Does your child love to play chess? Join other Genesee Hill chess players to form a team to compete in the Fall Chess Tournament on November 19 at Broadview Thompson Elementary. Sending a team makes the event more fun, plus it qualifies Genesee Hill to potentially home a school trophy!  Entry fee is $16/player  (scholarships available) and the early registration deadline is November 9th.  Please contact Chau Pho Tung to register for the tournament.  More details available on the Chessmates website.

Fall Chess Tournament flyer

Back by popular demand, we have just added two days of Wilderness Awareness classes.  The slightly shortened session will run from from Monday, October 3 – Wednesday, December 7, 2016.  Classes will be offered Mondays for 3rd-5th grade (9 classes) – $150/session and Wednesdays for 1st – 5th grade (7 classes) – $115/session. Class will run for 2 hours from 2:15 – 4:15 PM and take place in Schmitz Park.  Wilderness Awareness instructors (many of who will be returning from previous sessions) will meet students at Genesee Hill and walk them over to Schmitz Park for class.  Parent pick-up will be on the playground at Schmitz Park Elementary. Register early to reserve a spot!

Online registration is now open here.  If the class is full, you can request to be wait listed here.  Wilderness Awareness can add more instructors once the wait list for a class reaches 4-6 students depending on grade level.

Questions?  Please contact Chau Pho Tung at enrichment@geneseehillpta.org

Registration is now open for Early Dismissal Mandala Coloring Camp to be held on Wednesday, September 28, from 12:15 PM – 2:15 PM. The camp is open to grades K-5 and will be taught by local teaching artist Adam Lee Allen-Spencer of High 5 Arts (the same company that offers the popular Watercolors after school enrichment class).  Join us for a relaxing afternoon of coloring Mandalas – from Darth Vader to Shooting Stars to Butterflies we have what you are looking for!  The camp will focus on color theory and examine how hot and cool colors working together in the same image. Student artists will have the option to use markers, colored pencils, crayons or all three to create their masterpiece.  Plus since the camp is two hours we will take a recess break in the middle and go outside (rain or shine).   Cost is $25/student and the camp is limited to just 20 student artists so register early to reserve your spot!

Register online here.  If the class is full, please contact the Enrichment Coordinator to be placed on the wait list.

We are pleased to announce that we have enough dedicated staff (and interest) to offer Afternoon Study Club for the rest of the school year, including on early dismissal days and gap weeks between enrichment sessions. Registrations for the Fall session of Study Club (September 26 – December 16, 2016) will be accepted here starting on Tuesday, September 20th at 7:00 PM, and will remain open until the session starts or all spots are filled. In order to maintain staffing levels, we ask that families commit to one or more days of the week for the entire 10 week session.  Families will also have the option of registering for one or more extended Study Club sessions (2 hours) for early dismissal days and for the add-on week (from December 12-16) when there are no enrichment classes. Cost is $15/day per child; $20/day per child for extended Study Club on early dismissal days. More details are available on the online registration form.

If you would like to volunteer to work one or more days/week in exchange for free tuition for your child, or have any questions, please contact the Study Club Coordinator.

Registrations for Fall 2016 enrichment are now being accepted through Friday, September 16 at 5:00 PM.  More information on classes offered, days/times/fees, and how to register can be found under the Enrichment tab

Questions? Contact the Enrichment Coordinator at enrichment@geneseehillpta.org

Due to an overwhelming amount of interest from families, we will be offering an initial two-week Study Club session from September 12 – 23, 2016.  Students will have the opportunity to have a snack, do homework, read quietly, play board games, and play outside (weather permitting). Study Club hours will be from 2:15 – 3:45 PM and the cost will be $15/child per day. Study Club will be run by Catherine Prezbindowski. Catherine has over a decade of child care experience and is a GH parent to 1st and 5th grader. Catherine will be assisted by two additional staff, Kiki Elbel and Tunisia Braxton (both experienced  child care providers and GH parents), along with new GH parent volunteer James Powell. We could still use additional volunteers, especially on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, so please let us know if you are interested in volunteering to help out.

While there is significant demand, we will only be able to enroll a maximum of 20 – 30 spots/day in Study Club on Monday through Wednesday due to limited staff availability. On these days, several of our wonderful enrichment instructors will also offer one day “pre-enrichment” camps (i.e. Drumming, Martial Arts, Jump Rope, Open Gym) in order to accommodate additional families needing extended care after school.  These camps will have the same hours and cost as Study Club.

Please note that Study Club is meant to meet the needs of those families that require just few hours of extra care after school for 2-3 days a week, and should not be used as a 5 day/week child care option.

Online registration for Study Club and the pre-enrichment camps will open on Monday, September 5 at 7:00 PM and close on Thursday, September 8 at 5:00 PM .  Registrations will be processed on a first come, first served basis. The registration link is available here .

If you have questions, are unable to register online, or would like to volunteer to help with Study Club, please contact Chau Pho Tung at enrichment@geneseehillpta.org