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  • Beads and Buddies

    • Mondays
    • Grades 1-5
    • Time:  3:00 - 4:00 p.m.
    • Instructor: Jennifer Alves

    Spend time with friends while you make bracelets of all different kinds…beads, bands, embroidery floss, gimp! Learn a new way and share your skills with others! Keep them for yourself or give them to others!

    Optical Illusion / 3D Art

    • Mondays
    • Grades: 3-5
    • Time: 3:00 - 4:00 p.m.
    • Instructor: Olivia Eastwood

    Students will work to create different "abstract art" pieces that involve different optical illusions. Op art, short for optical art, is a style of visual art that uses optical illusions. Op art works are abstract, with many better-known pieces created in black and white. Typically, they give the viewer the impression of movement, hidden images, flashing and vibrating patterns, or of swelling or warping. Create simple artwork that tricks your mind!

    Makerspace Mania

    • Mondays
    • Grades: 1-5
    • Time:  3:00 - 4:00 p.m.
    • Instructors:  Katie deWit and Doreen Ward

    During Makerspace Mania, students will use a variety of materials to build and create. This could include Legos, Picasso Tiles, Brain Flakes, Plus Plus, origami, drawing, crafts, and more!

    Paper Camp

    • Tuesdays
    • Grades 3-5
    • Time: 3:00 - 4:00  p.m.
    • Instructors: Kelly O'Neill and Lucille Mowles

    Paper Camp Paper, scissors, glue and your imagination is all you need to create beautiful projects! Together we will be inspired by famous children’s illustrators/authors to create cards, banners and other pieces of art. If you enjoy being creative, then come to paper camp where we can all joyfully experiment with cutting paper together!

    Mini-Chefs

    • Tuesdays
    • Grades 1-3
    • Time: 3:00 - 4:00 p.m.
    • Instructor: Bridget Kelly

    Mini-Chefs is an after-school activity where our students will have the opportunity to mix up a fun snack. Ms. Kelly delivers the perfect recipes, techniques, fun flavors, and hands-on activities while nurturing an essential life skill. While our mini-chefs are eating their snacks, they will listen to a read-a-loud and color if time permits. All participants will get a recipe booklet to take home with them at the end of the course, so they can recreate their favorite recipes over and over!

    DON’T JUDGE A BOOK BY IT’S MOVIE:  Harry Potter 2 (Chamber of Secrets) Edition

    • Tuesdays
    • Grades 1-5
    • Time: 3:00 - 4:00 p.m.
    • Instructor: Doreen Ward

    CALLING ALL MUGGLES! Hop aboard the Hogwart’s Express and find out what happens during Harry's SECOND year at Hogwarts. We’ll compare the book and movie and enjoy some cool trivia, fun activities and lively discussions about all things Harry Potter and his magical world! *Taking this class implies permission to watch parts of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.

    Perler Palooza

    • Thursdays
    • Grades: 1-5
    • Time: 3:00 - 4:00 p.m.
    • Instructor: Mrs. Ward

    Stop by 1Ward and let your creativity flow!  You will have a chance to hang out with your friends, listen to music, and create some fun perler bead art, or just relax and color.  The only limit is your imagination!

    Mini-Chefs

    • Thursdays
    • Grades 1-3
    • Time: 3:00 - 4:00 p.m.
    • Instructor: Bridget Kelly

    Mini-Chefs is an after-school activity where our students will have the opportunity to mix up a fun snack. Ms. Kelly delivers the perfect recipes, techniques, fun flavors, and hands-on activities while nurturing an essential life skill. While our mini-chefs are eating their snacks, they will listen to a read-a-loud and color if time permits. All participants will get a recipe booklet to take home with them at the end of the course, so they can recreate their favorite recipes over and over!

    Beginner Sign Language

    • Thursdays
    • Grades: 3-5
    • Time: 3:00-4:00 p.m.
    • Instructor: Kelly O'Neill

    In this beginner sign language course, you will learn how to talk with your hands, spell with your fingers and listen with your eyes! Come learn the alphabet, numbers, greetings and enough vocabulary to have simple conversations. Then practice what you learn through games, songs and stories.

    Nails and Necklaces!

    • Fridays New Day: Thursdays
    • Grades 1-5
    • Time: 3:00 - 4:00 p.m.
    • Instructor: Nancy Morrill and Joanne Constentino

    Come enjoy a spa-like atmosphere while you make a bead necklace and "paint" your nails with nail art stickers each week!

Need a Form?

  • Download the Spring 2023 Registration Form Here

    Spring 2023 Registration Deadline: 

    Friday, April 7, 2023

    Registration for LEAP Afterschool Enrichment programs is currently being done on printed registration forms.  We are working on creating an online system (Stay Tuned!).

    Payment is due at the time of registration. Please attach your check to the form and return to your school's Main Office.

    If you have multiple students registering for programs, please complete a registration form for each student.

    Checks should be made payable to:  Town of Dedham

    If you need language help, or a translated form, please contact the main school office or your language liaison.  They will be happy to provide assistance.
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