The Rose Theater Group Presents: Mind/Spaces for Middle Schools Club
Students go to sessions for Improve tournaments, Playwriting, You/Tube, Musical Theater sing and stomp, Reader's Theater Performance, Hip Hop and Creative Movement, City Storytelling, and Acting For Fun and Fame. Here are the three benefit for students participating in Rose Theater:
- Self-Confidence and Public Speaking
- Empathy and Effective Communication
- Group Dynamic and Cooperation
African Culture Connection Club
The African Culture Connection mission is to provide African culture and art experiences for the public. African Culture combines African art, dance, and drumming session to increase the student's knowledge about African countries and culture. Sessions are led by Charles Ahovissi who teaches students a variety of skills and techniques, helping students gain the respect that is incorporated in traditional African culture. By using music, drums, dance, arts/crafts, and story-telling, African Culture Connection gives students the opportunity to experience the traditional values and principles of African society and life. Charles A. also strives to teach people of African decent about their traditional culture and history so that they may gain a positive self-image, self-awareness, and self-direction. At the end of the final session there will be a performance to show case the beauty of African culture by dance, music, and story.
Book Club
The importance of a Book Club helps with providing different styles of reading, preparing and participation. Commonality for these students is that they all agree to finish a book by a certain date, prepare for discussion and participate in meaningful conversation about a great book. Students also learn the importance of literacy and how it affects our everyday lives. By participating in Book Club our goal is to enhance the reading lives of our children.
Why? Arts Club
A non-profit downtown community art space supporting contemporary artist working in the visual arts. Our mission is to foster creativity and art excellences; provide exhibition space to new and established artists; provide programs and activites that encourage public awareness, participation and appreciation of the visual arts and to serve as a catalyst for small city revitalization via the arts.
Artists:
Natalie Linstrom - General Media. During her sessions, Natalie does watercolor, pastels, collages...and a variety of a art techniques and media.
Tom Kerr - Drawing. During his sessions, Tom will demonstrate his technique as an Artist and Cartoonist... as well as a variety of activities.
Drum Line Club
Students learn about what a Drum Line is and learn how to play the various types of drums in harmony as a Drum Line. Student aslo get the opportunity to display their skills in a performance as a Drum Line.
Chess Club
Students participate in tournaments to display their level of understanding and skills of chess. Chess improves areas of your brain across the two hemispheres.
- Chess involves all levels of critical thinking, including: a) Knowledge; b) Comprehension; c) Analysis; d) Evaluation
- Chess requires forethought an cultivates visualization skills
- Chess inproves problem-solving skills
- Chess enourages people to overcome the fear of risk taking
- Chess teaches concentration and self-discipline
- Chess enables people to assume responsibility for their decisions
- Chess rewards determination and persererance
- Chess raise self-esteem and promotes good sportsmanship
- Chess enourage socialization skills that extend across cultures and generations
- Chess is FUN!!
Guitar Club
Students learn how to play the many types of guitars. The benefit of learning of playing guitar is to help students:
- Mind - Hands coordinations
- Improve communication skills
- Enchance intelligence and academic achievements
- Build self-esteems and improve discipline
Raptor-ology Club
Students learn about birds of prey and participate in activities that enhance their knowledge about them. Students who participate in this club get the opportunity to visit the Hitchcock Nature Center near Crescent IA, to experience first hand all the different kinds of Raptors that we have here in the Midwest.
Real Talk- Center for Holistic Development
Students learn about the many things that affect teenagers today. Give teens an opportunity to talk to Professionals who specialize in the field of adolescents and teens. Their purpose is to provide public awareness, promote diversity and encourage acceptance.
Service Learning Club
Service learning has potential benefits to everyone involved: students, faculty, and the community.
Students in serveice learning classes can benefit academically, professionally and personally. These are just a few of the ways:
- Increase your understanding of the class topic
- Gain hands-on experience (possibly leading to an internship or job later)
- Explore or cement your balues and beliefs
- Have opportunities to act on your values and beliefs
- Develop critical thinking and probelm-solving skills
- Grow your understand of divers cultures and communites
- Learn more about social issues and their root causes
- Improve your ability to handle ambiguity and be open to change; become more flexible
- Develop or enchance your skills, especially in the areas of communication, collaboration, and leadership
- Test out your skills, interestes, and values in a potential career path or learn more about a field that interestes you.
- Connect with professionals and community members who you will learn from
- Grow a professional network of people you might connect with again later for jobs or internships
- Satify your uge toward public service or civic participation
Swimming Club
Students learn about the different swimming styles and safety techniques. Students get the opportunity to enhance their swimming skills:
- Increase muscle strength
- Cardiovascular fitness
- Improve endurance
- Excercise the body with very little joint and mucsle strain
Aikido Martial Arts Club
Its mission is to impact and empower massive amounts of students’ lives with the positive benefits of martial arts training throughout the world. We are committed to create a better world filled with health, happiness, peace, and harmony built from a unique blend of old traditional and modern day martial arts training. Studying the best martial art skills and life skills from the East and the West is our quest.
Operation Frontline - Cooking Matters Club
Since 1993, Operation Frontline and our volunteer instructors—a corps thousands strong—have conducted more than 4,000 cooking-based nutrition and financial-planning courses, and helped more than 45,000 low-income families in communities across the nation learn how to eat better for less. The courses give students skills and knowledge that will help provide them and their families with healthy food where they live, learn and play.