We are delighted to offer most classes for less than $9 per week including supplies. Class prices cover one semester tuition and supplies. Workshops and Bible classes are always free. Browse all classes or skip to a section below. Please inquire for our scholarship application if needed.
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Nursery
Early Learning
Ages 4-7
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American Sign Language $70
9:00 am Some of the exciting things we will be learning together include:
- Basics: colors, numbers, ABC’s, and animals
- Food: which means we will be having snack times as well.
- Personal: family, feelings, and phrases
- Outside: we will be going outside to explore our environment, as well as learn signs for things we like to do outside
- Songs: we will learn signs to some songs we may already be singing as well as learn songs that may be new to us!
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LITTLE CHEF $80
10:00 am Do you have a little chef? Someone that loves to help out in the kitchen? Students will get hand on experience prepping, cooking, and assembling different meals while being exposed to different cultures, food groups, methods of food preparation all while being taught kitchen safety. Some lessons will include making bread and butter, French toast, salsa, chicken salad, and strawberry short cake! Kathryn Smith teaches this class.
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Weekly Wow Workshop $0
10:00 am Each week we wow our students with a free workshop led by a different instructor. Workshops we have held include: vet talk, fire safety, lowcountry animals, acting, dancing, music of various kinds, pilot talk, storytelling, and much more. Many workshops are geared towards ages 7-12.
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BIBLE: EQUIPPING CHILDREN WITH TRUTH $0
11:00 am Jesus said, "Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to these." Matthew 19:14
This year we will learn about God and what he says about us and to us through his word and through the lives of missionaries who have gone before us. Each week we will worship, read his word, and learn different attributes! Our prayer is that at the end of this school year each child has a better understanding of who they are in Christ and so much of God's word hidden in their hearts. Alyssa Urban teaches this class.
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Playground Hour $0
11:00 am Children enjoy the new playground in a safe and monitored environment. Children need unstructured time to play and work on their cognitive, social, emotional, and physical health. Friendships are solidified here. It has proven to be a wonderful time of fellowship for parents as well. This time is reserved for ages 0-5. Snacks and drinks are welcome.
Elementary
Ages 8-12
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LEGO StEAM $110
9:00 am This class will introduce kids to science, technology, engineering, art, and math (STEAM) skills, including understanding cause and effect relationships, making predictions and observations, problem-solving, and creating representations. Kids learn to think like scientists as they build models, and experiment and test ideas to answer important questions! Kathryn Smith teaches this class.
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Mixed Media Art $100
9:00 am Join us for a mixed media class which includes working with pastels, watercolor, charcoal, paper mâché, and more. Use invaluable elements of design to create quality pieces. Students will conduct peer to peer critique skills. Katie Seitzinger teaches this class.
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Weekly Wow Workshop $0
10:00 am Each week we wow our students with a free workshop led by a different instructor. Workshops we have held include: vet talk, fire safety, lowcountry animals, acting, dancing, music of various kinds, pilot talk, storytelling, and much more. Kate Vermilyea organizes these sessions.
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biblical worldview
11:00 am We have a desire to offer our cherished children serious tools to help equip them for the future. We all realize that “the world” will attack and try to disprove God’s perfect truth and the target is our children. With this in mind, we sought out a Bible curriculum that would teach our children to be able to find the truth on their own. No more carrying their Bible around like a golden brick. This year, the students will open and explore God’s word in deep meaningful ways in order to find truth. We will teach your child that when they are presented with a world view, whether via TV, social media, or in person, they are able to open God’s word and find direct, truthful answers. They will find that God’s truth is the only thing that matters. We desire their hearts be full of confidence in their beliefs and love for Christ. Our children are asking big questions in our present day culture, and they deserve big answers. We believe this curriculum will provide them with the skills they need to find those answers. Lisa & Ryan Taylor teach this class.
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American Sign Language $90
12:30 pm Learn this beautiful language in a fun and dynamic way. Students will learn about:
- Our environment will take us on a journey outside more than once!
- Food: you’ll not only learn the sign for it, but you’ll also get to eat it as well.
- Questions: Who? What? When? Where? Why? How?
- Sign languages: similarities & differences locally, regionally, nationally, & internationally.
- Activities: you will be doing some fun things with a partner, in a group, and with your family for an evening.
- Games: need I say more?
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Physical Education $30
12:30 pm We welcome Sports Outreach and their popular camp-style curriculum featuring character time, sports, fitness, group games, structured health time, and more. Quality physical education programs are needed to increase the physical competence, health-related fitness, self-responsibility, and enjoyment of physical activity for all students so that they can be active for a lifetime. We strive to bring this to our students along with fun and friendships. Christy Hale teaches this class with Ed Pulkinen from Sports Outreach.
Middle & High School
Ages 12-19
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Jr. Toastmasters $25
9:00 am Think Public Speaking is stressful? It doesn’t have to be… Come join Gina Denckhoff as she facilitates this exceptional opportunity for your students to be encouraged and have fun with their friends while gaining confidence speaking amongst their peers. The Junior Toastmasters program is an informal course in the arts of communication and leadership. The ability to clearly express your thoughts to others so that they are heard and understood is important if you want to participate in group discussions and decision-making activities. By participating, you will learn speaking and leadership skills that you will be able to use for the rest of your life. You’ll learn to:
- • Overcome the nervousness everyone feels when asked to speak before an audience
- • Organize and present your ideas logically and convincingly
- • Listen carefully to others’ ideas
- • Offer helpful advice that will help others improve their speaking and leadership skills
- • Participate in -and even lead- group discussions or meetings
Students will present a minimum of 2 speeches during the 12-week sessions (The number of speeches depends on the number of participants in the class). Each week students will also practice answering 1-2 minute impromptu questions, as well as hold a weekly “Toastmaster job” that will help improve listening and evaluating skills. -
Mixed Media Art $100
9:00 am Join us for a mixed media class which includes working with pastels, watercolor, charcoal, paper mâché, and more. Use invaluable elements of design to create quality pieces. Students will conduct peer to peer critique skills. Katie Seitzinger teaches this class.
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American Sign Language $90
10:15 am Upper level students dive into the world of sign language as they:
- Introduce their families and friends in ASL and interpret, in turn, introductions created by classmates.
- Learn and interpret in a variety of simple everyday situations common to hearing and deaf.
- Keep a hypothetical “Deaf Diary” to identify and analyze as many aspects of their lives as possible (settings and situations) that would be significantly different if they were deaf or hearing impaired.
- Examine the relevance of body language and facial expressiveness to communication and personality in general, and specifically in ASL, including the consideration of different styles of signing.
- Compile and be able to sign a list of direct personal questions common and appropriate in Deaf Culture, yet possibly not appropriate in the hearing community.
- Prepare a 3-5 minute personal narrative in ASL, or a dialogue with a partner, suitable for video taping; use it for a beginning first semester ASL student. Jayna DiGenova teaches this class.
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Life Skills $100
12:30 pm This program will focus on the skills that students need in order to transition successfully from high school into work, home, and life in the community. The students will be able to demonstrate knowledge and skills in the areas of daily living, social skills, occupational skills, and recreation and leisure skills within the community. Some areas of study for both semesters include:
- Automotive maintenance and car purchasing techniques
- Career resume, job application process, and interviewing
- Financial basics such as loans, credit cards, and banking
- Home maintenance in basics, repair, electrical, and plumbing; yard and garden maintenance and repair
- Clothing and kitchen skills. Valerie Brandt teaches this class along with several guest experts.
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Truth $0
11:15 am Mike Slay and David Seitzinger co-teach the upper-level bible and apologetics course, which is titled “Truth.” It is titled it this way because the most important aspect of Christianity is that it is true. In this course students are challenged to think from a biblical worldview. We will be exploring the idea that what you believe affects the way you see the world. We will present a number of short videos which will spark discussion on various apologetic topics such as economics, government theory, civil corruption, and marriage.
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Physical Education $30
12:30 pm We welcome Sports Outreach and their popular camp-style curriculum featuring character time, sports, fitness, group games, structured health time, and more. Quality physical education programs are needed to increase the physical competence, health-related fitness, self-responsibility, and enjoyment of physical activity for all students so that they can be active for a lifetime. We strive to bring this to our students along with fun and friendships. Christy Hale teaches this class with Ed Pulkinen from Sports Outreach.
Lessons & Workshops
Various Ages
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Weekly Wow Workshop $0
10:00 am Each week we wow our students with a free workshop led by a different instructor. Workshops we have held include: vet talk, fire safety, lowcountry animals, acting, dancing, music of various kinds, pilot talk, storytelling, and much more. Many workshops are geared towards ages 7-12 and sometimes the ASL class will attend age appropriate workshops as they learn sign language.
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Physical Education $30
12:30 pm We welcome Sports Outreach and their popular camp-style curriculum featuring character time, sports, fitness, group games, structured health time, and more. Quality physical education programs are needed to increase the physical competence, health-related fitness, self-responsibility, and enjoyment of physical activity for all students so that they can be active for a lifetime. We strive to bring this to our students along with fun and friendships. Christy Hale teaches this class with Ed Pulkinen from Sports Outreach.
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Intermediate Guitar Group $85
12:00 pm Skills needed at the beginning of the course are flexible and the teacher should be consulted prior to enrollment. Skills generally needed for this level include:
- Ability to tune own instrument (arrive at class with instrument tuned, please!
- Basic sharp key chord families (key of C, G, D, A, E)
- Ability to identify and reproduce basic meters
- Ability to read an unfamiliar chord chart or lead sheet with known chords
- Ability to change chords without sacrificing the rhythm to pause.
- Be prepared (each class period) to improvise a basic solo, once that topic is covered.
- Willingness to expand practice time to 30 minutes, 5 days a week.
- This is schoolwork you are paying for (!) and it should be valued in that way.
- If you cannot commit to this, the beginners class may fit better as you build a foundation of guitar and musical skill.
- How to practice effectively
- 12-bar blues form: blues chords (dom7, maj7, min7)
- Bass walk-downs/ups
- Basic slurs (Hammer-ons/pull-offs/slides)
- Basic improvisation
- Chordal (when playing solo)
- Scalar
- Some single sting lines
- Some fingerstyle, chicken-pickin’, or string-skipping
- Reading scale diagrams: major, minor and pentatonic scales
- Reading notation to allow for better lead sheet reading
- Transposition, Capo skills
- How to discover the key of the song for improvisation
- Beginning barre chords
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Advanced Guitar Group $125
12:30 pm Skills needed at the beginning of the course:
- Be able to execute hammer-ons and pull-offs with accuracy
- Be able to accompany and find the key for a “jam session”: minimum in a major key, a minor key and a 12-bar blues
- Know how to read notation on a lead sheet.
- Have some finger-picking skills
- Comfortable with string skipping patterns
- Some familiarity with Barre chords
- Some familiarity with how to practice effectively
- Barre patterns
- Upper neck positions
- Learning songs by:
- Notation
- Tablature
- Ear
- Advanced rhythm skills: percussive techniques
- Transposition on sight with and without a Capo
- How to write studies to practice techniques need in the piece being studied
- Learn at least one full-length (at least a minute) guitar solo at tempo
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Beginner Guitar Group $85
1:30 pm Skills needed at the beginning of the course:
- No guitar experience necessary; some musical knowledge is helpful
- Ability to listen and follow directions
- Ability to manage time allowing for practice
- Must have a guitar. If you do not already have one, contact the instructor for suggestions. Expect to spend around $150.00
- Tuning using a tuner or string comparison
- Basic chord families in Sharp keys
- ADE, DGA, GCD, CFG, EAB
- Some basic meters: 4/4, 3/4, 6/8
- At least two basic strumming patterns for each meter: one for slow songs and one for faster songs
- Familiarity with basic musical concepts
- Melody vs. harmony
- Rhythmic pulse
- How to sense meter and strong beats
- How to read a chord chart and/or lead sheet
- Reading chord diagrams
- Ability to play, from reading, something resembling the song (even if they’ve never heard it).
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Beginner Piano Group $125
12:15 pm Group lessons are a great way to experience the instrument and decide if a student should move on to private lessons. Students get to improve social skills, share with one another, be competitive, and even be inspired from one another in this setting. Students will need their own keyboard and the book set: “Bastien Piano Basics Primer Level – Learn to Play Four Book Set – Including Primer Level Piano, Theory, Technic, and Performance books. Music will be provided at first class and teacher will provide assistance with finding correct book set (approximately $23 to start) if needed. Malissa Glover teaches this class.
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Private Piano Lessons $250
Receive private instruction at your level and needs. By taking private lessons your student will receive one on one instruction which is vital to quickly improving skill level. The teacher will be able to closely observe hand positions, fingerings, specific patterns, and learning style. The first lesson will assess what books are needed. Malissa Glover teaches these sessions.
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Private & Group Violin Lessons $250
Violin lessons are taught using the Suzuki method, a nurturing technique. The Suzuki method environment is incredibly enjoyable for your student with games, toys, songs, and other fun.
Whether you're a beginning, intermediate, or advanced violin student, private violin lessons with a supportive and motivating violin teacher is the best way to develop your skills. Na You teaches these sessions.
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Private Vocal Lessons $250
The lessons taught in Vocals depend on the student's skill level. Due to this nature of teaching, all lessons are given privately. Students may work on a variety of techniques from hearing the music to gaining a new perspective in breath control. Important things that will be covered in each lesson include:
- Vocal Technique: Although students warm their voices before they sing, there are different spots within their singing that need perfecting. We will dive deeper into prerequisite's to singing a chosen song.
- Solfège or Theory: Although students are not learning a physical instrument, their voice is their natural and mental instrument. Learning to read notes is a crucial part of that.
- At times the instructor will choose the song for the student to work on. Other times the student will get to choose their own. At all times the song will be slightly challenging in order to strengthen their vocals and often push them out of their comfort zone. These are some of the techniques used to better the student's musical intelligence.
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Tutoring Services $20/week
Learn Together Lowcountry has various tutoring options. Please inquire about the type and level of tutoring needed and we will make every attempt to partner you with a professional suited to your needs. We have availability for all ages in many areas of study including math, writing, reading, history, science, SAT prep, and study skills.