Bancroft PTO Learning Labs Fall 2019 Catalog Day Time Grade Cost # of Kids Weeks Monday PM 3:30 – 4:30 PM Basketball (K-5) $80 5-50 kids 6 Candy Making (1-5) $65 15-20 kids 4 Tuesday AM 7:45 -8:30 AM Before Schools Sports (on Fri. too) (3-5) $180 25-50 kids 14 Before School Sports (Tues. only) (3-5) $90 7 Chess (Beginner) $150 5-14 kids 8 Tuesday PM _ 3:30-4:15 PM Coach Michelle’s After School Athletes(K-3) $55 15-25 kids 8 3:30-4:30 PM Kidcasso Art (3-5) $110 5-15 kids 6 Origami (2-5) $55 4-8 kids 6 3:30-4:45 PM Sewing (Session 1 – 10/29-11/26) (1-5) $110 6-15 kids 4 3:30-5:00 PM Adventure Code Acad. (10/29-11/12) (2-5) $110 8-16 kids 3 Adventure Code Acad. (11/19-12/17) (2-5) $110 8-16 kids 4 Sewing (Session 2 – 12/10-12/17) (1-5) $60 6-15 kids 2 Wednesday AM 7:45 - 8:30 AM Chess (Advanced) $130 5-14 kids 7 Stem Beginnings (K-2) $110 6-12 kids 6 Exploring Mexico (1-5) $70 10-25 kids 6 Wednesday PM 3:30-4:15 PM Let’s Dance (K-3) $50 4-10 kids 7 3:30-4:45 PM Cooking with Taste Buds Kitchen (K-5) $175 6-14 kids 7 Thursday AM _ 7:50-8:40 AM Spin The Wheel of FUN (3-5) $70 7-14 kids 6 Friday _ AM _ 7:45 - 8:30 AM Before Schools Sports (on Tues. too) (3-5) $180 25-50 kids 14 Before School Sports (Fri. only) (3-5) $90 7 Ceramics (4-5) $70 6-8 kids 6 7:50-8:40 AM Spin The Wheel of FUN (K-2) $70 7-14 kids 6 Friday PM 3:30-4:15 PM Master Shin (K-5) $55 5-12 kids 4 Savvy Science (K-5) $110 5-12 kids 4

Basketball Come learn the basketball basics, or perfect your game! No previous basketball experience necessary.

Grades: K-5 # of Students: Minimum 5, Maximum 50

Day: Mondays, 3:30-4:30 p.m. Dates: 10/28, 11/4, 11/18, 11/25, 12/2, 12/9 Cost: $80 Instructor: Nick Voland, Longtime Basketball Coach and North Andover Dad

Candy Making Let's Be Creative With Chocolate Join Andover’s famous Chocolatier Sweet Mimi and make yummy chocolate treats! You will be creating your own bark, making M&M turtles, dipping and decorating marshmallows and so much more! All of your candy creations go home with you to share with the whole family! Please note that this class is not nut free. Grades: 1-5 # of Students: Minimum 15, Maximum 20 Day: Mondays, 3:30-4:30 p.m. Dates: 10/28, 11/4, 11/18, 12/2 Cost: $65 Instructor: Sweet Mimi

Bancroft Before School Sports Jump start your day with the before school sports program offered by Mr. Rex and Mr. Stephens! Energize your body and brain with a variety of sports and games. Each session will feature a new activity, played in a large group setting. Sneakers are required.

Grades: 3-5 # of Students: Minimum 25, Maximum 50 Days: Tuesdays and Fridays, 7:45-8:35 a.m. Dates: 10/29, 11/1, 11/5, 11/12, 11/15, 11/19, 11/22, 11/26, 12/3, 12/6, 12/10, 12/13, 12/17, 12/20 Cost: $180 ($90 for Tuesdays OR Fridays ONLY) Instructors: John Rex & Jeff Stephens (P.E. teachers)

Chess (Beginner) Hi KIDS! Chess makes you smart and we make it fun. Simply learning and playing chess enough will raise IQ, improve memory, enhance creativity as well as critical thinking. Let's get started!!!! Equipment will be provided. Grades: (Beginner) # of Students: Minimum 5, Maximum 14 Day: Tuesdays, 7:45-8:30 a.m. Dates: 10/29, 11/5, 11/12, 11/19, 11/26, 12/3, 12/10, 12/17

Cost: $150

Instructors: Natalia Cherbenok, Chess Coach and Bancroft Mom. If parents are not sure which class to sign your child up for, please contact the Chess Coach directly. (845)-731-9945 or nata.cherbenok@gmail.com

Coach Michelle’s After School Athletes This non-competitive co-ed class will have children playing a variety of sports and games. The focus is on fitness, enhancing athletic skills and good sportsmanship. Grades: K-3 # of Students: Minimum 15, Maximum 25 Day: Tuesdays, 3:30-4:15 p.m.

Dates: 10/29, 11/5, 11/12, 11/19, 11/26, 12/3, 12/10, 12/17 Cost: $55

Instructor: Coach Michelle, owner of Get Youth Moving, LLC

Kidcasso We are bringing the Kidcasso Art Studio experience to you! Each week our Kidcasso Art Educators will introduce students to a new artist. Students will explore the world of fine arts through painting, drawing, collage, and sculpture. Each lesson is created from the National Art Education Standards, Process-Based learning styles, and the Elements and Principles are art and design. Students will create up to six pieces of art, both 2D and 3D in this 6-week series. Grades: 3-5 # of Students: Minimum 5, Maximum 15 Day: Tuesdays, 3:30-4:30 p.m.

Dates: 11/12, 11/19, 11/26, 12/3, 12/10, 12/17

Cost: $110 Instructor: Kidcasso Art Studio

Origami Please join Bancroft Mom, Rebecca Peterson, as she teaches the traditional Japanese art of folding paper into a variety of decorative forms, such as animals and flowers. Note that prior students are welcome, as she will teach new forms. Grades: 2-5

# of Students: Minimum 4, Maximum 8 Day: Tuesdays 3:30-4:30 p.m. Dates: 10/29, 11/5, 11/12, 11/19, 12/3, 12/10 Cost: $55 Instructor: Rebecca Peterson, Bancroft Mom

Sewing Your Own Mini Animals Session 1 Back by popular demand! Come join us as we explore the art of sewing by hand! No experience needed as we design and sew our own mini stuffed animals. We will be tracing and cutting patterns, hand sewing with different stitches and adding eyes and other crazy embellishments, so you leave each class with another felt friend. If you have taken our class before, fear not, we will be creating a new set of unique animals! ALL MATERIALS INCLUDED.

Grades: 1-5 # of Students: Minimum 6, Maximum 15 Day: Tuesdays, 3:30-4:45 p.m. Dates: 10/29, 11/12, 11/19, 11/26 (*NO 11/5) Cost: $110 Instructor: Cape Ann Fabric Studio in Ipswich

Session 1 Adventure Code Academy is an after school creative learning program focused on coaching kids ages 7+ concepts in Coding, Web design, Animation, 3-D and Robotics. Session 1 is a foundational course and is designed to be a gentle introduction to basic programming concepts, such as algorithms, syntax, loops, and variables, through the engaging and familiar experience of a game. In each activity, students use computational thinking, robotics, storytelling and computer programming to navigate the course.

Grades: 2-5 # of students: Minimum 8, Maximum 16 Day: Tuesdays, 3:30-5:00 p.m. Dates: 10/29, 11/5, 11/12 Cost: $110 Instructor: Adventure Code Academy of Chelmsford

Session 2 Adventure Code Academy is an after school creative learning program focused on coaching kids ages 7+ concepts in Coding, Web design, Animation, 3-D and Robotics. Session 2 builds on Session 1 with increasingly complex projects and activities. New students joining the Courses will always go through the Course 1 sessions.

Grades: 2-5 # of students: Minimum 8, Maximum 16 Day: Tuesdays, 3:30-5:00 p.m. Dates: 11/19, 12/3, 12/10, 12/17 Cost: $110 Instructor: Adventure Code Academy of Chelmsford

Sew your own Festive Animals and Presents Sewing Session 2 Join us as we dive into the holiday spirit creating our own mini gifts! We will be working with recycled fabric and other items to create a mini gingerbread and tree as well as other adorable could-be gifts for your favorite person. No experience needed! ALL MATERIALS INCLUDED

Grades: 1-5 # of Students: Minimum 6, Maximum 15 Day: Tuesdays, 3:30-5:00 Dates: 12 /10 and 12/17 Cost: $60

Instructor: Cape Ann Fabric Studio in Ipswich

Chess (Advanced) Hi KIDS! Chess makes you smart and we make it fun. Simply learning and playing chess enough will raise IQ, improve memory, enhance creativity as well as critical thinking. Let's get started!!!! Equipment will be provided.

Grades: (Advanced) For students who have taken Chess class with Coach Cherbenok previously or have some understanding about chess tactic/strategy.

# of Students: Minimum 5, Maximum 14 Day: Wednesdays, 7:45-8:30 a.m. Dates: 10/30, 11/13, 11/20, 11/27, 12/4, 12/11, 12/18 (*NO 11/6)

Cost: $130 Instructors: Natalia Cherbenok, Chess Coach and Bancroft Mom If parents are not sure which class to sign child up for, please contact the Chess Coach directly. (845)-731-9945 or nata.cherbenok@gmail.com

STEM IS FUN FOR KIDS

STEM Beginnings provides fun-filled experiences that encourage children's curiosity and learning. Children engage in challenges that allow them to explore Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math concepts using a variety of tools and techniques: from simple experiments and building challenges to team-based activities, arts and crafts, and fun games! We offer a wide breadth of STEM lessons that help children learn new things, discover how things work, and create solutions to problems in a collaborative learning environment. We stimulate their minds and empower them to be life-long learners.

Grades: K-2 # of Students: Minimum 6, Maximum 12 Day: Wednesdays, 7:45-8:30 am Dates: 10/30, 11/6, 11/13, 11/20, 11/27, 12/4 Cost: $110

Instructor: STEM BEGINNINGS instructor (Cristina Ferreira)

Exploring Mexico Through art and literature, we will explore the famous Mexican artists Frida Kahlo and Pedro Linares Lopez as we create folk art called Alebrijas! We will create 2D and 3D pieces of artwork.

Grades: 1-5

# of Students: Minimum 10, Maximum 25 Room: 334 (Art Room) Day: Wednesdays, 7:45-8:30 a.m. Dates: 10/30, 11/6, 11/13, 11/20, 11/27, 12/04 Cost: $70 Instructors: Mrs. MacAllister & Ms. Scarfo (Bancroft Teachers)

Let’s Dance Students will learn a range of dance styles including Hip Hop, Lyrical, and Jazz. This fun 45-minute session will include a warm up, movement games, travel exercises, learning routines, and exploring choreographic skills.

Grades: K-3 # of Students: Minimum 4, Maximum 10 Day: Wednesdays, 3:30-4:15 p.m. Dates: 10/30, 11/6, 11/13, 11/20, 12/4, 12/11, 12/18

Cost: $45 Instructor: Kelly Michaels, Bancroft Mom

All American Road Trip Beep, beep! Join us for a culinary road trip across America. Get ready to taste our way through our country's regional flavors as we head on this sweet and savory chef's adventure. From Red, White & Blue Cupcakes in Washington, DC, Texas Chili Bites in Fort Worth,TX and Dessert Chimichangas in Phoenix, AZ, each week we'll explore the local zest of new cities throughout the good ole U.S.A. Buckle up your apron and let's get cooking! A cloth apron, cooking journal and all recipes are included. All nut free recipes but we cook with eggs and dairy.

Grades: K-5

# of Students: Minimum 6, Maximum 14

Day: Wednesdays, 3:30-4:45 p.m. Dates: 10/30, 11/6, 11/13, 11/20, 12/4, 12/11, 12/18 Cost: $175

Instructors: Beth O’Grady, Chef Instructor, Taste Buds Kitchen

Spin the Wheel! THURSDAY SESSION We will spin the wheel to determine the day’s activity from some set categories. Will it be a Just Dance party? An art activity? A design challenge in the Makers’ Space? Some just for fun Kahoots? Some fun throwback classroom games (like 7 Up and Duck, Duck, Goose)? An outside game? Each week is something new and fun!

Grades: 3-5 # of Students: Minimum 7, Maximum 14 Days: Thursdays, 7:50-8:40 a.m. Dates: 10/31, 11/7, 11/14, 11/21, 12/5, 12/12 Cost: $70 Instructor: Mrs. Little (Bancroft Teacher)

Bancroft Before School Sports Jump start your day with the before school sports program offered by Mr. Rex and Mr. Stephens! Energize your body and brain with a variety of sports and games. Each session will feature a new activity, played in a large group setting. Sneakers are required.

Grades: 3-5 # of Students: Maximum 50, minimum 25 Days: Tuesdays and Fridays, 7:45-8:35 a.m. Dates: 10/29, 11/1, 11/5, 11/12, 11/15, 11/19, 11/22, 11/26, 12/3, 12/6, 12/10, 12/13, 12/17, 12/20 Cost: $180 ($90 for Tuesdays OR Fridays ONLY) Instructors: John Rex & Jeff Stephens (P.E. teachers)

Ceramics This class is all about clay. Students in this class will learn clay hand building techniques and will experience using clay on the pottery wheel! Students will learn how to create sculptures with clay, how to use clay tools, and glazing techniques in this fun and creative course. Grades: 4 & 5 # of Students: Minimum 6, Maximum 8 Day: Fridays, 7:45-8:30 a.m. Dates: 11/1, 11/15, 11/22, 12/6, 12/13, 12/20 Cost: $80 Instructor: Ms. Scarfo and Mrs. Dunn (Bancroft Art Teachers)

Spin the Wheel! FRIDAY SESSION

We will spin the wheel to determine the day’s activity from some set categories. Will it be a Just Dance party? An art activity? A design challenge in the Makers’ Space? Some just for fun Kahoots? Some fun throwback classroom games (like 7 Up and Duck, Duck, Goose)? An outside game? Each week is something new and fun!

Grades: K-2 # of Students: Minimum 7, Maximum 14 Days: Fridays, 7:50-8:40 am Dates: 11/1, 11/8, 11/15, 11/22, 12/6, 12/13 Cost: $70 Instructor: Mrs. Little (Bancroft Teacher)

** Kindergartners are welcome to attend on 11/1 even though they do not have school that day.

Olympic Style Taekwondo with Master Shin Join Grand Master Shin’s team. You will learn techniques to help gain confidence, focus, and determination that can be applied to all areas of life.

Grades: K-5 # of Students: Minimum of 5, Maximum of 14 Days: Fridays, 3:30-4:15 p.m. Dates: 11/15, 11/22, 12/13, 12/20 Cost: $55 Instructor: Master Shin

Savvy Scientists Calling all Savvy Scientists. Come explore your surroundings. We will be learning science through fun experiments. Each class you will create something special of your own. If you like mixing things, tasting things, building things, then this is the place for you. We will have a few experiments that will have us to tasting and touching things (optional). Please let the teacher know of any allergies, i.e. nuts, latex, etc.

Grades: K-5

# of Students: Minimum 5, Maximum 12 Day: Fridays, 3:30-4:15 p.m. Dates: 11/1, 11/15, 11/22, 12/13 Cost: $110 Instructor: Edith Juhlin, Bancroft Mom