can you please give feedbakc to make this proposal more formal? STLRCC Class Proposal 

Background
Cubing class is a semester-long class where kids ages 7 years old and adults can learn to solve Rubik’s Cubes. Learning to solve Rubik’s Cubes not only is fun and a rewarding challenge, but also develops many skills such as hand-eye coordination, intuition, pattern recognition, and many other important abilities. 

STLRCC/LEAN was founded in 2020 by a group of students from Ladue Middle School as a way for Rubik’s Cubers to connect at the beginning of the pandemic. We started teaching online Rubik’s Cube classes over Zoom and garnered over 50 students and dozens of teachers. We began teaching in-person lessons at St. Louis Modern Chinese School in 2022 and at the St. Louis Chinese Language School in 2023, hosting three in-person cubing competitions and continuing to teach classes every week. 

Class Organization/Plan
The class will be divided into beginner and advanced sections. Both sections will require a Rubik’s Cube from each student. Beginners are composed of completely new Rubik’s Cubers who have little experience with them. This class will help kids learn how to solve a Rubik’s Cube with the basic Beginner’s Method which involves many challenging steps and concepts. The advanced class will involve more complex methods of solving. The students in this class will be expected to know how to solve a Rubik’s Cube without assistance and will be taught the CFOP method which involves many algorithms spread throughout 4 different steps. 

A main difference from last year when we hosted this will be the use of Google Classroom. Google Classroom is an online tool where teachers can assign homework to students with extra materials and assistance. Students will be able to turn in their homework (for example, completing F2L, a step in the CFOP method) and the teachers will be able to see their progress. This will help with keeping pace with the teacher’s semester-long plan and is an easy way to communicate with the students. There aren’t going to be many grades, but it is up to the student and teacher to stay dedicated and focused on learning. 

Fees/Requested Materials
We are planning to have 10-16 students in the coming semester class. We will charge $50 for tuition to SLMCS and $25 per student as an activities fee for STLRCC/LEAN  expenses which could be deposited to the LEAN account before the end of October. 

We will need around 2-3 classrooms to help teach the expected 10-16 during the semester classes. However, during our competition, we would like to have more space than in previous years. We would hope that SLMCS would provide at least 4 hours and 6 classrooms for us to host our competition.  More time will give our competitors more solves and a better, more organized experience than in previous years. 

At the end of our competition, we will be handing out trophies and medals to participants. This competition will be hosted twice a year for the foreseeable future, so we would hope that SLMCS could help fund some of these awards. 

The goal of this class is to raise interest in cubing. For beginners, it is just to help them solve one and maybe go further into the future. For advanced students, helping them learn advanced concepts and further help them improve their skills while also continuing to grow their passion is the end objective. Hosting a well-run competition will also increase interest for kids to find a good hobby that they enjoy.