Our enrichment classes operate on a six to eight week schedule and are usually about an hour each week. Some classes rotate and change each session, while others are available throughout the school year. In order to off set materials cost, some of our classes require an additional fee to participate while many do not. The following are some of the classes we've offered in the past or currently.

LARP 2009-2010

The Larp program finished up this year at Georges' Island. Below is a slideshow of featured pictures from the day!

 

 

Winter/Spring Sports Workshop
Led by Paul, this workshop will start as Basketball Clinic but might change into a spring sport toward the end of the session dependent on weather and interest of the students.

Dungeons and Dragons
A continuation of a favorite one of our enrichment programs, students play the D & D roleplaying game and while doing so they learn skills related to working as a team, problem solving, social science skills, and art andwriting skills, as well as math and science skills that are integrated into the game. They also use their imaginations in a powerful way. Students love this game and it is a great platform for enrichment to be introduced to them.

Creative Corner
Led by Jeana with the assistance of our many other artistic staff members, in this workshop students will have the opportunity to explore different mediums, learn new techniques and have fun expressing themselves. Mediums to be covered will range from scrapbook making and colloguing, to basic sculpture in clay and wire, drawing techniques ( perspective, gesture, contour, shading), learning how to stretch our own canvases and color mixing and painting. This class will focus on learning new artistic techniques, giving students a chance to try different practices while valuing the unique creativity each student posses and encouraging the self-reflection process.

Yoga Workshop
Will focus on basics of the art and practice of yoga, such as centered, controlled breathing and slow, gentle stretching, but will then look at a variety of yoga techniques in order for students to find what works for each of them as a form of exercise and of stress reduction. This class will be primarily led by Alex, another of our Lesley Interns.

Arlington Today and Tomorrow
We’ll be using digital cameras to capture images of our favorite local spots. After printing our pictures, we’ll refer to them to create drawings and paintings that depict what we imagine that spot will look like one hundred years from now. Can you imagine Spy Pond in the year 2107? The class will culminate with an exhibit of our poster-sized artwork.