Every family has its own schedule

We know that many families have work and obligations that extend beyond the end of the school day, which is why Triangle Day School offers after-school care and enrichment activities throughout the year.

After School Enrichment
After School Enrichment
After School Enrichment

After-School Program

The After-School Program is designed to provide students with engaging activities and outdoor exploration after the end of the school day.

Offered from 3:00 – 6:00 PM, ASP provides students with:

  • a safe, comfortable, enjoyable experience
  • supported time to complete homework and assignments
  • snacks provided to all participants
  • play-based activities that allow children to interact with their friends and relax after a day of classes

After-School Program care is available to all TDS students throughout the school year on a drop-in basis, or families can choose a contract option for a discounted daily rate. Semester and full-year contracts can range from 2-5 days per week, based on your family’s needs.

Counselor-in-Training Program

Triangle Day School is proud to offer a Counselor-in-Training (CIT) program to enrolled 5th-8th grade students interested in taking on more responsibility and learning important leadership techniques and skills relating to communication, goal setting, teamwork, and problem solving. CIT program members also receive a discounted rate for After-School!

On their assigned days, CIT students join the After-School Program for snack/homework time and then help supervise younger students during organized activities and playtime until 6:00 PM. We count on CIT students to promote a fun and safe atmosphere in After-School!

Clubs & Extracurriculars

In addition to our After-School Program, TDS has expanded our enrichment options for those students interested in extending their learning beyond school hours.

Students enrolled in a club or extracurricular activity meet their instructor directly after school and have time for a snack before their program begins. After the meeting ends, students can be picked up by their family or transition to After-School Program care.

Meetings run from 3:15-4:15 PM and are separated by grade-levels to ensure their activities are age-appropriate and engaging. Most clubs and extracurriculars meet once a week for ten weeks (with exceptions for programs associated with outside organizations), and each semester’s offerings may be different from the last!

2022 Fall Clubs:

Available Grade-level Sections: TK-2nd, 3rd-5th, 6th-8th

This afterschool program is designed to be a fun, age appropriate, hands-on educational journey through the world of art.

Available Grade-level Sections: 3rd-5th
Meets twice a week

The TDS Cheerleading Program strives to support and promote all aspects of the school including athletics, good sportsmanship, academic excellence, school spirit, and student leadership. Students in grades 2-5 may participate as cheerleaders. This group may perform during basketball games, at assemblies, or during major school events (Twister Trot, for example).

Available Grade-level Sections: 2nd-5th

We’ve partnered with Triangle Chess to bring this new program to campus!

Chess gives kids confidence that carries over to many other pursuits. Reading and math skills of children who play chess consistently soar. Their social skills increase substantially with respect to playing fairly, courage facing difficult situations or opponents, and the patience needed for exceptional timing. Troubled youth benefit from chess with increased interest in learning and a reduction of performance distracting outbursts.

Available Grade-level Sections: 2nd-5th

Seeking future growers, foodies, and soil scientists. We will get our hands dirty each week in the 6 garden beds behind the Back Building. Garden club gardeners will get to learn all aspects of how to grow an edible garden. Students will get to dig, plant, water, harvest, and plan the school garden. In addition to working in the garden we may occasionally go on bug hunts and eat our harvest.

Available Grade-level Sections: 3rd-5th

Tornado Robotics is an after school program associated with FIRST® LEGO® League (FLL) for 3rd – 5th grade students. In FLL teams apply science, engineering, and math concepts, plus a big dose of imagination, to develop solutions to real-world challenges. They also design, build, and program LEGO MINDSTORMS®-based robots to perform autonomous “missions” on a playing field. Along the way, they develop critical thinking, team-building, and presentation skills.

Available Grade-level Sections: 3rd-5th

Calling kids who want to help out in the community! This is a great way to be a leader and get involved. We will support lower school teachers and students in their classroom service learning projects as well as create our own.

Available Grade-level Sections: 3rd-5th

A rigorous academic interscholastic competition that consists of a series of different hands-on, interactive, challenging and inquiry-based events that are well-balanced among the various disciplines of biology, earth science, environmental science, chemistry, physics, engineering and technology. Events are designed to enhance and strengthen both science content and process skills. Become an expert in 2-3 events such as: computer science, forensics, pasta bridge building, rocks and minerals, bottle rockets, weather, or ecology.

Available Grade-level Sections: TK/K, 1st/2nd

Get your soccer skills on with age-appropriate drills and games. Our coaches will help you be the best you can be on the field, as you also learn to be a valuable member of a team.

Available Grade-level Sections: 2nd-5th

Ever thought about writing and illustrating your own book? This club is the perfect place to take your creative ideas and turn them into an engaging story you can enjoy and share.

2023 Spring Clubs:

Instructors: Caro Arce & Sandra Galvis-Peña
Grade-levels: TK-1st

Join us as we “travel” the world together. This club will explore a different Spanish country each week, through music, movement, art, literacy, and food. No passport required…just an adventurous spirit.

Instructors: Jodi Hughes or Cindy Lucas
Grade-levels: TK-2nd, 3rd-5th, 6th-8th

This afterschool program is designed to be a fun, age appropriate, hands-on educational journey through the world of art.

Instructors: Bouncing Bulldogs
Grade-levels: 1st-5th

We are excited to welcome the Bouncing Bulldogs jump rope group to the TDS club program. Through fun-filled, challenging activities and learning tasks, students will have the unique opportunity to develop their mind and body. The club will also focus on social, intellectual and emotional development, while emphasizing sportsmanship, leadership, and teamwork.

Instructor: Triangle Chess
Grade-levels: 2nd-5th

We’ve partnered with Triangle Chess to bring this new program to campus!

Chess gives kids confidence that carries over to many other pursuits. Reading and math skills of children who play chess consistently soar. Their social skills increase substantially with respect to playing fairly, courage facing difficult situations or opponents, and the patience needed for exceptional timing. Troubled youth benefit from chess with increased interest in learning and a reduction of performance distracting outbursts.

Instructor: Samantha Lazar
Grade-levels: 5th-8th

Are you an aspiring writer? Join Ms. Lazar’s creative writing club where we will write stories and poetry, workshop ideas and projects, play word games, and inspire each other to become the authors we are meant to be.

Instructor: Rachel Klem
Grade-levels: TK-1st

Each week, our club will read a new story and find a way to dramatize it. Exploring basic theater skills, students will have a blast bringing their favorite storybook characters to life. On the last day, students will share a short presentation with friends and family.

Instructor: Rachel Klem
Grade-levels: 2nd-4th

Using traditional tales from around the world, students will explore different cultures through basic theater skills. The club will also focus on the ideas behind dramatic literature like plot and characters. On the last day, students will share a short presentation with friends and family.

Instructors: Jenny Palmer & Caryn Rosenberg
Grade-levels: TK-K

Wanna play? In this club, our youngest students will explore a wide range of games, some competitive, some non-competitive, but all fun! We will incorporate music and movement within our hour of activities, all while working on important executive functioning skills, sportsmanship, and teamwork.

Instructor: Melissa Perez-Heydrich
Grade-levels: 3rd-8th

This club offers a safe space for girls to explore robotics, an activity which has typically attracted more boys when offered. It will mimic what the robotics club did last semester and in past years but without the stress and pressure of competition.

Instructor: Sergio Camacho
Grade-levels: 7th-8th

The purpose of this club is to teach advanced technical skills and knowledge to maintain, repair and upgrade computers. Students will gain skills in building, buying parts, and configuring computers. We will explore hands-on topics, troubleshooting techniques, PC architectures, disk drives, peripheral cards, memory management, and communication devices.

Instructors: Tiffany Philbeck & Bianca Murphy
Grade-levels: 2nd-5th

Do you love to get your groove on and your wiggles out? We’ll learn a variety of line dances and perform for one another and possibly other members of the TDS community. No prior dance experience required. Our goal is to bring and spread joy through the movement of our bodies. We can’t wait to break it down with you!

Instructor: Jenn Phillips
Grade-levels: K-2nd

Reader’s Theater is the oral presentation of a written work that is performed with two or more people. Memorization is not required because the focus of this form of drama is on READING. This is the perfect club for students who love to perform, but is equally good for those who need encouragement to find their voice and practice reading aloud. The scripts will accommodate a variety of different reading levels and include a wide range of story genres.

Instructor: Silverquicken
Grade-levels: 3rd-5th, 6th-8th

Silverquicken will bring their exciting Solvers Club to TDS this spring. It is designed to be a fun, immersive, collaborative program that challenges students to stretch their brains and work together to solve complex puzzles, games, and challenges.

Questions?

Maria Morrison

After-School Program Director
Maria Morrison
Caryn Rosenberg

Caryn Rosenberg

Clubs & Extracurriculars Coordinator