Spark Family Enrichment Center

Christy Osborn

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Deanna Le

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Barbara Hartwell

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Barbara Hartwell has been teaching in the Central Florida area for over 20 years. She has trained young, talented musicians and singers for at her home and other venues. She is the author of two training books/CD’s: Crash Course Keyboards, and Crash Course Vocals (www.crashcourseworship.com). She home schools her own children, and has worked for schools in the area, including Wekiva Christian School, and Champion Preparatory Academy. Over that last 5 years, she has been a director/middle school/high school teacher at Life Quest Academy and Love2Homeschool Co-op

Jason Spencer

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Greg Lynch

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Worked for Air Force Space Command and NASA tracking satellites, and the Space Shuttle, and was an instructor and trainer for five years.

Have a degree in Humanities from UCF, as well as a certification to teach all levels of Social Studies.

Taught high school Humanities classes at Hagerty High School.

Worked as a stay-at-home-dad, and a room parent for both children throughout their school career.

Love computers, arts, reading, and writing.

Claribel Linderman

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Claribel was born in Spain and grew up in Puerto Rico. As a destination island she learned to recognize many types of “spanish” , latinamerican, hispanoamerican and caribbean. Claribel holds an MBA and a BA in public communications with concentration in advertising, and an Associate’s degree in promotional advertising from the University of Puerto Rico. In addition, she holds a second Associate’s degree in graphic design from the Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale.

As a former senior graphic designer for ANC Rental Corporation, Claribel assumed command of the entire international advertising account for ANC’s two brands, Alamo and National. She’s done everything from concepts through implementation and illustration for a worldwide audience. Working across platforms and in as many as seven languages, She used her knowledge of Spanish for translation, proofreading, and a cultural resource.

Claribel is passionate about teaching people her native language. She looks forward to the opportunity to share her knowledge with the students at Spark!

You Can Learn to Speak Chinese!

marybeth — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 17:27:22 +0000

We are very excited to announce that we will be offering yet another opportunity to further enrich your children. Every Friday from 4-5pm, we will be offering a Chinese class from 4-5. If you are interested in having our child learn more about this fascinating language, please let us know. We look forward to hearing Continue Reading

Science Fun

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Winter Springs: Wednesday’s 11:00-12:00

Lake Mary: Monday’s 12:30-1:30

Through the process of discovery and investigation students will learn about loads, forces, stress, compression and tension that structures must overcome. This unit deals with the investigation of shapes that will make a structure strong and able to withstand different forces. We start with defining an objective to build a tower, bridge or other structure. The students will then design and test what they build to determine how much stress and tension their design can withstand. When their prototype is completed and tested they will make changes to improve their structures.

As we build bridges we will be learning about different types of bridges: arch, beam, cable-stayed, suspension and truss bridges. Students will learn about the structures, the shapes used in each and the strengths and weaknesses of them.

Throughout this unit students are using the scientific method: making observations, experimenting, testing and drawing conclusions.

Spark! Birthday Parties

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For more information on Spark’s Award Winning, One-of-a-Kind Birthday Parties, please give us a call or send an email. We would love to help you make your child’s special day the most awesome day ever!!

407-679-7775 or denise@sparkec.net

Group Vocal Classes in Lake Mary

marybeth — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 19:26:48 +0000

You asked for it, and we’ve delivered! Group vocal classes are now underway in Lake Mary.

Tuesdays, 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. (Grades K-5)
Wednesdays, 3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. (Grades 5-12)

Group Vocal Class will include Crash Course Vocals Warm-up, Group Performance Songs and Solo Performance Songs. Each student will learn to sing in every part of their range, to sing without straining, to sing with a pop edge, and learn style, tone and improvisation techniques. Call 407-321-8007 to register.

Barbara Hartwell has been teaching , as well as performing, in the Central Florida area for over 20 years. She has trained young, talented musicians and singers , as well as groups and bands including Trivium and band members of Tigerweather. She is the author of two training books/CD’s: Crash Course Keyboards, and Crash Course Vocals. Many of her students have gone on to careers in music. She has performed with several well-known artists including Mariah Carey, Jessica Simpson, Micheal Bolton, Vanessa Williams, and Christian artists like Ron Kenoly, Martha Munizzi, Darlene Zschech, Roberto Sanchez and many others.