Before/After School Programs
Before/After School Programs
Our supplemental programs are developed in conjunction with the Crocker/Riverside administration, staff, and our community of professionals. We also have a broad selection of after-school programs to extend the learning day. Below are highlights of some of our programs.
4th R – Before/After School Care
Open 7 a.m. – 6 p.m. M-F,
year-round. The 4th “R” operates during summer, winter, and
spring breaks. Closed holidays and staff training days.
Backyard Art Academy
The Backyard Art Academy offers after
school art lessons to interested students in grades 2-6.
Chess Club
U.S. Chess Mates has been teaching chess in Northern
California for 16 years and brings
chess instruction to Crocker/Riverside.
Choir Community
Join the Crocker/Riverside School Choir for another fabulous choir session. Students learn vocal technique, including proper breathing, voice production and diction, while singing fun songs which will be performed at two concerts.
Debate Cubs
Who: 5th and 6th graders
When: Wednesdays: 3:15 – 4:30 p.m.
Where: Miss Smith’s classroom, Rm 8
Contact: Kinsey Smith
Doodle Bugs
Who: Kinder – 1st Grade
When: Tuesdays: 3:15 – 4:15 p.m.
Where: Miss Coffing’s classroom, Rm 14
Contact: Janette Coffing
Early Engineers
The Early Engineers program exposes kids to topics like velocity, momentum and bioluminescence, alongside a familiar friend, the Lego brick. That way, when they go off to Junior High and High School, they will be more comfortable and willing to raise their hand when these topics come up. Familiarity now, will lead to the confidence to engage later.
Firefly Art
The Firefly Art program teaches
drawing skills with a variety of art media while also
teaching children life skills. “Mistakes” are embraced as part of
life, and we learn to move through those mistakes, and beyond
them. We want our students to be able to draw as a secondary
means of communication, to relish in the creative process, and to
also learn how to design creative solutions when we make
“mistakes”.
Honey Code (Beginning Coding)
HoneyCode aims to bring more computer
science into our community, while teaching students the basics of
coding from a young age. These practices have shown to improve
cognition and critical reasoning skills across all aspects of a
child’s education.
Mad Science
In Mad Science, children engage in
exciting hands-on activities, watch spectacular demonstrations,
participate in inquiry-based discussions and bring home
make-and-take projects they have made themselves! Model rockets,
periscopes, Mad Science putty, and more!
Ninja Pandas (Advanced Coding)
This course leads 4th-6th graders
through the adventure of game design. Each session focuses on a
different type of game, so students can keep taking the course
and building upon their skills. Students will build upon their
basic computers skills, will learn to use and track variables,
create functions and use conditionals. Students will work with
digital and traditional art styles.
Orchestra
Crocker/Riverside has two orchestras – open to 4th- 6th grade students.
Beginning Orchestra
students will be able to choose violin, viola, or cello. Meets
Wednesdays and Fridays in the library at 7:50 AM. Begins
September 27, 2017.
- Continuing Orchestra is open both to students who have played in our orchestra before and to students who started with a private teacher or a program in another school. Meets Tuesdays and Thursdays in the library at 7:50 AM. Begins September 26, 2017.
Running Club
The Crocker/Riverside Running Club is an after-school activity
run by parent volunteers who want to instill a love of running
and movement in our kids so they become life-long athletes. We
focus on running form, pacing, and agility while making it a
fun/fitness activity. The Fall Running club focuses on building
distance and ending in the CIM MaraFunRun. The Spring Running
club focuses on agility and form and ends with our infamous
Crooked Mile Obstacle course run.
Young Actors Stage
Young Actors Stage is a studio dedicated
to bringing a love and appreciation of the performing arts to our
students. Students will build self-esteem, imagination, and
self-awareness that will benefit them in many areas throughout
their lives.