Information Meeting and Fall Semester Details

Hamlet: The play we'll study during Fall Semester

Good day, ye Shakespeareans!

At the end of August, we will have an Information Meeting for our brand new Y.E.S. class! I'm so excited!!! It will be THURSDAY August 27th, at 7:00 pm. Bring your prospective students, if possible, so they can decide for themselves if they want to join the Y.E.S. class! If husbands can't come, that's okay, but I do want both parents to understand what their kids will be spending time doing.

This is what will happen at that meeting:

• I will introduce myself, and share my philosophies for teaching scholar-age youth. (Ages *12 and up!)
  
• You will learn all about what the Shakespeare Conquest class entails; what we do, which play we'll study, and what the assignments are.
• We'll hear the opinions of former Shakespeare students, and find out why they think that Y.E.S. classes are so great.
• We will outline our field trip schedule for the first semester.
• Parents will be able to sign up as volunteers to help make our class and Spring production the successes they will be.
• Students will be able to register that night, and as space for this class will be very limited, those parents who register and pay at the meeting will secure their child's place in the class.
• Refreshments will be served!

Here's a brief overview of our Y.E.S. class:

• For the first semester, we will meet for two hours EVERY week, other than Thanksgiving.
• The Fall Semester will begin September 9th and end Wednesday, December 9th.
• The cost per student is $50 per student, per semester and includes a student binder and Shakespeare Conquest mentor packet for each student.
• Students must be age *12 or older by the first day of class.
• There is a maximum enrollment of 15 students per semester.
  
• Enrollment in the first semester of Shakespeare is required to participate in the second semester class and play production unless *special arrangements are made with me, the mentor. I will consider each student on a case-by-case basis.
• Parents are asked to volunteer their time and efforts to making our class and Spring Production a success. (More details about volunteering will be presented at the Parent Meeting.)

*Please Note: If you have a child who would like to join us, but won't be 12 at the first day of class, please speak with me privately, and we will talk about getting them involved in the second semester starting in January.

Class will be Wednesday afternoons from 12:30pm to 2:30pm. I am also looking for another potential location, as my home is 15 minutes north of Idaho Falls, and I'm trying to make it convenient for all the parents involved. If you know of a very inexpensive or free place that we could meet weekly, please let me know!

If you know of anyone else who might be interested in the Shakespeare class, please pass this message along. Please call or e-mail me with any questions you may have.

Thanks for your help and interest. We're going to have an awesome Shakespeare experience this year! :-)

Hugs,
Rachel Keppner, Y.E.Shakespeare Mentor
(208)754-9916 OR libermama at gmail dot com