Kids Love Learning After 3:15.

Team sports. Tae Kwon Do. Art. Even Pre-K enrichment classes are part of the culture of learning at Baker. Offerings for after-school activities and enrichment classes vary by time of year, while sports programs depend on the season. Please consult the schedules and registration information for further details. For information regarding Baker’s before- and after-school PLĀ program, click the link.

Team Sports

Students in grades four through eight may participate in school-sponsored sports teams. Teams currently include soccer and flag football in the fall, basketball in the winter, and track and field in the spring. Teams practice before and after school depending on the sport and season, and compete against peer schools. Participation is included in the cost of tuition, although donations to the athletic program are always welcome. For directions to Baker’s away games and meets, please click the link.

After-School Activities

Baker offers a variety of after-school activities, including Taekwon Do, Knitting, Fencing, Art, Robotics, Theatre games and many more. Three sessions are offered per school year. Private piano, guitar, drum and violin lessons are also available at Baker.

Session III Spring: April 16 – May 25, 2012
MONDAYS
Actors Gym Acro Dance
Mad Science
Taekwondo
Improv Games for Middle School

TUESDAYS
Pre Kindergarten & Kindergarten Swimming Lessons
Fairy Cottages
Magic Masters

WEDNESDAYS
Music and Cartoons
Sharp as a Tack Games
Actors Gym Imaginastics
Actors Gym Circus Arts
Beginning Kayaking
Beginning Fencing

THURSDAYS
Lil Sluggers PreK &K
My Masterpieces Kindergarten
Theater Games Grades 3-5

FRIDAYS
Swimming Prekindergarten through Grade 5

PRIVATE MUSIC LESSONS AVAILABLE
Guitar lessons on Mondays and Fridays
Drum lessons on Thursdays
NEW! Violin lessons on Thursdays
Piano Lessons throughout the week.

Full class descriptions for After-School Activities are available here registration forms may be turned in to the front office.

Learning is for Grown-Ups, too.

Baker is committed to engaging adults in learning, too, especially when it comes to topics that surround, infuse and guide our faculty and staff every day.  The subjects chosen for this year’s Speaker Series and Roundtable Discussions have “bubbled” to the surface in many ways.  We look forward to exploring them together.

Clara Belle Baker Speaker Series

Baker Demonstration School is pleased to announce the First Annual Clara Belle Baker Speaker Series:  Topics, Tensions & Explorations in Progressive Pedagogy.  Throughout the year, we will hear from guests such as Rick Ackerly, Bena Kallick and George Wood about their explorations and findings in education, and how approach and pedagogy is both changing and staying the same in today’s world.

The speaker series is open to the community and free of charge.  All sessions will meet from 7:00 – 8:30 pm with conversation and a reception with the speaker following in the Baker Library.  For a complete schedule of presenters and topics, click here; for biographies of all six presenters, click here.  To reserve your place, please RSVP to speakers@bakerdemschool.org.

Parent Roundtable Discussions

At Baker, we both look forward to community conversation about education and value the contributions at the table.  This year, parents will gather for both open discussions and guided conversations to explore topics such as assessment, character development and 21st Century technology.

Monday, September 26, 2011:  Open Discussion with Dan Schwartz, Head of School
Thursday, November 3, 2011:  21st Century Technology Skills at Baker
Thursday, December 15, 2011:  Assessment at baker, for Whom and What Purpose
Tuesday, January 24, 2012:  Parenting Girls, with Mary Waldon, LCSW
Thursday, March 15, 2012:  The Importance and Positive Impact of SECD (Social and Emotional
Character Development) on the Whole Child, with Ed Dunkelblau, Psychologist
Tuesday, April 24, 2012: Open Discussion with Dan Schwartz, Head of School

All Roundtables will take place from 8:45 – 10:00 am in the Baker Faculty Lounge.  We look forward to talking with you!