Being a member of The Stallion Band at Levine Academy teaches life lessons in teamwork, discipline, and pride in return, as well as turning out stellar musicians for the community. Band members grow in their dedication to the craft, create superior music, and bring joy to listeners during performances. Students are required to take private lessons, practice regularly, and rehearse weekly in school. This project-based elective course presents the basic structure and grammar of the Spanish language and encourages conversation with the introduction of basic vocabulary. They are infused with authentic language opportunities, which will improve and enhance listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills. Cultural activities will expand student awareness of the customs and geography of Spanish-speaking countries. The centuries-old Japanese papercraft art of Origami is used in this STEM elective. By using simple electronics and adding LEDs with self- sticking motors, students will be able to create 3-D papercraft projects that move, light up, and blink! This is a great way to teach art, design, engineering, and basic electronics. Students are led by a board of elected leaders to research charities within the Dallas area. In addition to developing and understand leadership skills, each student will study and present a service project that members will vote on to support. Also, members will participate in at least one off-campus service project as well as volunteer to help with tasks around the school, including Dollars4Denim, the annual Levine Bazaar, and other volunteer opportunities. A maker space is a collaborative workspace inside a school making, learning, exploring, and sharing that uses high tech to no tech tools. Students will explore many facets of our Makerspace ranging from CAD, Stop Motion Animation, Tinker Challenges, an introduction to VEX IQ robotics, circuits, fundamental coding, and our brand-new 3D printers. This class offers a safe space where students can create, invent, tinker, explore, and discover various tools and materials. Unwind, relax, and have fun creating images out of easy-to-learn patterns, called tangles in this art elective. Zen-tangle is a new art form that uses combinations of dots, lines, curves, and orbs to create beautiful pictures using pencils and drawing pens. Many find that this activity not only helps to nurture creative
5 th -8 th Grades
This elective is a full-year commitment. A band
instrument rental and private lessons are required. Please contact swhitfield@levineacadmey.org for more information.
Band
Whitfield
Closed Enrollment- class is full.
The elective is a Wednesday and Friday commitment for the full year. 6th Graders will use their Wednesday advisory period to participate (3:18-4:00 PM).
Beginning Spanish
Lewis
7 th Grade ONLY
Origami Robots using Circuits
Berke
6 th Grade ONLY- 1 st Trimester 8 th Grade ONLY- 2 nd Trimester 7 th Grade ONLY- 3 rd Trimester
Leaders in Training- Helping our Community
Rodriguez
7 th Grade ONLY
This elective can only be taken once in the 2020-2021 School Year.
Makerspace: STEM Lab
Kirkendall
8 th Grade ONLY
Non-Stress Drawing
Cramer
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