Kids' Clubs Registration — Westchester Elementary PTA

2025-2026 Kids’ Clubs!

Clubs start the week of March 23 and run for 10 weeks, ending the week of June 1.

No club meetings during Spring Break and Monday Clubs will not meet on May 25 (school closed for Memorial Day)

NOTE: Givebacks links will not be visible/live until registration opens at 8am on Friday March 13. Registration will close on Wednesday March 18.

MONDAY Clubs:

Chess Club- Grades 3-5 ***SOLD OUT***

Join Chess Club to learn or reinforce the basics, solve chess puzzles, and play matches against your classmates. Students will get the opportunity to improve their skill while having fun in a positive and relaxed environment. *This is a small club that fills up FAST!

Board Games Club- Grades 3-5

Join our Boardgame Club for kids to explore modern tabletop and card games that build math and language skills, strategic thinking, and friendly competition. Kids will try favorites like Set, Blokus, King of Tokyo, and Ticket to Ride, plus other engaging contemporary games chosen for fun and skill-building.

International Club- Grades 4-5

Get ready for a trip around the globe from your own classroom! Join the international club as we broaden our horizons and engage with new cultures. *Food may be provided and allergies will be accommodated for as able.

TUESDAY Clubs:

Soccer Club- Grades 1-4

The Westchester Elementary School Soccer Club is a fun and inclusive program where students learn the fundamentals of soccer, teamwork, and sportsmanship. Open to players of all skill levels, the club provides a supportive environment for developing soccer techniques through drills, friendly matches, and interactive activities. Through teamwork and active play, students build confidence, stay active, and foster a love for the game. *Students will need to bring their own shin guards.

Karate Club- Grades 1-5 ***SOLD OUT***

Fun and Structured...these classes are the perfect way to introduce your child to the benefits of martial arts training! Led by Sensei Stanley Crump (7th degree black belt/owner of The Okinawan Karate Dojo of Catonsville and Ellicott City), students will learn/practice basic skills and participate in drills, contests, mat-chats, and other activities that will have them engaged, focused, respectful, and skilled with sound self-defense basics!

Clay Club- Grades 2-5 ***SOLD OUT***

Clay Creation Club is a hands-on, creative space where students use air-dry clay to design and make their own small trinkets and treasures! From mini animals and keychains to jewelry dishes and tiny sculptures, students will learn basic sculpting techniques like rolling, shaping, carving, and adding details. Once their creations dry, they can paint and personalize them to make each piece truly unique.

Coping Skills Club- Grades 2-5 **Now open to 2nd grade!**

Dina Ismailova (she/they) is a Licensed Counselor who has many years of experience working with kids of all ages and is currently a therapist at Creative Psychological Health Services in Catonsville and Columbia. This Spring, she is offering a Creating a Coping Skills Toolbox club at WES, which will be open to children in grades 2-5. They will focus on exploring the importance of having a variety of coping skills to manage life’s daily stressors and starting a “toolbox” that participants can continue using and adding to in the future. There will be a combination of teaching coping skills and practicing them together weekly, as well as crafting a related tool to add to their very own “toolbox” to remind kids of the strategies they learned and encourage them to continue practicing outside of group. Strategies will include emotion regulation techniques, mindfulness activities, sensory tools, movement, etc. The goal is for everyone to have a safe and fun space in which to increase awareness of their own emotional needs and find healthy tools they can incorporate into other areas of their life.