Mondays
Before School • MATHCOUNTS Math Club • Grades 3-4In this once-a-week club, we will inspire curiosity and build confidence in students of all levels by creating a space where learning math is fun, social, and supportive so that every student becomes a lifelong math learner.
Time: 7:30-8:15 am
Enrollment Limit: 20 students
Club Directors: Marybeth Smith and John Swift
Before School • MATHCOUNTS Math Club • Grades 5-6In this once-a week club, we will inspire curiosity and build confidence in students of all levels by creating a space where learning math is fun, social, and supportive so that every student becomes a lifelong math learner.
Time: 7:30-8:15 am
Enrollment Limit: 20 students
Club Directors: Marybeth Smith and John Swift
Sports Club • Grades 3-6Are you interested in a cool after-school sports club with your friends? If you are, After-School Sports is just for you! This club offers a pressure-free environment where students can play their favorite P.E. games with other students from all grade levels. Whether you are a sports fanatic or just enjoy being outside, this fun and exciting club will offer an afternoon of games and enjoyment. Come join us, where the best part about the game is just playing!
Enrollment Limit: None
Club Director: Ria Walker
Chess Club • Grades 3-6 • Not Part of LotteryBay Area Chess combines fun and learning while promoting a team spirit where everyone helps each other succeed and improve. Our chess program will cover the very basics for new students to the game and we can challenge experienced players with more advanced concepts. Students will have the opportunity to learn the moves of the pieces, opening strategy, tactics, checkmates, and endgame play. Students will also learn valuable life skills through chess, such as winning and losing with grace, sportsmanship, planning, and team spirit. Our mission is to transform and enrich the lives of students through chess.
Course Fee: $463 (includes chess workbook)
Enrollment Limit: 36 students
To Register: Registration and fees are handled directly by Bay Area Chess.
Register for Chess Club
Robo-Tech Club • Grades 5-6The Robo-Tech Club with Mr. M is an engineering/maker-based club which will focus on robots, buildable technology, maker design, and engineering. Students will be engaging in project-based builds of many different types. Engineering excitement for 5th and 6th grade!
Enrollment Limit: 18 students
Club Director: Larry Mendoza
Tuesdays
Before School • Pinewood Children's Choir • Grades 3-6The Pinewood Choir is back! Sing with your friends and perform in the amazing fall and spring concerts. In the Pinewood Choir, students learn how to sing with their beautiful voices and work together to create an amazing musical experience. Start your day with music, and let your talents shine!
Note: Pinewood Children's Choir meets on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
Time: 7:30-8:15 am
Enrollment Limit: None
Club Director: Justin Janer
LEGO Robotics with Spike Prime • Grades 3-4 • Not Part of LotteryBrick Tech is happy to introduce our newest robotics class using LEGO's Spike Prime system. In this course, students will build projects that will introduce robotics concepts while also learning to program with a scratch-based programming language. Projects will include use of color, distance, and touch sensors. There are no prerequisites for this class.
Course Fee: $528
To Register: Registration and fees are handled directly by Brick Tech.
Register for LEGO Robotics with Spike
Wednesdays
Before School • The Pinewood Band • Grades 3-6Join The Pinewood Band and have fun making music with your friends! We will learn how to play great songs and explore all the exciting instruments in the music room. The Pinewood Band students will be performing at the amazing fall and spring concerts! The Pinewood Band is open to musicians of all skill levels. Start your day with music and let your talents shine!
Time: 7:30-8:15 am
Enrollment Limit: None
Club Director: Justin Janer
Drama Club • Grades 3-6Calling all actors and actresses! Do you love the spotlight? Do you wish your drama class lasted all year long? Join your fellow drama lovers each Wednesday afternoon in the theater! Club members will play games, practice scenes and songs, learn about the technical aspects of theater, and work on dancing and singing skills. Drama Club focuses on fun, personal growth, and peer-to-peer encouragement. For students who re-enroll in semester two, we will culminate the year in a cabaret-style show in which students will perform for parents and friends. This is a wonderful club for students who love to perform as well as those who are hoping to gain more confidence and stage presence.
Enrollment Limit: None
Club Director: Lauren Post
French Club • Grades 3-6Bonjour et bienvenue! Good day and welcome to the Middle Campus French Club! Come join us as we learn some of the French language, travel through some of the French speaking countries, learn about French culture, and try some fabulous French food! Seasoned French Club students will learn more of the language and help lead games and activities. In addition, we will learn about the artists, architecture, and museums that make France the number one tourist destination!
Enrollment Limit: 12 students
Club Director: Michele Golder
Maker Club • Grades 3-4Brainstorm, design, prototype, and tinker away in Pinewood's iMaginarium Maker Lab. This club will use the design-thinking process to solve problems and build solutions into fun and hands-on projects. Students will use different tools; apply science, technology, and engineering concepts; and exercise their creativity and critical-thinking skills to build projects from scratch. There may be opportunities to collaborate with students in other grades.
Note: A nominal materials fee may be required to supplement the cost of projects.
Enrollment Limit: 20 students
Club Director: Christine Tran, Upper Campus Computer Science and Engineering teacher
Thursdays
Before School • Pinewood Children's Choir • Grades 3-6The Pinewood Choir is back! Sing with your friends and perform in the amazing fall and spring concerts. In the Pinewood Choir, students learn how to sing with their beautiful voices and work together to create an amazing musical experience. Start your day with music, and let your talents shine!
Note: Pinewood Children's Choir meets on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
Time: 7:30-8:15 am
Enrollment Limit: None
Club Director: Justin Janer
Before School • Middle Campus Math Competition Team • Grades 5-6For those mathletes out there, we are offering an opportunity to participate on a Middle Campus Math Competition Team that will compete in national math competitions such as Math Olympiad and Noetic Learning Math. During the club, we will practice math problem-solving strategies in a challenging and safe environment. Students will enjoy the camaraderie of competing for their school as a team in these contests and will develop their skills, strategies, and confidence in math as a result. Let's go, Pathers!
Time: 7:30-8:15 am
Enrollment Limit: 20 students
Club Directors: Marybeth Smith and John Swift
Gardening Club • Grades 3-6Students will explore plants and animals that live and grow in the garden. Students will learn about planting, harvesting, and worm composting and will be able to cook and eat some of their own produce.
Enrollment Limit: None
Club Director: Susie Danzig
Tech Challenge • Grades 5-6 • Not Part of LotteryFor the past several years, dozens of Middle Campus teams have taken part in the Tech Challenge and won multiple high awards. This annual competition is put on by the Tech Museum of Innovation on April 25th. Teams of Pinewood students in grades 5 & 6, spend months designing and building a solution to a unique engineering problem. This year the challenge surrounds building structures to survive windstorms. This club is not part of the lottery and is by application only. Interested parties should attend Mr. Brusco’s Zoom info session on Wednesday November 2nd at 8:45 AM. Applications are due by Friday, November 18, and teams will be selected by early December. Please direct any questions to Mr. Brusco at jbrusco@pinewood.edu.
Course Fee: $590
Club Director: Jonathan Brusco
Fridays
Awesome Authors and Artists • Grades 3-5 • Not Part of Lottery • FULLVarious genres of creative writing will be explored in a fun environment. Individual, partner, and group projects will be completed as we work hard, and have fun doing projects to take pride in. Our session will end with a Publishing Party, where students will receive a portfolio of all of their projects.
THIS CLUB IS FULL • Club Director: Laura Huff