Fall 2026 Classes
Two Wednesday classes. Small groups, big ideas. Explore the options below.
900 Cinderellas Writing Workshop
One timeless story. Four cultures.
Discover how values shape the hero's journey.
Through the writing workshop we focus on:
We study
Joseph Campbell’s Hero Quest pattern, identifying the universal story elements every culture shares.
We analyze
How each culture changes the story’s elements based on its own values and worldview.
We connect
Geography is woven through every tale, deepening our understanding of place and culture.
We build
Inferential comprehension and critical thinking through discussion, analysis, and evidence-based writing.
Then they choose a tale of their own.
After studying all four, each student researches a Cinderella story of their own choosing and presents an original analysis of how its culture shapes the story, and what that reveals about the people who tell it.
Presented with confidence and clarity.
Stories connect us. Writing gives us a voice.
COMING SPRING SEMESTER 2027: Monsters in Literature
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Why does the Cinderella story appear in cultures around the world? What can these stories teach us about the people who told them? Students explore Cinderella tales from different cultures through the lens of Joseph Campbell’s Hero Quest, examining stages such as the call to adventure, challenges, helpers, transformation, and return. They analyze how characters, conflicts, settings, story elements, and themes reflect the cultural values of each tradition.
Integrated writing instruction strengthens vivid word choice, varied sentence structure, grammar, organization, vocabulary, source citation, and analytical writing as students express ideas clearly and support them with evidence. After studying four Cinderella tales, students research and present an analysis of their own Cinderella story, connecting its elements to the culture and geography from which it comes. Literature, world geography, cultural exploration, and writing come together in an engaging humanities experience that builds confident readers, writers, and thinkers.
World History: The Renaissance
Think like historians. Write with impact.
Guiding questions we explore together:
History through the SPICE lens
Social
Political
Innovations
Cultural
Economic
Social · Political · Innovations · Cultural · Economic. Five lenses, one connected story.
Through the writing workshop we focus on:
Study the past. Understand the present. Shape the future. Stronger thinkers. Stronger writers.
COMING SPRING SEMESTER 2027: American History, Reconstruction through WWII
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Students step into the Renaissance to investigate how new ideas transformed art, science, government, religion, trade, and everyday life. Using the SPICE framework of Social, Political, Innovations, Cultural, and Economics, students examine history through multiple lenses, make connections between events and ideas, and analyze historical change.
Integrated literacy and writing instruction develop inferential comprehension skills and strategies for identifying main ideas and supporting details. Students use vivid word choice, varied sentence structure, strong paragraphs and essays, grammar, organization, vocabulary, and the effective use of historical evidence to communicate what they learn. Rather than simply memorizing dates and names, students learn to think like historians and communicate like writers. This course builds the reading, writing, analysis, and critical-thinking skills students need for success in future AP history classes.
Three steps to a seat this Fall
Twenty minutes, no obligation.
Cinderellas, Renaissance, or both.
Secure checkout, $80 per session. Ten per class.