Ghost Stories & Creepy Legends

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Ghost Stories & Creepy Legends

👻 For students fascinated by the mysterious and unexplained, Ghost Stories and Creepy Legends offers a spine-chilling exploration of history's most haunting tales and supernatural mysteries. Centered on historical investigation and critical folklore analysis, this course strengthens research skills while fostering analytical thinking about how legends shape culture and history.

This course combines historical research with thrilling storytelling and is ideal for students who love mystery, history, and critical thinking. Through guided investigations, interactive activities, and analytical discussions, students will expand their understanding of how supernatural tales reflect historical realities and cultural anxieties.

If your student has the courage to explore the dark corners of history and uncover the truth behind legendary tales, Ghost Stories and Creepy Legends is their gateway to investigating the chilling unknown.

⚠️ Note: This course explores dark history, eerie folklore, and unsettling legends—parent discretion is advised.

  • For students fascinated by the mysterious and unexplained, Ghost Stories and Creepy Legends offers a spine-chilling exploration of history's most haunting tales and supernatural mysteries. Centered on historical investigation and critical folklore analysis, this course strengthens research skills while fostering analytical thinking about how legends shape culture and history.

    Each weekly session blends:
    👻 Interactive Historical Investigation – Examine primary sources and historical records together, analyze the origins of famous legends, and support each other in separating fact from folklore through critical discussion
    🕸️ Structured Supernatural Exploration – Explore eerie locations like the Winchester Mystery House, Island of the Dolls, and Poveglia while examining how cultural fears, historical events, and storytelling traditions create lasting legends

    This course combines historical research with thrilling storytelling and is ideal for students who love mystery, history, and critical thinking. Through guided investigations, interactive activities, and analytical discussions, students will expand their understanding of how supernatural tales reflect historical realities and cultural anxieties.

    By the end of the course, your student will have:
    ✔️ Mastered critical analysis of folklore, legends, and historical sources
    ✔️ Developed advanced research skills through supernatural case studies
    ✔️ Built understanding of how myths and legends shape cultural identity
    ✔️ Gained confidence in distinguishing historical fact from folkloric embellishment

    If your student has the courage to explore the dark corners of history and uncover the truth behind legendary tales, Ghost Stories and Creepy Legends is their gateway to investigating the chilling unknown.

    ⚠️ Note: This course explores dark history, eerie folklore, and unsettling legends—parent discretion is advised.

  • By the end of the course, your student will have:
    ✔️ Mastered critical analysis of folklore, legends, and historical sources
    ✔️ Developed advanced research skills through supernatural case studies
    ✔️ Built understanding of how myths and legends shape cultural identity
    ✔️ Gained confidence in distinguishing historical fact from folkloric embellishment

  • Internet connection and enthusiasm to learn more about history mysteries!

 

Ages: 9-12

Class size: Maximum- 8 Students

Meets: 1 x per week

Level: All Levels!

Price: $41.80 weekly

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What Our Parents Say…

  • “Nicole is the best! Our son loves this class every and feels like he’s really found his people! We’re thrilled and love seeing him so happy!”

    -Matt

  • “I have never seen teachers with more passion, energy, and support than I have at Young Scholars Academy. I don't know how they do it. They are truly the best! These are the best teachers we've ever had!”

    -Crystal

  • “My kiddo actually jumps out of her seat at the end of each session. Nicole is literally connecting these kids in a way this is just incredible! So thankful!”

    -Steph

Meet Your Mentor

Nicole Pauling, M. Ed.

I specialize in fun and sometimes scary history. I love to tell a good story. I love to create a tale in such a way that you are drawn in and you don't necessarily realize that you are sitting in a classroom. I also love to laugh. I love to be creative and design opportunities for students to connect to other students. I am a foster parent, mom, serial entrepreneur, artist, case worker, author, mom, and teacher.

Educationally, I have degrees in Sociology, Psychology, philosophy, and criminal justice and I recently completed my Master's in Education program and am getting my history certifications. I have run a domestic violence shelter, worked on mental health in a hospital, and did drop out prevention. I worked in the "field" for over a decade before going into business for myself. A lot of my work with children has involved teaching them how to evaluate, plan, and use logic to understand the world, events, and consequences. Critical thinking is a skill that I encourage and like to build into my classes as well as flexible thinking as both are essential life skills. I am also a published author and have been writing books, poetry, and for newspapers and magazines for over 30 years. I am a certified Common Sense Educator and have training in internet safety and working with students on digital citizenship.

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Questions Asked By Fellow Parents

  • 4 KEY things:

    1- A focus on the positive! We don’t focus on what students aren’t doing, we support what they are and we know the rest will come. We develop strengths, interests, and relationships. We build students up so they can build a better world! And do it with the new friends they make in our program!

    2- Like-minded neurodivergent peers. Our asynchronous students need one another and YSA is a safe haven for these kiddos to connect around their asynchronies, quirks, and interests. We’re a place where they can be their authentic selves and make friends while doing so!

    3- Passionate, masterful neurodivergent mentors who have walked the walk and can authentically validate and support your child with personal experience and care AND expertise as we all have advanced masters + degrees

    4-Content your students care about taught in a way they love! We offer the courses they need to be taking, not the ones they’re required to take.

    Come by and see for yourself!

  • Please don’t confuse reactive “distance learning” and virtual enrichment programming. After all, a student who is completely fried from a boring zoom class is often quick to pick up a tablet or phone, right?

    Our courses are not at all the same animal =)

  • We offer a satisfaction guarantee!

    If you’re not 100% IN LOVE with your camp, you can:

    1- Transfer to another equal-value class at no charge (space permitting)

    2- Get a 100% refund to a YSA credit

    Refund requests must be received up to 24 hours after the first day of camp. After 24 hours after the first class begins there will be no refund of tuition.

    Note- this is a satisfaction guarantee, therefore your child must attend class to qualify.

  • We do! We have 3 kinds:

    1- Word of mouth: GET UNLIMITED $35 COURSE/CAMP CREDITS!

    We know that the best way to reach new families is word of mouth.

    ❇️ At checkout you will get a CUSTOM LINK that you can share with families

    ❇️ YOU GET A $35 CREDIT TOWARD MORE/FUTURE YSA CAMPS/COURSES every time a NEW family enrolls with your link!

    ❇️ Families who use your custom link WILL GET 10% off their 1st course at YSA!

    ❇️ THERE IS NO LIMIT on how many times you can use this with new families!

    2- Homeroom Social Club 100% off- When the same student enrolls in 2 courses AND Homeroom Social Club you will automatically discount 100% of the tuition for Homeroom Social Club.

    3- Multi-Camp: When you enroll in 3 or more summer camps in the same week, you will receive 10% off of all summer camps!

  • Of course!

    As we like to say, if you’re on our site, you’re in the right place.

    Our programming is for students who are not being supported or challenged enough in school.

    If you have an asynchronous kiddo who you know has strengths and struggles, our courses are for your child.

  • 2e students experience such asynchronous development that it proves difficult to have hard age limits.

    We often evaluate students on a case by case basis =)

    Please email us and we’ll discuss: sam@youngscholarsacademy.org

  • All of our programs are 100% virtual. This allows us to bring together the twice-exceptional/neurodivergent students of the world, connect them, and nurture them!

    Your child may very well enter a 6-person class with 5 other students from 5 different states/countries!

    Cool, right?