AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM
Experiential Learning
Functionality You Will Love
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• Applicable Art
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• Gardening and Cultivation
Teaching fundamental artistic techniques with a variety of mediums, including sketching, acrylic painting, clay sculpture, block printing, tie dye, and so much more.
Starting from seed, the students learn to grow their own organic vegetables. Using both hydroponic gardening and soil, while exploring what plants need to grow and thrive the students get to taste the fruits of their labor.
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DIY and Self Sustainability
Lessons in how to make soap, shampoo, and other natural beauty products. They also explore the fast fashion industry, and how to up-cycle and re-purpose many household items, while also learning to sew and mend. The focus of this course is to learn about how to live more sustainably and all things DIY.
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Basic Cooking
Kitchen basics, such as food safety, knife skills, and how to cook and prepare simple meals. Starting with breakfast and moving through dinner and snacks, the students learn to be mindful yet independent in the kitchen.
After School
Education Program
Our in-person after school program offers educational support, four days a week for students in Park County. We also offer educational support once a week on Friday for students attending home-school/online education programs.
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In coordination with the current school schedule, our courses are Monday-Thursday 3:30-6:00.
Thanks to some outstanding community support, we are now able to offer the option of our program FREE OF CHARGE to parents! We do rely on community support, grants and sponsorships. Any and all contributions go directly to enriching our program and helping us continue our unique and unparalleled experience for Livingston students.
This program would typically cost $100 per day per student.
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Groups will consist of 6 students per instructor (12 students total per day).
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Due to restricted class size we
HIGHLY recommend you APPLY NOW!
Schedule & Curriculum
3:30pm-4:30pm Educational Support.
We will begin the afternoon giving students the opportunity to work with our instructors to ensure students have additional support with schoolwork.
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4:30pm-6:30pm Experiential Learning.
The rest of the evening will be spent learning practical application skills and then applying new skills to engaging and life-skill challenges.
For example, our first cycle for the fall session will be all about homemade beauty products.
In the future, we have plans to bring in local experts who will teach the students a variety of skills, such as changing their car oil, creating jewelry and so much more!
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Discovery Days!
Over the course of our program we will be taking field trips to local businesses and have local individuals visit our classrooms to help provide additional information and experience related to our current Experiential Learning Courses. If you, someone you know, or a local business/organization would be a great fit for our Discovery Days, please let us know!
What's expected ...
I. Students should arrive at our Classrooms located at 105 South 2nd Street in Livingston ready to participate and learn!
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II. Students should bring their current school work and the necessary items to successfully complete their assignments.
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What's included ...
I. Thanks to Hewlett-Packard CO. and our Montana Education grant, we will have individual HP Chromebooks with headsets for each student!
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II. We will provide all necessary materials for Experiential Learning Courses.
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III. Transportation to/from Discovery Days trips will be provided. If you would be willing to help with student shuttling for Discovery Day trips, please, let us know!
