After School Academy
Curricular Clubs
- Garden
- Stop Motion
- Creative Mixer Club
- Karate with Sensei’s School of Martial Arts
- Karate with Sensei’s School of Martial Arts
Garden
Stop Motion
Sponsor/Advisor: Sarah Miller sixpixelsstudios.com
Meetings: Monday
Grade Level: 3-5
Fee: $195 (Aug to Dec)
Club Description: Six Pixels' Stop Motion Animation course helps students develop patience and persistence, while learning how to carefully plan their projects, manage their time, and execute their ideas. As with our Moviemaking program, Stop Motion students create stories, develop characters, implement the process of studious and carefully controlled movements, and practice camera and editing skills - all wrapped up in short stop motion animation. All materials and supplies are included but students may bring in their own props if desired for specific stop motion projects.
Contact Information: sixpixelsstudios.com
Creative Mixer Club
Club Description: Six Pixels' Creative Mixer course blends moviemaking with a creative mixer of other camera techniques, including documentary interviewing, YouTube studio production, stop motion animation, photography, special effects, and editing, so students can try their hands at a variety of visual arts experiences. Moviemaking will focus on storytelling, directing, operating camera, lighting, sound, and working together as a team, as students learn how to make their own short films. Stop Motion teaches students how to create characters and stories, through studious and carefully controlled movements that develop camera and editing skills. YouTube production focuses on internet safety, how to build a channel, become an influencer, and create a brand. Photography projects allow students to dive deeper into storytelling through a camera lens, exploring composition, direction, staging, lighting and learning skills that they’ll use way beyond the classroom.
Grade Level: K-2
Club Meeting Days: Thursday
Club Advisors Name: Sarah Miller
Club Requirement: N/A
Club Fee: $240 (Aug to Dec)
Contact Information: sixpixelsstudios.com
Karate with Sensei’s School of Martial Arts
Club Description: Our mission is to inspire, motivate, and develop students with precision and accuracy while maintaining a fun and safe environment for all ages. Self Defense techniques are included as well as how to minimize any situation involving a “bully”. If interested, each participant will have the opportunity to transition into our evening Martial Arts classes at the main facility.
Grade Level: K-5
Club Meeting Days: Monday
Club Advisors Name: Sensei Gilder
Club Requirement: Must complete an additional waiver
Club Fee: $175
Contact Information: senseisschoolofma@gmail.com
Karate with Sensei’s School of Martial Arts
Club Description: Our mission is to inspire, motivate, and develop students with precision and accuracy while maintaining a fun and safe environment for all ages. Self Defense techniques are included as well as how to minimize any situation involving a “bully”. If interested, each participant will have the opportunity to transition into our evening Martial Arts classes at the main facility.
Grade Level: K-5
Club Meeting Days: Thursday
Club Advisors Name: Sensei Gilder
Club Requirement: Must complete an additional waiver
Club Fee: $175
Contact Information: senseisschoolofma@gmail.com
Academic Competitions
Drone
Drone
Sponsor/Advisor: Ms. Dillon
Meetings: TBA
Grade Level: TBA
Fee TBA
Purpose: HPS-wide/ Regional Competition - Presented in partnership with FTW Robotics and Rice University, HPS Drone Race is the perfect event offering elementary, middle school and high school students an opportunity to get hands-on experience in STEM education in the form of an affordable, fast-paced game. Students will learn to safely operate a drone, work as a team, and research workforce applications of aerial robotic technology; all while having a blast!
VEX Robotics
Vex Robotics
Sponsor/Advisor: Mr. Santos
Meetings: TBA
Grade Level: TBA
Fee TBA
Purpose: VEX Robotics is a robotics program for elementary through university students, and a subset of Innovation First International. The VEX Robotics competitions and programs are managed by the Robotics Education and Competition Foundation (REC). In April 2018, VEX Robotics Competition was named the largest robotics competition in the world by Guinness World Records.
Science Olympiad
Science Olympiad
Sponsor/Advisor: Mr. Santos
Meetings: TBA
Grade Level: TBA
Fee TBA
Purpose: Science Olympiad is an American team competition in which students compete in 23 events pertaining to various scientific disciplines, including earth science, biology, chemistry, physics, and engineering. Over 7,800 middle school and high school teams from 50 U.S. states compete each year. U.S. territories do not compete; however, since 2012 high school teams from Japan have competed at the national tournament as unranked guests.
Math Olympiad
Name That Book
Sponsor/Advisor: TBA
Meetings: TBA
Grade Level: 4-5
Fee TBA
Purpose: Mathematical Olympiads for Elementary is a worldwide math competition, organized by a not for profit foundation with the same name. It is held yearly from November through March with one test administered each month. Tests are given at individual schools and results are sent to MOEMS for scoring. [1] Two dozen other nations also participate in the competition. There are two divisions, Elementary and Middle School. Elementary level problems are for grades 4-6 and Middle School level problems are for grades 7-8, though 4-6 graders may participate in Middle School problems. Hundreds of thousands of students participate annually in MOEMS events.
Spelling Bee
Spelling Bee
Sponsor/Advisor: TBA
Meetings: TBA
Grade Level: TBA
Fee TBA
Purpose: A spelling bee is a competition in which contestants are asked to spell a broad selection of words, usually with a varying degree of difficulty. To compete, contestants must memorize the spellings of words as written in dictionaries, and recite them accordingly.
Athletics
Mentoring & Organizations
National Elementary Honor Society
NEHS
Sponsor/Advisor: TBA
Meetings: TBA
Grade Level: TBA
Fee TBA
Purpose: The National Elementary Honor Society (NEHS) was established in 2008 by the National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP) in partnership with the National Association of Elementary School Principals (NAESP). NEHS recognizes students in both public and nonpublic elementary schools for their outstanding academic achievement and demonstrated personal responsibility. Through NEHS, students provide meaningful service to the school and community and develop essential leadership skills. NEHS supports these purposes by strengthening the lives of our nation’s elementary students and the schools in which they are enrolled.