Afternoon Adventures / After School Academy - The Shlenker School

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In This Section

The Shlenker School offers stimulating programming for students who would like to extend their school day into the afternoon.

Early Childhood Afternoon Adventures

Early Childhood students in Young Toddler through PreK-4 engage in Afternoon Adventures enrichment activities that vary throughout the week and participate in free choice learning time. Afternoon Adventures classes meet daily from 12:30pm–3:20 pm. Registration forms for all Early Childhood After School Adventure Programs are available through the Parent Portal.

Elementary School After School Academy

Elementary School students have the opportunity to participate in After School Academy classes. Our program provides an exciting array of activities each semester that may include:

BackYard Rangers
Basketball
Chess
Coding
Cooking
Pom
Junior Master Gardeners
Lego Engineering
Makers Club
Robotics
Soccer
STEM
Yoga

Each After School Academy class meets once or twice per week, generally from 3:15–4:15 pm. Classes are filled on a first-come, first-served basis.

Registration for Shlenker's After School Academy—Spring 2024 session is now open. Please check out the After School Academy—Spring 2024 Brochure below for a list of enriching and exciting classes. The registration form is available through the Parent Portal.

After school academy Spring 2024 brochure

For more information, please contact Laurel Albea at lalbea@shlenker.org.