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No Class

Date: 11/21

Comic and basic animation classes will focus on engaging each students' creativity individually but also emphasizing on activities that are done collaboratively as a class. Each session will be an hour. The session will open up with a 5-10 minute ice-breaker activity, where students are required to draw still forms from their surroundings with dialogues or character expressions, this allows the class to know how their fellow students are doing and how to be supportive towards their peer group. This activity also sets pace for the main topic of the session, which lasts for 20-30 minutes. The main themes in this class range from understanding and drawing basic comic elements, to character design and personalities, character facial expressions, gestures, the use of emanata lines, sound effects, dialogues and thought bubbles, self-made flip books, basics of animation, to web publishing formats for comics online (The themes are appropriated to class age and size). The last 5-10 minutes of the class are for questions that students may have or an overall class critique on the work done by the students. The critiquing is always constructive, to make the students realize their own potential as artists and storytellers.

I encourage students to use a positive tone in their comics as I or the educator help them with their dialogues in the lesson. The class emphasizes on every story being told, heard and respected. Students learn to appreciate and inspire each other through their diverse art styles and storytelling techniques.

Shuchi Mishra is the Comics and Basic Animation founder and owner. She graduated with a MFA in Comics from California College of the Arts in 2019. Since then she has been teaching comic and basic animation workshops at various schools in the Bay Area. Her curriculum focuses on visual storytelling, personal expression and exploration through images and words. She loves teaching comics and basic animation tools and techniques to kids as she feels that it broadens her students' imagination, improves their language and learning skills and deepens their understanding of complex subject matters such as diversity, culture, science, history, mathematics etc. by the simple use of sequential art. She's currently a comic artist in residence at the Writer's House Pittsburgh, PA and a teaching artist at the Carnegie Museum of Art. When she's not drawing or teaching, she is usually walking or hiking out in the wilderness. To know more about the artist, check out her website: www.shuchitamishra.com.

Tuesday Beginner Mandarin

Grades: K-6

Times: 3:30-4:30pm

12 Class

Dates: 9/19, 9/26, 10/3, 10/10, 10/17, 10/24, 10/31, 11/7, 11/14, 11/28, 12/5, 12/12

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Cost: $270.00

Min/Max Students: 3-10

Join this class for a safe welcoming environment to start learning Mandarin. This class is for those with little to no experience speaking Chinese.

No Class

Date: 11/21

CCLC classes foster a mastery of the basics of listening, speaking, reading and writing. Our classes encourage self-discipline and self-confidence for each student to reach their full potential.

The Chinese Cultural Learning Center teaches children of all ages with an emphasis on learning attitude and team work. The CCLC teaches phonetic pronunciation through Zhuyin. Our curriculum emphasizes simultaneous learning in Chinese culture and language.

This beginners class will focus on fun Mandarin Chinese instruction through active learning. Games and stories are incorporated into all lessons, which keep students engaged and relaxed. All teachers are native Taiwanese Mandarin speakers and have specifically developed activities, worksheets, and handouts. These are materials that cannot be found in textbooks or online.

Tuesday Experienced Mandarin

Grades: K-6

Times: 4:30-5:30pm

12 Class

Dates: 9/19, 9/26, 10/3, 10/10, 10/17, 10/24, 10/31, 11/7, 11/14, 11/28, 12/5, 12/12

Teacher/ Company

Information

Cost: $270.00

Min/Max Students: 3-10

Join this class for a safe welcoming environment to explore further in the beautiful Mandarin language. This class is for those with experience speaking Chinese.

No Class

Date: 11/21

CCLC classes foster a mastery of the basics of listening, speaking, reading and writing. Our classes encourage self-discipline and self-confidence for each student to reach their full potential.

The Chinese Cultural Learning Center teaches children of all ages with an emphasis on learning attitude and team work. The CCLC teaches phonetic pronunciation through Zhuyin. Our curriculum emphasizes simultaneous learning in Chinese culture and language.

This class will focus on fun Mandarin Chinese instruction through active learning. Games and stories are incorporated into all lessons, which keep students engaged and relaxed. All teachers are native Taiwanese Mandarin speakers and have specifically developed activities, worksheets, and handouts. These are materials that cannot be found in textbooks or online.

12 Class

Dates: 9/20, 9/27, 10/4, 10/11, 10/18, 10/25, 11/1, 11/8, 11/15, 11/29, 12/6, 12/13

Yoga & Wellness with Chels

Grades TK-2 ♦ 2:30-3:15pm

Grades 3-8 ♦ 3:15-4:00pm

Cost: $260.00

Min/Max Students: 4-15