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The afternoon

A weekday afternoon

Four parts, in the same order every school day.

School days

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Monday

  • 3:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.

    Arrival and snack

    Charito Belmonte · Fellowship hall

  • 3:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.

    Homework hour

    Junko Hirota · Homework tables

  • 4:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.

    STEM: Bridges and towers

    Yassin Hammoud · Project tables

  • 5:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.

    Games in the hall

    Play · Charito Belmonte · Hall floor

Tuesday

  • 3:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.

    Arrival and snack

    Charito Belmonte · Fellowship hall

  • 3:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.

    Homework hour

    Junko Hirota · Homework tables

  • 4:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.

    STEM: Circuits and light

    Yassin Hammoud · Project tables

  • 5:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.

    Outside time

    Play · Charito Belmonte · Church yard

Wednesday

  • 3:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.

    Arrival and snack

    Charito Belmonte · Fellowship hall

  • 3:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.

    Homework hour

    Junko Hirota · Homework tables

  • 4:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.

    STEM: Ramps and marbles

    Yassin Hammoud · Project tables

  • 5:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.

    Games in the hall

    Play · Charito Belmonte · Hall floor

Thursday

  • 3:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.

    Arrival and snack

    Charito Belmonte · Fellowship hall

  • 3:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.

    Homework hour

    Junko Hirota · Homework tables

  • 4:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.

    STEM: Kitchen science

    Yassin Hammoud · Project tables

  • 5:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.

    Outside time

    Play · Charito Belmonte · Church yard

Friday

  • 3:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.

    Arrival and snack

    Charito Belmonte · Fellowship hall

  • 3:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.

    Homework hour

    Junko Hirota · Homework tables

  • 4:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.

    STEM: Build and share

    Yassin Hammoud · Project tables

  • 5:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.

    Free play

    Charito Belmonte · Hall floor

Sample classes.

On early-dismissal days we open at dismissal and start with snack.

Homework hour

A quiet hour with a helper close by

Children sit at tables by grade. Helpers get everyone started, read directions with the younger group and check in with the older children as they work. The work stays the child's own, and what is not finished goes home in the backpack for you to see.

  • Tables by grade group

  • A helper at every table

  • Unfinished work goes home in the backpack

Two children doing homework at a window table with a helper beside them

STEM project

One build a day, with plain materials

Each afternoon has a project children can finish and take apart again: towers from cardboard, a lit bulb from a battery, a marble run, a kitchen experiment. Friday is for sharing what the week built. Projects start easy and have a harder version for the older group.

  • Monday: bridges and towers

  • Tuesday: circuits and light

  • Wednesday: ramps and marbles

  • Thursday: kitchen science

  • Friday: build and share

Small hands pouring baking soda into a plain beaker for a science experiment on a tray

See it on a school afternoon

Visit the hall when the tables are set and the children are there.