This list is intended to give everyone an idea of what's coming next term! Classes are entered in the order they're received. The board will try to balance what is proposed across the periods. Being on this list doesn't indicate board approval, final approval of classes will happen after the proposals due date. If you see a need, please propose something or talk to friends about filling in the gap!
Spring 2025
| Class Name | Description | Ages | Teacher |
| Ballroom Dance Club | Let's learn some social dancing. We'll learn Merengue, Swing, Cha Cha, Rhumba, Foxtrot and Disco. No dance experience required, just try something new and have fun! Students who have taken the class before are welcome to join to practice what they know and have fun dancing. | 12 - 18 | Deborah Denovich, Rachel Meyers |
| Intro to Ballroom Dance: Tweens | Let's learn some social dancing together! We'll learn styles like Merengue, Swing, Cha Cha, Foxtrot and Disco. No dance experience required, just try something new and have fun dancing! | 9 - 12 | Deborah Denovich, Rachel Meyers |
| PALS is Performing a Play! | The PALS Play is back! This class is for anyone interested in being in a full-length production (approximately 60-75 minutes): from those who love to be center stage to new actors who just want to try out a small part. All experience levels are welcome. The play will be performed at Share Fair on December 10. We are looking forward to putting on a great show! | 10 - 18 | Holly Schnur, Abby Kuftic |
| Crochet Creations | In this class we will practice our crochet skills! Eager beginners are welcome, but the focus will be on improving skills and finishing projects. | 8 - 18 | Abby Kuftic |
| Pride and Prejudice | Come and join us to discuss the unabridged classic British novel Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen. For the first 8 weeks, we will discuss the book, with assigned out of class readings of around 40 pages per week. The 9th week, we will compare and contrast the 2005 Keira Knightley film version of Pride and Prejudice with the novel. We will ask students to watch the film at home between the 8th and 9th weeks of class. The final week, we will play the Marrying Mr. Darcy card game. | 13 - 18 | Colleen Wedler and Zoe Weaver |
| Macbeth | Dive into Shakespeare's greatest tragedies with No Fear Shakespeare, a series that includes the bard's original language on one side of the page, and a modernized version on the other. Starting with Macbeth and moving on to Hamlet if time permits, we will read aloud together in class, getting to know some of the most famous characters in literary history, and having fun with costumes along the way. | 12 - 18 | Allison Johnson, Jessica Rudmin |
| Claycraft | Clay all day | 9 - 18 | Sarah Fawaz, Mary crago |
| Accessorize Our Toys Club | Calling all our dolls, stuffies, figurines and beloved creatures. Come accessorize with us! In this hands-on club, we will style our toys with clothing, bling, food, nooks, lounges, homes, blanket-wrapping and anything else our imaginations create. Felt, fabric, beads, air dry clay, cardboard/paperstock. Learn simple hand sewing or just glue/tape everything. | 6 - 10 | Brooke LaGrand |
| Travel Our World | Grab your passports and buckle up! Together, we’ll visit countries in all seven continents, exploring their food, dress, language, flag, music, and customs. | 6 - 10 | Brooke LaGrand, Mai Nguyen |
| Spoken Word Poetry | Experience poetry the way it’s supposed to be experienced, out loud! In this class we will read and listen to spoken word or slam poetry, try our hand at expressing the poems of others, and then work on writing our own poems. Modern spoken word is known for relevance to the current times, interesting topics, and a rhythmic performance art style. | 12 - 18 | Cosette Cornelius-Bates |
| Embroidery and Visible Mending | Come and have fun stitching with us! This class is pretty open ended. We will provide some techniques and stitches and you can either make up your own pattern or bring a pattern/kit from home, or work on beautifying or mending your clothes. | 9 - 18 | Cosette Cornelius-Bates, Mary Crago |
| Mixed Media Art Books | Explore the glorious fun of mixed media in the form of art books. In this class each week we will spend a short time teaching a new technique and then we will play with that technique in our books. Samples of techniques we might cover: packing tape transfers, different sorts of paints, collage, found word poems, cutting windows, adding a page, altered photos. | 12 - 18 | Cosette Cornelius-Bates, Becky Spevak |
| Math Art | The class will be exploring geometry with books about optical illusion, practice drawing 3D shapes and forms, making art using numbers and lines etc. and having fun with numbers. | 7 - 10 | Mai Nguyen |
| Games of Rhyme | This class will be about making haiku style short poems, reading fun books that are very creative in rhyming, rhyme “contest” and drawing/decorating interesting words… | 6 - 10 | Mai Nguyen |
| Improv game shows | Improv Game Show builds active listening, confidence, and humor through improv games. Students learn to think quickly, collaborate, and engage with the audience in unscripted performances, enhancing creativity and spontaneity. | 12 - 18 | Ben Meyers |
| Board games | Meet to play board games with your friends | 10 - 18 | Lotte Bell and Sarah Fawaz |
| Pokémon Club | Come explore all things Pokémon. Bring your cards and we’ll do different activities, play games, and have time at the end of class for trading. | 6 - 18 | Lotte Bell and Sarah Fawaz |
| Table Top Game Managing | So you want to be a Game Master? Come learn to run table top role playing games (including D&D). Create worlds, author engaging narratives, configure puzzles and challenges, and plan epic battles for your party to overcome. | 13 - 18 | Michael Fawaz |
| American girl doll part 2 | This is an extension of American Girl Doll class from last semester. It’s not required for you to have been at that class. Each week we will learn about a doll. We will read a chapter from the book and have an activity or craft to accompany each doll. | 6 - 9 | Toma Martin, Maureen Tighe |