Extended Day
Extended Day at Lab provides opportunities for your child to connect with friends, discover and develop interests, and relax before and after school. Extended Day is designed to provide students with constructive, intentional, and meaningful opportunities to engage socially with one another, creatively with materials and concepts, and civically in the life of the Schools and community. Extended Day brings all of this to life within the familiar and enriching school environment you have chosen for your child.
2023–2024 Schedule
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Open Registration Term Dates Fall Term August 1–18 September 5–December 15 Winter Term November 6–13 January 2–March 1 Spring Term February 5–12 March 18–June 06
Daily Programs
Early Day
Early Day provides a comfortable transition into the school day for nursery- through eighth-grade students at Earl Shapiro Hall and the Historic Campus. Children will have an opportunity to begin their day with quiet activities like arts and crafts, reading or being read to, and puzzling, or by getting in some physical activity to help prepare them for concentrating during their school day.
The program begins at 7:30 a.m. Children can be dropped off at the designated entrance until 8 a.m. and an Early Day staff member will escort them to the Early Day classroom. If your child arrives after 8 a.m., they will need to wait until the daytime doors open. Students will be escorted to their classrooms on time. You must pre-register for Early Day.
Drop-in services are not available.
Bridge
Bridge is available to nursery and kindergarten students who would like to bridge the gap between their dismissal and that of an older sibling's or for those who simply need a slightly later dismissal time. Bridge offers care Monday through Friday until Grades 1 and 2 dismissal. Students participating in Bridge will join the Late Day group of students in their homeroom. In many cases, Nursery 3 students may nap during Bridge, as well as have time to play with friends before heading home. You must pre-register for Bridge.
Drop-in services are not available.
Late Day
Late Day is available to nursery through grade eight students who need extended care until 5:30 p.m. Late Day groups play, engage with stories, and explore their many interests. Late Day is a tremendous opportunity for children to create new friendships and solidify old ones.
During Late Day, groups take advantage of many of the wonderful spaces around ESH and HC including the indoor and outdoor play spaces. There is one dismissal time (5:15–5:30 p.m.), however, parents are allowed in the building before the dismissal time to pick up their child early. You must pre-register for Late Day.
To accommodate families who do not require Late Day everyday, single-day registration is available for each term. Families must pre-determine the day(s) they select, and are unable to make weekly changes to the single-day registration.
Drop-in services are not available.
For Nursery/Kindergarten
For Grades 1–2
During Extended Day, students connect with friends, discover and develop their passions, move and calm their bodies, and enjoy the outdoors. They can also discover and delve into activities with our many and rotating Special Class options.
Winter 2024 Special Classes
Monday
Chess
Chess-Ed is thrilled to return to Lab’s Extended Day program and provide this unique, exciting, and dynamic chess instructional program that lifts each student to a level of expertise. Students will enjoy an engaging lesson with supervised time to play with classmates each week. Students will grow their knowledge of the game—from the basics through opening theory, middle-game tactics, and end-game combinations. Students’ vocabulary and math skills will continue to advance.
Minecraft Code: Superheros
The Minecraft world is in danger! In this class, students will learn coding fundamentals and use them to create powerful superheroes with special abilities. Each class creates a new opportunity for our coders to save the Minecraft world against a new danger! From traveling to a ruined city, exploring a frozen bunker, saving the White House, and more. Students will have an amazing time putting their coding skills to the test.
Flag Football
Coaches will begin the hour with stretches to get the kids warmed up. Next, they will participate in agility drills. These drills include quick feet, lateral lunge, shuttle run, and two jumps forward and one jump back. Lastly, the kids will play a scrimmage.
Tuesday
Enso Shotokan Karate
Our dojo has been bringing the art of Shotokan Karate to Lab for almost 15 years–instilling discipline, confidence, and self-defense skills in young minds. Led by experienced black belt instructors (Sensei Jay, Sensei Alex, and Sensei Vikky). Enso Shotokan Karate offers a safe and inclusive environment where children can learn this traditional martial art's fundamental techniques and principles. Students will develop strength, agility, and coordination through focused training sessions while enhancing their mental focus and self-awareness. At Enso Shotokan Karate, we embrace the values of respect, perseverance, and integrity, creating a supportive community that encourages personal growth and teamwork. Through our carefully crafted curriculum, students will progress through belt levels, setting and achieving goals while building self-esteem and a sense of accomplishment. Join us at Enso Shotokan Karate and embark on a journey of self-discovery, physical fitness, and martial arts mastery.
Afro-Latin Dance
This class will teach the roots and fundamentals of Afro-Latin dance styles such as Merengue, Salsa, and/or Bachata. We will learn dance choreography that will be performed at the end of the session! This class is led by Maria Torres, a professional dancer, counselor at ESH, and dance/movement therapist. This class will incorporate activities fostering self-esteem, creativity, and expression.
Good Food Experience
Circus Fun allows your kids to "clown around" while developing balance, flexibility, and hand-eye coordination. Kids will learn tight-wire walking, juggling, plate spinning, acrobatics, clowning, and more! Fostering confidence and cooperation, our professional circus staff teach various circus skills. Each session varies in format and introduces new skills, allowing returning students to advance and beginners to model their peers. CircEsteem classes allow every child to shine in the "center ring," building confidence and allowing students to work as a team. $90 materials fee. Note: The recipes from the fall term will be the same so students are encouraged not to repeat this class.
3D Printing
Nexplore 3D Printing , empowered by 3Doodler, makes learning limitless as students make concepts come alive from 2D to 3D! Using 3D printing pens, students break down complex topics into hands-on, approachable concepts, bringing science, technology, engineering, math, and design concepts to life. After only using 3D printing pens for a short time, students will become engineers, designers, and scientists in their own classrooms, camps, or learning groups.
Wednesday
Soccer
1000 Watts Sports is a youth sports organization that promotes self-esteem, physical activity, and social interaction. We believe in the importance of at least 60 minutes of physical activity each day. We also know that sports encourage positive peer relationships among children, and can help build confidence and self-respect. Soccer is one of the fastest-growing youth sports. We will help teach your player the basics of ball skills while creating healthy, competitive ways for your child to stay active. This program will start with a warm-up and conduct a series of drills. Drills include running lines, backpedal, passing in doubles, goal kicking, stop-to-turn, weaving drills, and 3-cone dribble.
Improv Adventures: Comedic Characters
Get ready to shake out the nerves and take the stage as a confident and collaborative performer! You’ll meet some quirky characters in this improvisational theatre class as we explore character creation, improv games, and laugh-out-loud unscripted storytelling. The last day of class will culminate in an original performance full of giggles.
Debate
Do you want to become a better public speaker and learn how to make convincing arguments? Our Debate class is the perfect place to start! In this course, students will learn how to craft persuasive speeches and participate in debates on various topics. You'll learn how to analyze different viewpoints, develop your own arguments, and use effective speaking techniques to communicate your ideas. This class will help you become a better speaker and a more critical thinker. No prior experience is needed–just bring your curiosity and enthusiasm!
Robot Makers
Nexplore Robot Makers is an engineering program designed to inspire kids to pursue futures in science & technology. Students interact with fun Maker Kits that enhance mechanical, artistic, and engineering skills, while encouraging them to act as inventors in their own right. Participants design their own remote controlled hydraulic arms, learn to harness energy to power race cars, and experiment with structural design.
Thursday
Code Breakers (Open to Students in Grade 2 Only)
Does your student like solving riddles, tending to questions, or using multiple strategies to solve a problem? If so, Code Breakers is for them! In this class, students will work towards solving for missing variables in a math equation. In Code Breakers, students will engage in developmentally appropriate pre-algebra problem-solving routines. They will practice and refine their mathematical abilities in communicating their thinking, using math manipulatives, and using multiple problem-solving strategies.
Enso Shotokan Karate
Our dojo has been bringing the art of Shotokan Karate to Lab for almost 15 years–instilling discipline, confidence, and self-defense skills in young minds. Led by experienced black belt instructors (Sensei Jay, Sensei Alex, and Sensei Vikky). Enso Shotokan Karate offers a safe and inclusive environment where children can learn this traditional martial art's fundamental techniques and principles. Students will develop strength, agility, and coordination through focused training sessions while enhancing their mental focus and self-awareness. At Enso Shotokan Karate, we embrace the values of respect, perseverance, and integrity, creating a supportive community that encourages personal growth and teamwork. Through our carefully crafted curriculum, students will progress through belt levels, setting and achieving goals while building self-esteem and a sense of accomplishment. Join us at Enso Shotokan Karate and embark on a journey of self-discovery, physical fitness, and martial arts mastery.
Yoga Explorations
This playful and dynamic class will energize the body and mind and help students find ways to use yoga in their everyday lives. Learn yoga poses, play games, read stories, craft, and learn mindfulness techniques to build strength, flexibility (physical and mental), focus, and calm.
My First Hot Cocoa Stand
Learn how to make yummy hot cocoa and earn money selling it. A hot cocoa stand is a great way to introduce our youngest entrepreneurs to the world of business and fun! From designing marketing flyers to estimating profits to experimenting with recipes, students have fun while developing business savvy! As a showcase event, students launch their stand as a fundraiser for a charity they select.
Friday
Basketball
This program begins with a 20-minute skills and drills session followed by a scrimmage. Skills and drills can consist of dribbling, shooting, passing, and defensive drills. 1000 Watts will teach players the game's elements as they improve their skills while having fun.
Art Lab with Easel Art Studio
Art Lab is a great class to try a little bit of everything. Students learn to observe and create art pieces in an inclusive and inspiring environment. Throughout the semester we focus on different mediums, including clay, painting & drawing, fiber arts, plaster, and more! Art Lab classes will include a wide range of materials and themes to allow students the opportunity to explore and play with the media they are working with. When drawing and painting are taught students will learn techniques, tips, and tricks for rendering their pictures.
Nature Science
Have you ever wanted to be a scientist? Or to increase your understanding of the natural world? Well, you’re in luck! In this class, we’ll be learning about physics and the natural world through fun, easy science experiments in chemistry and physics. We’ll learn about states of matter, the animal and plant kingdoms, and how things we interact with in our everyday lives really work.
For Grades 3–5
At the end of the regular school day, students will be escorted to Extended Day. In our Late Day program, our third, fourth, and fifth grade students can work on homework, relax with friends, explore new and familiar interests, and play. They can also discover and delve into activities with our many and rotating Special Class options.
Winter 2023 Special Classes
Monday
Drone Building
Nexplore Drones is an Aerospace engineering course designed for students to be able to design their drones and encourage students to explore different drone-based careers. Students build and personalize their own remote-controlled drones to complete missions, based off of real-life scenarios; such as flying medicine to a remote part of the African savannah, or delivering mail a few blocks over in your neighborhood to a friend! Drone usage is a cutting-edge skill that is on the rise of demand in today’s age. Repeats are not encouraged, as content from the Fall Term will be the same.
Robotics
Sign up for this exciting new opportunity to design and build programmable robots using motors, sensors, gears, wheels, and other technical components. Students will learn to build, test, troubleshoot, and revise their creations to improve robot performance and participate in specific challenge events (mystery mazes, speed racing, trailer-load pulling, line-following courses, etc.). Join Lab’s Middle School Computer Science teacher Jeremy Schwartz in fun and engaging activities to gain practical, hands-on experience, and apply critical thinking skills in programming, engineering, problem-solving, and teamwork using the LEGO® EV3 Mindstorms Education program.
Voices on the Rise
Does your child love to sing? Making music is always more fun with friends! Join Ms. Code and Mrs. Henricks for an hour of singing beautiful and challenging music. Voices on the Rise will engage in ensemble singing focused on complex songs with partwork. This is a great alternative to private voice lessons for young children. We will learn techniques for breathing, expanding our singing range, and blending sound, all while participating in fun new songs. Singing together will become even more joyful as we apply purposeful movement to strengthen musicality. Children will learn many diverse songs, rounds, and arrangements, culminating in an “informance” to showcase our learning to family and friends.
Tuesday
Sculpture
In this class students will be taking their creativity to the next level. Drawing/ sketching out their ideas to then create amazing pieces of art using a wide range of material, such as clay, plaster, wire and various recyclable materials to create 3D projects. Students learn to problem solve, think about structure, shapes and form. Students are encouraged to be creative and take their time exploring mediums throughout the session.
Dance Fusion
This is a very fun class and will allow students to move their bodies and learn choreography. Dancing is very beneficial for overall health. We will also work on developing a growth mindset about dance. The goal of the class is for students to create choreography and have fun! Students will dance to different styles of music to move their bodies.
Debate
Do you want to become a better public speaker and learn how to make convincing arguments? Our Debate class is the perfect place to start! In this course, students will learn how to craft persuasive speeches and participate in debates on various topics. You'll learn how to analyze different viewpoints, develop your own arguments, and use effective speaking techniques to communicate your ideas. This class will help you become a better speaker and a more critical thinker. No prior experience is needed—just bring your curiosity and enthusiasm!
3D Design with Roblox
In this course, students will design, code and play their own 3D worlds with Roblox Studio! Students code using the programming language Lua which is currently the leading scripting language used in games. Roblox’s special version of this language – Roblox Lua, enhances the experience as students manipulate environments and program while having fun.
From Obbys (obstacle courses) to creating Simulator Games, our Roblox Studio Code classes allows kids to publish the games they make – showing friends why Roblox Lua is so awesome!
- Level 1: Learn about Roblox Studio and its many tools. Dive into Roblox Lua and how it helps express game functionality. Projects touch on various topics: how to build a tower, dialog between characters, make signs, create start buttons, and move platforms. Students create an Obby (obstacle course) where they put their fresh programming skills to the test!
- Level 2: Expanding on Roblox Studio/ Roblox Lua knowledge, students work on character design, code a Story Game that comes to life in a desert, and build a Soccer Game.
- Level 3: Simulator Games are very popular. In this level, the entire process of making simulator games is broken down and explored from beginning to end. From ServerScriptService to dealing with RemoteEvent, students dive into an environment that challenges them. Students also participate in a series of experiments which explores different types of loops.
Wednesday
Good Food Experience
The Good Food Experience invites young people to engage with good food from seed to plate. Students will learn practical and impressive culinary skills, from preparing colorful veggies for stir fry to making homemade pasta from scratch. While cooking, our enthusiastic instructors weave lessons about everything from biodiversity to food culture through conversation. The kitchen is an awesome classroom! Our kid-tested recipes and techniques are designed to inspire a lifetime of fun in the kitchen. Repeats are not encouraged, as recipes from the fall term will be the same. $90 materials fees applies.
AI Creators: A Primer in Artificial Intelligence
Program a car to drive itself to the park, control a game with a wave of your hand, and teach a machine to understand your words! Each session of Al Creators, designed by Stanford and MIT artificial intelligence experts, cultivates a safe and encouraging exploration of questions like, "How can a robot adapt to its surroundings?" and "What rules should my car follow to go home?" We cultivate the computational and algorithmic thinking kids need to create confidently, and share their creations with the world!
Through project-based learning, our students learn about computer vision, self-driving cars, and language learning in chatbots—all scaffolded in an age-appropriate and engaging curriculum. We believe that coding is a team sport, which is why we infuse our teaching with an emphasis on collaboration, social good, and ethical responsibility.
Course Structure
- Machine Learning Talks: Learn about a machine learning algorithm in an accessible and intuitive way from your teacher before we play around with examples in our coding workspace.
- Paper Programming: Cultivating abstraction, creativity, and design thinking with non-traditional approaches to reasoning about algorithms and UX/UI design.
- Block-Based Coding: Using Scratch, a platform developed by MIT, quickly get a project off the ground and receive instant feedback about your performance.
- Project-Based Learning: Through three main projects, students will be able to flex their newly acquired talents in hackathon-style—with plenty of feedback and support from your teacher and classmates!
Thursday
Ceramics
Students will make various functional and sculptural objects while learning about the different stages of clay. After bisque firing, students can choose between food-safe glazes and acrylic paints to apply to the surface of their pieces.
Hacking and Cybersecurity
Have you ever wanted to be a hacker? Or wanted to learn how to code? On the Internet these days, it's important to understand how hackers work, so you can stay safe from them. In this specialty class, you will learn how to “hack” through fun coding (and code-breaking) games. You’ll learn about the three main methods hackers use, hack fake websites we set up, and learn how to stay safe online. Get ready to have fun breaking things!
Improv Adventures: Comedic Characters
Get ready to shake out the nerves and take the stage as a confident and collaborative performer! You’ll meet some quirky characters in this improvisational theatre class as we explore character creation, improv games, and laugh-out-loud unscripted storytelling. The last day of class will culminate in an original performance full of giggles.
Friday
Magic the Gathering
Play cards to summon creatures, cast spells, and battle your classmates! In this class, students will learn the fun, interactive and strategic trading card game Magic: The Gathering. Created by a mathematician, Magic: The Gathering encourages creativity, critical thinking, and social engagement in a fun and unique way.
Chess
Chess-Ed is excited to return to Lab’s Extended Day program to provide this unique, exciting, and dynamic chess instructional program that lifts each student to a level of expertise. Students will enjoy an engaging lesson with supervised time to play with classmates each week. Students will grow their knowledge of the game—from the basics through opening theory, middle-game tactics, and end-game combinations. Students’ vocabulary and math skills will continue to advance.
Enso Shotokan Karate
Our dojo has been bringing the art of Shotokan Karate to Lab for almost 15 years–instilling discipline, confidence, and self-defense skills in young minds. Led by experienced black belt instructors (Sensei Jay, Sensei Alex, and Sensei Vikky). Enso Shotokan Karate offers a safe and inclusive environment where children can learn the fundamental techniques and principles of this traditional martial art. Students will develop strength, agility, and coordination through focused training sessions while enhancing their mental focus and self-awareness. At Enso Shotokan Karate, we embrace the values of respect, perseverance, and integrity, creating a supportive community that encourages personal growth and teamwork. Through our carefully crafted curriculum, students will progress through belt levels, setting and achieving goals while building self-esteem and a sense of accomplishment. Join us at Enso Shotokan Karate and embark on a journey of self-discovery, physical fitness, and martial arts mastery.