Unleash your inner artist! Students will experiment with colors, textures, and techniques to create their own masterpieces. A fun way to explore creativity and self-expression.

Join an instructor from the American Swedish Institute and learn about many different crafting skills and techniques! Student will make craftt include paper quilling, making wire keychains, needle felting and more craft. ¡Únete a un instructor del Instituto Sueco Americano y aprende diversas técnicas y habilidades artesanales! Los estudiantes crearán manualidades como quilling de papel, llaveros de alambre, fieltrado con aguja y mucho más. classes for 2nd - 4th grade/clases para 2do - 4to grado

2nd Grade: (Tuesdays: Creative Crew:) & (Thursdays: Y-Mentors with YMCA!) Tuesdays: Join the Creative Crew for hands-on projects that inspire teamwork and innovation! Students will craft, design, and explore their creative side in a fun group setting. Thursdays: Build friendships and leadership skills with YMCA mentors! Students will engage in games, activities, and discussions that promote confidence and community with U of MN Students.

Learn to code and bring robots to life! Students will program their own Sphero robots to move, spin, and complete exciting challenges. Perfect for tech-loving problem solvers.

Love reading, crafting, and cooking? Join Racing Readers for a mix of reader’s theater, current events, creative projects, and tasty treats. A class that combines learning and fun in every session!

Step into the spotlight and bring Aladdin to life! Students will sing, dance, and act while learning teamwork and stagecraft. A magical experience for performers of all levels.

Get active and build your skills on the court! Students will learn teamwork, practice drills, and play games in a fun, supportive environment. Students on the Loring Leopards basketball team will compete against other MPS schools including Lucy Laney, Cityview, Nelli Stone Johnson & more! *For students who opt out of the basketball team, Sports U will provide an alternative option that includes participation in a variety of sports samplers.

Adventure in Baking, come have fun while learning how to prepared delicious meals. You will learn how to meal prep, creative ways to bake for future meals for yourself, family and friends.

Come join the fun and exciting world of vintage board & card games, every week we will adventure into an exciting new board game or cards such as UNO or Monopoly. Have fun connecting with your classmates with board and cards club.

Students will unleash their creativity through clay, building inspired ceramic projects that push their skills in visual art and engineering forward each week. This course is a great space to relax, create art, and explore what’s possible with ceramics! *Note all classes for ALC are free. The optional fee is for snacks. Students will receive snacks whether they are able to pay the fee or not. The snack fee is $1.25 x the number of days of the ALC class for the session.

Come join the Chess Club, great after school fun, its challenging, strategic and critical thinking adventure, also you will compete against chess clubs from different schools. Come join the team and have a great time challenging yourself and friends.

Adventure in cooking, come have fun while learning how to prepared delicious meals. You will learn how to meal prep, creative ways to cook for future meals for yourself, family and friends.

Important Community Education Update — Please Read Beginning with the Winter and Spring sessions, Community Education classes will include a sliding-scale fee, with options starting as low as $0. These contributions are vital to sustaining our after-school programs at Loring. We kindly and strongly encourage families to give what they can—every dollar directly supports our students, our staff, and the continuation of these meaningful programs. Your contribution truly makes a difference. For families with students currently enrolled, a donation link will go live with online registration on Friday, December 19th. Your generosity helps ensure that Loring Leaders and other after-school opportunities remain available for all students. Please give what you can to help keep our after-school program at Loring thriving. When families who are able contribute, it allows us to continue offering high-quality, inclusive programming for our entire school community. Important to Know: No child will ever be excluded due to inability to pay. If your child selects a class with a fee and you would like them to participate, simply pay what you can using the sliding scale or contact me directly. All students are welcome, regardless of ability to pay or donate. Payment Options: Payments may be made by cash, check, or credit card. For credit card payments, please register online when selecting your new class option. ? Use the QR code below to access the donation link and to sign up for classes online. Thank you for supporting our students, our programs, and our Loring community. Your partnership helps make these opportunities possible! ?

Dungeons & Dragon come join the fun & adventure and excitement to explore the world of Forgotten Realms, with Monk, Rogue & Paladin, come be apart of this timeless prodigy and create more fun and excitement with your friends on the planets of Abeir-Toril and Eberron. Cant wait to have you join in the fun.

Dungeons & Dragon come join the fun & adventure and excitement to explore with Monk, Rogue & Paladin, come be apart of this timeless prodigy and create more fun and excitement with your friends. In the world of Forgotten Realms, the Planet Abeir-Toril and Eberron, ask you to come join in the fun and play with your friends. *Note all classes for ALC are free. The optional fee is for snacks. Students will receive snacks whether they are able to pay the fee or not. The snack fee is $1.25 x the number of days of the ALC class for the session.

Power up your mind! In our Energy, Electricity, and Electronics course, students will be an investigator, diving into the core concepts that light up our world. Students explore the fundamentals of energy, including how it's measured, converted, and transferred. We will also look to the future, examining the importance of conservation and the potential of alternative energy sources through a hands-on, problem-based approach. Students will conduct investigations into key concepts like currents, open and closed circuits, series and parallel circuits, and static electricity. Students also explore the properties of conductors and insulators, and the principles of magnetism as they work on exciting, project-based experiments. A final project includes creating an electricity generated windmill. Instructor: Eric Knutson **This class is in an Extended Learning class after school must have a Continuous Learning Plan (CLP) that will need to be signed by a Parent/Guardian and returned. Your child's after school teacher will send this form home with your child the first week of class. This class begins on February 3rd and ends on May 14th ¡Potencia tu mente! En nuestro curso de Energía, Electricidad y Electrónica, los estudiantes se convertirán en investigadores, explorando los conceptos fundamentales que iluminan nuestro mundo. Explorarán los principios básicos de la energía, incluyendo cómo se mide, se convierte y se transfiere. También miraremos hacia el futuro, examinando la importancia de la conservación y el potencial de las fuentes de energía alternativas a través de un enfoque práctico y basado en la resolución de problemas. Los estudiantes realizarán investigaciones sobre conceptos clave como corrientes, circuitos abiertos y cerrados, circuitos en serie y en paralelo, y electricidad estática. También explorarán las propiedades de los conductores y aislantes, y los principios del magnetismo mientras trabajan en emocionantes experimentos basados en proyectos.El proyecto final incluye la creación de un molino de viento generador de electricidad. Instructor: Eric Knutson **Esta clase forma parte del programa de aprendizaje extendido después del horario escolar y requiere un Plan de Aprendizaje Continuo (CLP) que deberá ser firmado por un padre/tutor y devuelto. El profesor de la clase extraescolar de su hijo/a le enviará este formulario a casa durante la primera semana de clases. Esta clase comienza el 3 de febrero y finaliza el 14 de mayo 1,078 ¡Potencia tu mente! En nuestro curso de Energía, Electricidad y Electrónica, los estudiantes se convertirán en investigadores, explorando los conceptos fundamentales que iluminan nuestro mundo. Explorarán los principios básicos de la energía, incluyendo cómo se mide, se convierte y se transfiere. También miraremos hacia el futuro, examinando la importancia de la conservación y el potencial de las fuentes de energía alternativas a través de un enfoque práctico y basado en la resolución de problemas. Los estudiantes realizarán investigaciones sobre conceptos clave como corrientes, circuitos abiertos y cerrados, circuitos en serie y en paralelo, y electricidad estática. También explorarán las propiedades de los conductores y aislantes, y los principios del magnetismo mientras trabajan en emocionantes experimentos basados en proyectos.

Students will design, build, and program lego robots to complete missions and compete in the First Lego League competition! Our award winning program is open to beginners and experienced FLL students alike, regardless of grade level! If you have an interest in engineering, this is the program for you! *Note all classes for ALC are free. The optional fee is for snacks. Students will receive snacks whether they are able to pay the fee or not. The snack fee is $1.25 x the number of days of the ALC class for the session. In addition this year there has been a snack fee for$1.25 per session for each student.

Come join the fun of International cooking cuisine, you will explore recipes from other cultures, while gaining the experience of how much fun and excitement you will get to enjoy and preparing these delicious meals every week.

Explore creativity through crafting, and puppetry! This class blends hands-on activities with STEM learning for an exciting experience. Perfect for curious kindergarteners who love to create and play.

Do you love trivia?! Join our award winning Knowledge Bowl team! In this fun competition, students will hone their skills in quick recall and written competitions, sharing their knowledge in math, literature, history, science, current events, and everything in between! Students will also compete directly with other middle school students in three after-school meets around the Twin Cities - one in December, one in January, and one in February! *Note all classes for ALC are free. The optional fee is for snacks. Students will receive snacks whether they are able to pay the fee or not. The snack fee is $1.25 x the number of days of the ALC class for the session.

GEMS is Girls in Engineering, Mathematics, and Science. GISE is Guys in Science and Engineering. This year long Project Based Learning program for students in grades 4, 5 and 6 provides positive early experiences in science, technology, engineering and math. Students work through the Engineering Design Process, share their work, and document their learning. FALL 2025 focus STEM OF SPEED theme. Students build and test model cars, exploring the scientific concepts of speed and aerodynamics of land vehicles and legos.

Students with a love of learning and an interest in studying mathematics at a deeper level will love this opportunity to compete in the Minnesota Junior High Math League in the fall, and the National MATHCOUNTS competition in the spring. Students from any grade level with any level of experience can join our award winning math team! *Note all classes for ALC are free. The optional fee is for snack. Students will receive snack whether they are able to pay the fee or not. The snack fee is $1.25 x the number of days of the ALC class for the session.