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Mini Courses at FSK
Francis Scott Key School offers three or four Mini Course sessions at the middle grades level per year. Each session schedules a one hour weekly class (meeting) for four or five weeks. At FSK Mini Courses serve a multitude of purposes: exploring new hobbies and interests, fostering cross-team familiarity, building new adult-child relationships. During Mini Courses, students work in small groups with teachers, adult volunteers, support staff, and even other students to study areas of common interest.
Sample Descriptions of Mini Courses at FSK
Join other Trekkies as you watch the best episodes of this ever popular television series. Explore the characters and learn more about what goes on behind the scenes.
Some of America's favorite board games come to FSK. Learn to play with flair. Beat your friends and challenge your parents.
Walk around the community getting exercise and listening to tunes on our Walkmans.
A new drawing challenge every week. Sometimes we even play computer games. But, you must be able to use your mind to solve the problems presented by our games. This is not for those who like arcade type games. Thinking skills required.
Everyone likes to play ball - especially this time of the year. Whiffle ball allows us to play outdoors or inside.
Watch highlights and programs which were important parts of television entertainment over the last 50 years, comparing and discussing past and present programming.
Take turns painting the nails of your friends. Each week you will have a chance to have your fingernails painted and try painting the nails of a friend. Learn the proper manner in which to complete a manicure. (Girls only.)
Learn from the master chess player at FSK, how to play the game that has challenged people for thousands of years. You can be a beginner or an advanced player to join in this mini course. The best players can enter the city-wide chess tournament and win prizes and trophies.
Bring your favorite kite, your string, (and a lawn chair?). Compete against other students in this Mini Course for prizes. You must have your own equipment to sign up for this Mini Course.
Make a fancy project - use colored embroidery thread to hand sew colorful pictures onto a fabric square.
Make craft items that are suitable for different activities. Lots of fun and practical too!
This is a choral group made up of students willing to perform for this school year's closing activities. Only those students who have already signed up with Mrs. Kasmerek may participate.
Uno, War, Spades, Hearts, Rummy, and other card games will be played by the people who join this group. Learn a new game or just improve your skills in an old favorite.
Just as the name says, this is a mini course for those who like to play games that require little or no noise. Board games, cards, and other such games will be explored here.
The Game of 24 requires the people playing to use their math skills to solve problems whose answer is always 24. You have to supply the means to make the problems come out to be 24. You have to be good to win, but not to have fun.
A follow up to the New Hampshire experience. Trip participants only.
America's favorite board game comes to FSK. Learn to play with flair. Beat your friends and challenge your parents. (Bring your board if you have one.)
Members of the Girls Soccer Team have been assigned to participate in this course.
Can straight lines really make curves and circles? Come find out while making colorful string art designs.
Team competition abounds in this fast-paced style of softball. (Bring your glove if you have one.)
This good ol' fashion singing will include love songs, gospel and modern music.
A small group of students will photograph and videotape Mini Course activities to produce a video documentary program about all of our Mini Courses.
The FSK Lacrosse team will be the participants in this fast-paced Mini Course.
The focus of this Mini Course will be on outdoor activities to promote teamwork, self esteem, improved frustration tolerance and communication skills.
Learn some popular cheers and how to perform as a team.
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