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We offer art and performing classes to children, teens and adults. Our classes are listed on our website with direct links to register. Registration for our classes begins on May 25th.

Our Classes

We teach after-school programs, private and semi-private art classes. Summer. March Break and Christmas Day camps are available as well. Check out our online classes.

Join our art classes and develop your skills and creativity in painting, printmaking draw-ing- architecture, sculpture, fabric art, movie making, script writing, poetry confidence building skills and more. New programs are always being developed and are rarely repeated.

What Else We Do

We offer fun and exciting performance classes in our home base. Our home base is a beautiful studio designed by an architect as well as our two studios by the sea in Ambleside. We provide a creative setting for a hand on art and acting experience through classes and workshops. Specialized art education develops engaged, confident, well-rounded and creative chil-dren. Artistic activities train the brain to think spatially (空间地), solve problems creatively and support development in other subjects. Our elementary school programs bring exciting opportuníties for students to explore techniques and materials that are often beyond schools' art classroom resources.

Where We Offer Classes

For parents looking for the convenience of extracurricular opportunities for their children, they can have experience by bringing our classes to their local school with a choice of lunchtime and after-school classes. We love our group of mobile schools with their greatly supportive volunteers! Or you can have us come to you for private classes!

I look forward to my half hour train ride to work every morning. I can look out of the window as it twists and turns itself through neighborhoods with the sun casting its strong lighting on the floor of the train car. I sometimes get lost in thought while following the light. But the reason I love this ride is that it's a reminder of how neighborhoods can change from block to block.

For almost a year now I have been riding this train as I head into the office where I work as a reporter for a local magazine. I am one of 13 journalists who help report community news in areas that are often forgotten. And for me, that means covering areas like the one I grew up in.

Last week, as I was on the way to my office, I started wondering how neighborhoods have changed since the 2008 housing crisis. I searched addresses on the city's southwest side, a neighborhood that has seen a significant number of residential homes pulled down, I scanned the street views recorded on my phone and saw how the neighborhood looked in 2007. Then I set out to visit the city block, and that's when I met 3-year-old Harmony.

Harmony loved collecting rocks for me to hold as I walked down the street with her mother, Marquita. I already knew what the neighborhood looked like in the past, but Marquita shared more details of the people who once lived on her block, who were really friendly to each other. However, people today in the neighborhood are busy with life and seldom say hello to each other. Marquita has lived on this block her entire life, and Harmony has for most of her short life as well. But the neighborhood that Marquita grew up in will be one obviously different than the one Harmony will grow to know.

In the end, they smiled at my camera. And then I got back on the train and headed'back to the office to tell their stories.

As you walk around the UK in March, you might notice that some people are wearing a daffodil(水仙花) on their coats. The British wear these yellow flowers to show they support one of this country's best-known charities: the Marie Curie Cancer Care.

The Marie Curie Cancer Care tries to ensure everyone diagnosed with cancer is cared for in the best possible way. It also helps fund research into possible cures through other organizations. Founded in 1948, it has been continuing with its goal ever since.

The charity was named after Marie Curie, a renowned scientist. She experimented with newly-discovered elements to create the theory of radioactivity. Unfortunately, over-exposure to the radioactive elements made her develop a disease and die in 1934. Marie Curie won the Nobel Prize in two different fields. Because of her pioneering work which led to chemotherapy (化学疗法), the charity shared the name of Marie Curie.

The daffodil is one of the first plants to flower during spring in the UK, which marks the return of flowering plants to the ecosystem after winter. Because of this, the charity uses the daffodil as a metaphor for bringing life to other people through charitable giving.

Everyone you see wearing a daffodil has donated money to the charity, but each daffodil is worth only what you want to pay for it. The charity does ask that you stick to a minimum amount of £1.

The charity encourages people to start wearing their daffodils at the start of March, when the "Great Daffodil Appeal" kicks off. But that doesn't mean you can only wear them in March. People are sometimes seen walking around with daffodils on their clothes all year round.

Sulphur-crested cockatoos (葵花凤头鹦鹉) are common in western Australia, where they normally live in wooded areas. But as forests have been cut down, cockatoos have gotten used to living near people. Scientists report that people in Sydney, Australia are in a battle with these birds.

Last year, scientists at the Max Planck Institute reported that the cockatoos had learned how to open the covers of trash bins. That's not an easy job. The cockatoos must lift the heavy cover with their beaks (喙) and then walk along, pushing the cover up until it falls over.

When scientists first began studying the cockatoos in 2018, only three areas near Sydney had cover-opening cockatoos. A year and a half later, cockatoos in 44 different areas knew the trick. This time the scientists weren't just studying cockatoos. They were also studying humans.

The scientists spent weeks studying more than 3,200 trash bins in four different areas of Sydney. They wanted to see how many bins were protected and what methods were used.

In one area, over half the bins were protected. The most common way of protecting the bins was to put a brick or some other heavy objects on the cover. Some people put things like rubber snakes on the top of their bins. The scientists discovered that the humans were teaching each other tricks, too. In most neighborhoods, many people used the same cockatoo-stopping methods as their neighbors.

The researchers say it's like a race between humans and cockatoos to learn new ways of doing things. Now many cockatoos have learned how to push heavy items off the bins. As a result, humans have figured out ways to attach the items to the top of their bins. The scientists describe the situation as a "human-wildlife conflict". They expect these conflicts will become more common as humans take over more areas that used to be wild.

Many people describe volunteering as merely an unpaid job where you put in the effort and get nothing in return. Actually, volunteering has many benefits and you are always encouraged to volunteer your time to do what you are passionate about.

 Volunteering time to enrich your community is a great way to broaden your perceptions of the world. It will enrich your life, familiarize you with your community, and connect you to people and ideas that will positively impact your perspective for the rest of your life. And by surrounding yourself with people who are dedicated to making the world better, you can learn so much about how the world works.

It is statistically proven that people who volunteer regularly are healthier both physically and mentally. Individuals who have volunteered throughout their lifetime typically live longer and have better psychological well-being. In addition to the health benefits, volunteering gives people a unique sense of purpose by serving those around them.

Besides, working alongside individuals who also care about improving their surroundings will allow you to broaden your network of friends. Additionally, it will help you better understand the circumstances of other members.

Whether you're passionate about animal rights or helping the homeless,you can find a valuable way to donate your time. They can be a great place to find opportunities to give back to the place you call home. Besides, you can check websites like VolunteerMatch or Idealist for volunteer opportunities that fit your interests and abilities.

A. However, it is not true to a certain extent.

B. How can you get involved in your community?

C. Many towns and cities have community centers.

D. Why is it important for you to volunteer your time?

E. Volunteering may even help you develop the experuise.

F. You'll have more opportunities to meet lots of new people.

G. The sense of giving back and contributing to society is unequalled.

Dad is a retired patrol (巡逻) officer. In his precinct (警区) lived an infamous family, which consisted of a1single mother and her four sons.

The three older sons were all2in crime. Many of the patrol officers knew the mom and3she knew them.

She was always very4when questioned about her sons' whercabouts (行踪). On one visit, my dad5a conversation. During their talk, she expressed her6in regard to her youngest boy. She felt powerless in7him to the straight and narrow. But the environment would not allow it.

My dad agreed to offer the only8he could think of on the spot. He asked the con-cerned mother if she would allow her youngest boy to spend the summer at our house. It would be9for the boy to see another side of family life which he had never been10to.

Although we must have seemed very unfamiliar to him, he had no trouble11. The whole neighborhood welcomed him and he loved the12. At the end of summer, he re-turned to his mother.

I13about him several years later. Dad told me that after going back, the youngest son decided to go to night school for accounting. He eventually14an office job. He was the only son in that family who did not become a(n)15.

Unless you're actually in sales, the very concept of selling yourself during a job intervicw can be frightening. You don't want to sound arrogant (傲慢的),or worse, desperate. But learning how to be a self-promoter inconvincing manner is what the job interview is all about. The following tips can help you close the sale on a job offer.

Dress(appropriate). Many hiring managers will form their first impression of you  (base) on what you're wearing. The right interview clothing (depend) on the company you are applying for and the culture of the(organize).

Ask unique questions. The secret of distinguishing yourselfother job candidates is simple: Ask good questionsare valuable to the company. These pointed, yet uncommon questions mark you as an in-depth, curious, persistent researcher.

Prepare meaningful anecdotes (轶事). No matter  industry you're in, you can expect(ask) behavioral job interview questions. Normally, these questions require you to come up with examples from your past work experiences. Unfortunately, this is where a lot of job seekers stumble (支吾). To craft a fascinating anecdote, experts recommend(use) real feedback to highlight your contribution.

注意：1. 写作词数应为80左右；2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

Dear Anna,

Yours,

Li Hua

One New Year's morning, as we came down to breakfast, with very shiny faces and spendy aprons(围裙), we surprisingly found father alone in the dining room.

"Happy New Year. Papa! Where is Mother?" we cried.

"A little boy came begging and said they were starving at home. so your mother went to see and ah, here she is. "

As Papa spoke, in came Mamma, looking very cold, rather sad, and very much excited. Not far away from here, lies a poor woman with a little newborn baby. Six children are hud-dled(挤在一起)into one bed to keep from freezing for they have no fire. There is nothing to eat over there, and the oldest boy came here to tell me they were starving on this bitterly cold day. "My little girls, will you givc them your breakfast, as a New Year's gift?"

We sat silent a minute and looked at the nice, hot porridge(粥), creamy milk, and good bread and butter; for we were brought up like English children, and never drank tea or coffee, or ate anything but porridge for our breakfast.

"I wish we'd eaten it up," thought I for I was rather a selfish child, and very hungry.

"May I go and help carry it to the poor, little children?" asked Beth, who had the tende-rest heart that ever beat under a spendy apron.

"1 can carry that little pot," said little May, proudly giving the thing she loved best.

"And I shall take all the porridge," I burst in, heartily ashamed of my first feeling.

"You shall put on your things and help me, and when we come back, we'll get something to eat," said Mother, beginning to pile the bread and butter into a big basket.

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We were soon ready and set out.

As we made our way back home, I felt a sense of warmth in my heart.