SNTutoring! (Year-Round Virtual Program- 1:1 customized subject/activity)
Is your special needs child having too much alone time? Maybe having tutors or playmates will help your child to be gradually more social and active in addition to learning things that interest him/her?
FCSN youth volunteers can work with your special needs child 1:1 online on any academic subjects or non-academic activities of your choice. Furthermore, with our support, you can work with the tutor to select/design materials customized to your child’s functioning level, interest, and needs. To assure the quality of the tutoring sessions, an experienced supervisor will routinely review parents’ feedback and tutors’ after-class-reports, then take actions as needed.
This is an on-going program, you can register at any time. If you are interested in learning more about this program, please click HERE to visit SNTutoring website.
Contact: Yvette Ying | yingxi98@gmail.com or Linmei Chiao | linmeichiao@yahoo.com
Register: click HERE to visit SNTutoring website, and click “SN Individuals” to register.
*Non-FCSN members will need to pay additional $25 non-member fee per camp. To become a member, please contact administration@fcsn1996.org for membership form. Membership fee is $50 lifetime. For more information, please CLICK.
* Please note that there’s no refund once registered.
2024 Fall Math Fun-damentals
FCSN Math is a math tutoring class where we will explain a wide range of topics that go over basic aspects of math that can help students through basic tasks. In each class, we start by doing some warm-up questions, then go over the lesson contents and do some practice problems, then finally end with some fun activities to reinforce the materials learned that day.
Brian is a junior at Granada High School taking AP Statistics, previously taking AP Calculus BC. He likes spending time with others and learning new things.
Ethan is a sophomore at Granada High School who is taking AP Calc B/C. He enjoys playing soccer and exercising in his leisure time.
Sophia is a freshman at Monte Vista High School who is taking Accelerated Algebra 2. She enjoys drawing and playing the cello in her free time.
Schedule:
10/15/2024 – 11/5/2024, Tuesdays from 4:30-5:30pm
11/12/2024 – 12/3/2024, Tuesdays from 5:30-6:30pm
Capacity: 8
Where: on zoom
Who: any age
Cost: $80 for 8 sessions
2023-2024 Language & Art Class
Alisa Huang and her team will lead the Language & Art virtual class this year. They will have 2 trials to introduce their programs. Please contact the coordinator Julie at julie.du@gmail.com to sign up for the trial classes if you are interested.
Description: In this virtual language arts course, we will focus on helping our students improve their reading and writing skills through stories and fun games in grammar and vocabulary. The volunteers of this class will work with these kids every step of the way, focusing on what students need to improve on each week. To end each class, we will have an arts and crafts activity that can give students a chance to express their creative -side. Finally, towards the end of each semester, students will work on a mini project that will show how much they have learned in this class! Maximum 10 student capacity in this class, weekly on Sundays 7-8pm.
Time and Dates: weekly on Sundays 7-8pm
Tuition: $5 per class
In this language & arts course, we will focus on writing, grammar, and speech. In addition, we will read stories and play fun games with our students that will help them learn more vocabulary and practice their reading skills! The volunteers of this class will work with these kids every step of the way – focusing on what students need to improve on each week. To end each class, we will have fun arts and crafts that can give students a chance to express their creative side and end class with something fun! Finally, towards the end of each semester, students will work on a mini project that will show how much they have learned in this class!
2024 Fall Social Storytime – theme “Kindness”
In this class, instructors will instruct and narrate several short stories about the importance of kindness in our daily lives. Through these lessons, students will interact with instructors through activities, and games, and learn important lessons and vocabulary terms.
Our book list includes classics like:
– Have You Filled a Bucket Today? by Carol McCloud
– Stand in My Shoes by Bob Sornson
– Just Kidding by Trudy Ludwig
– Thank you, Mr. Falker by Patricia Polacco
Fall 2024 – Basic Finance Class
Flexible 1-1 class. Totally 10 sessions, each session is 1 hour.
This class will focus on financial literacy with concepts like investing and budgeting. We will be using Investopedia to model stock trading which follows the real-life stock market but does not use real money to give students real-lif experience.
Note: Please have an investopedia account made in https://www.investopedia.com/simulator before the first class.
Students:10+ years old
Some computer operation experiences such as typing and mouse clicking
Can follow teachers’ instructions with help from teacher assistants or parents
Hardware: Any computers with access to internet and a browser
Software: Create an account (https://www.investopedia.com/simulator) before class starts
Note: Before the class starts, please have Zoom (https://zoom.us/download) downloaded on your computer Before the class starts.
Program leader: Catherine Wang catherinwangcw@gmail.com
Time: 9/29/2024 – 12/04/2024
Where: Zoom
Fall 2024 – The Text & Program Coding
Flexible 1-1 class. Totally 10 sessions, each session is 1 hour.
The class will allow students to transition from block coding such as Snap!, Scratch and Explore Coding Through Games to text coding. This transition will give students real world applications in programming in python using Hour of Code.
Following step by step tutorials, tutors will guide their students to build games and most importantly, allow the student to grow in the field of Computer Science
Students:10+ years old
Some computer operation experiences such as typing and mouse clicking
Can follow teachers’ instructions with help from teacher assistants or parents
Hardware: Any computers with access to internet and a browser
Note: Before the class starts, please have Zoom (https://zoom.us/download) downloaded on your computer Before the class starts.
Program leader: Aidan Miranda aidanmmiranda@gmail.com
Time: 9/29/2024 – 12/04/2024
WHERE: Zoom
Fall 2024 – Building Design
Flexible 1-1 online classes. Totally 10 sessions, each session is 1 hour.
This class will focus on drawing and designing buildings from different perspectives every week. Students will learn to draw buildings in a variety of unique architectural styles over the course. There will be approximately 6 classes. Each class will be tutorial-based where students will follow along with the teacher as we design a building together.
Students:10+ years old
Know how to use a computer and access websites
Hardware: Apple iPad with Apple Pencil/any compatible stylus
If the iPad owned is among the following, Ipad air 3 / 4 / 5th Generation, Ipad Mini 5 / 6 Generation, Ipad pro 12.9 3 / 4 / 5th Generation, IPad Pro 11 inch, or IPad 6 / 7 / 8 / 9thGeneration, then this stylus is a relatively well-priced option as opposed to an Apple Pencil.
Software: Procreate – Ten dollars on App Store
Note: Before the class starts, please have Zoom (https://zoom.us/download) downloaded on your computer Before the class starts.
Program leader: Ashley James ashleyhjames08@gmail.com
Fall 2024 – Basic Java
Flexible 1-1 class. Totally 10 sessions, each session is 1 hour.
This class will focus on the basics of Java including lessons on loops, classes, and casting. We will mostly focus on solving problems using Java, with students writing their own code to achieve their goals. No prior coding experience is needed.
Students:10+ years old
Some computer operation experiences such as typing and mouse clicking
Can follow teachers’ instructions with help from teacher assistants or parents
Hardware: Computer or Laptop
Software: Please create a practice.it account prior to the class starting (https://practiceit.cs.washington.edu/user/create)
Note: Before the class starts, please have Zoom (https://zoom.us/download) downloaded on your computer before the class starts
Program leader: Catherine Wang catherinwangcw@gmail.com
Fall 2024 – Exploring AI and Machine Learning
Flexible 1-1 online classes. Totally 10 sessions, each session is 1 hour.
A hands-on look into algorithmic decision making, Exploring AI and Machine Learning class dives into modeling tabular data for understanding the use of machine learning on real-world issues.
Students: 10+ years old
Know how to use a computer and access websites
Hardware: Any computers with access to internet and a browser
Note: Before the class starts, please have Zoom (https://zoom.us/download) downloaded on your computer Before the class starts.
Program leader: Alex Wang alexw6842@gmail.com
Fall 2024 – Introduction to Onshape
Flexible 1-1 class. Totally 10 sessions, each session is 1 hour.
Welcome to Introduction to Onshape! Here we’ll learn how to use 3-D modeling to bring our ideas to life. This course will introduce how to use sketches, dimensioning, and extrusions to create 3-D models. Although we are using Onshape, these skills also apply to other CAD (computer-aided design) programs such as Fusion 360 and Solidworks. In our course, we’ll create projects from simple objects such as Lego bricks to more complex projects where assemblies are required.
Students:10+ years old
Some computer operation experiences such as typing and mouse clicking
Can follow teachers’ instructions with help from teacher assistants or parents
Hardware: Any computers with access to internet and a browser
Software: Create an account (https://www.onshape.com/en/) before class starts
Note: Before the class starts, please have Zoom (https://zoom.us/download) downloaded on your computer Before the class starts.
Program leader: Alex Wang alexw6842@gmail.com
Time: 9/29/2024 – 12/04/2024
*Non-FCSN members will need to pay additional $25 non-member fee per camp. To become a member, please contact administration@fcsn1996.org for membership form. Membership fee is $50 lifetime. For more information, please CLICK.