Project Based Learning Electives provided by the Berrien Springs Virtual Academy
Circle C Stables: Building in Nature Fall 2024
All students must complete a project for this class. This class does not include riding lessons.
Come and join this exciting class at Circle C stables with Cindy Nimtz!
Students will spend class time in a warm, heated classroom and insulated indoor arena. We will explore nature through the building of various projects that can be used in your own backyards and gardens.
Format: In Person
Location: Circle C Stables
905 Pine Hills Ln., Benton Harbor
5 miles from I-94 Exit 39 or a beautiful country drive from Pipestone exit
Phone: 269-468-3293
Email: circlecstable00@gmail.com
Website: circlecstable.com
Additional Registration is not required at the site but we will ask participants and their guardians to fill out a liability release form at the beginning of the first class.
Building in Nature:
This class will be found under the Nature Category in registration.
Wednesdays, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Classes run September 11 - October 30
Ages: 6-13
We will explore nature through the building of various projects that can be used in your own backyards and gardens. We will build bird houses, plant stake signs, and bug houses just to name a few. With each project, we will learn the importance use of them in your garden/backyard and some basic wood working skills such as drilling, hammering, sanding and wood gluing!
Each week’s class centers around a different project that could be used in your garden or your backyard. We will learn why the project is valuable to Nature and the proper skills needed to build the project. We will be outside during each class, but we do have an indoor classroom to use if needed.
Once students have taken a full year of one class, they must switch to another.
*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
