FULL YEAR COURSE
The wonderful teachers of Manhattan Mandarin will help your child begin his/her journey towards Mandarin fluency. Children will build the foundation of essential language skills in a fun and engaging class that focuses on tonal pronunciation, sentence building, initial character writing, numbers, family, foods, and hobbies. Songs will be sung and projects will be completed while your child falls in love with learning Mandarin and all about Chinese culture. The program at Saddle River Day will incorporate Montessori style teaching, immersing the children in the language and culture of China while allowing them to progress in their skills at their own pace.
In addition to language learning we will:

• Learn about Chinese culture through art and play
• Learn about Chinese cuisine and perhaps even cook or have a field trip if the opportunity presents itself
• Learn about Chinese history and give children an opportunity to join in museum tours

Grades: PreK 3 - Kindergarten
Day and Time: Monday 3:30-4:20
Instructor: Henry He
Classroom: N105
Pick-Up Location: North Hall 

FULL YEAR COURSE
The wonderful teachers of Manhattan Mandarin will help your child begin his/her journey towards Mandarin fluency. Children will build the foundation of essential language skills in a fun and engaging class that focuses on tonal pronunciation, sentence building, initial character writing, numbers, family, foods, and hobbies. Songs will be sung and projects will be completed while your child falls in love with learning Mandarin and all about Chinese culture. The program at Saddle River Day will incorporate Montessori style teaching, immersing the children in the language and culture of China while allowing them to progress in their skills at their own pace.
In addition to language learning we will:

• Learn about Chinese culture through art and play
• Learn about Chinese cuisine and perhaps even cook or have a field trip if the opportunity presents itself
• Learn about Chinese history and give children an opportunity to join in museum tours

Grades: 1 - 4
Day and Time: Monday 4:30-5:20
Instructor: Henry He
Classroom: N105
Pick-Up Location: North Hall
 
 

FULL YEAR COURSE
The wonderful teachers of Manhattan Mandarin will help your child begin his/her journey towards Mandarin fluency. Children will build the foundation of essential language skills in a fun and engaging class that focuses on tonal pronunciation, sentence building, initial character writing, numbers, family, foods, and hobbies. Songs will be sung and projects will be completed while your child falls in love with learning Mandarin and all about Chinese culture. The program at Saddle River Day will incorporate Montessori style teaching, immersing the children in the language and culture of China while allowing them to progress in their skills at their own pace.
In addition to language learning we will:

• Learn about Chinese culture through art and play
• Learn about Chinese cuisine and perhaps even cook or have a field trip if the opportunity presents itself
• Learn about Chinese history and give children an opportunity to join in museum tours

Grades 5 - 8
Day and Time: Monday 5:30-6:20
Instructor: Henry He
Classroom: N105
Pick-Up Location: North Hall
 

FULL YEAR COURSE
The wonderful teachers of Manhattan Mandarin will help your child begin his/her journey towards Mandarin fluency. Children will build the foundation of essential language skills in a fun and engaging class that focuses on tonal pronunciation, sentence building, initial character writing, numbers, family, foods, and hobbies. Songs will be sung and projects will be completed while your child falls in love with learning Mandarin and all about Chinese culture. The program at Saddle River Day will incorporate Montessori style teaching, immersing the children in the language and culture of China while allowing them to progress in their skills at their own pace.
In addition to language learning we will:

• Learn about Chinese culture through art and play
• Learn about Chinese cuisine and perhaps even cook or have a field trip if the opportunity presents itself
• Learn about Chinese history and give children an opportunity to join in museum tours

Grades 9 -12
Day and Time: Monday 6:30-7:20
Instructor: Henry He
Classroom: N105
Pick-Up Location: North Hall
 

WINTER ONLY
Ever wonder how bridges stand up over water? Or how gravity works? Kids explore a variety of introductory topics in engineering, physics, and chemistry, as they learn how science can impact our everyday lives.

Grades: K - 4
Day and Time: Monday 3:30-4:20
Instructor: TBD
Classroom: N105
Pick-Up Location: North Hall

FALL & WINTER ONLY
Girls Who Code is a non-profit organization dedicated to closing the gender gap in technology. We will explore the history of computers, coding, women in computer science, digital art & design, robots, video games, mobile apps, online security and more! 

Grades: 3 - 6 
Day and Time: Monday 3:30-4:20
Instructor: Laura Hollis
Classroom: N101
Pick-Up Location: North Hall

WINTER ONLY
Looking for artists, creators, and digital designers of all types. Participants will learn and engage with a variety of mediums, from stop-frame animation and card game design to cardboard crafting and laser cutting. These longer term projects will bridge art and technology to provide students with new opportunities to let their creativity flourish.  

Grades: 3 - 6
Day and Time: Monday 3:30-4:20
Instructor: Victoria Walters
Classroom: IDEAS Lab
Pick-Up Location: North Hall

FULL YEAR COURSE
Learn how to operate a 35mm digital camera and compose interesting photos!  Students will be introduced to traditional tools of color and black and white photography as well as the basic mechanics of a 35mm digital camera. The students will be encouraged to explore a wide variety of media options, which will include film cameras, large format and some idea of the creative process in the darkroom.

Grades: 5 - 8
Day and Time: Monday 3:30-4:20
Instructor: Susan Stava
Classroom: Graphics Lab
Pick-Up Location: North Hall

FULL YEAR COURSE
The children will learn the Italian language while having lots of fun! They will learn through games, songs, videos, stories, and more, in a safe and familiar environment from a native Italian teacher. 

Grades: PreK3 - Kindergarten
Day and Time: Tuesday 3:30-4:20
Instructor: Michaela Cappellari
Classroom: N105
Pick-Up Location: North Hall

FULL YEAR COURSE
The children will learn Italian in a fun and friendly environment from a native Italian teacher, while learning at the same time about the geography, art, music and many other aspects of Italian culture. 

Grades: 1 - 4
Day and Time: Tuesday 4:30-5:20
Instructor: Michaela Cappellari
Classroom: N105
Pick-Up Location: North Hall

FULL YEAR COURSE
Students will learn the language, from a native Italian teacher, through a theme-based curriculum that will teach them also about geography, art, music and other aspects of Italian culture. 

Grades 5 - 8
Day and Time: Tuesday 5:30-6:20
Instructor: Michaela Cappellari
Classroom: N105
Pick-Up Location: North Hall

FULL YEAR COURSE
Students will learn the language, from a native Italian teacher, through a theme-based curriculum that will teach them also about geography, art, music and other aspects of Italian culture. 

Grades 9 - 12
Day and Time: Tuesday 6:30-7:20
Instructor: Michaela Cappellari
Classroom: N105
Pick-Up Location: North Hall

WINTER ONLY
Maksim has more than 26 years of fencing experience, specializing in Epee, and 20 years of coaching experience. He started fencing at age of 9 in 1988 in Tallinn, Estonia. Education: University of Massachusetts, Boston, MA Bachelor of Arts in Economics, class 2005. He has trained regional and national champions and medalists. Personal achievements include:Master of Sport of Fencing (A- Epee), Coached by National and Olympic coach Samuil Kaminsky, New Jersey Fencing Alliance 2012-2014, Medeo Fencing Club, NJ 2011-2012, Ridge High School, NJ (Women Epee Squad Champions, 2012) 2011-2012, Columbia High School (State Champions for many years), Dana Hall High School, MA (Head Coach) 2004-2006 & Boston Fencing Club, MA 2001-2004.

Currently, head coach and the owner of Arena Fencing Academy, Waldwick ,NJ Fencing footwork, blade work/drills bouting, fencing games and lots of fun! The Arena Fencing Academy youth camps are designed to introduce children entering grades 3-9 to the exciting sport of fencing. Often called a physical game of chess, fencing develops endurance, coordination, agility, poise and balance. In addition to the physical aspect, it also develops concentration and problem-solving skills. This class will include warm-up games, footwork, agility and coordination development, fencing instruction.

Grades: 3 - 4
Day and Time: Tuesday 3:15-4:15
Instructor: Maksim Zaitsev
Classroom: Little Gym
Pick-Up Location: North Hall

WINTER ONLY
Let’s get ready to DANCE! This energetic and expressive class will have your tiny dancer practicing basic dance moves and developing rhythmic movement to music. Your child will learn a fun routine that will showcase various styles of dance. This routine will be performed for the parents at the end of the course. See you on the dance floor!  
Grades: K-2
Day and Time: Tuesday 3:30-4:20
Instructor: Dana Danziger
Classroom: Little Gym
Pick-Up Location: North Hall

WINTER ONLY
*Back by popular demand and now including K-2!* Students will work in teams to build various bricktastic masterpieces each week.  They will be assigned challenges to design and build LEGO creations and then put them to the test. If you love the show, now is your chance to be a designer, architect and builder! All you need to bring is your imagination and a love of LEGO! 

Grades: K - 6
Day and Time: Tuesday 3:30-4:20
Instructor: Laura Hollis & Giles Bullen
Classroom: IDEAS Lab
Pick-Up Location: North Hall

WINTER ONLY
Our Space theme has unique lesson plans that take our students into outer space! Constructing and then programming futuristic robot models is a great introduction to physics and astronomy. To further spark young imaginations, some robots resemble those seen in science fiction movies such as Star Wars. Students will get hands-on activities based on core values projects and later they can continue those projects at home. 

Grades: 1 - 8
Day and Time: Tuesday 3:30-4:30
Instructor: Yaniv Fridman
Classroom: N104
Pick-Up Location: North Hall

FULL YEAR COURSE
Relax and get loose! Students will enjoy an introduction to yoga poses that will foster movement and relaxation. This activity will engage students in light exercise, introduce positions that help stretch the body (in a fun way), and support relaxation and mindfulness which are beneficial to coping with various stressors. Namaste!

Grades: PreK3 - Kindergarten
Day and Time: Tuesday 4:30-5:20
Instructor: Rachel Fastow
Classroom: N104
Pick-Up Location: North Hall

FULL YEAR COURSE
Did you know that all children are musical? Have you ever wondered what you can do to nurture the musical growth of your child? MUSIC TOGETHER classes build on your child's natural enthusiasm for music and movement with weekly classes full of fun musical activities including rhythm games, tonal games, lots of instrument play, and both small and large movement. Plus, your child will receive a CD, songbook, digital access code, and bonus activities so the musical fun can continue all week long! It’s the perfect way to deepen your little one’s music education. 

Grades: PreK3 - Kindergarten
Day and Time: Wednesday 3:30-4:20
Instructor: Alyson Cohn
Classroom: PreK4 
Pick-Up Location: Main Hall

FULL YEAR COURSE

Grades: 1 - 12
Day and Time: Wednesday 3:30-4:30
Instructor: Yaniv Fridman
Classroom: N105
Pick-Up Location: North Hall

FULL YEAR COURSE
Course Description: In this course, students will have a blast expanding their vocabularies and improving their command of oral and written language through gameplay and game creation. We’ll play all the classic word-based board games (Bananagrams, Scrabble, Scattergories and the like), along with some newer favorites (“Poetry for Neanderthals”, anyone?). Then, we’ll create and perfect our own word games, decoder rings, mad libs puzzles, and homespun variations on the online megahit Wordle!  

Grades: 4-8
Day and Time: Wednesday 4:30-5:20
Instructor: Tiffany Scifo 
Classroom: N101
Pick-Up Location: North Hall

FULL YEAR COURSE
Mini Doodlers gleefully create their own masterpieces using a wide range of quality art materials.  Mini Doodlers in our early childhood art classes develop skills important for school success such as fine motor skills, language, cognitive skills and the ability to listen and follow directions in our enchanting environment. Mini Doodlers develop: school readiness skills, new language, brain power, creativity, imagination and more!

Grades: PreK3 - Kindergarten
Day and Time: Thursday 3:30-4:20
Instructor: Krista Roberts
Classroom: PreK4 Classroom
Pick-Up Location: Main Hall

FULL YEAR COURSE
Calling all builders, artists, scientists and inventors! Get ready to have some fun with playdoh, robots, coding and more. Students will invent, design, build and present their ideas and solutions. This is a hands-on class designed to allow students to explore everything the IDEAS lab has to offer with new materials and activities introduced each week.

Grades: 1 - 4
Day and Time: Thursday 3:30-4:20
Instructor: Laura Hollis & Giles Bullen
Classroom: IDEAS Lab
Pick-Up Location: North Hall

FULL YEAR COURSE
Relax and get loose! Students will enjoy an introduction to yoga poses that will foster movement and relaxation. This activity will engage students in light exercise, introduce positions that help stretch the body (in a fun way), and support relaxation and mindfulness which are beneficial to coping with various stressors. Namaste!

Grades: 1 - 4
Day and Time: Thursday 4:30-5:20
Instructor: Rachel Fastow
Classroom: N104
Pick-Up Location: North Hall

WINTER ONLY
Are you interested in playing in a stock market simulation? You will get $100,000 (virtual money) and a chance to become a millionaire while practicing trading stocks like a true professional. We will start with an introduction to the stock market where we will learn about stocks, ETFs, and cryptocurrency. Later, we will focus on personal money management. Students will use mathematical calculations related to the real world experiences including some of the following: net pay, income taxes, calculate mortgage payment, property taxes, mortgage insurance, closing cost, interest cost, etc.

Grades: 7 -12
Day and Time: Thursday 3:30-4:20
Instructor: Basel Arafat 
Classroom: N101
Pick-Up Location: N101 
 

FULL YEAR COURSE
This class is for any creative kids who like to be hands on! During this course, children will explore different mediums and create projects such as a balloon tower, dot paintings, clay beaded jewelry, tie-dye backpacks, canvas paintings, and much more! 

Grades: PreK3 - Kindergarten
Day and Time: Friday 3:30-4:30
Instructor: Jason Herera
Classroom: Main Hall Science
Pick-Up Location:

FULL YEAR COURSE
The program is a first step in learning how to code, otherwise known as computer programming.  Children are taught through the activity of building video games.  They will learn the fundamentals of computer programming.  The primary concepts that they will learn are looping, conditional statements, and variables.  They will be given the opportunity to create six unique games.  All games will be developed utilizing the Scratch platform.  Each child will be given their own login account so that they can save their work.  They will be able to access their games on their own account after the program concludes.

Grades: 1 - 4
Day and Time: Friday 3:30-4:30
Instructor: Nick Matern 
Classroom: N101
Pick-Up Location: North Hall

WINTER ONLY
Ever wonder how bridges stand up over water? Or how gravity works? Kids explore a variety of introductory topics in engineering, physics, and chemistry, as they learn how science can impact our everyday lives.

Grades: 5 - 6
Day and Time: Friday 3:30-4:20
Instructor: TBD
Classroom: N105
Pick-Up Location: North Hall

WINTER ONLY
Students will cultivate the skills they need to excel on the SAT or ACT Reading and Writing & Language tests. We will practice identifying the main points of sample passages and analyzing the way authors use evidence to support arguments. We will also review standard English grammar and mechanics. By the end of the course, students will have had ample opportunity to develop test-taking strategies and comfort with the format of the exam.
This course will cover:

• Reading comprehension strategies and skills
• Test-taking strategies, including:
• Question types and how to attack them
• Guessing vs skipping
• Writing/grammar/usage skills

Grades: 9 - 12
Instructor: Valerie Mattessich
Day and Time: Saturday 9:00-9:50
Classroom: REMOTE

WINTER ONLY
Students will work through practice SAT & ACT math questions in order to become more familiar with taking a standardized math assessment. We will discuss best practices and strategies to use for all types of questions.  Over the course of the fall students will hone their problem solving skills  and develop the skills necessary to master the SAT or ACT math section. 

Scientific Calculator required. 
Grades: 9 - 12
Instructor: Keith Hickey
Day and Time: Saturday 10:00-10:50
Classroom: REMOTE

Grades / Subjects: PreK4-4th
Day and Time: Tuesday 3:30-4:20

If your child is in need of support in any academic area or simply needs additional guidance with homework assignments, you’ve come to the right place! I am a certified teacher in New Jersey and New York in Pre-K through 6th Grade. I have experience working one-to-one with a range of students including those with various learning needs. The 2022-2023 school year will be my second at SRDS! I was previously a teaching assistant in 3rd Grade and am now ecstatic to be the Pre-K 3 teacher! My prior experience includes student teaching in a 2nd grade and a 3rd grade classroom, spending my summers as a Pre-K camp counselor, and volunteering at ECLC, a school for children with learning and language disabilities. Throughout my experience, I am always becoming aware of ways to learn and best support individual students based on their specific needs in all general area subjects. In addition, I studied Spanish throughout middle school, high school, and college! 

Every student has a preferred method of learning, and I would love to guide your student through finding ways that work best for them in a one-to-one session. I am looking forward to working with your child!
 

Grades / Subjects: PreK3 - 4
Day and Time: Wednesday (full) and Thursday (full)from 3:30-4:20

Are you looking for a tutor to help maximize your child’s potential this year? I have been a teacher at Saddle River Day School for 8 years, have a Masters in Literacy, and am trained in Orton Gillingham, a structured literacy program.

My tutoring sessions are designed to address the individual learning needs and styles of each student in a fun and engaging way!

Each session will be tailored to focus on various skills in the areas of reading, writing, or math using a multisensory approach to learning. This will equip your child with techniques to help them retain and recall learned material.

I look forward to working with your child this year!
 

Grades: PreK3 - 6
Day and Time: Monday 3:30-4:20 (full), Tuesday 3:30-4:20 (full) & Thursday (full) 3:30-4:20pm

Does your child have difficulty with computation or other mathematical concepts? Could they use individualized support to boost their literacy skills? Would learning phonics skills in isolation help your child decode and encode multi-syllabic words? Does homework feel like a daunting task or a constant battle? 1-1 tutoring sessions can help boost your child’s confidence and overall academic performance!

This is my 8th year teaching and my 3rd at SRDS! I have my Bachelor’s Degree in Early Childhood, Elementary, and Special Education as well as my Master’s Degree in Educational Leadership with a focus on mindfulness in schools. I have 4 teaching certifications in the state of New Jersey, and I am currently working towards my PhD in General Education with a specialization in student well-being. I have experience teaching executive functioning skills and general and special education students in grades K-8 in all core subjects. I received training in Touch Math and Orton Gillingham, multi-sensory learning programs.

My tutoring sessions are designed to foster your child’s maximum potential through an individualized approach. Both literacy and math skills can be taught through multi-sensory instruction while incorporating concrete and real-world examples. Each session will be personalized to meet the diverse needs of your child’s learning and tailored to their individual learning style.

I look forward to working with your child!