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2018 Spring Course Catalog Adult Evening EDUCATION a publication of the Wake County Public School System New Location! Fuquay-Varina MS Join professional baker Angela Daniel to make cake designs that wow friends and family. page 14 Design beautiful, Build wealth for your Explore the habits handcrafted soap. generations to enjoy with of the fabulous, fi ckle page 6 Basic Stock Options. feline. page 25 page 28 LIFELONG LEARNING WITH COMMUNITY SCHOOLS wcpss.net/adult-edu Welcome! Handcrafted Soap Lifelong Learning with Community Schools is a program of Wake County Public School System (WCPSS) where you can enjoy courses that are educational, recreational, cultural, civic, and social in nature. Check out our Adult Evening Education catalog published three times per year (fall, spring, and summer) available in libraries, schools, community centers, and select businesses throughout the county. If you're 16 years old to 109 years young, you're invited to come grow and learn with us! Lifelong Learning Program Calendar Spring 2018 Semester: Holidays: Monday-Thursday, January 15 Martin Luther King Day January 4-May 3 Build a strong core Bring home with Tai Chi. some feathered friends in Backyard Chickens 101. page 18 page 16 2 Adult Evening Education — Fall 2017 www.wcpss.net/adult-edu Inside the Catalog: CONTENTS Popular Demand Classes Registration Info 36 Sites and Directions 38 FAQs 39 Registration Instructions Courses 4 Arts and Crafts Run a business for next to nothing. page 7 7 Career Skills 10 Communications 12 Computers 14 Cooking 15 Dance and Fitness 16 Decorating/Gardening 16 ESL Paint expressively with lessons taught page 17 25 Finance by a national award winning painter. 26 Health and Wellness 27 Languages 28 Personal Enrichment 31 Photography 32 Teacher CEU/Parent 34 Teens Make money as a voice-over artist page 19 for commercials, radio, and more. Feature Programs 22 Free Family Academies 23 Teacher Certifi cations with NC State 24 Teaching Opportunities Adult Evening Education Common Core Literacy Across the Disciplines Discover the tempting textures page 20 of the French food culture Gain a career certifi cation page 21 in Medical and Wellness fi elds. Adult Evening Education — Spring 2018 wcpss.net/adult-edu 3 Arts and Crafts Spotlight Painting Seascapes and Landscapes in Sharp Focus What people are saying... “ Great, knowledgeable guidance throughout the process of creating an oil painting start to fi nish. ” - Marlene Bush Classical Oil Painting Techniques of the Masters ARTS AND CRAFTS ARTS Painting with Marcelle Classical Oil Painting Techniques of the New Oil Painting Without Drawing Masters Materials $ Materials $ Want to learn a technique for painting fast and loose Immerse yourself in this comprehensive painting class without really drawing? Learn a "wipe out" technique using to scale and draw from a smaller photograph to a larger a Q-tip and rag to establish the elements in the painting. canvas with absolute accuracy. Mix an underpainting palette Learn how much pressure to use in order to establish and apply the paint. If doing a portrait, learn how to mix diff erent values and after these are established, continue and apply fl esh color. Also included are techniques for to paint the elements as you usually would. The painting glazing, learning to see values/shades, giving volume to just seems to emerge from the canvas. This technique is objects that make them look three dimensional, making good for either still life, fl owers or landscape and is lots of objects recede, color mixing, and much more. Marcelle fun, producing a quality piece of art. Marcelle Hooks, the Hooks is a talented instructor who uses the Masters instructor, provides reference photographs from which technique which is an easy-to-follow academic approach. to work, or you may bring your own. There are many All skill levels welcome. Regular or water mixable oils, only. demonstrations and much personal instruction. See page 39 to register online, by phone, or mail; call the See page 39 to register online, by phone, or mail; call the Provider, Marcelle Hooks, at 919-906-2636 for more information. Provider, Marcelle Hooks, at 919-906-2636 for more information. Sanderson HS | 6:30-9:30 PM | T | 1/9-2/27 | $125 Sanderson HS | 6:30-9:30 PM | T | 3/13-4/24 | $115 Marcelle Hooks, a 20-year veteran artist and instructor in Raleigh, NC, celebrates art of all kinds with a concentration in oil fi gure and portraiture. She began her formal art education at Meredith College, studying under nationally acclaimed artists as Frank Covino, Daniel Greene, Ben Konis, Mary Whyte, Rick McClure, William Jameson, and James Sulkowski. Today, her work appears in private collections in both the United States and abroad. 4 Adult Evening Education — Spring 2018 wcpss.net/adult-edu Spotlight Calligraphy 101 What people are saying... Instructor was very knowledgeable, and the “class was small enough for individual attention. Instructor very encouraging. ” -Jody Greer, Calligraphy 101 ARTS AND CRAFTS ARTS Calligraphy with Jessica Calligraphy 101 Copperplate Calligraphy Materials $ Materials $ This 12-hour beginner’s calligraphy class will cover three This 12-hour beginner’s calligraphy class will cover lettering styles—italic, uncial, and copperplate. The class copperplate calligraphy. The class will give you a history of will give you a history of letter styles, how to care and letter styles, how to care and adjust the penholder, as well adjust the penholder, as well as exercises, instructions, and as exercises, instructions, and practice sheets. Cover each practice sheets. Cover each letter group and discuss letter letter group and discuss letter formations and variations. formations and variations. Practice pen and nib control. Practice pen and nib control. Discuss paper, ink, and overall Discuss paper, ink, and overall construction of words. construction of words. This class taught by calligrapher This class taught by calligrapher Jessica Yee will give you Jessica Yee will give you an engaging introduction to the an engaging introduction to the beautiful vintage art of beautiful vintage art of calligraphy. Register early. This class calligraphy. Register early. This class fi lls up fast. Overfl ow fi lls up fast. Overfl ow students will be wait listed for the students will be wait listed for the next session. Contact the next session. Contact the provider for a supply list. provider for a supply list. See page 39 to register online, by phone, or mail; call the See page 39 to register online, by phone, or mail; call the Provider, The Oblique Pen at 919-650-3135 for more information. Provider, The Oblique Pen, at 919-650-3135 for more information. Sanderson HS | 6:30-8:30 PM | T | 2/6-3/13 | $125 Fuquay-Varina MS | 6:30-8:30 PM | T | 3/20-4/24 | $125 Jessica Yee has studied and practiced calligraphy for the past 20 years. She started with broad edge and Copperplate style scripts such as Carolingian, Uncial, Spencerian, and Batarde, moving on to the many variations. A few years ago, she began studying pointed pen and fell in love with the fl uid script styles as they reminded her of her grandmother’s elegant handwriting. A lover of letters, she wants to teach you this fi ne, vintage art form to make your next event unique and memorable. Adult Evening Education — Spring 2018 wcpss.net/adult-edu 5 Handcrafted Soap New Jewelry Making Basics Materials $ Discover the basic techniques for designing and making your own jewelry. Work on diff erent ways to string various kinds of beads and make stunning necklaces. Then craft beautiful earrings to match. All materials included in the course cost. Prepay at mkt.com/specialgifts. 10% discount for WCPSS employees. See page 39 to register online, by phone, or mail; call the Provider, Mari Fitz-Wynn, at 919-376-6913 for more information. Sanderson HS | 8:00-9:30 PM | T | 2/6-3/13 | $125 New Ring Making Materials $ Create your own beautiful fashion rings using baubles, ARTS AND CRAFTS ARTS buttons, and beads with two diff erent types of jewelry wire. All materials included in the course cost. Prepay at mkt. com/specialgifts. 10% discount for WCPSS employees. See page 39 to register online, by phone, or mail; call the Provider, Mari Fitz-Wynn, at 919-376-6913 for more information. Sanderson HS | 6:30-8:00 PM | T | 2/6-3/13 | $150 Handcrafted Soap New Unique Polymer Clay Mokume Gane Materials $ Technique Creating beautiful soap is much easier than you think! Materials $ Carolyn Zahnow, owner of Shore Soap, will lead you Have fun using the ancient Japanese wood grain technique through the steps of making handcrafted soap. You will with polymer clay to create fabulous lapel pins, covered ink use soap bases to create various shapes. You’ll also add pens, and more! All materials included in the course cost. colorant (mica is preferred) for colors and fragrance and/ Prepay at mkt.com/specialgifts. 10% discount for WCPSS or essential oils to fragrance your soap. All materials are employees. included in the course cost. Leave with two soaps which you 'designed.' See page 39 to register online, by phone, or mail; call the Provider, Mari Fitz-Wynn, at 919-376-6913 for more information. See page 39 to register online, by phone, or mail; call the Provider, Shore Soap, at 919-368-6286 for more information. Sanderson HS | 6:30-8:30 PM | T | 3/20-4/24 | $145 Wake Forest HS | 6:30-8:30 PM | T | 1/9 | $48 Sanderson HS | 6:30-8:30 PM | T | 2/20 | $48 Leesville HS | 6:30-8:30 PM | M | 3/19 | $48 Athens Dr HS | 6:30-8:30 PM | T | 4/24 | $48 Millbrook HS | 6:30-8:30 PM