Winter Enrichment is Now Open!

Enrichment is a fun and exciting opportunity to expose your child to something new and challenging! We are pleased to announce our Winter 2025 line up of classes. Sign up early to make sure you get the class you want as our classes do have capacity limits.

REGISTRATION CLOSES ON January 28th and we will not be able to accept any late registrations. 

Once submitted, you will not be able to edit your class selections on the website.

FINAL registrations will be emailed a few days before classes begin. If a class is canceled due to low enrollment, we will contact you and give you a chance to select another class.

**The SES PTA awards scholarships for individual classes based upon financial need. Please contact Mrs. Katkocin before proceeding with registration. All requests are confidential.

Contact scotlandelementarypta@gmail.com with any questions.

All classes are held at school from 3:25-4:30pm. Please pick up promptly at 4:30pm in the school lobby - no bus service  

CLASS SCHEDULE

MONDAYS

8 WEEKS: 2/03, 2/10, 2/24, 3/03, 3/10, 3/17, 3/24, 3/31

Sports Mix
Grades 1-5

Participate in a variety of athletic activities such as soccer, basketball, kickball and hockey just to name a few. This program will also focus on developing skills to improve performance and enjoy physical activity. Students will be exposed to many different team and individual sports throughout the program. This class is taught by Mr. Truchsess, PE Teacher at SES

Chess

Grades 2-5

Chess is the fun game of thinking. It has been proven to develop memory, concentration, focus, logical thinking and problem solving. Classes will involve a combination of learning and supervised playing. The class will be divided into two sections: Intermediate and Beginners. Intermediate students will focus on “tactics” (captures and checks). Beginning students will learn the basics from starting each game to selecting a move.  Connecticut Kids Play Chess, Inc. (CKPCI), probably the largest scholastic chess teaching organization in the state, will run the program. The owner of CKPCI is Glenn Budzinski, who has had a lifelong involvement with chess as a teacher, Expert-rated player and certified tournament director. Many CKPCI students have gone on to become state champions. Taught by CT Kids Play Chess.

Magic

Grade K-5

Students will learn three magic tricks per session from Tom O’Brien, a full-time professional magician whose credits include appearances on the Fox 61 Morning Show and WFSB’s Better Connecticut. Tom O’Brien is a master at his craft and an excellent and entertaining teacher.  All students will receive magic kits and a magic wand with the props necessary to perform them at home!  Please register soon before the spaces – alakazam – disappear! Taught by Tom O’Brien.

Art Spot

Grade K-5

We’ll learn how to mix acrylic colors, paint realistically, use a brush with intent, think about composition and create a painted landscape masterpiece! THEN - you’ll choose to paint an animal, or you can work from a photo of your pet.

Music Video Workshop

Grade 5

Students will create a short music video using a High Definition camera. The class requires actors, as well as creative thinkers and technical people. Students will choose a song, then plan and create a story to tell using the chosen song. Some students will be the “actors”, while other students will be the screenwriters and videographers if they choose. All students will use storytelling and sequencing skills to plan their video using a storyboard. Teamwork is the key! The final video project will be made available for viewing on the music website. This course is taught by Jim Tornatore, Music teacher and Theater director at Scotland Elementary School. As a hobby, Mr. T has had extensive experience in film and video editing and is the Artistic Director of the Newbury Musical Theatre Company in Southbury, CT. 

WEDNESDAYS

8 WEEKS:  2/05, 2/12, 2/26, 3/05, 3/12, 3/19, 3/26, 4/02

Karate

Grades K-5

This martial arts class is great for beginners and for those who have tried other martial arts styles. SDSS Martial Arts of Ridgefield has put together a fun, active 6-week course of classes that will introduce you to basic martial arts skills and encourage honesty, patience, respect, self control and self discipline in using those skills!

*Each student that signs up will be provided a white belt and will be invited to attend an additional martial arts class at our studio once a week over the 6 week session, at no additional cost. The studio is located in town at 15 Danbury road, in the same plaza with Mannen Restaurant and Bach to Rock.

Stop Motion Video

Grade 3-5

Want to create movies like Wallace and Gromit or those groovy Lego shorts on YouTube? Bring your imagination to life as we learn how to create Stop Motion videos!

Hip Hop Dance with Enchanted Garden

Grade 2-5

Hip-Hop offers boys and girls who enjoy music and acrobatics an opportunity to perform choreographed pieces

Kids Helping Kids

Grade K-5

Do you like to throw kindness around like confetti? Do you like to fill other people's buckets? If so, then Kids Helping Kids is the club for you! Join Ms. Donovan and Mrs. Osher, both teachers at SES, create and share meaningful projects that are sure to put smiles on the faces of students in other elementary schools who don’t have as much as we do at our wonderful SES.

Yearbook Club

Grade 5

The Yearbook Club is a group of 20 fifth graders who all have an interest in the production of a yearbook. They’ll learn how to take the perfect picture and help develop creative pages that would be used in this year’s yearbook. Yearbook Club members had many jobs throughout the year.  The most important job is to take photographs of Scotland students, making sure to take pictures of all students and not just their friends. They also will choose three teachers to have a special representation in the yearbook. Once chosen, the yearbook club will conduct interviews of these teachers and take photographs of them.

FAQs

When will we receive confirmation of enrollment?
Before enrichment begins, you will receive an email from Kerri Austin to confirm your child’s enrollment.

Enrichment classes are open to students in Grade K-5, but please note some classes do have
grade-level restrictions. No refunds will be available once classes begin.