After-School Activities – Winter Session
2026-2027 Winter Session: December 1 – February 11 from 3:15 – 4:30 pm on school days. Some activities will begin earlier and/or end later than these dates. Take note of these differences for activities that you register for and plan accordingly.
Registration will be open November 1-10 for most activities. Some activities, including the Winter Musical, have a different schedule.
Register for activities offered by DaVinci Academy faculty and staff using the School Store in Infinite Campus. (Instructions for Activity Registration) Activity fees are due at the time of registration. Staff are secured and materials are purchased based on registration numbers and fees collected, which means that refunds and/or exchanges are not typically possible.
If an activity becomes full, it will no longer be available to purchase within the school store. To join the waitlist for an activity, contact Julie Kresh.
Activities offered by community partners will need to be registered for and paid for through them using the links below. Note: Taekwondo is an OFF-SITE activity.
*NOTE: DaVinci Academy DOES NOT offer bus transportation after activities. All children must be picked up from school promptly after their activity has ended.
The application for Educational Benefits is for more than lunches. By completing the application, students may receive reduced fees for activities and other programs. For families who would like to apply for Educational Benefits, the form is now available online through Infinite Campus. Families will need to complete an application for each school year, as they do not carry over from year to year. Paper copies are also available in the school office.
Application for Educational Benefits
Click on the activity title below to get more information!
Board Games Club – Grades K-3 : Mondays – $66
Activity: Board Games Club
Teacher: H. West
Grades: K, 1, 2, 3
Days: Mondays (6 sessions)
Room: 131
Cost: $66
Description: Join us for a fun-filled Board Games Club! We’ll have the chance to play a variety of board games with friends, try out new games, and enjoy some friendly competition. Whether you love strategy games, silly games, or classic favorites, there will be something for everyone. Come play, laugh, and have fun!
Board Games Club – Grades 6-8 : Wednesdays – $99
Activity: Board Games Club
Teacher: C. Foster
Grades: 6, 7, 8
Days: Wednesdays (9 sessions)
Room: 322
Cost: $99
Description: Come play board games with Ms. Foster! We have a variety of board games ranging from Catan to Stardew Valley the Board Game.
Bonus Gym Club – Grades 3-5 : Tuesdays – $88
Activity: Bonus Gym Club
Teacher: N. Hoffmeyer and M. Hansen
Grades: 3, 4, 5
Days: Tuesdays (8 sessions)
Room: DVA East Gymnasium
Cost: $88
Description: Get ready to move, play, laugh, and have a blast! Bonus Gym Club is a chance to spend extra time in the gym playing fun games, trying new activities, and being active with your friends. Each week will bring something different, so come ready to have fun, work together, and show off your best gym skills!
Bracelets Besties – Grades K-5 : Mondays – $66
Activity: Bracelets Besties
Teacher: S. Kelsey
Grades: K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Days: Mondays (6 sessions)
Room: 134
Cost: $66
Description: Get creative, make new friends, and design your own bracelets! Students will make colorful friendship bracelets, explore fun patterns and charms, and enjoy watching fun shows together. It’s the perfect club to get crafty, relax, and make memories with friends!
Bullet Journaling – Grades 4-8 : Wednesdays – $99
Activity: Bullet Journaling
Teacher: S. Sweeney
Grades: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Days: Wednesdays (9 sessions)
Room: 206
Cost: $99
Description: Get creative and organized with Bullet Journaling! In this class, students will learn how to create and personalize their own bullet journal. We’ll explore weekly and monthly layouts, habit and mood trackers, goal-setting pages, doodling, lettering, and other creative ways to make a journal useful and fun. Students can design pages that match their own interests and style, so no two journals will look exactly alike!
Each student will receive their own bullet journal, pens, and markers to use during class and keep at the end of the session! No previous bullet journaling or art experience is needed. Just bring your creativity and get ready to plan, draw, organize, and create something that is completely your own!
Chess Club – Grades 3-6 : Thursdays – $99
Activity: Chess Club
Teacher: H. West
Grades: 3, 4, 5, 6
Days: Thursdays (9 sessions)
Room: 131
Cost: $99
Description: Looking for a fun way to challenge your mind and meet new people? Join Chess Club! Whether you’re a beginner or an experienced player, all students are welcome. Come learn new strategies, play friendly games, and improve your chess skills in a relaxed and welcoming environment.
Clay Creations and Crafts – Grades 3-5 : Mondays – $66
Activity: Clay Creations and Crafts
Teacher: N. Hoffmeyer
Grades: 3, 4, 5
Days: Mondays (6 sessions)
Room: 227
Cost: $66
Description: Get ready to build, create, and have fun with clay! In Clay Creations, you’ll get to use your imagination to design and create all kinds of cool projects. You can build animals, food, characters, decorations, and anything else you can dream up!
Drawing Club – Grades K-3 : Wednesdays – $99
Activity: Drawing Club
Teacher: H. West
Grades: K, 1, 2, 3
Days: Wednesdays (9 sessions)
Room: 131
Cost: $99
Description: Come join us for a fun and creative drawing club! We’ll watch directed drawing videos that guide us step-by-step as we create our own pictures. After drawing, we’ll add color and bring our artwork to life. No drawing experience is needed—just bring your creativity and have fun!
Enchanted Winter Art (Young Rembrandts) – Grades K-5 : Tuesdays – $81
Activity: Enchanted Winter Art
Teacher: Young Rembrandts (community partner)
Grades: K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Days: Tuesdays (5 sessions – January 5, 12, 26, February 2, 9)
Room: 135
Cost: $81
Description: We’re celebrating the New Year in style with an exciting season of Young Rembrandts drawing lessons! They bring out your child’s inner artist while keeping them smiling from ear to ear. Our lessons are designed to sharpen drawing skills while encouraging imagination and creativity. Come laugh, learn, and draw with us!
REGISTER HERE
Fall Celebration (Young Rembrandts) – Grades K-5 : Tuesdays – $70
Activity: Fall Celebration
Teacher: Young Rembrandts (community partner)
Grades: K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Days: Tuesdays (5 sessions – October 20, 27, November 3, 10, 17)
Room: 135
Cost: $70
Description: Ignite your child’s creativity this season with our Fall Celebration session, where we build artistic skills, getting ready for a Winter Break full of exciting new ideas! Beyond the page, every lesson sharpens strategic thinking and self-expression. Whether they are capturing dynamic emotions or mastering new techniques, your child will build confidence in a fun, supportive environment. Give the gift of creativity and create lasting memories.
REGISTER HERE
Fiber Frenzy – Grades 4-8 : Mondays – $66
Activity: Fiber Frenzy
Teacher: V. Arboleda and A. Fuhs
Grades: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Days: Mondays (6 sessions)
Room: 235
Cost: $66
Description: Have you ever wanted to yarn bomb something? Come and have fun with fiber arts! From friendship bracelets to yarn portraits, and a project that will make our community a more colorful place, get ready to get creative with fiber!
Game Zone Club – Grades 1-4 : Tuesdays – $99
Activity: Game Zone Club
Teacher: S. Kelsey
Grades: 1, 2, 3, 4
Days: Tuesdays (9 sessions)
Room: 134
Cost: $99
Description: Get ready to play, build, and challenge your brain! Students will enjoy a variety of fun activities, including board games, digital escape rooms, online games, building challenges, puzzles, and more. Whether you love friendly competition, solving mysteries, or getting creative, Game Zone is the perfect place to have fun, work together, and make new friends!
In My Craft Era – Grades 3-5 : Thursdays – $99
Activity: In My Craft Era
Teacher: A. Proehl and V. LaFollette
Grades: 3, 4, 5
Days: Thursdays (9 sessions)
Room: 229
Cost: $99
Description: Calling all Swifties and creative minds! Students will explore a different Taylor Swift-inspired theme each session through fun, hands-on crafts, art projects, games, and creative challenges. From friendship bracelets and colorful artwork to bejeweled creations and DIY accessories, there will be something new to create in every era. No need to be an expert crafter—or a superfan—just bring your creativity and get ready to have fun!
LEGO Club – Grades K-3 : Tuesdays – $88
Activity: LEGO Club
Teacher: H. West
Grades: K, 1, 2, 3
Days: Tuesdays (8 sessions)
Room: 131
Cost: $88
Description: Join us for a fun and creative LEGO Club! We’ll have time to free build with LEGO bricks, use our imaginations, and create whatever we can dream up. You’ll also get to play, build, and share ideas with friends. Come build, create, and have fun with us!
LEGO Legends – Grades 3-6 : Tuesdays – $88
Activity: LEGO Legends
Teacher: R. McCurnin
Grades: 3, 4, 5, 6
Days: Tuesdays (8 sessions)
Room: 231
Cost: $88
Description: Get ready to build, create, and take on exciting LEGO challenges! Students in grades 3–6 will design everything from cities and vehicles to robots and imaginative worlds while working on creativity, problem-solving, and teamwork. Bring your imagination and let’s build!
Magic: The Gathering Club – Grades 6-8 : Mondays – $66
Activity: Magic: The Gathering Club
Teacher: C. Foster
Grades: 6, 7, 8
Days: Mondays (6 sessions)
Room: 322
Cost: $66
Description: Come play Magic: The Gathering with Ms. Foster! We will play using the Commander format and will visit local game stores for prereleases! No need to have a deck, Ms. Foster has ones that you can borrow.
Marker Masterpieces – Grades 5-8 : Mondays – $99
Activity: Marker Masterpieces
Teacher: J. McCarthy
Grades: 5, 6, 7, 8
Days: Mondays (6 sessions)
Room: 306
Cost: $99
Description: Love to color? Take your coloring skills to the next level with alcohol markers! In this class, students will learn how to blend colors together to create smooth, paint-like effects and make their artwork look more realistic. We’ll practice techniques for creating beautiful sunsets, fluffy clouds, wood grain, brick, grass, leaves, and more!
Students will also learn how to use shadows, highlights, and color blending to add depth and make their artwork really pop. No previous art experience is needed—just bring your creativity and be ready to experiment with color!
Color, create, and learn how to make your artwork look almost like a painting!
Mastering Math – Grades 4-5 : Tuesdays – $88
Activity: Mastering Math
Teacher: L. Sourdif
Grades: 4, 5
Days: Tuesdays (8 sessions)
Room: 211
Cost: $88
Description: Unleash your child’s inner math champion! In this after-school activity, we will build confidence, sharpen critical thinking, and master core concepts by blending interactive problem-solving and real-world challenges. We will be using some Math Masters practice materials to help us along the way.
Multi-Sport Program (i9 Sports) – Grades K-2 : Fridays – $150
Activity: Multi-Sport Program
Teacher: i9 Sports (community partner)
Grades: K, 1, 2
Days: Fridays (8 sessions)
Room: DVA East Gymnasium
Cost: $150
Description: The i9 Multi-Sport Program provides an organized, entertaining, and educational introductory sports experience. This program will include 4 weeks of soccer and 4 weeks of flag football. We believe youth sports should be about more than skills and scores. While teaching kids to play the sport is important, we also develop character by teaching sportsmanship values and celebrating players who demonstrate these values.
Piano 101 (Bach to Rock) – Grades 3-5 : Wednesdays – $135
Activity: Piano 101
Teacher: Bach to Rock (community partner)
Grades: 3, 4, 5
Days: Wednesdays (9 sessions)
Room:
Cost: $135
Description: No experience or piano is necessary. Piano 101 will focus on the group aspect of Piano performance and takes the student through the basics of their instrument, learning songs, music theory, and having fun.
Puzzle Posse – Grades 5-8 : Thursdays – $99
Activity: Puzzle Posse
Teacher: K. Burken
Grades: 5, 6, 7, 8
Days: Thursdays (9 sessions)
Room: 322
Cost: $99
Description: Looking for a relaxing way to unwind after school? Join Puzzle Posse! We’ll work together on jigsaw puzzles, chat with friends, and celebrate finding that perfect piece. Along the way, we’ll mix in fun twists like mini-puzzle races, mystery puzzles, and team challenges! Whether you’re a puzzle pro or just getting started, come make friends and put the pieces together.
Read Aloud Club – Grades K-3 : Fridays – $88
Activity: Read Aloud Club
Teacher: H. West
Grades: K, 1, 2, 3
Days: Fridays (8 sessions)
Room: 131
Cost: $88
Description: Cozy up for a relaxing and fun Read Aloud Club! Bring your favorite stuffy to cuddle with while we listen to exciting audiobooks and enjoy wonderful stories together. After listening, we’ll draw pictures of our favorite characters, scenes, or moments from the stories. Come get comfy, listen, and let your imagination shine!
Recreation Dance Class (Spark School of Music) – Grades K-3 : Thursdays – $180
Activity: Recreation Dance Class
Teacher: Spark School of Music (community partner)
Grades: K, 1, 2, 3
Days: Thursdays (9 sessions)
Room: 160
Cost: $180
Description: No experience or piano is necessary. Piano 101 will focus on the group aspect of Piano performance and takes the student through the basics of their instrument, learning songs, music theory, and having fun.
Soccer Program (i9 Sports) – Grades 3-5 : Mondays – $117
Activity: Soccer Program
Teacher: i9 Sports (community partner)
Grades: 3, 4, 5
Days: Mondays (6 sessions)
Room: DVA East Gymnasium
Cost: $117
Description: The i9 Sports Soccer program provides an organized, entertaining, and educational sports experience. This program will include 6 weeks of soccer. We believe youth sports should be about more than skills and scores. While teaching kids to play the sport is important, we also develop character by teaching sportsmanship values and celebrating players who demonstrate these values.
Taekwondo (Kim’s Taekwondo Center) – Grades K-5 : Mondays and Wednesdays – $125 + $40 uniform
Activity: Taekwondo
Teacher: Kim’s Taekwondo Center (community partner)
Grades: K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Days: Mondays and Wednesdays (15 sessions)
Room: Off-site: Kim’s Taekwondo Center, 1425 129th Ave. NE, Blaine
Cost: $125 + $40 uniform
Description: Children will be transported to Kim’s Taekwondo Center after school and must be picked up there at 4:30 pm.
To register, call Master Aaron Kim at (763) 571-5540
Winter Musical – Grades 2-5 : Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays – $150
Activity: The Grunch Winter Musical
Teacher: A. Marta and B. Maulik
Grades: 2, 3, 4, 5
Days: Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays
Room: DVA Performing Arts Center
Cost: $150
Description: Thank you to you and your student for taking an interest in The Grunch!
We are anticipating a lot of interest and can’t wait to see everyone shine! Due to the size of the stage, we are limited in the number of students we can cast. Casting decisions will be shared by November 2. Audition sign ups will close on Wednesday, October 21st.
Auditioning students may choose and prepare one song and one line from the audition materials. Memorization is not required, but it is appreciated! Copies of the audition materials can be picked up in Mrs. Marta or Mrs. Maulik’s classroom before school.
If cast, rehearsals will be Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday weekly from 3:15-4:30 starting December 1st. Additionally, rehearsals will be every day (M-F) February 1st through February 5th. Community performances are scheduled for Friday, February 5 and Saturday, February 6. Full schedule will be provided upon casting. Students will not be permitted to participate in another activity that conflicts with play rehearsals.
Grades 4-5 auditions are Friday Oct 23, 3:15-4:30 in the PAC
Grades 2-3 auditions are Monday Oct 26, 3:15-4:30 in room 137 (Ms. Maulik’s classroom)
Call Back (By Invitation Only) are Wednesday, Oct 28, 3:15-5:00 in the PAC
The Grunch Winter Musical Flyer
Yearbook Photography Club – Grades 5-8 : Wednesdays – $99
Activity: Yearbook Photography Club
Teacher: T. Rosengren
Grades: 5, 6, 7, 8
Days: Wednesdays (9 sessions)
Room: 210
Cost: $99
Description: Help capture the moments that make DaVinci Academy special! In Yearbook Photography Club, students will practice photography skills, learn what makes a great photo, and help tell our school’s story through pictures of activities, events, and everyday school life. Working together, club members will select meaningful images that celebrate our students and staff and help create a yearbook filled with memories. Bring your creativity, curiosity, and school spirit—no photography experience needed!
Yoga and Mindfulness – Grades 3-5 : Mondays – $66
Activity: Yoga and Mindfulness
Teacher: A. Proehl
Grades: 3, 4, 5
Days: Mondays (6 sessions)
Room: DVA Library and/or Mezzanine
Cost: $66
Description: Ready to stretch, relax, and reset? Join us for a fun yoga session where we’ll try different poses, practice breathing, and get our bodies moving. After yoga, we’ll slow things down with a mindfulness activity designed to help us relax, focus, and recharge. Come ready to move, laugh, breathe, and discover some new ways to take care of your mind and body!
No yoga experience needed—just bring yourself and a willingness to try something new!