After-School Activities
View the list of after-school activities for the fall semester below.
If clubs are scheduled to meet on a day when school is closed or if there are unforeseen closures, clubs will not meet.
At the end of the meeting times, students should be picked up at the front of the school or sent to the After School Program (which has a separate registration and fee). Please note that you must register for the After School Program on the ProCare website before utilizing ASP services. If you would like more information about the After School Program, please contact Ms. Rodriguez (jrodriguez@nwclassical.org)
FALL 2O25 CLUBS
MONDAYS
BOARD GAMES CLUB
Moderator: Mrs. Dean
Eligible grades: 2 - 4
Capacity: 10 students
Meeting time: Monday, 3:30 - 4:30 p.m.
Start date: August 25
End date: December 8
Fee: $100
Program Description: Board Game Club opens the floor for students to learn new games, socialize, and sharpen their skills over playing pieces. The objective of the club is to have fun and make friends over classic entertainment interests!
MIDDLE SCHOOL MOSAIC CLUB
Moderator: Ms. Harris
Eligible grades: 6 - 8
Capacity: 20 students
Meeting time: Monday, 3:30 - 4:30 p.m.
Start date: August 25
End date: December 8
Fee: $100
Program Description: This club is for students wanting to explore art beyond drawing and painting! In this club students will create one mini, personal mosaic using traditional methods of glass and tools. Additionally, students will also use non-traditional material mosaics (painted and printed paper).
Approximately 2-3 projects.
SEWING CLUB
Moderator: Mrs. Scott
Eligible grades: 7 - 11
Capacity: 10 students
Meeting time: Monday, 3:30 - 4:30 p.m.
Start date: August 25
End date: December 8
Fee: $100
Program Description: This is a sewing club for people who have an idea of how a sewing machine works and want to learn how to use a simple pattern. We will be talking about how to read a pattern, and learning how to make simple modifications to that pattern. This is not a club for beginning learners! Please sign up if you have used a sewing machine and are familiar with a clothing pattern (you at least know what one is).
STRENGTH & CONDITIONING CLUB
Moderator: Mr. Ings
Eligible grades: 9 - 11
Capacity: 24 students
Meeting time: Monday, 3:30 - 4:30 p.m.
Start date: August 25
End date: December 8
Fee: $100
Program Description: Strength and Conditioning Club will be a comprehensive fitness club to include bodyweight strength exercise plans, conditioning drills, and nutritional breakdown based on personal goals and expectations.
LEGO CLUB
Moderator: Ms. McHughes
Eligible grades: 3 - 5
Capacity: 16 students
Meeting time: Monday, 3:30 - 4:30 p.m.
Start date: August 25
End date: December 8
Fee: $100
Program Description: Attention all aspiring Master Builders! Create new worlds with new friends during Lego Club! Each week, students will tackle a build challenge to test their innovation and eye for design. The club will also work together as a team to create larger masterpieces.
MIDDLE SCHOOL & JV QUIZ BOWL
Moderator: Dr. Smith, Mr. McGee, Mr. Schott
Eligible grades: 6 - 10
Capacity: 20 students
Meeting time: Monday, 3:30 - 4:30 p.m.
Start date: August 25
End date: December 8
Fee: $100
Program Description: Quiz Bowl is a game in which two teams square off, competing to answer questions from all areas of knowledge, including literature, history, science, math, sports, pop culture, etc. Our Middle School team will compete against other middle schools north of Atlanta, and our JV team will compete with freshman and sophomores from high schools north of Atlanta. As teams, we will attend 1-2 competitions each semester.
THE FRIENDLY POST CLUB
Moderator: Ms. Janad
Eligible grades: 7 - 11
Capacity: 14 students
Meeting time: Monday, 3:30 - 4:30 p.m.
Start date: August 25
End date: December 8
Fee: $100
Program Description: The Friendly Post is a letter exchange connecting high school students and senior community members. Through handwritten notes, shared stories, and kind words, we bridge generations with friendship, laughter, and life lessons. During certain times of the year, we also may make Thank You cards for local heroes.
WEDNESDAYS
“BLOOM CREW” GARDENING CLUB
Moderator: Mrs. McLeod
Eligible grades: 2 - 5
Capacity: 20 students
Meeting time: Wednesday, 3:30 - 4:30 p.m.
Start date: August 27
End date: December 10
Fee: $100
Program Description: Each week, students will explore the wonder of growing things with their own hands. From planting seeds and caring for flowers to learning about soil, bugs, compost, and weather, students will develop responsibility, patience, and a deep appreciation for the earth. Our time together will include hands-on planting, garden-themed crafts to promote growth and demonstrate beauty, nature journaling, and time spent outside tending to a shared garden space. Through teamwork and discovery, students will experience the joy of watching their hard work bloom, while learning important lessons about science, sustainability, and stewardship along the way. No green thumb required, just curiosity and a love for the outdoors!
LEGO ROBOTICS CLUB
Moderator: Dr. Fiege, Mrs. White
Eligible grades: 6 - 8
Capacity: 10 students
Meeting time: Wednesday, 3:30 - 4:30 p.m.
Start date: August 27
End date: December 10
Fee: $100
Program Description: The robotics club at Northwest Classical will explore science, technology, engineering, and math concepts through participation with First Lego League Challenge. Upper School student mentors will work in small groups with students to design, build, and program a Lego robot to complete specific missions outlined in the First Lego League 2025-26 season challenge, Unearthed. Attendance at competitions within the community may be available, but not mandatory. Students are required to bring focused attention and maturity to this challenging endeavor.
STRESS LESS YOGA CLUB
Moderator: Ms. Harris
Eligible grades: 7 - 11
Capacity: 15 students
Meeting time: Wednesday, 3:30 - 4:30 p.m.
Start date: August 27
End date: December 10
Fee: $100
Program Description: Stress Less Yoga is a club for students looking to develop healthy habits of managing stress through mindfulness, stretching and calm breathing exercises.
KILOMETER KIDS RUNNING CLUB
Moderator: Mrs. Bermann and Mrs. Faix,
Eligible grades: 3 - 5
Capacity: 25 students
Meeting time: Wednesday, 3:30 - 4:30 p.m.
Start date: August 27
End date: December 10
Fee: $100
Program Description: Kilometer kids is a game-based curriculum that is designed to teach kids about goal setting, healthy habits, respect, and community building by exposing them to the sport of running. Over the course of the 10-week season, the goal for every Kilometer Kid is to run a cumulative 13.1 miles through structured games and short runs. Being a Kilometer Kid is not about running the fastest or winning the race. Instead, it's all about working hard, being kind, and having fun while finding joy in the process of physical activity.
FANTASY FOOTBALL CLUB
Moderator: Mr. Ings
Eligible grades: 7 - 11
Capacity: 24 students
Meeting time: Wednesday, 3:30 - 4:30 p.m.
Start date: August 27
End date: December 10
Fee: $100
Program Description: Fantasy Football Club is an opportunity for students to play fantasy football with each other. Students can also take time to prepare and plan for other fantasy football leagues that they play in. I will set up our own student-driven league and will create league rules, guidelines, and competition for students to engage in.
CROCHET & CLASSIC MOVIES CLUB
Moderator: Ms. Janad
Eligible grades: 7 - 11
Capacity: 15 students
Meeting time: Wednesday, 3:30 - 4:30 p.m.
Start date: August 27
End date: December 10
Fee: $100
Program Description: Do you love creativity and cozy vibes? Join the Crochet and Classics club to craft together and unwind while watching beloved classic films like The Sound of Music or Singin’ in the Rain. It’s a relaxing, welcoming space to build your crochet skills, discover iconic movies, and connect with fellow students over yarn and timeless stories. Bring your favorite blanket project or just come to learn. Everyone’s welcome, no experience needed! Bring your own supplies if you’d like— some will be provided per student.
THURSDAYS
CREATIVE WRITING CLUB
Moderator: Ms. Dello Joio
Eligible grades: 4 - 7
Capacity: 15 students
Meeting time: Thursday, 3:30 - 4:30 p.m.
Start date: August 28
End date: December 11
Fee: $100
Program Description: Let us read between the lines! We will learn about character and plot development, write short stories and poems, and explore new vocabulary to use in our stories. We will also share what we write with our friends!
OPEN STUDIO CLUB
Moderator: Ms. Harris
Eligible grades: 9 - 11
Capacity: 18 students
Meeting time: Thursday, 3:30 - 4:30 p.m.
Start date: August 28
End date: December 11
Fee: $100
Program Description: Open Studio is a Club opportunity for students to extend their visual arts experience. In this club students will expand their studio studies in a variety of choice mediums. While this is not extended time to work on classroom projects, it provides studio space for more independent material studies.
TOUCH FOOTBALL CLUB
Moderator: Mr. Ings
Eligible grades: 9 - 11
Capacity: 24 students
Meeting time: Thursday, 3:30 - 4:30 p.m.
Start date: August 28
End date: December 11
Fee: $100
Program Description: This is an opportunity to learn the rules of American Football and play two-hand touch (or flag) with peers. Variations of ultimate football, 7v7, and mini games (matchups) can be included.
YOUTH YOGA CLUB
Moderator: Mrs. Yandle
Eligible grades: 3 - 6
Capacity: 24 students
Meeting time: Thursday, 3:30 - 4:30 p.m.
Start date: August 28
End date: December 11
Fee: $100
Program Description: Let's learn to move our bodies with our breath to relieve tension, build core strength, flexibility, and balance. After moving we'll learn to be still, breathe even deeper, and meditate on truth, beauty, and goodness! Literature read alouds that focus on a virtue will be the theme of each class. Taught by a certified 300hr instructor from Yoga Abbey. Bring your own yoga mat and a towel that we'll use as a prop and/or blanket.
JUNIOR CLASSICAL LEAGUE
Moderator: Mr. Schott, Mrs. Hinton, Ms. Eubanks
Eligible grades: 7 - 11
Capacity: 20
Meeting time: THURSDAY, 3:30 - 4:30 p.m.
Start date: August 28
End date: December 11
Fee: $100
Program Description: The JCL is a student organization that focuses on spreading appreciation for the ancient Greco-Roman cultures through various activities. However, the longer (and more accurate) answer is that the JCL is anything that you want it to be! For more academically-inclined students, we offer Academic Testing (with recognition and the possibility of monetary rewards at convention) and Certamen. For artists, we have visual arts competitions that range from sculpting to photography to jewelry. For athletes, we have Ludi (team sports) & Olympika (individual sports) that also offer awards to take home. We also have plenty of community service and leadership opportunities that members enjoy, and no matter what your strengths are, we’re all united under a social community that will welcome you with open arms.
FRIDAYS
MILITARY CLUB
Moderator: Mr. Ings
Eligible grades: 7 - 11
Capacity: 24 students
Meeting time: Friday, 3:30 - 4:30 p.m.
Start date: August 29
End date: December 12
Fee: $100
Program Description:Military club is an opportunity for students to learn more about military standards and practices. Activities include drill and ceremony, marching, and physical training.
VIRTUOUS MENS FRISBEE CLUB
Moderator: Mr. Mion
Eligible grades: 7 - 11
Capacity: 20 students
Meeting time: Friday, 3:30 - 4:30 p.m.
Start date: August 29
End date: December 12
Fee: $100
Program Description: This club seeks to promote in our young men an appreciation for the virtuous life and the nobility of character which it produces. We will begin each meeting with a discussion on a particular virtue by reading a great author's thought on that virtue; following this, we will then play ultimate frisbee. This will provide an additional, though more causal setting, for our male students to learn about the truly good life: a life of virtue.