Starting Thursday, Oct. 10, 2019 - May 21, 2020 Location: In the Library 2nd & 3rd Grade: 12:11pm-12:40pm 1st Grade: 12:40pm-1:09pm 4th & 5th Grade: 12:58pm-1:27pm
This class is designed to teach the game of chess to the students of Westlake School. Class introduces students to a variety of different critical thinking skills,including:
Rules and objectives of chess
Tactics and strategy
Problem Solving
Structured thinking process
Endgame checkmating techniques
National chess master, Gjon Feinstein has taught chess in Santa Cruz County schools since 1995. Gjon learned to play chess in 1970 and competed in the United States Chess Federation.
