Beyond the Story Courses

Crunch | Feb. 25 – May 13, 2025

Crunch, by Leslie Conner
  • DATE: February 25 - May 13, 2025
  • TIME: Tuesdays, 1:00-1:50pm
  • LOCATION: TCC Joint Use Library (1700 College Crescent, Virginia Beach, VA 23453)
  • PRICE: $185/per student (4-6 students enrolled), $165 (7-10 students enrolled) — Invite your friends to join!
    • Pay 50% (of $165) today to enroll.
      Remaining balance dur on the first day of class and will be calculated based on total students enrolled and any applicable discounts.
  •  May pay by check, money order, Zelle or Venmo. Applicable discounts subtracted from remaining balance owed.
    Deposit is fully refundable up to one week (7 days) before the course starts.A minimum of 4 enrolled students required to run the class. Maximum of 10 students.

    After purchase, you will receive an emailed receipt with a link to the registration form.

 

$165 (7-10 students enrolled)
$185 (4-6 students enrolled)

50% Deposit of $165 rate ($82.50) Due Today

Learn About Energy Resources with

Crunch

By Leslie Connor

Dewey has found himself in a crunch. While his parents are away, he’s promised to manage his family’s bicycle repair shop—which happens to be the same week gas pumps run dry and everyone needs repairs to their bikes!  When will gas be available again?  What happens to this close-knit town as the crunch gets harder and harder to bear?  Can Dewey manage to keep up with the shop and help take care of his family?

Each day Dewey and his siblings feel their parents’ absence more and more.  The bike shop is busier than ever, and just when Dewey feels like he can’t be “crunched” any harder, bike parts are missing from the shop!  He’s sure he knows who is responsible – or does he?  Join us this spring for a timely family story filled with humor and hope.  You just might gain some appreciation for what bicycles can do for you in a crunch!

While we read together and independently, we will learn new vocabulary and practice grade-appropriate grammar and literary skills. We will also incorporate other subjects that relate to our reading:

  • History of Transportation
    • The first roads and travel beyond walking
    • Water transport and the invention of the canal
    • The effect of the steam engine on all modes of transportation
  • Bicycle Mechanics & Innovation
    • What is so good about bicycles?
    • Timeline of the invention of the bicycle and modern innovation
    • Mechanical basics and how the physics of bicycles
    • Where are bicycles still the exclusive mode of transportation?
  • Personal/Neighborhood Safety Awareness
    • What are instincts?  How do we learn when to act on instincts?
    • What happens to members of a community during a crisis?
    • Basic safety and crime prevention tips

Join us for hands-on S.T.E.M., art, handwork and multi-media fun while reading this engaging chapter book!

Registration is now open!

Original price was: $185.00.Current price is: $82.50.

50% deposit due today.
Remaining balance due the first day of camp, payable by check, money order, Zelle, or Venmo.

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