Afterschool Enrichment
Rural Arts Collaborative’s WonderKids Afterschool Enrichment Program is a nature-based, art-focused enrichment program designed to encourage resiliency by sparking children's creativity and confidence. This program is offered to students in the Orleans Southwest Supervisory Union. Families should join our mailing list for the most up-to-date notifications.
Timeline
September 2023 - Hiring & Staff training
October - December 2023 - Fall Session
January - February Break 2024 - Winter Session
March 2024 - Hiring for Summer Enrichment begins
March - May 2024 - Spring Session
June 2024 - Staff training for Summer Enrichment
July - August 2024 - Summer Enrichment program begins
The application for the Spring session of the after school program is now open! See details below.
Families of children admitted into the Fall Session will find details and resources they need in the Family Portal.
Spring Session 2024
Here comes the Sun!
Join us for the Spring session of WonderKids: Solar.
As the sun rises higher in the sky, spring and warmer weather are right around the corner. This spring, WonderKids celebrates the lengthening days through science, art, mindfulness, and movement. On April 8th a special celebration of the total solar eclipse will bring us all together to witness this rare event that hasn’t happened in Vermont since 1932, supported by total solar eclipse observation kits donated by the ECHO Center. Students will be invited to submit a project from this session to a culminating exhibition. A year-end reception of student projects and a community picnic will take place on Saturday, June 8, 2024.
Sun Crafts: On this day of crafts we will create as many sun-inspired works of art as possible, using paper mache, paint, clay, collage, simple stained glass, and more!
Spring Growth: How can the changing seasons encourage us to be more mindful and engage in positive habits? We will explore mindfulness exercises, yoga, and the basic things we need to be happy and healthy.
Favorite Things: Illustration and all the quotes, jokes, and poems you can create about your favorite things will be bound together into a book that each participant gets to take home at the end of the session.
Light and Shadows: Light and shadows go hand in hand: through photography, games, and a science kit from the ECHO Center, we will investigate the relationship between light and dark.
Summer Session 2024
WonderKids Summer Enrichment Pre-Application
We’re Hiring!
Do you want to be a part of the amazing team providing this after school experience, we are hiring at all sites for the January to June 2024 session? Please complete this survey Employment Survey.