After school classes at The Joy School provide a loving and safe environment where students can learn, relax and have fun while enjoying extracurricular activities. There are a combination of educational and recreational opportunities for students of all ability levels.

While class availability depends on enrollment and interest, programs we often offer are:

• Art & Yoga
• Artist Adventures
• Audio Engineering
• Chess
• Cooking
• Fencing
• Glassell Art Classes
• Robotics
• Sports Skills
• Study Hall
• Tae Kwon Do

We also offer speech and language programs for students outside of The Joy School, as well as current students. Learn more about our individual and group speech and language services.

For more information on The Joy School's after school programs, contact Rene Nichols, Program Director, at rnichols@thejoyschool.org.

At The Joy School, we strongly believe that all students need breaks during the day for physical activity.

All students attend PE twice a week and have recess for 30 minutes after lunch every day as well as an additional recess time on non-PE days. PE provides opportunities for structured physical play while recess provides opportunities for unstructured social play.

PE Objectives

• Coordination
• Learning Games
• Skill Development
• Sportsmanship
• Teamwork

Recess Objectives

• Building Resilience
• Social Skills
• Unstructured Play

Our speech-language pathologists supervise recess every day in order to observe situations that may create “teachable moments” for social skills instruction. Our PE coach also supervises recess in order to support students in applying their PE skills in unstructured play opportunities.