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Ms. Osipov was classically trained at the Azerbaijan State Musical Collage A. Zeinally with a major in violin performance and teaching violin with a minor in teaching piano. She has 24 years experience in teaching violin, viola, or piano for the last 12 years at the Novi Music Center, where she also prepared students for competition and testing in Solo and Ensemble and the National Federation of Music Clubs (NFMC) as well as participation in music recitals. Program runs eight weeks.

Learn to use medieval swords and shields! This martial arts class teaches students historical European traditions of self defense. Students ages ten through fourteen have fun learning techniques against targets and using them in padded sparring. Students also work together in group games and activities, building focus, confidence, teamwork, and awareness. All activities use training equipment which provides a safe, fun and effective way of learning. Instructor has 14 years experience with both western martial arts and instructing children.

Robby Gall is a percussionist, composer, and former professor of music theory at Wayne State University, as well as a Steppingstone parent. Percussion Ensemble will be a one hour per week class of between 3 and 7 students who will learn performance techniques on a variety of world percussion instruments. Mr. Gall will teach traditional ensemble rhythms and (time permitting) may help students write their own. All students will be exposed to as many different instruments as possible while learning to function as a cohesive ensemble.

The Steppingstone MAgnetic Resonance Training (SMART) Center’s purpose is to bring a research-based science experience to young, science-oriented students in order to meet our mission of “Exciting the next generation of scientists.” It offers middle school, high school, and junior college students the opportunity to engage in research experiences that are usually only available to college students.

Students will utilize a $200,000 magnetic resonance spectrometer (EPR), develop a hypothesis to test, design an experimental protocol to test their hypothesis, conduct experiments using an EPR spectrometer, learn to analyze the data, and to reach a conclusion.

There are two components to the program. The first are these training sessions, where students will:

• Learn to use the instruments
• Learn what kind of information they can get from the instruments
• Learn to design experiments which will make use of the instrumentation

In this optional, but recommended portion of the SMART Center program, students will have lab time where Dr. Morse acts as a mentor to help students successfully answer the questions that are important to them and their research.

Students will have 48 lab hours total: