2024 Spring After School Activity Offerings
Please complete the After School Registration form by Wednesday, March 27. Programs will begin the week of April 8. Payment to be made at the time of registration. Confirmation will come through the Auxiliary Programs Office. For questions, please contact the office, ext. 250/908-234-0067 or email Beth Hansen at bhansen@gsbschool.org.
Course Offerings
Mondays
Budding Builders
Grades: PS - K
Offered by: Michele Coleman
Dates: 4/8, 4/15, 4/22, 4/29, 5/6, 5/13, 5/20
Time: 3:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Min/Max enrollment: 5/12
Cost: $275.00
Winter is waving goodbye and spring is in the air! Calling all builders to come explore, construct, and design using familiar materials in a whole new way. Participants will complete fun STEAM challenges that encourage problem-solving and creative thinking through hands-on projects.
Coding
Grades: 1-4
Offered By: Courtney Renna
Dates: 4/8, 4/15, 4/22, 4/30, 5/6, 5/13, 5/20
Time: 3:00 - 4:0 p.m.
Min/Max enrollment: 8/16
Cost: $275.00
Students will expand on their coding knowledge through weekly challenges using a variety of platforms and tools including Wonder Workshop's Dash Robot, Bee-Bot robots, Scratch, and more. This program gives students the opportunity to improve their problem-solving and critical-thinking skills.
Tuesdays
Soccer
Grades: PS - K
Offered by: Manuel Hercules
Dates: 4/9, 4/16, 4/23, 4/30, 5/7, 5/14, 5/21, 5/28
Time: 3:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Min/Max enrollment: 5/12
Cost: $300.00
Players will have the opportunity to learn and play soccer in a safe and fun-filled atmosphere. We will focus on growth, training, and meaningful participation.
Wednesdays
Art - Hello Spring
Grades: PS-K
Offered by: Wendy Hanks and Michelle Coleman
Dates: 4/10, 4/17, 4/24, 5/1, 5/8, 5/15, 5/22, 5/29
Time/Place: 3:00 - 4:00 PM
Min/Max Enrollment: 5/8
Cost: $300.00
Spring is in the air! Let’s be inspired by nature and create some art!
Art
Grades: 1-2
Offered By: Carly Hydrusko
Dates: 4/10, 4/17, 4/24, 5/1, 5/8, 5/15, 5/22, 5/29
Time: 3:00 PM-4:00 PM
Min/Max enrollment: 5/10
Cost: $300.00
Each week will begin with an art-related story. The art project will reinforce what concepts were introduced in the story. Did you know that art can build self-confidence? When children create with their hands, they learn so much more than just art. They work on their fine motor skills, organizational skills as well as developing their creative side. Come join us for a fun-filled art class where we will use a variety of mediums.
Pottery
Grades: 3-4
Offered By: Madison Moreno
Dates: 4/10, 4/17, 4/24, 5/1, 5/8, 5/15, 5/22, 5/29
Time: 3:00 - 4:00 PM
Min/Max enrollment:
Cost: $300.00
Join us as we explore the joy of building art objects out of clay and glaze. Students will be able to build sculptures, wall pieces, and functional items through pinching, coiling, and slab building. Each project will have a new theme to pull inspiration from such as favorite animals, forest creatures, and movie characters.
Sina's Hoops Basketball
Grades: 1-4
Offered By: Coaches Mergin Sina and Jaren Sina, Head Boys Varsity Coach for GSB Varsity Team
Dates: 4/10, 4/17, 4/24, 5/1, 5/8, 5/15, 5/22, 5/29
Time: 3:00 - 4:00 PM
Min/Max enrollment:
Cost: $375.00
Learn the basic fundamentals of basketball. There will be a concentration of dribbling, passing and shooting. Balance, skill work and a fun environment…what more could an aspiring basketball player ask for!
Thursdays
Silly Science Lab
Grades: PS-K
Offered By: Mary Healy
Dates: 4/11, 4/18, 4/25, 5/2, 5/9, 5/16, 5/23, 5/30
Time: 3:00 - 4:00 PM
Min/Max enrollment:
Cost: $300.00
Hypothesize, observe, and watch in wonder over the crazy science reactions in our Silly Science Lab. Each lesson will focus on a scientific experiment and the science behind the experiment. Grow your science knowledge and have a few wow moments along the way. Come join us for this exciting journey into the world of science experiments!
Chess
Grades: 1-4
Offered By: Farai Mandizha
Dates: 4/11, 4/18, 4/25, 5/2, 5/9, 5/16, 5/23, 5/30
Time: 3:00 - 4:00 PM
Min/Max enrollment: 6/12
Cost: $325.00
Chess helps develop critical thinking skills, planning, and thinking before acting. By learning chess, children learn to see patterns, solve problems, and become more deliberate. In chess, winning and losing allows children to understand how to handle healthy competition. This is open to all levels. All students will be evaluated in their first class. Then they will learn the basic chess principles, like how to move the pieces, check & checkmate, stalemate, castling promotion and many more. Every class will include a lesson part and supervised play. International Master Farai Mandizha is an internationally renowned chess player, coach and a four-time Chess Olympian.
Fridays
Golf - Registration Full
Grades: 1-4
Offered by: TGA
Dates: 4/5, 4/12, 4/26, 5/3, 5/10, 5/17, 5/31
Time: 3:00 - 4:15 PM
Min/Max enrolment: 5/15
Cost: $300.00
TGA makes it convenient and fun for your child to learn and play golf right on their school campus! Our curriculums were specially designed by industry-leading golf professionals and education specialists to ensure that the lesson plans are age-appropriate and easy to understand and retain. Students will experience a mix of golf instruction, rules and etiquette lessons, educational components, character development lessons and physical activity as they advance through the five-level program. Our screened and certified instructors have a passion for working with children and are trained to help your student athlete develop a strong foundation of skills and knowledge as well as a passion for the sport.
- TGA provides all equipment
- First-time students receive a TGA hat and a TGA Student Handbook
- Students earn color-coded TGA hat clips at every level
Nature Explorers
Grades: 2-4
Offered by: Lynn Prosen
Dates: 4/5, 4/12, 4/26, 5/3, 5/10, 5/17, 5/31
Time: 3:00 - 4:15 PM
Min/Max enrolment: 6/12
Cost: $300.00
Join Mrs. Prosen to discover the wonders of nature, the farm, and the garden on our beautiful campus. We will explore different habitats, animal adaptations, food webs, life cycles, and animal diversity by making observations on nature walks around campus. All participants will receive a Nature Detective Toolkit and Journal supplies to bring home at the end of the program. (Detectives are asked to bring a pair of mud boots for our campus explorations.)