Teachers

Michelle Morris (Wild About Nature)

Michelle graduated from Bridgewater College with a BS in Biology and Education.  She worked as an intern for the Department of Environmental Quality in the water quality department on several different projects.  She also taught 6th and 7th grade science for four years at Shenandoah Elementary School and is most passionate about life sciences.  She is very excited to introduce this class at Stepping Stones this summer!

Dia Russell (Fitness)

Stretch-n-Grow (SNG) is a world-wide fitness program designed especially for kids! Dia Russell has owned and operated the local SNG program for 2 ½ years. Dia is a wife and home-schooling mom to two wonderful girls. She and her staff are all fitness enthusiasts with a passion for sharing that enthusiasm with kids. Knowing that healthy kids have a better chance of becoming healthy adults, Stretch-n-Grow classes instill good habits by making fitness fun! All coaches are Youth Fitness Certified and CPR/1st Aid certified.

Jeanine Underwood (Pottery)

Jeanine has worked with clay for more than 20 years. She has a bachelor’s degree in english from Eastern Mennonite University where she took her first formal pottery classes. Since then, she has taken classes at the Carnegie Museum of Art and at James Madison University with renowned ceramic artist Masako Miata. Jeanine has done production pottery on the wheel, but her passion is hand building and sculpture. She is excited to be introducing Stepping Stones chi ldren to the ancient world of clay.

Dorothy Scheel (Art)

Dorothy received her degree from Michigan State University majoring in art, history and education. She taught in the public school system while living in Michigan, has been teaching art to home school groups for 17 years, and part-time at Stepping Stones and Redeemer Classical School since their inception.

Join in the Fun!

Stepping Stones at Redeemer Classical School is a program of enrichment classes taught from a classical Christian perspective — a program which seeks to cultivate a love of WISDOM, a passion for TRUTH and a delight in BEAUTY. Discipline, joy, respect, diligence and integrated thinking make their way into each lesson as experienced teachers guide students in their explorations of the exciting world around us.

These once-a-week classes are held on Tuesday afternoons from Tuesday September 21 through Tuesday December 7 (no classes Thanksgiving week). Student work will be featured in Redeemer Classical School's Christmas program on December 9th. All classes are $125, which includes a T-shirt and classroom supplies.

Register by Sept 10th at the early enrollment rate of only $110 per class!

Class Schedule

Classes

Wild About Nature

Michelle Morris

B: 1st-3rd Grade
During this class we will explore bugs, animals, and other exciting things in nature through hands-on experiences and fun crafts. Through our imagination, we will hang out with black bears and learn how they live in their environment. We will create our very own endangered species and learn about some that live in our own back yards. Guest speakers will visit our classroom habitat and add to all the fun things we will discover in nature. Let's explore fun science together!

C: 4th-6th Grade
During this class we will explore bugs, animals, and other exciting things in nature through hands-on experiences, projects, and imagination while having lots of fun. We will visit “Science Court” and participate as commentators to predict how the jury will vote. Through imagination we will hang out with black bears and learn how they live in their special environment. You will create your very own endangered species and learn about some that live in our own back yards. Guest speakers will visit our classroom habitat and add to all the fun things we are discovering in nature. We will come up with a science fair project to complete together. Get ready for fun science!

Pottery

Jeanine Underwood

B: 1st - 3rd Grade
C: 4th - 6th Grade

Hand-building with Clay: This class is for both the beginner and intermediate student. Students who have worked with clay before will build on their previous experience but students who have never worked in clay will delve into the fascinating world of ceramic arts. We will explore the basics of hand-building techniques such as making a pinch pot, a coil pot and building with slabs. Students will learn the skills of working with clay and the terminology to describe the processes that they learn. We will do sculptural projects like creating a giant bug, and utilitarian projects like buildi ng our own treasure chests.

Stretch-N-Grow Fitness

Dia Russell

A: Pre-K - K
All new adventures await our youngest Stretch-n-Grow “Stars”! Combining physical fitness activities and health lessons with an action packed themed adventure makes for a very exciting (and tiring) class! You never know “where” we’ll go or “who” we’ll be during class, but we will have a great time being fit and learning the importance and value of making good health choices!

B: 1st - 3rd Grade
Too old for our youngest class, and not quite old enough for the intensity of Boot Camp, our early elementary Stars will enjoy the best of both worlds! Each class will have an adventure theme to it, but will also include more advanced exercises, team work, character elements, and health components.

C: 4th - 6th Grade
Stretch-n-Grow Boot Camp awaits our oldest stars! This is an energizing and exciting class where everyone gives their personal best (regardless of fitness and/or skill level). Emphasis will be placed on character, team work, respect (for self, coach, and peers), and, of course, good clean, heart-healthy fun!

Timeline in Art

Dorothy Scheel

A: PreK - K
B: 1st - 3rd Grade

Come and travel through time, and look at art from the beginning of the "common era" to the 1400's. We will investigate the art developments of European culture from the early church, Byzantine, Book of Kells, oil paint and how it changed the way artists portrayed nature and people, all through the famous works of artists. This is a continuation of last year's "Timeline in Art" class, but you are welcome to join us at any point in the journey!