Lower School Clubs

List of 7 items.

• Cooking with Chef Taran (Grades 2 – 4)

  Join Brimmer Head Chef Taran Gavrin and Brimmer LS Teacher Geraldine Naddaff for this culinary exploration which will include cooking days and learning days: students will experiment with taste, smell, and ingredients! 

   

  6 Thursdays: October 17, 24; Nov 7, 14, 21; and Dec 5

  Time: 3:15 - 4:15 pm 
  Grades: 2 - 4
  Teachers: Taran Gavrin and Geraldine Naddaff

  Fee: $190

• Collaborative Art Projects (Grades 1 – 4)

  Each week students will work together to create a single art project (or single small-group project) drawing on their creativity and imaginations. This club is inspired by the group projects Serena led during her tenure as an Extended Day Teacher and Summer Camp Art Specialist at Brimmer, including the giant flower, the giant book, the mini towns, and the mini library.

   

  Serena will be making an all-star appearance this fall, returning to guide this club, as she’s currently a full time student studying Arts Education. 

   

  10 student maximum, 5 student minimum. 

   

  7 Tuesdays: September 17, 24; October 1, 8, 15, 22, 29

  Time: 3:15 – 4:15 pm
  Grades: 1 – 4

  Teacher: Serena Gabriels

  Fee: $210

• Building Challenges (Grades 2 - 5)

  Get creative with Mrs. Cronin (formerly Ms. Crane)! We will design and build with different materials - anything and everything from marshmallows to Legos, to tackle the challenge of the week. Projects like these will encourage children to think creatively, gather information, make inferences, and put knowledge into practice, while piquing scientific curiosity.
  
  

  10 student maximum, 5 student minimum. 

  
  6 Thursdays: September 12, 19, 26; October 10, 17, 24 

  Time: 3:15 – 4:15 pm

  Grades: 2 – 4

  Teacher: Brimmer Kindergaten Teacher Mrs. Cronin
  Fee: $180

• Brimmer in the Backyard: Garden Fun (K – Grade 3)

  Join Ms. Sweezey in the Kirwan Smith Family Garden for some outdoor, gettin’ dirty kind of fun. Inspired by all things Brimmer garden, students will make art, compete in scavenger hunts, dig, weed, harvest, and maintain the garden. Come ready to get dirty, play, and learn in the most organic environment around!  

   

  10 student maximum, 5 student minimum. 

  
  

  6 Thursdays: : September 12, 19, 26; October 10, 17, 24 

  Time: 3:15 – 4:15 pm

  Grades: K – Grade 3

  Teacher: Brimmer Grade 2 teacher Janet Sweezey 

  Fee: $180

• Clay Hand Building (K – 2)

  Join Ady, Brimmer Summer Camp arts counselor, current student, and Creative Arts Diploma candidate for this BIG FUN Clay Class. Students will create their own vessels, décor, and objects d’art using hand building techniques. Ady’s been practicing all summer, so join them and let your imagination soar.

   

  There is a 10 student maximum for this club, 5 student minimum .
  
  

  7 Mondays: September 16, 23, 30; October 7, 21, 28; November 4 

  Time: 3:15 – 4:15 pm

  Grades: K – 2

  Teacher: Ady Jaeckel, Brimmer student and Creative Arts Diploma candidate

  Fee: $210

• Yoga with Ms. Vaughn (PK - Grade 1)

  Join Ms. Vaughn for this afternoon movement class. Young children will have the opportunity to learn and do basic yoga poses, engage in mindfulness, and expend some extra energy with one of the Lower School’s most fun teachers! (Ms. Vaughn wrote this, can you tell?!)

   

  6 Tuesdays: September 17, 24; October 1, 8, 15, 22 

  Time: 3:15 – 4 pm

  Grades: PK - Grade 1
  Fee: $180

• Yoga for Older Kids (Grades 2 – 5)

  Brimmer’s excited to partner with Madison Govan for this meditation and yoga class. We met Madison three summers ago when we hired him to certify our camp staff in CPR and First Aid – and we’ve been working with him ever since!
  
  Madison is the founder, owner & instructor of GOVAN CPR & FIRST AID.  He is a firefighter and emergency medical technician with more than 10 years of experience in CPR-AED, ACLS, and first aid in clinical care conditions.  As of Summer 2024, Madison is also an Ironman triathlete!
  
  

  12 student maximum, 6 student minimum. 
  
  

  6 Wednesdays: September 18, 25; October 2, 9, 16, 23

  Time: 3:15 – 4:15 pm
  Grades: 2 – 5
  

  Fee: $180