Workshops
Fall 2023 Workshops
Registration for fall workshops will open September 1.
Enrichment weekly workshops provide students in kindergarten through grade 8 specialized after school learning opportunities with experienced instructors and passionate teaching artists, musicians, and professionals from the greater Portland area. Workshops offer in-depth exploration into the arts, dance, drama/acting, science, engineering, electronic music, athletics, card games, and role-play games like Dungeons & Dragons.
- Parent pickup location for all workshop attendees: Thomas House Loop.
- Fall 2023 workshops begin the week of September 25.
- All students must be registered to attend an Enrichment workshop. Full up-front payment for workshops is required prior to attendance.
- Workshops are open to students from the broader Portland community, not just Waynflete.
- Workshops are offered in three seasons: fall, winter, and spring. Dance is offered in half-year sessions.
- If a workshop is canceled due to low enrollment, we will notify registered families one week before the first class.
- For programs that take place off-campus: Bus transportation is provided to/from off-campus locations so that parents can pick up their children at the Spring Street campus.
Discount code: Full-time Afterschool students receive a 25 percent discount on the price of Enrichment workshops. Use the code “FTAS” at checkout.
Questions? Suggestions for new workshops? Email the Enrichment office at or call 207.774.7863, ext. 1379.
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Fall 2023 Workshops
Workshops below are sorted by age (youngest to oldest students)
CREATIVE MOVEMENT (K–5)
K–1 CREATIVE MOVEMENT
Wednesdays
Sept 27 to Dec 13, 12:10–1:15 p.m. – No class Oct 11, Nov 22
$325 per half year session • Register
2–3 CREATIVE MOVEMENT
Mondays
Sept 25 to Dec 12, 3:25–4:30 p.m. – No class Oct 9, Nov 6
$310 per half year session (9 classes) • Register
4–5 CREATIVE MOVEMENT
Thursdays
Sept 28 to Dec 14, 3:25–4:30 p.m.
$325 (11 classes) • Register
CREATIVE MOVEMENT (K–5) Half-year sessions with performances in December and May. Lower School dancers learn to become strong, confident, creative, and expressive through movement exploration. Instructor: Susan Nelson, Waynflete’s Lower School Creative Movement and Middle School Enrichment Dance teacher.
Location: ARC Gallery
K–2 STEAM: SCIENCE OF TOY-MAKING
Wednesdays
Sept 27 to Nov 15, 12:30–1:15 p.m. – No class Oct 11
$275 or $210 (8 classes) • Register
$210 Workshop only (1:30–2:30 p.m.)
This option is for participants who are already enrolled in Afterschool or those who chose to have lunch at home and return for the workshop.
$275 Workshop with lunchtime and recess (12:15–2:30 p.m.)
This option is for participants who would like to enjoy lunch and recess with Afterschool students before the workshop starts.
Susan Wiemer returns to Waynflete to offer STEAM: Science of Toy-Making for grades K–2. Our younger “STEAMers” will focus on science and engineering—combining Susan’s usual ingredients of art, teamwork, and fun physics lessons in disguise. K–2 makers will focus on different projects, such as dynamos to learn about electromagnetic concepts, puppets with a moving mouth and jaws, mini-vehicles, toy inventions—always with entertaining results! We will build projects from natural, recycled, and art materials. While designing, building, and playing with toys, STEAM students will be discovering more about structural design, mechanics, and potential energy. Each lesson highlights new concepts and terms, encouraging a basic understanding and love for STEAM. Join us on Wednesdays to find out how Susan’s hands-on STEAM projects engage curious kids! Limited spaces. No experience needed.
Location: LS Art Studio
3–5 STEAM: PHYSICS ON THE DOWN LOW
Mondays
Sept 25 to Nov 20, 3:25–4:30 p.m.
$210 (8 classes) • Register
Susan’s STEAM workshop for grades 3–5 encourages an understanding and love of science and engineering through the creative process. “STEAMers” will design and make toys with moving parts—physics lessons in disguise. Each season (fall, winter, spring) STEAM makers will use recycled materials to design and build projects, such as a jointed puppet-creature, a vehicle to race, a slingshot target game (think rubber chicken), and more. For STEAMers in grades 3–5, each season will also include slot car racing. Building and racing these amazing electric toys is a great way to learn physics! We will be using the “old-timey” kind of slot cars, which allow for modifications so that we can reduce friction, increase traction, and adjust torque. Building, repairing, and racing these cars requires skill and practice. Try not to let them fly off the track! In-class debriefs will help us understand gear ratios, how electromagnetic motors work, and the effects of speed and centrifugal force. Limited spaces. No experience needed.
Location: LS Art Studio
3–5 OUTDOOR TENNIS
Wednesdays
Sept 27 to Nov 15, 12:10–2:25 p.m. – No class Oct 11
$375 (7 classes; includes bus transportation to courts) • Register
$302 Workshop only (1:00–2:00 p.m.)
This option is for participants who are already enrolled in Afterschool or those who chose to have lunch at home and return for the workshop.
Coach Mary Gray will teach students in grades 3–5 tennis basics through fun games and drills to encourage a love for the game. Unless a student is signed up for lunch at home, tennis players will be picked up from their classroom by Enrichment staff to enjoy lunch and recess before departing campus for the tennis clinic. Bus transportation is provided to and from the campus loop.
12:10–12:45 p.m. Lunch with Afterschool; bus departs campus at 12:45 p.m.
1:00–2:00 p.m. Court time at Fore River Fields
2:25 p.m. Pick up at Spring Street campus loop; bus departs FRF at 2:10 p.m.
Location: Afterschool program locations, Fore River Campus tennis courts
6–8 DANCE CHOREOGRAPHY
Tuesdays
Sept 26 to Dec 12, 3:30–5:00 p.m. – No class Oct 10
$415 (12 classes) • Register
Working with Susan Nelson, Waynflete’s Lower School Creative Movement and Middle School Enrichment Dance teacher, dancers will learn dance theory, expand technical skills, explore compositional tools, and help to choreograph dance pieces for performances in December and May.
6–8 DUNGEONS & DRAGONS
Thursdays
Sept 28 to Dec 7, 3:30–4:45 p.m.
$210 • Register
At its core, Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) is a game of collaborative storytelling. Players will each take on the role of a unique character in a fantasy story and will need to work as a group—led by a practiced dungeon master—to uncover treasure, solve puzzles, and accomplish their goals. What path students choose is up to them…but know that the D&D world is full of both danger and adventure!
