After School Childcare​

​Free On-Site After School Care: ASES (a.k.a. "The Center")

The Sacramento Chinese Community Service Center provides free after school-care through the After School Education & Safety Program (ASES) program for students in grades 1-6. ​If you are interested in enrollment, please contact Program Manager Rachel Poole at 916-647-2233 or rachel@sccsc.org. Students must register for the program each spring (for the next school year) and be accepted to participate in the program. Spaces are limited. At risk students, foster and homeless youth, admin referral (Principal’s request) and free reduced lunch students are given priority registration. All other students are selected by lottery. See the files below for more information.
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Fee-Based On-Site After School Care: The Theodore Judah Children's Center (a.k.a. "The Children's Center")

This SCUSD fee-based program is located on our campus for Kindergarten-6th grade students and provides before and after school care.  Please call the SCUSD Child Development Department for more information at (916) 643-7815 or (916) 395-4803. Spaces are limited.

Off-Site After School Care
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Many of our families independently contract with the the YMCA and Dragon Fire Martial Arts for after school care. Both programs have a van that picks up students from Theodore Judah after school. (Theodore Judah and Sacramento City Unified School District do not contract with either organization for services.) 

Parent & Teacher-Led After School Programs 

Knitting Club

Amazing TJ parent Allegra Lampley hosts an after school knitting club, Thursdays after school. Cost is $40 per student to pay for knitting supplies through the year. (Grades 1-6) Thank you Ms. Allegra! Contact: legslampley@gmail.com.

Speech & Debate Club

Do you love to argue? Debate against middle and elementary schools, Phoebe Hearst, Sutter, and your parents! Practice is twice per week after school. (Grades 4-6). Contact: Mr. Bruce michael-bruce@scusd.edu. 

TJ Times Newspaper & Yearbook Club

Kinder teacher Ms. Hein and parent Tad Carrillo host the TJ Times Newspaper & Yearbook Club every Monday after school. (Grades 4-6). Thanks Mr. Tad and Mrs. Hein! Contact: hellotjtimes@gmail.com.

Nature Bowl Team

Do you like snakes, raptors or scat????  Then Nature Bowl is for you!  Nature Bowl is a fantastic way for students to learn about and become involved in our natural surroundings, our local ecology and the importance of environmental stewardship. (Grades 3-6). Students work together in teams while having fun and engaging in a cooperative competition. The season runs from January to April/May. Contact: Ms. Gambirazio sandra-gambirazio@scusd.edu.

SCUSD-funded After School Sports

Students in grades 4-6 are invited to try out for after-school sports. Games are once per week and are played against area elementary schools. Coaches are TJ teachers and/or parents, and they receive a stipend from SCUSD.

Seeking Parents to Help Establish New After School Programs

Have a great idea for a new after school club? Please email us! We're also currently seeking parent leads for the following clubs:

Robotics Club (Need parent lead!)
Chess Club (Need parent lead!)

​Please email hello@theodorejudahpta.org if you would like to lead a new after school club!

Add'l After School Enrichment Programs

​Girls On the Run

Over the course of the 10-week program (mid-February to mid-May), 3rd-5th grade girls will have fun, make friends, increase their physical activity and learn important life skills that they can use at home, at school and with friends. 

Meeting twice a week in small teams, trained and caring coaches lead girls through interactive lessons designed to help girls improve in competence, confidence, caring, character, connection, and contribution.

​Program registration opens in January. 

Visit www.gotrsac.org for more information!
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MusicLIVE Strings Program 

The PTA helps coordinate the MusicLIVE Strings Program, a parent-paid after school music program. (The MusicLIVE Strings program is not to be confused with the PTA-funded Music ALIVE! program which takes place during school hours!) MusicLIVE classes are held once per week for one hour. 
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For more information: 
http://www.sacima.org/theodore-judah.html

Calling all LEGO lovers! Early Engineers building classes are back at Theodore Judah Elementary! Too many children shy away from math and science. We want our kids, and yours, to be exposed to topics like velocity, momentum, and bioluminescence, alongside a familiar friend, the Lego brick! 

Serving grades K-6.

Register by calling: 916-419-7644
or click here: https://www.dreamclasses.org/schools/theodore-judah-elementary-kinder-east-sac

Join us for a whole new school year of BRAND NEW art projects! Let's get messy and make time for creativity! While Firefly Art has always taught drawing skills, with a variety of art media, we do more than that! We teach our students to draw as a secondary means of communication, relish in the creative process, and design creative solutions when "mistakes" happen. This year, we've got more paintbrush action, more sticky glue crafts, and more local artist spotlights coming your way!

Serving Grades 1-6. 

Register by calling: 916-419-7644
or click here: https://www.dreamclasses.org/schools/theodore-judah-elementary-east-sac

It's time to code our CritterBots! First, students will build a project from LEGO WeDO 2.0 and attach a Bluetooth motor. Then, using block coding, they'll program their LEGO project to move, tilt, wobble, and shake! The next week, they'll come back to their build, but level up to Scratch, where they'll simultaneously be coding their physical project AND an animation on their laptop. Throughout the course, they'll code 5 builds and corresponding Scratch projects and at the end, they'll take home a USB with their Scratch projects, that can be continued at home (if you want to!) This course will be the ultimate blend of robotics and coding. 

Serving grades 3-6

​Register by calling: 916-419-7644
or click here: https://www.dreamclasses.org/schools/theodore-judah-elementary-east-sac