After School Clubs
Offered by School District of the Chathams
The Lafayette PTO will also be hosting After School Enrichments. This information will be coming out toward the end of October.
Broadcasting Club
Fall Session: Grade 5
Spring Training: Grade 4
Grade 5 students, do you want to help share the school news? Learn to create and narrate LAFAYETTE LIVE which is our daily video broadcast. Due to the high volume of student interest, we will be working with Grade 5 until spring using a lottery system to select students.
Grade 4 students, sign up if you'd like a "taste" of how the club works. We will meet for 2 sessions in the late spring and be trained by the graduating 5th graders. Please look for email confirmation if you are selected!
Time: 8:00 am Wednesdays - Rotating schedule
- Grade 5 (students may be put in teams depending on the interest)
- Spring dates for April and May will be sent at a later date to interested 4th graders.
Location: LMC
Supervisors: Jen Cifrodella and Caitlyn Emrich
Environmental Club
The Lafayette Environmental Club is an activities-based after-school club that will help students grow in their awareness of environmental concerns and how they can help protect their surroundings. Club participants will have fun exploring the habitat of our school property, our school garden, recycling, composting, litter-less lunches, energy consumption, and conservation, and fun things to do with our trash!
Time: 3:15 – 4:30 p.m.
Dates: September 26th, October 10th, October 24th, November 14th, November 21st, January 16th, January 30th, February 6, February 20th, March 5th, March 26th, April 16th, April 23rd, April 30th, May 7th, May 14th, May 28th.
Location: Room 24
Supervisors: Shay Coleman and Ann Worden
Mock Trial
While learning about legal concepts and persuasive arguments, teams will prepare and present "pretend" trials from the perspectives of both the prosecution and the defense. Students will be challenged to think and work independently and collaboratively and will play different roles each week.
Time: 8:00 a.m. (Tuesdays)
Fall Session Dates - October 1, 8, 15, 22, 29; November 5, 12, 19, 26; December 3, 10, 17;
Winter Session Dates - Jan 7, 14, 21, 28, February 4, 11, 25 March 3, 10, 17, 24, and 31
Location: LMC
Club Advisor: Jen Cifrodella
Playwriting
This fun, creative enrichment course affords students the opportunity to express themselves through playwriting. The curriculum for this course is modeled and planned with the Lucy Calkins Writer’s Workshop model at its core. This is the model of writing instruction that the students at Lafayette are taught in ELA. Students will learn and apply playwriting vocabulary including: character, narration, conflict, dialogue, setting, climax, resolution etc. Students will write, revise, peer edit, and teacher conference during the drafting and publishing stages of writing. The course will culminate with a presentation of the plays to the group members.
Time: 8:00 AM
Dates: January 9, 16, 30; February 6, 13, 20; March 5, 19, 26; April 2, 16, 23
Meeting Location: LMC
Club Advisor: Kelly Campbell
Stock Market Game
Build a fundamental understanding of investing while providing students with real-world skills and practice in Math, English Language Arts, Economics, and other subjects while having a blast!
Time: 8:00-8:40AM
Start Date: 10/1, 10/8, 10/15, 10/22, 10/29, 11/5, 11/12, 11/19, 11/26, 12/3, 12/10, 12/17
Location: LMC
Supervisor: Kyle Kermick
Math Olympiad
"Math Ability is not fixed at birth. In order to get better at math, act like someone who loves it." That is precisely what we will seek to do this year during Math Olympiad, foster mathematical ingenuity, and creativity in order to create powerful problem solvers.The Math Olympiad program seeks to create flexible problem solvers through atypical questions that challenge even the greatest thinkers. Students will compete nationwide against other elementary students on five, five-question contests. It is important to note that Math Olympiad contests are CHALLENGING. They require students to solve novel problems in creative and intuitive ways. They are not for the faint of heart. Please only enroll if you are up for the challenge.
Time: 3:20-4:15 pm
Dates: Tuesday Afternoons
- 11/12 and 11/26
- 12/10 and 12/17
- 1/14 and 1/28
- 2/11 and 2/25
- 3/10 and 3/24
Location: Room 16
Supervisor: Katie Hadley