After School Programs at Wilkes Elementary

Classes at Wilkes Elementary

We are ecstatic to be offering after-school programs at Wilkes Elementary for early release Mondays this winter and spring! Each month is focused on a new topic and classes run until just after school is normally out!

animal tracking activities for kids

Animal Tracking

9/9-9/29 M | 12:50-2:30 | $100
Students will learn about form, function, identification, and storytelling in this natural science class.

Raising tadpoles science project

Water Works

10/7-10/28 M | 12:50-2:30 | $105
Learn about water as we create custom filters, learn about solar distillation, and build our own salt water robots! 

Engineering Challenges - Environmental Edition

11/4-11/25 M | 12:50-2:30 | $75 (no class on Veteran's day)
Put on your engineering hat in this environmental challenges class as we build secure landfills, clean up oil spills, and create an invasive species trap!

Animal Dissection

12/2-12/16 M | 12:50-2:30 | $75 
Discover the world of how things work in our animal dissection class! We will start with flowers and plants, move to owl pellets as we try to identify bone fragments, and finish with a worm! 

Tinkerlab - Game Editon

1/6-1/27 M | 12:50-2:30 | $75 (no class MLK day)
Discover the world of how things work in our animal dissection class! We will start with flowers and plants, move to owl pellets as we try to identify bone fragments, and finish with a worm! 

creating a giant catapult with slingshot elastic

Projectile Motion

2/3-2/24 M | 12:50-2:30 | $75 (no class during midwinter break - check out our camp)
Get ready to launch as we build slingshots, catapults, and cork shooters!

Hydraulics

3/2-3/23 M | 12:50-2:30 | $100 
Learn how to create movement using liquid and syringes! From elevators to drawbridges this class will combine physics with the art of Making!

Smart Garden

3/30-4/27 M | 12:50-2:30 | $105 (no class during spring break) 
Get your garden started early as we mold our own water pumping clay pots and layer our own compost!

Spy science

5/4-5/18 M | 12:50-2:30 | $75 (no class during spring break) 
Learn the art of spycraft as we create ciphers, write in code, practice our memory skills and more!

Start planning for 2019-2020 with our After School Science Classes at Wilkes Elementary on Bainbridge Island!

Check out our summer camp selections for 2019