BOZEMAN SCHOOLS proudly presents . . .

2017

ADULT COMMUNITY EDUCATION Willson School, 404 W. Main, Room 227 http://www.bsd7.org/community/adulted

REGISTRATION PROCEDURES MONDAY, March 27 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. 1. Willson School, Room 227 2. Online: www.bsd7.org/community/adulted** 3. Phone: 522-6012 **online registration is available 24/7 after 9:00 a.m. on March 27



TUESDAY through FRIDAY, March 28-31 1. Willson School, Room 227 2. Phone: 522-6012 walk-in and phone registration hours 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. 3. Online: www.bsd7.org/community/adulted PAYMENT DUE AT THE TIME OF REGISTRATION Cash, Checks, MasterCard, Discover, or VISA accepted

√ Registrations accepted throughout the quarter for open classes (April 3 - May 26). Regular office hours resume April 3, 7:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m. (closed for lunch 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.)

Directions for classroom locations are listed on Page 3. Spring 2017 Catalog Volume 49/No.3 Computers/Home Improvement/Language..................................................2 Special Interest/Outdoors...............................................................................3 Financial Planning/Cooking & Nutrition/Art & Hobbies...........................4 Art & Hobbies/Health & Wellness.................................................................5 Exercise & Movement/Writing/Photography............................................... 6 Parent University............................................................................................ 7 Important Notes/AE & ELL.......................................................................... 8

WELCOME TO COMMUNITY EDUCATION! Put a little “class” in your night life! COMPUTERS

LANGUAGE

LAN-01 BEGINNING FRENCH Are you interested in learning to speak a little bit of French? This course will teach the basics of the French language, including conversation, pronunciation, vocabulary, grammar, and basic cultural knowledge. Traveling vocabulary will also be included, as well as, other relevant topics to student interest. We will try to put more emphasis on conversation as the course moves on. This course will be an exciting, ambitious, and fast-paced introduction to the French language. COM-01 BUILD A PROFESSIONAL WORDPRESS WEBSITE Instructor: Steve McCormick Want to build a professional business or take your hobby to the next level? Monday, April 3 (8 weeks) A hosted WordPress website is an excellent choice. Start where you are with Begins: Time: 6:30-8:30 pm, Mondays a minimal investment and expand as your needs, customers, and business Place: Bozeman High School Room N-115 grow. This class is perfect for those new to WordPress and is an excellent Fee: $50.00 refresher for anyone who wants to revitalize their existing WordPress site. Material Fee: $2.00 We’ll explore the new changes in WP, awesome plugins that enhance functionality, and proven website strategies. LAN-02 BEGINNING FRENCH 2 Instructor: Lynn Kinnaman Did you enjoy taking a French language course recently? Do you need to Begins: Thursday, April 13 (6 weeks) practice your French skills? This course will continue the concepts learned Time: 6:00-7:30 pm, Thursdays in Beginning French, expanding on foundations in grammar, culture, Place: Willson School Room 228 vocabulary,and speaking. While emphasis will be placed on conversation in this Fee: $29.00 plus $5.00 user fee class. Recent experience in French or completion of the Beginning French class Instructor Fee: $5.00 is highly recommended. This course will work to build on the basic foundations of French in a fun and fast-paced environment. COM-02 INTRODUCTION TO MICROSOFT EXCEL 2013 Instructor: Steve McCormick Learn the Microsoft Excel environment - Excel can help you become profi Begins: Thursday, April 6 (8 weeks) cient in keeping track of data, using functions, and creating reports. Time: 6:30-8:30 pm, Thursdays Instructor: Sue Schaible Place: Bozeman High School Room N-115 Begins: Monday, April 3 (3 weeks) Fee: $50.00 Time: 6:30-8:30 pm, Mondays & Wednesdays Material Fee: $2.00 Place: Willson School Room 226 Fee: $38.00 plus $5.00 user fee LAN-03 INTERMEDIATE AND CONVERSATIONAL FRENCH Material Fee: $1.00 Do you want to polish French conversational skills or travel to a French speaking land? If so, this class is for you! The course will expand on the work of COM-03 INTRODUCTION TO MICROSOFT WORD 2013 previous French courses, focusing on traveling and conversation. We will put Learn the Microsoft Word environment - learn how to format, use tabs and an emphasis on student-led conversation in this class and vocabulary needed tables, work with graphics, use mail merge...and more! to travel. Students will bring their own French materials to class for conversa Instructor: Sue Schaible tion. Some previous French speaking experience is recommended, such as the Begins: Tuesday, April 4 (6 weeks) Beginning French adult ed course. Time: 6:30-8:30 pm, Tuesdays Instructor: Steve McCormick Place: Willson School Room 226 Begins: Wednesday, April 5 (8 weeks) Fee: $38.00 plus $5.00 user fee Time: 6:30-8:30 pm, Wednesdays Material Fee: $1.00 Place: Bozeman High School Room N-115 Fee: $50.00 Material Fee: $2.00 LAN-04 NOT YOUR AVERAGE SIGN LANGUAGE CLASS LEVELS I, II, AND BEYOND HIM-01 HOME REPAIR AND REMODELING Have you always wanted to learn sign language? Have you taken a sign class Would you like to fix up your house for yourself or get it ready to sell? before but do not remember much? Do you want signing and receptive practice? Perhaps the solution is a few simple upgrades. Learn tips you may not have Then this is the sign class for YOU! This is a fun class, taught by an expericonsidered from an experienced remodeler/builder. You’ll save money on enced teacher, designed with much opportunity to practice fingerspelling, recepyour home repairs, or you may sell your home more profitably and sooner tive skills, and signing! Emphasis will be on S.E.E. (Signing Exact English); than you thought. comparing and contrasting ASL (American Sign Language). Sign up with a Instructor: Roy French partner if possible. Begins: Tuesday, April 25 (one night) Instructor: Linda Zupan Time: 7:00-9:00 pm Begins: Tuesday, April 4 (8 weeks) Place: Willson School Room 228 Time: 6:00-8:00 pm, Tuesdays Fee: $8.00 Place: Bozeman High School Room C-6/8 Fee: $50.00 Material Fee: $3.00 2

COMPUTER USER FEE A $5.00 Nonrefundable User Fee for each computer class will be assessed to each student.

HOME IMPROVEMENT

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OUT-03 TREE WALK SPI-01 KNIFE MAKING Participants will learn knife making skills through the construction of a knife. Treat yourself to an enjoyable stroll around town while observing trees, shrubs, and flower gardens. Please dress accordingly. Stock-removal techniques will be taught with an emphasis on participants scrounging for materials to repurpose. Knife design, grinds, heat treating, and Instructor: Jerry Cashman handles will be covered. Students must supply their own bench grinder by Begins: Tuesday, June 6 (one night) 2nd meeting. Time: 7:00-9:00 pm Place: Corner of 6th and Story (Cooper Park) Instructor: Dan Brown Fee: $8.00 Begins: Thursday, April 6 (8 weeks) Time: 6:00-9:00 pm, Thursdays OUT-04 I’M INTRIGUED WITH FLY FISHING Place: Bozeman High School Woodshop WHAT DO I DO NEXT? Fee: $74.00 This class will consist of a brief introduction to the art of fly fishing that will Material Fee: $20.00 allow anyone motivated enough to leave with an understanding of why so many are passionate about fly fishing and how to pursue more knowledge. SPI-02 KNIFE MAKING LAB FOR RETURNING STUDENTS This lab (non-instruction) is for returning students only who haven’t finished Montana is a mecca for fly fishing and everyone should know why. This class will include terminology, equipment, apparel, and philosophy of fly fishing. their knife. There WILL be times that the returning students need periodic Instructor: Douglas Smith guidance as they continue through the final stages of construction on their Begins: Tuesday, April 11 (2 weeks/2x a week) knives. Students will use knife making tools available in the Woodshop. Time: 6:00-8:00 pm, Tuesdays & Thursdays Begins: Thursday, April 6 (8 weeks) Place: Bozeman High School Room C-3 Time: 6:00-9:00 pm, Thursdays Fee: $26.00 Place: Bozeman High School Woodshop Material Fee: $20.00 SPI-03 PRACTICAL INTUITION How to use intuition in your everyday life to achieve your goals in love, career, and more. This will include exercises that we will do in class, and there will be “homework” for you to do as well. We all have intuition, and it can be a useful tool in guiding us to our best life. In this class we will work together Bozeman High School to help you bring out that hidden talent. This is a beginners class, but everyone is welcome! C-wing rooms - Park on 11th Avenue in the small lot across from Wendy’s; Instructor: Laura Ordile go in the gray doors (facing 11th Avenue) marked E1 located on southeast Begins: Tuesday, April 18 (6 weeks) portion of the building; turn left at the first hallway until you come to the Time: 5:30-6:30 pm, Tuesdays appropriate room. This wing is part of the old high school. Place: Bozeman High School Room N-119 Fee: $20.00 N-114, 115, 117, 119 & 121 - On North 11th, park in the area between the tennis courts and the new part of the high school; use the glass doors marked N1 on the northeast section facing the parking lot. Rooms are in 1st or 2nd hall on right. OUT-01 SEASONALLY SAVVY BACKYARD BIRD FEEDING South Cafeteria - From Main St., enter high school doors and cafeteria is Migration, food preferences, and weather vary continuoulsy throughout the straight ahead. year; and these influence the bird activity at your feeder. Being, “seasonally savvy” means you adjust your feeding program to match birds changing behavior. This two-day session will review the birds, the foods, the feeders, and the Old Library- Enter Ruth Thibeault Way from 15th Ave.(beside BHS parkadjustments necessary to be “seasonally savvy” in your own backyard to enjoy ing lot.) You will enter building through door marked W-3. Go to main hall the hobby of bird feeding all year long. and enter Old Library where Adult Ed. sign is posted. Instructor: Debi Naccarto Begins: Tuesday, April 18 & Wednesday, April 19 (two nights) Wood Shop - Same direction as “Old Library” except go past the library Time: 6:00-8:30 pm, Tuesday & Wednesday double doors, to Shop areas in/near “H wing.” Knife Making sign will be Place: Wild Birds Unlimited Store; 2047 W. Oak St., #105 posted. (Same plaza as Buffalo Wild Wings) Fee: $17.00

Directions for Adult Ed classrooms

OUTDOORS

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TREES, SHRUBS, AND LANDSCAPING FOR THE BOZEMAN AREA Learn which trees and shrubs do best in our area. Then, work on your individual landscape design with help from our professionals. Also, there will be a presentation on perennial flowers. Instructor: Jerry Cashman Begins: Tuesday, April 11 (4 weeks) Time: 7:00-9:00 pm, Tuesdays Place: Bozeman High School Room N-114 Fee: $26.00 Material Fee: $1.00

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Willson School

217A, 217B, 226, 228, and the Commons - Please use the Main St. front door entrance; use the stairs on your right for room access. 122 - Please use the Main St. entrance; turn left and go 3/4 way to the end of the hall. Room will be on your right.

Whittier Elementary School Whittier Elementary School is on the corner of 5th Ave. and Peach (with front door facing 5th Ave.) Enter front door, gym will be to the left and across the lobby.

FINANCIAL PLANNING

FIN-01

LONG TERM CARE INSURANCE WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW! Sadly, over 70% of us will lose the ability to care for ourselves in the future. Thus we will require long term care, often for years. This can cost hundreds of thousands of dollars and can wipe out your retirement. The class is about the type of insurance you can own that will pay for these costs. We will visit about what this type of insurance covers and how to protect yourself from paying more than you need to for coverage due to greedy agents. Instructor: Wendy Lessley Begins: Tuesday, May 9 (one night) Time: 5:30-7:00 pm Place: Willson School Room 217B Fee: $8.00 Material Fee: $2.00 FIN-02

RISK MANAGEMENT WITH LIFE AND DISABILITY INSURANCE Learn about the types of life insurance - their pros and cons, and cost differences. Find out how much insurance is appropriate and how that might change over time. Learn about the living benefits of life insurance policies. Explore individual and group disability policies and how they differ. This is an interactive class so please bring questions. Instructor: Wendy Lessley Begins: Tuesday, May 16 (one night) Time: 5:30-7:00 pm Place: Willson School Commons Fee: $8.00 Material Fee: $2.00 FIN-03 SECTION 1031 - EXCHANGING REAL PROPERTY Why pay taxes? This class covers everything you need to know about tax-free, like-kind exchanges of investment property, particularly real estate. We will look at the do’s and don’ts of “deferred exchanges,” including deadlines and how to work with a “Qualified Intermediary.” A dash of information on personal residence sales will be covered as well. Instructor: Brian Close Begins: Wednesday, May 10 (one night) Time: 6:00-8:00 pm Place: Willson School Room 122 Fee: $8.00 Material Fee: $1.00 FIN-04 ESTATE PLANNING 101 What’s going on with the Federal Estate Tax? With or without an estate tax, people keep dying! This class covers the nuts and bolts as to your options for planning your estate, including Wills, Powers of Attorney, Health Care Directives, Probate, and non-probate transfers such as Living Trusts, Insurance, Beneficiary Designations on bank and stock accounts, and Beneficiary Deeds on real estate. Instructor: Brian Close Begins: Wednesday, May 17 (2 weeks) Time: 6:00-8:00 pm, Wednesdays Place: Willson School Room 122 Fee: $14.00 Material Fee: $1.00

COOKING & NUTRITION NTR-01 HEALTH! Is your heart bothering you? Emotionally? Physically? Blood sugar up and down? Moodiness? Come and learn tools, techniques, and recipes to take care of your body, mind, and emotional health. Dr. Defuentes, a doctor of 36 years, has been in private practice in Bozeman for 11 years. Instructor: Dr. Paloma Defuentes Begins: Wednesday, May 3 (one night) Time: 6:30-8:30 pm Place: Willson School Commons Fee: $8.00 Material Fee: $11.00

ART/HOBBIES

HOB-01 & 02 THE MANY COLORS OF WHITE IN WATERCOLOR Learn about reflective color value and soft and hard edges, while painting a new project each week. Students receive step-by-step instruction for optimal success. Students should have some prior watercolor experience. Instructor: Mary Eileen Finney Fee: $38.00 Material Fee: $2.00 Material list will be emailed shortly after you register. HOB-01 Begins: Monday, April 24 (4 weeks) NO CLASS MAY 8 Time: 10:00 am-1:00 pm, Mondays Place: Willson School Commons HOB-02 Begins: Thursday, May 4 (4 weeks) Time: 6:00-9:00 pm, Thursdays Place: Bozeman High School Room N-119 HOB-03 CREATIVE PAINTING WITH ACRYLICS Have fun trying new and creative ways to use acrylics with a variety of different items in addition to brushes! We will use traditional subjects as landscapes, flowers, sunsets, and still life and learn some abstract approaches also. Color value, composition, dimension, and perspective are covered. Instructor: James Buonamici Begins: Monday, April 3 (3 weeks) Time: 6:30-8:30 pm, Mondays Place: Bozeman High School Room N-119 Fee: $20.00 Instructor Fee: $9.00 paid to instructor at 1st class HOB-04

SEWING SURVIVOR: 4 THINGS EVERYONE SHOULD KNOW These simple fixes will help your clothes last and save you money while keeping you looking neat. Learn how to: properly sew buttons, hem jeans and trousers, quick zipper fixes, and iron dress shirts. Students will need: pants needing hemmed, dress shirts, and something missing a button. Instructor: Emily Cowles Begins: Tuesday, April 4 (one night) Time: 6:00-8:00 pm, Tuesdays Place: Willson School Commons Fee: $8.00 Material list will be emailed shortly after you register. HOB-05 “YOU MADE THAT!” DRESSMAKING CLASS The “Staple Dress” is the perfect opportunity for you to dip your toes into the garment making world. Over four weeks, this class will introduce you to using a sewing pattern, taking proper body measurements, prepping fabric, and end with you owning a finished garment with the skills to make many more. Students need basic sewing machine skills but no prior clothing making knowledge. First class you only need to bring yourself and a tape measure. We will discuss the supply list and fabric shopping. Students must bring sewing machine after 1st class. Instructor: Emily Cowles Begins: Thursday, April 6 (4 weeks) Time: 6:00-8:00 pm, Thursdays Place: Willson School Commons Fee: $26.00

MUST BE AT LEAST 16 YEARS OLD TO REGISTER FOR AN ADULT EDUCATION CLASS! CHILDREN MAY NOT ATTEND EVEN WITH PARENT(S) OR REGISTERED STUDENTS.

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HOB-06 DEMYSTIFYING KNITS AND PDF PATTERNS Using a free PDF T-shirt pattern, we will learn how to properly sew with the knit fabrics we all love to wear. Serger use will be discussed as well. Students need basic sewing machine skills but no prior clothing making knowledge. First class you only need to bring yourself and a tape measure.We will discuss the supply list, printing PDF patterns, and fabric shopping. Students must bring sewing machine after 1st class. Instructor: Emily Cowles Begins: Thursday, May 4 (3 weeks) Time: 6:00-8:00 pm, Thursdays Place: Willson School Commons Fee: $20.00 HOB-07 MAY BASKET Celebrate May 1st, “May day,” and create a fun, springy, and colorful fresh floral bouquet! Give to a friend or keep for yourself! Either way, let the flowers bring you cheer. No experience needed...just a love for fresh flowers and being creative! Instructor: Leisa Cook Begins: Tuesday, April 25 (one night) Time: 6:30-8:30 pm Place: Willson School Commons Fee: $8.00 Material Fee: $20.00

HEATH & WELLNESS

WEL-01 DEFEATING ALLERGIES NATURALLY Don’t let allergies ruin your spring and summer. Find out how essential oils can help keep you outside and symptom free. Receive a Bioimpedance scan to see what oils your body needs. Instructor: Heather Kern, NCTMB, LE Begins: Wednesday, May 17 (one night) Time: 6:30-8:00 pm Place: Willson School Commons Fee: $8.00 Material Fee: $3.00

HEALTH & WELLNESS con’t WEL-04 ESSENTIAL OILS IN EVERYDAY LIFE Essential oils are very popular now and are readily available. Do you know what to do with them or how to use them in your life? How do you select oils that are pure and safe to use for yourself and your children? I have been using high quality oils in my life and practice as a licensed massage therapist for over 24 years. Let me teach you how to use the oils and select the best ones to use! Oil samples and literature will be provided. Come and experience this amazing world of essential oils. Instructor: Terry Croad Begins: Monday, April 24 (one night) Time: 6:00-9:00 pm Place: Willson School Commons Fee: $11.00 Instructor Fee: $4.00 paid to instructor at class WEL-05 EMOTIONS AND ESSENTIAL OILS Essential oils are one of the only substances that have been known to be effective on the physical body, the brain (or Mental) body, and the Spiritual or Emotional body. Oils have effects that may help to reduce trauma, depression, or other emotional aspects of the human condition. Learn some simple techniques using essential oils to release emotional baggage and to help lift your spirits and energy. Instructor: Terry Croad Begins: Monday, May 1 (one night) Time: 6:00-9:00 pm Place: Willson School Commons Fee: $11.00 Instructor Fee: $4.00 paid to instructor at class .

WEL-06 TREAT YOUR FEET Your feet are a road map to your body, using reflex points that can affect all the systems of the body. Learn the proprietary technique called VITA FLEX to give yourself or someone else an all over body treatment using specific essential oils. A fun interactive class. You may want to bring a soft cushion for sitting on the floor. Instructor: Terry Croad Begins: Monday, May 15 (one night) Time: 6:00-8:30 pm WEL-02 HOW TO WIN THE SLEEP BATTLE NATURALLY Are you tired of restless nights, groggy mornings, and the three o’clock wall? Place: Willson School Room 228 Learn how to use essential oils to sleep sounder, feel refreshed, and have lots Fee: $10.00 Instructor Fee: $4.00 paid to instructor at class of energy all day! Instructor: Heather Kern, NCTMB, LE Begins: Wednesday, April 19 (one night) WEL-07 BLADDER HEALTH Time: 6:30-8:00 pm Do you know someone whose incontinence impacts her quality of life? This Place: Willson School Commons informational class is interactive and designed to be fun while learning about Fee: $8.00 an important health topic: incontinence. Learn about the different causes and Material Fee: $1.00 solutions to this common condition. Instructor: Rachel Rockafellow Begins: Monday, April 17 (one night) WEL-03 CHEMOTHERAPY AND ESSENTIAL OILS Time: 6:00-8:30 pm Learn how massage therapy and essential oils may benefit you during and after chemotherapy. Take a complementary approach to help your side effects. Place: Willson School Room 228 Instructor: Heather Kern, NCTMB, LE Fee: $10.00 Begins: Wednesday, May 10 (one night) Time: 6:30-8:00 pm Place: Willson School Room 217A (Library) Fee: $8.00 Material Fee: $1.00 REGISTRATION MUST BE COMPLETED

THROUGH ADULT EDUCATION PRIOR TO ATTENDING A CLASS. NO walk-ins, children, or non-registered students allowed!

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EXERCISE/MOVEMENT

PHOTOGRAPHY

ALL Photography Classes taught by Carol Polich (well-published local PHY-01 MODERN CLOGGING - 103 Modern Clogging is a percussive style of dance that is a great workout for the nature photographer and author). heart and mind! This class will continue to build on the 101 and 102 Modern Clogging classes. We will continue to build our step knowledge while learning new and more challenging routines. Requirement: Modern Clogging 101 and 102 or equivalent clogging experience. Everyone must have their own DSLR CAMERA. Instructor: Lori Weld Begins: Tuesday, April 4 (8 weeks) No point-and-shoot cameras allowed. Time: 6:15-7:45 pm, Tuesdays Place: Whittier School Gym When registering, students must list Fee: $38.00 the camera make and model. Instructor Fee: $5.00 to instructor at class

PHY-02 MODERN CLOGGING - 203 Modern Clogging is a percussive dance style that is a great workout for the PHO-01 DSLR LEVEL I Level I DSLR is for those who want to learn how to use their camera other than heart and mind! This class will review previous routines and learn new and more challenging routines with choreography. Requirement: Modern Clogging in AUTO mode. You will learn the menu, how to set up the camera and get the correct exposure when photographing in Aperture Priority. Classes are integrated 201 and 202 or equivalent clogging experience. with lectures, outside shooting (weather permitting), and assignment(s) to help Instructor: Lori Weld you practice and learn your camera system. To further advance your understand Begins: Thursday, April 6 (8 weeks) ing, Level II is your next step. Everyone needs to have their own DSLR camera Time: 6:15-7:45 pm, Thursdays with a lens. Materials needed: DSLR Camera & Lens, SD/CF card, Camera Place: Whittier School Gym Manual, Battery Charger, and Notepad. Fee: $38.00 Begins: Tuesday, April 11 (5 classes) Instructor Fee: $5.00 to instructor at class Time: 5:30-8:30 pm, Mon., Tues., & Thur., April 11, 13, 17, 20 & 24 Place: Willson School Room 122 PHY-03 PIYO LIVE Fee: $47.00 Piyo is an athletic workout to music inspired by the mind/body practices of Pilates and yoga. It includes flexibility and strength training, conditioning, and dynamic movement. It includes modifications to allow everyone to join in DSLR LEVEL II and yet offers progressions to challenge all levels of fitness. You may workout PHO-02 Continuing DSLR is for those students advancing from Level I. The Quality of with athletic shoes or barefoot, but either way, please bring a mat. Light and Types of Lighting that affect your photos that go beyond a snapshot is Instructor: Laura Ordile the prime goal of this class. Level II is also used as a refresher course for under Begins: Monday, April 3 (8 weeks/2x week) standing the camera functions and getting the correct exposure. Time: 5:30-6:30 pm, Mondays & Thursdays Begins: Tuesday, April 25 (4 classes) Place: Willson School Room 217A (Library) Time: 5:30-8:30 pm, Mon., Tues., & Thur., April 25 & 27 & May 1 & 2 Fee: $50.00 Place: Willson School Room 217B Fee: $38.00 PHY-04 KUNDALINI YOGA Tap into the infinite energy of life and the cosmos through Kundalini Yoga. Strengthen and stretch the mind, body, and breath with postures, mantras, and PHO-03 ADVANCED LEVEL OF PHOTOGRAPHY: meditations to learn a path toward mastery of life and sublime relaxation. No TRAVEL ADVENTURE PHOTOGRAPHY prior experience necessary. Please bring a mat, water, and light blanket/cover- Everyone takes a camera to record their adventures. With research and packing ing. your equipment as starting points for your destination, the Travel Adventure class Instructor: Colin Colby will give you compositional ideas about “capturing the essence” of that moment Begins: Monday, April 3 (8 weeks/2x a week) whether exploring ancient civilizations, cultural expressions, wildlife, or our national parks. Join us for a “how to” with your DSLR CAMERA for an overseas Time: 6:15-7:45 pm, Mondays & Wednesdays journey or an adventure here at home. This advanced class is for those who’ve Place: Whittier School Gym taken Level I and Level II DSLR photo classes previously. Fee: $74.00 Begins: Wednesday, May 3 (5 classes) Material Fee: 2.00 Time: 5:30-8:30 pm, Mon. & Wed., May 3, 8, 10, 15, & 17 Place: Willson School Room 217B Fee: $47.00 WRI-01 WRITING YOUR STORY Do you have a story to tell? Perhaps you’re writing a family history or your goal is to write short stories. Maybe you’d like to turn your story into a EACH ADULT ED CLASS HAS MINIMUM AND screenplay or a novel. Montana writer Lauri Olsen, author of seven books and MAXIMUM REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS. numerous magazine articles, will provide the tools you need to tell your story. Through in-class writing exercises and discussions, you will learn to paint Registering early during Registration Week assures your scenes with words, narrate, create coloful characters and settings, and develop place in the class and helps Adult Ed determine whether or plotlines. The class includes manuscript preparation and steps to publicaton. Tell it and sell it! not we have enough students for the class to be taught. Instructor: Lauri Olsen Begins: Wednesday, April 5 (8 weeks) Time: 5:30-7:30 pm, Wednesdays Place: Willson School Room 228 Fee: $50.00 Instructor Fee: $15.00 to instructor at class 6

WRITING

PARENT UNIVERSITY Parent University free registration is requested at: www.bsd7.org/community/adulted GRIEF AND LOSS - HELPING KIDS COPE At some point during childhood and adolescence, most children will experience grief and loss in some way or another. While grieving a loss is a normal response, parents and caregivers can provide valuable support during difficult times. This session will explore common grief reactions at various developmental stages and provide tips for parents and caregivers in how to best support children and adolescents through the grief process. Begins: Thursday, March 23 (one class) Time: 12:00-1:00 pm; No child care Place: Willson School Room 217A (Library)

PARENT UNIVERSITY con’t DEPRESSION IS TREATABLE; SUICIDE IS PREVENTABLE Mr. Rosston’s presentation focuses on suicide within our culture with specific attention towards young people. The presentation covers national and Montana data, demographics of a suicidal person, warning signs, risk assessment, training on how to intervene with a suicidal person, evidenced-based practices, and resources available. Begins: Tuesday, April 18 (one class) Time: 12:00-1:00 pm; No child care Place: Willson School Room 217A (Library)

DRUG TRENDS IN THE GALLATIN VALLEY: WHAT PARENTS NEED TO KNOW Missouri River Drug Task force presentation by Captain Ryan Stratman is an overview of the task force, drug trends, warning signs and symptoms within our communities and families. This presentation is interactive with the audience. SOCIAL MEDIA - HELP, MY CHILD KNOWS Begins: Thursday, April 27 (one class) A LOT MORE THAN ME! Social media networks have become THE channels for teens’ (and sometime Time: 12:00-1:00 pm; No child care pre-teens’) daily interactions. Do you know what SnapChat and Instagram are? Place: Willson School Room 217A (Library) What else is out there? Are you feeling like you don’t know what is going on? HELP! MY CHILD WILL BE A HIGH SCHOOL FRESHMAN! What should you do as a parent? What are the criminal and legal ramifications of social media for children and teens? This presentation, by Detective Scott The transition from middle to high school can be an exciting and challenging McCormick, Student Assistance Coordinator Mary Ann Benz, and a “young time for students and parents. Freshman year is a critical time when students are adult” will help you navigate the world of social media. creating habits they use throughout high school and beyond. Participants will Begins: Tuesday, March 28 (one class) learn about challenges that freshman face and how to guide their children to cre Time: 12:00-1:00 pm; No child care ate positive habits that foster academic, social, and future success. Place: Willson School Room 217A (Library) Begins: Tuesday, May 2 (one class) Time: 12:00-1:00 pm; No child care STRESS, GRIEF AND TRAUMA Place: Willson School Room 217A (Library) Laura St. John, Project Director SAFE-TI (School and Family Engagement Trauma Informed) will discuss how childhood experiences, both positive and HELP! MY CHILD WILL BE A 6TH GRADER! negative, can have a tremendous impact on future violence victimization and Moving from elementary school to the middle school can be a frightening perpetration, and lifelong health and opportunity. prospect for both students and parents. However, most kids do great and parBegins: Tuesday, April 4 (one class) ents also survive. It helps to have a good understanding of what middle school Time: 12:00-1:00 pm; No child care programs and structure looks like. Come join us to learn more about our two Place: Willson School Room 217A (Library) middle schools and how you can support your son or daughter in the transition. Administrators, counselors, and other staff will be available to answer questions. SCREENAGERS MOVIE PANEL DISCUSSION Begins: Thursday, May 11 (one class) The panel from the Screenagers movie that was presented on Tuesday, April 4, 2017 will be conducting a follow-up panel discussion to further explore the Time: 12:00-1:00 pm; No child care Place: Willson School Room 217A (Library) impact of screen time on kids. Please feel free to bring any additional questions that you may have to this panel discussion. WOW! MY CHILD IS STARTING KINDERGARTEN Begins: Tuesday, April 11 (one class) Come learn all about the Kindergarten experience! Participants will learn about Time: 12:00-1:00 pm; No child care the academic, emotional, and social components important to all kindergarten Place: Willson School Room 217B students while getting an overview of our curriculum and learning opportunities we provide our young learners. Ideas will be shared to help create a successful STRATEGIES FOR A HEALTHIER COMMUNITY You put a helmet on your child, taught them how to wash their hands, visited transition into kindergarten as well as time built in for parents to ask questions. a doctor for well-child check-ups and made sure to get vaccinations; you even Begins: Tuesday, May 16 (one class) Time: 12:00-1:00 pm; No child care talk about making healthy choices. What else can you do? Starting with the Place: Willson School Room 217A (Library) first trip to the convenience store, grocery store, or other retail outlets, the tobacco industry has been targeting your child. Exposure to tobacco marketing can undermine your efforts and cause youth to start tobacco use - the leadTEEN DATING VIOLENCE AWARENESS AND PREVENTION: ing cause of (preventable) death and disease in Gallatin County. In this sesPOWER AND CONTROL ISSUES sion, we will examine the role of the retail environment on Public Health. Jen HAVEN’s Outreach Coordinator, Emily Kempe, will be teaching the basics McFarlane from the Gallatin City-County Health Department will present why about relationship violence, what it looks like and the underlying issue of power point of sale marketing matters in our community, find out what you can do to and control. She will also touch on HAVEN services and what to do if someone limit corporate influence on health, and leave with hands-on tools you can use you know is in an abusive relationship. to educate your child(ren.) Begins: Tuesday, May 23 (one class) Begins: Thursday, April 13 (one class) Time: 12:00-1:00 pm; No child care Time: 12:00-1:00 pm; No child care Place: Willson School Room 217A (Library) Place: Willson School Room 217A (Library) 7

IMPORTANT NOTES/Registration Information PAYMENT

PARTICIPATION AND AGE REQUIREMENTS

Cash, credit cards (MasterCard, Visa and Discover), and checks (payable to

Students must be at least 16 years of age and must pre-register before attending an adult education class. Only registered students are allowed in the classroom. Auditing and/or viewing a class is not permitted. *Children are not permitted to accompany parents to class. Please do not ask teachers for exceptions. .

Bozeman Adult Education) may be used to pay for class fees, textbooks (as noted), and material and user fees. Instructor fees are paid directly to the instructors as indicated in the course description.

REFUND POLICY

NO REFUNDS FOR ONE-NIGHT CLASSES unless cancelled by Adult Ed. Anyone wishing to drop a course must notify the Community Education Office (not the instructor), Willson School, 522-6012, by 4:00 pm prior to the second time the class meets. *Refunds are prorated along with a $3.00 processing fee.

*COMPUTER AND MATERIAL FEES ARE NON REFUNDABLE

DISCLAIMER

This class schedule is published for informational purposes only. Although every effort is made to ensure accuracy at the time of publication, it shall not be construed to be an irrevocable contract between the student and BPS Community Education. BPS Community Education reserves the right to cancel classes or to make any changes in the content and provisions of this class schedule without notice.

CLASSES THAT ARE CANCELLED BY THE ADULT EDUCATION OFFICE WILL BE REFUNDED IN FULL. STUDENTS WILL BE NON-DISCRIMINATION POLICY NOTIFIED OF CANCELLATIONS A DAY PRIOR TO THE FIRST BPS Adult Education Department is committed to provide all persons CLASS. 16 years of age and older an equal opportunity for education, employment and participation in ACE activities without regards to race, No refund requests will be accepted after the current quarter has ended. color, religions, national origin, sex, marital status, or handicap. Please allow 4-6 weeks for cash refunds.

FOR INFORMATION OR QUESTIONS REGARDING ADULT COMMUNITY ED. CLASSES, CALL 522-6012

Bozeman Adult Learning Center

Contact Information: 406-522-6096 Location: Willson Building - 404 W. Main St., rooms 226,227, and 228

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Bozeman Adult Learning Center Offerings

Career Exploration - PEP Talk, MCIS, Bozeman Job Service Consultations Employment Skills - Applications, Resumes, Interviewing Skills, Study Skills College Transition Assistance - FAFSA, Applications College Preparation - Math, Writing, Academic Reading, Study Skills Academic skills to prepare for the ACT, SAT, and ASVAB High School Equivalency Preparation (HiSET) English Language 8