After-School Programs

List of 12 items.

• Session Schedule

  • Session 1 Schedule: September 12-November 4
  • Session 2 Schedule: November 7-January 20
  • Session 3 Schedule: January 23-March 17
  • Session 4 Schedule: March 20-June 5

• Afternoon Mindfulness

  This course is open to students in grade 1‐6. Through interactive exercises, students will experience specific ways of paying attention to their breath, body, thoughts, feelings, and surroundings. Through developing mindfulness, students are able to better understand themselves, the environment, and the needs and feelings of others.
  

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• Pokemon Art Academy

  Learn the step-by-step techniques to draw characters like Pikachu, Charizard, Mewtwo, Dragonite, and many more. Explore different hands-on art media such as watercolor, modeling clay, pastels, and more as you create Poke-Balls, Pokemon Shrinky Dinks, and even your own Pokemon Trading Cards
  

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• Chess

  This class is designed to help players of all levels cultivate their chess skills, expand upon campers’ 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

  This course is open to students in grade 3‐6. 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 teacher, life long entertainer, and Magic Castle member Jason Rowland leads your student through a world of possibilities with a class designed to stimulate body, heart, and mind. Explore everything from magic tricks, balloon art, writing blues songs, clowning, break dancing, comedy, puppetry, juggling, learning about and singing the Beatles hits, learning to Yo Yo (and much more) because life is too amazing not to try everything and Kindergarten 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. For more specific information about this class, please contact the instructor: Jason Rowland
  

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• Robotics

  Moving on from Lego Robotics, students will build three awesome robots to take home using engineering principles such as levers, pulleys, and gears, as they design amazing robots that can walk, crawl, and jump on their own. This class is open to new and returning students.
  

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