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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: February 27: The City of Florence, Italy (Geography and History) March 13: 6-Room Poem Challenge March 20: Ten Plagues of Egypt Escape Room (JW Bible Studies Challenge) March 27: Build with Bees: Bee Treasures April 3: Who Was Mohandas Ghandi? (Social Studies/History) April 10: Why Don't We Celebrate Easter? ...more weeks to be added for Winter/Spring 2022-2023! 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!

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: March 14: 6 Room Poem Maze (ELA) March 20: Ten Plagues of Egypt Escape Room (JW Bible Studies Challenge) March 27: Build with Bees: Bee Treasures April 3: Who Was Mohandas Ghandi? (Social Studies/History) April 10: Why Don't We Celebrate Easter? ...more weeks to be added for Winter/Spring 2022-2023! 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 6-8 in this JW-exclusive course. During this 4-week session 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! Here is a weekly breakdown for this 4-week intro course: Week 1: Save the Ocean! STEM build challenge - build a vehicle or device that removes plastic from the ocean in Minecraft. Learn about conservation and plastic pollution. Week 2 (Memorial of Christ's Death): The 10 Plagues of Egypt and the Passover. Join a custom built world that takes you through each of the 10 plagues as you learn about the first Passover. Week 3: Geography Fun - Let's tour London! Learn about the history of England's capital and explore a build complete with London Bridge, Big Ben and more. We will also learn about the London Bethel branch! Week 4: A Day on the Farm: tour a dairy farm and discuss how farmers produce the dairy products many people consume every day. Plus, COWS!! 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. At the end of the course your learner will earn a certificate of completion, logging the hours spent in class and completing any external (optional) projects/homework. This is great for homeschooling families who are required to report hours for homeschooling credit and/or portfolios! There will be another 4-week session following this course that you can enroll in separately.

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! Feel free to share this page with your friends and email Astrid Turner with any questions: contact@mossfloweracademy.com

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Meet the Teachers A full range of teachers offering JW kids' classes! Book any of these from one place by creating an account and choosing which classes you want. Click on each teacher for more information on class offerings, prices and schedules. ASTRID TURNER Owner, Instructor I am an experienced teacher and homeschooling mom of three. I teach several topics, including: fine art, art history, English literature, theater and sewing! Search below to connect with other brothers and sisters offering live virtual classes: Arts English Coding & Tech Math Pre-K/Kinder Science World Languages Music Dance/Fitness Life Skills Tutoring WHAT PEOPLE SAY LEANNA B Astrid is a phenomenal teacher! Her teaching my daughter absolutely loves her and looks forward to every class she has with her. Her approach is gentle and she has a special way of nurturing a love for art with kids. CAITLIN A. SAYS: Astrid is one of my daughter’s favorite Outschool teachers, and I am SO impressed by how much effort Astrid puts into her classes. My daughter is now Shakespeare obsessed! Education is not the filling of a pot but the lighting of a fire. –W.B. Yeats Are you a JW Teacher who would like to be added to our site? Please watch this video for more information on how to apply, and then complete the contact form at the bottom of the page: "When wisdom enters your heart And knowledge becomes pleasant to your soul, Thinking ability will keep watch over you, And discernment will safeguard you". - Proverbs 2:10, 11