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      • Ground Zero - Exploring Equine Education
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      • Janine Frizzo: Small Animal Husbandry
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      • Architecture
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        • Ceramics with Jill Dodge
        • Wheel Fun Pottery!
      • Creative Design with Robert Ritzenthaler
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      • Drawing and Painting Classes: see tabs >
        • Drawing with Niki McNeil
        • Calligraphy: Lettering By Hand
        • Elementary Art with Jill Dodge
        • Elements of Design
        • Janine Frizzo: Drawing, Painting or Sculpture
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      • Jewelry /Beadwork >
        • Beadwork: with Kim Bollman
        • Jewelry with Kim Bollman
      • FLC: Art and Culture Around the World
      • Ground Zero: Archery Art
      • Krasl Art Center
      • Nature and Community Arts
      • Photography and Videography >
        • Photography or Videography with Robert Ritzenthaler
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        • Stained Glass: Stevensville: Heidi Martin
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        • Water Street Glassworks
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        • Battle Creek Japanese School
        • Bridge to China
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      • Historical Arts & Technology >
        • American Girl Project
        • Janine Frizzo - Colonial Studies
      • Re-enactment Arts >
        • Archery
        • Blacksmithing: Ted Guimond
        • Blacksmith I & II: Birchbank Farms
        • Fencing: Blue Steel
        • Historic Dance
    • Life Skills >
      • Cooking >
        • Janine Frizzo - Cooking with class (Little Red Hen)
      • Crochet: with Niki McNeil
      • Sewing and Textiles >
        • Creative Sewing with Jessica Yoder
        • Ground Zero Sewing - Prairie Days
        • Quilting: Beginning
        • Sewing or Quilting: Doreen Cox
        • Sewing and Quilting: Robin English
        • Sewing: Jackie Ransom
        • Janine Frizzo - Sewing, tailoring and textiles with Janine Frizzo
        • Janine Frizzo - Sheep to Shawl
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      • Syrup to Cider: A Year of Eating and Growing Locally
      • Wilderness and Culture
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        • Basketball >
          • Basketball: Andrews Jr. Cardinals
          • Basketball: Niles with Dan Oates
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        • CrossFit Locations
        • Ground Zero: Fitness In Archery
        • Hockey: Youth League
        • Ice Skating: Learn to Skate: Garden Ice Arena
        • Physical Fitness Classes at the BH/SJ YMCA
        • Physical Fitness Classes at the Niles-Buchanan YMCA
        • Soccer >
          • Soccer: Kickers or Kingdom Sports
          • Soccer: YMCA
        • Tennis: Group Lessons
        • Volleyball >
          • Ground Zero Volleyball
          • Volleyball: Southwest and Other
        • Youth Dance Fitness Training
      • Rock Climbing
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        • Group Swim Lessons: various locations
        • Lifeguarding Certification and Junior Lifeguarding
        • Swim Clubs
    • Technology >
      • EEME: Electronics Kits
      • Fab Lab, Intro to Digital Fabrication with Tom Hurst
      • FLC Tech Classes
      • Intro to Electronic Music
      • Recording Studio
      • Robotics: Meg Edwards
      • Self-A-STEAM Robotics, Engineering, and Coding
    • Vocational Education >
      • Auto Mechanics
      • Ground Zero - Know Your Bow
      • Woodworking >
        • Woodworking with Tom Hurst
        • Woodworking with Jim
      • YMCA: Boat Building
  • Dual Enrollment / CTE
    • What is Dual Enrollment?
    • Andrews University
    • Lake Michigan College
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Project Based Learning Electives provided by the Berrien Springs Virtual Academy​​​
​Independent Music Study Lessons: Guitar    
​One lesson per week is covered up to our maximum allowance.
If your instructor advises more time is needed, you must also select  Independent Music Study Lesson: Intensive (for 6th-12th only).
Teachers will have to invoice the Partnership to receive payment. Teachers must contact Tanya at hspdocuments@shamrocks.us to receive paperwork to be eligible to teach and invoice Partnership students.
***Music teachers who teach Partnership students BEFORE being approved by the Partnership will not be paid for their efforts.
Choose from the list or select your own teacher and have them contact us for more information on how our program works!
​Teacher qualifications available by request, email hspdocuments@shamrocks.us  .

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Approved Teacher List - click here first to see if your teacher is approved!

Citadel Dance and Music Center: Contact Susan Dietrich-Reed:  Benton Harbor:  925-1099   www.citadelDMC.org

​Music Academies (Val Rumpf), Niles: 362-5780  http:/www.themusicacademies.com

School of American Music, Three Oaks Library: 269-409-1191   http://schoolofamericanmusic.com


Jan Burda, Berrien Springs: 269-325-5717 or call 471-4111

Dave Carlock's FRS Program, Benton Harbor Orchards Mall, #310-480-4565, customerservice@funkinrockschool.com , Click here

Mike Davis,  gitrmike@gmail.com

Hugh Duncan, Buchanan:   breezewaymedia@gmail.com    cell: 417-569-5216

Melvin King, will travel to students home,  makingapeople@gmail.com​

​Victor M. Reyes-Prieto,  Frobel Music,  Berrien Springs, MI. 978-353-9325, Facebook.com/FrobelMusic,  Email: FrobelMusic@gmail.com.

Vladimir Slavujevic, MMus, LRAM, LTCL  Morning lessons also available. Will teach at your home if you live within 5 miles from downtown Berrien Springs. NO extra charge for coming/driving. Email: vladoslavujevic@yahoo.com  Home phone: 269-473-2826  Cell phone: 269-277-6950 

West Michigan Homeschool Fine Arts, www.wmhfa.org

Lawrence Woodhams, Eau Claire, lwoodhams@hotmail.com   575-390-2499

​Syllabus
​Teacher of Record: Mandy Jankoviak