Enrichment Classes & Music 1:1

Classes happen in October, January, and March, and last for 8 weeks.

Specific dates will be posted soon and in the Week Ahead parent/guardian newsletter, which is emailed weekly on Fridays.

Unfortunately, we can’t accommodate cancellations, changes, or refunds unless we have a student on the waitlist available to fill the spot.

 

Yes, one Enrichment class per session is discounted at the same rate as your discounted tuition.

The overwhelming majority of our classes are taught by SF Day staff and faculty. A few of our programs are run by outside vendors and all of those staff members are fully vaccinated and follow the same COVID protocols as our SF Day team.

• Music lessons are $62 for each 30-minute lesson.
• Your music lesson slot is reserved until the end of the school year.
• One lesson may be missed free of charge.
• One month's notice is required for discontinuation of lessons. Please email Nicole Lane for cancellations.
• Once you sign up for a music lesson your slot is reserved until the end of the school year. We understand that schedules and interests can change so please email Nicole Lane and Kittie Krivacic if changes need to be made.

Enrichment Classes: Spring 2022

 

Monday

 

CLAY

Grade: Kindergarten

Time: 2:45-3:45 pm

Capacity: Maximum 10 students

Price: $400

Teaching artist: Danielle Hoang

 

CLAY

Grade: 1st - 5th

Time: 4:00-5:00 PM

Capacity: Maximum 12 students

Price: $400

Teaching Artist: Danielle Hoang

Let’s play in clay!  New and experienced clay workers are welcomed in this immersive, fun, and inclusive after-school ceramics class. Students will learn hand-building and glazing techniques that they will use to create a variety of functional and sculptural ceramic art pieces.  In addition to hands-on clay making each class, they will be introduced to ceramics traditions from around the world as well as influential ceramic artists past and present. Each student will come home with fired pieces that they are proud of and will enjoy for years to come.  Our instructor, Danielle Hoang, creates a warm welcoming space and designs age-appropriate yet challenging lessons that will build each student’s creative confidence and fuel their unique artistic voice.

 

WOODWORKING

Grade: 2nd - 5th Grade

Time: 4:00-5:00 pm

Capacity: Maximum 10 students

Price: $400

Teaching Artist: Bill Bocheff

Hammer, hammer, saw, saw, bang bang! Learn the basics of woodworking so you can design and build fantastic forms for function and fun.  Mr. Bill comes to us from Town School's woodworking department and has been teaching in after school arts for many years. Bill has helped students build just about anything imaginable over his many years as a woodworking teacher. Students will construct with tools, wood, and found objects while developing woodworking skills and expanding their imaginations. Bill stresses safety and design as the foundation of creative woodworking but loves those wood projects that move and groove. This class is ideal for woodworkers of all genders and skill levels.

 

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Tuesday

 

CREATIVE MOVEMENT

Grade: Kindergarten 

Time: 2:30-3:30 pm

Capacity: Maximum 10 students

Price: $400

Teacher: Kittie Krivacic

Come explore movement & dance with Ms. Kittie! This is a positive, fun, and nurturing environment where students will have the opportunity to express themselves creatively and cultivate a love for movement & dance. Students will also develop their physical coordination, self-confidence, musicality, and focus through this structured dance class. 

 

BEGINNING SPIKE PRIME LEGO ROBOTICS

Grade: Kindergarten - 2nd

Time: 3:45-4:45 pm

Capacity: Maximum 12 students

Price: $425

Teacher: Davina Vera 

Join Ms. Vera in the innovation lab to play with and learn about robotics! In this hands-on class, students will focus on problem solving and collaboration while using the Lego spike prime kits. We will also learn how & why robotics are applied around the world today.
 

MAKER LAB

Grade: 2nd - 6th

Time: 3:30-4:30 pm

Capacity: Maximum 14 students

Price: $425

Teacher: Lauren Combs

Ms. Combs is excited to host students in the Innovation Lab for this enrichment session! Make Lab is a space for students who like hands-on activities. Each class, students will be able to: 

• Explore independent projects 
• Navigate self paced coding programs 
• Explore new ways of art making 
• Design 3D printed objects 
• Learn how to tinker with purpose 
• Complete collaborative engineering challenges 

 

Doodle Lounge

Grade: 2nd - 5th

Time: 3:45-4:45 pm

Capacity: Maximum 12 students

Price: $400

Teaching Artist: Kelsey Westphal

Come hang out in the doodle lounge, a freestyle drawing and cartooning class with Kelsey Westphal. No experience required! Enthusiasm is a must. Experiment with color, line and narrative at your own pace. Come with no ideas or come with 20; prompts and tips will be provided, but not mandatory. Learn to trust your hand and eye to find and develop your own drawing style! 

 

 

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Wednesday

 

HIGGINS TENNIS

Grade: Kindergarten

Time: 2:45-3:45 pm

Capacity: Minimum 4/Maximum 8

Price: $380

 

HIGGINS TENNIS

Grade: 1st-3rd Grade

Time: 3:45-4:45 pm

Capacity: Minimum 4/Maximum 8

Price: $380 

 

Higgins Tennis is returning this spring for their 7th year at SF Day! They will set up a mini-tennis court and use a slightly larger, slow-bouncing ball that makes it easy to rally and play. Children learn through cooperative games and creative play and enjoy such games as: "Feed the Monkeys", "Skyball", & "Castle". Lessons emphasize learning in a playful environment.  All Children earn Medals!!  Children earn medals by demonstrating their stroke and playing skills. Just like belts in Karate, every time a child earns a Medal it builds their confidence and self-esteem.

 

 

SPIKE PRIME LEGO ROBOTICS

Grade: 2nd-3rd

Time: 3:45-4:45 pm

Capacity: Maximum 12 students

Price: $425

Teacher: Davina Vera

Join Ms. Vera in the innovation lab to play with and learn about robotics! In this hands-on class, students collaborate to strengthen their coding & engineering skills while using the Lego spike prime kits. We will also learn how & why robotics are applied around the world today.

 

GROW, PICK, EAT

Grade: 2nd-5th

Time: 3:30-4:30 pm

Capacity: Maximum 12 students

Price: $425

Teacher: Eleanor Coffelt 

Join Ms. Coffelt for this outdoor class in our new rooftop garden space! We will plant and eat what we grow, while learning to weed, compost, and take care of a garden. We will make salads and dressing from herbs and edible flowers and learn to cook simple dishes on a camp stove. 

 

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Thursday

 

ADVANCED SPIKE PRIME LEGO ROBOTICS

Grade: 4th 

Time: 3:45-4:45 pm

Capacity: Maximum 12 students

Price: $425

Teacher: Davina Vera

Join Ms. Vera in the innovation lab to play with and learn about robotics! In this hands-on class, students collaborate to strengthen their coding & engineering skills while using the Lego spike prime kits. We will also learn how & why robotics are applied around the world today.

 

DRAWING

Grade: 1st - 4th

Time: 3:45-4:45 pm

Capacity: Maximum 12 students

Price: $400

Teaching Artist: Jake Chamberlain 

So you want to be great at drawing? Drawing “hang out” with artist Jake Chamberlain! This after-school art class is designed to help you discover the secrets and shortcuts to better drawing habits. Mr. Chamberlain makes drawing fun with games and a chance to explore many different drawing tools. This class helps students illustrate their creative thinking and ability to draw what they see. Bring your imagination and inspiration as Jake leads you through drawing experiences and challenges. Jake is an art educator who comes to us from Terra MarinSchool where he teaches K-8 art.

Jake has an MFA in Film from Stanford and a passion for drawing and surfing.

 

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Friday

 

Chess with Mr. Khoi

Grade: Kindergarten

Time: 2:45-3:45 pm

Capacity: Maximum 14 students

Price: $400

Teacher: Khoi

 

Chess with Mr. Khoi

Grade: 1st – 2nd

Time: 3:45-4:45 pm

Capacity: Maximum 14 students

Price: $400

 

Join Mr. Khoi for tons of engaging chess lessons & exciting games. You'll improve your chess skills, meet new friends, and work out your most powerful muscle - your brain! Classes suit children of all skill levels; from beginner to checkmate artist. Students will build upon their knowledge through lessons, variation games, and more!

 

PHOTOGRAPHY

Grade: 4th - 8th

Time: 3:45-4:45 pm

Capacity: Maximum 12 students

Price: $400

Self expression never goes out of style! What better way to share your world than through your own lens? Learn the basics of photography and photo editing to create and share your story! In addition to discovering the basics of photography such as light, subject, and composition, you will develop the art of storytelling and self expression. By course's end, each student will have a personal portfolio of gallery worthy art!

 

UPPER SCHOOL LEGO ROBOTICS

Grade: 5th - 8th

Time: 3:45-4:45 pm

Capacity: Maximum 12 students

Price: $425

Teacher: Davina Vera

Join Ms. Vera in the innovation lab to play with and learn about robotics! In this hands-on class, students collaborate to strengthen their coding & engineering skills while using the Lego spike prime kits. We will also learn how & why robotics are applied around the world today.

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Music Lessons

 

Individual music lessons at SF Day are offered to our students in person in 30-minute increments at $62/lesson.  We are excited that these lessons are returning to in-person instruction.  All of our staff and teachers are fully vaccinated.  

 

We unfortunately have a limited number of time slots available for students so we are limiting lessons to one per student   If all of our spaces are full, our instructors may be available to teach lessons via Zoom as they did last school year until an in-person space becomes available.  We are not able to help facilitate these Zoom lessons while students are on campus at SF Day.

 

Brian Fruechtenicht

Piano & Drum Lessons - All ages

Brian is excited to return to campus to offer beginner piano lessons as well as drum lessons to our students at SF Day.  Brian has years of experience teaching our students at SF Day and is an accomplished musician as well.

 

Lindsey Boullt

Guitar Lessons - All ages

Lindsey Boullt has been teaching at SF Day for years as both an individual guitar teacher and helping upper school students form their own rock band.  Lindsey has years of experience in teaching older and younger students and is excited to return to teaching in person at SF Day.  
 

Ayden Bradley

Age groups: 2nd Grade+ 

Drums & Percussion (Drumset, Orff mallets, Latin Percussion)

Music Tech/Music Production - Garage Band (DAW's)

Beginning Piano

Ayden has performed, adjudicated, and taught drums and percussion for over 12 years. After participating in his local drumline and drum corps, he carried his passion on to higher education receiving a BA in Percussion Performance at San Francisco State University and a Masters in Music Performance and Music Education at Teachers College, Columbia University. Ayden currently provides percussion clinics throughout the Bay Area and is an applied lesson instructor at Teachers College, Columbia University.