After School Academy

Curricular Clubs
- STEM: I can build it!
- Chess Club
- Creative Writing
- Board Games and Puzzles
- Owlet Pep Squad
- Flag Football
- Drawing
- Zumba Fitness
- Cinema Club
- Graphic Design
- Volleyball Club
- Phonics
- Soccer Club
- Performance Club
- Music Club
- STEAM Club
- Running Club
STEM: I can build it!
Sponsor/Advisor: Ms. Vargas
Requirements: Students will dive into hands-on adventures that spark creativity, sharpen problem-solving skills, and bring math concepts to life. As they build, tinker, and experiment, they strengthen hand-eye coordination, fine motor skills, and curiosity. Every project turns them into mini engineers—planning, designing, and inventing.
Meetings: Tuesday (Kindergarten)
Grade Level: Kindergarten
Chess Club
Sponsor/Advisor: Mr. Palada
The Chess Club is a welcoming community for players of all skill levels, from beginners to experienced competitors. Members come together to learn new strategies, improve their critical thinking and problem-solving skills, and enjoy friendly matches in a supportive environment. The club offers casual games, lessons, tournaments, and opportunities to compete with other schools or organizations. Whether you're looking to sharpen your skills, make new friends, or simply enjoy the game, the Chess Club is the perfect place to challenge yourself and have fun.
Meetings: Tuesdays
Grade Level: 4-5 Grade
Creative Writing
Sponsor/Advisor: Ms. Diallo
Requirements: Creative writing is any writing that goes outside the bounds of normal professional, journalistic, academic, or technical forms of literature, typically identified by an emphasis on narrative craft, character development, and the use of literary tropes or with various traditions of poetry and poetics.
Meetings: Thursdays
Grade Level: 3rd-5th Grade
Board Games and Puzzles
Sponsor/Advisor: Ms. Mericle & Ms. Asmal
Requirements: Board games make learning fun! While students roll the dice and make moves, they’re also working together, asking questions, and thinking hard. These games aren’t just fun—they help build important skills and bring classroom lessons to life through play and teamwork!
Meetings: Mondays
Grade Level: Kindergarten - 5th Grade
Owlet Pep Squad
Sponsor/Advisor: Ms. McGhee and Ms. Hobbie
Requirements: Get ready to show your school spirit! The Owlet Pep Squad is all about learning awesome cheer and dance moves, building confidence, and having a blast with friends. Invitation Only through try-outs. This is a year-long club, and additional fees will apply.
Meetings: Tuesdays
Grade Level: 2-5 Grade
Flag Football
Sponsor/Advisor: Mr. Willis & Ms. Austin
Join Flag Football Club to learn the fundamentals of football in a fun, safe, non-contact environment! Students will develop skills such as passing, catching, teamwork, and sportsmanship while staying active through drills and friendly games. All skill levels are welcome!
Meetings: Mondays
Grade Level: 4th & 5th Grade
Drawing
Sponsor/Advisor: Ms. Maani & Ms. Davis (1st & 2nd) Mrs. Sanchez (3rd-5th)
Requirements: Grab your pencils and let your imagination run wild! Whether you love sketching animals, characters, or anything in between, this club is about having fun while learning new art skills. Every week, you’ll draw and let your creativity shine!
Meetings: Thursdays
Grade Level: 1st-5th Grade
Zumba Fitness
Sponsor/Advisor: Ms. Sibayan
Requirements: This fun fitness program mixes Latin-inspired dance moves with catchy music, so you can jump, twist, and spin your way to a healthier you! It’s all about moving your body, having a blast, and building energy—Zumba will get your heart pumping and your feet moving!
Meetings: Thursdays
Grades: 2nd-5th grade
Cinema Club
Club Sponsor: Ms. Nabhan (3rd-5th)/Ms. Benavidas (Kinder-2nd)
Cinema Club provides a space for students at all grade levels to view a wide range of films in a movie-theater-styled setting and to engage in discussion of those films in a casual environment.
Meetings: Tuesdays (3rd-5th Grade) Thursdays (Kinder-2nd)
Graphic Design
Sponsor/Advisor: Mr. Ellis
R Explore your creativity in Graphic Design Club! Students will learn the basics of digital design while creating eye-catching graphics, logos, posters, and other creative projects. This club encourages imagination, problem-solving, and artistic expression in a fun, hands-on environment.
Meetings: Thursday
Grade Level: 3rd-5th Grade
Volleyball Club
Sponsor/Advisor: Ms. Lewis & Ms. Raser
Join Volleyball Club to learn and improve your volleyball skills in a fun and supportive environment! Students will practice serving, passing, setting, teamwork, and sportsmanship through drills and friendly games. All skill levels are welcome!
Meetings: Thursday
Grade Level: 4th-5th Grade
Phonics
Soccer Club
Sponsor/Advisor: Ms. Kehinde & Ms. Kanyemba
Join Soccer Club to build your soccer skills in a fun and supportive environment! Students will practice dribbling, passing, shooting, teamwork, and sportsmanship while staying active through drills and friendly games. All skill levels are welcome!
Meetings: Tuesdays
Grade Level: Kinder-5th Grade
Performance Club
Sponsor/Advisor: Mr. Tran
Students will develop their musical skills while preparing for and performing in school music performances throughout the year. Members will practice songs, build confidence, learn stage presence, and work together as a team to create memorable performances.
Meetings: Tuesdays
Grade Level: 3rd-5th Grade
Music Club
Sponsor/Advisor: Ms. Kehinde & Mrs. Vu
Come and join our music club where we can make music with instruments and bring them to life in upcoming music performances! Students will benefit in their communication skills by learning how to listening between peers as well as teachers, in their arithmetic counting through kinesthetic motions, and through their applying teamwork social skills to group projects and tasks.
Meetings: Mondays
Grade Level: 2nd-5th Grade
STEAM Club
Sponsor/Advisor: Ms. McGuire & Ms. Pechetty
Students will explore Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Mathematics through fun, hands-on projects and creative challenges. Members will build, design, experiment, and problem-solve while developing teamwork, creativity, and critical-thinking skills.
Meetings: Tuesdays
Grade Level: 4th-5th Grade
Running Club
Sponsor/Advisor: Mrs. Ozturk & Ms. Burch
Get moving and have fun! Running Club helps students build endurance, improve running skills, set personal goals, and develop teamwork and perseverance through fun runs, challenges, and activities. All skill levels are welcome!
Meetings: Tuesdays
Grade Level: 3rd-5th Grade
Mentoring & Organizations
Student Council
Sponsors/Advisors: Ms. Austin
Requirements: Ready to be a leader and make your voice heard? Student Council is your chance to shine! Members help plan fun school events, lead service projects, and speak up for their classmates. It’s a year-long adventure in leadership, teamwork, and making our school the best it can be! This is a year-long club.
Meetings: Tuesdays
Grade Level: 3-5 Grades
National Elementary Honor Society
Sponsors/Advisors: Ms. Shepherd & Mr. Brock
**BY INVITE ONLY** The National Elementary Honor Society (NEHS) is an organization that recognizes elementary students who demonstrate outstanding achievement in academics, character, leadership, service, and responsibility. Members are selected based on established school and NEHS requirements and are expected to serve as positive role models on campus. Through NEHS, students participate in service projects, leadership opportunities, and activities that encourage them to give back to their school and community. The organization helps students develop confidence, responsibility, teamwork, and leadership skills while recognizing their commitment to excellence and making a positive difference in the lives of others.
Meetings: Mondays
Grade Level: 4th-5th Grades
Academic Competitions
Drone Club
Sponsor/Advisor: Ms. Simmons
Requirements: Get ready to soar! Students learn how to fly, build, and repair drones while discovering the cool science behind how they work. It’s hands-on, high-flying fun where every flight is a chance to explore, create, and learn! This is an INVITATION-ONLY club.
Meetings: Thursdays
Grade Level: 4-5 Grade
Vex Robotics
Sponsor/Advisor: Ms. Simmons & Mrs. Broussard
**BY INVITE ONLY** VEX Robotics is a robotics program for elementary through university students, and a subset of Innovation First International. The VEX Robotics competitions and programs are managed by the Robotics Education and Competition Foundation (REC).[1] In April 2018, VEX Robotics Competition was named the largest robotics competition in the world by Guinness World Records. *This is a year long club.
Meetings: Tuesdays
Grade Level: 4-5 Grade
Spelling Bee
Sponsor/Advisor: Mrs. Dave
The Scripps National Spelling Bee is a nationwide competition that celebrates students’ spelling, vocabulary, language skills, and confidence. At the campus level, students have the opportunity to participate in a Campus Spelling Bee, where they compete by spelling words aloud in front of judges and an audience. Students may ask for the word to be repeated, defined, used in a sentence, or provide its language of origin before spelling. Students continue through multiple rounds until a campus champion is determined. The campus champion may then have the opportunity to advance to the next level of competition, depending on the current Scripps and district requirements. Participating in the spelling bee encourages students to build vocabulary, improve their spelling skills, develop confidence, practice perseverance, and demonstrate good sportsmanship while representing their campus.
Grade Level: 1st-5th Grade
Name That Book
Sponsor/Advisor: Ms. Austin
Name That Book is an exciting reading competition that challenges students to read, remember, and understand a collection of selected books. Students work individually or as teams to read the books and prepare for competition by studying characters, settings, plots, important details, themes, and events. During the competition, students answer questions about the books and demonstrate how well they know the stories. Name That Book encourages students to become enthusiastic readers, strengthen comprehension and critical-thinking skills, build teamwork, and discover new and engaging books while having fun competing with their peers.
Grade Level: 3rd-5th Grade
Science Bee
Sponsor/Advisor: Ms. Dawood & Ms. Subzwari
**BY INVITE ONLY**A Science Bee is a quiz competition for individual students, testing general science knowledge across various fields like biology, chemistry, physics, and astronomy, organized by International Academic Competitions (IAC) with online qualifiers and in-person regional/national tournaments for different age groups (elementary, middle, high school). Participants answer buzzer-based questions, aiming to qualify for larger international championships, building confidence and reinforcing classroom learning. *This is a yearlong club.
Meetings: Mondays
Grade Level: 4-5 Grade
