Various projects are assigned that allow students hands-on experience from planning, construction, and the completion. This course is intended to develop a limited facility in each of the four skills - in listening, speaking, reading and writing. Major emphasis is placed upon development of the ability to speak fluently with accurate pronunciation and intonation. This is a one-year elective course. Students from 6th, 7th and 8th grades are elected by the student body.
Students learn and practice parliamentary procedure in a formal group setting.
Students use their public speaking, organizational and leadership skills to provide activities for the student body throughout the school year. A.S.B. students are encouraged to work together in group settings as well as independently. The first semester concentrates more on student-written skits and performances and further development of drama skills. In the second semester, selected plays will be read and scenes will be performed from those plays in class.