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      • Virtual Class Guidelines
      • The Animation Course:Animation I or II or Drawing I or II
      • Bonus Virtual Classes
      • Michigan Virtual
      • Middlebury World Languages
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    • Animal Husbandry >
      • Bit By Bit Stables: For the Love of Horses
      • Ground Zero: Exploring Equine Education
      • Ground Zero: Mounted Archery
      • Spring Creek Equestrian Center
    • Art Classes >
      • Architecture
      • Birchbank Farm: Art Classes
      • Buchanan Art Center
      • Ceramics/Pottery >
        • Ceramics with Jill Dodge
        • Niles STEAM Room: Ceramics
        • Wheel Fun Pottery!
      • Creative Design with Robert Ritzenthaler
      • Design Street in Plainwell
      • Drawing and Painting Classes: see tabs >
        • Niki McNeil: Art Journaling and Zentangle
        • Calligraphy: Lettering By Hand
        • Jill Dodge: Elementary Art
        • Kim Bollman: Elements of Design
        • JLN Studios: Acrylic, Watercolor and Pastels
        • Starlight Studio
      • Jewelry /Beadwork >
        • Beadwork: with Kim Bollman
        • Jewelry and Chain Maille with Kim Bollman
      • FLC: Art and Culture Around the World
      • GVNCP: Backyard Art Zoom
      • Krasl Art Center
      • Photography and Videography >
        • Adventures in Photography with Katie
        • Photography or Videography with Robert Ritzenthaler
      • Glass >
        • Jill Dodge: Glass Fusing
      • Water Street Glassworks >
        • Water Street Glassworks
    • Chess >
      • Chess: Niles
    • Dance: Fine Arts >
      • Bangor and Coloma Dance Studios
      • Benton Harbor Dance Studios
      • Decatur Dance Studios
      • Dowagiac Dance Studios
      • Niles Dance Studios
      • Sawyer Dance Studios
      • South Haven Dance Studios
      • St. Joseph Dance Studios
      • Stevensville Dance Studios
    • CTE: Career and Technical Education
    • Foreign Languages >
      • Lotus Chinese Classes
      • I Heart Chinese
      • I Heart Spanish
      • Conversational Italian
    • Humanities >
      • Historical Arts & Technology >
        • Birchbank Farm - Textiles
        • Jill Dodge: Ancient Secrets of Quillling
      • Re-enactment Arts >
        • Ground Zero: Archery
    • Life Skills >
      • Cooking >
        • Joel Bennett: Beginning and Advanced Baking
      • Crochet: with Niki McNeil
      • Jill Dodge: Leather Tooling
      • Sewing and Textiles >
        • Robin English: Sewing and Quilting
        • Birchbank Farm: Sewing
    • Music >
      • Music Lessons: Independent Music Study >
        • Voice
        • Piano
        • Violin
        • Cello
        • Guitar
        • Percussion
        • Other Instruments
      • Music Lessons: Group >
        • Berrien Springs Public School - Band or Choir
        • Dave Carlock's FRS Program
        • Kalamazoo Music School/Jazz & Creative Institute
        • Citadel : Kindermusik and Ukulele Classes
        • The Music Academies - Niles
        • West Michigan Homeschool Fine Arts
        • Shoreline Music Classes
    • Nature/Environment >
      • Birding and Beyond
      • Love Creek: Outdoor Explorers
      • Homesteading 101
      • GVNCP: Habitats and Wildlife
    • Physical Education >
      • Gymnastics >
        • Elite Sports Academy
        • Infinite Gymnastics at Andrews
        • Power In Motion
        • The Club for Gymnastics
        • YMCA gymnastics
      • Martial Arts
      • Physical Fitness & Sports >
        • Basketball >
          • Basketball: Niles with Dan Oates
        • CrossFit
        • Functional Fitness
        • Hockey: Youth League
        • Ice Skating: Learn to Skate: Garden Ice Arena
        • Midwest Performance Academy
        • Physical Fitness Classes at the BH/SJ YMCA
        • Physical Fitness Classes at the Niles-Buchanan YMCA
        • Softball: Dugout Dolls
      • 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
    • Vocational Education >
      • Birchbank Farm: Landscaping and Art Education
      • Tom Hurst: Woodworking
      • Bicycle Repair
      • Lifeguarding 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
    • CTE
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