After-School Programs

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• Session Schedule

  • Session 1 Schedule

• Afternoon Mindfulness

  Mindfulness is being present here and now. In this class, we practice this by paying attention to our thoughts, bodily sensations, emotions, and the external environment. We pay attention to these in a special way - with kindness and curiosity, and without judgment. Mindfulness gives us tools to meet life's challenges with care and compassion. Many students find that practicing mindfulness helps them to develop self-awareness, agency, freedom, and choice about how to respond to what they are experiencing internally, and externally as they interact with the world around them. Students will learn basic mindfulness practices and be encouraged to connect these practices to their daily lives. Through practice, they will be empowered in their capacity to gain greater self-awareness and self-regulation. Time will be provided during every class for direct experience in mindfulness. The classroom community is a safe space for students to share and explore their inner experience. While new students are learning these practices, returning students benefit from engaging in regular practice together within a community of supportive peers. Classes meet in the Nathanson-Swiger Chapel and Spiritual Center.
  

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• Cartooning & Comic Book Creation

  Cartooning is a great way to learn how to sketch and draw. Students will learn to create their own characters as well as popular characters from Disney, Anime, and more! Students will learn about storylines, design, coloring, and lettering, as they create their very own comic book.
  

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• Chess

  Grades 1-2
  We introduce chess to students in a fun and exciting way. For all students and all levels, we teach students to play chess and help them succeed in school by stimulating their problem-solving skills, analytical skills, and critical thinking. Includes exclusive booklets and worksheets.
  
  Grades 3-6
  This class is designed to help players of all levels cultivate their chess skills, expand upon their existing knowledge of the game, and promote greater confidence. Players will review the basics of the game, including rules, the history of chess, terminology, and etiquette, while also working towards mastering opening principles and developing end-game strategies. Students will have the opportunity to participate in friendly tournaments too! Players of all levels, as well as those brand new to the game of chess are welcome.
  
  

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• Dance

  This course offers the following options: Creative Movement KA/KG (all students), 1st Grade Ballet, 2nd Grade Ballet, 3rd Grade Ballet & Contemporary, 4th Grade Ballet, Contemporary, & Family Waltz, 5th Grade Ballet & Contemporary, and 6th Grade Ballet & Contemporary
  

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• Design Challenge Engineering

  What is Design Challenge Engineering? It’s a combination of project-based learning, design thinking and the engineering design process that develops the innovator’s mindset through iteration. This session will incorporate learning and fun with potential real-world challenges. As students work through their engineering design challenges, they will have the opportunity to build problem-solving, teamwork, communication, and creative-thinking skills.For more specific information about this class, please contact the instructors: Linda Savage and Amanda Dye

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• Improv/Theater

  This course offers the following options: Story Theater for Kindergarten, Story Improvisation for 1st Grade, Improvisation for 2nd Grade, Improvisation for 3rd Grade, Improvisation for 4th Grade, Improvisation for 5th Grade, and Improvisation for 6th Grade
  

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• Instrumental Music

  This course offers the following options: Beginning Violin (2nd & 3rd grade), Celebration Strings (2nd & 3rd grade), Symphonic Strings (5th-6th grade), Beginning Band (4th-6th grade), Elementary Orchestra (5th-6th grade)
  

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• Life Drawing

  This program provides a space for art loving students to practice drawing and build confidence. Students will study human proportions and body parts through observational drawing. We will also cover value, tone and composition. We will use traditional mediums such as pencil and charcoal as well as the iPad program Procreate. We will introduce students to drawing fundamentals and techniques in drawing from observation using still life and live models. We will look at examples from professional artists who use drawing in their practice.
  

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• Minecraft

  Join us to learn about and play the most popular computer game on the planet! Learn Minecraft building techniques, details of command blocks, and how to change the look of the game. Kids learn strategy, team building, and cooperation skills while playing Minecraft in a fun, safe, and supervised environment.
  

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• Renaissance Kids

  Renaissance Person: "A person of any period who has a broad range of intellectual and physical abilities as well as interests."
  
  Campbell Hall middle school drama teacher, life-long entertainer, and Magic Castle member/performer Jason Rowland leads students through a world of possibilities with a class designed to stimulate body, heart, and mind. Students will explore everything from magic tricks, balloon art, writing blues songs, clowning, break dancing, comedy, puppetry, juggling, theatrical design, learning about and singing the Beatles hits, learning to Yo Yo (and much more). Because life is too amazing not to try everything and this is the perfect place to start trying…to be a Renaissance Kid! The emphasis of this special after school class is on having a ton of fun in a stress-free and encouraging environment. The outcome is improved social skills, an increase in focus, new-found confidence, and of course a huge smile. Classes taught by Jason Rowland and occasional guest teachers and entertainers.
  
  For more specific information about this class, please contact the instructor: Jason Rowland
  

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• Robotics

  Students build new and different projects each week as they graduate from simple machines, to motorized mechanisms, to robotics with basic programming. They'll learn all about engineering principles such as gears, wheels, axles, levers, and pulleys. This class is as fun as it is educational!
  

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