Erin Amicucci, a special education teacher, brought a personal love of origami into her workspace. She used to make origami creations as a child herself, then she started again last year in her free time.
“I picked an origami club because last year Mrs. [Kate] Cremonese and I did a teacher feature reward of Disney origami, and it was fun,” Amicucci said.
Her favorite origami creation to date is an alien from the movie Toy Story.
“I hope people want to come and try something new,” Amicucci added.
After-school clubs, such as the origami club, meet every Wednesday from mid-February to the end of April. Students from fourth to sixth grade can join for free. Each club has no more than 20 students.
Christina Rivel, a fifth-grade Math teacher, is hosting a club called Conquering Math. She provides puzzles, escape rooms, and scavenger hunts for students. Leila Donellon, a fifth-grader who has participated in this club before, has a favorite activity.
“The mini escape rooms that we did,” Donnellon said. “… because I like solving puzzles and doing math.”
Samanya Panda, a sixth-grader, has also participated in the Conquering Math club.
“The Math we focused on was more riddles than anything, but the riddles did include all four operations of Math,” Panda added. “Anyone can join the [Conquering] Math club no matter what level you are at because you don’t get a grade from it, and you are there to have fun and not stress if you are good enough or not.”
