After School Care & ETC Classes

We look forward to serving your students in our after school care program and in a variety of engaging ETC classes offered year-round. Spring 2025 ETC offerings are now online!

Before & After Care

List of 4 items.

  • Before School Care

    Before School Care is available for grades PK-8. Drop-off is from 7:00-7:15 a.m. at the lower gymnasium door. There is a $3.00 per day fee for Before School Care billed monthly in Blackbaud Tuition Management.
  • After School Care

    • Dismissal to 6:00 p.m.
    • $5.85 per hour per child billed to your Blackbaud Tuition Management account monthly
    • Snack provided in classroom (students need to bring a water bottle) 
    • Homework time in a classroom
    • Outside play
    • Contact ASC/BLAST 901-825-0588
  • Pick-up Procedures

    Four parking signs are located in the parking lot in front of Haygood Gymnasium. Please park and text the ASC phone number 901.825.0588) with your child's name, grade, and make of car. You may enter through the Haygood Gymnasium entrance, down the stairs, and to the right to the ASC desk to sign your student out for the day.
  • B. E. A. M. S.

    Each week an ASC class will have a Book Day, Exercise Day, Arts & crafts Day, Movie Day, and a Stem Activity Day. One each day of the week. 

Spring 2025 ETC Classes

List of 12 items.

  • Lace Up Life Skills

    Kids in this fun and interactive club will develop essential fine motor skills through various hands-on activities! We’ll practice everyday tasks like tying shoes, opening milk cartons, and buttoning things, all while playing games designed to strengthen coordination and dexterity. These skills are crucial for independence and success in school and beyond. Join us for a creative and engaging environment where kids can build confidence, improve hand-eye coordination, and master the small tasks that make a big difference in their daily lives!

    Instructor: Mrs. Ryan & Coach MaKinster
    Days: Thursdays
    Grades: JK-1st
    Time: 3:30- 4:15
    Cost: $200
    *must wear laced shoes
  • Music Lessons with Anne Catherine

    My name is Anne Catherine Landsgaard. I am currently a sophomore music therapy student at the University of Memphis, and have nearly a decade of experience in music. I have had the privilege of coaching a few Tennessee All State singers and served as the soprano section leader in my high school's Honor Choir. Additionally, I was a member of the All West Tennessee and All State Tennessee choirs for two consecutive years. I have four years of experience playing the piano and two years with the guitar. I continue to hone my skills through ongoing guitar and voice lessons.  

    Instructor: Anne Catherine Landsgaard
    Instruments: Guitar, Ukulele, Piano, and Voice 
    Grades: 1st-8th
    Cost: $125 for four lessons per month

    30-minute private lessons scheduled by the instructor
    *(Billed monthly through Blackbaud Tuition Management.)
  • Garden Club

    The Gardeners will design and help build benches with planters around the patio in front of our stage. They will plant herb and flower seeds in miniature greenhouses that will grow into plants for our bench planters to be planted after April 15. They will complete work on their fall projects. They will also enjoy plenty of time to create in the outdoor kitchen, pond, fairy, and dino gardens, and loose parts building area!

    Instructor: Ms. Jabbour
    Day: Tuesday
    March 18-April 8
    Grades: 1st-4th
    Time: 3:30-4:30
    Cost: $200
  • Green Thumbs

    Green Thumbs will plant vegetable and flower seeds in miniature greenhouses to transfer to our raised bed after April 15. They will work the soil and mulch, water, and weed to provide a good growing environment for their plants! They will tend our worm farm and harvest the vermicompost to add to our soil. They will make “worm tea” to water the plants with as a special treat! They will plant flowers that pollinators love around our Pollinator Palace to attract native pollinators to our garden. Of course, we will also have lots of time to play in the outdoor kitchen, enjoy the pond, visit the fairies in the fairy garden, and erupt the dinosaurs’ volcano!

    Instructor: Ms. Jabbour
    Day: Monday
    March 17-May 5
    Grades: PK-SK (JK register as "pre-school")
    Time: 3:30-4:30
    Cost: $200
     
  • Homework Hotspots (3rd-8th Grades)

    3rd & 4th Homework Hotspot
     
    A quiet environment supervised by a Woodland teacher for students who want to complete assignments.  The teacher has the assignments for these grades along with test dates. She will lightly check homework and quiz students for tests. Please know this is NOT a one-on-one tutoring session. Mrs. Vollmer is the teacher supervising this class. Students will be billed at the end of the month through Blackbaud Tuition Management.

    Supervising Teacher: Mrs. Vollmer
    Monday, Tuesday, Thursday
    3:30-4:15 p.m.
    $11 per day (billed monthly through Blackbaud)
    Supervising Teacher: Mrs. Vollmer 
     
    Middle School Homework Hotspot
     
    A quiet environment supervised by a Woodland teacher for students who want to complete assignments.  The teacher has the assignments for these grades to make sure they are completing everything. The teacher can lightly check homework and quiz students for tests. Please know this is NOT a one-on-one tutoring session. Middle school teachers will be supervising this class.
     
    Supervising Teachers: Middle School Faculty
    Monday, Tuesday, Thursday
    3:30-4:30 p.m.
    $11 per day (billed monthly through Blackbaud)
     
  • Chess Club

    What can Chess do for your child…Enhance concentration, reading skills, memory skills, raise IQ scores and foster critical and creative thinking skills. Mid South Chess, started by a Rhodes alumni Alex Stripunsky and Jake Kleiman, both who are masters in the field of Chess, will bring their talented instructors to teach this semester. They help elementary to high school students in after care classes, camps, tournaments and seminars. Beginner to advanced players welcome!

    Website: Midsouthchess.com  for more information.

    Instructor: Mid-South Chess
    Day: Wednesday
    January 29-April 9
    Grades: PK-SK
    Time: 3:30-4:30
    Cost: $165
  • A.C.T.I.O.N.

    ACTION (Art, Choir, Theater in one night) is conducted by Woodland Presbyterian Church. A performing arts group sponsored by Woodland Presbyterian Church that meets every Wednesday in the church choir room. We learn songs, create art projects, and present a musical each December and May.
    ASC will send them to A.C.T.I.O.N on Wednesdays 

    Day: Wednesday 
    Times: 5:00-6:00 p.m.
    Grades: SK-5th grade
    Cost: FREE
    Teacher: Ms. Bettye Sue Johnston, WPC Choirmaster bettyesue@woodlandpres.org
    901-233-7318
  • Yu-Gi-Oh Club

    It's time to duel!
    Free to join, and you don't need your own cards. Beginners welcome. This club will teach students how to play Yu-Gi-Oh and basic strategies. We hope to see you there!

    Day: Fridays (until the end of school)
    Times: 3:30-4:35
    Grades: 3rd-8th
    Cost: FREE
    Instructor: ASC and Lee Prescott
  • Fridays in the Garden

    Come and see what we do in our Woodland Garden! Friday Gardeners will plant seeds, water, mulch, and weed. They will enjoy all of the garden centers – outdoor kitchen, fairy garden, sand tables, building and climbing area, digging bed, pond, and dinosaur bed. They will benefit from being outside and meeting new friends! We will do some fun projects and help beautify our campus!

    Dates: Friday
    March 21-May 2
    Times: 3:30-4:30
    Grades: PK-8
    Cost: $25 per class
    Instructor: Ms. Jabbour
  • Loose Parts Inventions

    Create and invent projects each week using a variety of “loose parts”. What are “loose parts”? Loose parts are any materials that allow for open-ended interpretation and play. They pave the way for exploration and innovative thinking! STEAM - science, technology, engineering, art, and math - at its purest! This camp is for students in PK through SK. Please send some loose parts with your child to make available for the inventions. Loose parts can be boxes (all sizes), plastic bottles and containers, old appliances, buttons, bottle caps, string, old toys, pinecones, acorns, or sticks, ... This ETC class will be full of hands-on, three-dimensional problem-solving FUN! 
     
    Instructor: Ms. Jabbour
    Day: Monday
    January 27-March 3
    Times: 3:30-4:30
    Grades: PK-SK
    Cost: $150
  • Loose Parts

    Create and invent different projects and challenges each week using a variety of “loose parts”. What are “loose parts”? Loose parts are any materials that allow for open-ended interpretation and play. They pave the way for exploration and innovative thinking! STEAM - science, technology, engineering, art, and math - at its purest! This camp is for students in 1st through 4th grades. Please send some loose parts with your child to make available for the inventions. Loose parts can be boxes (all sizes), plastic bottles and containers, old appliances, buttons, bottle caps, string, old toys, pinecones, acorns, and sticks, This ETC class will be full of hands-on, three-dimensional problem-solving FUN! 

    Instructor: Ms. Jabbour
    Grades: 1st- 4th
    Days: Tuesdays
    Time: 3:30- 4:30
    January 28- February 25 (5 classes)
    Cost: $150
  • Challenge Chamber

    Prepare for exciting adventures filled with mystery and teamwork! Join us for a thrilling experience of challenges and puzzles, in person and online, where you will enhance your problem-solving skills while racing against the clock. Don’t miss this chance to have fun and learn…Are you ready to take on the challenge?

    Instructor: Mrs. Dixon
    Days: Monday
    Grades: 1st- 4th
    January 27-April 7
    Time: 3:30-4:15
    Cost: $200

List of 1 members.

  • Photo of Murrey Enterline

    Mrs. Murrey Enterline 

    Director ASC & Blast Summer Camp