Swanton Crossroads & Explorers 

MONDAYS

-COOKING & NUTRITION: What is better in winter than some nice homemade bread, fresh baked cookies and being able to enjoy them with friends? Of course, with the season of sharing, we will do just that with some of our tasty treats that we make.

-DESTINATION IMAGINATION: We have a great team started but there is room for a few more! Solve awesome STEAM challenges, develop your creative side, plan, build and present your own solution! We are looking for a committed group of kids to take to the Destination Imagination Competition in March. Practices will take place every Monday (as long as Crossroads is running) until that competition. You will continue to be enrolled in this program on Mondays in future sessions. Please be sure this is a program you will stick to the rest of the year.

-DUNGEONS & DRAGONS (BEGINNERS): Welcoming players into the fantasy world of D&D. Sit down, roll dice and get lost in the story told by your Dungeon Master. Learn the basics in this beginner-level class. Fighting creatures, saving villagers, collecting treasure and more is waiting. The world is yours!

-OPEN GYM: This is that chance to come to the gym and do what you want! Floor hockey, soccer, kickball? You choose!

-WINTER CRAFTING: We will be doing all kinds of fall crafts this session from holiday gifts to make and take,  to some serious Sharpie Marker art!

TUESDAYS

-COVER TO COVER YEARBOOK CLUB (GR 6): Are you a sixth grader? Curious about what your year book will look like? Well here is your chance to help plan and put the year book together!

-DUNGEONS & DRAGONS (ADVANCED): Have you played D&D before? Get more in depth with this fantasy role-playing game in our advanced class. Fighting creatures, saving villagers, collecting treasure and more is waiting. The world is yours!

-GAME SHUFFLE: What better way to spend a day than playing a familiar board game with a friend or maybe trying out a new game.

-JR. IRON CHEF @SWANTON REC (GR 5-6): With Miss Nicole’s guidance, students will work as a team to create and perfect a delicious and healthy recipe.  We’ll take the cooking skills we learn along the way to compete against other teams from across Vermont at the statewide competition on March 14th in Essex. See if your recipe will be good enough to add to school menus throughout the state!

-MODERN TECH LAB (GR 6): Have fun with hands-on experiments with your friends and gain practical experience in robotics and modern tech. No experience necessary: you will control robots, build apps, and design interfaces with a specialized coach! This program takes place at Swanton School, in collaboration with MVU. 7th & 8th graders may participate and mentor Swanton students. Must register for Tuesday and Thursday.

-AFTER TUTORING ACTIVITY: Swanton Tutoring students can receive after school meals on Tuesdays & Thursdays but must have a Crossroads registration/permission form on file. Please indicate if your student will stay for Crossroads after their tutoring session is over when completing the form. Students who stay after tutoring will have thirty minutes of an open art and game time. Prior registration with the tutoring program is required.

WEDNESDAYS 

-BUILDING CHALLENGES: Not just LEGO! Try your hand at KEVA planks, building blocks and even cardboard boxes.

-COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS: The Kindness Boxes have been started, and will continue through this community service class. With the winter holidays approaching, we are hoping to reach out in other ways to help our community.

-HARRY POTTER CLUB: Step into Hogwarts and enjoy an afternoon of potions, poisons, wands and spells!

-LIBRARY CRAFT CLUB: Our own Swanton Public Library will be hosting a crafting club for us on Wednesday afternoons!

THURSDAYS

-FIBER ARTS: We will be trying our hands at some weaving, crochet, embroidery, and friendship bracelets.

-MAD SCIENTISTS: Not just vinegar and baking soda, we will be stacking liquids, making sparkly slime, soap soufflé and so much more!

-MODERN TECH LAB (GR 6): See description above. Must register for Tuesday and Thursday

-POKÉMON CLUB: Join us for some Pokémon games!  Players can learn strategic thinking, math, and reading comprehension through their passion for Pokémon. Playing these games inspires teamwork and creativity.

-AFTER TUTORING ACTIVITY: See Description Above

MONDAYS

-ART & LITERACY: Each week we will listen to a themed story with a craft activity to go along with it

-BUILDING CHALLENGES: Not just LEGO! Try your hand at KEVA planks, building blocks and even cardboard boxes.

TUESDAYS

-COOKING & NUTRITION: They have been asking, and we are doing it!  We will be baking and cooking some simple recipes each week.

-OCEAN EXPLORATIONS: We will explore the sea shore, coral reefs, the deepest parts of the ocean and the polar oceans. Learning through science and art.

-AFTER TUTORING ACTIVITY: Swanton Tutoring students can receive after school meals on Tuesdays & Thursdays but must have a Crossroads registration/permission form on file. Please indicate if your student will stay for Explorers after their tutoring session is over when completing the form. Students who stay after tutoring will have thirty minutes of an open art and game time. Prior registration with the tutoring program is required.

WEDNESDAYS

-BEAD CREATIONS: Bracelets, bead animals and even some window sun catchers! Come and get creative with us!

-CRAZY 8’S MATH: Crazy 8’s math is an engaging hands on math program that will bring numbers to life! A new and exciting lesson each week.

THURSDAYS

-STARS & SPACE: We are going to travel to space and learn all that we can through hands-on activities each week. Cookie moon phases, paper mache planets and more!

-WINTER CRAFTING: We will be making all kinds of fun winter crafts this session. From snowflakes to gingerbread houses, we are celebrating winter!

-AFTER TUTORING ACTIVITY: See description above.