Student Clubs

Chess Club

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December 2nd - February 17th

Suggested Donation: $30 per child

How to Sign Up

The Chess Club program is open to students 1st through 5th grade. You can bring the registration form to your teacher or the office anytime this week. If you don’t have a registration form, you can get one at the front office.

Schedule

Meet in the cafeteria
Fridays after school from 3:00-4:10 pm
Dates: 12/2, 12/9, 12/16, 1/13, 1/27, 2/3, 2/10, 2/17

Club Rules

  • Show respect and courtesy to other youth, class staff, volunteers and other guests.
  • Use language appropriate and respectful to others.
  • Avoid any forms of bullying or any other aggressive and violent behaviors.
  • Follow other rules established by class staff.
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Program Overview

Through chess instruction, program participants will be encouraged to enhance abilities in the following areas:

Academics 

Chess directly contributes to academic performance. Chess makes kids smarter.             

Focus

Children are taught the benefits of observing carefully and concentrating. If they don’t watch what is happening, they can’t respond to it, no matter how smart they are.

Visualization 

Children are prompted to imagine a sequence of actions before it happens. Chess actually strengthens the ability to visualize by training children to shift the pieces in their mind,  first one, and then several moves ahead.

Thinking  Ahead

Children are taught to think first, and then act. Chess  teaches  them  to  ask themselves  “If  I  do  this,  what  might  happen  then,  and  how  can  I  respond?”  Over time,  chess helps develop patience and thoughtfulness.

Weighing  Options 

Children are taught that they don’t have to do the first thing that pops into their mind. They learn to identify alternatives and consider the pros and cons of various actions.

Critical  Analysis 

Children learn to evaluate the results of specific actions and sequences.  Does this sequence help me or hurt me? Decisions are better when guided by logic, rather than impulse.

Abstract  Thinking 

Children are taught to step back periodically from details and consider the bigger picture.  They also learn to take patterns used in one context and apply them to different, but related situations.

Planning 

Children are taught to develop longer-range goals and take steps toward bringing them about.  They are also taught of the need to reevaluate their plans as new developments change the situation.

Multi-Tasking 

Children are encouraged not to become overly absorbed in any one consideration, but to try to weigh various factors all at once. 

Program Overview

Looking for Volunteers

Parents and/or family members are welcome to volunteer! You don't need to know how to play chess in order to volunteer!! Just let us know what days and times are good for you to come! 

Further questions contact
Ana Groening (760) 818-3014
or email her using the form below.

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Running Club

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January 17th - March 10th

Cost: $10

Monday through Friday 7:45 am – 8:15 am

Running Club is open to students kindergarten through 5th grade. The goal of this running club is to motivate and inspire your children to enjoy physical fitness! Running is a lifelong sport that builds confidence and character!

It’s a productive way to take advantage of the late start schedule and get our students moving in the morning! Studies have shown that students who participate in a physical activity before school experience benefits ranging from improved health and mood to improvement with on-task behaviors, such as attentiveness and concentration.

Students participating can choose what days they would like to run. It is not mandatory that they run every day, but running club will be available every day if they so choose to participate. Meaning they can run every day or once or twice a week, etc. Also, they can run, walk, or both! The idea is to get them moving at their own pace and what feels comfortable to them. It’s meant to be fun and positive! Family members are totally welcome to stay and join their child as well if you’d like!

We will be tracking the students' laps and providing rewards at the end of each week for runners who have run at least 12 laps that week. Your child will be eligible to pick a prize out of the prize box every Friday! The top 10 performers over the 6 weeks will be rewarded with an additional prize and recognized at pride assembly as well!

If your child is interested, please feel out the attached registration form along with $10 and return with your child back to the school!

Download and print your registration form.

Once you have filled out your form, bring it to the office along with your $10 fee.

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Looking for Volunteers

If you would like to help out with Running Club in the morning, please include your contact info and what day you would like to help on the volunteer page of the registration form.

Just once a week will do. Hours are between 7:45 am to 8:15 am for 6 weeks. We will need volunteers to help set up (7:45am -7:50am), track laps (7:50am -8:10am), and record laps/ cleanup (8:10am-8:15am). Depending on your time availability you can volunteer to do one, two, or all three of these jobs during your volunteer shift.

Whatever you have to give we will take!

Further questions email
Alison Troxel using the form below.

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