Excalibur High School Classes

Fall 2010
for Members and Associates

University Baptist Church - Thursday mornings

(UBC Huntsville COOP)

Note: There are a few classes that will not be held at UBC nor or Thursday as noted below >>>.

Courses not Taught at UBC Huntsville COOP

How to Register

Call Mynette Eledui (256) 837-2851 or email meledui@gmail.com

Note:

• There is a non-refundable registration fee (includes last year’s utility fee) of $40.00 per student for the year and includes a golf shirt with the Excalibur logo to wear to classes with which the student must wear khaki pants or knee-length skirt.  Can be paid $20 per student per semester.  Additional shirts may be ordered for $15.00. Similarly designed T-shirts, though not suitable for class, are available for $10 during the fall registration drive. Ladies cut shirts are available in the adult sizes for an additional $2.00 which must be added to the registration fee.
  
  
• Non-Excalibur families who wish to take classes may become Excalibur Associate members. Cost is $100 for one semester and $175 for two semesters.
   
• Unlike last year, class registration fees will not be paid directly to the teacher but should be mailed to Excalibur.
  
  
• Payment for Excalibur enrollment or reenrollment should not be included in checks covering Class registration but should be separate checks made out simply to Excalibur. Check payment for class registration should be made out to Excalibur Classes.
  
  
• Mail both (if necessary) to

  Excalibur Registration
  107 Kannon Drive
  Madison, AL 35758

Details by Teacher/Course

Study Hall: 1st and 2nd Period

Pam Anderson | 256-971-0108 | mpandersn@gmail.com

Pam Anderson is a homeschool mom of three children.  She is a 1988 graduate of Bob Jones University with a B.A. degree in fine art/graphic design.  She has been teaching private and group art lessons for 18 years.

Beginning Art: 9:00-10:30 2 Semesters. ½ credit/semester

Location: UBC Huntsville COOP

Audience: Grades 8-12

Fee: $115/semester.

Description: This class will provide 90 minutes of art instruction per week based on theory and basic drawing techniques. We study great artists and explore many exciting topics including: the value scale, basic drawing techniques, shading skills, eye-hand coordination, negative and positive space, perspective, color theory, and much more!

Text: Supply fee $20. Please bring a 11x14 spiral bound drawing pad to each class--everything else will be provided.

Larry Bond |256-325-1500| larry.bond@knology.net|

Civics: Cancelled

Location: UBC Huntsville COOP

Audience: Grades 8-11.

Fee: $100/semester.

Description: This is an introductory study of Government (local, state, national, and comparative governments) Economics.  It is a prerequisite to Mr. Bond’s Government and Economic classes. $100 per semester.  Grade 8-11

Text: To Be Announced Soon

Bible History & Geography: Cancelled

Location: UBC Huntsville COOP

Audience: Grades 8-12.

Fee: $100/semester

Description: This course will teach the students to think through the Old Testament, understanding the characters, stories, and places that are essential to understanding the New Testament. $100 per semester.

Text: The Bible, TBD

Leviathan versus the Constitution: 2 Semesters. (This course will also be taught to Highschool students under the title Honors History & Writing. see next course.

Location: Madison

Audience: Adults.

Fee: $50/semester

Description: Freedom requires vigilance. This course will help each student understand the ideological forces at work in the destruction of our freedoms and will present options for restoring them.

This a study of the conflict between Hamilton’s and Jefferson’s views of the Constitution from the founding of the nation to the present.

Hamilton wanted a strong central government with as much power as possible centered in the chief executive whereas Jefferson fought for a strict construction of the Constitution that would preserve individual liberties.

Prerequisite: Familiarity with the Constitution and the Bill of Rights would be helpful as well as a basic understanding of Economics though a basic review of the Constitution and economics will be included in the class.

An excellent primer for Economics is Thomas Sowell’s Basic Economics. Though quite long at 650 pages, it is very readable with no charts, graphs, or equations. Henry Hazlitt’s Economics in One Lesson is a much shorter introduction suitable for adults. 

Text: TBA

NOTE: You must register for this course directly with the instructor. 256-325-1500, Cell 256-655-7295.

Kathy Bond & Larry Bond |256-325-1500| larry.bond@knology.net , kmbond@knology.net |

Honors History & Writing: 9:00-12:00 2 Semesters. 1 credit/semester

Note: 1/2 credit per semester will be given in both English (Writing) and Social Studies (American History, Government, Economics) for 2 units of Honors credit for the year.

Location: Madison

Audience: Advanced Highschoolers

Prerequisites: Students should have completed American History or be taking it concurrently. Familiarity with the Constitution and the Bill of Rights would be helpful as well as a basic understanding of Economics, though a basic review of the Constitution and economics will be included in the class.

An excellent primer for Economics is Thomas Sowell’s Basic Economics. Though quite long at 650 pages, it is very readable (the easiest and clearest explanation I’ve found for high school students). Reading this book and answering the questions would qualify the student for the required ½ credit of high school economics (call me for more on this). 

Fee: $225/semester.

Description: Same course as Leviathan versus the Constitution mentioned above for adults but it is combined with essay and research writing component. It is a study of the conflict between Alexander Hamilton’s and Thomas Jefferson’s views of the Constitution from the founding of the nation to the present. Hamilton wanted a strong central government with as much power as possible centered in the chief executive whereas Jefferson fought for a strict construction of the Constitution that would preserve individual liberties.

Freedom requires vigilance. This course will help each student understand the ideological forces at work in the destruction of our freedoms and will present options for restoring them. This course is highly recommended for advanced college-bound students.

 

Laureanne Bond |256-617-0241| bondlau@auburn.edu

Laureanne Bond, Master of Science from Auburn,  has experience teaching horticulture to K-12 students during her internship at Fayetteville School and other biological and botanical sciences to college students as a teaching assistant at Auburn.

Biology Section1: 1st thru 2nd Period 1 Semester. 1 credit, [Min. 6, Max.12]

Location: UBC Huntsville COOP

Biology Section2: Wednesday, 8:45 - 11:45 1 Semester. 1 credit, [Min. 6, Max.12]

Location: Madison

Audience: Grades Mature 8-12.

Fee: $200/semester

Description: 3 hours of lab once per week. This class will be taught in block form, finishing the full credit course in one semester. Note: Another section of this class will be taught from 1:00 - 4:00 on Tuesday afternoon in Madison.

Text: Exploring Creation: Biology (Apologia) second edition. Book only.

Cost for entire course (one credit semester): $200 (can be paid in four payments of $50 per month)  plus lab fee $20. Lab fee and first month due at registration.

Applied Horticulture: Wednesday 1:00 - 4:00 1 Semester. 1 credit.

Location: TBD in central Huntsville area.

Audience: Grades Mature 8-12.

Description: 3 hours of lab once per week. This class will be taught in block form, finishing the full credit course in one semester.

Horticulture is the science or art of cultivating fruits, vegetables, flowers, or ornamental plants. It combines the knowledge of biology, botany, chemistry, and sometimes physics to explore, create, and enjoy the wealth of the planet's natural resources. Learning horticulture makes the other sciences come alive as they are applied. Engaging in communitry resources and utilizing scientific methods, Laureanne will work on developing skills in production, design, and maintenance.  No prerequisites. Counts as one science credit for the semester.

Fee: $200 or four payments of $50 per month (the first due at registration). .

Text: None

Gloria Powell Gasser| powell.gloria@gmail.com

American Literature: 1st Period 2 Semesters. ½ credit/semester, [Min. 6, Max. 12]

Location: UBC Huntsville COOP

Audience: Grades 9-12.

Fee: $100/semester.

Description: In this class, we will cover the classic American Literature works ranging from Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter to The Red Badge of Courage and even To Kill a Mockingbird.  The course will focus mainly on the literature and the surrounding time period. Assessment will be through in class participation (discussion based), writing, and tests. I will teach some grammar, vocabulary, and writing as needed as a supplement to studying the literature, but this should not be considered a writing course per se. Please note: this is a reading and discussion based class. Students should expect to read a lot.

Text: (Prentice Hall, The American Experience, year 1989, ISBN: 0136986145) and various novels.

Latin: 2nd Period 2 Semesters. ½ credit/semester, [Min. 6, Max. 12]

Location: UBC Huntsville COOP

Audience: Grades 9-12. Fee: $100/semester.

Description: In this class, we will begin to learn the basics of Latin grammar through the use of Wheelock Latin textbook (edition tbd). By the end of the year, students will know all the conjugations and declensions and will have learned all the indicative tenses.

Text: Wheelock's Latin, Edition TBD (Last Year's text: Wheelock's Latin, the 6th edition. > (ISBN # 0-06-095641-0)).

Melana Lashley | 701-6999 | melanaruth@gmail.com

Melana Lashley holds a Bachelor's Degree in Special Education from Jacksonville State University.  She earned teaching certifications in both Special Education for the Hearing Impaired and Mental Retardation.  She taught at Gardendale High School before coming home to begin her career as a "Domestic Engineer".  She has taught numerous Sign Language classes in not only educational settings, but in religious and community settings as well.

Mrs. Lashley and her family moved into the Harvest area three years ago.  Her husband, Brian, is the Associate Pastor of Worship at Harvest Baptist Church.  The Lashley family has homeschooled for 8 years.

Beginning Sign Language: 2nd Period 2 Semesters. ½ credit/semester, [Min. 6, Max. 17]

Location: UBC Huntsville COOP

Audience: Grades 6-12.

Fee: $50.00 Middle School, $60.00 High School

Description:

Text: None- Students need a 1” loose leaf binder for teacher handouts

Sarah Pavlik |256-479-1189 | spwrites@yahoo.com

Sarah Pavlik has a bachelor’s degree in Journalism from UA at Huntsville. Before submitting to full-time motherhood, she worked as a freelance writer. She has been published in various publications including Today’s Christian Woman, Focus on the Family, The Huntsville Times, The Alabama Baptist, and The Alabama Business Journal. She also served as an Editor for the children’s newspaper, The Real News for Real Kids. This will be her ninth year of home schooling and the fourth year she has taught Write Time. Her desire is to glorify God by instilling confidence in young writers and fostering in them a love for one of God’s masterpieces—the written word.

HS Composition : 2nd Period 2 Semesters. ½ credit/semester, [Min. ?, Max. ?]

Location: UBC Huntsville COOP

Audience: high school.

Fee: $100/semester plus a one-time copy fee of $15. Discount available for siblings.

Description: One of the biggest laments of University professors is that incoming freshmen cannot write. This should not be. Writing is a formula, that once learned, students will use successfully throughout their academic careers. Write Time is a foundational composition class that teaches essential writing skills such as grammar, research, organization, descriptive and informative writing through assignments that build upon one another. By the end of the year, your child will have explored perspective and point of view, they will have written a Letter to the Editor, a book review, a news report, timed essays that will prepare them for the writing portion of the SATs, biographies, and compare/contrast essay to name a few. The final two months of the year will be dedicated to step-by-step instructions for writing a MLA-style research paper.

Write Time is open to students in grades six through twelve. Grading will be based on the student’s ability and experience and will vary accordingly. Students should expect between three to five hours of homework per week.

Text: None

Sheryl Vanderhoeven |256-776-3408|? p1s2c3s4@bellsouth.net

Sheryl has taught our middle school science classes for the last two years .

Physical Science: 1st Period 2 Semesters. ½ credit/semester

Location: UBC Huntsville COOP

Audience:

Fee: $100/semester.

Text: Exploring Creation with Physical Science by Jay Wyle (Apologia) Edition 2.  Students will need the book and workbook.

Heather Waye |256-325-0597 | hstubble@yahoo.com

Spanish 1: 1st Period 2 Semesters. ½ credit/semester, [Min. 6, Max. 16]

Location: UBC Huntsville COOP

Audience: Grades 7-12.

Fee: $90/semester.

Description: Beginning Spanish – Introduction to the language with emphasis on vocabulary, verb conjugation and basic conversation.

Text: Dicho y Hecho  Beginning Spanish 5th Edition by Laila M. Dawson and Albert C. Dawson.  (ISBN 0-471-14018-x)

Text: 5th Edition Dicho y Hecho Beginning Spanish Workbook and Lab Manual (ISBN 0-471-14017-1)

You can find these books used on half.com. I found my set for $1.50!! The packaged CD or audio tape is not necessary. The textbook is hardback and is blue and tan with a picture of the Earth on the cover. The workbook is paperback and is all blue with the same picture. Feel free to contact me with any questions. 325-0597

Spanish 2: 2nd Period 2 Semesters. ½ credit/semester, [Min. 6, Max. 16]

Location: UBC Huntsville COOP

Audience: Grades 7-12.

Prerequisite:  Completed Spanish 1 or equivalent

Fee: $90/semester.

Description: Intermediate Spanish – Continuing with more complex verb tenses and increased ability to speak fluently.

Text: Dicho y Hecho  Beginning Spanish 5th Edition by Laila M. Dawson and Albert C. Dawson.  (ISBN 0-471-14018-x)

Text: 5th Edition Dicho y Hecho Beginning Spanish Workbook and Lab Manual (ISBN 0-471-14017-1)

You can find these books used on half.com. I found my set for $1.50!! The packaged CD or audio tape is not necessary. The textbook is hardback and is blue and tan with a picture of the Earth on the cover. The workbook is paperback and is all blue with the same picture. Feel free to contact me with any questions. 325-0597

Last updated June 2, 2010