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Town ASEP
MORAGA Activity Guide
TOWN ASEP
Bricks for Kidz: World Engineering with LEGO®
TOWN ASEP is returning for the 2021–2022 school year! These aft erschool enrichment programs will be available to students from all Moraga elementary schools and those in homeschool programs. Classes will take place at the Hacienda de las Flores located at 2100 Donald Drive unless otherwise noted. RHEEM BUS PASSES—If your child attends Rheem Elementary School, bus service will be available. The Lamorinda School Bus program will be adding an additional bus stop at the Hacienda. Children with an annual bus pass will be able to use this service free of charge. Bus passes can be purchased for $50 for the session for the selected day of the week through the recreation department. EXTENDED CARE PROGRAM—The Town will provide an optional extended care program for families in need of childcare until 5:30pm each day. Extended care will be provided onsite at the Hacienda following dismissal from TOWN ASEP classes. Join us for homework time and fun! The cost of extended care is $50 for Monday, Tuesday or Thursday and $90 on Wednesday. The extended care fee covers the full session for the selected day of the week.
Town ASEP at-a-glance
MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY
Cooking Round the World: Cupcake Crazy Chess Bricks 4 Kidz: World Engineering with LEGO® Bricks 4 Kidz: Force, Motion and Newton! Young Rembrandts Art Enrichment Program Cooking Round the World: Mac N Cheese Me Skyhawks Aft er-School Olympics Young Rembrandts Cartoon Drawing Intro to Spanish (virtual)
Cooking Round the World: Mac N Cheese Me
Cooking Round the World Staff Grades K–5 The days of plain old mac and cheese are over! This class explores various pastas, numerous cheese sauces, sweet and savory additions to the mac and cheese—it’s all about transforming the tried and true into something unexpected and sensational! $50 materials fee due to instructor at first class. Location: La Sala
SCHEDULE
Sep 7–Nov 16 Tu 3:30–5:30 pm Mandarin Language
FEE: $279 MIN/MAX: 6/12
Please see the complete Fall schedule online at moragarec.com. Introductory Spanish
Language
Annette Gojkovich Grades K–5 Students will be immersed in Spanish while being introduced to common phrases. We’ll focus on proper pronunciation while learning the Spanish alphabet and phonics, as well as colors, days of the week, months, numbers and much more through games, songs and fun worksheets. Bricks for Kidz Staff Grades K–5 See how the world around us works and looks through the eyes of LEGO®. From animals and energy to construction equipment, race cars and space travel, we’ll explore our world by learning about and building some of the engineering marvels that we encounter every day. Each motorized lesson introduces key terminology related to each build as well as reinforces the S.T.E.M. and CORE concepts. So come build with us! Location: La Sala
SCHEDULE
Sep 8–Nov 17 W 2:15–3:15 pm
Skyhawks Sports Staff Grades 1–5 This multi-sport program combines all your favorite Skyhawks sports & games into one action-packed enrichment class. Participants will learn and play fun Skyhawks variations of Baseball, Basketball, Capture the Flag, Dodgeball, Flag Football, Kickball, Soccer, Track & Field, Ultimate Frisbee, and Volleyball. By adding just the right amount of friendly competition, this program teaches boys and girls skill development, teamwork, sportsmanship, leadership, and strategy. Location: Hacienda Lawn
SCHEDULE
Sep 8–Nov 17 W 2:15–3:15 pm
FEE: $288 MIN/MAX: 7/14
Location: Online
SCHEDULE
Sep 7–Nov 16 Tu 4:00–4:40 pm
FEE: $304 MIN/MAX: 8/18
No class 10/19
Registration is Open Now! Cooking Round the Bricks for Kidz: Force, World: Cupcake Crazy Motion and Newton!
Cooking Round the World Staff Grades K–5Bricks for Kidz Staff Grades K–5 Who doesn’t want to bite into a scrumptious Come explore the world around us through cupcake? Chocolate, vanilla, apple, the eyes of Sir Isaac Newton! Students strawberry, peach, red velvet… with frostings will learn about Newton’s Laws of Motion ranging from buttercream to caramel to through a series of fun science experiments, chocolate glaze… your cupcake fantasies will art projects and games. From creating be fulfilled in this class! $50 materials fee rockets and catapults to amusement park due to instructor at first class. rides and airplanes, students will have a Location: La Sala blast creating and learning in this STEAM SCHEDULEbased class! Sep 13–Nov 15 M 3:30–5:30 pmLocation: La Sala
FEE: $254 MIN/MAX: 6/12SCHEDULE
Sep 9–Nov 18 Th 3:30–4:30 pm Young Rembrandts Art Enrichment Program FEE: $217 MIN/MAX: 10/15 No class 11/11
Young Rembrandts Staff Grades K–5 Young Rembrandts The leaves are changing and so are Young Rembrandts classes. Fall back into place with these exciting new drawings Cartoon Drawing Young Rembrandts Staff Grades K–5 of a colorful rainbow giraff e, every kid’s Learning to draw can be fun, especially dream—a treehouse, a not so haunted when we create silly characters, funny mansion and the Eiff el Tower. You won’t expressions and drawing sequences that tell want to miss these sessions! Join us for a joke! This delightful program combines stress-free drawing fun today! Young Rembrandts’ innovative, step-by-step drawing method with light-hearted subject Location: Casita SCHEDULE matter that engages children, their sense of humor, and their vivid imaginations.
Sep 13–Nov 15 M 3:30–4:30 pm FEE: $174 MIN/MAX: 5/20 Location: Casita SCHEDULE Chess Sep 9–Nov 18 FEE: $202 Th 3:30–4:30 pm MIN/MAX: 5/20 Berkeley Chess School Staff Grades 1–5No class 11/11
Chess is fun and can be learned quickly and Mandarin Language easily. Studies have found and Culture that chess improves test results in reading, Orinda Mandarin Staff Grades K–5 science, and math, and A fun yet rigorous class teaching Mandarin produces growth in language and culture. Instructors will critical thinking skills. teach traditional characters. Location: Casita Location: Garden Conference Room
SCHEDULESCHEDULE
Sep 7–Nov 16 Tu 3:30–4:30 pmSep 9–Nov 18 Th 3:30–4:30 pm FEE: $214 MIN/MAX: 10/20FEE: $169 MIN/MAX: 6/10 No class 11/11
TOWN ASEP
CLASSES MORAGA Activity Guide
Art Party Splashball
Town Staff Lamorinda Water Polo Staff Age 2–5Age 5–9 Allow your child to explore their creativity Designed for boys and girls, ages 5 to 9 years through themed art projects using various old, with little or no water polo experience. art media such as paint, playdough, and The players will learn the basics of the game drawing in this self-directed art class. Please while having loads of fun. Splashball is a wear clothes that can get messy. Children no-contact program held in a shallow pool must be accompanied by an adult. and floatation devices are allowed. Students Location: Casita should have basic swim skills: 25 yards free, SCHEDULE (3RD THURSDAY OF EACH MONTH) 25 yards backstroke, 30 seconds tread water. Things that Go Sep 16 ThLocation: Soda Aquatic Center 10:30–11:30 am Harvest TimeSCHEDULE Oct 21 Th 10:30–11:30 am Shapes are Sep 12–Oct 24 Nov 18 Th 10:30–11:30 am Su 5:30–6:30 pm Everywhere Snow Day FEE: $114 Dec 16 Th MIN/MAX: 25/80 10:30–11:30 am
FEE: $10/CHILD/CLASS MIN/MAX: 5/20Skateboarding 101
Rob Skate Academy Staff Age 6–12 Skateboarding is now an Olympic sport and a handful of competitors that competed in Tokyo were trained by Rob Skate who is the creator and founder of this program. Here we welcome both beginner and intermediate skaters who want to learn more about the sport and how to keep themselves safe. Location: Moraga Skatepark
SCHEDULE
Sep 15–29 W 5:15–6:15 pm Oct 6–20 W 5:15–6:15 pm Nov 3–17 W 5:15–6:15 pm
Music TogetherFEE: $99 MIN/MAX: 5/18
Music Together Staff Age 0–5
Uplifting. Magical. These are just a few of the ways that parents describe Music Together.
Each week in Music Together classrooms, babies, preschoolers, big kids—and the grownups who love them—gather to make music as a community. $50 materials fee per family payable to instructor at first class.
Location: Casita
SCHEDULE
Sep 14–Nov 16 Tu 9:30–10:15 am
Sep 14–Nov 16 Tu 10:30–11:15 am
FEE: $204 FIRST CHILD, $154 EACH ADDITIONAL CHILD
MIN/MAX: 6/12
Basketball Technique & Teamwork
Skyhawks Sports Academy Staff Age 7–11 This program was designed to teach young athletes the fundamentals of basketball through play. Each week, participants will be broken into teams to compete in a series of skill-based games that focus developing their skills, confidence, and passion for the game. Our primary development objectives Hoopster Tots include dribbling, passing, shooting, defense, strategy, agility, self-esteem, teamwork, and Skyhawks Sports Academy Staff Age 3–5sportsmanship. Skyhawks coaches provide Hoopster Tots was designed to give a positive environment where players of all children a positive first step to the ages and abilities can participate in friendly exciting game of Basketball. Using our competition with lots of encouragement and progressional curriculum and modified a big focus on fun! equipment, participants learn Basketball Location: Los Perales Multipurpose Room fundamentals and social skills through a SCHEDULE series of fast-paced instructional circuits Sep 3–Oct 15 F 6:30–7:30 pm and developmental games. Our primary Oct 22–Dec 17 F 6:30–7:30 pm development objectives include dribbling, FEE: $192 MIN/MAX: 7/14 passing, shooting, rebounding, balance, No class 11/12, 11/26 body movement, hand/eye coordination, self-esteem, teamwork, and sportsmanship! Virtual Driver’s Ed Location: Los Perales Multipurpose Room Bay Area Driving School Age 15.5+ SCHEDULE This is a virtual Driver’s Education with a Sep 3–Oct 15 F 4:00–4:45 pm Oct 22–Dec 17 F 4:00–4:45 pm live instructor. Students will enjoy a series of Driver’s Education lectures including FEE: $192 MIN/MAX: 7/14 No class 11/12, 11/26 understanding the responsibilities of having a driver’s license, learning the rules of the Parent and Me: road and accident-avoidance procedures. Independent assignments will also be Cookies Galore completed during the week. Course also Cooking Round the World Staff Age 3.5–6includes practice questions, defensive From sandwich cookies to sugar cookies, driving movies and written test prep. Upon from lemon pudding cookies to chocolate successful completion, students will receive chip cookies, from gingerbread cookies to a certificate of completion. Option to take chocolate decadent cookies. Each class is full course online at your own pace available a cookie extravaganza! $50 materials fee for $43. payable to the instructor at the first class.Location: Online Location: La SalaSCHEDULE SCHEDULESep 4–25 Sa 9:00 am–12:00 pm Sep 7–Oct 5 Tu Oct 2–30 Sa Nov 22–26 M/Tu/W/F 1:00–2:00 pm 9:00 am–12:00 pm 9:00 am–12:00 pm
FEE: $129FEE: $169 MIN/MAX: 6/10MIN/MAX: NONE
Parent and Me: Eat Your Colors
Cooking Round the World Staff Age 3.5–6
Green, Brown, Yellow, White, Red. Each day focuses on a new color—from the foods we cook to the stories and activities—the color dominates! We ask children to dress in the color of the day! $50 materials fee payable to the instructor at the first class.
Location: La Sala SCHEDULE Oct 12–Nov 16 Tu 1:00–2:00 pm FEE: $129 MIN/MAX: 6/10 Yoga for All Levels: Iyengar Jeanne Dowell Adult Basketball Fun & Jeanne Dowell, former instructor under the Fundamentals Skyhawks Sports Academy Staff Age 5–7 US Olympic committee is a pioneer in the yoga movement within the Lamorinda area, has studied throughout the world Learning the fundamentals including the Iyengar institute in India. Basic of Basketball has never principles of the unique Iyengar system and been so much fun. how it applies to the aging process will be Skyhawks Coaches use age-appropriate taught. She combines her experiences with curriculum and modified equipment to Zen in her teaching, emphasizing stress develop skills while building each child’s reduction, strength, and relaxation. confidence and passion for the game. Development objectives include dribbling, passing, shooting, rebounding, defense, Location: La Sala SCHEDULE game strategy, teamwork, and self-esteem.Sep 13–Oct 25 M 9:00–10:15 am Nov 1–Dec 13 M 9:00–10:15 am Location: Los Perales Multipurpose Room SCHEDULE FEE: $151 MIN/MAX: 10/25 Sep 3–Oct 15 F 5:15–6:15 pm Oct 22–Dec 17 F 5:15–6:15 pmCandlelit Yoga and
FEE: $192 MIN/MAX: 7/14 Meditation Workshop
No class 11/12, 11/26Jeanne Dowell Adult
Our days are spent in “HURRY MODE.” Rushing commuting, work, family life, life itself! Come to candlelit yoga. Heal in this slower paced evening class. Focus on restful poses and meditation that calm the nervous system, quieting the mind, and rejuvenating the body. Location: La Sala
SCHEDULE
Sep 16 Registration Th 6:30–7:45 pm
