Extended ClassesThe Fall 2008 Extended Classes are listed below. Links to the registration forms are found on this page in pdf format. There are also forms available in the front office.
Extended Class policies have changed! For information about how to register, refund and withdrawal policies, and more, please check out the new policy document.
Open Registration for our Fall extended classes has now ended. A few of our classes, however, do have limited space remaining. Please see the details below for information on which classes can accept late registration. Contact Julie Haase for more info.
All classes are set to begin 10 minutes after the dismissal bell. Students should proceed directly from their classroom to their after-school class location and check in with their instructor. Please check the dismissal time for your child’s class—on time pickup is very important!
Martial Arts
There is space available in this class. Students may register at any time. Fees will be adjusted appropriately after the start of the class.
Open to boys and girls in grades K-6.
Time/Location: Tuesdays and Thursdays, 7:30-8:15 AM. This class is held in the gym.
Instructor: KBNM Jennifer Berg
Start Date: This class will run continuously throughout the school year, in 8-week sessions beginning September 23. Cost: $98 per 8-week session.
Emphasis is put on discipline, respect, and learning realistic self-defense. Students develop self-confidence by setting goals, striving for excellence and accomplishing what they set out to do. Physically, students get in better shape while improving posture and coordination and many will acquire skills they never thought possible, unlocking their own potential and giving them a positive outlook that can last a lifetime. No martial arts experience is necessary to join the program.
Questions? Late Registration? Contact PTSA Extended Classes Chair Julie Haase at
juliehaase@gmail.com or Instructor Jennifer Berg at 425.747.9313.
Audubon Sr. Choir
Registration for this class is closed.
This is the only session Sr. Choir will be offered this year. Band and orchestra practice day conflicts are OK’d on an individual basis.
Open to 4th, 5th, and 6th graders who love to sing! No audition is held.
Time/Location: Tuesdays and Fridays 7:45-8:20 AM. This class is held in the music room.
Instructor: Mrs. Jan Montgomery (Mrs. “Mo”)
Start Date: Tuesday, October 14
Class Dates: Tuesdays and Fridays, October 14th through Friday, Dec.19th , 2008 (No class on Oct. 31, Nov. 11, Nov. 28).
Cost: $68 for the 8-week session. Class fee will include prizes, a T-shirt, and a pizza party.
Minimum: 20 members
Limit: 60 members
Be a proud member of the Audubon Singers! We will explore vocal music of many styles and cultures. General music skills will be gained, including reading notes and music symbols on the treble clef. This will improve the skills and confidence of singers. Although solos will be included, it is not the goal of a choir to develop solo voices, but, instead, to develop a love of group singing! Camaraderie and a real sense of belonging is experienced that is unlike any other outside of making music together. Choir members will be performing for assemblies at Audubon along with at least two other fieldtrips. Details will follow. We will learn a lot more about singing together than we will in our regular classes. While striving for excellence, we will have a wonderful time together! Let’s get singing!
Questions? Late Registration? Contact PTSA Extended Classes Chair Julie Haase at juliehaase@gmail.com or Instructor Jan Mo at 425.881-9575 X174.
Friday Class! Piano/Keyboarding
Registration for this class is closed.
Time/Location: Friday, 3:10-4:10 PM; This class is held in the library.
Instructor: Christine McDonald, Main Stem Music
Start Date: Friday, October 3
Class Dates: 10/3, 10/10, 10/17, 10/24, 11/7, 11/14, 12/5, and 12/12.
Cost: $119 for the 8-week session. Cost includes a book, music, certificate, and an
opportunity to play in a recital.
The focus of this class is on learning through performance. From the very first lesson young learners are performing and even learning to perform together. Using songs that kids hear every day engages them quickly in the study of music. By the end of their first 8-week program young learners will have mastered the treble clef and be able to play numerous songs. By the end of the second 8-week program they will add the bass clef and many more songs.
Science on Wheels
Registration for this class is closed.
Offered by the Pacific Science Center; Two classes, open to grades K-2 and 3-6.
Time/Location: 6 Thursdays, 3:10-4:00 PM. The 3-6 class is held in the art-science room / the K-2 class is held in the half-day Kindergarten room.
Instructor: Pacific Science Center—Science on Wheels
Start Date: October 23
Class Dates: 10-23, 10-30, 11-6, 11-13, 11-20, 12-4
Cost: $125 per 6-week session
Forensics 101 (Grades 3-6)
Become a secret agent and use science to solve crimes and develop real spying equipment in Forensics 101. Don’t let any clue get past you as you learn to dust for fingerprints, decipher a ransom note and spy around corners. Your first mission: sign up for Forensics 101.
· Fingerprints (FOR1)
· Codes (FOR2)
· Powers of Observation (FOR3)
· Handwriting/Chromatography (FOR4)
· DNA Fingerprinting (FOR5)
· Solve a Crime (FOR6)
Design Time (grades K-2)
Start thinking about tinkering and join us in Design Time! Use pulleys, levers and other simple machines to design and build structures and inventions. How slow can you make a marble fall? How far can you catapult something? Put the engineer inside of you to work and start designing!
· Gravity (DT1)
· Amazing Marbles (DT2)
· Boats & Buoyancy (DT3)
· Levers (DT4)
· Gears (DT5)
· Catapults (DT6)
Etiquette
Registration for this class is closed.
Open to boys and girls in grades 1-5. This class has a maximum enrollment of 10.
Time/Location: 6 Wednesdays, 1:40-2:40 PM. This class is held in the Shared Space between the 4th and 5th Grade rooms.
Instructor: Kristen Feuerstein, The Etiquette School of the Northwest
Start Date: October 1
Class Dates: 10/1, 10/8, 10/15, 10/22, 10/29, 11/5
Cost: $153 per 6-week session
Give your child the tools to handle social situations with ease! The Etiquette School of the Northwest program increases children’s awareness and self-confidence by teaching crucial dining and social skills that play a large role in their development.
The following topics are covered:
--Proper introductions and correct handshake
--Eye contact and conversation skills
--The fork, knife, and spoon lesson
--Telephone etiquette
--Thank you notes
--Formal five-course dinner
Jump Rope
11 spaces remain in Session 2. Students may register for Session 2 until 10/20, or until the class fills.
Session 1 is full. Registration for this class is closed.
Offered for boys and girls, grades K-6.
Time/Location: 4 Mondays, 3:10-4:10 PM; This class is held in the Gym.
Instructor: Cara Hassler, Hot Dog USA Jump Rope Team
Start Date: Session 1: September 29; Session 2: October 27
Class Dates: Session 1: 9/29, 10/6, 10/13, 10/20,; Session 2: 10/27,11/3, 11/10, 11/17
Cost: $53 per 4-week session; Cost includes a jump rope
Rope skipping is increasingly becoming recognized as a sport that is serious in its promotion of health and fun. For young children who are just learning to jump or more experienced jumpers who may want to sharpen their skills, Cara Hassler, Hot Dog USA team member, will be conducting two 4 week workshops on the art of rope skipping for fun and fitness.
Writing Workshop
10 spaces remain in this class. Students may register late for this class until 9/26, or until it fills.
Open only to 4th, 5th and 6th graders who love to write!
Time/Location: Monday, 3:10 PM. This class is held in room 123.
Instructor: Katy Tallorin
Start Date: Monday, October 6
Class Dates: 10/6, 10/13, 10/20, 10/27, 11/3, 11/10
Cost: $65 for the 6-week session. Class fee will include a journal, pens, pencils, and a snack.
This one hour class will use a workshop approach to explore the world of creative writing. Writing Workshop is a flexible time to experiment with writing in different formats: poetry, non-fiction, fiction, stream of consciousness, varying points of view, etc. Using a journal, we will use different writing methods (power writing, writing to music, writing inspired by artwork, sensory writing) to create journal entries.
In the last two weeks of class we will look back at our journal entries to find works to polish for class publication. We will publish both solo pieces and a class collection of writing.
Note: Though formal writing rules will sometimes apply in terms of final draft spelling and grammar conventions, this class focuses on the joy and creativity of writing. Writers will be free to start sentences with conjunctions, write fragments or run-on sentences--we will even practice breaking some writing rules! No academic essay writing methods will be taught.
Piano/Keyboarding
This Piano session is full. Registration for this class is closed.
Time/Location: Tuesday, 3:10-4:10 PM. This class is held in the library.
Instructor: Christine McDonald, Main Stem Music
Start Date: Tuesday, October 7
Class Dates: 10/7, 10/14, 10/21, 10/28, 11/4, 11/18, 12/2, and 12/9.
Cost: $119 for the 8-week session. Cost includes a book, music, certificate, and an
opportunity to play in a recital.
The focus of this class is on learning through performance. From the very first lesson young learners are performing and even learning to perform together. Using songs that kids hear every day engages them quickly in the study of music. By the end of their first 8-week program young learners will have mastered the treble clef and be able to play numerous songs. By the end of the second 8-week program they will add the bass clef and many more songs.
Chess Club
Chess Club is full. Registration for this class is closed.
This class is open to boys and girls in grades K-6.
Time/Location: Monday, 3:10-4:10 PM. This class is held in the library.
Start Date: Monday, October 6
Class Dates: 10/6, 10/13, 10/20, 10/27, 11/3, 11/10, 11/17, 12/1 and 12/8.
Cost: $84 for the 10-week session. All classroom supplies are included.
The game of chess is known to enhance the development of valuable critical thinking and problem solving skills in young children that later can be applied in math and science. Chess is a universal learning tool; it offers a rare combination of learning and playing.
In the chess club students will play chess games, solve chess puzzles, learn chess strategies, and get all the tools to be ahead in the game. The instructors will follow Chess Academy curriculum developed by WGM Elena Donaldson, Three Time US Women’s Champion.
Our goal is to create a fun and challenging environment for developing important academic skills using game of chess as a tool. We also will help students who want to play in scholastic chess tournaments. WGM Elena will be available to answer questions by email or meet with parents at the local scholastic tournaments.
Drama—Treasure Trunk Theater
This class is open to boys and girls in grades K-2
This class has been canceled.
Time: Wednesday, 1:40 PM-3:00 PM
Instructor: Second Story Repertory Theater
Start Date: Wednesday, October 1
Class Dates: 10/1, 10/8, 10/15, 10/22, 10/29, 11/5, 11/12, 11/19
Cost: $93 for the 8-week session.
What’s inside the treasure chest? Each day students will pull a new object out of the chest to spark and continue an adventure using voices, bodies, and minds. There is no limit to where the group’s imaginations can lead!
Drama—Around the World
This class is open to boys and girls in grades 3-6
Registration for this class is closed.
Time/Location: Wednesday, 1:40 PM-3:00 PM. This class is held in the art/sci room.
Instructor: Second Story Repertory Theater
Start Date: Wednesday, October 1
Class Dates: 10/1, 10/8, 10/15, 10/22, 10/29, 11/5, 11/12, 11/19
Cost: $93 for the 8-week session.
Explore many different cultures of the world! Each day we will read and perform a story from a different part of the globe, and make crafts from that culture. There are plenty of stories to share; so all aboard!
Yoga for Kids
Open to boys and girls in grades 3-6. This class has a maximum enrollment of 12.
Registration for this class is closed.
Time/Location: 7 Thursdays, 3:10-4:00 PM. This class is held in the Shared Space between the 4th and 5th Grade rooms.
Instructor: Nina Escudero, teacher of Iyengar Hatha Yoga
Start Date: October 2
Class Dates: 10/2, 10/9, 10/16, 10/30, 11/6, 11/13, 11/20
Cost: $129 per 7-week session
Yoga is fun! In each class, you learn to explore, feel, think, discover, and play ~ and in the process, discover who you are, and what you can do in a kind, safe, respectful, honorable, thousands-of-years-old-time-tested way. You develop strength, range of motion, flexibility, patience, and ultimately discover the joy of discovering the fullness of who you are through what your mind and body can do.
Kids will need a yoga mat, water bottle, and loose, comfortable clothing for class.