) is payable by semester and is due in advance. There is a lab fee of about $40 per year.
Writing - Jean Hall
This class will meet on Monday afternoons. The text is from BraveWriter.com.
The class will meet weekly with additional rehearsals closer to the performance. The play they are doing this fall is The Importance of Being Earnest. There will be a tuition paid to the instructor and students will help with raising funds for sets, props and costumes.
Psychology - Will be offered in the Spring. Click here for more information
SAC = Secondary Core Requirements
These courses are coordinated by many different parents in our group. Most of them are designed to fulfill Core Requirements for a typical high school course of study - English, Math, Science, Social Studies. One exception this fall is the theater class. If you are interested in participating in one of these classes, please contact the coordinator listed.
The Biology instructor for fall will be Mr. Todd who taught at Christ Academy and is now retired. He will still teach pottery & another elective at CA, but is available to teach Biology to our students!
When: Class will begin the first Tuesday of September - September 1.
We will run through the first of December and then go from January - first week of May.
Time: Tuesdays, 10-11:30 am plus labs about once per month - times for labs TBA
Location: Classroom at Mardel
For all high school students.
Cost: $40 per month per student paid to the instructor
First semester is $120, DUE BY NO LATER THAN August 17. Non-refundable.
Second Semester will be $160 and due the first day of class in January. Non-refundable.
Lab Fee: Lab fee will be $40 per student. Paid to Biology Mom. This will be due before the first lab. We may need to collect another $30 second semester depending on the cost of specimens, etc. We will keep it as low as we can. Each student will need their own dissection kit, but they will not be needed until later in the year. (Some from last year may have these to borrow or sell.)
Tuition and Lab Fees are non-refundable.
Assignment Schedule: We will get an assignment schedule posted within two weeks (I go on vacation the first of August, so will have it ready before then.) Students will be expected to keep up with all assignments and hand in all work on-time! There will be work to be done in August in Module One so the students are prepared for the first day of class.
Textbook: Exploring Creation with Biology from Apologia, Second Edition
Each student must have a copy of the text: Exploring Creation with Biology Second Edition from Apologia. Mardel sells these, and you can get them on-line. If you choose to not purchase the Tests and Solutions book, you must get with another student to make copies of the exams. Mr. Todd will not provide these.
All students must join the SAC Group if they have not already done so.
Questions? Contact Kathleen Duncan kduncan@sw.rr.com or 940-232-2736Here are some things you need to know:
The CD that goes with the class is not required, but it is helpful. Your student may be asked by Mr. Todd to look at web sites as suggested in the text. Please let him know if you do not have Internet access.
We know that homeschoolers take vacations at odd times. If your student will miss class, he is responsible to let Mr. Todd know ahead of time and make arrangements to get notes from a classmate.
Students will have course work to do during August -- They will need to have all of Module One read, all the OYO's completed and have tried to complete the Study Guide. Module One is review of information they should have learned in other science classes. They will go over the material briefly the first day of class.
This is a college-prep class, not a college level. We will not cover the same things that a college level Biology class covers; this is a high school level course. So, if you plan to take a CLEP exam, you will need additional study.
This is a college-prep class. So, you will be expected to behave accordingly - take notes, come prepared for class, appropriate lab procedures, turn all work in on time, etc.
There will be no food at any of the labs. Water only may be brought into the classroom. Do not bring pop or snacks.
Lab times may change. But for now, we will have labs on Friday mornings when scheduled. We will announce the location in advance.
Questions about money come to Kathleen Duncan. We do not want Mr. Todd to have to deal with this.
Questions about class assignments, labs, etc. will be directed to Mr. Todd. Basically, once the class starts, Mr. Todd is in charge!
The Psychology instructor for spring will be Jeff Bennett. Jeff is an ordained minister, family counselor and a chaplain at the state hospital in Wichita Falls. He is also a homeschool dad.
When: Class will begin in January and will meet on Friday afternoons for about 15 weeks
Time: Fridays, probably 1-2:30
Location: Jeff's counseling office
For high school students in grades 11 & 12.
Cost: $30 per month per student. Total is $105 and is due by January 1, 2010 Non-refundable.
Lab Fee: no lab fee
Assignment Schedule: We will get an assignment schedule posted by the first of December. Students will be expected to keep up with all assignments and hand in all work on-time! There will be work to be done in December so the students are prepared for the first day of class.
Textbook: Homeschool Psychology fro www.homeschoolpsych.com Please don't order yet, though. I will be checking on group purchasing.
All students must join the SAC Group if they have not already done so.
Questions? Contact Kathleen Duncan kduncan@sw.rr.com or 940-232-2736
SAC Classes are meant to be a full high school credit and often require students to commit to a full year of class. In the past we have offered Chemistry, Economics, Intro to Justice and Government, Physics, Philosophy and Theater.
This coming fall we added a Writing class as well as Biology.
These classes may involve discussion; out of class reading, projects and labs;
field trips and special speakers.
For more information on our SAC classes, please watch for announcements here and join the SAC Yahoo Group found on the Points of Contact Page.
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What is a SAC Class??
"SAC Class" is simply an umbrella name for high school level courses offered in the Wichita Falls area. These classes are all "advertised" together, listed together on the web site, and the instructors use the SAC loop to communicate with the students (which also cuts down the number of loops a mom needs to join).
Here are some of the differences between Enrichment and SAC:
Class periods may be longer than the one hour usually allocated for Enrichment courses. Some classes are flexible in that we may meet one hour one week and 2.5 hours the next.
Because of the level of study, these classes usually meet for 12-15 weeks per semester
Classes are not held at the same time, on the same day, or at the same place as Enrichment. In fact, the classes last year were held in four different locations on 2 days of the week. Some are full year, others are one semester. The first Theater class was 8 weeks of two 4-hour classes per week.
Parents do not need to volunteer in any way for their child to participate in SAC classes.
Most have paid instructors.
Students usually have a couple of weeks of work prior to the beginning of class, and much outside work is required. The science courses have work the students must complete and mail to the instructor during the Christmas holiday break.
These classes usually have field trips, monthly labs or speakers outside of the regular class period.
Some SAC classes were done in a Co-op format. In these two courses - Economics and Gov/Justice - each parent needed to help with only one class period per course, not the entire course.
Anyone who wants to put one together may do so. It does not need to go through anyone or any board; however, we do ask that the times and courses not duplicate or compete with Enrichment so that families may participate in both if they want to do so. As a courtesy, we ask that you contact the SAC Volunteer Coordinator before setting one up so that we do not duplicate efforts.
Registration for a SAC course is done directly with the person coordinating that course.
All Sac Classes are for students in high school. Any student not in high school must have special permission from the instructor.
We encourage anyone who wants to organize a SAC class to do so. The original idea was to concentrate on CORE courses like English/writing, Science, Social Studies. This semester there is a Theater class that will be listed on the SAC page of the website, but info about that class will, most likely, go out on the ACT loop once the class begins. The Theater class is actually a Language Arts type course in that they will be studying Victorian plays and that time period which is part of Literature.
