KC Afterschool is more than just fun and homework! Each week students rotate through different activities that are designed to continue their academic and personal development after the traditional school day is over. Students will participate in activities focused on STEAM, skill building, group games, book club, and more!
Here is this month’s schedule!
* Subject to change
KC Afterschool is more than just fun and homework! Each week students rotate through different activities that are designed to continue their academic and personal development after the traditional school day is over. Students will participate in activities focused on STEAM, skill building, group games, book club, and more!
Here is this month’s schedule!
* Subject to change
KC Afterschool is more than just fun and homework! Each week students rotate through different activities that are designed to continue their academic and personal development after the traditional school day is over. Students will participate in activities focused on STEAM, skill building, group games, book club, and more!
Here is this month’s schedule!
* Subject to change
Ruba Jampa is a Kids Connection 2nd grader who has a passion and mastery for the game of golf. On June 29, 2020, she won 1st place in the 2020 US Kids Golf Northern California State Invitational in the Girls 7 and Under age group. The week prior she won 2nd place in the 2020 US Kids Golf Nevada State Invitational. In October 2019, she took home the US Kids Golf Silver medal and the month prior placed 2nd in her division among a field of 200. Ruba shines on the golf course as a true champion.
Ruba’s love of golf started at home at the early age of three years old. She loved watching golf with her family and listening to stories from her grandfather, a golf enthusiast and skilled golfer himself. She watched golf on tv with her dad who soon after took her to the practice range where she discovered her true love for the sport. She was enrolled in golf lessons a couple years later at the age of five. She quickly progressed to competing in US Kids Golf tournaments by the age of six!
There is nothing more satisfying than a perfect swing and golf shot! Ruba never tires of the sport and it’s not uncommon to find her practicing for 5-6 hours at a stretch. She also trains with a PGA coach twice a week.
Ruba is extremely proud to be part of the KC family. While playing golf, Ruba embodies great sportsmanship, courtesy, a fair but competitive nature, and grace under pressure. She attributes these traits to her extraordinary education and time at Kids Connection.
Ruba hopes that one day she can play golf at a professional level. We look forward to seeing her on the PGA tour!
KC Afterschool is more than just fun and homework! Each week students rotate through different activities that are designed to continue their academic and personal development after the traditional school day is over. Students will participate in activities focused on STEAM, skill building, group games, book club, and more!
Here is this month’s schedule!
* Subject to change
The Kids Connection 2020-2021 School Reopening Plan is based on the Four Pillars for a safe return to school, a framework essential in creating and sustaining the most healthy environment for students and staff to prevent the spread of communicable diseases:
Please review the following documents for details:
This plan is built to be flexible so that we can adapt to the ever-changing guidance and recommendations from the health authorities. As always, our top priority is the safety of our students and families.
KC Afterschool is more than just fun and homework! Each week students rotate through different activities that are designed to continue their academic and personal development after the traditional school day is over. These include STEAM, social-emotional growth, creativity, fitness, environmental studies and much more!
Here are some highlights of this week’s activities:
Self Appreciation (Social-Emotional Learning)
This exercise will focus on self appreciation and help students to identify the best qualities about themselves. They will cut out flowers and write a positive trait on each petal to share with their classmates.
Tissue Paper Flowers (Creativity)
Students will create beautiful tissue paper flowers. This activity will help to develop fine motor skills and promote creativity and innovation in young minds.
Build a Bridge (STEAM)
Students will build a bridge out of straws and marshmallows! Working in teams, students will compete to design and build the tallest architecturally sound bridge. This activity uses engineering skills while focusing on team building and the spirit of competition.
Thankful Rock Painting (Social-Emotional Learning)
Students will decorate rocks with a word which describes a reason they’d like to give thanks. This activity both encourages creativity and teaches the importance of being grateful.
Self Portraits (Social-Emotional Learning)
Students will gain insight about themselves and others by analyzing self portraits. They will get the opportunity to express themselves through art and writing while learning more about their friends.
Pumpkin Pie Playdough (Creativity)
Students will combine regular household items to make pumpkin pie scented playdough. This fun activity ushers in the Thanksgiving holiday and expands young minds by showing them what can be created from common everyday goods.
KC Afterschool is more than just fun and homework! Each week students rotate through different activities that are designed to continue their academic and personal development after the traditional school day is over. These include STEAM, social-emotional growth, creativity, fitness, environmental studies and much more!
Here are some highlights of this week’s activities:
Importance of Hand Washing (Happy, Healthy, and Fit)
Students will learn the importance of proper hand washing and learn about bacteria. They will learn about how germs can enter their system by wiping their eyes, noses, mouths, etc. and how to help prevent this.
Response Activity (Social-Emotional Learning)
How do our reactions impact others? Students will distinguish between acceptable and non acceptable behaviors and about how their actions affect others both at school and in their personal lives. Students will problem solve proper behavioral responses.
Environmental Friday
This month’s Environmental Friday focus is self-sustainability and understanding why we grow gardens. Students will participate in age appropriate activities to understand how gardening impacts health, community, the environment, nature, the economy, and personal development.
Thanksgiving Turkeys (Creativity)
Students will build paper bag turkey puppets to help celebrate the holidays! They will have fun being creative with bags and fall colored construction paper.
True Friend Turtle (Social-Emotional Learning)
What is a true friend? Students will learn what they can do to be the best friend they can be. They will complete a drawing of a turtle and write the traits visible to true friends. This activity will help kids to reflect on what friendship means to them and think about the best ways to treat each other.
Kickball (Health, Happy, and Fit)
Students will learn how to play kickball and how to work together as a team. This activity also helps to reinforce how important it is to incorporate physical activity into their daily routine.
Leaf Pattern Project (Creativity)
Students will combine watercolor and oil pastels to create abstract artwork. Working with different media promotes out of the box thinking and more creative abstract art.
KC Afterschool is more than just fun and homework! Each week students rotate through different activities that are designed to continue their academic and personal development after the traditional school day is over. These include STEAM, social-emotional growth, creativity, fitness, environmental studies and much more!
Here are some highlights of this week’s activities:
Decorating Diyas (Creativity)
Kids will learn about Diwali, the Festival of Lights, by coloring and decorating clay diyas.
Moon Phases (STEAM)
Students will learn about the different phases of the moon and how that relates to the positioning of the Earth, moon, and sun.
Obstacle Course (Healthy, Happy, and Fit)
Students will participate in an outside obstacle course! They will learn how to work in teams to overcome challenges while having fun being fit!
Slime (Creativity)
Students will learn how to make their own unique slime. While slime making is fun, it also teaches how to create new substances by combining ingredients.
Water Cycle (STEAM)
Students will learn about the water cycle by simulating rainfall and learning about how water evaporates from the surface of the earth, rises into the atmosphere, cools and condenses and falls to the surface, and then starts again. The cycling of water in and out of our atmosphere is an important weather pattern to understand.
Rock, Paper, Scissors (Happy, Healthy, and Fit)
This activity will have students combine their motor skills, coordination, and thinking acumen to move through circles while competing in rock, paper, scissors to progress in the game. This shows students that fitness can be both challenging and fun!
Parth Gupta is a Kids Connection 5th grader who has a passion for writing and critical thinking. He combines his creativity and research skills to bring awareness to today’s environmental challenges through his blog series, “The World Around Us.”
Parth started blogging in December, 2015 after a family trip to Pearl Harbor where he was deeply moved while visiting the USS Arizona Memorial. He expressed interest in writing about his experience and soon after, he started to blog about traveling, his interests, and personal opinions.
As an avid supporter of nature, wildlife, and rainforests, Parth was motivated to create awareness about the Amazon fires at the young age of 10. And he doesn’t intend to stop there! He enjoys documentaries, reading, and researching, as well as writing about topics that are close to his heart. He is planning future articles on saving the planet, environment, wildlife, sustainable farming, and more. Parth not only writes about these topics, but he and his friends also actively participate in fundraising to donate to the Rainforest Alliance.
Parth’s family helps to refine his writing and encourages him to pursue his talent. He also enjoys writing and illustrating books for his younger brother, Vivan. He reads daily, regularly visits the library, and keeps his critical thinking and creative writing skills sharp by maintaining his blog.
He credits the strong academic program at Kids Connection, the Creative Writing enrichment classes, and the continued support and guidance he has received from all of his teachers throughout the years as key to developing a strong platform and foundation in which to critically and creatively express his views. Appreciation and motivation from family, friends, and teachers inspires him to go the extra mile.
On his way to his third article, Parth has already explored the Amazon Rainforest Fires and Africa’s Great Green Wall. We look forward to more articles from Parth!
* Parth Gupta’s Blog represents the opinion of Parth Gupta and does not represent the views of Kids Connection.