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PDS offers an after-school care program from your son’s class dismissal time until 5:30pm for grades YK–6, the day-to-day runnings of which are handled by a trained staff consisting mostly of young adults and college students, who answer to the Director of Auxiliary Programs.
| Event Date | Tuesday, August 13 |
| Event End Date | Wednesday, May 21 |
| Cut off date | Thursday, March 20 |
| Coordinator | Neel Dixon |
Ticket Information
| Ticket Type | Price |
|---|---|
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5 Days Per Week One Semester |
$1,200.00 |
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4 Days Per Week One Semester |
$1,105.00 |
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3 Days Per Week One Semester |
$975.00 |
|
2 Days Per Week One Semester |
$770.00 |
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1 Days Per Week One Semester |
$460.00 |
For all PDS grandparents!
| Event Date | Friday, October 25 2024, 8:45 am |
| Event End Date | Friday, October 25 2024, 11:45 am |
| Cut off date | Thursday, October 24 2024, 3:00 pm |
| Event Date | Wednesday, August 14 |
| Event End Date | Wednesday, May 21 |
| Cut off date | Wednesday, January 22 |
| Price | $600 / $110 |
| Coordinator | Grace Carter |
Ticket Information
| Ticket Type | Price |
|---|---|
| Lunch Program - Fall Semester | $600.00 |
| Drink Plan - Fall Semester | $110.00 |
For Grades: 1st Grade 2nd Grade 3rd Grade 4th Grade 5th Grade 6th Grade
Do you want to master your chess skills, increase your ranking, play more matches, and learn more strategy? Come to PDS Chess Club to learn and play in friendly competition against one another. Beginner Chess players welcome. We partner with Memphis Chess Club and have two experienced and highly rated certified Chess Instructors working with the boys on all types of chess strategy. Come for lots of learning and loads of fun!
Schedule: Tuesdays, 8/27/2024 - 10/15/2024
| Event Date | Tuesday, August 27 2024, 3:00 pm |
| Event End Date | Tuesday, October 15 2024, 4:00 pm |
| Price | $190.00 |
| Minimum | 10 |
| Coordinator | Tony Rudzena |
1st Grade 2nd Grade 3rd Grade 4th Grade 5th Grade 6th Grade
Want to spend time after school exploring and creating? Come to Minecraft Club and build with your friends! In this exciting adventure, you will get to participate in building competitions with other boys, mine for precious resources, and fight off those pesky mobs together! Please note that due to the nature of this camp, campers will have one hour of screen time each meeting.
Schedule: Thursdays, 8/29/2024 - 10/17/2024
| Event Date | Thursday, August 29 2024, 3:00 pm |
| Event End Date | Thursday, October 17 2024, 4:00 pm |
| Price | $190.00 |
| Minimum | 10 |
| Coordinator | Tony Rudzena and Holly Lindsey |
1st Grade 2nd Grade 3rd Grade 4th Grade 5th Grade 6th Grade
Be the star of a movie! In fact, be the writer, producer, director, and editor while you’re at it! In the Young Filmmakers Club, you will create your own movie or TV show using iMovie and Apple Clips. You will gain valuable experience working with the program and experiencing all aspects of creating a movie. You will help film Intramural Basketball Games to create a highlight video! You will also be involved in making videos we show in Chapel!
Schedule: Fridays, 8/30/2024 - 10/18/2024
| Event Date | Friday, August 30 2024, 3:00 pm |
| Event End Date | Friday, October 18 2024, 4:00 pm |
| Price | $190.00 |
| Minimum | 5 |
| Coordinator | Tony Rudzena |
1st Grade 2nd Grade
You are invited to our Reader’s Theatre! During these 5 weeks we will practice our reading, fluency and expression through reading and performing parts in many different stories. No need to memorize here! On the last day we will show our new skills and confidence off in the last few minutes of class. (More details to follow)
Schedule: Tuesdays, 9/3/2024 - 10/1/2024
| Event Date | Tuesday, September 3 2024, 2:45 pm |
| Event End Date | Tuesday, October 1 2024, 4:00 pm |
| Price | $160.00 |
| Minimum | 8 |
| Coordinator | Stacey Hays |
1st Grade 2nd Grade 3rd Grade 4th Grade 5th Grade 6th Grade
Boys will create a clay catch-all or themed slab box that will be fired in the kiln and glazed. Boys will also sculpt a paper pulp bowl that they will paint. Open to all ages in elementary. Skills will vary by age, and will be able to work with all levels of experience.
Please note, we will be using, clay, paper, glue and glazes, hands will get dirty and dress to make a mess. "
Schedule: Mondays, 9/9/2024 - 10/21/2024
| Event Date | Monday, September 9 2024, 2:45 pm |
| Event End Date | Monday, October 21 2024, 4:00 pm |
| Cut off date | Monday, September 9 2024, 12:00 pm |
| Price | $275 for 6 sessions |
| Minimum | 5 |
| Coordinator | Natalie Rudzena & Perry Patterson |
1st Grade 2nd Grade 3rd Grade 4th Grade 5th Grade 6th Grade
Students will create marbled paper in the first session, the following session students will learn how to put characters in a setting, how to create a story line and illustrate their comics. This will be a 6 week course, meeting every Tuesday from 2:45–4:00.
Could get messy with paint on day 1!
Schedule: Tuesdays, 9/10/2024 - 10/22/2024
| Event Date | Tuesday, September 10 2024, 2:45 pm |
| Event End Date | Tuesday, October 22 2024, 4:00 pm |
| Cut off date | Tuesday, September 10 2024, 12:00 pm |
| Price | $250 for 6 sessions |
| Minimum | 5 |
| Coordinator | Natalie Rudzena & Perry Patterson |
After more than a decade of stability or improvement, the mental health of adolescents plunged in the early 2010s. Rates of depression, anxiety, self-harm, and suicide rose sharply, more than doubling on many measures. Why?
Join us a for a study of The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness by Jonathan Haidt.
Led by PDS' Jenny Stenberg, Emily Lequerica, and Darilyn Christenbury, the study will take place over 3 sessions offered from 11:30–1:00 on Tuesdays in the Library starting on September 17. Attendees are welcome to bring a lunch.
Books are available for purchase from Amazon in paperback and Kindle formats.
| Event Date | Tuesday, September 17 2024, 11:30 am |
| Event End Date | Tuesday, September 17 2024, 1:00 pm |