Berrien Springs Virtual Academy Partnership
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      • Typing Quest
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    • Animal Husbandry >
      • Birchbank Farm: Art of the Small Family Farm
      • Circle C Stables
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      • Ground Zero: Mounted Archery
      • Spring Creek Equestrian Center
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      • Architecture
      • Birchbank Farm: Art Classes
      • Ceramics/Pottery >
        • Birchbank Farm: Historical Arts
        • Ceramics with Jill Dodge
        • Niles STEAM Room: Ceramics
        • Wheel Fun Pottery!
      • Creative Design with Robert Ritzenthaler
      • Mixed Media and Collage
      • Design Street in Plainwell
      • Jon Whidden: Collage
      • Drawing and Painting Classes: see tabs >
        • Niki McNeil: Art Classes
        • Jill Dodge: Elementary Art
        • JLN Studios: Acrylic, Watercolor and Pastels
        • Starlight Studio
      • Jewelry/Leather >
        • Chainmaille with Kim Bollman
        • Jill Dodge: Leather Tooling
      • FLC: Art and Culture Around the World
      • GVNCP: Backyard Art Zoom
      • Krasl Art Center
      • Photography and Videography >
        • Adventures in Photography with Katie
        • For Robert Ritzenthaler Photo or Video, see Technology Category
      • Glass >
        • Jill Dodge: Glass Fusing
      • Water Street Glassworks >
        • Water Street Glassworks
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      • Chess: Niles
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      • Sawyer Dance Studios
      • South Haven Dance Studios
      • St. Joseph Dance Studios
      • Stevensville Dance Studios
    • CTE: Career and Technical Education
    • Drama >
      • CMW: Children's Music Workshop
    • Family Adventure Trips >
      • New River Gorge
    • Foreign Languages >
      • Lotus Chinese
      • I Heart Chinese
      • I Heart Spanish
    • Humanities >
      • Re-enactment Arts >
        • Ground Zero: Archery
    • Life Skills >
      • Cooking and Baking >
        • Birchbank Farm: Gluten Free Cooking
        • Joel Bennett: Beginning and Advanced Baking
      • Crochet: with Niki McNeil
      • Sewing and Textiles >
        • Robin English: Sewing and Quilting
        • Birchbank Farm: Sewing
    • Music >
      • Music: Intensive Project-Based Study >
        • Cello
        • Guitar
        • Percussion
        • Piano
        • Violin
        • Voice
        • Other Instruments
      • Music: Group Project-Based Study >
        • Berrien Springs Public School - Band or Choir
        • Citadel : Kindermusik and Ukulele Classes
        • Lake Michigan Youth Orchestra
        • The Music Academies - Niles
        • West Michigan Homeschool Fine Arts
        • Shoreline Music Classes
    • Nature/Environment >
      • Birding and Beyond
      • Love Creek: Outdoor Explorers
      • Nature Journaling
      • Homesteading
    • Physical Education >
      • Gymnastics >
        • Elite Sports Academy
        • Branch Gymnastics
        • Infinite Gymnastics at Andrews
        • Power In Motion
        • The Club for Gymnastics
      • Martial Arts
      • Physical Fitness & Sports >
        • Basketball >
          • Basketball: Andrews Jr. Cardinals
          • Basketball: Niles with Dan Oates
        • CrossFit
        • Fitness Classes at the BH/SJ YMCA
        • Hockey: Youth League
        • Ice Skating: Learn to Skate: Garden Ice Arena
        • Life RX: Teen Strength/Conditioning
        • Midwest Performance Academy
        • Rock Climbing
        • Indoor Soccer: Andrews Jr. Cardinals and Red Arrow Soccer Club
        • Softball: Dugout Dolls
        • Tennis and Pickleball: Group Lessons
      • Swim and Gym Locations
      • Swim Lessons/Swim Clubs >
        • Group Swim Lessons: various locations
        • Swim Clubs
    • Technology >
      • FLC Tech Classes
      • Niles STEAM Room
      • Photography or Videography with Robert Ritzenthaler
      • Jon Whidden: Recording Studio and Electronic Music
    • Vocational Education >
      • Tom Hurst: Woodworking
      • Bicycle Mechanics
      • Lifeguarding or WSI Certification and Junior Lifeguarding
  • Dual Enrollment / CTE
    • What is Dual Enrollment?
    • Andrews University
    • Glen Oaks Community College
    • KVCC - Kalamazoo Valley Community College
    • Lake Michigan College
    • Southwest Michigan College
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    • Standardized Testing Opportunities
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    ​For more information on our remarkable program, contact the Partnership Director here 
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Meet the Staff! 

The Partnership is staffed by former and  actively homeschooling parents.  We are traveling this road with you!  We do not have an office on the school campus, but we do have a mailbox in the Central Office where you may drop off paperwork. 

​What are the Partnership office hours?

Partnership staff do not have an office on campus, but have an inbox at the Central Office (STEM/Central building) on campus.  Our hours are the same as Central Office, M-F, 8-4:30, following the school calendar.   We are best reached via email and we do our best to return messages in a timely manner. 

The Central Office is staffed and open from approx. 8:00 until 4:30 M-F. 
The BS public school staff is very friendly, but may not always know the daily details of Partnership classes and activities, therefore you must contact us with your questions and concerns.

Visit us on Facebook!  Use the link to receive the invitation: Berrien Partnership Community (homeschool-related and partnership-related news and events):  http://www.facebook.com/#!/groups/190326294355471/.
Use this link to request to join the group: Partnership Info Page (partnership info only):  https://www.facebook.com/groups/555552544557198/


Sharon Haynes, Program Director, 
Sharon Haynes has been the Program Director of the Berrien Springs Parent Partnership since 2010 and on staff since its inception.  After a career as an Occupational Therapist, she was an active homeschool parent for 9 years and deeply involved in area homeschool networks.  Sharon believes that student-driven experiential learning and utilizing diverse community resources are key to a relevant, well-rounded education.   If you have questions regarding the program, registration, other programs at BSPS, homeschooling in general, or suggestions for improvements or new ideas, please give her a call.                
269-470-0352                              

shaynes@shamrocks.us     

Tanya Haselhuhn, Administrative Assistant,  is the go-to person for all paperwork questions and submissions for music students and teachers.  Submit documents or ask her a question at hspdocuments@shamrocks.us         

Tina Kohler is a homeschool mom of 17 years, has been an active member of the Partnership for 10 years, and is our Virtual Learning Coordinator, expertly navigating our sea of programs and helps manage our website.  She has knowledge about all of our classes, from technical issues to passwords.  She can answer just about anything virtual, and keeps track of students' progress/hours in each class.  She'll be glad to help any way she can! 
The best way to contact her is via email: hspvirtuals@homeoftheshamrocks.org

Amy Scott is a homeschool mom, certified teacher, one of our mentor teachers, one of our teachers of record, and our Project Based Learning Coordinator.  After the student's assigned mentor teacher, Amy is the person to contact regarding any questions regarding the student's required class project.  She can be reached at ascott@homeoftheshamrocks.org

Rachel Halcombe, Administrative Assistant, ​has been part of our organiziational team for several years.  She handles the invoicing and paperwork for all community resource classes except music and martial arts. Ask a question or submit documents at rhalcombe1@homeoftheshamrocks.org.



Where is Berrien Springs School campus located?

All of the school buildings are on one campus, conveniently located in downtown Berrien Springs, very close to the west entrance to the Fairgrounds.
Physical Address/ Mailing address: 285 Sylvester Ave., P.O. Box 130  Berrien Springs, MI  49103

From the light in town at Speedway heading west, go a few blocks until the road continues straight as Snow or goes to the right as Shawnee.  Take Shawnee, then an immediate right onto Sylvester at the blue Gateway building.  The Middle School and Virtual Academy are on the first drive to the left, as indicated by the sign. 
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From old 31, heading south past Andrews University and Apple Valley Market, you could go all the way to the light at the corner of 31 and Ferry, or you could turn right onto Hamilton, just after McDonalds and just before the Community Library.  Follow Hamilton until it reaches a dead-end at Sylvester Rd (and school).  Follow Sylvester Ave. past the High School, and the Middle School and Virtual Academy will be the road on your right, as indicated  by the sign.
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