This Clinic brought to you by Stanford Park Youth Sports will challenge players mentally and physically to help them become the best possible versions of themselves on and off the court. 60 minutes sessions led by our experienced coaches who not only played on the collegiate level but pursued their careers playing overseas. Shooting, footwork, ball-handling, defense, rebounding, and passing are some of the vital pieces of the game. Our philosophy encourages kids to confidently and consistently work hard towards their goals and aspirations on and off the court. We use a positive approach to encourage confidence, develop life skills, and promote teamwork. We understand the importance of patience, creativity, and fun to keep our players engaged and focused. We believe in developing the entire player, so off court development is just as important as on court development. We use basketball as a tool to develop the entire child. Our goal is for kids to have success in school, college, and in life. No matter which stage your child is in their journey, we will motivate and guide them to elevate their game while understanding and applying the philosophy.

Day: Tuesdays
Time: 3:15pm
Grades: K-2
Vendor: Stanford Park Youth Sports
Fee: $310

Day: Tuesdays
Time: 4:15pm
Grades: 3-5
Vendor: Stanford Park Youth Sports
Fee: $310

Chess Wizards offers fun, intellectual and challenging chess education and tournament experiences to children of all abilities and ages. Our chess instruction is held at participating schools, as well as park districts, churches, and chess clubs. We also offer private lessons, run scholastic tournaments, and hold chess camps in the summer. We believe learning should be fun! Kids play chess because it is fun, not because it ‘is good for their cognitive, social, and emotional development.’ Our students learn chess is fun on Day 1! In addition to lessons and traditional gameplay, we incorporate variations of chess games that build teamwork and foster a genuine enjoyment of a game over a thousand years old! Want to learn more about what to expect during a typical Chess Wizards Class?

Day: Fridays
Time: 2:15pm
Grades: K-3
Vendor: Chess Wizards
Fee: $235

Day: Fridays
Time: 3:15pm
Grades: 4-8
Vendor: Chess Wizards
Fee: $235

Join the Scratch coding class to learn fundamentals of coding and build some exciting apps and games using scratch development platform. In this class, students will build some cool games and educational programs and understand the fundamentals of coding concepts in a fun and creative environment. Some of the games and apps students will work on are – Soccer game, Save the Mouse game, Flappy Bird like games, Math-Mania App, Birthday App etc. Students will start with the core concepts of programming including variables, conditions, loops and then move on to concepts like movements, sounds, operations and events handling.

Day: Mondays (no class 4/17)
Time: 4:30pm
Grades: 2-3
Vendor: NextGen Tech Learning
Fee: $270

Interested in drawing, art, or design? In this class, you’ll learn how to use your doodling skills for real, by doing design projects for local nonprofits or small businesses. You will learn how to make professional posters and art that people want to pay for, and you’ll ultimately design posters and ads for real organizations with good causes. Our students' work has been used in ads and online Instagram posts by the Special Olympics, Martha's Kitchen, and local shelters.

Day: Wednesdays
Time: 3:30pm
Grades: 4-8
Vendor: Vinyard App Camp
Fee: $260

This mixed media art class asks our students, “How can art help us to understand and care for our environment?” Students will get to explore what the Earth offers us and create unique art projects that celebrate our amazing planet ranging from an ecosystem mandala and buzzworthy bee collages to paper flowers! Different art mediums will be used throughout the enrichment session.

Day: Wednesdays
Time: 3:30pm
Grades: K-2
Vendor: Dragonfly Designs
Fee: $400

We are thrilled to be partnering with Woodland School to offer music lessons on their campus in the after school hours! The lessons will focus on learning musicianship skills, music reading, and individual playing technique on your instrument. We use a variety of methods and method books in our lessons so if you have a preference, please let us know! Students have the option to play all kinds of music: from technique building exercises, to classic pieces, to pop/movie music.

Day: Mondays
Time: 4:00pm (30 minutes)
Grades: K-8
Vendor: After School Music Academy
Fee: $460

Day: Mondays
Time:4:30pm (30 minutes)
Grades: K-8
Vendor: After School Music Academy
Fee: $460

Day: Mondays
Time: 5:00pm (30 minutes)
Grades: K-8
Vendor: After School Music Academy
Fee: $460

Day: Fridays
Time: 2:30pm (30 minutes)
Grades: K-8
Vendor: After School Music Academy
Fee: $510

Day: Fridays
Time: 3:00pm (30 minutes)
Grades: K-8
Vendor: After School Music Academy
Fee: $460

Day: Fridays
Time: 3:30pm (30 minutes)
Grades: K-8
Vendor: After School Music Academy
Fee: $460

Day: Fridays
Time: 4:00pm (30 minutes)
Grades: K-8
Vendor: After School Music Academy
Fee: $460

Day: Fridays
Time:4:30pm (30 minutes)
Grades: K-8
Vendor: After School Music Academy
Fee: $460

Day: Fridays
Time: 5:00pm (30 minutes)
Grades: K-8
Vendor: After School Music Academy
Fee: $460

Our modified equipment is ideal for young beginners, ensuring they learn at their level and grasp the fundamentals of this fantastic sport. Smaller racquets, low-compression red balls and an 18ft portable net are all provided, all you need to do is sign your children up and we’ll have them enjoying this great sport in no time. Tennis equips students with great skills that carry over to other sports and even into the classroom: Students increase their level of physical endurance and coordination, and gain mental strength through enhanced concentration and self-discipline.

Day: Wednesdays
Time: 3:20pm
Grades: 1-4
Vendor: Euro School of Tennis
Fee: $430

This class will focus on learning how to program (code) robots and solve missions using VEX IQ Robotics System. Students will learn how to solve robotics challenges & missions by coding an autonomous VEX IQ robot equipped with Sensors, Motors, and other attachments to complete complex challenges. This class focuses on building and coding robots, helps students understand the science and engineering behind everything they build, and is a great way to learn robotics, engineering, and coding using science and math. This class is designed in a way that, for returning students the content will be completely different. New students will also be able to join this class, we use the first class to brush up on the fundamentals to bring new students up to speed. There will will be a challenge project for students who already know the fundamentals.

Day: Mondays (no class 4/17)
Time: 3:30pm
Grades: 4-8
Vendor: Vex Robotics
Fee: $270

Have you ever wanted to be a scientist? Or to increase your understanding of the natural world? Well, you’re in luck! In this class, we’ll be learning about physics and the natural world through fun, easy science experiments that you can take home. We’ll learn about states of matter through building volcanos; we’ll learn about sound through creating ‘naturally occurring’ speakers. Along the way, we’ll be taking our experiments outside in order to improve the environment at our school by planting simple gardens and making bird feeders. It’s the perfect club if you love science, nature, engineering, or just making things blow up.

Day: Tuesdays
Time: 3:30pm
Grades: 2-4
Vendor: Vinyard App Camp
Fee: $260

This Clinic brought to you by Stanford Park Youth Sports will challenge players mentally and physically to help them become the best possible versions of themselves on and off the court. 60 minutes sessions led by our experienced coaches who not only played on the collegiate level but pursued their careers playing overseas. Shooting, footwork, ball-handling, defense, rebounding, and passing are some of the vital pieces of the game. Our philosophy encourages kids to confidently and consistently work hard towards their goals and aspirations on and off the court. We use a positive approach to encourage confidence, develop life skills, and promote teamwork. We understand the importance of patience, creativity, and fun to keep our players engaged & focused. We believe in developing the entire player, so off court development is just as important as on court development. We use basketball as a tool to develop the entire child. Our goal is for kids to have success in school, college, and in life. No matter which stage your child is in their journey, we will motivate and guide them to elevate their game while understanding and applying the philosophy.

Day: Tuesdays
Time: 3:15pm
Grades: K-2
Vendor: Stanford Park Youth Sports
Fee: $310

Day: Tuesdays
Time: 4:15pm
Grades: 3-5
Vendor: Stanford Park Youth Sports
Fee: $310

Chess Wizards offers fun, intellectual and challenging chess education and tournament experiences to children of all abilities and ages. Our chess instruction is held at participating schools, as well as park districts, churches, and chess clubs. We also offer private lessons, run scholastic tournaments, and hold chess camps in the summer. We believe learning should be fun! Kids play chess because it is fun, not because it ‘is good for their cognitive, social, and emotional development.’ Our students learn chess is fun on Day 1! In addition to lessons and traditional gameplay, we incorporate variations of chess games that build teamwork and foster a genuine enjoyment of a game over a thousand years old! Want to learn more about what to expect during a typical Chess Wizards Class?

Day: Fridays
Time: 2:15pm
Grades: K-3
Vendor: Chess Wizards
Fee: $175

Day: Fridays
Time: 3:15pm
Grades: 4-8
Vendor: Chess Wizards
Fee: $175

Have you ever wanted to play the nationally-known game Dungeons and Dragons? Stretch your imagination telling stories with your friends, and build useful creative skills? What about play the game they do in Stranger Things? Well this is your chance! In this class, we'll be exploring collaborative storytelling through Dungeons and Dragons. Along the way, we'll develop social and emotional skills that will serve us well outside of the RPG.

Day: Tuesdays
Time: 3:30pm
Grades: 5-8
Vendor: Vinyard App Camp
Fee: $225

In this beginner class, students learn guitar care, tuning, strumming patterns, chords, single note melody lines, music terminology and the skills needed to play many of your favorite songs! It’s necessary for students to have their own guitar and bring them to class. Practicing at home is a requirement for the students to reach their maximum potential. *If your child does not have a guitar and you would still like to register, please reach out to Christina Hansen via email.

Day: Thursdays
Time: 4:30pm
Grades: 3-5
Vendor: After School Music Academy
Fee: $310

Do you love writing? Have you ever wanted to publish articles online, or have something you wrote go viral? In this club for budding writers, you’ll work on all of the above, as you learn how to be a junior journalist. You’ll interview your friends, learn how to write really well, and craft weekly articles about events at your school. At the end of the class, you and your friends will team up to write a real article that will be published in a local newspaper.

Day: Tuesdays
Time: 4:30pm
Grades: 2-4
Vendor: Vinyard App Camp
Fee: $225

Junior Robotics: Introduction to Engineering and Robotics. Learn the fundamentals of robots, including how to build robots, the engineering aspects of robots, and how to code robots to solve challenges and missions. Students will learn about motors, gears, pulleys, and other engineering aspects of a robotics system. They will solve robotics challenges & missions using robots equipped with gears, motors, and other attachments to complete challenges. This class focuses on building, engineering, and programming robots and helps students enhance their logical and analytical thinking.

Day: Mondays
Time: 3:30pm
Grades: 4-5
Vendor: Next Gen Tech Learning
Fee: $310

You don’t have to choose! The Maker’s Art Lab is a unique opportunity for students to develop their skills across a wide array of artistic mediums such as Painting, Finger Knitting, and Jewelry-making techniques. Projects may include single-strand bracelets, clay slab frames, and more! The holistic approach to art applied in this class develops creative thinking and peer to peer collaboration through project-based learning.

Day: Wednesdays
Time: 3:30pm
Grades: K-2
Vendor: Dragonfly Designs
Fee: $360

To become a well-rounded innovator, students need to learn more than coding, they need to learn how to build their confidence to think for themselves, make decisions, and use their knowledge to design and build something using Minecraft. This workshop provides the opportunities for students to learn skills such as creativity, collaboration and problem solving in an immersive environment. Exposing students to these experiences early in their academic journeys is critical in preparing them for post-graduate success!

Day: Wednesdays
Time: 3:30pm
Grades: 4-8
Vendor: Kodely
Fee: $310

We are thrilled to be partnering with Woodland School to offer music lessons on their campus in the after school hours! The lessons will focus on learning musicianship skills, music reading, and individual playing technique on your instrument. We use a variety of methods and method books in our lessons so if you have a preference, please let us know! Students have the option to play all kinds of music: from technique building exercises, to classic pieces, to pop/movie music.

Day: Mondays
Time: 4:00pm (30 minutes)
Grades: K-8
Vendor: After School Music Academy
Fee: $460

Day: Mondays
Time:4:30pm (30 minutes)
Grades: K-8
Vendor: After School Music Academy
Fee: $460

Day: Mondays
Time: 5:00pm (30 minutes)
Grades: K-8
Vendor: After School Music Academy
Fee: $460

Day: Fridays
Time: 2:30pm (30 minutes)
Grades: K-8
Vendor: After School Music Academy
Fee: $350

Day: Fridays
Time: 3:00pm (30 minutes)
Grades: K-8
Vendor: After School Music Academy
Fee: $350

Day: Fridays
Time: 3:30pm (30 minutes)
Grades: K-8
Vendor: After School Music Academy
Fee: $350

Day: Fridays
Time: 4:00pm (30 minutes)
Grades: K-8
Vendor: After School Music Academy
Fee: $350

Day: Fridays
Time:4:30pm (30 minutes)
Grades: K-8
Vendor: After School Music Academy
Fee: $350

Day: Fridays
Time: 5:00pm (30 minutes)
Grades: K-8
Vendor: After School Music Academy
Fee: $350

Our modified equipment is ideal for young beginners, ensuring they learn at their level and grasp the fundamentals of this fantastic sport. Smaller racquets, low-compression red balls and an 18ft portable net are all provided, all you need to do is sign your children up and we’ll have them enjoying this great sport in no time. Tennis equips students with great skills that carry over to other sports and even into the classroom: Students increase their level of physical endurance and coordination, and gain mental strength through enhanced concentration and self-discipline.

Day: Wednesdays
Time: 3:20pm
Grades: 1-4
Vendor: Euro School of Tennis
Fee: $395

The uke is an excellent instrument on which to learn how to play music. It's relatively simple to learn, easy to tote around, inexpensive, super fun, and timelessly popular! In this ensemble, we will jump right into the fun stuff and learn how to play music on the ukulele. By the end of the course, students will know a few chord positions, will be able to play a couple of songs on the ukulele, and be able to sing along. Our instructors bring a classroom set of ukuleles with them to every class for the kids to use and we highly recommend that students also have a ukulele at home to practice.

Day: Thursdays
Time: 3:30pm
Grades: K-2
Vendor: After School Music Academy
Fee: $310

Vex Robotics: Fundamentals of Robotics and Programming. This class will focus on learning how to program (code) robots and solve missions using VEX IQ Robotics System. Students will learn how to solve robotics challenges and missions by coding an autonomous VEX IQ robot equipped with Sensors, Motors, and other attachments to complete complex challenges. This class focuses on building and coding robots, helps students understand the science and engineering behind everything they build, and is a great way to learn robotics, engineering, and coding using science and math.

Day: Mondays
Time: 4:30pm
Grades: 6-8
Vendor: Next Gen Tech Learning
Fee: $310

If you love Shark Tank, this empowering program is for you! Join other intrepid students and develop a business plan for your own business idea.You will learn to take risks and persevere, while making business-like decisions about strategy, marketing and finance (optional activities include building a website and designing business cards). Students build confidence "learning by doing" and make their pitch presentations on the last day!

Day: Tuesdays
Time: 3:15pm
Grades: 3-5
Vendor: Spark Business Academy
Fee: $325

Calling All Engineers and Scientists! Build-A-Bot Workshop is an inquiry-based, fun and hands-on STEAM experience designed for 3rd – 8th grade students who aspire to build robots. In this program, students will build a series of robots which operate with a different mechanism and are designed for a unique purpose such as; Vacu-Bot, Brush Bot, Drawing-Bot, Crawling Bot, Walking Bot, Spider Bot, Propeller and Solar Cars. This program is fully aligned with NGSS standards. Lastly, students get to keep and play with their creations.

Day: Tuesdays
Time: 4:30pm
Grades: 4-8
Vendor: Nexplore
Fee: $255 + $40 supply fee

Chess Wizards offers fun, intellectual and challenging chess education and tournament experiences to children of all abilities and ages. Our chess instruction is held at participating schools, as well as park districts, churches, and chess clubs. We also offer private lessons, run scholastic tournaments, and hold chess camps in the summer. We believe learning should be fun! Kids play chess because it is fun, not because it ‘is good for their cognitive, social, and emotional development.’ Our students learn chess is fun on Day 1! In addition to lessons and traditional gameplay, we incorporate variations of chess games that build teamwork and foster a genuine enjoyment of a game over a thousand years old! Want to learn more about what to expect during a typical Chess Wizards Class?

Day: Fridays
Time: 2:15pm
Grades: K-3
Vendor: Chess Wizards
Fee: $205

Day: Fridays
Time: 3:15pm
Grades: 4-8
Vendor: Chess Wizards
Fee: $205

What’s more fun than playing with dough? Learning all of the cool things you can do with it! Young artists will create texture on the surface of clay, practice the ‘pinch and slab’ technique, use their imaginations to make interesting forms, and turn them into small dishes and a wall hanging. They’ll feel a sense of accomplishment about their handmade treasures and newfound skills.

Day: Wednesdays
Time: 3:30pm
Grades: K-1
Vendor: Dragonfly Designs
Fee: $380

Unleash your inner fashion designer! Learn how to turn your stylish dreams into a small-scale paper fashion collection. (No sewing machine required.).Also, Kids learn a variety of sewing skills using a variety of materials. Craft projects will teach kids how to sew a running stitch, blanket stitch, whip stitch, and how to decorate with embroidery. Kids will learn life skills they can use again and again on future projects.>

Day: Fridays
Time: 3:30pm
Grades: 2-4
Vendor: Nexplore
Fee: $200 + $50 supply fee

Dare to dazzle with handmade jewelry pieces, bookmarks, keychains and more!! This jewelry-making class is for beginners and encourages children to explore their creativity through an introduction to interesting colors, textures, and age-appropriate jewelry-making techniques. Our classes are designed not only to entertain, but to improve hand-eye coordination, small muscle development, and pattern-making skills. Young artists will learn the basics of beading, and so much more! Our highly trained and fun instructors create a relaxed, encouraging environment for imagination to take flight!

Day: Wednesdays
Time: 4:30pm
Grades: 2-5
Vendor: Dragonfly Designs
Fee: $380

Edison is a programmable robot designed to be a complete STEM teaching resource for coding and robotics education for students from 4 to 16 years of age. Effective, engaging and enjoyable coding education. Edison helps deliver meaningful computational thinking, computer programming and 21st-century education in an engaging, hands-on way. Edison can be programmed using any of our educational robot programming languages. Students can progress through three different programming languages as their skills increase, working from icon-based drag-and-drop coding, through block-based coding and on to text-based programming.

Day: Tuesdays
Time: 3:30pm
Grades: K-3
Vendor: Nexplore
Fee: $255 + $40 supply fee

Earn, save, spend, donate! Let's learn about money! This innovative program provides a solid foundation on financial literacy for kids in a fun setting.Games and hands-on activities help students internalize key concepts (like money, budgeting and saving) in an engaging and supportive environment fostering teamwork. Students use their arts & crafts skills to make their own piggy bank!

Day: Mondays
Time: 3:15pm
Grades: K-2
Vendor: Spark Business Academy
Fee: $195

Science Wiz is built upon inquiry, experimentation and play! Each Course, students will dive deep into one of the following scientific concepts: electricity, inventions, sound, energy, physics, light, DNA, magnetism and more! Student will receive their very own Science-Wiz™ kit to explore fundamental scientific ideas through hands-on play and activities and conduct experiments, many of which they will bring home to share with family and friends.

Day: Fridays
Time: 2:30pm
Grades: K-1
Vendor: Nexplore
Fee: $200 + $40 supply fee

Our modified equipment is ideal for young beginners, ensuring they learn at their level and grasp the fundamentals of this fantastic sport. Smaller racquets, low-compression red balls and an 18ft portable net are all provided, all you need to do is sign your children up and we’ll have them enjoying this great sport in no time. Tennis equips students with great skills that carry over to other sports and even into the classroom: Students increase their level of physical endurance and coordination, Students increase their level of physical endurance and coordination, and Students gain mental strength through enhanced concentration and self-discipline.

Day: Wednesdays
Time: 3:20pm
Grades: 1-4
Vendor: Euro School of Tennis
Fee: $410

Explore Flora, Fauna, Wild Beasts and Habitats of the Earth. Investigate the diversity of the planet as globe-trotting artists! From the arctic to the high desert, revel in the complexities of different ecosystems through creative, learn-by-doing STEAM projects that inspect the science of the most intricate environments of the globe. Leave no stone unturned as learners reflect on the unique aspects of the places and creatures they encounter over the 12 hands-on lessons. They’ll cultivate art and language skills, promote global awareness, engage in exercise and movement and spark a love for STEAM as they work alongside the flora, fauna, wild beasts and incredible habitats of the Earth!

Day: Thursdays
Time: 3:30pm
Grades: K-1
Vendor: Nexplore
Fee: $255 + $40 supply fee

3DUXDesign is teaming up with Nexplore to bring students an incredible architecture and engineering experience that they will never forget! We will take a deep dive into the world of architecture, where students harness their engineering and design skills to build structures that will change the future! Architecture is a unique discipline that bridges the arts and the sciences as students imagine design and build solutions to real world challenges. In this program, kids will learn by doing, using the architect’s toolset (and lots of cardboard) to design and build an entire sustainable community. From the tiny house geometry challenge to engineering adaptive playgrounds, your students will have a blast while using STEM and 21st century skills to innovate solutions to modern problems in an authentic learning experience.

Day: Thursdays
Time: 4:15pm
Grades: K-1
Vendor: Nexplore
Fee: $260 + $40 supply fee

Chess Wizards offers fun, intellectual and challenging chess education and tournament experiences to children of all abilities and ages. Our chess instruction is held at participating schools, as well as park districts, churches, and chess clubs. We also offer private lessons, run scholastic tournaments, and hold chess camps in the summer. We believe learning should be fun! Kids play chess because it is fun, not because it ‘is good for their cognitive, social, and emotional development.’ Our students learn chess is fun on Day 1! In addition to lessons and traditional gameplay, we incorporate variations of chess games that build teamwork and foster a genuine enjoyment of a game over a thousand years old! Want to learn more about what to expect during a typical Chess Wizards Class?

Day: Fridays
Time: 2:15pm
Grades: K-3
Vendor: Chess Wizards
Fee: $235

Day: Fridays
Time: 3:15pm
Grades: 4-8
Vendor: Chess Wizards
Fee: $235

Kodely students learn the skills used by teams at Microsoft and Apple and taught at top universities like Stanford d.school to think like a designer and take their technical skills beyond what they've learned in a classroom setting and apply them to the real world. Learners are presented with a new Kodely Design Challenge each workshop and work with our instructors to empathize and understand user needs, identify/re-define problems, brainstorm ideas, and finally test these ideas using prototypes made using microcontrollers and sensors.

Day: Wednesdays
Time: 3:15pm
Grades: 1-2
Vendor: Kodely
Fee: $295 + $45 supply fee

Through this workshop, students learn how to frame their ideas as experiments and bring others into their vision of a Smart City. We’ve crafted a series of design challenges for students to work on and add to their portfolio of experience. Students dive into the process of rapid prototyping and learn how to make their ideas tangible using microcontrollers and sensors. We work with our students to gain the tools and mindsets to break patterns, generate new ideas, and take creative leaps.

Day: Wednesdays
Time: 3:15pm
Grades: 3-4
Vendor: Kodely
Fee: $295 + $45 supply fee

How cool would it be for you to be the boss at Apple or Nike for a day? In this leadership program, you can! Students act as CEOs for leading companies and collaborate to make strategic recommendations to address real business issues. Case studies include popular companies and examine the role of female and minority CEOs. Students enhance their problem-solving skills, develop business savvy and cultivate a strategic mindset as future leaders.

Day: Wednesdays
Time: 3:15pm
Grades: 4-8
Vendor: Spark Business Academy
Fee: $325

Learn to design, prototype, and solve engineering challenges from the real world. Each class contains a unique challenge around the themes of "Building for Sustainability", "Civil Engineering in a Developing Town", "Design and Build an Amusement Park," and many more!

Day: Fridays
Time: 2:15pm-3:45pm (90 minute sessions)
Grades: 2-4
Vendor: Find Lando
Fee: $415

Are you ready to innovate? Get your creative juices flowing in this project-based program, where you will identify the need for an invention, think on your feet, and create real structures and solutions. Students also learn about famous inventors and internalize how recent innovations improve our lives.

Day: Mondays
Time: 3:15pm
Grades: K-1
Vendor: Spark Business Academy
Fee: $250

In this class, students will get the opportunity to learn different mediums, such as watercolor, rock painting, animal drawing and more, while creating one masterpiece. Teachers will go over sketching techniques that encourage a step-by-step break down using simple shapes, followed by coloring and shading techniques using oil pastels or water pastels, and will conclude the session with an overview of painting techniques using a tempera based paint. Subject of artwork is up to the student!

Day: Wednesdays
Time: 3:15pm
Grades: K-1
Vendor: After School Life
Fee: $260

Day: Wednesdays
Time: 4:15pm
Grades: 2-4
Vendor: After School Life
Fee: $260

In our Music course, your students will combine the joy of making music with fun activities and games using these colorful tubes called Boomwackers ®.What is a boom whacker? Well, it’s a stick which, when whacked, plays a musical note. It’s as simple as that. Boom whackers enhances learning by integrating music and movement. Boom whackers are lightweight, hollow, color-coded, plastic tubes, tuned to a musical pitch by their length and when you whack them and they create a unique sound.

Day: Fridays
Time: 2:15pm
Grades: K-1
Vendor: Nexplore
Fee: $230 + $40 supply fee

Nexplore Games is an innovative program that uses an internationally acclaimed selection of strategy and mind games to enhance 21st century life skills and teach students how to think, rather than what to think. Our mission to use award-winning selection of mind and strategy games from all over the world to teach a vast array of 21st century skills, addressing logic/reasoning, social, emotional, study skills, values, leadership, communication, science & environment, mathematics, reading/language arts, economy and entrepreneurship. We believe, that, with this kind of thinking “tool kit,” Nexplore Games students will be better equipped to face the multiple, complex challenges of the 21st century. Nexplore Games is the bridge that connects the world of games to the real world. During the course, students reflect upon and learn meta-cognitive models, which are then applied to all walks of life and scholastic achievements. Our methodology to “Play. Learn. Apply.” approaches the education process as a fun, informative and transferable experience. The Nexplore Games curriculum and methodology is inspired by Aristotle’s appreciation of play, David Perkin’ Transference Theory, Howard Gardner’s Multiple Intelligences Theory and Herbert Simon’s Understanding Process: Problem Isomorphs. Each of these theorists contributes valuable ideas supporting the importance of using games to develop skills that can be applied to real life.

Day: Fridays
Time: 3:15pm
Grades: 2-4
Vendor: Nexplore
Fee: $230 + $40 supply fee

Take the dive with Oceanic Exploration and journey from the tropics to the poles to inspect arctic food webs, simulate coral reef adaptations and survey everything from the great river deltas to the Mariana Trench. Through engineering design activities, challenge learners to collaborate on sustainability projects such as tracking great white sharks across the open ocean, answering and reflecting on important sea-dwelling questions about the variety of the oceans and the differences in ecosystems.

Day: Tuesdays
Time: 4:15pm
Grades: 2-4
Vendor: Nexplore
Fee: $260 + $40 supply fee

Whizara’s Introduction to Python Programming course introduces students to the fundamentals of syntax-based programming via its fun, graphics, animation, and game-based engaging curriculum. Students learn the fundamental programming concepts including variables, user inputs/output, random, conditionals, loops, functions, events, list and more. The course further reinforces computational concepts of sequencing, pattern recognition, parallelism and algorithmic thinking, and software development process. Students develop a course-end project to showcase their learnings from the course. This course builds the foundation for the Intermediate Python course.

Day: Tuesdays
Time: 3:15pm
Grades: 4-8
Vendor: Whizara
Fee: $295

The world of comic books is full of heroes, villains, challenges and triumphs — and the heroes need help! Ready to see just what it takes to be super? In this educator favorite, learners answer the call for aid by dissecting superhero skill sets to uncover the science behind superpowers. With 12, one-hour STEM lessons in biology, engineering and technology, learners fly alongside Superman, sling webs with Spider-Man and recognize the real-life heroes in their lives. Dive headfirst into the comic universe where student character development, multi-subject integration, creative thinking and community awareness reign supreme.

Day: Tuesdays
Time: 3:15pm
Grades: K-1
Vendor: Nexplore
Fee: $260 + $40 supply fee

Whizara’s Scratch programming course offers a fun way for young students to start thinking like a programmer as they explore and develop imaginative stories, animations and games using MIT’s Scratch programming interface. Students learn programming concepts and Scratch specific concepts including motion, looks, sound, events, loops, conditionals, game mechanics, operators and variables. Student’s get creative with designing, drawing, recording and storyboarding personalized projects using the drag and drop visual programming interface. The course further reinforces computational concepts of sequencing, pattern recognition, parallelism and algorithmic thinking.

Day: Tuesdays
Time: 4:15pm
Grades: 1-3
Vendor: Whizara
Fee: $295

Students enhance their writing skills and learn to work as a team in a creative setting. Students collaborate in brainstorming sessions to select an original story idea, complete individual writing assignments to flesh out their story, and provide feedback and advice to their peers, promoting social and emotional learning (SEL). Students aim to finish their own stories by the end of the program, fostering creativity and stronger social skills in the process.

Day: Tuesdays
Time: 3:15pm
Grades: 2-4
Vendor: Spark Business Academy
Fee: $325

Our modified equipment is ideal for young beginners, ensuring they learn at their level and grasp the fundamentals of this fantastic sport. Smaller racquets, low-compression red balls and an 18ft portable net are all provided, all you need to do is sign your children up and we’ll have them enjoying this great sport in no time. Tennis equips students with great skills that carry over to other sports and even into the classroom: Students increase their level of physical endurance and coordination, Students increase their level of physical endurance and coordination, and Students gain mental strength through enhanced concentration and self-discipline.

Day: Wednesdays
Time: 3:20pm
Grades: 1-4
Vendor: Euro School of Tennis
Fee: $410

Survey the history of art by carving totem poles in the Pacific Northwest, crafting Aztec masks in the heart of Mexico and experimenting with the artistic traditions of the world. In this thrilling Enrichment Program, learners take creative thinking and cultural awareness head-on as they examine the STEAM processes that make art possible. To develop this program, we teamed up with an artist and art educator to embody the true insight of a creative mind and a multi-subject curriculum. In Traveling Artist, learners explore and reflect on the different cultures of the world through the depth of their history, legacy and incredible works of art.

Day: Thursdays
Time: 3:15pm
Grades: 2-4
Vendor: Nexplore
Fee: $260 + $40 supply fee

Calling all Wildcat athletes! In this after school athletics class, students will be introduced to a variety of sports such as soccer, basketball, football and capture the flag. Students will learn the basic rules, practice their fundamental skills and work together in cooperative games and scrimmages. In addition, students will participate in team building activities and warm up games like noodle tag, obstacle courses and relay races. A positive mindset, teamwork, and effort will be emphasized throughout the class as students improve their athleticism and build Woodland spirit!

Day: Mondays
Time: 3:15pm
Grades: K-1
Vendor: Coach Leslie
Fee: $230

Calling all Wildcat athletes! In this after school athletics class, students will be introduced to a variety of sports such as soccer, basketball, football and kickball. Students will learn the basic rules, refine fundamental skills and work together in cooperative games and scrimmages. In addition, students will participate in team building activities and warm up games like noodle tag, obstacle courses and relay races. A positive mindset, teamwork, and effort will be emphasized throughout the class as students improve their athleticism and build Woodland spirit!

Day: Mondays
Time: 4:15pm
Grades: 2-4
Vendor: Coach Leslie
Fee: $230