Our after school program is aimed at providing interesting and fun activities that expand your child’s skills and talents. After school activities are open to all students in Kindergarten through 8th grades.
We offer several choices for after school classes on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays from right after dismissal to 4:45 PM. We also offer a late option called homework help, that enables children to remain on campus with a member of our faculty until 6 PM.
Our programs provide enriching experiences, in which children can explore different activities, develop new skills, hone established skills, and socialize with other students. Chess, magic, science, aviation, drama, and dance are examples of the different choices students have – each semester’s offerings are slightly different.
5th – 8th graders are eligible to partake in our coeducational interscholastic sports teams. During the fall season, our teams play soccer, in the winter basketball, and the spring volleyball.
The school competes in the CONSAT league, with other schools that field coed teams and games feature a heavy emphasis on team play and sportsmanship.
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After School Activities Spring 2020
Schechter Manhattan’s after school program provides engaging and fun activities that expand your child’s skills and talents. Activities are open to students in grades K-8. The program allows children to explore different experiences, develop or hone established skills, and socialize with other students. Contact afterschool@schechtermanhattan.org for more information.
After school activities for students in grades K-8 are on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday afternoons. Activities run from 3:35-4:45 PM and 4:45-6:00 PM. Students wishing to participate in the 4:45-6:00 PM activity must also enroll in a 3:30-4:45 PM activity. A light snack will be served before the activity begins.
- Mondays
- February: 3, 10, 24
March: 2, 9, 16, 23,
April: 6, 20, 27
May: 4, 11, 18
June: 1, 8, 15 - Wednesdays
- February: 5 , 12, 26
March: 4, 11, 18, 25
April: 1, 22, 29
May: 6, 13, 20, 27
June: 3, 10, 17
- Tuesdays
- February: 4, 11, 25
March: 3, 17, 24, 31
April: 21, 28
May: 5, 12, 19, 26
June: 2, 9, 16 - Thursdays
- February: 6, 13, 27
March: 5, 12, 19,
April: 2, 30
May: 7, 14, 21
June: 4, 11
Mondays 3:35-4:45 PM
DRAMAZONE® MUSICAL THEATER: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory! (K-2) – $580
Have you ever wanted to jump into a chocolate river or enjoy an everlasting gobstopper? Let Imaginations run wild as we join Charlie At the fabulous Chocolate Factory! Group numbers are emphasized and children with special talents may be featured. In this class we strive to improve speech and confidence. We teach singing, dancing and acting in preparation for an exciting show for family and friends!
Dress: Comfortable clothing to dance in and sneakers.
Expressive Arts Adventures (3-5) – $640
In this person-centered approach program children get to explore their creativity in a unique and adventurous way! This program fosters a nurturing environment allowing the participants to experiment with expressing their emotions and experiences through a combination of visual arts, music, movement, dance, drama, sculpturing, writing, singing and more. This imaginative program is guided according to the Creative Connection process developed by Natalie Rogers Ph.D. In this program,students get to guide their own creative adventures and learn artistic tools for self expression.
This program is bilingual (Hebrew/English) and is taught by teaching artist and certified Person-Centered Expressive Arts Facilitator Shlomit Oren-Ross
Mondays 3:35-4:45 ($320) and 4:45-6:00 PM ($320)
Homework Helper & Educational Games
Homework Helper provides support for kids with their homework assignments for the day of the week. Students will have access to the reference books in the library and manipulatives for any work in math. In addition, students will have the chance to work on the computer and play educational games in math, reading and writing.
Tuesdays 3:35-4:45 PM
Imaginative Storytelling Through Movement (K-2) – $640
In this imaginative program participants will learn how to stage and tell stories through the use of creative movement and exercises drawn from physical theater, dance, improvisation, playback theater, voice and a broad use of costumes and props. Stories we will explore include bible stories (such as Noah’s Ark and the Tower of Babel), classic children’s stories (such as Goldilocks and the ThE Wizard of Oz)and other stories the students themselves will get to invent. Participants will be exposed to a bilingual environment (Hebrew/English) as it encourages a healthy development of self-expression.
Class is taught by teaching artist Shlomit Oren-Ross
Earthbot Engineers (3-5) – $640
Using LEGO® robotics, students will learn about some of the coolest environments on the planet. They will create and program robots to: withstand the heat of volcanoes and avoid any lava in the way, have just the right amount of friction for a snowmobile to pull their way up steep and snowy mountains, withstand the pressure of the ocean as they raise a periscope from its darkest depths, and more!
Tuesdays 3:35-4:45 ($320) and 4:45-6:00 PM ($320)
Homework Helper & Educational Games
Homework Helper provides support for kids with their homework assignments for the day of the week. Students will have access to the reference books in the library and manipulatives for any work in math. In addition, students will have the chance to work on the computer and play educational games in math, reading and writing.
Wednesday 3:35-4:45 PM
Amazing Athletes (K-2) – $550
Amazing Athletes is a mobile, year-round, educational sports and fitness program that introduces young children to the basic fundamentals of 10 different sports while helping them master 6 key areas of motor-development and physical literacy. At Amazing Athletes, we use sports as a catalyst to meet the needs of the whole child – physically, mentally, socially, and emotionally. Amazing Athletes can lay the groundwork for a future of healthy lifestyle choices through sports participation and physical fitness.
The Great Rewrite (3-5) – $620
A writer’s workshop featuring classic children’s stories and their new tales to Re-tell! Featured stories we explore include Charlotte’s Web, James and the Giant Peach and More! From budding writer to avid reader these stories will have imaginations go wild. Taught by the pros at the DRAMAZONE®.
Wednesdays 3:35-4:45 ($340) and 4:45-6:00 PM ($340)
Homework Helper & Educational Games
Homework Helper provides support for kids with their homework assignments for the day of the week. Students will have access to the reference books in the library and manipulatives for any work in math. In addition, students will have the chance to work on the computer and play educational games in math, reading and writing.
Thursday 3:35-4:45 PM
Kodu Play – Intro to Coding through 3D Video Game (K-2) – $580
One of the best ways to get a child excited is to allow them to create something of their own. In this class, we enable young kids to make their own 3D adventure games by using fundamental coding concepts. Children will take Kodu apple picking, program Kodu to play hide and seek, and even help Kodu find his way out of a maze! Students are encouraged to personalize the adventures by adding in their own ideas
Chess (3-8) – $580
After teaching for 10+ years in several of the nation’s top schools, including the perennial National Championship school Dalton, camps, and private lessons, National Master Evan Rabin has assembled a team of the best instructors around to form Premier Chess. As a result, students have improved their opening, middle game and endgame strategy, calculating abilities, overall chess game and competitive nature. For more information, check out: www.premierchess.com
Thursdays 3:35-4:45 ($260) and 4:45-6:00 PM ($260)
Homework Helper & Educational Games
Homework Helper provides support for kids with their homework assignments for the day of the week. Students will have access to the reference books in the library and manipulatives for any work in math. In addition, students will have the chance to work on the computer and play educational games in math, reading and writing.
Please Note:
- The discrepancy between the prices for Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday classes is based on the difference in the number of classes held on each day.
- There will be no refunds given after the first class has passed. Refunds before the first class runs will be given subject to there being a minimum number of students in the class.