2025 Spring After School Activity Offerings
Please complete the After School Registration form by Friday, March 28. Programs will begin the week of April 7. 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
Cooking
Grades: PS - K
Offered by: Chef It Up
Dates: 4/7, 4/14, 4/21, 5/5, 5/12, 5/19, 6/2)
Time: 3:15 - 4:15 p.m.
Min/Max enrollment: 5/12
Cost: $330.00
Chef It Up 2 Go is excited for our spring cooking program! As we welcome in the spring, our chefs will use early spring produce and herbs to make some spring recipes and some treats to celebrate Cinco de Mayo and Mother's Day. Cooking is such an important part of everyday life while teaching children science, math, sharing, working as part of a group, and most importantly patience! They will either enjoy it in class or take home with baking instructions and a recipe to make their own cookbook! This program is completely nut free.
Please advise of any allergies at the time of registration.
Advanced Minecraft
Grades: 1 - 4
Offered by: Wize
Dates: 4/7, 4/14, 4/21, 4/28, 5/5, 5/12, 5/19, 6/2
Time: 3:15 - 4:15 p.m.
Min/Max enrollment: 5/12
Cost: $415.00
Who likes Minecraft? If your son or daughter enjoys the game, and is ready to go beyond just playing, let’s give them the opportunity to program it! They will create mods in Minecraft by learning programming concepts and applying them to realize their ideas. We are excited to see what amazing ideas and "mods" students come up with! Minecraft experience is preferred, but no prior coding experience needed.
Tuesdays
All Sports
Grades: PS - K
Offered by: Kido Kinetics
Dates: 4/8, 4/15, 4/22, 4/29, 5/6, 5/13, 5/20, 5/27
Time: 3:15 - 4:15 p.m.
Min/Max enrollment: 5/8
Cost: $325.00
Each week features warm ups and stretches, an introduction to a new sport, and a fun activity. Students will play, build confidence, and develop necessary skills such as coordination, focus, spatial awareness, etc., through our multi sport programs. Your child will also learn a new bone or muscle during each class. Through mini games, relay races, obstacle courses, and more, we emphasize the value of building confidence and resilience, encouraging kids to step outside their comfort zones and to learn a new sport or activity they might not typically choose. Through participating in this new program, we hope your child will develop a love of sports, fitness, and staying active.
Intro to Minecraft
Grades: 1 - 2
Offered by: Wize
Dates: 4/8, 4/15, 4/22, 4/29, 5/6, 5/13, 5/20, 5/27
Time: 3:15 - 4:15 p.m.
Min/Max enrollment: 4/10
Cost: $415.00
What better way is there for students to learn Computer Science than in the context of the world’s favorite video game? Minecraft is a huge sandbox and game playing platform. The landscape stretches infinitely in all directions. It extends up into the hills and mountains, and down into dark caverns filled with lava and treasure. Minecraft allows us a rich, engaging environment in which to teach both designing and coding skills to learners. This class is designed for those with less familiarity with Minecraft or computers, in general.
Chess
Grades: 1 - 4
Offered by: Farai Mandizha
Dates: 4/8, 4/15, 4/22, 4/29, 5/6, 5/13, 5/20, 5/27
Time: 3:15 - 4:15 p.m.
Min/Max enrollment: 5/8
Cost: $325.00
Chess helps develop critical thinking skills, planning ahead, 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 4 time Chess Olympian.
Wednesdays
Spring Art
Grades: PS - K
Offered by: Wendy Hanks
Dates: 4/9, 4/16, 4/23, 4/30, 5/7, 5/14, 5/21, 5/28
Time/Place: 3:15 - 4:15 p.m.
Min/Max Enrollment: 5/8
Cost: $300.00
Spring is in the air! Join us after school, we will have fun creating art inspired by a variety of things in nature from bugs to rainbows and everything in between!
Hope to see you there!
Art
Grades: 1-4
Offered By: Carly Hydrusko
Dates: 4/9, 4/16, 4/23, 4/30, 5/7, 5/14, 5/21, 5/28
Time/Place: 3:15 - 4:15 p.m.
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.
Thursdays
Robots to the Rescue
Grades: PK - K
Offered By: Wize
Dates: 4/10, 4/17, 5/1, 5/8, 5/15, 5/22, 5/29, 6/5
Time: 3:15 - 4:15 p.m.
Min/Max enrollment: 5/7
Cost: $415.00
How would you like to address real-world problems as you create and program robotic solutions? Give your young engineer the opportunity to learn computational and presentation skills through project-based learning, build confidence and self-esteem, working in teams, and get a jumpstart on critical elements of STEAM education.
All Sports
Grades: 1 - 4
Offered By: Kido Kinetics
Dates: 4/10, 4/17, 4/24, 5/1, 5/8, 5/15, 5/22, 5/29
Time: 3:15 - 4:15 p.m.
Min/Max enrollment: 5/15
Cost: $325.00
Each week features warm ups and stretches, an introduction to a new sport, and a fun activity. Students will play, build confidence, and develop necessary skills such as coordination, focus, spatial awareness, etc., through our multi sport programs. Your child will also learn a new bone or muscle during each class. Through mini games, relay races, obstacle courses, and more, we emphasize the value of building confidence and resilience, encouraging kids to step outside their comfort zones and to learn a new sport or activity they might not typically choose. Through participating in this new program, we hope your child will develop a love of sports, fitness, and staying active.
Fridays
Robot Petting Zoo
Grades: 1 - 4
Offered By: Wize
Dates: 4/11, 5/2, 5/9, 5/16, 5/30, 6/6
Time: 3:15 - 4:15 p.m.
Min/Max enrollment: 5/12
Cost: $315.00
How would you like to make your own zoo animals? Would you like to combine the worlds of art and science? Come participate in a “makeathon” to create a robotic pet to delight and inspire visitors to your very own petting zoo. Construct your pet with a host of different materials, then use robotic components and programming to bring your creations to life.
Golf
Grades: 3 - 4
Offered By: TGA
Dates: 4/11, 5/2, 5/9, 5/16, 5/30, 6/6
Time: 3:15 - 4:15 PM
Min/Max enrollment: 5/20
Cost: $225.00
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
Pre-School Yogis
Grades: PS - K
Offered By: Uthrive Wellness Healing Arts Programs
Dates: 4/11, 5/2, 5/9, 5/16, 5/30, 6/6
Time: 3:15 - 4:15 PM
Min/Max enrollment: 5/10
Cost: $225.00
Introduce your little ones to the joyful world of yoga with our "Preschool Yogis" class! Designed for children in grades PS - K , this engaging and interactive class combines movement, mindfulness, and creativity to help young children develop flexibility, strength, and focus while having fun. Through playful storytelling, imaginative poses, and sensory experiences, children will explore the fundamentals of yoga in a safe and nurturing environment.