2101 E. River Road | Tucson, AZ 85718
Phone: 520-209-7550 | Fax: 520-209-7575
Office Hours: 8:00am - 4:30pm
CARE: 520-209-7550
Travis Kolter
Director
Canyon View
| 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. |
Fourth Quarter Enrichment Classes
Classes will begin March 14 and end May 20
Registration Opens Thursday, March 3 at 8:30 am.
Site Lead: Pam Kline (520) 209-7752
Monday Early Release 1:30-3:00, unless noted. 9 weeks
March 14, 28, April 4, 11, 18, 25, May 2, 9, 16
Chess - 1:30-2:35* Grades K-5 Fee: $90
Open to all ability levels, no prior experience necessary. Students build strategy and play games. Opportunities for optional weekend tournaments. Ken Larsen, an instructor for over 30 years and a competitive chess player, has led CFSD students to victories at local, state and national tournaments. *Note ending time
Advanced Cooking w/Ms. Jean Grades 3-5. Fee: $155
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.
Capoeira Mandinga Grades 1-5 Fee: $190
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.
Crazy Critters Grades K-5 Fee: $167
Meet and learn about different animals each week including goats, pigs, chickens, ducks, capybaras, porcupines, patagonian maras, reptiles and more! We will do a craft and/or fun worksheets related to those animals and then have hands on with them.
TGA Golf Grades K-5 Fee: $264
Tee it up this spring with Teach, Grow, Achieve (TGA), a national after-school sports enrichment program. TGA's five-level program brings the golf course to you. Have fun learning the techniques of golf! Great for beginners as well as experienced golfers.
Tuesday 9 weeks
Beginning Cooking with Ms. Jean Grades: K-2 3:00-4:30 $155
Come and learn hand eye coordination with Build a Skill Yoyo! Students will build their own yo-yos, learn tricks and more. Instructor Jess Gracia has been teaching yoyo skills to large groups of students for over 15+ years. Students will be taking home two different yo-yos in this class.
Basketball with Skyhawks Grades: 3-5 3:00-4:30 Grades: K-5 $225
Basketball will focus the whole player, we teach your child the skills they need for both on and off the court to be a better athlete. Our sport specific staff will focus on respect, teamwork and responsibility as they will start each day with a 'skill of the day' and progress in to drills and games. After a working on passing, shooting, dribbling and rebounding you will see future basketball players.
YoYo & Skill Games - Tuesdays 3:00-4:00pm* Grades 2-5 Fee:$130
Come and learn hand eye coordination with Build a Skill Yoyo! Students will build their own yo-yos, learn tricks and more. Instructor Jess Gracia has been teaching yoyo skills to large groups of students for over 15+ years. Students will be taking home two different yo-yos in this class.
Wednesday 9 weeks
Color Me Mine Grades K-5 Fee: $250
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 3:00-4:30pm $264
Kick it off with this modified version of America’s game that makes it fun and exciting to play with TGA! There is a strict no-contact rule to maintain all player’s safety. Coaches lead students through station-based drills and games that develop the fundamental skills of passing, catching, running, and defending. Students participate in STEAM labs that allow them to explore academic concepts like gravity, compression, and aerodynamics through the game.
TGA Tennis Grades K-5 Fee: $264
Serve it up with tennis class and discover how fun and exciting tennis can be with TGA! Coaches lead students through station-based drills and games that develop the fundamental skills of grip, forehand, backhand, volley, and serve.
Thursday 9 weeks
Cartoon Drawing with Young Rambrandts
Grades: K-5 3:00-4:30 $180
Join us for fun and active learning! Learn the technical skills of drawing, the basis of all visual arts, in a fun and nurturing setting. Young Rembrandts innovative step-by-step teaching method,combined with a bountiful selection of drawings, introduces our students to the foundation of art. Each class is designed to teach not only basic to advanced drawing skills, but also art techniques, vocabulary, and art history. Young Rembrandts provides all the necessary supplies for each class.
Skyhawks Track and Field Grades: 3:00-4:30pm $225
With exercises and drills we will prepare you for a future in cross-country, track and field events, and distance running, while inspiring a love for running and being active. The fundamentals of body positioning, stride, proper stretching, and cool-down techniques are all covered in this unique program.