Growing Outdoors at Oak Hills Elementary
Winter Trimester Registration Has CLOSED
Exploratories Begin the Week of 12/2
Winter Trimester Registration Closed November 28th
Winter Trimester Exploratory descriptions are listed below
- Winter Trimester Exploratories will begin on Monday, December 2nd.
- Exploratories will meet – times, depending on the day of the week and the grade level.
- Exploratories take place Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday each week.
- Exploratories are divided into three age groups: Kindergarten, First-Third Grade, and Fourth-Fifth Grade.
- There is an additional $25 “Facility Use Fee” per exploratory. This helps Growing Outdoors pay for the “rent” that OPUSD charges to run our program on campus.
- Registration must be completed and submitted online.
- Any late registrations are at the discretion of the Growing Outdoors Director based on enrollment and staffing. All late registrations will be charged an additional fee of $25 per exploratory.
*Please note that these are the exploratories being offered for the Winter Trimester (December 2 – February 14).
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Kindergarten Exploratories: Winter Trimester
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Hip Hop Dance! – 1:20pm – 2:15pm – Click here to view flier!
Are you ready to ROCK! Learn the basic techniques of dance and how to move to the beat. We promote a healthy lifestyle through fun, physical activity that encourages self-expression through music and movement. This is a performance-based class, designed to help students gain confidence and self-esteem. We teach age-appropriate dance routines to pop music and classics from the past!
Cost: $220 (8 Classes) Class Dates: December 2, 9, 16; January 6, 13, 27; February 3, 10 (No class: December 23, 30; January 20)
Playground Plus! – 1:20pm – 2:15pm – Click here to view flier!
Playground Plus is the ultimate playground experience for kindergarten students. Each week, our games will focus on a different skill like strategy, creativity, teamwork, or sportsmanship, just to name a few. So come join us after school to play some games, make new friends, and have lots of fun!
Cost: $200 (9 Classes) Class Dates: December 3, 10, 17; January 7, 14, 21, 28; February 4, 11 (No class: December 24, 31)
Adventures in Watercolor! – 1:20pm – 2:15pm – Click here to view flier!
Here’s where you learn how to draw and paint! In this class, students learn the basics of painting pictures – from shadows, shapes, and colors to portraits, landscapes, and comics. Kids will end this program with new skills, greater confidence, and visual and creative thinking skills that will last a lifetime. All levels of experience are welcome! The class is taught by local painter Miles Lewis who will guide beginning students through fun fresh projects and happily help more advanced artists to develop the skills for their own picture ideas. All materials are included. Students will have paintings to take home every week.
Cost: $260 (9 Classes) Class Dates: Class Dates: December 5, 12, 19; January 9, 16, 23, 30; February 6, 13 (No Class: December 26; January 2)
1st – 3rd Grade Exploratories: Winter Trimester
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Hip Hop Dance! – 2:40pm – 3:40pm – Click here to view flier
Are you ready to ROCK! Learn the basic techniques of dance and how to move to the beat. We promote a healthy lifestyle through fun, physical activity that encourages self-expression through music and movement. This is a performance-based class, designed to help students gain confidence and self-esteem. We teach age-appropriate dance routines to pop music and classics from the past!
Cost: $215 (8 Classes) Class Dates: December 2, 9, 16; January 6, 13, 27; February 3, 10 (No class: December 23, 30; January 20)
Sports and More! – 2:40pm – 3:40pm – Click here to view flier!
Our class will take your child away from the screens and into the sun. Participants will exercise and have fun while learning fundamental skills of each game, social skills, teamwork, and sportsmanship.
Cost: $235 (9 Classes) Class Dates: December 3, 10, 17; January 7, 14, 21, 28; February 4, 11 (No class: December 24, 31)
Fantastic Gymnastics! – 2:40pm – 3:40pm – Click here to view flier
GroovinKids brings the studio experience right to your child’s school! Our gymnastics program offers a safe and fun environment for your child to learn rolls, bridges, cartwheels, handstands, and more. Our attentive and highly trained coaches know how to challenge and support our students and keep them excited for the next class. Each lesson includes a fun warm up, skill work and circuits, and a gymnastics game and stickers to finish. We hope to see you soon!
Cost: $260 (9 Classes) Class Dates: December 4, 11, 18; January 8, 15, 22, 29; February 5, 12 (No class: December 25; January 1)
Adventures in Watercolor! – 2:40pm – 3:40pm – Click here to view flier!
Here’s where you learn how to draw and paint! In this class, students learn the basics of painting pictures – from shadows, shapes, and colors to portraits, landscapes, and comics. Kids will end this program with new skills, greater confidence, and visual and creative thinking skills that will last a lifetime. All levels of experience are welcome! The class is taught by local painter Miles Lewis who will guide beginning students through fun fresh projects and happily help more advanced artists to develop the skills for their own picture ideas. All materials are included. Students will have paintings to take home every week.
Cost: $255 (9 Classes) Class Dates: December 5, 12, 19; January 9, 16, 23, 30; February 6, 13 (No Class: December 26; January 2)
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Academic Chess! – 2:40pm – 3:40pm – Click here to view flier
We are devoted to promoting the merits of chess among children by using stories, dances, and catchy songs to make the game of chess exciting and easy to understand. Children participating in our program: Develop critical thinking and problem-solving skills; Have better concentration and mental discipline; Gain confidence and have lots of FUN!!! All students in the chess club receive an exclusive Academic Chess workbook, prizes for good sportsmanship and participate in the “BIG TOURNAMENT” on the last day where all kids take home a prize! New and returning students are welcome!
Cost: $245 (9 Classes) Class Dates: December 5, 12, 19; January 9, 16, 23, 30; February 6, 13 (No Class: December 26; January 2)
Kinflow! – 1:15pm – 2:15pm – Click here to watch a KinFlow video!
*This exploratory is open to 1st-5th grade students
KinFlow is a new and engaging mindful team sport that fuses fitness and mindfulness into an immersive sporting experience for all ages, genders, and skill levels alike. As both a sport and learning tool, it is inclusive in nature, promoting healthy competition, mental/physical fitness, and teamwork! For more info on the field disc sport, please visit www.kinflow.com
Cost: $230 (8 Classes) Class Dates: December 6, 13; January 10, 17, 24, 31; February 7, 14 (No class: December 20, 27, January 3)
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Woodworking: Tic-Tac-Toe Box! – 1:15pm – 2:15pm – Click here to view flier!
*This exploratory is open to students in 1st-5th Grade
Tic Tac Toe! Three in a row! Join the Winter Woodworking exploratory as you create this amazing wooden tic tac toe box! The lid is removable so you can keep your precious gems safe and hidden! This unique exploratory offers a hands-on experience that practices important life skills like perseverance, focus, and patience. Our trained instructors will guide you to cut, glue, sand, and more to be able to complete the project using the woodworking skills you learn. At the end of the session, you will add your own touches to make your box unique and special!
Cost: $245 + $45 materials fee (8 Classes) Class Dates: December 6, 13; January 10, 17, 24, 31; February 7, 14 (No class: December 20, 27, January 3)
4th – 5th Grade Exploratories: Winter Trimester
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Creative Writing! – 3:05pm – 4:05pm
Do you dream of being a newspaper reporter one day, or an author or a poet? Are you brimming with ideas for stories – or wish you were? Writing isn’t just for school – it’s also for releasing your imagination and capturing your ultimate dreams. Come join our creative writing workshop and write and share wonderful, magical stories with your friends. Each week has a different focus, including fantasy writing, journalism, science fiction, spooky stories, mysteries, animal adventures and more. Workshops are led by Sabrina Decker, OHES reading interventionist, professional writer, former journalist and puppet-collector. Yes, the puppets will be there for you to use. We will also have notebooks, group reads, a take-home newspaper and a slam poetry reading for our parents.
Cost: $180 (8 Classes) Class Dates: December 2, 9, 16; January 6, 13, 27; February 3, 10 (No class: December 23, 30; January 20)
Sports and More! – 3:05pm – 4:05pm – Click here to view flier!
Our class will take your child away from the screens and into the sun! Participants will exercise and have fun while learning fundamental skills of each game, social skills, teamwork, and sportsmanship.
Cost: $235 (9 Classes) Class Dates: December 3, 10, 17; January 7, 14, 21, 28; February 4, 11 (No class: December 24, 31)
Games & Cards! – 3:05pm – 4:05pm – Click here to view flier
Put your game-playing skills to the test in our Games and Cards Exploratory! Students will have opportunities to play new and familiar games, from classics like Clue and Monopoly to exciting new games to stretch our imaginations. Games are a terrific way for students to develop skills in communication, strategy, teamwork, and much more! We hope you’ll join us for the fun!
Cost: $200 (9 Classes) Class Dates: December 4, 11, 18; January 8, 15, 22, 29; February 5, 12 (No class: December 25; January 1)
Academic Chess! – 3:05pm – 4:05pm – Click here to view flier
We are devoted to promoting the merits of chess among children by using stories, dances, and catchy songs to make the game of chess exciting and easy to understand. Children participating in our program: Develop critical thinking and problem-solving skills; Have better concentration and mental discipline; Gain confidence and have lots of FUN!!! All students in the chess club receive an exclusive Academic Chess workbook, prizes for good sportsmanship and participate in the “BIG TOURNAMENT” on the last day where all kids take home a prize! New and returning students are welcome!
Cost: $245 (9 Classes) Class Dates: December 5, 12, 19; January 9, 16, 23, 30; February 6, 13 (No Class: December 26; January 2)
Woodworking: Tic-Tac-Toe Box! – 1:15pm – 2:15pm – Click here to view flier
*This exploratory is open to students in 1st-5th Grade
Tic Tac Toe! Three in a row! Join the Winter Woodworking exploratory as you create this amazing wooden tic tac toe box! The lid is removable so you can keep your precious gems safe and hidden! This unique exploratory offers a hands-on experience that practices important life skills like perseverance, focus, and patience. Our trained instructors will guide you to cut, glue, sand, and more to be able to complete the project using the woodworking skills you learn. At the end of the session, you will add your own touches to make your box unique and special!
Cost: $245 + $45 materials fee (8 Classes) Class Dates: December 6, 13; January 10, 17, 24, 31; February 7, 14 (No class: December 20, 27, January 3)
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Kinflow! – 1:15pm – 2:15pm – Click here to watch a KinFlow video!
*This exploratory is open to 1st-5th grade students
KinFlow is a new and engaging mindful team sport that fuses fitness and mindfulness into an immersive sporting experience for all ages, genders, and skill levels alike. As both a sport and learning tool, it is inclusive in nature, promoting healthy competition, mental/physical fitness, and teamwork! For more info on the field disc sport, please visit www.kinflow.com
Cost: $230 (8 Classes) Class Dates: December 6, 13; January 10, 17, 24, 31; February 7, 14 (No class: December 20, 27, January 3)
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Why aren’t Transitional Kindergarten (TK) exploratories offered?
What happens on Fridays after school gets out before the exploratories begin?
What happens if my child participates in Club Oak Park?
What is the additional "Facility Use" fee in my registration?
OPUSD charges Growing Outdoors “rent” to provide our programming to Brookside families. These fees are set by the OPUSD school board.
Growing Outdoors has separated this expense from our tuition to help you better understand what your payment is going towards!
What do I do if my child has to miss an exploratory day?
Why does registration close before the first day of each exploratory?
Why are the exploratories divided into trimesters?
Why are the exploratories priced differently?
What does my exploratory tuition pay for?
- We have a Site Coordinator on campus from before the first program begins until the last child is picked up!
- There is a Growing Outdoors Exploratory Leader in each class! Our trained staff person is there to focus on the students’ well-being, while the Vendor or Program Specialist will handle the instruction of the activity.
- We are dedicated to offering the highest quality after-school programs to our families! Each exploratory has a Vendor or Program Specialist who provides specialized and exciting instruction. To make this possible, each has a fee of their own which makes up the bulk of our exploratory pricing.
- Each school district requires use rental fees for all indoor and outdoor exploratory locations. These fees go directly back to your school district!