Session 1 – January 30 Create Your Very Own Harry Potter Wand! For the many wizards and witches out there who are craving their very own wand and aren’t able to make it to Universal Studios, come and create your very own magical wand! We will provide all the magical materials, you bring your favorite Potter Spells! "The wand chooses the wizard."  ­  Mr. Ollivander Grades                          Max # of Students Fee             Instructor 4th – 6th 5 $5 Gable Shake Rattle and Roll: Experience Music Through Rhythm, Movement and Song This class will include a variety of musical activities to get you “up and moving to the beat”. Sing, dance, and play musical instruments: MAKE IT A MUSICAL DAY! Join Mrs. Charles and Miss Bianchi in the Music Room after school. Bring a “healthy” snack and drink. NO PEANUTS PLEASE :) You will leave your session with a homemade musical instrument!!!!!!! Grades Max # of Students Fee Instructor 1st -2nd 10 $5 Charles/Bianchi Card Making Learn to make your own special personalized and unique cards for Birthdays, Holidays, Thank Yous or Just Because. Grades Max # of Students Fee Instructor rd th 3 -6 15 $5 Maloney/Mondus Cookie Decorating This will be a fun interactive class to learn how to decorate cookies. We will be working with frosting and food dye, so please bring a cooking apron or wear clothes that you don’t mind getting a little dirty. Get ready to have a great time decorating, and eating some beautiful cookies! Grades Max # of Students Fee Instructor nd th 2 -6 10 $0 Johansson Fleece Tie Pillows In this class participants will learn how to create a fleece tie pillow. Each participant will be able to choose the pattern of the fleece used to cover their bed-sized pillow. Students will be given instruction to cut and tie the fleece material along the edges of the pillow to create a fringed soft fuzzy creation to take home.

Grades Instructor rd K-3

Max # of Students 8

Fee $9

Boeke

Tae Kwon Do An introduction to Tae Kwon Do! Tae Kwon Do helps boost self confidence, focus, and increases balance and strength. Want to yell as loud as you can? Hit things without getting into trouble? Come check out Tae Kwon Do! Grades Max # of Students Fee Instructor th K-6 20 0 Master James Netzel Photography This class is ideal for kids new to photography, who want to learn about photography in a fun way. Class will contain an introduction to the project with photography tips tailored to the assignment. You will learn some basics of the camera modes and setting that will help take great pictures. You will also learn tips and techniques. Bring your creativity!! *If the student has a camera at home that could be brought in for use or reference, bringing it in may help. This is not mandatory to the class as long as they may do the photo assignment at home.* Grades Max # of Students Fee Instructor th th 5 /6 6 $5 Quintin Sewing a Flower Headband *THIS IS A TWO SESSION CLASS (Jan. 30 and Feb. 1)* Calling all crafty kids!! Join Mrs. Erickson to sew your very own floral headband. We’ll use precut felt pieces, sequins and a needle and thread to make a pretty headband. Some basic sewing skills are helpful, but not necessary. Grade Max # of Students Fee Instructor 4th - 6th 10 $2 Erickson Scrapbooking *THIS IS A TWO SESSION CLASS (Jan. 30 and Feb. 1)* You will create 10 scrapbook pages using your personal pictures you bring to class (or add them later.) Just bring yourself and your imagination. Everything will be supplied for you. You will have many choices of papers and embellishments to choose from. You can choose to make a “Me and My Friends”, “My Family” or “Christmas Magic” for your scrapbook. Grade Max # of Students Fee Instructor 3rd/4th 6 $10 Szafranski

What’s My Chinese Zodiac? Craft and Stories of Chinese Festival? Come and Celebrate Chinese New Year and other Chinese festivals with interesting stories. We will learn simple conversational words in Mandarin, find your zodiac and make fun crafts to take home. Grade Max # of Students Fee Instructor st rd 1 -3 10 $10 Chung Are You Ready for the Theatre? Join us with ArtReach Educational Theatre as we explore aspects of Musical Theatre with exposure to acting fundamentals and intro to dance and choreography. Grade Max # Students Fee Instructor K-3rd 10 $0 Dan Walsh

Session 2 –February 1st Create Your Very Own Harry Potter Wand! For the many wizards and witches out there who are craving their very own wand and aren’t able to make it to Universal Studios, come and create your very own magical wand! We will provide all the magical materials, you bring your favorite Potter Spells! "The wand chooses the wizard."  ­  Mr. Ollivander Grades                          Max # of Students Fee            Instructor th 4 – 6th 5 $5 Gable Shake Rattle and Roll: Experience Music Through Rhythm, Movement and Song This class will include a variety of musical activities to get you “up and moving to the beat”. Sing, dance, and play musical instruments: MAKE IT A MUSICAL DAY! Join Mrs. Charles and Miss Bianchi in the Music Room after school. Bring a “healthy” snack and drink. NO PEANUTS PLEASE :) You will leave your session with a homemade musical instrument!!!!!!! Grades Max # of Students Fee Instructor 3rd – 4th 10 $5 Charles/Bianchi Card Making

Learn to make your own special personalized and unique cards for Birthdays, Holidays, Thank Yous or Just Because. Grades Max # of Students Fee Instructor rd th 3 -6 15 $5 Maloney/Mondus Cookie Decorating This will be a fun interactive class to learn how to decorate cookies. We will be working with frosting and food dye so please bring a cooking apron or wear clothes that you don’t mind getting a little dirty. Get ready to have a great time decorating, and eating some beautiful cookies! Grades Max # of Students Fee Instructor nd th 2 -6 10 $0 Johansson Fleece Tie Pillows In this class participants will learn how to create a fleece tie pillow. Each participant will be able to choose the pattern of the fleece used to cover their bed-sized pillow. Students will be given instruction to cut and tie the fleece material along the edges of the pillow to create a fringed soft fuzzy creation to take home. Grades Max # of Students Fee Instructor 4th – 6th 10 $9 Boeke Tae Kwon Do An introduction to Tae Kwon Do! Tae Kwon Do helps boost self confidence, focus, and increases balance and strength. Want to yell as loud as you can? Hit things without getting into trouble? Come check out Tae Kwon Do! Grades Max # of Students Fee Instructor th K-6 20 0 Master James Netzel Scrapbooking *THIS IS A TWO SESSION CLASS, must attend session one class* You will create 10 scrapbook pages using your personal pictures you bring to class (or add them later.) Just bring yourself and your imagination. Everything will be supplied for you. You will have many choices of papers and embellishments to choose from. You can choose to make a “Me and My Friends”, “My Family” or “Christmas Magic” for your scrapbook. Grade Max # of Students Fee Instructor rd th 3 /4 6 $10 Szafranski

Sewing a Flower Headband *THIS IS A TWO SESSION CLASS, must attend session one class* Calling all crafty kids!! Join Mrs. Erickson to sew your very own floral headband. We’ll use precut felt pieces, sequins and a needle and thread to make a pretty headband. Some basic sewing skills are helpful, but not necessary. Grade Max # of Students Fee Instructor th th 4 -6 10 $2 Erickson Photography This class is ideal for kids new to photography, who want to learn about photography in a fun way. Class will contain an introduction to the project with photography tips tailored to the assignment. You will learn some basics of the camera modes and setting that will help take great pictures. You will also learn tips and techniques. Bring your creativity!! *If the student has a camera at home that could be brought in for use or reference bringing it in may help. This is not mandatory to the class as long as they may do the photo assignment at home.* Grades Max # of Students Fee Instructor 5th/6th 6 $5 Quintin Are You Ready for the Theatre? Join us with ArtReach Educational Theatre as we explore aspects of Musical Theatre with exposure to acting fundamentals and intro to dance and choreography. Grade Max # Students Fee Instructor th th 4 -6 10 $0 Dan Walsh Duct Tape Masters! It is a known fact of the universe that duct tape can fix anything. If it’s broken, just add duct tape! For generations this has been the case, and now there’s one more thing duct tape can fix—boredom! Students will learn how to create duct tape crafts and take home directions for how to make even more projects. Grade Max # of Students Fee Instructor 1st – 2nd 12 $5 Zimmerman

Scrapbooking 101

*THIS IS A TWO SESSION CLASS (will run 2/1 and 2/8)* Join us for 2 days of scrapbook fun! For our first class, we'll talk about how to organize your photos, learn about scrapbook tools, and how to use your pictures to create a simple layout. For the second class, you'll be able to finish your layout and embellish it with die cuts, stickers, and journaling. Please bring 6-8 pictures related to an event or theme (such as a birthday, vacation, holiday celebration, etc.). Scrapbook tools, paper, markers and pens will be provided, but feel free to bring your own supplies (such as stickers or die cuts related to the theme of your pictures). Grade Max # of Students Fee Instructor th 4 – 6th 8 $5 Reed Snowman Doorstop Craft *THIS IS A TWO SESSION CLASS (will run 2/1 and 2/8)* In this class each student will complete an adorable snowman doorstop using a brick, white paint, fleece and a bit of glue. This doorstop can prop any door open for hours. Don’t have any use for a doorstop? This snowman makes an adorable decoration. Grade Max # of Students Fee Instructor K – 6th 13 $10 Schwarz Let’s

Scratch

it!

In “Let’s Scratch it!” we will delve into computer programming concepts: Designing, coding, debugging, using Scratch(https://scratch.mit.edu/). Computer explorers can choose to make an animation, interactive story or a computer game. The class and activities are designed for everyone from a beginner to advance learners. Just bring your creativity and zest to explore. Grade Max # of Students Fee Instructor 5th – 6th 24 $5 Bhatt

Session 3 – February 6th Create Your Very Own Harry Potter Wand! For the many wizards and witches out there who are craving their very own wand and aren’t able to make it to Universal Studios, come and create your very own magical wand! We will provide all the magical materials, you bring your favorite Potter Spells! "The wand chooses the wizard."  ­  Mr. Ollivander Grades                          Max # of Students Fee             Instructor 4th – 6th 5 $5 Gable Shake Rattle and Roll: Experience Music Through Rhythm, Movement and Song This class will include a variety of musical activities to get you “up and moving to the beat”. Sing, dance, and play musical instruments: MAKE IT A MUSICAL DAY! Join Mrs. Charles and Miss Bianchi in the Music Room after school. Bring a “healthy” snack and drink. NO PEANUTS PLEASE :) You will leave your session with a homemade musical instrument!!!!!!! Grades Max # of Students Fee Instructor 1st – 2nd 10 $5 Charles/Bianchi Card Making Learn to make your own special personalized and unique cards for Birthdays, Holidays, Thank Yous or Just Because Grades Max # of Students Fee Instructor 3rd -6th 15 $5 Maloney/Mondus Cookie Decorating This will be a fun interactive class to learn how to decorate cookies. We will be working with frosting and food dye so please bring a cooking apron or wear clothes that you don’t mind getting a little dirty. Get ready to have a great time decorating, and eating some beautiful cookies! Grades Max # of Students Fee Instructor nd th 2 -6 10 $0 Johansson Fleece Tie Pillows In this class participants will learn how to create a fleece tie pillow. Each participant will be able to choose the pattern of the fleece used to cover their bed-sized pillow. Students will be given instruction to cut

and tie the fleece material along the edges of the pillow to create a fringed soft fuzzy creation to take home. Grades Max # of Students Fee Instructor rd K–3 8 $9 Boeke Tae Kwon Do An introduction to Tae Kwon Do! Tae Kwon Do helps boost selfconfidence, focus, and increases balance and strength. Want to yell as loud as you can? Hit things without getting into trouble? Come check out Tae Kwon Do! Grades Max # of Students Fee Instructor th K-6 20 0 Master James Netzel Scrapbooking *THIS IS A TWO SESSION CLASS* You will create 10 scrapbook pages using your personal pictures you bring to class (or add them later.) Just bring yourself and your imagination. Everything will be supplied for you. You will have many choices of papers and embellishments to choose from. You can choose to make a “Me and My Friends”, “My Family” or “Christmas Magic” for your scrapbook. Grade Max # of Students Fee Instructor 5th/6th 8 $10 Szafranski Let’s

Scratch

it!

In “Let’s Scratch it!” we will delve into computer programming concepts: Designing, coding, debugging, using Scratch(https://scratch.mit.edu/). Computer explorers can choose to make an animation, interactive story or a computer game. The class and activities are designed for everyone from a beginner to advance learners. Just bring your creativity and zest to explore. Grade Max # of Students Fee Instructor 5th – 6th 24 $5 Bhatt What’s My Chinese Zodiac? Craft and Stories of Chinese Festival? Come and Celebrate Chinese New Year and other Chinese festivals with interesting stories. We will learn simple conversational words in Mandarin, find your zodiac and make fun crafts to take home. Grade Max # of Students Fee Instructor st rd 1 -3 10 $10 Chung

Duct Tape Masters! It is a known fact of the universe that duct tape can fix anything. If it’s broken, just add duct tape! For generations this has been the case, and now there’s one more thing duct tape can fix—boredom! Students will learn how to create duct tape crafts and take home directions for how to make even more projects. Grade Max # of Students Fee Instructor st nd 1 –2 12 $5 Zimmerman Therapy Dogs Susan and Axel are an AAT (Animal Assisted Therapy) Team at Northwest Community Hospital. They go to the hospital several times a month to visit with patient and families to cheer them up. Come learn about what makes a Therapy Dog special, and how a Therapy Dog is different than a Service Dog. We will also talk about safety around strange dogs, how to meet a new dog and how to prevent dog bites. Grade Max # of Students Fee Instructor th K-6 20 Free – a donation to Erickson and Axel AAT at NCH is optional

Junior Inventors Have you ever wanted to invent something? Do you like watching Shark Tank as much as I do? Well you are in luck…..Anyone can be an inventor!!! I would love to show you how. This After School Special is meant to show you how to start being an inventor. There are 3 phases that we will focus on: 1) Finding problems – We will run through some fun examples to find problems. 2) Finding solutions –We will do a brainstorming session to find solutions (there will be lots and lots of post-its). 3) How to make them real – We will make a basic prototype with cardboard and glue. (I will bring a 3D printer to show you other prototyping tools) Grade Max # of Students Fee Instructor 2nd/3rd 8 $10 Rubens Jewelry Making Making jewelry is a great project for kids. Children love giving their best friends presents that are handmade. In this class you will find some great jewelry making ideas for kids to give handmade jewelry gifts to Mom, friends, cousins or wear themselves. One project completed each class to make and take home. Bring your creativity!! (Student must

bring 1 bead string of their choice to class. This will be used for their custom project.) Grade Max # of Students Fee Instructor th th 5 /6 6 $5 Quintin So You Think You’re Ready to Babysit: An Introduction to Babysitting Welcome to An Introduction to Babysitting. This class is offered to 6 graders that are interested in learning more about babysitting. Students will learn what the role of a babysitter involves, how to seek important family information, how to respond in an emergency, and how to engage with the children. They will also learn the business of babysitting that includes “advertising” their service, the Do’s and Don’ts of babysitting, and resources about Red Cross and park district babysitting training classes. Grade Max # of Students Fee Instructor 6th 15 $0 Barnett th

Session 4 – February 8 Create Your Very Own Harry Potter Wand! For the many wizards and witches out there who are craving their very own wand and aren’t able to make it to Universal Studios, come and create your very own magical wand! We will provide all the magical materials, you bring your favorite Potter Spells! "The wand chooses the wizard."  ­  Mr. Ollivander Grades                          Max # of Students Fee            Instructor th 4 – 6th 5 $5 Gable Shake Rattle and Roll: Experience Music Through Rhythm, Movement and Song This class will include a variety of musical activities to get you “up and moving to the beat”. Sing, dance, and play musical instruments: MAKE IT A MUSICAL DAY!

Join Mrs. Charles and Miss Bianchi in the Music Room after school. Bring a “healthy” snack and drink. NO PEANUTS PLEASE :) You will leave your session with a homemade musical instrument!!!!!!! Grades Max # of Students Fee Instructor 3rd – 4th 10 $5 Charles/Bianchi Card Making Learn to make your own special personalized and unique cards for Birthdays, Holidays, Thank Yous or Just Because Grades Max # of Students Fee Instructor 3rd -6th 15 $5 Maloney/Mondus Cookie Decorating This will be a fun interactive class to learn how to decorate cookies. We will be working with frosting and food dye so please bring a cooking apron or wear clothes that you don’t mind getting a little dirty. Get ready to have a great time decorating, and eating some beautiful cookies! Grades Max # of Students Fee Instructor nd th 2 -6 10 $0 Johansson Fleece Tie Pillows In this class participants will learn how to create a fleece tie pillow. Each participant will be able to choose the pattern of the fleece used to cover their bed-sized pillow. Students will be given instruction to cut and tie the fleece material along the edges of the pillow to create a fringed soft fuzzy creation to take home. Grades Max # of Students Fee Instructor K-3rd 10 $9 Boeke Tae Kwon Do An introduction to Tae Kwon Do! Tae Kwon Do helps boost self confidence, focus, and increases balance and strength. Want to yell as loud as you can? Hit things without getting into trouble? Come check out Tae Kwon Do! Grades Max # of Students Fee Instructor K-6th 20 0 Master James Netzel Scrapbooking *THIS IS A TWO SESSION CLASS (you must attend session three class*

You will create 10 scrapbook pages using your personal pictures you bring to class (or add them later.) Just bring yourself and your imagination. Everything will be supplied for you. You will have many choices of papers and embellishments to choose from. You can choose to make a “Me and My Friends”, “My Family” or “Christmas Magic” for your scrapbook. Grade Max # of Students Fee Instructor th th 5 /6 8 $10 Szafranski Let’s

Scratch

it!

In “Let’s Scratch it!” we will delve into computer programming concepts: Designing, coding, debugging, using Scratch(https://scratch.mit.edu/). Computer explorers can choose to make an animation, interactive story or a computer game. The class and activities are designed for everyone from a beginner to advance learners. Just bring your creativity and zest to explore. Grade Max # of Students Fee Instructor 5th – 6th 24 $5 Bhatt Scrapbooking 101 *THIS IS A TWO SESSION CLASS (must attend session two, 2/1, class)* Join us for 2 days of scrapbook fun! For our first class, we'll talk about how to organize your photos, learn about scrapbook tools, and how to use your pictures to create a simple layout. For the second class, you'll be able to finish your layout and embellish it with die cuts, stickers, and journaling. Please bring 6-8 pictures related to an event or theme (such as a birthday, vacation, holiday celebration, etc.). Scrapbook tools, paper, markers and pens will be provided, but feel free to bring your own supplies (such as stickers or die cuts related to the theme of your pictures). Grade Max # of Students Fee Instructor th 4 – 6th 8 $5 Reed Snowman Doorstop Craft *THIS IS A TWO SESSION CLASS (must attend session two, 2/1, class)* In this class each student will complete an adorable snowman doorstop using a brick, white paint, fleece and a bit of glue. This doorstop can prop any door open for hours. Don’t have any use for a doorstop? This snowman makes an adorable decoration. Grade Max # of Students Fee Instructor th K–6 13 $10 Schwarz

Junior Inventors Have you ever wanted to invent something? Do you like watching Shark Tank as much as I do? Well you are in luck…..Anyone can be an inventor!!! I would love to show you how. This After School Special is meant to show you how to start being an inventor. There are 3 phases that we will focus on: 1) Finding problems – We will run through some fun examples to find problems. 2) Finding solutions –We will do a brainstorming session to find solutions (there will be lots and lots of post-its). 3) How to make them real – We will make a basic prototype with cardboard and glue. (I will bring a 3D printer to show you other prototyping tools) Grade Max # of Students Fee Instructor th 4 – 6th 8 $10 Rubens Jewelry Making Making jewelry is a great project for kids. Children love giving their best friends presents that are handmade. In this class you will find some great jewelry making ideas for kids to give handmade jewelry gifts to Mom, friends, cousins or wear themselves. One project completed each class to make and take home. Bring your creativity!! (Student must bring 1 bead string of their choice to class. This will be used for their custom project.) Grade Max # of Students Fee Instructor 5th/6th 6 $5 Quintin

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