West Michigan Homeschool Fine Arts at the Homeschool Building Band Class April 2018

West Michigan Homeschool Fine Arts 

at the Homeschool Building Band Class April 2018

Grand Rapids, Michigan

I thought I'd post a few pictures of the Homeschool Building and Dd's Band class from this year to share with you all.  After not having many opportunities, especially musically, in Indiana I remember how curious I was about this "Homeschool Building."  

Homeschool Building Information/website:
https://www.mihsb.org/

On Tuesday's and Friday's, there is a group called "Grace Homeschool Association" that offer many education classes to homeschool students.  This year Dd took two art classes and Saxon Geometry math class. 

Grace Homeschool Website:
http://www.gracehsaonline.org/

 On Wednesday's West Michigan Homeschool Fine Arts (WMHFA) offer music classes--band and orchestra, Dd has taken classes with WMHFA for the past 3 years.

West Michigan Homeschool Fine Arts Website:
https://www.wmhfa.org/

Dd's orchestra class were practicing walking out on a stage for the upcoming concert, although the practice was in the gymnasium!

In between classes, Dd gets to socialize with her friends.  At the other end of the gymnasium, there is a choir class going on so the students try to keep it fairly quiet.

A close-up of the choir practicing

Many of the families work on lessons while other brother/sisters are in classes.  

Can you see the wooden window under the clock on the wall?  That is one of the windows to the kitchen.  Each Wednesday there is a lunch offered for the students to purchase.  

There is also a homeschool bookstore at the other end of the building, down the hall with about 10 classrooms.  The bookstore has new and used materials.

Int. Band Class:

This is what the back of the Intermediate Band classroom looks like.  The first year I volunteered to help out during Dd's Beginning Band class all year long for the length of the class.  The past two years I have volunteered to help during Dd's Intermediate Band classes every Wednesday.

Every music class is a combination of all age ranges.  The student's audition to advance into the upper bands, so the theory is that your musical ability would determine which class you were in, not your age.

Dd playing her alto sax.

I'll miss seeing these kids every week!

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