Wood Acres offers a variety of age-appropriate clubs and after-school activities to our students. Offerings for the 2011-2012 school year include chess, Glee club, drama, and Junior Beta Club.
Wood Acres students are also eligible to participate in a variety of national academic honors programs starting in the Fourth Grade.
The Wood Acres School provides the Tree House Club (before and after school care) for students enrolled during the academic year and/or summer camp. This program is provided as an optional service to families and offers supervised time for play, special activities, and study on all days when school is in session.
Don’t you want to be a STAR!
Our 3rd - 8th grade students have the opportunity to sing in our very own Glee Club led by Brishelle Miller, Wood Acres music and voice teacher. Second semester practice has begun!
Glee Club performs concerts and special events throughout the year and song selections will be drawn from many different genres including Pop, Broadway, Jazz, and Swing. Glee recently performed at the MLK Day of Service in front of hundreds of students, parents and guests during an inspirational Rally round the Flag ceremony celebrating service learning at its best.
Welcome to “Trotamundo”, the The Wood Acres School’s theatrical troupe!
“Trotamundo” literally means traveling the world in the Spanish language, as theatrical troupes did in Europe, the Far East, and in the Americas during the beginning years of entertaining audiences. What a perfect name for our WA troupe as they continue a dramatic journey to perform a worldwide selection of plays and musicals for our enjoyment. Move over, Alliance Theater! Trotamundo has taken the school performance world by storm!
The Wood Acres’ 2011 production of Music Man, Jr. was received to critical acclaim and was performed in front of a sold out house! You don’t get more critical than their peers, and the peers gave it “two thumbs up.” Students who were unsure of their “hidden talents” soared and had a wonderful time.
Our 2012 production will be Once on This Island, Jr. With its touching story and catchy Caribbean flavored score, Once on This Island, Jr. is a feast for the heart, mind, and soul. The original and theatrical Caribbean adaptation of the popular fairy tale The Little Mermaid garnered eight Tony nominations for its Broadway run, including Best Musical, Book and Score.
Fourth through Eighth graders are invited to audition for the 2011 - 2012 production.
Selected thespians from Trotamundo recently participated and performed in the annual Broadway Musical Jr. FestivDl and Workshop held in Atlanta. Wood Acres students excelled in their performances and Neeahtima dowdy, Trotamundo’s Director, was tapped to receive one of only a few Director awards, inviting her to attend a renown directorial training workship in NYC this summer. Bravo!
Chess makes kids smart, we make it fun!
Kid Chess is the most popular after school program in metro Atlanta. It is taught on the Wood Acres campus after school.
Chess is a gymnasium for the brain. It builds confidence and provides children with quality time to learn and be with friends. Furthermore, it develops a wide range of cognitive skills including analysis, planning, problem solving, focus and memory. Chess also empowers children to feel accomplished.
Odyssey of the Mind teaches students to learn creative problem-solving methods while having fun in the process. For more than twenty five years, this unique program has helped teachers generate excitement in their students. By tapping into creativity, and through encouraging imaginative paths to problem-solving, students learn skills that will provide them with the ability to solve problems — great and small — for a lifetime. The Odyssey of the Mind teaches students how to think divergently by providing open-ended problems that appeal to a wide range of interests. Students learn how to identify challenges and to think creatively to solve those problems.