Our spring teams have become more competitive; the teamwork throughout the school day and during games is beautiful to see, and the leadership from our 8th graders has been phenomenal.
Black History Month 2025 at Burgundy
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The fall session of enrichments at Burgundy will begin on Monday, September 23rd. Registration is now open, and can be accessed here.
Homework Club
Homework Club
Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays 3:30-4:30 p.m.
*Parents can register for each individual day or all three.
Instructor: Monitored by Burgundy Faculty
Grades: 5th – 8th
Students Min: n/a Max: n/a
Location: Burgundy Library
Class Fee: NO FEE FOR THIS PROGRAM
The purpose of Work Smarter is to offer students a supervised and supportive environment for after school homework time, quiet reading, study skills, one-to-one help and an opportunity for students to interact with a variety of teachers and administrators.
Goals: To encourage students to complete their homework, to offer help to students in all areas of study, to teach and reinforce study skill and organizational habits, to offer library resources to all participants, to give students individual and small group time for academic purposes, to develop relationships with families of participants, and to support the Extended Day Program for older students who need study space.
Outcomes: Higher level of homework completion, organized binders, expanded use of the library collection, teamwork experiences for students in a variety of grade levels, access to tables, computers, calculators and other homework-related materials, consistent and expanded hours of academic support on campus, and practicing respect for self, others and the community.
Art Classes
Zentangles and Mindfulness with Annie!
Friday, 3:30-4:30 p.m.
Instructor: Annie Rocha, Burgundy Art Teacher
Grades: 1st – 8th
Students Min: 6 Max: 9
Location: Burgundy Art Room
Class Fee: $420/student
We will learn how to experience mindfulness in art. We will do mindfulness exercises to improve well-being, attention, self-regulation and social competency. We will combine mindfulness with the Zentangle® method of pattern drawing! They are miniature pieces of unplanned, black and white drawings created through a very specific method from an ensemble of simple, structured patterns called tangles. The process of creating the patterns is a form of “artistic meditation” as one becomes completely absorbed in making each pattern, deliberately focusing on the pattern. The creation of patterns increases focus, creativity, and a sense of personal well-being. ALL supplies are included for our 9 weeks of fun.
SoulCollage and Poetry with Annie!
Wednesday, 3:30-4:30 p.m.
Instructor: Annie Rocha, Burgundy Art Teacher
Grades: 1st – 8th
Students Min: 6 Max: 9
Location: Burgundy Art Room
Class Fee: $465/student
SoulCollage® is a creative and fun collage and poetry process. We will make our own deck of cards—each collage card representing one aspect of our personality. It encourages students to develop and articulate self-awareness and creative expression through an integrated and experiential process that increases visual, oral and written skills. After students create a collage, they write a poem inspired by the collage. The poem consists of sentence starters to stimulate their imagination and appreciation for their many self-aspects and affective states, including the ability to name and contain them. It addresses the whole child in an engaging manner, with its focus on social, emotional and intellectual development, and its capacity to draw children into their internal selves. Students will express different parts of themselves (qualities of their personalities, feelings, interests or experiences), to honor family, friends, pets or heroes, to tell a story and much more. All supplies included for our 10 weeks of fun.
All About ART!
Wednesday, 3:30-4:30 p.m.
Instructor: Val Christy from Pottery Playground
Grades: K-6th
Students Min: 6 Max: 20
Location: Burgundy Art Room
Class Fee: $405/student
Start school with a bang this fall and join Val & Kate for all Art things GREAT! We’ll try our hands at Fired Arts (pottery painting, clay & fused glass) and mixed media projects (watercolor, BATIK & mosaics). The possibilities are endless! Our focus is on Art as a process, not a product. We expect you to put your artistic thumbprint on the various Art movements/techniques we cover. We’ve packed LOTS of funky tools in your creative arsenal — straws, liquid soap, shaving cream & fuzzy yarn! Oh, what cool masterpieces you’ll make! So, come to class each Wednesday with your creative hats on tight & be ready to take artistic risks! You’re going to have the hottest home Art gallery in the neighborhood! All color products/tools used are non-toxic & safe for the smallest hands. Projects are designed to be engaging for younger and older kids.
FUNtastical Imaginative Art
Thursday, 3:30-4:30 p.m.
Instructor: Val Christy from Pottery Playground
Grades: 2nd-8th
Students Min: 6 Max: 20
Location: Burgundy Art Room
Class Fee: $290/student
Da-Da-Da… Da-Da-Da-Dadaism! And, a sprinkle of Surrealism for added fun! Please join us for some kooky and unconventional Art classes each Thursday this fall when we look through the eyes of the Dadaists and Surrealists – artists who turned our world upside-down by making us rethink things around us. We’ll draw and paint fantastical images with oil pastels, watercolor and inks and create collage that may seem crazy or absurd, as we poke fun at the serious and conventional. Collage allows you to interact with existing materials – anything from newspapers and magazines to maps, tickets and photographs. You’ll rip them apart and reassemble them to create visually dynamic images. We’ll focus on and capture the childlike quality found in both Dada and Surreal Art forms in the masterpieces we make! You will have lots of gorgeous frameable Art by the end of our time together. Ever see Mona Lisa with a mustache or as a mermaid? Or, see a frog pedaling a unicycle? That’s the FUNtastic direction we’ll take in this dreamlike, imaginative, ARTrageous creative class! All Art supplies are nontoxic and safe for the smallest hands.
Sports and Hobbies
Tae Kwon Do
Thursday, 3:30-4:30 p.m.
Instructor: KSS Programs
Grades: JK – 8th
Students Min: 10 Max: 20
Location: Burgundy Gym
Class Fee: $275/student
The Tae Kwon Do of today is the modern product of martial arts and folk games developed over many centuries in Korea. While there is no doubt the three main East Asian countries of Korea, China, and Japan all had their own indigenous martial arts, it is also quite likely that they shared much of their martial cultures with each other while maintaining the distinct flavor of their own country’s culture. Tae Kwon Do is a Korean martial art involving kicking, blocking, and striking and has truly transcended the place of its birth and become one of the most popular martial arts in the world. The class will have some fitness, body movement, and martial arts skills incorporated. The children will get to experience real martial arts without the commitment and cost of a traditional school. Experienced students will have the opportunity to practice and develop skills.
Excite Soccer
Friday, 3:30-4:30 p.m.
Instructor: Coach Steve from Excite Soccer
Grades: JK – 5th
Students Min: 8 Max: 20
Location: Burgundy Gym
Class Fee: $170/student
Children will be encouraged to develop their mental, physical, and social abilities through creative soccer games and other activities taught by highly experienced staff; all trained working with young children. Participants will learn individual skills, teamwork, and most importantly, have fun! Our emphasis is on mastering basic coordination and agility with and without a soccer ball, as well as on providing a confidence-building environment. Each practice will finish with small-sided scrimmages (1v1, 2v2, 3v3 & 4v4)
STEP!
Wednesday, 3:30-4:30 p.m.
Instructor: Maya Botchway from Royal Athletes
Ages: 6-15
Students Min: 6 Max: 25
Location: Burgundy Gym
Class Fee: $235/student
Stepping is a complex performance that melds folk traditions with popular culture and involves synchronized percussive movement, singing, speaking, chanting, and drama. Instructor Maya, wife of P.E. teacher Prince, is a former stepper from UVA’s non-Greek step team, Step It Up. Steppers will learn movements and choreography according to ability and level. Class includes Royal Athletes T-shirt.
Basketball
Thursday, 3:30-4:30 p.m.
Instructor: Coach from Royal Athletes
Grades: K – 5th
Students Min: 6 Max: 25
Location: Burgundy Gym
Class Fee: $225/student
Athletes will have fun learning basketball technique and skills such as dribbling, shooting and explosiveness. Youth will learn in a team environment to develop confidence, character and social interactions and play friendly games. (Class includes Royal Athletes T-shirt.)
Fencing for Young Jedi
Tuesday, 3:30-4:30 p.m.
Instructor: NOVA Fencing Club
Grades: K – 6th
Students Min: 10 Max: 20
Location: Burgundy Gym
Class Fee: $350/student
Fencing for Young Jedi classes are conducted in the discipline of epee. Classes focus on the fundamentals of fencing including footwork, handwork, strategy and rules of fencing. These one-hour classes include group exercises as well as drills in pairs and bouting. Skills are reinforced with age-appropriate games and activities that build conditioning, speed and endurance while also emphasizing critical thinking and quick decision-making. At the end of the session a tournament will be held at Nova Fencing Club using electric fencing equipment. Fencing for Young Jedi is appropriate for both beginning and continuing fencers.
Cooperative Games and Sports
Monday, 3:30-4:30pm
Instructor: Prince Botchway from Royal Athletes
Grades: K – 5th
Students Min: 8 Max: 20
Location: Burgundy Gym
Class Fee: $225/student
Get ready for team-building activities, as your child will participate in cooperative games and sports that will build upon the joy of playing and working together. Instructor Prince will lead games such as handball, pin game and creative tags games. We will also focus on sports including basketball, indoor soccer and capture the flag. (Class includes Royal Athletes T-shirt.)
Silver Knights Chess Club
Tuesday, 3:30-4:30 p.m.
Instructor: Coach from Silver Knights
Grades: K – 6th
Students Min: 7 Max: 20
Location: Burgundy Classroom
Class Fee: $245/student
Over 4,000 children are learning chess each week in Silver Knights chess clubs. Our experienced staff will work with kids at all skill levels — from absolute beginners to tournament players. Each chess club hour includes a lesson and games. Our clubs provide a fun way for children to learn and improve at chess while also practicing critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
Drama and Music
Seasonal Stories on Stage!
Monday, 3:30-4:30 p.m.
Instructor: Roberta Cullen from Alexandria Children’s Theatre
Grades: 1st – 3rd
Students Min: 8 Max: 14
Location: Drama Room
Class Fee: $200/student
Each week poems and stories will help with expressive reading as we celebrate the fall season together. Movement activities help with coordination and collaboration, and Shakespeare’s witches will be part of the Halloween season. Students will learn a short script about kindness to be performed onstage at the final class for family and friends.
Scenes from a Christmas Carol!
Wednesday, 3:30-4:30 p.m.
Instructor: Roberta Cullen, Alexandria Children’s Theatre
Grades: 4th – 8th
Students Min: 8 Max: 16
Location: Drama Room
Class Fee: $200/student
Using scenes adapted from the Charles Dickens classic by drama teacher Roberta Cullen, students will memorize and perform portions of A Christmas Carol with an emphasis on the power of kindness over bullying. Some improv games and creative thinking/movement activities will be included each week. Families and friends will be invited to a performance onstage at the final class. *Please note, this class is for students interested in performing and rehearsing for the final presentation as a team effort and will require a bit of memorization at home to prepare for the show.
Beginner Drums
Monday, 3:30-4:30 p.m.
Instructor: Charles Mitchell
Grades: All Grades
Students Min: 8 Max: 20
Location: Maker Space
Class Fee: $540/student
For students with no experience. This class enhances the student’s focus, concentration, and discipline. Each student is asked to use their freedom to explore their imagination!
We study rhythms, beats and patterns from all over the world. They learn technique on Djembe, Frame Drum, Drum Set, Clave, Shakers, Wood block and more. The class performs in a percussion ensemble each class. We also learn to read western rhythmic notation as applied to the African djembe!
Intermediate Drums
Wednesday, 3:30-4:30 p.m.
Instructor: Charles Mitchell
Grades: All Grades
Students Min: 8 Max: 20
Location: Maker Space
Class Fee: $600/student
For students who have taken at least one drum class. This class enhances the student’s focus, concentration, and discipline. Each student is asked to use their freedom to explore their imagination! We study rhythms, beats and patterns from all over the world. They learn technique on Djembe, Frame Drum, Drum Set, Clave, Shakers, Wood block and more. The class performs in a percussion ensemble each class. We also learn to read western rhythmic notation as applied to the African djembe!
Advanced Drums
Friday, 3:30-4:30 p.m.
Instructor: Charles Mitchell
Grades: All Grades
Students Min: 8 Max: 20
Location: Maker Space
Class Fee: $480/student
For students who have taken at least two drum classes. This class enhances the student’s focus, concentration, and discipline. Each student is asked to use their freedom to explore their imagination! We study rhythms, beats and patterns from all over the world. They learn technique on Djembe, Frame Drum, Drum Set, Clave, Shakers, Wood block and more. The class performs in a percussion ensemble each class. We also learn to read western rhythmic notation as applied to the African djembe!
STEAM and Farm Classes
WeDo Lego Robotics Club: Zoo Bots!
Monday, 3:30-4:30 p.m.
Instructor: Silver Knights Enrichment
Grades: 1st – 6th
Students Min: 8 Max: 20
Location: Maker Space
Class Fee: $305/student
ZooBots is a unit filled with animal bots that roll, waddle, walk and talk. Create the penguin on your first day of the club and progress to crocodiles, mudskippers, and gorillas. Each week students make something new and learn how gears, simple machines and LEGO code work together to make something FUN!
STEAM Club for Curious Engineers
Tuesday, 3:30-4:30 p.m.
Instructor: Engineering for Kids
Grades: JK – K
Students Min: 6 Max: 12
Location: Maker Space/Classroom
Class Fee: $308/student
Our STEAM Club programming engages students in hands on age-appropriate activities using science, technology, engineering, art and math concepts. These activities are designed to introduce our Curious Engineers to various topics building on motor skills, spatial awareness and collaboration. Students will examine measurements, magnets, shapes, animal habitats, clouds and the five senses plus more in this fun club.
STEAM Club for Junior Engineers
Thursday, 3:30-4:30 p.m.
Instructor: Engineering for Kids
Grades: 1st – 2nd
Students Min: 10 Max: 15
Location: Maker Space/Classroom
Class Fee: $240/student
Our STEAM Club programming engages students in hands on age-appropriate activities using science, technology, engineering, art and math concepts. These activities inspire students to think creatively, ignite natural curiosity and foster a love for investigation. Weekly lessons and hands on activities stem from core engineering programs such as Civil, Environmental and Aerospace.
The Art of Digital Photography
Thursday, 3:30-4:30 p.m.
Instructor: Joseph Edwards, Burgundy Middle School
Teacher Grades: 4th – 8th
Students Min: 2 Max: 10
Location: Computer Lab
Class Fee: $345/student
Students will learn how to explore their creativity using the DSLR camera. This course will cover visual elements such as exposure, composition, color, and texture. Students will also learn basic photo editing on the computer. No experience required. If you want to learn how to use a camera or take better photographs this is a great class for you!
Barn Club
Wednesday, 3:30-4:30 p.m.
Instructor: Ali Shepard, Burgundy Caretaker
Grades: 2nd – 5th
Students Min: 5 Max: 8
Location: Barnyard
Class Fee: $195/student
Barn Club is the perfect class for kids who love animals! Students will assist in daily care, learn about animal health and well-being, and practice animal interaction and communication. Activities include feeding, grooming, barn projects, and horsemanship. Please send students with weather appropriate clothing and closed- toe shoes, as most of our time will be spent outside.
Farm Friends
Tuesday, 3:30-4:30 p.m.
Instructor: Ali Shepard, Burgundy Caretaker
Grades: K – 1st
Students Min: 5 Max: 8
Location: Barnyard
Class Fee: $185/student
Farm Friends is the perfect class for kids who love animals! Students will assist in daily care, learn about animal health and well-being, and practice animal interaction and communication. Activities include feeding, grooming, barn projects, and horsemanship. Please send students with weather appropriate clothing and closed toe shoes, as most of our time will be spent outside.
Burgundy on Broadway Pizza Party
Burgundy on Broadway Pizza Party
Thursday, November 21st, 3:30-6:00p.m.
*This is a special, one-day enrichment. All other enrichment classes, EXCEPT Homework Club, are cancelled on this day to allow students to attend.
Instructor: Hosted by Extended Day
Grades: All Grades
Students Min: 10 Max: 50
Location: Gym, Playground, Logan Loft
Class Fee: $15/student
This is a one-time enrichment special event. Participants will, directly after school, attend a pizza party, have some playtime on the Burgundy playgrounds, and then attend the Thursday evening Burgundy on Broadway performance. There are no other enrichments classes running on this day so that students may attend this event without missing any of their other enrichment programs. More details about this event will be available soon, including the details on the performance itself. Parents are encouraged to sign-up now to ensure they get a spot for their student(s) so as not to miss out! There are a limited number of spots available for this special event. The fee for this program is $15, which helps cover staffing, a pizza dinner, and the cost of a ticket to the show.
