FALL/WINTER/SPRING
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: TBD
Classroom: TBD
Pick-Up Location: TBD
 

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: TBD
Classroom: TBD
Pick-Up Location: TBD

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 - 12
Day and Time: Monday 5:30-6:20
Instructor: TBD
Classroom: TBD
Pick-Up Location: TBD

FALL ONLY
Buckle your safety-belts for Challenge Island's® action-packed Amusement Park Island©! Your STEAM Team of friends will create thrill rides galore at exciting destinations like Roller Coaster Cliff, Zipline Zone and Spinning Waters. Amusement Park Island© promises to be the hottest ticket around!
Grades: 1 - 4
Day and Time: Monday 3:30-4:20
Instructor: Jackie Genovisi
Classroom: TBD
Pick-Up Location: TBD
 

FALL ONLY
Buckle your safety-belts for Challenge Island's® action-packed Amusement Park Island©! Your STEAM Team of friends will create thrill rides galore at exciting destinations like Roller Coaster Cliff, Zipline Zone and Spinning Waters. Amusement Park Island© promises to be the hottest ticket around!
Grades: 5 - 8
Day and Time: Monday 4:30-5:20
Instructor: Jackie Genovisi
Classroom: TBD
Pick-Up Location: TBD

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: 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.
Course Description:
Grades: 5 - 8
Day and Time: Monday 3:30-4:20
Instructor: Susan Stava
Pick-Up Location: 

FULL YEAR COURSE
Course Description: 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: Monday 3:30-4:20
Instructor: Basel Arafat 
Classroom: TBD
Pick-Up Location: TBD
 

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: TBD
Pick-Up Location: TBD

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 - 8
Day and Time: Tuesday 4:30-5:20
Instructor: Michaela Cappellari
Classroom: TBD
Pick-Up Location: TBD

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: TBD
Pick-Up Location: TBD

FALL 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: TBD
Pick-Up Location: TBD

FALL ONLY
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: 4-7
Day and Time: Tuesday 3:30-4:20
Instructor: Laura Hollis
Classroom: IDEAS Lab
Pick-Up Location: TBD

FALL ONLY
Make your mark on the Saddle River Day School campus! Students will have the opportunity to to design and paint a one of a kind mural; experiencing the process of creating a large, collaborative piece of art. This activity will build confidence in our artists as the students will participate in designing original artwork that will be displayed on a SRDS wall, making our campus even more beautiful.
Grades: 
Day and Time: Tuesday 3:30-4:20
Instructor: Christy VanBuren
Classroom: TBD
Pick-Up Location: TBD

FULL YEAR COURSE
Course Description:
Grades: PreK3 - Kindergarten
Day and Time: Tuesday 4:30-5:20
Instructor: Ashley 
Classroom: TBD
Pick-Up Location: TBD

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: TBD
Classroom: TBD
Pick-Up Location: TBD

FULL YEAR COURSE
Course Description:
Grades: 1 - 12
Day and Time: Wednesday 3:30-4:30
Instructor: Yaniv Fridman
Classroom: TBD
Pick-Up Location: TBD

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 3:30-4:20
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: TBD
Pick-Up Location: TBD

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
Classroom: IDEAS Lab
Pick-Up Location: North Hall

FALL ONLY
Do you love to sing and dance? Come join us after school to learn songs from the most popular Broadway Shows!  Class will include several group numbers, as well as assigned solos and duets!
Course Description: A performance will be held at the conclusion of the fall session! 
Grades: 5 - 8
Day and Time: Thursday 3:30-4:20
Instructor: Kelly Schaaf
Classroom: PAC
Pick-Up Location: Alford Hall

FULL YEAR COURSE
Course Description:
Grades: 1 - 4
Day and Time: Thursday 4:30-5:20
Instructor: 
Classroom: TBD
Pick-Up Location: TBD

FALL & WINTER ONLY
Boys who code is an interactive first time introduction to computer science and to tools that help youngsters excel in the field. We will explore the history of computers, coding , digital art and design, robotics , video games , mobile apps and more !
Grades: 3- 6
Day and Time: Thursday 3:30-4:20
Instructor: Basel Arafat
Classroom: TBD
Pick-Up Location: TBD

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: TBD
Classroom:
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: TBD
Classroom: TBD
Pick-Up Location: TBD

FULL YEAR COURSE
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: 5 - 8
Day and Time: Friday 3:30-4:30
Instructor: TBD
Classroom: TBD
Pick-Up Location: TBD

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 9:00-9:50am
Classroom: N105
Pick-Up Location: North Hall 

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 math section. 
Scientific Calculator required. 
Grades: 9 - 12
Instructor: Keith Hickey
Classroom: N105
Pick-Up Location: North Hall

FULL YEAR COURSE
Kids will explore cooking with nutritious ingredients, learn how to follow recipes, master skills in the kitchen such as chopping, peeling, measuring, stirring, mixing, and proper food safety. Students will learn about different cultures while having hands-on culinary experience. They will build confidence and knowledge, learn kitchen safety rules and proper food handling, master lifelong skills, how to prepare a meal, and receive a recipe booklet shared to enjoy for life, as well as a fun filled cultural experience with foodie friends. All cooking ingredients will be provided. 
**Please notify Miss Cohen immediately if your child has any food allergies or sensitivities. There are gluten and dairy free options available at an additional cost.
Grades: 2 - 8 
Day and Time: Saturday 10am-12pm
Instructor: Maude Subrahmanyam
Classroom: Kitchen / Commons
Pick-Up Location: North Hall

FULL YEAR COURSE
Course Description:
Grades: 5 - 12
Day and Time: Saturday 11:00-12:00
Instructor: Danielle Larsen
Classroom: TBD
Pick-Up Location: TBD

Danielle Sun: 1-1 Tutoring
Grades / Subjects: PreK4-4th
Day and Time: Tuesday 3:30-4:20 (full)

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!

Dana Danziger: 1-1 Tutoring
Grades / Subjects: PreK3 - 4
Day and Time: Wednesday (full) and Thursday 3:30-4:20 (full)

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!

Lexie Kelly: 1-1 Tutoring
Subjects: Math, Reading Comprehension, Writing, Spanish
Grades: K-8
Day and Time: Monday 4:30-5:20 (full), Thursday 4:30-5:20 (full), & Friday 4:30-5:20 (full)

I am a passionate and dedicated tutor eager to help students in grades K-8 to improve their confidence and increase their mastery of math, reading comprehension, writing, or Spanish! This is my second year at SRDS, and I bring to my tutoring here the full range of my unique experience administering a bespoke, learner-centric one-to-one educational program as a founding faculty member in the Avenues @HOME Program. I tailor my approach to the strengths and needs of the specific learner in front of me, and I strive to instill a growth mindset and cultivate enthusiasm in everyone I tutor. Please don’t hesitate to reach out with specific concerns or questions about how I can help your child to get the most out of their experience this year! 

Erica Cohen: 1-1 Tutoring
Grades: PreK 3 - 6
Day and Time: Monday 3:30-4:20 (full), Tuesday 3:30-4:20 (full), & Thursday 3:30-4:20pm (full)

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!