After-School Programs
Winter 2019.2020
Cinema Club
Monday
Instructors: Lucie and Samantha
Ages: Preschool- Kindergarten and 1st-5th
3:30-4:30pm
Cost: $8 (Aftercare fee)
6 weeks (1/6-2/10)
Dive into a compelling world of film in the ILA cinema club. Embark on an adventure that turns a familiar space like a classroom into a screening event that strongly encourages thinking and reflection. The film selection is based on contemporary French film and culture. Kids will be able to watch one film each week from start to finish and be able to talk about what they saw and how it made them think and feel. Students can share ideas that may not normally be their topic of discussion but are things that shape our lives.
Empower DI: Creativity and Leadership
Tuesday
Instructor: Empower DI representative
Ages: 1st- 5th grade
3:30-4:30pm
Cost:$120
6 weeks (1/7-2/11)
Creativity and Leadership
During this course, students will be challenged to express themselves in new ways as they learn self-awareness, empathy and emotional intelligence. Each week they will participate in hands-on learning activities such as making “para-cord” bracelets and calming jars to learn about coping skills. They will also make tie-dye t-shirts as they learn about self-expression and how to be their most authentic self. Students are challenged to think creatively, and self-expression is highly encouraged. By the end of this 6 week course, your children will step out into the world more confident in themselves, and have a stronger sense of their personal leadership identity.
Yoga
Tuesday and Thursday
Instructor: Michael Johnson
Ages: (PS-K) (1st-5th)
Tuesday 3:30 to 4:15pm (PS-K)
Thursday 3:30-4:30pm (1st-5th)
Cost: $120 6 classes (1/7 and 1/8 to 2/11 and 2/12)
During Mr. Michael’s Yoga after-school program, children will become familiar with the body, balance and movement through yoga poses adapted to their bodies. Each week, children will learn poses grouped in one subject. For example, if the week’s theme were The Ocean, we might explore balance and strengthening poses related to aquatic life. After movement and flow with each set of poses, we will then play games around them. An example I have out of a plethora is Yoga Free Style Freeze Dance where the children dance to music and freeze in a pose of choice from the day. To exercise creative thought and application, Yoga Detective is played where the children are given a clue like “a pose with two hands and one foot on the floor” and the students can show any pose they’ve learned that matches the description to find the pose! These two are examples of many fun games. Each week’s game will be detailed and sent before the after school program each week. “I look forward to posing with you”
Handball
Wednesday
Instructor: Blake Vigran
Ages: 1st to 5th Grade
3:30-4:30PM
Cost: $75
6 weeks (1/8-2/12)
Handball is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each pass a ball using their hands, with the aim of throwing it into the goal of the other team. A standard match consists of two periods of 30 minutes, and the team that scores the most goals will win. Handball takes place on a global stage during the summer Olympics. Students will learn team-work and cooperation in this stimulating and compelling team sport.
One River School of Art+Design (PreK-2nd)
Kids Art Shuffle!
Thursday
3:30-4:15pm
Instructor: Zoe Ball
Ages:(PreK-2nd)
Cost: $115
6 weeks (1/9-2/13)
Students will engage in two fun art projects provided by One River School of Art + Design. In this transformational experience students will learn about new contemporary French artists with a focus on a range of techniques, materials, skills, and vocabulary.
ABOUT TEACHERS:
Teachers at One River School of Art + Design are carefully screened so that our students are provided with the right amount of technical support and individualized attention. Our research shows that when people are learning new creative concepts, it is important to have a teacher who instills trust and also has the skills to provide an inspiring lesson.
One River School of Art+Design (3rd-5th)
Kids Art Shuffle!
Thursday
4:30-5:45
Instructor: Zoe Ball
Ages:3rd-5th grade
Cost: $155
6 weeks (1/9-2/13)
Students will engage in one fun art project provided by One River School of Art + Design. In this transformational experience students will learn about new contemporary French artists with a focus on a range of techniques, materials, skills, and vocabulary.
ABOUT TEACHERS:
Teachers at One River School of Art + Design are carefully screened so that our students are provided with the right amount of technical support and individualized attention. Our research shows that when people are learning new creative concepts, it is important to have a teacher who instills trust and also has the skills to provide an inspiring lesson.
Guitar Lessons
Thursday 10 Classes Jan. 9th - Mar. 12th (Skip Feb. 27th)
Instructor: Brian Bennett
Ages: Preschool to 5th Grade
3:15-4:00PM
Cost: $150 10 classes
The music program will be led by Brian Bennett who has forty years of performing and thirty years of teaching experience. His preferred styles are rock, folk, classical, and flamenco but he can also teach blues, and jazz theory. Brian has extensive knowledge of music theory and teaches composition and song writing.
For the group class, the instrument rental fee will be $25 per month. The first lesson will include getting sized for the right guitar. Smaller sizes and nylon-stringed instruments are preferred. The most important thing is the instrument set up, as some may have problems that would render them unplayable. Full-sized, steel string, and electric guitars are all problematic for beginners for various reasons.
Class taught in English and French
Violin Lessons
Thursday Jan. 9th - Mar. 12th (Skip Feb. 27th)
Instructor: Brian Benett
Ages: Preschool to 5th Grade
4:15-5:00PM
Cost: $150 10 classes
The music program will be led by Brian Bennett who is a Suzuki-trained teacher with thirty years of teaching experience and performs with a few groups in town, Portland Chamber Orchestra, Portland Columbia Symphony Orchestra, and Bravo! Northwest. We can provide free tickets for many of their performances.
Class taught in English and French
Mandarin Class
Friday
Instructor: Qian
Ages: PreK - 5th grade
3:30- 4:30PM
Cost: $120 6 classes (1/10-2/21) Skip 1/24
Besides Chinese songs ,games ,Chinese poems and the Jiaguwen Card ,we will also learn how to do maths in mandarin (addition, subtraction, multiplication,division），introduces 9*9 times table. Chinese calligraphy and Chinese traditional craft are choices too.
Ballet Class
Friday:
Ballet 1
Instructor: Megan Dawn
Ages: 3 to 41/2 years old
3:30 - 4:00 PM
Cost : $120 6 classes (1/10-2/21) Skip 1/24
Ballet students learn coordination and rhythm through imaginative movement with the help of props, classical music and graceful games. They begin to learn Ballet postions of 1st and 2nd and build strength and body awareness through stretches, turns, jumps and curtsie's. Students learn to memorize a short dance which incorporates dancing like a "papillon" and "cygne" to the music of Swan Lake.
Ballet 2
Instructor: Megan Dawn
Ages: 4 to 7 years old
4:15 - 5:00 PM
Cost : $120 6 classes (1/10-2/21) Skip 1/24
Ballerina's begin to Pirouette, grande Jete and Arabesque with memorized ability. They learn classical ballet steps with proper form in the three main directions (devant, all seconde, derriere). Dancers begin to learn how to differentiate music in 3/4 verses 4/4 time signatures. Choreography attempted in the last 15 minutes of class uses music from "Peter et let Loup" and incorporates dancers learning movement quality that matches musical instrumentation. Class taught in English
Continuing French 1
Tuesday and Thursday
Instructor: Pierre Burthey
Ages 6-8
3:30-4:30 PM / 7 weeks: (1/7-2/20) $260
This course is designed especially for children from 6-8 years old who already have some background in French which they want to preserve and expand into an active cultural resource for their lives. It will be taught by an experienced native French speaker who will keep things lively and exciting by mixing effective studies with stories, plays, songs, games, and more.
Continuing French 2
Tuesday and Thursday
Instructor: Pierre Burthey
Ages 9-12
4:30-5:30 PM / 7 weeks: (1/7-2/20) $260
Continuing French Level II.:This course is designed specifically for youngsters aged 9-12 who already speak some French and have some formal background in the language which they want to preserve and expand into an active and lively cultural resource for their lives, whether for academic advancement, a passport into the world of international business and commerce, or to simply live more richly and completely in our increasingly international world. It will be taught by an experienced native French speaker, who will keep lessons exciting and challenging for young scholars with a wide variety of resources and activities.
