Workshops
Spring 2024 Workshops
Registration for spring Enrichment workshops opens on Friday, March 15 at 6:00 a.m.
Weekly workshops provide students in kindergarten through grade 8 specialized after school learning opportunities with experienced instructors and passionate teaching artists, musicians, and professionals from the greater Portland area. Workshops offer in-depth exploration into the arts, dance, drama/acting, science, engineering, electronic music, athletics, card games, and role-play games (RPG) such as Dungeons & Dragons.
- Parent pickup location for all workshop attendees: Thomas House Loop unless otherwise noted.
- Workshop start and end dates are noted below.
- All students must be registered to attend an Enrichment workshop.
- Payment in full is required at the time of registration.
- Workshops are open to Waynflete and non-Waynflete students from the greater Portland area.
- Workshops are offered in three seasons: fall, winter, and spring. Dance is offered in half-year sessions.
- If a workshop is canceled due to low enrollment, we will notify registered families one week before the first class.
Discount code: Full-time Afterschool students receive a 25 percent discount on the price of Enrichment workshops. Use the code “FTAS” at checkout.
Questions? Suggestions for new workshops? Email the Enrichment office at or call 207.774.7863, ext. 1379.
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Spring 2024 Workshops
AFRO BEATS — Registration is open!
Let’s get moving! No prior dance experience is necessary to join South Sudanese dance artist and teacher Veeva Banga for this weekly workshop. Afro Beats is the convergence of traditional African dance, modern dance, and hip hop. This workshop is a great way to get the body moving, to enjoy awesome music, and to be part of a communal celebration of the human spirit!
Instructor: Veeva Banga
Location: ARC Gallery/Studio
6–8 AFRO BEATS
Mondays
March 11 to May 20, 3:30–4:45 p.m. (No class on March 25 or April 15)
$255 • Register
STEAM WORKSHOPS (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math)
Susan Wiemer’s workshops operate at the intersection of science, art, and imaginative play. Throughout the spring, students explore basic physics concepts while utilizing engineering/design methods and discussing the scientific process. There will be a wide variety of projects to build, including flying toys, jointed rubber band puppets, cars, and windmills that power LED lights. Susan’s hands-on STEAM projects engage curious kids! Limited spaces. No experience needed.
Instructor: Susan Weimer
Location: Lower School Art Studio
K–2 STEAM: Spring into Spring!
For our next session we will celebrate spring with springs! Students will play games and build toys using the elastic potential energy found in springs and rubber bands. There will be problem solving, group and individual projects and light-hearted physics lessons. Bring on the rubber chickens!
Wednesdays
April 3 to May 29, 12:30–2:30 p.m. (No class on April 17)
$275 • Register
Participants enjoy lunch and recess with Susan before the workshop begins.
3–5 STEAM: Fantastic Forces
This spring students will begin with an overview of the four fundamental forces and then focus on electromagnetism. With light-hearted lessons and games, we will learn how this force lights us up, moves us around and literally holds us together. Using slot cars, STEAMers will get to see the fun in action while earning track time by demonstrating knowledge of the physics principles at work!
Mondays
April 1 to May 20, 3:25–4:30 p.m. (No class on April 15)
$210 • Register
DUNGEONS & DRAGONS
At its core, Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) is a game of collaborative storytelling. Players will each take on the role of a unique character in a fantasy story and will need to work as a group—led by a practiced dungeon master—to uncover treasure, solve puzzles, and accomplish their goals. What path students choose is up to them… but know that the D&D world is full of both danger and adventure!
Locations: 6–8 CHM 25, 4–5 Lower School Library Conference Room
Instructors: Mike Dank (grades 6–8) & Cora Curtis (grades 4–5)
4–5 Dungeons & Dragons
Fridays
April 5 to May 31, 3:30–4:30 p.m. (No class on April 19 and May 10)
$210 • Register
6–8 Dungeons & Dragons
Thursdays
April 4 to May 30, 3:30–4:45 p.m. (No class on April 18)
$210 • Register
ROCK CLIMBING at EVO Rock + Fitness
This workshop is perfect for young climbers who want to come have fun and improve their skills. Climbers will scale 24–40 ft. walls under the supervision of EVO’s team and Waynflete staff. EVO will provide belayers, equipment, and a separate space for lunch prior to the climbing time. Bus transportation is provided to and from EVO from Waynflete.
Location: Evo Rock + Fitness (transportation provided)
Instructors: Evo Team & Waynflete Enrichment Staff
2–5 Rock Climbing
Wednesdays
April 24 to May 29, 12:15–3:15 p.m.
Six-week session
$250 • Register
BRIXOLOGY with MadScience
The Mad Science BRIXOLOGY Program sets the foundation for our next generation of makers! This program is unlike any bricks program your kid has ever done! Kids learn about different types of engineering and then team up to construct a different engineering-themed project using LEGO® bricks. They learn about aerospace engineering while assembling a space station. They explore mechanical engineering as they build boats and vehicles. That’s not all! From carnival rides to drawing machines, mechanical animals to truss bridges, your future engineer will build upon their creativity to solve real-world design challenges while developing their problem-solving and team-building skills. Let the tinkering begin!
Location: The Garage by CHM
Instructor: MadScience-certified instructors
2–5 Brixology
Tuesdays
April 2 to May 28, 3:15–4:20 p.m. (No class on April 16)
$210 • Register
CHEF SKILLS & CULINARY DELIGHTS
Learn to cook with Cristin! We’ll practice our knife skills, learn kitchen terminology, and explore various cooking techniques while making some of our favorite recipes like pizza, monkey bread, roast chicken, marinated skewers, and burgers on the grill.
Cristin Walsh graduated from the International Culinary Institute in NYC in 2006 with a focus in pastry arts. While in New York she worked at acclaimed restaurants Jean George’s, Craft, and Thomas Keller’s Per Se. In 2012 she moved to Boston where she worked at America’s Test Kitchen as part of the writing and recipe development team for Cook’s Country. In 2014, Cristin moved to Cumberland, Maine to raise her three boys, and though she doesn’t cook professionally anymore, she gets a kick making cool birthday cakes for her kids!
Location: Lower School, K–1 Kitchen
Instructor: Cristin Walsh
6–8 Chef Skills & Culinary Delights
Thursdays
April 25 to May 30, 3:15–5:00 p.m.
Six-week session
$250 • Register
ENRICHMENT DANCE
K–5 dancers learn to become strong, confident, creative, and expressive through movement exploration. 6–8 dancers will learn dance theory, expand technical skills, explore compositional tools, and help to choreograph dance pieces for performances in May.
K–5 dancers have half-year sessions with performances in December and May. Choreography students have half-year sessions with three performances during the school year in December, February, and May.
Instructor: Susan Nelson, Waynflete’s Lower School Creative Movement and Middle School Enrichment Dance teacher.
Location: ARC Gallery / Studio
Registration is currently closed for Session 2.
K–1 CREATIVE MOVEMENT
Wednesdays
Jan 10 to May 15, 12:10–1:15 p.m. (No class on February 21 and April 17)
$385 per half year session
2–3 CREATIVE MOVEMENT
Mondays
Jan 8 to May 13, 3:25–4:30 p.m. (No class on January 15, February 19, March 25, and April 15) $385 per half year session
4–5 CREATIVE MOVEMENT
Thursdays
Jan 11 to May 16, 3:25–4:30 p.m. (No class on February 22 and April 18)
$385
6–8 DANCE CHOREOGRAPHY
Tuesdays
Jan 9 to May 14, 3:30–5:15 p.m. (No class February 20 and April 16)
$415