Programs
After School Classes:
Explorer’s Club
(Grades K-5)
Explorer’s Club is our after school care that is two sided. It offers students an opportunity to relax and unwind after school while hanging out with friends. It also offers a focus class time in which students are expanding their learning through art, coding/typing, steam challenges and nature exploration. Explorers Club is broken into 5 terms. Each term has a special theme in which students will learn about. Once a term outside speakers and presenters will come into each of the four focus classes to teach a special class. At the end of each term, families are invited into exhibition night to see, experience and learn about what their students have been doing during Explorers Club. Enrollment is a year contract and students may choose to attend two days a week or more. Students are bussed directly from their respective Edina schools to A2D Academy and snacks are provided daily.
Monday- Friday
2:30-4:30 pm
Extended Day M-Th
4:30-5:30pm
Monday– Science Focus
Tuesday– Technology Focus
Wednesday– Engineering Focus
Thursday– Art Focus
Friday- Maker Space
Term Themes: What is STEAM?, Around the World, Service Projects, Entrepreneurs and Sharing the Planet
Homework Helpers
(Grades 3-6)
Homework Helpers offers a time for students to get help with their homework from a licensed teacher and practice what they are learning in school outside of the school day.
Don’t understand a problem on your homework assignment or need an extra explanation before a test? Need someone to help complete a project or read over a paper? Drop in to get help from a licensed teacher!
Students will be able to work together, independently or guided by a licensed teacher. During this academic practice time students will receive support in areas of growth and be challenged with new engaging material.
Monday- Thursday
5:00-6:00 pm
Homework Helpers is a DROP IN option. No need to make a reservation, simple come during that hour window on a day that you need help!
The Hive
(Grades K-5)
The Hive Program follows that of its namesake, it offers a place that is collaborative, cooperative and works towards a common goal. The Hive is taught by licensed and experienced elementary education teachers who have a passion for helping students reach their full potential. It is a collaborative environment between teacher, parent and student to create the best learning journey possible for each individual student.
Tuesday- Thursday
9:00am-1:00 pm
Drop Off- Homeschool Hybrid Program–
Math
Reading
Writing
Word Study
STEAM
Community Building through lunch and Recess
Artist Workshops
(Ages 3- Adult)
Dive into the arts by experiencing different styles of art, from creating pottery, to creating culinary cuisines to learning to sew or learning a dance. Our art classes are taught by local artists who want to share their unique skills and passion for the arts!
1st Saturday of the Month
10:00am -12:00 pm
Class themes, ages, and class times are announced the month prior to the workshop on our website and social media.
Kids Night Out
(Ages 3- 11)
Grab a friend and come to KNO for an evening of fun and friends. Eat pizza, create a craft or do a science experiment, play games, and enjoy activities based on the KNO monthly theme!
2nd Saturday of the Month
5:00-8:30pm
KNO themes are announced the month prior to the event on our website and social media.
Maker Space Days
(Grades K- 5th)
Offered on select out of school days
8:00am-5:00pm
Non-School Day Workshops for Grades K-5
Class themes are announced the month prior to the workshop on our website and social media.
Summer Day Camps
(Rising Kindergartners-7th graders)
Keep your brain thinking through out the summer with our themed day camps! Each camp has hands on learning investigations from dissecting an eye ball in “Inside Out” camp or completing tasks to escape the classroom in a scavenger hunt during our “Mazes and Maps” camp.
Camps will run from the week of June 2- August 11 (no programming offered on July 3 & 4).
Families can choose what their camp experience looks like. Choose either our all Summer Discovery Program (7 week minimum for rising Kindergartners-3rd graders. ) or come for just a week in one of our Summer Discovery Camps. All camps are 5 day experiences and offer an in house or off campus field trip (except for the week of July 4). Download full camp descriptions (.pdf 8mb).
Discovery Camp & Program
Monday- Friday
8:00am-5:00pm
June 2-6
Camping (K-3)
Mini Golf (4-7)
June 9-13
Build it Up, Knock it Down (K-3)
Escape Room Engineers (4-7)
June 16-20
Colonial Times
Marshmallow Day Camp (6/19)
June 23-27
Color Explosion
June 30-July 2
Hooray for America (K-5)
July 7-11
Nature Detective
July 14-18
Natural Disasters
July 21-25
Critter Care
July 28-August 1
Little Chefs Outside the Kitchen
August 4-8
Mission Impossible (K-3)
Robot Olympics (4-7)
August 11-15
A2D Olympics (K-3)
Survivor (4-7)
Descriptions of each camp theme can be found with in the parent portal under the classes option.
Disclaimer: the programs at A2D Academy are not licensed or supervised by the state of Minnesota and is not eligible to receive child care assistance payments.