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Project Based Learning Electives provided by the Berrien Springs Virtual Academy
Homesteading Spring 2023
Students and teachers must be able to readily switch to online lessons at any point in the semester in order to register for classes. All students must complete a project for this class.
Teacher: Kim Bollman
Email: qtswede@gmail.com
Location: various locations throughout Berrien County
Format: Virtual start up in January, In Person otherwise
Masks: Required when indoors. Outdoors: Optional. Every attempt will be made to keep activities outdoors when possible.
Grades 5-12
Homesteading
Saturdays, every other week, starting Jan. 21st
10am - 1:00 p.m., first meeting at Coloma Public Library
LOCATION: Various Locations through Berrien County: for example, fishing will likely happen at Flaherty Park, Watervliet.
Description: Homesteading is a broad-term for a host of skills that most modern families have let fall to the wayside. This semester, class will cover many old-world methods for gardening, canning, preserving, baking and general how-to that can come in handy in any home, or applied for camping and "roughing it."
Syllabus
*Please note: it is important to make as informed a decision as possible when choosing your student's Community Resource classes. Most locations will allow a student to drop a class after one meeting, at no charge if it wasn't a good fit for the student, but not all. Some classes plan ahead based on the number that have signed up and have purchased materials, hired teachers, etc. and there might be a fee for class time or materials given to the student if the student drops after one or two meetings. The school cannot pay for classes that students do not complete, so choose wisely; if you do not take the class off of your student's schedule by the deadline, you may be asked to pay for the class time incurred prior to dropping the class.
Teacher of Record: Tom Hurst
Email: qtswede@gmail.com
Location: various locations throughout Berrien County
Format: Virtual start up in January, In Person otherwise
Masks: Required when indoors. Outdoors: Optional. Every attempt will be made to keep activities outdoors when possible.
Grades 5-12
Homesteading
Saturdays, every other week, starting Jan. 21st
10am - 1:00 p.m., first meeting at Coloma Public Library
LOCATION: Various Locations through Berrien County: for example, fishing will likely happen at Flaherty Park, Watervliet.
Description: Homesteading is a broad-term for a host of skills that most modern families have let fall to the wayside. This semester, class will cover many old-world methods for gardening, canning, preserving, baking and general how-to that can come in handy in any home, or applied for camping and "roughing it."
Syllabus
*Please note: it is important to make as informed a decision as possible when choosing your student's Community Resource classes. Most locations will allow a student to drop a class after one meeting, at no charge if it wasn't a good fit for the student, but not all. Some classes plan ahead based on the number that have signed up and have purchased materials, hired teachers, etc. and there might be a fee for class time or materials given to the student if the student drops after one or two meetings. The school cannot pay for classes that students do not complete, so choose wisely; if you do not take the class off of your student's schedule by the deadline, you may be asked to pay for the class time incurred prior to dropping the class.
Teacher of Record: Tom Hurst