Grade k-5
- Cooking and Baking Club: Introduce kids to simple and healthy recipes. They can create snacks, bake treats, or learn about food from different cultures.
- Lego Engineering Club: The Lego Club is a fun and engaging space for students to build, create, and explore using everyone’s favorite colorful bricks! In this club, students will work individually or in teams to design and construct amazing structures, vehicles, and even robots. Through various challenges and free-building sessions, students will develop important skills such as creativity, problem-solving, teamwork, and spatial awareness. Whether they are building a futuristic city, designing a working model of a machine, or competing in friendly building challenges, the Lego Club provides a hands-on learning experience that encourages imagination and engineering thinking.
- Eco-Art Club: Combine art and environmental awareness by using recycled materials for creative art projects. Students can create sculptures, paintings, or other crafts while learning about sustainability and reducing waste.
- Game Scholars Club: A dynamic and interactive club designed to boost the intellectual abilities of students through the power of play. Each week, students dive into a variety of educational board games that challenge their problem-solving, critical thinking, and collaboration skills. Whether decoding puzzles, strategizing for victory, or exploring math and vocabulary in exciting new ways, participants sharpen their minds while having a blast with their peers.
- Chess Club: Teach students how to play chess, develop strategies, and improve concentration. Students can also compete in friendly tournaments.
- Fitness & Nutrition Club: Learn how remembering Allah, eating right, and working out contribute to feeling GREAT! How do all of these things tie together? In this club, we will learn to appreciate Allah’s blessings while working out and learning some healthy snack ideas. Share Islamic ideas to clear our minds and relax (say duas, dhikr, and more)—different workouts. Healthy snacks.
- Little Inventors Club: encourages creative thinking and problem-solving! Students will brainstorm, build, and test their inventions using basic materials.
- Nasheed Club: The Nasheed Club is a joyful space where students will come together and learn uplifting nasheeds to celebrate their love for Allah. This club will encourage students to build their confidence and presentation skills, as well as build critical thinking as we discuss important Islamic concepts. Each session will be a wonderful experience where friends will grow and inspire one another as we remember Allah together
Middle school Elective ( Grade 6-8):
- Painting for Purpose: This course is designed to enable students to develop their problem-solving and creative thinking skills while teaching them to perceive the world around them, interpret emotion through a variety of artistic media, and evaluate their artwork as well as the work of other artists.
- Graphic Design: In this hands-on middle school graphic design course, students will explore the art of visual communication using Canva to create engaging, real-world projects. They will learn core design principles, color theory, and typography, then apply their skills to develop business branding, magazine ads, redesigned business cards, student IDs, and custom emojis. Along the way, students will harness Canva’s professional design tools to bring their ideas to life, blending creativity with problem-solving and cultural awareness. By the end of the course, each student will have a personal portfolio that showcases their unique style and ability to design for various purposes and audiences.
- Dollars and Sense: focuses on consumer practices and responsibilities, money-management processes, decision-making skills, the impact of technology, and preparation for human services careers.
- Trash to Treasure – DIY Upcycling: Ever looked at a pile of “junk” and wondered if it could be something more? In this creative, hands-on elective, you’ll learn how to transform everyday waste, like plastic bottles, old T-shirts, cardboard, and bottle caps, into useful, artistic, or even wearable items! Through weekly projects, you’ll explore the world of upcycling—a fun and eco-friendly way to give old things a brand-new purpose. You’ll learn design thinking, basic engineering skills, and environmental awareness while building cool stuff from items others might throw away. Whether it’s a bird feeder made from a milk jug, jewelry from scrap metal, or a mini lamp from a glass jar, you’ll be challenged to invent, build, decorate, and share your ideas. By the end of the course, you’ll present your best creations at an Upcycling Showcase!
- Drama and Theatre: Drama and Theatre is a creative and interactive elective where students explore acting, improvisation, scriptwriting, and stage production. Through performance and collaboration, they build confidence, communication skills, and an appreciation for the art of storytelling.
- Media Literacy: Decode, Discover, Decide: Media literacy will help students to uncover the truth behind headlines, social media, and ads. This class equips you with tools to spot bias, verify sources, protect your privacy, and create responsible digital content, using Common Sense Media’s award-winning curriculum on media literacy.
- Project Soar: Uplifting the School Community: At Everest Academy, eagles don’t just fly, they lift others as they rise! In Project Soar, you’ll be part of a class that makes our school and community a better place, one action at a time. Each week, you’ll work with friends in class to spread kindness, boost school spirit, and make a real impact. Some activities include: designing school posters, planning fun activities for elementary classes, writing thank-you letters, creating positivity projects, and running kindness challenges. We’ll build our teamwork skills with fun games, dream up creative projects, and even plan events that bring students and teachers together. If you want to have fun, work on exciting projects, and be part of something bigger than yourself, spread your wings and join Project Soar, where kindness soars as high as our Everest Eagles.