FBISD Extended Learning Department

Students step into the role of contemporary ceramic artists as they explore how modern sculptors use clay to experiment with form, color, scale, pattern, and storytelling. Inspired by artists such as Magdalene Odundo, Grayson Perry, Viola Frey, and Jun Kaneko, students create original vessels, figures, and sculptural forms while hand-building and surface-design skills. Week Lesson Title Lesson Description & Objectives 1 Contemporary Clay Challenge Students complete short buildings and join challenges and learn how moisture, thickness, balance, and strong connections affect the durability of a sculpture. 2 Odundo-Inspired Vessel Students combine pinch and coil techniques to construct a small vessel inspired by Magdalene Odundo and learn how silhouette, proportion, and negative space shape a three-dimensional form. 3 Perry-Inspired Story Plaque Students create a layered clay plaque inspired by Grayson Perry and learn how carved symbols, low-relief images, borders, and repeated patterns communicate a story. 4 Painting Form and Story Students paint their vessels and story plaques and learn how limited color palettes, contrast, line, and repeated motifs can strengthen the meaning and visual unity of an artwork. 5 Frey-Inspired Character Bust Students sculpt a stable character bust inspired by Viola Fray and learn how expression, clothing, texture, scale, and exaggerated proportions can communicate personality. 6 Woodman-Inspired Sculptural Vase Students create a compact vase-inspired sculpture using slabs, curved pieces, and low-profile attachments and learn how artists can transform a familiar functional form into abstract art. 7 Painting Expression and Abstraction Students paint their character busts and sculptural vases and learn how color, pattern, emphasis, and unexpected combinations can change the mood and meaning of a sculpture 8 Kaneko-Inspired Dango Sculpture Students build an oval sculpture inspired by Jun Kaneko and learn how balance, smooth surfaces, repetition, and bold pattern planning can make a simple form visually powerful. 9 Contemporary Clay Mash-up Students create an original sculpture that combines at least two artists, techniques, or design ideas and learn how artists transform inspiration into a new concept. 10 Painting Personal Style and Exhibition Students paint their Dango sculptures and original mash-up projects, arrange their finished work, and create short artist statements. They learn how color, pattern, technique, and presentation help artists develop and communicate a personal style.

Join us for a 10-week Nutcracker adventure! Dancers will learn ballet techniques and several parts of the Nutcracker including Party Guest, Mice, Soldiers, Candy Canes and more. They will explore the story through mazes, matching games and Clara’s escape room. The session concludes with a mini-Nutcracker performance for families, complete with costumes and props. Each dancer will receive a royal blue logo leotard, with an attached skirt, for class. See video of our previous class here: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/eilZNX-2-nc Week Ballet Lesson 1 Learn the story of the Nutcracker. Work at ballet barre on positions of feet, pliés, tendus and grand battements. Have fun with parachute. 2 Learn the role of Party Guest, with a nutcracker to dance with. Continue with ballet barre work, adding piqués, play game to Refreeze the Land of the Snowflakes. 3 Learn the role of Mice and Soldiers Continue with ballet barre work, play game in the Land of Sweets to recognize familiar Nutcracker music. 4 Review roles of Party Guest, Mice and Soldiers. Continue with ballet barre work adding rond de jambé, play game to Restore The Sugar Plum Fairy’s Sparkle. 5 Learn role of Snow Angel. Continue with ballet barre work, adding arabesque balance. Use balancing pods for balance and turns. 6 Learn role of Polichinele. Continue with ballet barre work, play game of Guess Who Word Mazes, to solve Clara’s dream. 7 Learn role of Candy Cane. Continue with ballet barre work, adding passé balance. Play game of Mama Ginger’s Messed Up Gingerbreads. 8 Review all roles and work on mini Nutcracker performance. Receive Land of Sweets Hero Award for completing Clara’s Escape Room. Parachute fun. 9 Prepare for final Nutcracker performance. Have hula hoop fun. 10 Mini Nutcracker Performance. Our parents will come to see our performance complete with costumes, props and a playbill!

Inspire your child’s love for cooking this fall with CookLearnGrow! Our after-school program offers hands-on classes where young chefs explore seasonal recipes, learn essential techniques, and build kitchen confidence. Each session features NEW RECIPES, encouraging creativity, teamwork, and academic reinforcement in a fun, engaging environment. Students gain valuable life skills while discovering the joy of cooking. Please note we accommodate nut allergies only; egg, gluten, and other allergies are not accommodated. Let your child experience the flavors of fall with CookLearnGrow! To learn more about the program, visit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=XPx_jXM8ZjQ Week Dish 1 Harvest Wild Rice Salad Cups 2 Colonial Apple Crisps 3 Autumnal Pizza Pockets 4 Succotash Cups 5 Southwestern Churro Bites 6 American Turkey Chilli 7 Apple Cinnamon Muffins 8 Parent Showcase

The drones are here! Let the battles begin. In this hands-on, interactive class, you will learn how to safely fly drone robots. Working in teams, you will be able to code your drone to compete in missions that will prepare you for the ultimate team challenge at the end of the week. Students will work in pairs or teams for most of the program. Week Lesson/Activity 1 Learn basic flight safety and takeoff. Create student accounts, explore drone safety rules, and perform a first flight (stable hover and safe landing). 2 Understand flight physics and manual steering. Explore how propellers affect movement, navigate obstacle courses using manual controls, and begin basic speed trials. 3 Introduction to drone programming. Complete the basic sprint/laps challenge, link drones to computers, and begin coding autonomous shapes. 4 Program elevation changes. Finish automated shape-drawing flight paths and code vertical movement controls. 5 Master hurdle races and multi-axis movement. Compete in the automated hurdle race and start programming complex movements along multiple axes simultaneously. 6 Execute automated geometric patterns. Finalize multi-axis programming and utilize the Move block to guide the drone through vertical octagons. 7 Apply advanced manual flight mechanics. Practice coordinated rotation and pitch exercises, then compete in a manual slalom race. 8 Integrate hardware sensors. Read physical sensor telemetry within RoboLink and begin programming automated hover adjustments. 9 Program logic and perform tricks. Apply conditional logic (if/then statements) for automated altitude control and perform manual aerial flips. 10 Synthesize skills for the final showcase. Design a final comprehensive obstacle course, complete the ultimate trial, and execute automated drone choreography.

Robo Mania introduces young students to the exciting world of robotics and engineering through hands-on building challenges. Students will explore gears, wheels, axles, levers, balance, motion, and simple coding concepts while working together in small teams. Each week includes a fun build, a challenge, and a chance to explain how their robot or machine works. Week Theme Activity 1 What is a robot? Build a simple moving creature or silly robot 2 Wheels and axles Build a simple car or rolling robot 3 Gears make things move Build a spinning machine or gear-powered robot part 4 Building strong robots Build a robot base or tower structure 5 Levers and movement Build a robot arm or gripping fingers 6 Robots inspired by animals Build a walking, crawling, or flapping animal robot 7 Speedy bots Build a race car or speedy robot 8 Coding colors with Indi Create a path using color tiles 9 Robot rescue mission Build a robot or machine that can move, push, carry, or rescue 10 Robo Mania Showcase Favorite build challenge or mini robot showcase

Come serve it up with TGA Premier Youth Tennis! TGA’s curriculum includes games, drills and physical fitness activities that improve motor skills, agility, and hand-eye coordination. Every TGA class focuses on academic concepts developed by educational experts, the rules and etiquette of tennis and skill development. Our goal is to not only develop our students’ tennis skills, but to give children the building blocks for future achievement on the tennis court and in life. All equipment will be provided. Each student will receive a cap and T-shirt. Week Skill Lesson/Activity 1 Basic Tennis Concepts, Forehand Review class rules, basic tennis concepts, warm up exercises and learn how to hit forehand 2 Foot Work Warm up exercises, drills for foot work, continue practicing forehand 3 Foot Work (continuation) Warm up exercises, drills for foot work, continue practicing forehand 4 Backhand and Racket Control Warm up exercises, drills for foot work, racket control exercises, continue practicing forehand and start on how to hit backhand 5 Backhand and Racket Control (continuation) Warm up exercises, drills for foot work, racket control exercises, continue practicing forehand and start on how to hit backhand 6 Foot Work and Speed, Hand-eye Coordination Warm up exercises, drills for foot work and speed, hand-eye coordination games and exercises, continue practicing forehand and backhand 7 Hand-eye Coordination, Hitting volley Warm up exercises, drills for foot work and speed, hand-eye coordination games and exercises, continue practicing forehand and backhand, start learning how to hit volley 8 How to Serve Warm up exercises, drills for foot work and speed, hand-eye coordination games and exercises, continue practicing forehand, backhand and volleys, start on how to serve 9 How to Serve (continuation) Warm up exercises, drills for foot work and speed, hand-eye coordination games and exercises, continue practicing forehand, backhand and volleys, how to serve 10 Parent Showcase Parents will be invited to see all the skills that students learned during class.