Middle School & High School

Tutor: Larissa Reed

This class will include elements of art history and classical artists. Also, the students will learn about contemporary artist’s who are making vibrant works while incorporating the elements of art. The students will be introduced to new art mediums and new ways to use familiar ones.  This class relies heavily on drawing to improve hand/eye coordination and observation skills. The students will create projects inspired by other artists and art movements. Often, the projects will take multiple classes to complete, helping to develop abilities applicable to other areas of life. **Face masks are required for this class**

Tutor: Anthony Bokoles  

If you have a student that’s interested in guitar or music this could be the class for them! We will be going over how to play the guitar, the parts of the instrument, music theory, and scales! Everything you need to not only start playing but continue into a confident and professional guitar player! Your student can start there journey to guitar mastery starting this semester. 

Tutor: Anthony Bokoles

In this class we will go over not only the history and significance of the computer, but also how to use them to make incredible things such as websites and video games. By the end of the school year your student will have made a complete website and a basic video game of their choice! This course for all skill levels middle through high school! 

Tutor: Hope Bokoles

This Middle School/High School class will be an adventure in cooking styles and cuisines.  We will learn basic safety in the kitchen and focus on proper food preparation to ensure food safety. We will cover skills necessary for preparing a recipe to include reading a recipe, measurements, and proper utensils necessary to complete a recipe.   We will explore foods from various countries and have several ethnic meals to serve to guest.  We will plan meals course by course and make dishes from each course.  We will discover spices and their various uses.  We will learn about food from a health and nutritional viewpoint and prepare foods that are good for us.  We of course will enjoy making sweet treats, salads, side dishes, main courses, and holiday foods as well.  Each student will create their own cookbook from recipes in class and shared by fellow classmates. This will be a keepsake they can use for years to come.   This class will be very hands on and each student will participate in all food creations.  Students will have the opportunity to create dishes from various categories at home and bring in for the class to try.  Don’t worry we also cover cleaning up so your chef will know what to do at home! 

Book List:  

Eat Your Way Around the World by Jamie Aramini

Eat Your Way Through The USA by Loree Pettit

The Science of Cooking by Stuart Farrimond

Tutor: Jess Sauer   

English II: Literature and Composition is a study of the major topics and themes across the history of world literature. Students will focus on the major literary forms of England and America, analyze literary themes and trends, and research and compose written assignments including a Literary Analysis.  Topics: narrative writing, cultural difference, theme, author’s purpose, diction, figurative language, context, Short Stories, non-fiction essays, poetry and plays (Shakespeare), allegory, symbolism, and Greek Mythology. Writing assignments:   ●  Comparison Essay   ●  Literary Analysis   ●  Poetry response- Poetry writing   ●  Poetry comparison/device essay

    Tutor: Anthony Bokoles

In this class your student will learn not only learn the basics of how to compose, shoot, and edit their photos but how to morph them into moving images and stories in the video segment of the class. Your student will learn how to do everything from taking portraits to running a real film set, and making a short film!  This course is for any age middle through high school, and any experience level! We hope to see you at PLA in 2023.

Tutor: Poem Bokoles & Eric Massengill

“Musical theatre is great; you get painted up...and you sing. The joy alone of that can really carry a lot.” This course will be split between the two subjects each week. Students will receive instruction in both choir and drama. The class is designed to enhance the musical, dramatic, creative, and expressive qualities of all students. Musical and theatrical opportunities will be provided for each student to learn skills in acting, singing, broadening listening and creative abilities, and experiencing the interrelated nature of music and theatre. Students will build on these skills during each class and have the opportunity to stage a musical during the academic year on a TBD date. Please note that additional rehearsals may be necessary.

Tutor: Kimberly Dady  

American Sign Language- Level 2 A continuation of American Sign Language 1. Topics include: basic vocabulary, grammar, history, fingerspelling, numbers, terminology, and Deaf culture. This course is a joint in-person/online study.  I will cover the above topics plus there will be outside projects and research papers.  Participation and signing in class are required for a passing grade in addition to completing homework and scoring well on tests and quizzes. I am hoping this year we will be able to interact more with the Deaf Community either by Zoom meetings or in person. 

Tutor: Shelby Hazzard 

Middle School and High School Spanish