EverAfter
Award-winning after school program in Asheville, N.C.
Spring Clubs 2022 - Full Descriptions
See full descriptions of each club below. Please note days of the week and grade level ranges. The Club Signup form is on the registration page.
Tag, You're It!
Tuesdays: Kindergarten-1st Grade, 4:00-5:00
Freeze tag! Blob tag! Perpetual tag! Pretty much anything with the word "tag" in it here is fair game. We might just even make up our own!
Instructor: Liz Huesemann, Evergreen EC Staff and Master Cat-herder
Let's Do Art
Mondays - Kindergarten-2nd grade, 4:00-5:00
Once again, we’ll explore many types of art, all hands on, and kiddo input will be requested - bring your best ideas. We’ll definitely do some painting, drawing, clay, collage, and this spring, we will add some Scientific Art - or Artful Science. Join us for a lot of fun every Monday - can’t wait to see everyone and get started!
Instructor: Kay Cole & Liz Husemann, Evergreen EC Associates
Karate Kids
Mondays - Kindergarten-2nd grade, 2:15-3:15
This club has a special cost of $155.
Join 6 time AAU Karate National Champion, Sensei Justin Wilson, in learning the fundamentals of Shito-Ryu Karate-Do. Rooted in Japanese culture, traditional Karate-Do will test students’ physical ability while expanding their understanding of integrity, responsibility and respect. ‘Treat others the way that you want to be treated’ is the golden rule of Karate, and will be heavily emphasized.
Students will have a blast learning the basics of Karate, bully busting/self-defense, and mindfulness. Outside of punching and kicking, we will be exploring Japanese culture. There are a lot of fun things to learn and practice that translate to everyday well-being.
Whether students want to test their fitness ability or have a basic interest in Japanese Culture, Karate-Do surely has something for everyone.
Instructor: Sensei Justin Wilson
Lego Maniacs
Mondays - Kindergarten-2nd grade, 4:00-5:00
Do you love to create with legos? Put together lego kits? Build, share, and get amazing ideas from your friends? If you answered “YES!” to any of these questions, the Lego Maniac Club is for you. The familiar clink of legos will be heard around Evergreen in this fun-filled building club! Kids will get a chance to share their creations and inspire each other as they use legos to design their own creations and/or use pre-designed kits. By the end of the session, each participant will assemble, and keep, a couple of simple kits!
Instructor: Laura Brooks Mears, Evergreen EC Associate
On Belay!
Wednesdays* - Kindergarten-8th Grade, 3:45-5:15*
This Adventure Team club has a cost of $100/4-week session
*All ages & all ability levels*
Climb our indoor wall with us!
Build confidence and learn the basics to rock climbing and wall climbing.
Through care, compassion, and little bit of grit you will see that each week your goals become more attainable. Kids generally have a natural inclination to scurry up trees, poles and furniture. We might as well gear them up and teach them how to do it with style points. Strong-willed & timid kids alike get to show their autonomy, confidence, and perseverance.
*Please note: due to anticipated demand, and in order to get more kids on the wall, we are breaking this club into two 4-week sessions. The first session will be March 16, 23, 30 and April 6. The second will be April 20, 27, and May 11 and 18. Your child will be placed into only one of these sessions. We plan to place the younger kids Group 1 and the older ones in Group 2, but your child will not specifically be placed until after sign-ups conclude.
Instructors: Ethan Rhodus, Maggie Rumley and Kevin Thompson, Associate Teachers and Evergreen's Top Ropers
Beginner's Mountain Biking
Tuesdays* - 1st-4th grade, 4:00-5:30
This Adventure Team club has a cost of $100/4-week session
Little shredders have to start somewhere! This course is designed for students who are interested in learning to mountain bike, gaining confidence on bikes, and being active after school. We will practice fundamental skills, play lots of biking games, and ride the beginner loop of our pump track.
*Due to the rainy nature of springtime in WNC, we are going to spread these 4 sessions across 5 weeks from March 8-April 6. Plans will be communicated weekly on Mondays.
***Riders must be able to ride a bike without training wheels. They will need to bring their own bike and helmet; If this is a barrier to participation, you can contact maggie.rumley@evergreenccs.org and we can see what we can do.
Instructors: Maggie Rumley and Jo Giordano, Evergreen's Resident Shredmasters
Checkmates
Mondays - 1st-8th Grades, 2:00-3:00
When you join the chess club, you will learn how the pieces move, special moves like check, checkmate, and castling, strategies for how to begin a game, how to win a game, and how to have fun doing all of this! Chess will help you to learn how to think better, and just may make you smarter! You will get to play chess with the other club members, and study real life games and work on chess puzzles. You can even play in tournaments!
Instructor: Bruce Roth, Asheville area Chessmaster
Glorious Group Games
Tuesdays - 3rd-6th Grade, 4:00-5:00
Mr. Kevin's Glorious Group Games will get kids up and moving with group games like GaGa, Beach Boat Bacon, Four Square, Sharks and Minnows, Sprout Ball, Capture the Flag, and more. This club will build athletic skills, sportsmanship, and team cooperation through friendly, feel-good competition. Each day begins with warm-up stretches and ends with a compliments circle. Bring your running shoes and a positive attitude!
Instructor: Kevin Thompson, Evergreen Associate Teacher
Intermediate Mountain Biking
Tuesdays - 3rd-8th Grade, 4:00-5:30
This Adventure Team club has a cost of $100/4-week session
This course is designed for building skills, pushing comfort zones, and learning to use a mountain bike. This is an opportunity to really progress your skills and meet you where you are at with your mountain bike journey. We have a fleet of mountain bikes sized small-XL ready to dial in skills and try out on our trails/pump track. You are welcome to bring your own mountain bike or helmet as well!
*Due to the rainy nature of springtime in WNC, we are going to spread these 4 sessions across 6 weeks from April 19-May 24. Plans will be communicated weekly on Mondays.
Instructors: Maggie Rumley and Jo Giordano, Evergreen's Resident Shredmasters
School of Rock
Thursdays- 3rd-8th Grades, 3:30-4:30
This is a club for beginners and novices, kids wanting to learn the basics of guitar-playing and instrument care. Participating students will receive guitars to use for the duration of their participation in the programm and will be being asked to stop playing Stairway over and over again in no time! They might also get a turn on the drums...
Instructor: Brian Bickel, Evergreen Music Teacher and Riffer Extraordinaire.
Art Exploration and Open Art Studio
Thursdays - 5th-8th Grades, 4:00-5:00
Art Exploration and Open Art Studio
All middle school artists are welcome to bring their own projects and supplies and take advantage of choice time in the art room. We'll also be exploring - by choice - modeling with different clays, Zentangles, bullet journals, drawing and watercolors. Bring your best ideas, and come join us!
Instructor: Kay Cole, Evergreen EC Staff and Certified Level 5 Sketchmaster
Mindless Automatons
Tuesdays - 5th-8th Grades, 4:00-5:00
What'd you call me? Wait, no! We're going to build mindless automatons, not become* them! Over the course of 8 weeks, we break in to teams and build a couple of kits from LEGO and other manufacturers. Then we'll create tasks and competitions for our Mindless Automatons!
*Maybe.
Instructor: Mindy Allen, Evergreen's Resident Robotics Engineer