The Center for Excellence at Hutchison | Workshops, Classes, Lessons

FOR MORE INFORMATION

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Amanda Killen

Center for Excellence Co-Director

(901) 507-2460
Brianna Lofton

Center for Excellence Co-Director

(901) 507-2489

TUESDAY OFFERINGS

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How Does Your Garden Grow? FULL - WAITLIST ONLY

SESSION I - TUESDAYS, FEB 16-MAR 30 | 3-4 PM
For Hutchison girls in grades 1-2

Spend time outside learning the basics of vegetable, fruit, and flower gardening. What zone do we live in? Where should we plant? How much do we water? Paint and plant a flower pot, make garden markers, build a recycled garden on our farm, and taste some of the yummy fruits of our labor in this action-packed class.

**Masks are required and must be worn, at all times, in order to participate in Center for Excellence classes.

SESSION I
For Hutchison girls in grades 1-2
Date/Time: Tuesdays, February 16-March 30; 3:00-4:00 pm
Instructors: Heather Fontana (Kindergarten Teacher) and
Mary Riddle (Director of Environmental Education & Sustainability)
Cost: $150

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How Does Your Garden Grow? FULL - WAITLIST ONLY

SESSION II - TUESDAYS, APR 6-MAY 11 | 3-4 PM
For Hutchison girls in kindergarten

Spend time outside learning the basics of vegetable, fruit, and flower gardening. What zone do we live in? Where should we plant? How much do we water? Paint and plant a flower pot, make garden markers, build a recycled garden on our farm, and taste some of the yummy fruits of our labor in this action-packed class.

**Masks are required and must be worn, at all times, in order to participate in Center for Excellence classes.

SESSION II
For Hutchison girls in kindergarten
Date/Time: Tuesdays, April 6-May 11; 3:00-4:00 pm
Instructors: Heather Fontana (Kindergarten Teacher) and
Mary Riddle (Director of Environmental Education & Sustainability)
Cost: $150

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Pottery Intensive

TUESDAYS, FEB 16-APR 27 | 3-4:15 PM
For Hutchison girls in grades 3-4

Develop creative concepts in clay. Learn the techniques of throwing on the wheel, hand building, and combining altered forms.

**Masks are required and must be worn, at all times, in order to participate in Center for Excellence classes.

Date/Time: Tuesdays, February 16-April 27; 3:00-4:15 pm
Instructors: Kristi Duckworth (Ceramist and Painter)
Cost: $225

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WEDNESDAY OFFERINGS

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Artist Workshop

WEDNESDAYS, FEB 3-MAR 17 | 3-4 pm
For Hutchison girls in grades 3-4

Explore the basics of drawing, painting, sculpting & collage. This six-week art class is filled with projects and activities that will develop your art skills and your creativity!

**Masks are required and must be worn, at all times, in order to participate in Center for Excellence classes.

Date/Time: Wednesdays, February 3-March 17; 3:00-4:00 pm
Instructors: Martha Berge (Lower School Art Teacher)
Cost: $150

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Orff Ensemble

WEDNESDAYS, FEB 3-APR 14 | 3-3:45 pm
For Hutchison girls in grades 3-4

The Orff Ensemble is for students who love to move, speak, listen to and play music... and make stuff up! In this highly creative ensemble, young musicians will play a wide variety of unpitched and pitched percussion instruments. Students will create theme- or story-based performances based on their development of learned repertoire and their own creative ideas.

**Masks are required and must be worn, at all times, in order to participate in Center for Excellence classes.

Date/Time: Wednesdays, February 3-April 14; 3:00-3:45 pm
Instructors: Rachel Randall (Lower School Music Teacher)
Cost: $200

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FRIDAY OFFERINGS

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Choose Your Own Adventure: A Storytelling Workshop

FRIDAYS, FEB 19-MAY 7 | 3-5 PM
For Hutchison girls in grades 1-2

Students will create their own characters, with their own special strengths. They will learn and practice using the elements of storytelling to create their own fun exciting adventures, within their own unique worlds. Skills focused on in this course include creativity, teamwork, improv, character, and story development and will include elements of performance and some light memorization. In between classes will be miniature ‘home-adventure’ assignments, where students will submit short videos, via FlipGrid, to answer a question, respond to a topic, or complete a “special mission.”

**Masks are required and must be worn, at all times, in order to participate in Center for Excellence classes.

Date/Time: Fridays, February 19-May 7; 3:00-5:00 pm
Instructors: Marques Brown (Theater Technical Director and Teacher)
Cost: $200

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Theater Workshop: Hansel and Gretel FULL - WAITLIST ONLY

FRIDAYS, FEB 5-APR 30 | 3-4:15 PM
For Hutchison girls in grades 3-4

**Masks are required and must be worn, at all times, in order to participate in Center for Excellence classes.

Dates/Times: Fridays, February 5-April 30; 3:00-4:15 pm (in person). Additional virtual production meetings Mondays or Tuesdays at 4:30 pm.
Instructor: Anne Marie Caskey (Theatre Artistic Director)
Cost: $225

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