AFTER-SCHOOL ENRICHMENT
Spring Session 2025
Week of April 8 – Week of May 27
Create and explore with us after school! Our classes are engaging hands-on fun for young artists, makers, and inventors aged 6-16. Classes are small, student-centered experiences where youth can build skills, experiment with a variety of media, and connect with their creative selves.
All classes take place at 558 Bellevue Ave. Oakland, CA.
Registration opens on Monday, 2/24 at 2:00 PM
Registration closes on Wednesday, 4/2 at 4:00 PM
Classes Offered:
Pastel Drawing
Tuesdays • 4:00-5:30 PM • 4/8 – 5/27
Ages 7-10 • $175-$325
Join this fun drawing class where you will create with soft pastels. We will explore many themes and work on several kinds of paper and material. Students will learn how to blend, build depth, and create beautiful artwork.
The Material Multiverse
Wednesdays • 3:30-5:00 PM • 4/9 – 5/28
Ages 6-8 • $175-$325
Join us in the Material Multiverse where you can be a printmaker, textile artist, sculptor, painter, and a bookmaker. Discover new ways to express yourself using a myriad of exciting art materials. Experiment with new techniques including weaving, zine making, watercolor marbling and more. Students will prepare to curate their very own art portfolio and investigate our lake and the outdoors through an array of art practices like never before!
Painting for Teens
Wednesdays • 4:00-6:00 PM • 4/9 – 5/28
Ages 12-16 • $175-$325
A comprehensive drawing and painting class designed specifically for teens. Beginners and seasoned artists are all welcome! This course introduces students to fundamental art techniques while encouraging creative expression and personal style development. We will use various digital and physical art techniques, taking time to get familiar with an array of techniques and tools – while also allowing students dedicated time to focus on honing their craft of choice!
Showstoppers
Wednesdays • 4:00-6:00 PM • 4/9 – 5/28
Ages 9-11 • $175-$325
Showstoppers is a theater class. Collectively we will build a play together. Students will learn about themes, storyline, and character development. We will build props, paint backdrops, and create costumes. Will perform on stage the play we created and developed. This exciting class has many modes of art making and creating. If you have a show stopper in your family unit sign them up, they will love this class!!!
Creative Technology, Engineering, and Beyond!
Thursdays • 4:00-6:00 PM • 4/10 – 5/29
Ages 7-10 • $200-$350
A three module class, each focusing on a different type of creative technology! This would be a continuation of the current creative tech class – but would allow both new and existing students to enroll.
Module 1: Visual technology! Students will use Procreate and cospaces to craft digital masterpieces.
Module 2: Three Dimensional printing! Students will design, download and print their own 3D inventions
Module 3: Makey Makeys – we will use Makey Makeys to see what we can hack or invent!
Ending in a showcase where the students can show off their work, share how they used their technology and collaborate with other students’ projects.
Roots & Rhythms through Art Exploration
Thursdays • 4:00-5:30 PM • 4/10 – 5/29
Ages 9-11 • $175-$325
Our after-school program invites young artists to explore a variety of artistic disciplines inspired by the practices of local Bay Area artists such as Sadie Barnette and Edith Boone. Designed for 3rd through 5th graders, it emphasizes experimentation, self-expression, and cultural responsiveness. Students will build their own portfolios through activities such as textiles, printmaking, sculpture, and mixed media while learning about the cultural and artistic heritage of their communities!
Virtual Magical World Building
Fridays • 4:00-6:00 PM • 4/11 – 5/30
Ages 9-12 • $200-$350
How do you imagine your home in cyberspace? Explore experimental gaming, avatarism, and playful storytelling. Use VR and digital tools (CoSpaces & ProCreate) to create cozy and fun virtual spaces; and bring your magic to the Metaverse.
Carpentry
Fridays • 4:30-6:30 PM • 4/11 – 5/30
Ages 6-13 • $200-$350
Students will learn to use a complement of hand tools during a course that emphasizes safe tool use, practical problem solving and creative development. Projects increase in difficulty as experience grows. Students will begin with projects such as a small toy boat and work up to full-sized furniture and professional skateboards.
**All first-time carpentry students MUST attend the first day of class to safely participate in the course.**
SLIDING SCALE PRICING
All JCAS classes are made available to families on a sliding scale. Families choose the amount they are able to pay, considering the top end of our scale is how much it costs us to run the class. We encourage families to help support our efforts to make programs available to those in need.
If the sliding scale prices are still out of your family’s budget, we do offer scholarships. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis. Please give us 7 business days to process applications. All scholarship requests must be made before March 25th.
Don’t worry about classes filling up, we account for this and ensure every camp is available for scholarship students.
PAY IT FORWARD PROGRAM
JCAS is a 501c3 nonprofit dedicated to offering equitable access to arts and science education. We serve more than 1,500 students every year and most of our students – more than 70% – receive financial assistance.
You can now support our mission directly using our Pay It Forward Program. When registering your student for a class, you’ll have the opportunity to Pay It Forward and contribute to our Scholarship Fund. Your donation ensures that students from all backgrounds can experience the joy and enrichment of our classes and camps—at little to no cost to them.
REFUND POLICY
ACTIVE now offers self-cancelations! If you need to cancel your registration for any reason, log in to your ACTIVE account, locate the registration you wish to cancel, and select ‘cancel’.
Our Refund Policy is as followsAll purchases include a 10% non-refundable deposit to cover administrative costs.
From 2/24 – 3/15, you will receive a 90% refund.
From 3/16 – 4/1, you will receive a 40% refund.
From 4/2 on, we are not able to offer any refunds.
Please note:
JCAS enrollment is non-transferable. That said, we do understand that sometimes your family schedule changes! We offer a one-time enrollment transfer for your child to another week of class that has spaces available free of charge.
Unfortunately, because spots are limited, no credit is given for partial attendance. No portion of the tuition will be refunded if the child is absent, withdrawn, or otherwise fails to complete the activity.