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Whitlow Elementary School Afterschool Clubs Information Booklet Spring 2016 Whitlow Elementary School Afterschool Clubs Information Booklet Spring 2016 Lynne Castleberry, Principal Jennifer Vanderbunt, Assistant Principal Katye Carlson, Assistant Principal Table of Contents Welcome…..……………………………………………..……………………………………..……...3 Purpose of Afterschool Clubs…………………..……...……………….……………………….…3 Days and Times of Club Meetings………..……………………...….………………………….…3 Cost……………………………………..…………………………………..…………………………..3 Arrival and Dismissal……………………..……………………….……….…………………….….4 Whitlow After School Program ………..……………….……………………………………….....4 Description of Clubs………………..……………………………………………………………..…5 Tuesday Clubs Cooking and Crafts (K-2)…………..……………………………...…..….5 Etiquette (K-2) …………………..………….……………...……...………5 Scratch Programming (3-5)….……..…………………….….………..…..5 Outdoor Sports (3-5)………………..………………………………………………5 Thursday Clubs Mini Makerspace Club (K-1) …………………..………………….…….………6 Games and Sports (K-2)………………..……………………...…………..6 Ozobot Robotics (2-4) ……………..............................................................6 Ultimate Frisbee (2-5)………………..……………………………………..………6 Create a Canvas (3-5)……..……………...………………………..…………...…7 *Additional $15 fee Cooking and Crafts (3-5)…………………………………………………..7 2 Welcome We are elated that you are considering an afterschool club at Whitlow Elementary School. This handbook is intended to be an overview of the afterschool clubs and provide clarity for parents, staff and students. The club sponsor is responsible for enforcing all school, district, county, state, and federal regulations. Purpose of Afterschool Clubs Whitlow Elementary regards the development and implementation of extracurricular activities and clubs as a positive and meaningful contribution to the lives of our students. A child’s education does not take place only in the classroom, during regular school hours. Hence, school sponsored afterschool activities can be an invaluable setting for a child’s continued personal and academic growth. Afterschool clubs should provide students with the following: Opportunities to develop socially through engaging activities which develop and strengthen character, leadership skills, and social skills. Activities outside the classroom which enlarge the interest and knowledge that would not otherwise be achieved outside of the classroom environment. Participation in multiple forms of co-curricular activities involving common interests of club members. Teamwork strategies through the use of various forms of service to each other, the community, the student body, and the school. Days and Times of Club Meetings Afterschool clubs will begin on Tuesday, February 23, 2016 and will meet Tuesdays or Thursdays between the hours of 3:15 p.m. – 4:15p.m. Please see the club descriptions below for the specific day and times each club will meet. Clubs will meet for six weeks. Cost All After School Clubs are $40 per child. The “Create a Canvas” club has an additional $15 supply fee. Clubs will meet six times. The clubs will start Tuesday, February 23rd and will end Thursday, March 31st. This amount is due upon receipt of your registration. The clubs will be filled on a first- come, first-serve basis. Please make your check payable to Whitlow Elementary School. 3 Arrival/Dismissal Students will be dismissed to clubs beginning at 3:00 p.m. on their club meeting days. At 3:00, students will report to the Media Center. Mrs. Daughtery will stay with the children until the club sponsor arrives at 3:15. Each club will have a check-in process. Upon the students’ arrival, Mrs. Daughtery will take attendance and mark the students absent or present. Students will be released only to adults who display the child’s car rider number during dismissal. Each Club teacher will provide you with more details about the dismissal process. Students who are not picked up at the end of club meeting sessions (4:15) must be placed in the After School Program at Whitlow Elementary. Parents will be charged an additional fee if this occurs. The club sponsor will accompany the student and provide the After School Program staff with the student’s name and parent contact information. After School Program Please note that the After School Clubs are separate from the After School Program. Both programs have separate fees. Parents who are not able to pick up their students from clubs by 4:15 may pay for their child to be placed in the After School Program. The After School Program is available daily until 6:30. The registration fee for Whitlow’s After School Program is $40. Students who attend the After School Program three days or less pay $40 per week. Full time tuition is $60 per week. For information about the After School Program at Whitlow, please contact Stan Black at [email protected] or by calling 404-713-5364. 4 Description of Spring Clubs TUESDAY CLUBS Cooking and Crafting (K-2) Instructors: Michaela Tillery and Hannah Hawlk While learning to create amazingly simple dishes—everything from desserts to dinners—we’ll explore how math and science come together in the kitchen. By the end of the club you will have collected several various recipes to share and impress your family! We will alternate our cooking days with crafting! Join us as we make things you can wear, use, and hang in your room! Be ready to get creative, get dirty, and have fun! (There are two sections of this club being offered) Etiquette (K-2) Instructor: Jessica Hall Act Like A Lady! Come join our club and engage in the following fun activities: Thank you notes, Party & Playdate Manners, Making Eye Contact, Meeting and Greeting, Magic Words, Table Manners, Telephone Manners, Safety, Good Hygiene, Appropriate Dress Scratch Programming (3-5) Instructor: Jocelyn Crist SCRATCH is a programming language that lets you create your own interactive stories, animations, games, music, and art. It can be downloaded for FREE from the following web page: http://scratch.mit.edu/ The kids LOVE creating their own games! Come learn how to become a programmer! Outdoor sports (3-5) Instructor: Chris Hawlk Get your body moving as we play some old school favorites and some exciting new games! Work on your team building skills as you explore kickball, stickball, ultimate Frisbee, flag football and many more. Come join the fun. 5 Description of Spring Clubs Thursday Clubs Mini Makerspace Club (K-1) Instructor: Vickie Sexton What’s a Makerspace? A "makerspace" is a brand new area in the media center where students can create, invent, explore, design and learn. Come join the fun as we use all kinds of tools and materials to make original creations using all kinds of materials, from Pom Pom Launchers to Marble Runs. We’ll wind up the club with a “Mint Mobile” race!! Games and Sports (K-2) Instructor: Kaycee Holbrooks Students will get their body moving by learning and playing classic games like kickball, checkers, soccer, connect four, and flag football. But just when they have had enough of the old school games, the students will use their teambuilding and creative skills to invent new games. Come join the fun! Ozobot Robotics (2-4) Instructor: Amanda Meadows Did you know you could program a robot to follow commands using markers? We will begin by exploring how the Ozobot robot that follows commands by "reading" colors you have put down with markers. Then we will see how Ozobot follows blocky code commands. Join us to see how fun a palm sized robot can be. Ultimate Frisbee (2-5) Instructor: April Busby Ultimate Frisbee is an exciting, non-contact team sport, played by thousands! It mixes the best features of sports such as Soccer, Basketball, American Football and Netball into an elegantly simple yet fascinating and demanding game. Come join us as we get fit having fun! 6 Create a Canvas (3-5) Instructor: Sophie Hampton This club has an additional $15 supply fee. Each week students will paint something "Stem-u-lating". Students will learn how to paint backgrounds, add details, mix colors, and more! Each week the students will create a new canvas. There is an additional $15 art supply fee for this club. Cooking and Crafting (3-5) Instructors: Michaela Tillery While learning to create amazingly simple dishes—everything from desserts to dinners—we’ll explore how math and science come together in the kitchen. By the end of the club you will have collected several various recipes to share and impress your family! We will alternate our cooking days with crafting! Join us as we make things you can wear, use, and hang in your room! Be ready to get creative, get dirty, and have fun! 7 After-School Clubs Registration Form ~ Spring 2016 Student’s Name: __________________________________ Grade: ___________ Teacher: __________________ I wish to enroll my child in the following club: __________________________________Cost: $40.00 for six weeks * . I understand this club meets on ___________________________________ from ___ 3:15 until 4:15 . (day of the week) I am able to pick up my child at 4:15 I will send my child to the After School Program when the club is over. Mother’s Name: _______________________________________ Phone #: ________________________________ Father’s Name: _______________________________________ Phone #: _________________________________ Email Address: __________________________________________________________________________________ My Child Will Be Picked Up By: _____________________________________________________________________ The child will be released only to the person(s) authorized, in writing, by the custodial parent(s) or legal guardian(s). If for some reason the custodial parent(s)
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