After-School Activities: Pasadena

Cooking Around the World
Vineyard App Camp
PS/PK
3:45pm–4:45pm
Does your child have a passion for cooking? Are they ready to experience new foods and expand their little palettes? Our students will be engaged while discovering how to prepare delicious international and American dishes safely and skillfully. Our mini chefs will enjoy exploring diverse recipes from Africa, Asia, Europe, and North and South America, while learning food prep tips and tricks they can use throughout their life. During our sessions, your child will play kids’ games from other countries, learn food terms from around the world, and receive simple recipes they can use at home. This course is tailored for younger students and focuses on microwave cooking. Recipes include Italian Lasagna, Ghanaian Fufu Dumplings, Japanese Rice Balls (Onigiri), Mexican Quesadilla and Salsa, American Mug Cake, Chinese Chaofan, and French Fondue

Little Pre Run Club
Coach Jeanne
3rd–5th
3:45pm–4:45pm
Little Pre takes a holistic approach to running, encouraging each child to become in tune with their body, mind, and teammates. Runners are taught proper stretching, running form, breathing, and training/race strategy. Our emphasis is on encouraging each other and attaining personal growth as a runner. We hope that the kids will gain a foundation in running that they can take with them throughout their lives. For more information please contact the Athletic Department at joseph.dennis@lilaschool.com. 

Sewing & Crochet
Vineyard App Camp
K–5th
3:45pm–4:45pm
Unleash Your Creativity with Sewing! Join this exciting Sewing & Crochet class to design and create unique projects. Beginner or experienced, you’ll develop essential sewing skills and unleash your imagination. No experience or special materials needed, we’ll provide everything. Discover various techniques, stitches, and decorative embellishments. Craft stylish garments, accessories, and home decor items. Combine learning with fun and become a sewing enthusiast. Enroll now and explore the exciting possibilities of this timeless craft. Get ready to stitch, create, and unlock endless creativity!

Lights, Camera, Action!
Script School
2nd–5th
3:45pm–4:45pm
Lights, Camera, Action! is a dynamic and engaging club designed to introduce students to the exciting world of acting and filmmaking. Through a blend of interactive workshops, hands-on activities, and practical exercises, students will learn the fundamentals of storytelling, scriptwriting, acting, camera techniques and video editing. Led by experienced instructors, this immersive experience will empower students to unleash their creativity, collaborate with peers, and bring their ideas to life on screen. On the last day of the club, families and friends will be invited into the school for a special screening of all the completed movies on the big screen!

Weird Nature Science
Vineyard App Camp
K–2nd
3:45pm–4:45pm
Have you ever wanted to be a scientist? Or to increase your understanding of the natural world? Well, you’re in luck! In this class, we’ll be learning about physics and the natural world through fun, easy science experiments. We’ll learn about states of matter, the animal and plant kingdoms, and how things we interact with in our everyday lives really work. This is the perfect club if you love science or engineering or just want to get a little messy in afterschool.

Intro to Coding
Coder School
2nd–5th
3:45pm–4:45pm
Do you want to have fun and build your own online game? This class is designed for 3rd to 5th graders with little or no coding experience.  Students will develop their very own computer games in the process. We will keep developing Scratch key fundamentals coding skills developed in Computer Coding 101. Additionally, students will benefit from developing creativity, critical thinking and problem-solving skills, and gain confidence in the process.

Money Adventures
Money Mgmt. 4 Kids
2nd-5th
3:45pm–4:45pm
Taught by the staff of Money Management 4 Kids, this innovative financial literacy program merges learning and play into a journey of financial discovery and empowerment. Kids learn alongside Moo La, our Cash Cow, as she embarks on the ultimate money adventure! Setting out on the road to prosperity to find financial independence, Moo La and friends face challenges that require critical thinking, patience, and focus as they develop an understanding of needs vs. wants, setting money aside, and long-term financial planning. Together, they discover the concept of “Money Energy” and how to use that energy to identify earning opportunities and maximize earning potential. From accounting for their income and making deposits into the Bank of Moo La, to assessing opportunity costs, goal-setting, and creating a spending plan, this fun-filled adventure combines learning, hands-on activities, and real-world experience, teaching kids essential life skills while making learning about money fun!

Expressive Arts/SEL
Mrs. Shizuka
2nd–5th
3:45pm–4:45pm
In this class, we will explore various art processes and materials in drawing, painting, printmaking, collage, weaving, and sculpting. All experience is welcome where the process is more important than the product. Combining social, emotional, and cognitive development principles in the art process, the class encourages the students to express their feelings, learn various points of view, and foster a healthy relationship with themselves and others around them. 

ParkcroNastics!
SODE
K–2nd
3:45pm–4:45pm
Get ready for an epic adventure with SODE ParkroNastics. This action-packed class is perfect for 3rd through 5th graders who love to move. Over the semester, you’ll dive into 5 weeks of thrilling Acro stunts, 5 weeks of awesome parkour skills, and 5 weeks of incredible gymnastics tricks. Each week is packed with fun challenges and cool moves that will keep you excited and energized. Join us and leap, flip, and roll your way to fun and fitness

Basketball
CBCLA
K–2nd
4:00pm–5:00pm
CBCLA’s LILA basketball after school program is run by a former professional basketball player, who will develop student’s abilities to play. In order to do so, they will learn the fundamentals first, the same way people learn it in France like Victor Wembayama. In addition, they will play a variety of games and have so much fun!

Entrepreneurship
Vineyard App Camp
2nd–5th
3:45pm–4:45pm
Have you ever wanted to start your own business or website? In this class for budding entrepreneurs, that’s exactly what you’ll do! You’ll work with a classmate to come up with a simple company idea, taking it as far as it will go before the class ends. You’ll create a business plan, enlist friends and family, and set up everything you need to be a junior entrepreneur: a first email address, a basic app or website, and a presentation. Ultimately, you’ll share your idea with friends and family, work hard to get a first customer, and present all your progress to the whole class. You’ll have a ton of fun and accomplish more than you ever have before! 

Mandarin
Ms. Julia Zhu
K-5th
3:45pm-4:45pm
Dive into the enchanting world of Chinese language and culture with our fun-filled course! Experience the rhythm of Chinese phonetics, the art of character writing, and the rich Chinese culture through interactive multimedia. No prior knowledge needed, just a zest for learning. Join us and lay the groundwork for a bilingual/multilingual future. Welcome aboard! 欢迎学中文
*This course can be delivered in either English or French.

Pint-Sized Mad Science!
Mad Science LA
PS/PK
3:45pm–4:45pm
In this session, Preschoolers will discover what makes an insect an insect, and see live ladybugs released into the air! They’ll get an intro to Sir Isaac Newton and his laws of motion (warning, some ribbon dancing may happen!), practice color mixing AND color separation as they explore the rainbow, and become musicians thanks to the science of music. Mad Science will also train students to be astronauts with a space mission to the moon, and water bottle rockets. Finally, kids must brace themselves for a foggy, bubbly Dry Ice presentation! C-O-2-MUCH FUN!

Colorful Capers:Comic Book Artistry
Studio Graenitz
2nd–5th
3:45pm–4:45pm
Welcome to the world of comic books and characters. Join us for this super creative and exciting class as we peek into the world of comics and storyboards, character drawing and scene/background/ landscape illustration! Students will learn the art of character development as they set up a story of their very own focusing on the ideas of theme, figure and form, character emotions and movements. We will also work with unique material as we learn how to bine, bone fold and create our own books filled with color studies, illustrations, mixed media work and more! You will be amazed at their final outcome: a series of books made 100% by them filled with wonderful creativity to cherish forever!

Taekwondo
Lion’s Taekwondo
K–5th
3:45pm–4:45pm
Taekwondo not only teaches a martial art but also instills discipline, enhances self-esteem, builds confidence, and strengthens the mind and body. Lion’s Taekwondo focuses on the traditional and sports aspects of Taekwondo. Master Edward takes traditional aspects and incorporates them alongside the everchanging Olympic Sport of Taekwondo to train the best athletes and has students with medals from multiple countries at multiple international high-caliber events such as the World Championships.

Chess
Balbir Singh
K-5th
3:45pm–4:45pm
Students in grades Kindergarten through 5th will have fun learning and strategizing during fun games of chess in this new class!

Young Pottery Makers
Mrs. Pauline
K–5th
3:45pm–4:45pm
Over 15 weeks we will be learning the techniques of handbuilding pottery while making fun projects/objects/art and functional ware.                                                                                                      Your children will also have the opportunity to follow their own creative way..a very therapeutic and fun activity. All clay and glazes are food safe

Ballet & Tap
SODE
K–2nd
3:45pm–4:45pm
Get ready for a fun-filled dance adventure! In this exciting class, students will dive into the elegance of ballet and the rhythm of tap. The first half of the class focuses on ballet basics—learning positions, playful choreography, and fun tricks. Then, we switch gears to tap, where students will master rhythm exercises, lively steps, and create music with their feet. Perfect for budding dancers, this class builds confidence and skills, all leading up to a fantastic end-of-semester performance!