Art Club

It’s all about creativity!  The art club gives children the opportunity to explore multiple media and styles.  Watch for an announcement when this program is scheduled.

Cheerleading

Join Stratford Landing for AFTER SCHOOL CHEER! Skilled and experienced cheerleaders will conduct a one hour clinic each week right after school. This is a grounded program that will focus on elements of coordination, flexibility, dance and teamwork.  During the last class, parents are invited to the final PEP RALLY, where the cheerleaders will strut their stuff!

Lorna Helal                             703-780-0225 or lhelal@cox.net

Chess Club

The Chess Club is one of Stratford Landing’s most attended after-school activities.  Whether you know how to play or would like to learn, this is the club for anyone interested in chess. 

New participants are welcome.  To register, download the registration form.

Drama Club

Participants will use their imaginations to bring to life classic poems from Robert Louis Stevenson, A.A. Milne, Edward Leer and other well known poets.  Students will also learn the value of teamwork, as they collaborate to create their own unique poetry, which they will make come alive through dramatic interpretation. 

The class will also include traditional theatre games, improvisations and imagination exercises that will help develop verbal skills, increase vocabulary and aid in self-confidence. 

And what poetry class would be complete without the Bard!  K-2nd graders will be given a gentle introduction to Shakespeare as they work with Ashley Hammond on famous rhyming couplets.  Grades 3-6 will have the opportunity to work on longer passages of verse with Heather Sanderson, founder/director of StagePlay. 

Karen Haggerty                      haggertyhome@aol.com

Foreign Language Program (FLEX)

The secret to learning a language? Start early. During childhood (ages 1-12) language learning happens almost effortlessly.

You'll be astonished by the many ways your child will benefit far beyond speaking the new language. Many experts report that early exposure to a foreign language – any language – has been scientifically linked to increased cognitive abilities, improved English and math scores, a richer vocabulary and even a boost in SAT scores.

Geography Club

Each year thousands of schools in the United States participate in the National Geographic Bee using materials prepared by the National Geographic Society.  The contest is designed to encourage teachers to include geography in their classrooms, spark student interest in the subject, and increase public awareness of geography.  This club is for students in grades 4-6, and meets weekly to prepare for the Geography Bee held in the winter.

Click here for registration form.

Homework Club

This program provides weekly tutoring to students from October through May.  Volunteer tutors are needed: training is providing.  Additional volunteers are needed to purchase, organize, and serve snacks during each weekly meeting.

HELP  
We need a new chair or co-chairs for this important committee. 

Hoops

Skilled and experienced instructors will conduct a one hour session each week right after school.  This program helps improve basketball skills through drills, contests, and scrimmages.

Fall session runs from October 7 – December 2.  Watch for future club sessions.

K-Kids

This program is a “student-led” community service organization open to grades 1-6.  K-Kids is sponsored by a local Kiwanis club, which is composed of leading business and professional people in the community.  The club will meet monthly, and members will decide on school and community service projects.  It will be supported by a parent and Kiwanis sponsor as well as two staff sponsors.  Parent volunteers can help generate ideas for service opportunities and provide support during meetings and other projects.

The K-Kids' pledge:

"As a K-Kid, I promise to serve my neighborhood and my school; I will show respect toward my environment; and I will try to make the world a better place in which to live."

The K-Kids' motto is "We Build," and its objectives are:

• To provide opportunities for working together in service to school and community.
• To develop leadership potential.
• To foster and development of strong moral character.
• To encourage loyalty to school, community, and nation.

Membership to K-Kids is open throughout the school year.  To join, just come to a meeting!

For more information about K-Kids www.kkids.org

Lorna Helal lhelal@cox.net
Kate Penn kpenn@safnow.org

Math Club

Are you a Math Whiz? Are you intrigued by math challenges and math puzzles? Would you like to create friendships with kids who think like you? Come join fellow Math aficionados in the Math Club!
This program meets weekly before school on Friday's from October through March.  We will be meeting in Room No. 26 (Ms. Gallagher's room).  5th and 6th graders will be participating in the Math Olympiad contests.  6th graders will be participating in the MathCounts competition.  (Contact Rob Johansson with questions:  robc.johansson@gmail.com / 703-768-6731).

Click here to download the Math Club Flyer

Odyssey of the Mind 

OM is an annual international creative problem solving competition for students in kindergarten through college.  The purpose of the program is to foster and develop creative thinking and problem solving skills among young people.  Participants compete in two formats – working on (1) a long-term problem that can range from building mechanical devices or putting on a mini-play complete with costumes and props and responding to (2) a spontaneous problem on competition day (this year March 17 at Hayfield High School).  Students are fully responsible for all the planning and execution for the problems!  Primary teams (K – 2nd grade) only work on the primary long-term problem (see reverse for description).

This creative problem-solving competition needs volunteer coaches to guide small groups of students.  Time commitment is approximately two hours a week, mid-November through March.  Each coach sets their own meeting time and training is provided.
Click here for details

Check out the Odyssey of the Mind website at www.odysseyofthemind.org.

HELP  
Coaches Still Needed.

Running Club

Run like the wind!  This club is held in the spring.  A parent coordinator is needed to work with the PE teachers to plan and organize the club.  The club meets on Monday’s after school.  To join, show up!

Bob Artman               artmandjs@hotmail.com

After-School Science

Mad Science is holding 2 classes on Thursday afternoons.  The first class is for the K-2 and second 3-6.  They will teach some science rich activities with hands on, demonstrations and lectures on things like bugs, machinery, weather etc.
We hope that the kids will enjoy science by presenting it in a fun way.  They may not even realize they are learning science!!

For more information, visit madscience.org

Marianne Little            703-780-0858 or marianne.d.little@verizon.net