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Are you a homeschooler looking for core subjects that aren't just boring videos or textbooks? Let's make learning fun with Minecraft Education Edition! My name is Ms. Astrid and our school, Mossflower Academy, is a certified Minecraft Education organization. Using the Minecraft Education platform I will be using game-based learning. Each week your learner will have access to our private account, where they will participate in weekly build challenges, educational servers, coding tutorials, games and co-op play. Here is a list of our upcoming classes: SCHEDULE: During the months of August - October, students will be collaborating on a Bible Lands themed world server. Each week we will build a world together that features many important and significant locations in the Bible, including: - Biblically accurate Solomon's temple - Noah's ark to scale (hint: it is MASSIVE! All hands on deck for this one!) - Jerusalem and Bethlehem - Ancient Egypt in Moses' day - Mount Sinai - Babylon in Daniel's time - Jericho - Iconic scenes from the Bible (David and Goliath, the parting of the Red Sea, Paul's ministry locations and more) ‼️ NOTE: there is no class the week of October 21! I will be on vacation. 😎 Our plan is to build a world for our Jr. Minecraft kids to "test out", so if you have a learner who is too young for this class, consider booking the Jr. Minecraft class, where they will get to play in the "sandbox" version of this custom-build world and submit feedback for the older kids to improve on! Students can attend on a weekly subscription; classes are $10/week and include access to your own Minecraft Education account during class. You can also pay for a month at a time using our Pricing Plans option, which will also give you access to the Minecraft Education account between classes!

Have fun with fellow Minecrafters ages 6-9 in this JW-exclusive course. Every week we will have fun playing and learning together using Minecraft Education Edition. Students can be absolute beginners wanting to learn how to play and/or would like to improve in their Minecraft skills. We will use custom private servers to encourage learning while playing! ------------- $$$ Tip: Classes are $12/week if booked per session. Save $$ by purchasing in bulk by selecting the Monthly Budget Plan, which is $40 for 4 sessions of your choice (you choose the dates you attend)! And don't forget about our Mossflower Rewards program, where you earn points for each purchase and can exchange them for discounts. -------------- SCHEDULE: During the months of August - October, our older students will be collaborating on a Bible Lands themed world server. Each week we will build a world together that features many important and significant locations in the Bible, including: - Biblically accurate Solomon's temple - Noah's ark to scale (hint: it is MASSIVE! All hands on deck for this one!) - Jerusalem and Bethlehem - Ancient Egypt in Moses' day - Mount Sinai - Babylon in Daniel's time - Jericho - Iconic scenes from the Bible (David and Goliath, the parting of the Red Sea, Paul's ministry locations and more) ‼️ NOTE: There is no class the week of Oct 21! Our Jr. Minecraft players will be invited to play in the "sandbox" version of these custom-built worlds and submit their feedback to the creators for improvement! We will also have some free-play at the end of class. Minecraft Education Edition is free to download here: https://education.minecraft.net/en-us/get-started/download You are not required to sign up for the free trial or pay for a subscription. Your custom license to use during our classes is included with your enrollment in this course. Your learner will be given a custom login and password to use during our classes and even between classes, giving you access 24/7 for as long as you are enrolled. Note: We do not play in Survival mode, only in Creative. Mobs (like zombies and creepers) are disabled, as well as PvP (player vs. player), ensuring that students play nice and learn proper gaming etiquette. Our rule in class is: if you didn't make it, don't break it! For the Jr. course it works best to book these classes monthly, in 4-week increments.

Coyote & Crow is a fantasy/sci-fi tabletop role playing game (TTRPG) set in a First Nations alternate future where colonization never happened. The game was created and lead by an all Native team, and has become one of the most successful RPGs to ever find on Kickstarter, where it launched in March 2021. Plot summary: C&C is set in an alternate future of our own world (specifically North America). The future is different because a massive climate disaster around the year 1400 changed everything; colonizers did not “discover” America, and the indigenous peoples of the Americas were able to forge their own path. While they struggled under a centuries-long ice age, the planet began to heal and people survived. Hundreds of years in the future, civilization has flourished and technology advanced. Along the way, the people discovered and learned to cultivate the Adanadi, or the Gift, a strange purple mark left on all life after the event that changed the course of history (possibly a meteor, etc). The purple mark, when harnessed properly, has given humans access to gifts and abilities that we would call superhuman. However the world isn’t utopian. As the world heals, nations have growing needs, treaties are tested, old grudges are renewed, and oceans and distant continents wait to be explored! What is a roleplaying game? A roleplaying game is collective storytelling with a few rules and some dice rolling. These aspects, along with Player choices, help shape the story and its outcome. Players take on the role of protagonists in the story, while the Story Guide (Ms. Astrid) speaks for all other characters and helps referee the rules. The ending unfolds as we play! I was privileged to meet some of the people who worked on this project when I purchased the core rule book. My kids and I had always wanted to try out more tabletop role playing games, but we were disappointed to realize that most of the groups were exclusively playing Dungeons and Dragons. Unfortunately. D&D is not aligned with our personal beliefs and Bible-led consciences, so we were very happy to find this alternative, where the setting uses plenty of imagination, tech and science rather than magic and spells, etc. Of course, everyone’s conscience is different, and that’s ok too. If you’re not sure whether C&C is for you, please check out their website or reach out to me with questions. I’d be happy to explain the plot, characters and any other details that can help you make a decision!

Frequently Asked Questions How do I enroll in classes? First, please create a new member account. From your Account dashboard you will be able to keep track of your learner's schedule, payments, files and more. Create a new account by selecting the "Log In" button on the top right-hand side of the page. Sign in using your preferred method and complete the prompts to create your account. Once that is completed, visit the "Book Online" page to book the classes of your choice. How does payment work? We accept credit cards using Stripe payment, a secure transaction that is safe and reliable. You can also choose to pay via PayPal if you prefer. For any other preferred payment methods, please contact us directly at mossfloweracademy@gmail.com How do we attend the live classes? Our live classes will meet via Zoom Video Conferencing. To access the meeting, log into the website with your account. Click on the top right-hand menu and select "My Schedule". Click on the upcoming class and you will see the Zoom meeting link. Join the meeting and you're in! Zoom links are also provided to you via email when you enroll, so feel free to use the link in the email to join as well. Our meetings are secure and implement a "waiting room" feature, ensuring that ONLY verified, enrolled learners are allowed into the classroom. After class ends, the meeting is closed and students do not have access to the meeting room without the teacher present. How do subscription classes work? Our weekly ongoing classes are paid per session, meaning that you only pay one week at a time. This is helpful for anyone on a budget and/or families that require a more flexible setup. Paying on a weekly basis will mean that you will need to book each session individually. If you forget to book a week and someone else takes that slot, you will no longer have that space in class. You are welcome to join the waitlist in case someone else drops out. If you prefer, you can also choose to pay for 4 weeks upfront via the monthly plan option. You will see this as an option during checkout and on the homepage under the "More" menu. This option will allow you to pay for one month in advance, holding your spot for those 4 sessions. This is a great option if you don't want to remember to re-enroll every week. What if we miss a class that we paid for? We all know that our time is valuable, and the teacher has arranged their time to instruct our learners at the scheduled hour. Do your best to be on time and provide advance notice if you know you will miss class. While you are not entitled to a refund for an absence, you are welcome to contact us to discuss any extenuating circumstances. What is the refund or cancellation policy for live classes? You can cancel a class with 48-hour notice and expect to receive a full refund. Last-minute cancellations and/or missed classes are not refunded. Booking a monthly slot holds your spot in class and prevents another potential learner from booking that open seat. If you booked a class within 24 hours of the class start time, you are also eligible for a full refund. Please allow 1-3 business days for refunds to be processed and credited back to your payment method. Please contact me if you have extenuating circumstances and would like to request an exception to this policy. If a teacher needs to cancel or reschedule a class for any reason, you will be given at least 24-hour notice, and will have to option to accept any rescheduled make-up dates, or receive a full refund for the affected session(s). If the teacher is experiencing an emergency that requires class to be canceled or rescheduled, all payments for the affected session(s) will be refunded in full.

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Virtual Art Gallery Welcome to the Mossflower Academy art gallery! Calling all Mossflower Academy artists ages 4-18! We will be accepting submissions for our Winter 2023 collection until January 22, 2023 Would you like to see your artwork in a live virtual gallery? Submit your artwork into one of the following categories. Our theme is: FAVORITE THINGS What are some of your favorite things ever? Playing Minecraft? Baking cupcakes and sharing them with your friends? Maybe you really love watching th e bees gathering nectar among the dandelions in your y ard. Get creative with this prompt: choose a moment in time that you stopped to appreciate Jehovah's creations, or something that always makes you feel happy or smile even when you're sad. Can you recreate that moment? You can use any medium you like (excluding video), including photography, textile art, collage, fine art, etc. Along with your art submission, feel free to include a short description to explain your artwork. You can even include a poem, scripture or quote. P lease be aware of the following guideline: due to the limited number of pieces that we can include on the gallery walls, not all submissions will be selected for the final gallery. Ms. Astrid & our volunteer gallery crew will determine the final curation based on how closely these instructions are followed, so please read all details below! (Note: art submissions that are not selected for the exhibit will be included in a digital magazine, and will be welcome to participate in all future exhibitions.) View our previous Gallery Tour some sample exhibits for free here . Submission Guidelines and Requirements: All media is eligible for consideration (excluding videos) : all visual arts, painting, drawing, sculpture, photography and digital art. We are open to seeing other mediums as well. We are open to many different styles and formats and thinking and creating outside of the box. Submissions must be made online via our submission form. All required fields MUST be completed. Your artwork can be scanned in or you can take a photograph and submit a high quality jpg image. Submission deadline is January 22, 2023 . Gallery goes live to the public by February 1, 2023. Your upload must accompany online payment of $1 (USD) or will not be recognized. This small fee is applied toward the cost of purchasing access to the custom virtual exhibition website. It is a non-refundable fee and no changes of images can be made after you submit without another entry fee. Due to limited wall space, we cannot guarantee that all artwork will be included in the public gallery. The decision to accept entries is based solely on the overall collection being curated in the gallery. However, any submissions not selected for the gallery will be included in our free digital magazine. The virtual exhibit will be published and accessible online to the public. Artists may choose to submit as many pieces as they like, into multiple categories that apply, but they must be separate entries, each with a separate $1 fee. For examples, you may enter a piece in the Traditional Arts categories for your age group as well as another piece for the Digital Arts category. The total fee would be $2. Submission image size: Uploads should be a JPG file only, with a maximum size of 10 MB. If the image is too large it will be resized, but the quality may be affected. This may result in the submission being pulled from the gallery selection. You are encouraged to sign your work. Important!! Your files should be renamed as follows: First name Last name_Title of the piece.jpg , making sure that underscores go between your name and the name of the piece (i.e. Pablo Picasso_The Old Guitarist.JPG). Please rename your image before uploading it to the submission form. All entrants grant Mossflower Academy the right to use or publish images of their work to promote the art exhibits, future call for entries or videos. While in general, Mossflower Academy only advertises to confirmed, private JW groups and forums, be aware that all accepted entries can be placed on this website or blog and other social media sites that are publicly visible. Copyright info: in the case of fan art or the use of quotes, there is no restriction on using copyrighted characters as our gallery is considered non-commercial and not-for-profit. However, if your medium is photography and you are using a model (for example, if your submission is a cosplay DIY), you must have obtained written permission of any people featured in the entries and/or their parents/guardians if children under 18 are featured. Artist is fully responsible to obtain all model or property releases. Submit Your Artwork Jr. Artists Artists ages 4-6 Up to 10 gallery submissions will be displayed. Traditional and digital art, any medium. Submit High School Artists Artists ages 14-18 Up to 10 gallery submissions will be displayed. Traditional and digital art, any medium. Submit Elementary Artists Artists ages 7-10 Up to 10 gallery submissions will be displayed. Traditional and digital art, any medium. Submit Gallery Crew If you are interested in volunteering 1-2 hours/week for 2 sessions via Zoom and are at least 10 years of age or older, you are welcome to "intern" at the gallery to assist in designing the art space and digital magazine. Register Tween & Teen Artists Artists ages 11-13 Up to 10 gallery submissions will be displayed. Traditional and digital art, any medium. Submit Submission Deadline: We will be accepting submissions for our Winter 2023 collection until January 22, 2023 Eligible artists will be notified when the gallery and the virtual magazine has gone live. Notification is sent via email, so stay tuned! 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