HOME SCHOOL ELECTIVES
Enriching the Homeschool Experience for Your Student
Robotics Programs
Friday Mornings, 9:00 - 10:30, $100 per month
Students join the global FIRST robotics community, and they move past Lego to construct more advanced metal machines. The programming is more challenging, and the game more sophisticated. In this competition, your students are breaking into new territory in their journey to becoming engineers!
First Robotics Tech Challenge, Grades 9-12
Friday Mornings, 9:00 - 10:30, $75 per month
Each year, TCEA (fall semester) and Texas Tech's College of Engineering (spring semester) host challenging, imaginative and fun robotics competitions. Students build and program their own robots to complete a series of tasks using Lego's EV3 system and technic bricks. They'll learn collaboration skills, problem solving and how to overcome the complexities of interaction between the digital and physical worlds!
TCEA and GEAR Robotics Grades 5 - 8
Friday Mornings, 9:00 - 10:30, $50 per month
Students join the global FIRST robotics community, and use the Lego WeDo 2.0 system to build and program their own robots. They'll learn how to design and implement their own solutions to problems and collaborate just like real engineers.
First Explore Robotics Grades 3-4
3-D Printing, Wood Shop and Computer Programming Languages
3-D Printing, Grades 5 -12
Friday Mornings 10:30 - 12:00, $75 per Month
Students learn to design their own 3D projects using TINKERCAD. They'll begin exploring the limitations and workarounds associated with 3-D printing and sharpen their problem-solving skills to make their ideas become reality using our Prusa 3-D printers!
Wood Shop, Grades 6-12
Friday Mornings 10:30 - 12:00, $75 per Month
New this school year! Students will learn to work with a variety of woods, stains, tools and hardware to create functional items they'll keep forever!
Computer Languages, Grades 5-12
Friday Mornings 10:30 - 12:00, $75 per Month
Students will learn to program the Sphero Robot and create animations using JavaScript. They'll also learn HTML and CSS, using them in concert to create a functioning website they can keep and update for years to come.
The Bible and How to Read It
Students in Grades 6 - 12, Parents also Welcome!
Friday Mornings 8:00-9:00, $15 per month
There's no better book ever written, no written work more worthy of our attention. Students learn the overarching story of the Bible, how to read the various genres within, how to use historical and literary context to find the authors' original intent and make appropriate application to our lives today. They'll do all of this over a light breakfast in a fun, conversational setting.
Sports Lab
Students in Grades 3 - 12
Tuesday and Thursday Afternoons, 1:00-2:15, $35 per month
Your kiddo will learn the fundamentals of a variety of traditional sports and how to enjoy competing in an encouraging environment. Our goals are to develop a wide range of athletic capabilities and contagious sportsmanship so that sports can be what they're meant to be: fun!
September and October - Kickball and Baseball
November and December - Tennis and Racquetball
January and February - Basketball and Dodgeball
March and April - Soccer and Ultimate Frisbee
May - Volleyball
Gardening
Students in Grades 3 - 12, Parents also Welcome!
Wednesday Afternoon 1:00-2:15, $35 per month
Students work to renovate and maintain Pampa's Community Garden. Guided by master gardeners, they'll plan the layout, prepare the soil and grow produce from seed to delicious, satisfying produce.