2101 E. River Road | Tucson, AZ 85718
Phone: 520-209-7551 | Fax: 520-209-7575
Office Hours: 8:30am - 5:00pm
CARE: 520-209-7548
Travis Kolter
Director
Ventana Vista
Site Lead: Erin Usie-Cooper 209-8023
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Catalina Foothills School District’s commitment to 21st Century Learning continues after school with Community Schools’ elementary programs. Afterschool enrichment opportunities include special activities and classes for students on early release days. Afterschool classes and camps extend into the later afternoon hours to broaden lifelong learning options for students in kindergarten through fifth grade. Special programs through Community Schools serve as avenues for learning new skills and experiencing meaningful activities during school vacations and weekends.
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Second Quarter Enrichment Classes
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After School Enrichment 3:00-4:30, unless noted
Mondays (9 weeks)
Challenger Soccer Grades: 3-5 Fee: $290
Challenger Soccer Academy will focus on introducing and developing each player’s soccer skills as their International coaches follow an innovative curriculum. Players will develop their soccer skills in a relaxed and fun environment. Each week will focus on a particular soccer skill and progressively will be more challenging, allowing each player to succeed and improve.
KidStage presents Mulan Grades: 2-5 Fee: $200
Have a blast in this coming-of-age tale about what it means to believe in yourself, work together and trust in your friends. The curriculum includes concentration, teamwork, improvisation, movement, voice and basic theatre terminology. In China there is a legend of a great soldier who saved the emperor and who saved all of China from the monstrous Hun army. This soldier was a girl named Mulan. She was never very good at her traditional “girl” responsibilities, and no matter what she tried she always ended up dishonoring her family. One day the army came for her aging father, and Mulan took his place, breaking the law and pretending to be a boy so she could serve instead of him to protect his life. With the help of a lucky cricket, a wise-cracking dragon and a rag-tag group of soldiers, Mulan defies tradition, brings honor to her family and becomes the hero of China! This hilarious adaptation has fantastic roles for boys and girls!
PlayWell- Pokemon Master Engineering Grades 3-5 Fee: $192
LEGO® Master, I choose you!! In the race to be crowned the Ultimate Pokémon Champion, we need your help! Learn to build your favorite Pokémon, level up by teaching them special moves, evolve them in to more powerful versions, and come face to face with the current champion in an epic battle for the title. Learn from our Play-Well Pokémon Masters so you can make it to the top!
TGA Cheer Grades K-5 Fee: $205
Discover how fun and exciting cheerleading can be! Coaches will lead students through drill and activities to build their skills in tumbling, stunting, choreography, motions, jumps and performance. Students will also partake in labs to explore concepts like gravity, balance and aerodynamics in cheerleading.
Young Rembrandts - Character Creation Grades: 3-5 Fee: $270
Young Rembrandts use an innovative step-by-step method to teach students basic to advanced drawing skills, coloring techniques, and art vocabulary. In addition, our students will create colorful characters with expressive personalities that jump off the page. Students will also learn to create and build their very own comic book about their created characters. Don’t miss out on an exciting opportunity to produce wonderful artwork, storytelling, and bookbinding technique! Young Rembrandts provides all the necessary supplies for each class.
Wednesdays (7 weeks)
Animation Academy Grades: 1-5 Fee: $196
Learn the art of animation from artist, Jason Zucker! Jason is currently employed in Florida by the one and only Mickey Mouse! He has also completed and is working on publishing his first children's book as well developing a children's art related cartoon series! Join Jason to learn how to draw your favorite cartoon characters and as well as learning how to turn yourself into one! This class is done virtually. There will be a Community Schools employee in the room with the children for the duration of the class.
Cooking with Ms. Jean Grades: 3-5 Fee: $121
Students will learn to use fun kitchen gadgets like an instant pot, waffle iron, indoor grill and air fryer to create creatively delicious food! They will then add their newly learned recipes to cookbooks so they can show off their new skills at home.
Drama Kids - Dramatic Exploration Grades K-5 Fee: $120
Students will develop public speaking and leadership skills, while building confidence, and learning how to think quickly, creatively, and appropriately. All of this is done through our fun and energetic theater based curriculum. Students will participate in various activities including scene building, creative movement, short plays, and theater games. There are never any auditions and ALL students have the chance to shine!
TGA Volleyball Grades: 3-5 Fee: $205
Serve it up with volleyball class and discover how fun and exciting volleyball can be with TGA! Coaches lead students through station-based drills and games that develop the fundamental skills of passing, setting, serving, spiking, and blocking.
Why Things Fly (starts 11/2) Grades: 3-5 Fee: $162
Join Bob Ray of Why Things Fly for a fun, fascinating foray into the world of flight. Students will be taught the basics of flight (why things fly) and engage in activities, building…you guessed it, things that fly! Kites, tumble wings, and gliders just to name a few. We all have an innate fascination with flight. This program will leave the students wanting to do projects on their own at home!
Thursdays (7 weeks)
Capoeira Mandinga Grades 1-5 Fee: $148
Learn the flowing, beautiful Afro-Brazilian martial art Capoeira with Capoeira Mandinga Tucson. Students will learn kicks, escapes, and fluid moves that build mind and body strength, flexibility, and agility. Students also learn music that drives the energy of the Capoeira game. Capoeira increases balance, creativity, and confidence. Teachers Anne Pollack and Aidan Miller-Wells were honored with a 2019 Southwest Folklife Alliance Award. Aidan has trained capoeira over 12 years. Anne is the only master of Capoeira and Afro-Brazilian arts in the State of Arizona.
Cooking with Ms. Jean Grades: K-2 Fee: $121
Students will learn to use fun kitchen gadgets like an instant pot, waffle iron, indoor grill and air fryer to create creatively delicious food! They will then add their newly learned recipes to cookbooks so they can show off their new skills at home.
Jewelry Making and Scrapbooking Grades: 2-5 Fee: $65
Come join the fun with Mrs. Nona and a 4 week course of Jewelry Making and Scrapbooking. You will learn how to make different pieces of jewelry that will fit your personalities and creativity. You will then enjoy a hands on class that will stimulate the student's creativity and mind using scrapbook techniques to make one of a kind memory keepers. It is a good way to enjoy photos off- screen. In both classes they will increase their skills in motion coordination, space notion and more. This is a 4-week class! Class meets 10/20, 11/3, 11/10, 11/17.
MultiMedia Art presented by Color Me Mine Grades K-5 Fee: $195
Every week the students will experience working with wood, ceramic and clay using both acrylic and water-based paints building on what they have learned the previous week to continue to improve their artistic skills.
TGA Flag Football Grades: 3-5 Fee: $205
Kick it off with this modified version of America’s game! Our coaches makes football fun and exciting to play with TGA!
Fridays
Ventana Vista Hiking Club Grades: 3-5 Fee: $45
Come discover the beauty of our unique and curious Arizona environment with Community Schools Outdoors. Learn outdoor skills that you can utilize at any level! We will discuss Leave No Trace principles, the hiking 10 essentials, outdoor etiquette and more. We will finish our short session with a hike on a local trail to experience the outdoors with our new knowledge. Transportation to and from the trail on 11/4 provided. This is a 3-week class! Fridays, 10/21 & 10/28 3:00-4:30pm, 11/4 *3:00-5:00pm
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