After-school hours are a critical time for youth. That time can represent either an opportunity to learn and grow, through quality after-school programs, or a time of risk to a student’s health and safety. At Bellesini, when academic classes end at 3 o’clock, the school day is only half over. The afternoon hours are part of a 12-hour extended school day in which students’ horizons are broadened, their characters built, and confidence boosted.
3:00 to 5:00 p.m. is a time when Bellesini students grow, learn, and have fun in a safe and structured environment. Students participate in a mandatory after-school program, five days a week and Saturday’s, under the supervision of their teachers, coaches, and committed volunteers. Activities change quarterly with the seasons, giving students the opportunity to experience a number of different activities.
Athletics & Recreation:
- Soccer (fall)
- Basketball (winter)
- Baseball (spring)
- Instructional Lacrosse
- Swimming Lessons (at Lawrence YMCA)
- Presidential Fitness
- Street Hockey
- Ultimate Frisbee
- Fitness Club
Enrichment:
- Academic Bowl
- Animal Education (at MSPCA Nevins Farm)
- Computers
- Destination ImagiNation
- Engineering Design
- Geography Bee Team
- Invention Convention
- Lego Robotics Team
- Math Counts
- Spelling Bee Team
- Science Program (with Merrimack College)
- Student Newspaper
Clubs:
- Art Club
- Chess Club
- Cooking Club
- Dance Club
- Debate Club
- Drama Club
- French Club
- Gardening Club
- Green Team
- Improv Club
- Model Building Club
- Movie Club
- Music Clubhouse (at Lawrence YMCA)
- Philanthropy Club
- Project Adventure
- Service Club (at Mary Immaculate Nursing Home)
