After School Program
Cedarwood offers weekly after school activities throughout the fall, winter & spring terms.
Program offerings vary each term, and are generally offered for students in grades 3-8.
Please click through to learn more about our current activities and sign-up to participate!
After-school program registration for the 2024-25 school year is open!
Before School Care
Our Before Care Program provides a warm and nurturing space for children to begin their day at Cedarwood. We offer this option to families who need care for their children starting at 7:30 am.
The cost of Before Care is included in tuition, and the program is available for children in the early childhood program and grades 1-8.
Before Care is not a drop-in program. Please let us know in advance if your child will be joining — even if just for one morning! We do need at least 1 business day’s notice to welcome your child. You may contact our front office team with any questions at frontoffice@cedarwoodschool.org or by calling (503) 245-1477 during school hours.
Our early childhood Before Care Program is currently at capacity. Please reach out to frontoffice@cedarwoodschool.org or (503) 245-1477 for assistance.
Grades students can be signed up for Before Care using the link below.
Complimentary After School Programs
Math Lab
Grades 6-8
Tuesdays, 3:00-4:00 pm
Wednesdays, 3:00-4:00 pm
Thursdays, 3:00-3:30 pm
Instructors: Mr. Wooton & Mrs. Harrison
Note: Math Lab is no longer a drop-in after-school activity. Please sign up to have your student participate and inform the office if they will not be attending.
Orchestra Practice Lab
Grades 6-8
Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday, 3-3:30 pm
Instructor: Mx. Bright
Note: Orchestra Practice Lab is no longer a drop-in after-school activity. Please sign up to have your student participate and inform the office if they will not be attending.
Extended Day
Cedarwood's Extended Day program provides a fun, engaging, and structured environment promoting indoor & outdoor free play activities as social-emotional enrichment.
Complementary to the Waldorf curriculum, free play is a form of experiential learning for the grades students. By definition, it is play, undirected by a teacher, expressed through the creative imagination of the students.
Building forts and fairy houses, free drawing, modeling with beeswax, and imaginative stick play are all examples of free play encouraged in this program. Through peer-led activities such as these, the child not only draws inspiration from the mixed age environment, but also acquires important problem-solving skills.
It is our belief that if we are to cultivate creativity in our students, we must allow space for it to develop and mature. After school play in a peer environment is an ideal scenario for the grades students to internalize the classroom content of the day. By including free play in our grades pedagogy, we are strengthening the students' will forces, deepening our ability to tap their unique genius. Paradoxically, after a school day's work is done, it is oftentimes the lack of stimulus from teachers that best supports the development of children.
With this in mind, a teacher's intentional holding of this program is paramount in establishing a hygienic social environment beneficial to students. A daily rhythm anchors each of our afternoons together. In addition to free play, this rhythm includes movement games, story, drawing, snack, and rest. An engaged teacher is keen to group dynamics and will introduce pedagogical stories, group games, and chores at varying times throughout the day. Through these activities, the teacher is modeling for the students the etiquette of work and play.
Extended Day is available for Early Childhood and Grades 1-5.
Need after-school care for an older student? Reach out to Marcee Hansen to discuss options.