Extended Classes
(listed in alphabetical order)
The 2010 Spring Extended Classes are listed below. Links to the registration forms are found on this page. Forms are also available in the front office.
Withdrawal policies, and registration and refund information are listed in our policy document.
Most classes 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 pick up your student promptly at the end of the extended class.
Art - Sea Life
This class is open to boys and girls in grades K-6.
Time: 10 Tuesdays, 3:10-4:10 PM
Instructor: Rachel Mueller
Class Dates: April 13-June 15
Cost: $161 (includes $38 for materials and $3 PTSA fee.) 50% off tuition for siblings. Total fee for two siblings is $262, discount does not apply to materials or PTSA fee.
Rachel Mueller is back with her amazing and popular visual arts courses. In this session, the class will explore life under the sea. We will paint, draw and sculpt sharks, deep sea fish, whales and dolphins, seashells, seaweed and crustaceans.
Students combine techniques of space, composition, light and shadow, one-point perspective, two-point perspective and creating depth and 3-D using pencils, charcoals, soft pastels, oil pastels, watercolor, acrylic, clay and foil.
Chess Club
This class is open to boys and girls in grades K-6.
Time: Mondays, 3:10-4:10 PM
Location: Library
Instructor: Chess Star Instructor Rick Shabata
Class Dates: April 12-June 7; No Class May 31
Cost: $75 for the 8-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.
Registration Form
Fitness
This class is open to boys and girls in grades K-6. This class is cancelled.
Time: Mondays, 3:10-4:10 PM Location: Audubon Gym
Instructor: Dave Brinkman
Class Dates: April 26-June 14; No Class May 31
Cost: $95
Instructor Dave Brinkman coaches students in a positive, uplifting and energetic atmosphere that promotes strength resistance training, flexibility, agility, mobility and much more. Students learn these concepts through game play, running, jumping,fitness drills and calisthenics. Most of all, the participating students have fun and truly receive a workout in their time in class. If the students are
willing to move they will be served by moving their bodies, burning calories, increasing metabolism and gaining knowledge about fitness by experiencing it.
Guitar Club
Open to boys and girls in grades 3-6.
Time: Mondays, 3:10-4:10 PM
Location: Music Room
Instructor: Main Stem Music
Class Dates: April 12-June 7; No Class May 31
Cost: $120 per 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. Offered by Main Stem Music, the teachers that bring us great piano classes! Don’t miss out on this fantastic opportunity!
LEGOS
Engineering Fundamentals
This class is open to boys and girls in grades 3-6.
Time: 8 Fridays, 3:10-4:40 PM
Instructor: Play-Well TEKnologies
Class Dates: April 16-June 11; No Class May 7
Cost: $130
A longer, more advanced engineering class for older builders. Design and build motorized machines, catapults, pyramids, demolition derby cars, buildings and other constructions out of LEGO® bricks. While exploring engineering, architecture and physics, students will develop problem solving and critical thinking skills. Returning students are given new projects that build on previous projects and concepts.
Play-Well TEKnologies provides project-based programs designed to teach principles and methods of engineering, architecture, and science to grades K – 8th, utilizing the LEGO™ building system. We strive to build problem-solving skills, provide an opportunity for creative expression, foster a greater appreciation of how things work, and encourage the qualities of inquisitiveness, self- reliance, and self-confidence in children. We do this in the context of fun-filled engineering and architectural projects that both the children and our instructors enjoy!
(This class is not affiliated with the LEGO Group.)
Pre-Engineering
This class is open to students in grades K-2.
Time: 8 Mondays, 3:10 PM-4:25 PM
Instructor: Play-Well TEKnologies
Class Dates: April 12-June 7; No Class May 31
Cost: $115.
LEGO engineering, designed for younger students. Create, Play, and Learn. Build a town, city, or star base with houses, buildings, pyramids, bridges, tunnels, towers, and more. Build motorized cars, trains, buses, and trucks; race them; crash them; repair them. Explore the many possibilities of LEGO® building systems while learning useful construction techniques.
Play-Well TEKnologies provides project-based programs designed to teach principles and methods of engineering, architecture, and science to grades K – 8th, utilizing the LEGO™ building system. We strive to build problem-solving skills, provide an opportunity for creative expression, foster a greater appreciation of how things work, and encourage the qualities of inquisitiveness, self- reliance, and self-confidence in children. We do this in the context of fun-filled engineering and architectural projects that both the children and our instructors enjoy!
(This class is not affiliated with the LEGO Group.)
Martial Arts
Open to boys and girls in grades K-6.
Time: Tuesdays and Thursdays, 7:30-8:15 AM
Location: Audubon gym.
Instructor: KBNM Jennifer Berg—True Martial Arts
Class Dates: This class runs continuously throughout the school year. The last class of the school year is May 27th. Students may join this class at any time, provided there is space available. Ask for a pro-rated price.
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 or Instructor Jennifer Berg at 425.747.9313.
Piano
Piano/Keyboarding - Thursdays
This class is open to boys and girls in grades K-6.
Time: Thursdays, 3:10-4:10 PM
Location: Library
Instructor: Christine McDonald, Main Stem Music
Class Dates: April 15 - June 10 No class on May 6
Cost: $120 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.
Registration Form
Advanced Piano/Keyboarding - Fridays
This class is open to boys and girls in grades K-6.
Time: Fridays, 3:10-4:10 PM
Location: Library
Instructor: Christine McDonald, Main Stem Music
Class Dates: April 16 - June 11. No Class May 7
Cost: $120 for the 8-week session. Cost includes a book, music, certificate, and an opportunity to play in a recital.
Registration Form
Tennis This class is full and no longer available
This class is open to boys and girls in grades K-4.
Time: 5 Mondays, 3:00 - 3:50 PM
Instructor: Katy Tallorin
Class Dates: April 19 - May 17
Cost: $63. Kids should bring their own racquet.
Introductory tennis skills—ready position, ground strokes, volleys...and totally fun (and sometimes silly) fitness relays and games! New and continuing students welcome. Students must provide own racquet. Class emphasis is on fundamental skills, fitness and most of all FUN! Enrollment limited to 8 students.