Enrichment Clubs - Find out what's happening!

This year, RDASC students are enjoying the chance to take part in a wide variety of very interesting clubs. Take a look at what might be going on at your student’s site:

Alamo
1. Team Alamo Club:
During this Monday thru Thursday club, students receive additional help on unfinished homework and boost their literacy and math skills through staff-led academic games. Staff: Homework Leaders
1. Science Club: Students conduct experiments and complete multi-weekly science projects, such as “gaak”, tye-dye, exploding mentos and wood sketchings. Staff: Samson L.
2. Foods Club: A Friday club with theme-based activities, featuring preparation of 2-3 ingredient meals, excursions and making multicultural “food maps” of San Francisco. Staff: Donna F.
3. Youth Advisory Council: Ongoing leadership development club for 5th graders. Activities include a pen-pal circuit with another RDASC school, construction of a RDASC 09-10 yearbook, and a community service project. Staff: Katie J.
4. Sports Club: Students learn about new sports, engage in teambuilding activities and hold competitive games with parents and other RDASC sites. Staff: Steven C.

George Peabody
1. Comic Book Club: Youth learn the mechanics of comic books, from the plot to the design. Students in the club are now developing characters for their final comic books, to be completed by the end of the school year. Staff: Jose C.P.
2. Cooking Club: Kindergarten and 1st graders take on small cooking projects, such as sushi and smoothies. Staff: Amy L.
3. Science & Art Club: An amalgamation of art and science, students in this club alternate between and connect the two subjects. Current work includes creating stencils for t-shirt designs. Staff: Sean L.
4. Arts &Crafts Club: Students design and create diverse art objects. Staff: Sophia W.
5. Sports Club: Students learn about new sports and the importance of teamwork while competing with other RDASC sites. Staff: Briah L.
6. Youth Advisory Council: Ongoing leadership development club for 5th graders, where students will develop a documentary of their own community service project. Staff: Sarah W.

Argonne
1. Youth Advisory Council: Ongoing leadership development club for 5th graders. Activities include giving fellow students anti-bullying trainings designed to help students combat bullying. Staff: Terrianne G. & Stanley L.
2. Literacy Games & Drama Club: In this club students take part in exciting drama exercises, theater games, fieldtrips and literacy enriching activities, such as jeopardy championships. Staff: Kristina H. 7 Chris C.
3. Cooking & Science Club: Participants in this club receive a small cultural history lesson regarding the food they’re preparing, practice measuring, and will create a recipe book this term. Staff: Jasmine G. & Liliya S.
4. Sports & Travel Club: Students learn about new sports, engage in teambuilding activities and hold competitive games with other RDASC sites and parents. Staff: William Z. & David L.

Lafayette
1. Cooking Club: Students prepare food and create their own cook book for each recipe including key ingredients and cooking vocabulary. Staff: Shirley N., Angel N. & Shana E.
2. Sports Club: Students learn about new sports through drills and practice activities and hold competitive games with other RDASC sites and parents. Staff: Drew T. & Calvin C.
3. Comic Book Club: Students practice reading and plot development as they discover comic books and create their own. Staff: Jarys M. & Ruth G.
4. Youth Advisory Council: Ongoing leadership development club for 5th graders. Activities include a implementing campaign against hunger and visits to middle school sites. Staff: Frank F. & Anthony P.