COME CREATE AND PLAY WITH US!
Friends • Fun • Moving • Creating
COME CREATE AND PLAY WITH US!
Friends • Fun • Moving • Creating
Welcome to Trailside After School
We plan daily after school activities to engage kids in STEM, arts, movement, and more!
Trailside Afterschool is an enrichment program created and operated by Vineyard Launchpad, a new non-profit who's mission is to bring enrichment and educational opportunities to youth in Vineyard. The staff at Trailside are excited for this extra resource to serve our youth.
This program is our first inaugural program. We are busy preparing to bring this wonderful vision of after school enrichment to your children's lives.
There are many flexible ways to participate. See below!
Bell rings 2:15 - 3:15
POWER SNACK & UNWIND - 2:15-2:45 (30m)
After school, we provide a high protein, fueling snack to power them up for the rest of the time, followed by their choice of unwind activities from calm to active as each child is different in they way to prefer to unwind. Activities are supervised by caring leaders, who look for opportunities to facilitate friendships.
MENTOR KIDS 2:45-3:15 (30m)
Mentor Kids is our series of mini life skills workshops that help kids cultivate their life skills such as teamwork, leadership, storytelling, public speaking, entrepreneurship, financial literacy, emergency response, relationship building & socialization, grit & hard work, and much more.
Each child is assigned a leader-mentor (like a camp counselor), who are invested in your child’s well-being. They get to know each child’s interests and celebrate their positives to help them feel seen and supported by a caring adult. Although short, these mini workshops can have a big impact in creating a can-do resilient mindset. Our leaders are here to help encourage, guide, celebrate, and teach mindset tools and life skills.
And not to worry, these are engaging workshops, not rote lectures!
OPTIONAL ACADEMIC SUPPORT 2:30 - 3:15
Kids who would benefit from academic tutoring or homework time can go visit the academic support team during this time. Leaders will work with parents and kids to determine if this is a desired service.
2:50 - 3:15 (Option for Music Kids)
Trailside Choir, Orchestra, Student Council - 2:15-2:50/3:00
The Trailside music teacher Mrs Steggell offers after school orchestra and choir. These offerings are provided through Trailside for Trailside students. The Trailside student council also meets after school. For these students who would like to participate in activities club, we offer this transition option for so kids may get a snack and come to activities club right afterwards.
POWER SNACK - 2:50/3:00 - 3:15
Here we take attendance and provide a high protein, fueling snack to power them up for the next activity and a moment to unwind before the activities club begins at 3:15.
3:15 - 4:30 - Activities Clubs
"It's like going to summer camp after school!"
Activity clubs are thoughtfully planned after school groups that will be led by top quality leaders and skilled instructors. Activities are designed to provide meaningful opportunities for kids to move, learn, create, connect, and grow. It’s like going to summer camp afterschool!
Kids have an active voice and influence in the type activities we do. We strive to introduce kids to new experiences while creating opportunity to explore their interests.
Mondays and Wednesdays
HEALTH IN MOTION Activity Club
This activity lab is meant to get your kids moving and teach principles of caring for our bodies, understanding our physiology, and having fun being active! We will rotate through speciality classes geared to introducing kids to new modes of physical movement such as yoga, dance aerobics, karate, intro tumbling, agility fun, etc
Activity Examples:
- Active Group Games
- Fitness Challenges
- Healthly Living Lessons
- Dance Aerobics
- Agility Training
- Karate/Self Defense
- Yoga, breathwork
- Tumbling
- and more.
Tuesdays and Thursdays
MAKERS & CREATORS Activity Club
This activity lab is geared to help your kids learn to be creators, innovators, and builders, those who will shape our future. We teach various mediums to create with, express ideas, and understand the fundamentals of creating, critical thinking, problem solving, making and building skills, teamwork, and individual expression. Kids will have a choice between 2-3 activities each day based on their interests.
Activity Examples:
- Art projects
- Constructing
- Experimenting
- Building
- Creating
- and more.
Fridays
GUESTS AND SPECIALITIES
Additional interests-based clubs on Fridays such as strategic board/card games, theatre, life skills, gardening, Baking, niche interests, guest entertainers etc. Driven by the interests of the kids and parents.
Activity Examples:
- Chess and board games
- Robotics
- Legos
- Magic Tricks
- Cooking
- Cultural immersion
- Guest entertainer
- and more.