EXPLORE@GUS

Soccer Shots has been in partnership with Auxiliary@GUS for 3 seasons now! This introduction to soccer is for two age groups this year! Soccer Shots coaches incorporate the fundamentals of passing, dribbling, and shooting, with the fun of team building games, sportsmanship, and traditional soccer.

• Price: $300 ($250 for GUS students already enrolled in AfterSchool)

• Date: Wednesdsays (8 weeks)

• Age: Grades 1-2

• Facilitator: Soccer Shots

Checkmate! Learn strategy and competition through this interactive enrichment. Students will participate in Chess matches, tournaments, and learning demonstrations. Taught by CheckMate Academy and in its 2nd year partnering with Auxiliary@GUS, each class is designed to increase the knowledge and interest of this thought provoking game.

• Price: $300 ($250 for GUS students already enrolled in AfterSchool)

• Date: Thursdays (8 weeks)

• Age: Grades 1-5

• Facilitator: Checkmate Academy

Soccer Shots has been in partnership with Auxiliary@GUS for 3 seasons now! This introduction to soccer is for two age groups this year! Soccer Shots coaches incorporate the fundamentals of passing, dribbling, and shooting, with the fun of team building games, sportsmanship, and traditional soccer.

• Price: $300 ($250 for GUS students already enrolled in AfterSchool)

• Date: Mondays (8 weeks)

• Age: Pre-K to K

• Facilitator: Soccer Shots

Facilitated by GUS alum and recent college graduate, Angel Deschamps, this 8-week enrichment will allow students to tap into their existing or newfound interest in visual art.  This is an art-intensive enrichment, and artwork produced by students will be showcased in an AfterSchool Art Gallery at the end of the semester.

• Price: $375 ($225 for GUS students already enrolled in AfterSchool)

• Date: Mondays (8 weeks)

• Age: Grades 3-5

• Facilitator: Angel Deschamps, AfterSchool Teacher

Students in grades 3–5 become science adventurers, testing ideas and investigating mysteries through hands-on experiments. Each week brings a new challenge—whether it’s building, mixing, or testing, students will use their curiosity and creativity to uncover how science explains the world around them.

• Price: $300 ($250 for GUS students already enrolled in AfterSchool)

• Date: Tuesdays (8 weeks)

• Age: Grades 3-5

• Facilitator: Jan Malette, Science Coordinator

Students will explore and create through various STEAM activities (Science,Technology, Engineering, Art, & Mathematics). Each week's activities will be based around a new theme. Example themes include: Winter Explorers, Character Favs, Beach Bash, Beautiful Butterflies & Intriguing Insects, and Gardening & Farming, to name a few. Creativities Studios is proud to partner with GUS Auxiliary for the 2nd year!

• Price: $320 ($280 for GUS students already enrolled in AfterSchool)

• Date: Tuesdays (8 weeks)

• Age: Pre-K through Grade 1

• Facilitator: Creativities Studios

Brianna Farina-Stewart, the newest addition to the GUS Faculty as the school’s Art teacher, will engage with students and  encourage creativity through the medium of DigitalArt. This enrichment is for the curious and passionate artist looking to learn, take risk, and expose their imagination and creativity.

• Price: $300 ($250 for GUS students already enrolled in AfterSchool)

• Date: Wednesdays (8 weeks)

• Age: Grades 3-5

• Facilitator: Brianna Farina-Stewart, Art Teacher