After School Programs

Pickleball by Euro School of Tennis (Tues)

• Grades: TK-3rd

• Pickleball program isn’t just about the game itself; it embodies a fundamental principle underlying sportsmanship worldwide, as epitomized by the founder of the modern Olympic Games: “The essence of pickleball isn’t solely about winning, but rather about engaging fully in the game, much like the spirit of the Olympics. Victory is not the ultimate goal; rather, it’s about embracing the challenges and giving your best effort on the court. Success lies not in conquering opponents, but in playing with determination and skill.”

In our after-school pickleball program, we instill this maxim into the everyday experiences of our students on the court. While winning is gratifying, simply participating and contributing to the team are paramount in Pickleball Pursuits.

• Location: Blacktop - Basketball Court Area

• Cost: $450 for 10 sessions

• Dates: 9/15/26 - 12/8/26
  No class: 10/20, 11/3, 11/24

• Schedule: Tuesdays, 2:35-3:35 PM

• Enrollment Link (scroll to the bottom for Ellis listings)

Volleyball by Euro School of Tennis (Wed) **new

• Grades: TK-3rd

  • Engage your child in fun leadership and teamwork activities with after school volleyball!

  • Let us help introduce your child to a sport that builds athleticism and social skills at the same time. Volleyball is one of the single best team sports available for kids. It helps them connect with goal setting, offers a great workout, and improves coordination. The perfect chance for your child to learn more is happening right now! Enroll your child with our after school volleyball program, and help them build fundamental skills and truly enjoy the experience. 

  • Location: Blacktop - Basketball Court Area

• Cost:  $496 for 11 sessions

  • Dates: 9/16/26 - 12/9/26

No classes: 11/11, 11/25

• Schedule: Wednesdays, 2:35-3:35 PM

• Enrollment Link (scroll to the bottom for Ellis listings)

Tennis by Euro School of Tennis (Thurs) 

• Grades: TK-3rd

  • Pride. Confidence. Respect. Responsibility. They’re all values almost every parent wants to instill in their children, and Euro School of Tennis is ready to help with our after school tennis program. We offer youngsters a chance to learn a sport that has so much to teach!

  • Tennis excellence at your school playground – We play with modified equipment (18 ft portable net) to ensure they learn at their level. We provide all equipment: smaller rackets as well as low compression red balls to help your child learn the fundamentals. Our instructors take tennis pretty seriously. We work with our students both on and off the court to help infuse the importance of hard work, responsibility, and success as well as failure into everything we do.  

  • The Court of Life – Unlike many other sports, tennis has some takeaways others cannot touch. Physically, students gain a level of endurance and coordination that carries over to other sports and daily activities. Mentally though, they learn about self discipline, integrity, and honesty in a very different classroom. If you want Euro School of Tennis to help your child get excited about a new sport, sign up today! 

• Location: Blacktop - Basketball Court Area

• Cost: $540 for 12 sessions

  • Dates: 9/17/26 - 12/10/26

No class: 11/26

• Schedule: Thursdays, 2:35-3:35 PM

• Enrollment Link (scroll to the bottom for Ellis listings)

Olympic Hopes by Euro School of Tennis (Fri) **new

• Grades: TK-3rd

  • “The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not to win but to take part, just as the most important thing in life is not the triumph but the struggle. The essential thing is not to have conquered but to have fought well.” - Baron de Coubertin

  • This creed guides the modern Olympic games and it is the foundation of our Olympic Hopes after school program, giving kids a chance to do so much more than simply learn a new sport.

  • Sportsmanship and Teamwork: Olympic Hopes was designed to teach kids that walking on the field is the first step in any journey.  Participating, learning key teamwork skills, and working hard are what matter most in any setting and by framing our program with the Olympic Creed, our students have the opportunity to learn the true meaning behind sport of any kind.

  • A Fun Environment: In this after school program, fun is a priority.  Using modified equipment, kids get a chance to learn at their level. On the field, you’ll see endurance and coordination, as well as development of some basic athletic skills. Off the field, you’ll see self discipline, integrity, and honesty in a way you never thought possible. Sports help your kids learn so much more about themselves. Starting early means a chance to build healthy principles in those after school hours.  

• Location: Blacktop 

• Cost:  $540 for 12 sessions

• Dates: 9/18/26 - 12/11/26

No class: 11/27

• Schedule: Fridays, 12:45-1:45 PM

• Enrollment Link (scroll to the bottom for Ellis listings)

Yoga by Euro School of Tennis (Wed) **new

• Grades: TK-3rd

  • Many parents are looking for a good way to improve their child’s physical and mental health, but the solution may be easier than you think. Our After School Yoga program means the perfect way to help your child enhance his or her balance and strength as well as build focus and self-esteem. Ready to get started? Sign up now!

  • The Benefits of Yoga – Studies have shown that yoga has powerful mental and physical benefits for kids and adults alike. Take a look:

    • Build Muscular Endurance

    • Increase Aerobic Capacity

    • Improve Academic Performance

    • Reduce Stress and Anxiety

• Location: Field

• Cost:  $495 for 11 sessions

• Dates: 9/16/26 - 12/9/26

No classes: 11/11, 11/25

• Schedule: Wednesdays, 2:30-3:30 PM 

• Enrollment link

Afterschool Hoops (Fri) by One on One Basketball

• Grades: 1st-3rd

• Description: Do you like to play basketball? Do you want to be a better shooter, dribbler, passer, defender? Do you want to have fun learning how to become a better player? Join One on One Basketball for AFTER SCHOOL HOOPS® at Ellis Elementary School. Throughout the spring, skilled and experienced basketball coaches will conduct a one-hour clinic each week for you and your friends. Learn, work hard, get better with ONE ON ONE! GAMES * CONTESTS * DRILLS  Have fun learning to become a better basketball player!

• Location: Blacktop

• Cost: $415

• Dates: 9/11/26 - 12/11/26
  No class 11/27

• Schedule: Fridays, 12:45–1:45 PM 

• Enrollment Link

• For more information, call (650) 804-5226

MultiSports (Tues) by Valley Sports Camp

• Grades: TK-5th

• Description: This is an active, high-energy After School Program focusing on sportsmanship, teamwork, building friendships, learning new games, and fun!  Kids will be grouped by age and will play 2-3 developmentally appropriate games each week.  Our games are designed for any level of athleticism, which is why kids love our games so much!  Organized activities will focus on building skills and team concepts.  Every week campers will learn about a new character building trait, and have an opportunity to put it into practice during a camp session.  

  • Multi-Sport Camp Activities Include: HOCKEY * BASKETBALL * STAR WARS * SOCCER * CAPTURE THE FLAG * HOME RUN DERBY * TENNIS BASEBALL * FLAG FOOTBALL * SO-GO * CASTLEBALL * KICKBALL BASKETBALL * & MANY OTHER FUN AND TEAMWORK ORIENTED GAMES

• Location: Blacktop - Basketball Court Area

• Cost: $147

• Dates: 

• Schedule: Tuesdays, 2:35-3:35 PM

• Enrollment Link

Flag Football by Valley Sports Camp (Thurs) **new

• Grades: 2nd-5th

• Flag football offers a wonderful tackle-free way to embrace the agility, strategy and FUN of football.  Our games are designed for any level of athleticism, which is why kids love our games so much!  Organized activities will focus on building skills and team concepts.  Every week campers will learn about a new character building trait, and have an opportunity to put it into practice during a session

• Location: field

• Cost: $174

• Dates:
  No class:

• Enrollment Link

Skateboarding (Mon) by GoGo Skateboarding

• Grades: K-5th

• Description: Get ready to roll with GoGo Skateboarding! Tailored for all skill levels, this on-campus program introduces students to the fundamentals of skateboarding in a safe, supportive, and inclusive-to-all manner. We provide skateboards and safety gear for each class, and have exciting obstacles to keep the fun rolling!

• Location: Blacktop - Basketball Court 

• Cost: $280

• Dates: 9/14/26-10/26/26
  No class 10/5/26

• Schedule: Mondays, 2:40-3:40 PM 

• Enrollment Link 

Soccer AYSO Play! Plus (Fri) 

• Grades: K-3rd on Fridays

• Description: AYSO PLAY! PLUS offers additional soccer training year round! PLAY! PLUS follows an outcome-based curriculum, placing a strong emphasis on social-emotional learning and fundamental motor skills alongside developing soccer techniques. AYSO PLAY! ensures a comprehensive journey that’s age appropriate for your child’s learning.

• Location: Field

• Cost: $120

• Dates: 9/18/26-11/6/26

• Schedule: Fridays 12:50-1:50 PM

• Enrollment Link

Coding and Game Design (Tues) by Lando

• Grades: 1st-3rd

• Description: Our classes are designed to engage beginning to intermediate coders. Instead of your typical coding puzzles, students learn by creating a variety of mini-games. They’ll master key concepts — such as sequencing, variables, conditionals, and events — all while enjoying the process of building games for themselves and their friends. We provide laptops loaded with our custom, distraction-free version of Scratch and send regular updates to keep parents informed about each student’s progress.

• Location: Library

• Schedule: Tuesdays, 2:35 PM – 4:15 PM 

• Dates: Begins 9/15/26 and accepts rolling admission

• Cost: $30 per class, paid monthly

• Enrollment Link

AttackBots Robotics (Mon) by Snapology 

• Grades: 1st-5th

• Description: In this exciting program, students will build a variety of military-inspired robots that will respond to their programmed commands. While working with a partner to solve the various challenges, your student will be challenged to understand how to effectively utilize a sensor, how different mechanical components can alter the power and speed of their machine, and how programming is a challenging but rewarding skill that they can master with just a little practice. We will support them in the development of their coding and building skills and inspire them with games and challenges using the robots they build with their partner. They're going to have a BLAST!

• Cost: $305 for 11 classes

• Location: C106

• Dates: 9/14/26-12/7/26

No Class 10/12, 11/23

• Schedule: Mondays, 2:40-3:40 PM

• Enrollment Link

Hands on Science (Tues) by Science Made Fun SFBA/High Touch High Tech

• Grades: TK-5th

• Description: High Touch High Tech enrichments provide students with a unique, interactive experience that brings science concepts to life. Each session, students exercise scientific  process skills such as observing, investigating, questioning, explaining and problem solving.  Join us and explore! (different topics covered each session)

• ChemFun • Matter • Color Fun • Fantastic Static • Magnets • ExSEEDingly Cool • Spooky Science • Fossils • Float or Sink? (Density) • Sense-ational Science • Get Buggy • Holiday Science • Microbe Jungle •

• Location: C106

• Cost: $676 for 13 classes

• Dates: 9/15/26-12/15/26

No class on 10/6, 11/24

• Schedule: Tuesdays, 2:35-3:35 PM

  • ***Pick up for Grades TK/K at 2:25 PM included

  • Teacher Learning Days: 10/20, 11/3 Class times: 12:50-1:50 PM

• Enrollment Link

Dance (Mon) by Euro School of Tennis **new

• Grades: TK to 3rd

• Description: If you love to have your child move, groove, and express themself through dance, our after school dance program is just for your child! Each week we’ll explore a variety of dance styles including: hip-hop, line dancing, cha-cha, contemporary, jazz, and creative movement.

• • • • Fun & Energetic: Our afterschool dance classes are filled with exciting routines that will get you moving, grooving, and smiling from ear to ear

      • Make New Friends: meet fellow dance enthusiasts and build lifelong friendships as you learn to dance together

      • Creative Expression: Explore different dance styles and let the kids imagination run and be more creative and fun as you express yourself though movement

      • Boost Confidence: Best way to gain confidence as kids learn new dance steps and showcase their talents in a supportive and encouraging environment

• • Location: Blacktop

  • Schedule: Mondays 2:30-3:30 PM

  • Dates: 9/14/26 - 12/7/26
    No class: 10/12, 11/23

  • Cost: $495 for 11 sessions

  • Enrollment Link

Sculpting with Modeling Clay (Wed) by Lando

• Grades: 1st-3rd

• Description: Elementary students have brilliant ideas but often lack the tools to express them. Our class turns "thought" into "thing" by blending Clay Sculpting with Drawing, bringing their mental worlds into reality. This approach also naturally builds fine motor skills. By combining the tactile strength of clay with the precision of pencil control, we develop the essential hand dexterity needed for schoolwork—without it ever feeling like a chore.

• Location: Stage in the Multipurpose Room

• Schedule: Wednesdays, 2:35-4:15 PM

• Dates: Begins 9/16/26 and accepts rolling admission

• Cost: $30 per class, paid monthly

• Enrollment Link 

Drawing (Wed) by Young Rembrandts 

• Grades: 1st-4th

• Description: Young Rembrandts students will flex their artistic muscles with an exciting lineup of drawing lessons. We’ll warm up with whimsical Winter Birdhouses and a festive birthday cake—perfect projects to spark imagination. Budding artists will take on dynamic challenges like a bold Palm Tree Scene, adorable penguins full of personality, and a Young Rembrandts take on Grant Wood’s American Gothic. We’ll wrap things up with a blend of elegance and graphic design in imaginative lessons like Trolls at Home and a striking Line Art Owl.

  • Location: B204 (Mr. Fortunado’s classroom)

  • Schedule: Wednesdays, 2:35-3:35 PM

  • Dates: April 1 - May 13

  • Cost: $165 for 6 sessions

  • Enrollment Link

Baile Folklorico (Mon) with Coach A 

• Grades: 3rd-5th

• Description: Mexican Folklorico is a form of Mexican traditional dances from different regions of the country. They are inspired by folklore and have influences of ballet. Different countries have influenced Mexico’s culture along with Folklorico. Students will learn about preserving Mexican culture through Mexican Folkloric dance, music, and traditions. It will educate the Community about Mexican History while students express themselves through dance.   

• Cost: Free

• Location: Multipurpose Room/Breezeway

• Schedule: Mondays, 2:40-3:40 PM

• Dates: TBD (starts late September/early October)

• Enrollment Link

Math Tycoon: Theme Park Mayhem (Tues) by Lando **new

• Grades: 1st to 3rd

• Description: This semester in Lando's Math Tycoon class, students step into the role of park designers and business owners, building and managing a new theme park each week, from water parks to space parks to safari adventures. Every math problem they solve invites customers, unlocks attractions, and grows their park, so practice always has a purpose behind it. Worksheets align with Common Core standards and adapt by grade level, covering everything from counting and place value to fractions, multi-digit operations, and coordinate planes, with students working at their own pace as valued contributors to a shared park. Each class builds toward a collaborative construction goal that unlocks a themed math mini game, reinforcing that week's skills through play.

• Schedule: Thursdays, 2:30-4:15 PM

• Dates: Begins 9/17/26 but accepts rolling admission! 

• Cost: $30 per class, paid monthly

• Location: C106

Chess (Wed) by Yes for Chess 

• Grades: 1st to 5th

• Description: The Yes For Chess after school enrichment program uses chess to teach kids creative problem​​​​​​ solving and critical thinking, in a fun and stimulating setting. We work with all skill levels, even for students with no chess experience. With the idea that children will learn chess if they are having fun, we recruit instructors that are great with kids and have a background in chess, instead of the stereotypical chess professional who struggles to connect with a classroom of children. Our approach is a refreshing alternative to the sometimes overly competitive world of scholastic chess.

• Schedule: Wednesdays, 2:35-3:35 PM

• Dates: 9/30/36 - 1/27/27

• Cost $336 for 14 classes 

• Location: B113 Ms. Cerna/Diep's Room

• Enrollment Link

Reading Club (Mon) with Ms. Debnam

• Grades: 3rd-5th

• Description: Join Ms. Debnam's Reading Club for a quiet place to read and discuss books!  

• Cost: Free

• Location: B211

• Schedule: Mondays, 2:35-3:35 PM

• Enrollment Link

• We are actively looking for cleared parent volunteers who can help TK/K students transition from their classrooms to their after school programs. Please contact Claudia at claudia.estrada@sesd.org if you're able to help.

• All Grade 1-5 students will need to transition by themselves to their after school programs upon dismissal (Mon-Thurs 2:30 p.m., Fri grades 1-3 12:45 p.m., grades 4-5 2:30 p.m.). All After School Program instructors will be present to facilitate check-in with the students. Please make sure you communicate with your students in a timely manner about their classes.

• If your student goes to CYW/KLAS, please inform CYW/KLAS what days your student will attend an after school program. Please make sure that the after school program knows that your student needs to be dropped off at their aftercare upon completion of the class.

• With the exception of Friday basketball, parents are to pick up their children directly from their after school program.  For Friday basketball, the instructor will walk students to the gate near the front office upon dismissal and will be released to their guardian or caretaker.

• Please don’t sign up if your students cannot be picked up on time. The coaches/instructors need to leave promptly after they finish the classes. 

• If a student was absent at school due to health concerns, then he/she is not able to attend the after school program.

• Classes will happen rain or shine.

• All scholarships for the Spring session have been already awarded, and the families have been notified.

• Buscamos activamente padres voluntarios que hayan sido aprobados como voluntarios, que puedan ayudar a los estudiantes de TK/K con la transición de sus salones a sus programas extraescolares. Si puede ayudar, comuníquese con Claudia enviando un email a claudia.estrada@sesd.org.

• Todos los estudiantes de 1º a 5º grado deberán ir por su cuenta a sus programas extraescolares al finalizar el horario escolar (lunes a jueves, 2:30PM; viernes, 1º a 3er grado, 12:45pm; 4º y 5º grado, 2:30PM). Todos los instructores del programa extraescolar estarán presentes para facilitar el registro con los estudiantes. Asegúrese de recordar a sus estudiantes qué días deben asistir a los programas extraescolares.

• Si su estudiante asiste a CYW/KLAS, informe a los coordinadores de estos programas qué días asistirá a un programa extraescolar. Asegúrese de que el programa extraescolar sepa que su estudiante debe atender CYW/KLAS al finalizar la clase. Con excepción del baloncesto de los viernes, los padres deben recoger a sus hijos directamente del programa extraescolar. Por favor, accedan por la entrada de Olive St. y no por la oficina principal.

• Para el baloncesto de los viernes, el instructor acompañará a los estudiantes hasta la puerta cerca de la oficina principal a la salida y los entregará a su tutor o cuidador.

• Por favor, no se inscriban si no pueden ir a buscar a sus estudiantes a tiempo. Los entrenadores/instructores deben marcharse puntualmente después de terminar las clases.

• Si un estudiante faltó a la escuela por motivos de salud, no podrá asistir al programa extraescolar.

• Las clases se impartirán aunque llueva.

• Todas las becas para la sesión de primavera ya se han otorgado y se ha notificado a las familias.