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After School Activities
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Art Club
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 Fall program, for girls grades 1-6, runs from
Chess Club New participants welcome. To register, download the registration form.
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. The Fall program runs from Tuesday, October 14 – Tuesday, December 9 for grades K-2 & 3-6. Watch for detail about a winter/spring drama club!
Foreign Language Program (FLEX) 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
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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.
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:
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
Math Club
Click here to download the 4th/5th Grade 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. Check out the Odyssey of the Mind website at www.odysseyofthemind.org.
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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!
Science Club
Fall classes run from October 16 – December 11. Watch for details about the Winter/Spring session. For more information, visit madscience.org
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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!
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.
This program meets weekly from November through March and includes two competitions: Math Counts for 6th graders and Math Olympiad for 4th-6th graders. Middle school and high school volunteers, as well as parent volunteers, are needed to assist the club. Duties include helping with instruction, coordinating snacks, and photocopying. 
Mad Scienceare 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. Web Curator: Andrea.Ricketts@fcps.edu
Last Updated:
September 25, 2009