Enrichment

Some of our recent offerings include:

Grades K-2

• Felt Crafters-Magic Hands! – Let’s design and create our own recycled felt banner that will remind students how to sort our trash in the café.
• Autumn Quilt Extravaganza- Students will create lap quilts to donate to a community nursing home.
• Seasonal Fruits and Veggies- Students will learn about various fruits and veggies and how they are grown before making a cornucopia.
• Who Are You? Students will identify new staff members and get to know them by conducting interviews, identifying favorite science topics, and post results on a web site!
• Leaf Raking and Compost Making- Students will learn the ins and outs of compost making starting off with raking the leaves from neighbors yards and starting a new compost pile.
• Fall Centerpiece- Learn about different types of leaves, seeds, flowers and other fall items by
• classifying, and creating a fabulous Fall Centerpiece.
• I Am a Storyteller! - Students will use books with an environmental theme to become a storyteller by dramatizing and presenting to other students!
• Apple a-Peels – students will create seasonal autumnal calendars while having fun with apples!

 
Grades 3-5

• Bugging Out- Explore insects and spiders by classifying, collecting and studying diversity. Start a collection!
• Act Your Age- Students will learn to act and sing through performance based on an environmental science theme.
• Seasonal Scrapbooking- Students will plan and produce a scrapbook that will showcase our school.
• Poetry Through the Seasons- Students will write different types of poetry based around a science theme and create their own book of poems.
• Culture Club-Students will research different areas of the world to learn about culture, traditions and science research.
• Running Around In Circles- Students will learn about the benefits of a healthy lifestyle by running, exercising and investigating the science behind health.
• Kiss the Cook-Students will celebrate autumn by cooking recipes and identifying the scientific concepts behind them.
• Hands Around the World– Explore cultures of various countries through a study of natural resources and global respect.
• Smart Moves (grade 4, 5 only) not less than 10 students- Boys and Girls Club will be providing a cluster focusing on drug and alcohol awareness and healthy lifestyles.
• Happy Trails!- Students will be on the go restoring our nature center and trail by participating in clean ups, clearing brush and creating interest stations.
• Seasonal Change- Students will identify and monitor the effects of seasonal change.

Grades 6-8

• Virtual High School
• Keystone Leadership Council (10-12 students)- Students will be involved in a year round leadership team which will be facilitated by the Boys/ Girls Club staff.
• Future Problem Solvers- Are you someone who wants to help your community and be part of a team that solves REAL problems? Join the Future Problem Solvers and become part of the solution, not the problem!
• We’re On A Quest! A Web Quest! – Students will be planning and designing a web quest about autumn and post it online.
• Keep It Clean- Students will participate in seasonal activities that will keep our school environment safe and clean.
• ESM News- Students will learn to make movies using computers, I-Pads, and flip cameras about the environmental challenges that we face.
• Jr. Aquarists- Students will learn how to maintain ESM’s aquaria and terraria along with organisms that call them home. Willingness to work hard and get wet and dirty a must!
• Chi Kung- Students will develop their minds and bodies with the gentle practice of Chi Kung, by the use of a Kung Fu form called Siunim Tao.
• Apples, Apples, Apples-Students will explore the different uses of apples using a scientific twist.
• The Hawk’s Eye- Students will create a school newspaper based on interests of the students.
• Dig It!- Students will learn the purpose and methods of archaeology in theory and in practice including excavating on school grounds.

For more information or to volunteer to lead an enrichment cluster, please contact Francie Sierra-Re.