Tuesdays, Grades 1-5

Nicole Walden

Busy hands and cool art. The club begins with creating diamond art pieces (a 5th grader will help us on this learning adventure). There will be other art and craft projects throughout the club, including, but not limited to: sticker by number art, paint by number, and independent art projects with paints, glitter, glue, collage, all kinds of markers, and other art projects led by students' interests. Open to students in 1st-5th grade.

*$15 materials fee*

Wednesdays, Grades 1-3

Kelsy Catlett

Join us for a fun and engaging journey around the world through books! Each week, we’ll explore a new country, read stories from different cultures, and dive into exciting activities that bring each place to life. From folktales to fun facts, students will develop a love for reading while broadening their global awareness. Pack your imagination—we’re off on an adventure! Open to students in 2nd grade.

Mondays, Grades 2-4

Lisa Sullivan

STEAM Club will take place in the Makers Space area in the library. Each week, students will be given a project to build using various craft materials, such as wood, cardboard, or clay and we will explore different weekly themes associated with design and building. Open to students in grades 2-4.

Mondays, Grades 2-4

Matt Taylor

Drawing Club is a chance for students to get together with friends and work on drawing projects. We will start off each day by learning or reviewing a new drawing technique that can be incorporated into our projects and artistic explorations. Open to students in 2nd-4th grade.

Tuesdays, Grades 1-5

Nicole Walden

Busy hands and cool art. The club begins with creating diamond art pieces (a 5th grader will help us on this learning adventure). There will be other art and craft projects throughout the club, including, but not limited to: sticker by number art, paint by number, and independent art projects with paints, glitter, glue, collage, all kinds of markers, and other art projects led by students' interests. Open to students in 1st-5th grade.

*$15 materials fee*

Wednesdays, Grades 1-3

Kelsy Catlett

Join us for a fun and engaging journey around the world through books! Each week, we’ll explore a new country, read stories from different cultures, and dive into exciting activities that bring each place to life. From folktales to fun facts, students will develop a love for reading while broadening their global awareness. Pack your imagination—we’re off on an adventure! Open to students in 2nd grade.

Mondays, Grades 2-4

Lisa Sullivan

STEAM Club will take place in the Makers Space area in the library. Each week, students will be given a project to build using various craft materials, such as wood, cardboard, or clay and we will explore different weekly themes associated with design and building. Open to students in grades 2-4.

Mondays, Grades 2-4

Matt Taylor

Drawing Club is a chance for students to get together with friends and work on drawing projects. We will start off each day by learning or reviewing a new drawing technique that can be incorporated into our projects and artistic explorations. Open to students in 2nd-4th grade.

Mondays, Grades 3-5

Lugh Hudson

Magic the Gathering (MtG) is a card game where you play as an array of fantasy roles and monsters, and compete against other players! This game is similar to the Pokémon Trading Card Game. This club is a chance to learn the game or help teach the game to friends. If you have a MtG deck, feel free to bring it. Open to students in grades 3-5.

Tuesdays, Grades 2-5

Lugh Hudson

This is a club for kids who love to read and write, or would like to hone their writing skills and creativity. The group will have the chance to choose fun activities and topics including ecology, astrology, cut out poetry, musical storytelling, and we will find fun ways to share our writing, with options including bookbinding or website design. Open to students in grades 2-5.

Tuesdays, Grades 1-5

Nicole Walden

Busy hands and cool art. The club begins with creating diamond art pieces (a 5th grader will help us on this learning adventure). There will be other art and craft projects throughout the club, including, but not limited to: sticker by number art, paint by number, and independent art projects with paints, glitter, glue, collage, all kinds of markers, and other art projects led by students' interests. Open to students in 1st-5th grade.

*$15 materials fee*

Wednesdays, Grades 1-3

Kelsy Catlett

Join us for a fun and engaging journey around the world through books! Each week, we’ll explore a new country, read stories from different cultures, and dive into exciting activities that bring each place to life. From folktales to fun facts, students will develop a love for reading while broadening their global awareness. Pack your imagination—we’re off on an adventure! Open to students in 2nd grade.

Wednesdays, Grades 3-5

Caden Boeri

Being part of a choral ensemble offers very unique learning opportunities. During our rehearsal time, we will prepare music for various performances throughout the school year. The students will learn how to sing with proper technique and sound. Most importantly, they will work together as a team to craft a beautiful and unified choral sound, and will perform in a concert at the end of the session. Open to students in grades 3-5.

Wednesdays, Grades 3-4

Leslie Macutkiewicz

Come help paint an indoor mural at Leeds school with Ms. Macutkiewicz! We will be sprucing up one of our existing indoor murals and incorporating our Leeds Bees theme. Looking for motivated and dedicated painters! Open to students in 3rd and 4th grades (and possibly 5th graders by special request).

Wednesdays, Grades 3-5

Liz Byrne

Juggling is for everyone! We will listen to our favorite music while learning to juggle, and maybe even put on a circus at the end of the club! Together we will learn the basics, step by step, and branch out into solo and paired tricks as the session goes on. Juggling improves eye-hand coordination (which will make you great at baseball, if that’s your thing) and is for anyone willing to try something new! Our club will be a peaceful and fun way to unwind at the end of the school day. Open to grades 3-5.

Thursdays, Grades 3-5

Scott Fitzmeyer

Do you have stories to tell about what's happening here at Leeds, or want to help others share their stories? Join our newspaper club to create the fifth edition of our very own school newspaper - The Leeds Leopard! Stories, interviews, investigations, the funny pages... we do it all! Open to students in grades 3-5.

Thursdays, Grades 3-5

Andrea Yurko

Fiber Arts club is a chance for students to work on independent knitting, crochet, embroidery, quilting, sewing, and/or other fiber arts projects. Open to students in grades 3-5, and possibly some 2nd graders, with some previous experience and/or students who are motivated to learn new techniques and work independently.

*$10 materials fee*

Fridays, Grades 2-4

Terre Parker

We will take a short walk down the bike path to the beautiful Mill River. Each week we’ll explore different things based on the group’s interests and the natural conditions. We’ll start with a short community circle activity. Then kids might choose to look for salamanders, create paint pigment from rocks and bricks, identify plants, build art from natural materials, create songs and dances inspired by what we see, or just chill and relax by the river. When it is warm we may wade and explore in the shallows. We may be visited by guests and hear stories of the river’s history and ecosystem. We’ll walk to the river each day and, unless there is extreme weather, be outside the entire time. We’ll return to school for pickup no earlier than 4pm (earlier pickups can be arranged down at the river).

Fridays, Grades 3-5

Seth Brosnan

Mountain Biking club is a chance to learn about bikes and bike safety. On nice weather days we will go on bike rides together to nearby destinations, such as Look Park, and on indoor days we'll learn about bike parts and bike maintenance. Be prepared to ride if it's raining lightly. Open to students with basic biking skills in grades 3-5. *must have a bike and helmet - Contact us if you do not own a bike or helmet and need assistance getting one.

Fridays, Grades 3-5

Lugh Hudson

Dungeons and Dragons (D&D) is a table top roleplaying game (ttrg) where you and your adventuring party solve mysteries and explore a fantasy world within a story. This club is a chance to learn the game or help teach the game to friends. If you have a figurine, or a (school appropriate) D&D character sheet, feel free to bring them! Open to students in grades 3-5.

Mondays, Grades 2-4

Lisa Sullivan

STEAM Club will take place in the Makers Space area in the library. Each week, students will be given a project to build using various craft materials, such as wood, cardboard, or clay and we will explore different weekly themes associated with design and building. Open to students in grades 2-4.

Mondays, Grades 2-4

Matt Taylor

Drawing Club is a chance for students to get together with friends and work on drawing projects. We will start off each day by learning or reviewing a new drawing technique that can be incorporated into our projects and artistic explorations. Open to students in 2nd-4th grade.

Mondays, Grades 3-5

Lugh Hudson

Magic the Gathering (MtG) is a card game where you play as an array of fantasy roles and monsters, and compete against other players! This game is similar to the Pokémon Trading Card Game. This club is a chance to learn the game or help teach the game to friends. If you have a MtG deck, feel free to bring it. Open to students in grades 3-5.

Mondays, Grades 4-5

Andrew Fitzmeyer

Join us on the lower field (Gym on rainy days) for a fun chance to play soccer with friends. Each week, students will lead each other in stretches and skills and drills, and then we will play full field soccer games and other fun soccer variations. There will be a strong emphasis on sports-person-ship and being a good teammate. Open to grades 4-5. Students will be expected to bring a water bottle, cleats, and shin guards every week, so please let us know if your child does not own any and you need assistance acquiring them.

Tuesdays, Grades 2-5

Lugh Hudson

This is a club for kids who love to read and write, or would like to hone their writing skills and creativity. The group will have the chance to choose fun activities and topics including ecology, astrology, cut out poetry, musical storytelling, and we will find fun ways to share our writing, with options including bookbinding or website design. Open to students in grades 2-5.

Tuesdays, Grades 1-5

Nicole Walden

Busy hands and cool art. The club begins with creating diamond art pieces (a 5th grader will help us on this learning adventure). There will be other art and craft projects throughout the club, including, but not limited to: sticker by number art, paint by number, and independent art projects with paints, glitter, glue, collage, all kinds of markers, and other art projects led by students' interests. Open to students in 1st-5th grade.

*$15 materials fee*

Tuesdays AND Thursdays, Grades 4-5

Kara McLaughlin, Gabrielle Hollender, various Guest Teachers and NHS Students

Come hang out with friends and high school students and learn new things (and still get time to play outside with your friends at Late Bird)! In this club we will learn about health, and navigating friendships, conflict, and growing up. We will have guest teachers, including NHS students, read books, play games, co-create a safe space, get to know each other, make friendship bracelets, listen to our favorite music, and go on a fun field trip to High Five Books. Students who sign up for this club will go out to Late Bird from 2:15-3pm, and then the club will meet from 3-4:15pm. When possible, the club will spend time outside. Open to any interested students in grades 4 and 5.

More info- This club will follow the Let’s T.A.L.K. health education curriculum, created by a local health educator and taught for the past 6 years in all classes at Pelham Elementary School. Let’s T.A.L.K. (Teach, Affirm, Learn, Know), incorporates creativity, embodiment, mindfulness practices, and art, and weaves together multi-modal resources (books, articles, activities and videos) that celebrate diversity, healthy relationships, justice, respect, listening, bodies, and consent. Students will learn about relationships, consent, and body autonomy. For more info and a link to the Let’s T.A.L.K. FAQ, email instructors Kara McLaughlin, Northampton Youth Health Coalition Coordinator and Gabrielle Hollender, Leeds Before and After School Coordinator.

This club is funded by an NEF grant and sponsored by the Northampton Department of Health and Human Services.

Wednesdays, Grades 3-5

Caden Boeri

Being part of a choral ensemble offers very unique learning opportunities. During our rehearsal time, we will prepare music for various performances throughout the school year. The students will learn how to sing with proper technique and sound. Most importantly, they will work together as a team to craft a beautiful and unified choral sound, and will perform in a concert at the end of the session. Open to students in grades 3-5.

Wednesdays, Grades 3-4

Leslie Macutkiewicz

Come help paint an indoor mural at Leeds school with Ms. Macutkiewicz! We will be sprucing up one of our existing indoor murals and incorporating our Leeds Bees theme. Looking for motivated and dedicated painters! Open to students in 3rd and 4th grades (and possibly 5th graders by special request).

Wednesdays, Grades 3-5

Liz Byrne

Juggling is for everyone! We will listen to our favorite music while learning to juggle, and maybe even put on a circus at the end of the club! Together we will learn the basics, step by step, and branch out into solo and paired tricks as the session goes on. Juggling improves eye-hand coordination (which will make you great at baseball, if that’s your thing) and is for anyone willing to try something new! Our club will be a peaceful and fun way to unwind at the end of the school day. Open to grades 3-5.

Thursdays, Grades 3-5

Scott Fitzmeyer

Do you have stories to tell about what's happening here at Leeds, or want to help others share their stories? Join our newspaper club to create the fifth edition of our very own school newspaper - The Leeds Leopard! Stories, interviews, investigations, the funny pages... we do it all! Open to students in grades 3-5.

Thursdays, Grades 3-5

Andrea Yurko

Fiber Arts club is a chance for students to work on independent knitting, crochet, embroidery, quilting, sewing, and/or other fiber arts projects. Open to students in grades 3-5, and possibly some 2nd graders, with some previous experience and/or students who are motivated to learn new techniques and work independently.

*$10 materials fee*

Fridays, Grades 2-4

Terre Parker

We will take a short walk down the bike path to the beautiful Mill River. Each week we’ll explore different things based on the group’s interests and the natural conditions. We’ll start with a short community circle activity. Then kids might choose to look for salamanders, create paint pigment from rocks and bricks, identify plants, build art from natural materials, create songs and dances inspired by what we see, or just chill and relax by the river. When it is warm we may wade and explore in the shallows. We may be visited by guests and hear stories of the river’s history and ecosystem. We’ll walk to the river each day and, unless there is extreme weather, be outside the entire time. We’ll return to school for pickup no earlier than 4pm (earlier pickups can be arranged down at the river).

Fridays, Grades 3-5

Seth Brosnan

Mountain Biking club is a chance to learn about bikes and bike safety. On nice weather days we will go on bike rides together to nearby destinations, such as Look Park, and on indoor days we'll learn about bike parts and bike maintenance. Be prepared to ride if it's raining lightly. Open to students with basic biking skills in grades 3-5. *must have a bike and helmet - Contact us if you do not own a bike or helmet and need assistance getting one.

Fridays, Grades 3-5

Lugh Hudson

Dungeons and Dragons (D&D) is a table top roleplaying game (ttrg) where you and your adventuring party solve mysteries and explore a fantasy world within a story. This club is a chance to learn the game or help teach the game to friends. If you have a figurine, or a (school appropriate) D&D character sheet, feel free to bring them! Open to students in grades 3-5.

Mondays, Grades 3-5

Lugh Hudson

Magic the Gathering (MtG) is a card game where you play as an array of fantasy roles and monsters, and compete against other players! This game is similar to the Pokémon Trading Card Game. This club is a chance to learn the game or help teach the game to friends. If you have a MtG deck, feel free to bring it. Open to students in grades 3-5.

Mondays, Grades 4-5

Andrew Fitzmeyer

Join us on the lower field (Gym on rainy days) for a fun chance to play soccer with friends. Each week, students will lead each other in stretches and skills and drills, and then we will play full field soccer games and other fun soccer variations. There will be a strong emphasis on sports-person-ship and being a good teammate. Open to grades 4-5. Students will be expected to bring a water bottle, cleats, and shin guards every week, so please let us know if your child does not own any and you need assistance acquiring them.

Tuesdays, Grades 2-5

Lugh Hudson

This is a club for kids who love to read and write, or would like to hone their writing skills and creativity. The group will have the chance to choose fun activities and topics including ecology, astrology, cut out poetry, musical storytelling, and we will find fun ways to share our writing, with options including bookbinding or website design. Open to students in grades 2-5.

Tuesdays, Grades 1-5

Nicole Walden

Busy hands and cool art. The club begins with creating diamond art pieces (a 5th grader will help us on this learning adventure). There will be other art and craft projects throughout the club, including, but not limited to: sticker by number art, paint by number, and independent art projects with paints, glitter, glue, collage, all kinds of markers, and other art projects led by students' interests. Open to students in 1st-5th grade.

*$15 materials fee*

Tuesdays AND Thursdays, Grades 4-5

Kara McLaughlin, Gabrielle Hollender, various Guest Teachers and NHS Students

Come hang out with friends and high school students and learn new things (and still get time to play outside with your friends at Late Bird)! In this club we will learn about health, and navigating friendships, conflict, and growing up. We will have guest teachers, including NHS students, read books, play games, co-create a safe space, get to know each other, make friendship bracelets, listen to our favorite music, and go on a fun field trip to High Five Books. Students who sign up for this club will go out to Late Bird from 2:15-3pm, and then the club will meet from 3-4:15pm. When possible, the club will spend time outside. Open to any interested students in grades 4 and 5.

More info- This club will follow the Let’s T.A.L.K. health education curriculum, created by a local health educator and taught for the past 6 years in all classes at Pelham Elementary School. Let’s T.A.L.K. (Teach, Affirm, Learn, Know), incorporates creativity, embodiment, mindfulness practices, and art, and weaves together multi-modal resources (books, articles, activities and videos) that celebrate diversity, healthy relationships, justice, respect, listening, bodies, and consent. Students will learn about relationships, consent, and body autonomy. For more info and a link to the Let’s T.A.L.K. FAQ, email instructors Kara McLaughlin, Northampton Youth Health Coalition Coordinator and Gabrielle Hollender, Leeds Before and After School Coordinator.

This club is funded by an NEF grant and sponsored by the Northampton Department of Health and Human Services.

Wednesdays, Grades 3-5

Caden Boeri

Being part of a choral ensemble offers very unique learning opportunities. During our rehearsal time, we will prepare music for various performances throughout the school year. The students will learn how to sing with proper technique and sound. Most importantly, they will work together as a team to craft a beautiful and unified choral sound, and will perform in a concert at the end of the session. Open to students in grades 3-5.

Wednesdays, Grades 3-5

Liz Byrne

Juggling is for everyone! We will listen to our favorite music while learning to juggle, and maybe even put on a circus at the end of the club! Together we will learn the basics, step by step, and branch out into solo and paired tricks as the session goes on. Juggling improves eye-hand coordination (which will make you great at baseball, if that’s your thing) and is for anyone willing to try something new! Our club will be a peaceful and fun way to unwind at the end of the school day. Open to grades 3-5.

Thursdays, Grades 3-5

Scott Fitzmeyer

Do you have stories to tell about what's happening here at Leeds, or want to help others share their stories? Join our newspaper club to create the fifth edition of our very own school newspaper - The Leeds Leopard! Stories, interviews, investigations, the funny pages... we do it all! Open to students in grades 3-5.

Thursdays, Grades 3-5

Andrea Yurko

Fiber Arts club is a chance for students to work on independent knitting, crochet, embroidery, quilting, sewing, and/or other fiber arts projects. Open to students in grades 3-5, and possibly some 2nd graders, with some previous experience and/or students who are motivated to learn new techniques and work independently.

*$10 materials fee*

Fridays, Grades 2-4

Terre Parker

We will take a short walk down the bike path to the beautiful Mill River. Each week we’ll explore different things based on the group’s interests and the natural conditions. We’ll start with a short community circle activity. Then kids might choose to look for salamanders, create paint pigment from rocks and bricks, identify plants, build art from natural materials, create songs and dances inspired by what we see, or just chill and relax by the river. When it is warm we may wade and explore in the shallows. We may be visited by guests and hear stories of the river’s history and ecosystem. We’ll walk to the river each day and, unless there is extreme weather, be outside the entire time. We’ll return to school for pickup no earlier than 4pm (earlier pickups can be arranged down at the river).

Fridays, Grades 3-5

Seth Brosnan

Mountain Biking club is a chance to learn about bikes and bike safety. On nice weather days we will go on bike rides together to nearby destinations, such as Look Park, and on indoor days we'll learn about bike parts and bike maintenance. Be prepared to ride if it's raining lightly. Open to students with basic biking skills in grades 3-5. *must have a bike and helmet - Contact us if you do not own a bike or helmet and need assistance getting one.

Fridays, Grades 3-5

Lugh Hudson

Dungeons and Dragons (D&D) is a table top roleplaying game (ttrg) where you and your adventuring party solve mysteries and explore a fantasy world within a story. This club is a chance to learn the game or help teach the game to friends. If you have a figurine, or a (school appropriate) D&D character sheet, feel free to bring them! Open to students in grades 3-5.