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        • Beadwork: with Kim Bollman
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        • Janine Frizzo - Cooking with class (Little Red Hen)
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        • Creative Sewing with Jessica Yoder
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        • Sewing and Quilting: Robin English
        • Sewing: Jackie Ransom
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          • Soccer: Kickers or Kingdom Sports
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          • Ground Zero Volleyball
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    • Technology >
      • EEME: Electronics Kits
      • Fab Lab, Intro to Digital Fabrication with Tom Hurst
      • FLC Tech Classes
      • Robotics: Meg Edwards
      • Self-A-STEAM Robotics, Engineering, and Coding
    • Vocational Education >
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      • Ground Zero - Know Your Bow
      • Woodworking >
        • Woodworking with Tom Hurst
        • Woodworking with Jim
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Project Based Learning Electives provided by the Berrien Springs Virtual Academy​​​
Private Lessons for Violin       
​One lesson per week is covered up to our maximum allowance.
If your instructor advises more time is needed, you must also select  Private Music 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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​Citadel Dance and Music Center:  Contact Susan Dietrich-Reed:  : 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

Southwest Michigan School of Music, Stevensville:    429-PLAY (7529)  swmischool@gmail.com


​Amanda Barber, Eau Claire: 269-270-2516   mandaviolin@hotmail.com

Balos Family, Buchanan: kabguitar@gmail.com

Tereza Cincala, Berrien Springs: tezakova@gmailcom, 269-769-8218

​Maricel Flores Ebora, Berrien Springs, 909-754-6327   mrianjelle@yahoo.com

Claudio Gonzalez,  Berrien Springs, 269-849-6471   cgonzale@andrews.edu​

​Marnie Heyn, St. Joseph   marnieheyn@yahoo.com    921-8265

Tiffany Steinweg   steinweg95@gmail.com   360-635-3427​

Kristina Stojanovic, Berrien Springs: stojanovicviolin@gmail.com   208-290-8550

Lori Toney, South Haven:  lori.toney@gmail.com   269-873-5087

West Michigan Homeschool Fine Arts, www.wmhfa.org

So-yeun Yu: 269-240-7549,  gloria_yu83@hotmail.com, teaches at students' homes

Emma Zeilenga,  Kalamazoo,  269-312-4054,   emmajz99@outlook.com

​Syllabus
Teacher of Record: Mandy Jankoviak