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 four days a week. Students are bussed directly from their respective Edina schools to A2D Academy and snacks are provided daily.
Monday- Thursday
2:30-4:30 pm
Monday– Art focus
Tuesday– Coding & Robotics
Wednesday– Environmental Sciences
Thursday– STEM challenges
Term Themes: Simple Machines, Around the World, Service Projects, Entrepreneurs and Sharing the Planet
Homework Helpers
(Grades K-5)
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. 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. Students do not need homework everyday, there will be other activities offered to support what students are learning in school even without having assigned homework. Students will receive small group and individual help when needed. Studio instructors will reach out and work with teachers to work on goals for students. Homework Helpers is broken into 5 terms. 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 Homework. This is also a great time to informally connect with your child’s teacher about student progress.
Monday- Thursday
4:30-5:30 pm
Students may attend one, two, three or four days a week.
Monday and Thursdays are reading focused and Tuesday and Wednesdays are math focused.
Tutoring
(Grades Pre-K-6)
Tutoring is offered in a variety of different ways. Whether you want one on one tutoring with a teacher, or are looking for a group of students to learn together, our teachers build each tutoring session around the learner(s). Each tutoring session is tailored to each learner’s needs, strengths, learning styles and academic goals. We are not a one size fits all program. Individual Tutoring Spaces and Studio space are available for tutoring based on the students preference and needs. Each tutoring session is available as an individual or as a group and for 30 or 60 minute time intervals.
Monday- Thursday
3:00-6:00 pm
Individual Tutoring– One on One tutoring with a licensed teacher
Dual Tutoring- Same Grade– Two on One tutoring with a licensed teacher, families provide both students (grab a friend!)
Dual Tutoring- Different Grades– Two on One tutoring with a licensed teacher, this is for families wishing to split their time between two children.
3-4 person small group tutoring– Three or Four on One tutoring with a licensed teacher, families provide the small group of students
5-8 person small group tutoring– Five to Eight on One tutoring with a licensed teacher, families provide the small group of students
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!
Saturday
10:00-11:30 am
1:00-2:30pm
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!
Friday
5:00-8:00pm
KNO themes are announced the month prior to the event on our website and social media.
Maker Space Days
(Grades pre-K- 5th)
Offered on select out of school days
9:00am-4:00pm
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-5th 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.
- June 6-8 Time Travel
- June 12-15 Mazes and Maps
- June 19-22 Robot Olympics
- June 26-29 Explosive Science
- July 10-13 Winter in July
- July 17-20 Around the World
- July 24-27 Mini Golf
- July 31-August 3 Going Green
- August 7-10 Inside Out & Kinder Prep
- August 14-17 Amazing Animals & Kinder Prep
Monday- Thursday
8:30am-11:30am
Optional Lunch Bunch from 11:30am-1:00pm
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.