The Children's House

Chess Club
4th - 8th years

Registration: TBD
Seasons: Fall session, September-November; Spring session, January-April

You are invited to join Compass Chess Club! We’ve had so much last year practicing our chess skills and getting to know each other, we’d like to expand to include Upper El students and parents who have an interest and already have experience with the game. 

We order pizza and serve it mid-way through. We charge $5 and you can either bring cash or Venmo

To sign up to attend and order pizza, please fill out this form each week.  

Volunteers are needed! Please fill out this form if you are willing to support the Chess Club. We do not need expert coaches, just adults who would like to help so that we can have these teams!

Navigators Robotics Club
6th - 8th years

Registration: Final Forms
Season: Fall session, October 14 through December 16
Cost: $75
Practice: Robotics Club will be hosted at Compass from 3:30-5:00 on Mondays.

This email will be used for correspondence — NavigatorsRobotics@gmail.com — allowing the coaches to field questions and keep everything organized. Please use this email for any questions. 

Coaches are needed! Please fill out this form if you are willing to coach or assist. We do not need expert coaches, just adults who would like to help so that we can have these teams!

Comets Robotics Club
3rd - 5th years

Registration: TBD
Seasons: Fall session, September-November; Spring session, February-May
Cost: TBD
Practice: One day a week from 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. based on the coach availability! 

Love ROBOTS? Have a passion for MAKING? Ready to dip your toe in the world of CODING? This weekly club for TCH 3rd through 5th-year learners will focus on building and coding unique robots in an after-school setting that is non-competitive, hands-on, and always fun. Our Robotics club for younger students proves that STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) is accessible for all. 

Fall session = 16 students max. If more than 16 students sign up, they will have the first right to participate in the spring session.

Coaches are needed! Please fill out this form if you are willing to coach or assist. We do not need expert coaches, just adults who would like to help so that we can have these teams!

Drama Club
3rd - 8th years

Registration deadline: February 28, 2025
Season: March – May 2025

Back by popular demand, Jaime Janiszewski will be working on another production with your young thespians this year! 

Volunteers are needed for: 

• Set - Help painting and constructing the set

• Props

• Costumes - Two options (1) Each parent buys their child's costume from an Amazon link (Jaime can put all the costumes in an Amazon List), OR (2) Someone takes on costuming and OTP and Interlochen are willing to let us pull from their costume shops. 

• Hair and Makeup - if a parent wants to take this on and teach some students to tackle this together, otherwise students will need to do their own hair and makeup at home.  

• Please fill out this form if you are willing to support or assist!  

Important dates:

Sign Up: February 1 – 28, 2025
Once students sign up, they are welcome to drop by my classroom at carline to check out a script to read before auditions, if they would like.

Auditions: Tuesday, March 11, 2025 – 3:45 pm – 5:15 pm

Casting Posted & Emailed: Wednesday, March 12, 2025

Read Through/Script Pickup: Tuesday, March 18, 2025, from 3:45 pm – 5:15 pm

Rehearsals: Tuesdays & Thursdays from April 1 – May 8, 2025, from 3:45 pm – 5:15 pm

Tech Week (daily rehearsal): May 12 – 16, 3:45 – 5:15 p.m. (Saturday and Sunday rehearsal during tech week TBA).

Performances: May 16 - 17 (May 16 @ 2pm school performance and 6 pm for friends and family, May 17 @ 6 pm)

*Dates are subject to change
**Not all actors called for every rehearsal
***All actors and crew required for ALL tech week rehearsals and performances

Battle of the Books
4th - 5th years

Registration: December 8-January 3
Season: January until the competition in April

It is Battle of the Books time again! This is a great opportunity for your students to engage with others over their love of reading books! The Battle of the Books is a book-based quiz competition for fourth and fifth graders in the Grand Traverse community. Kids read incredible stories together and then experience heart-pounding moments in competition. Teams have a chance to win prizes for sportsmanship, team spirit, the most creative team name, and more.

Here is more information on important dates and details. A Zoom meeting for general information will be in November.

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Battle of the Books is a great way to get children reading and being part of a team. Each team has 4-6 members and read either 5 books or 10 books. The books are chosen by The Battle of the Books committee and range from novels to graphic novels. Visit the Battle of the Books website more information. 

Coaches are needed! Please fill out this form if you are willing to coach or assist.