Beyond the Classroom

BTC's After-School Care is available from dismissal to 6 p.m.

$16/day

Register for After-School Care

BTC's Conference Care is available from 7:35 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Conference Care is intended for families who are in need of extended care on conference days with no school.

7:35 a.m. - 12 noon $30
12 noon - 3:30 p.m. $30
7:35 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. $45

Register for Conference Care

BTC's Early Morning Care is available from 7:15 to 7:35 a.m. on school mornings. All students are welcome to use Early Morning Care as needed.

Free of charge

No registration required

BTC's Faculty Collaboration Morning Care is available from 7:35 to 9:10 a.m. Faculty Collaboration Morning Care is intended for families who are in need of extended care on Faculty Collaboration Mornings with a late start. *Please note: the drop-off window for this care is from 7:35 to 7:55 a.m. in Carrier Circle

Free of charge with limited spots available

Register for Faculty Collaboration Morning Care

Beyond the Classroom's After-School Care provides full and half-day care on select days to assist families who are in need of extended care for their children. Charges will be billed to your child's St. Paul account at a rate of $30 if they are picked up by 2:45 p.m. or $45 if they are picked up after 3:30 p.m. We ask that you not pick up your child between 2:45 and 3:30 because of the traffic during our all-school carpool. Lunch and an afternoon snack will be provided.

$30 or $45/day

Register for Full or Half-Day Care

Ballet & Tap

Leader: Hope Marion from The Music Staff Studio
Grades: 1st-4th
Dates: January 18 - May 17
Time: 3:20 - 4:30 p.m. on Tuesdays
(see calendar for specific dates and times)
Place: Dining Hall Stage
Carpool: 4:30 p.m. River Birch Walk

The Music Staff Studio has partnered with St. Paul to offer ballet and tap dancing! Dancers learn postures, steps, and choreography of traditional ballet. Tap exercises will focus on clarity of sound, rhythm, timing, and overall musicality. Ballet and tap exercises and routines emphasize vocabulary and dance etiquette. Students participate in prayer and worshipful dance, as they learn about themselves as children of God. This class will present a short recital for family at the end of the semester.

Register for Ballet & Tap Class

Cheernastics

Leaders: Staff at My Gym
Grades: 1st-4th
Dates: February 1 - April 26
Time: 3:20 - 4:20 p.m. on Tuesdays
(see calendar for specific dates and times)
Place: Rochford Center
Carpool: 4:20 p.m. River Birch Walk

My Gym has partnered with St. Paul to offer a fun, age-appropriate form of gymnastics! My Gym's after-school program is designed to promote health and fitness as a lifelong habit in a positive and nurturing environment. These highly trained teachers are bringing an award-winning program to our school: cheernastics! Cheernastics is a great introduction to cheerleading, dance, tumbling, and teamwork. Each week, we will work on motions, jumps, dance sequencing, and basic tumbling skills: cartwheels, round-offs, kick-overs. The most important benefit we offer, however, is the building of confidence and self-esteem. 

Register for cheernastics

Leader: Will Mitchell
Grades: 1st-6th
Dates: September 8 - May 18
Time: 3 - 4 p.m. on Wednesdays
(see calendar for specific dates and times)
Place: C.S. Lewis Library
Carpool: 4 p.m. Carrier Circle

We are glad to continue partnering with the Nashville Chess Center (NCC) who will be providing high-quality chess instruction for our students once again this school year.

Register for Chess Club

Contemporary Dance

Leader: Kelsey Mearman from The Music Staff Studio
Grades: 3rd-6th
Dates: February 4 - April 29
Time: 3:20 - 4:20 p.m. on Fridays
(see calendar for specific dates and times)
Place: Dining Hall Stage
Carpool: 4:20 p.m. River Birch Walk

The Music Staff Studio has partnered with St. Paul to offer contemporary dance! Dancers will explore the art of contemporary dance, combining classical elements of ballet with creative movements derived from all different types of dance styles. We will explore how to create flowing movements while still incorporating the classical structure of ballet. This will be a wonderful space to learn about worship through movement, as well as to express emotions through a beautiful dance style. While we will focus on technique and style, we will also lean into the expressive and creative side of contemporary dance through learning the art of graceful movement. We will open in prayer, stretch, warm up, work on large group skills and choreography combinations, and finish with a time for journaling and prayer.

Register for Contemporary Dance

Creative Canvas: Polka-Dot Cross

Leaders: Jennifer Atema and Sarah Mitchell
Grades: JK-2nd
Date: March 28
Time: 3:20 - 4:50 p.m. on Monday
(see calendar for specific dates and times)
Place: Lower School Art Room, Schaeffer Hall
Carpool: 4:50 p.m. River Birch Walk

Join Miss Atema and Mrs. Mitchell for a fun afternoon of painting a polka-dot cross! All materials will be provided and step-by-step instructions will help students complete a painting on canvas.

Register for 3/28 Creative canvas

Creative Canvas: St. Paul 50th Anniversary Commemorative Painting

Leaders: Jennifer Atema and Sarah Mitchell
Grades: 2nd-6th
Date: March 3
Time: 3:20 - 5:20 p.m. on Thursday
(see calendar for specific dates and times)
Place: Upper School Art Room, Schaeffer Hall
Carpool: 5:20 p.m. River Birch Walk

Join Miss Atema and Mrs. Mitchell for a fun afternoon of painting a 50th Anniversary Commemorative portrait of our school! All materials will be provided and step-by-step instructions will help students complete a painting on canvas.

Register for 3/3 Creative canvas

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Music Lessons

Leaders: Specialized Teachers from The Music Staff Studio
Grades: JK-6th
Dates and Times: Your Choice! After-School on Your Schedule
Place: On St. Paul's campus, at home, virtually, or at the MSS studio

The Music Staff Studio has partnered with St. Paul to offer private piano, guitar, voice, violin, and ukulele lessons! All private lessons provide one-to-one specific teaching to create the optimum learning environment. Students learn the language of music & performance aspects of the instrument. The Music Staff Studio presents numerous performance opportunities each semester. We focus on individual needs for every student, along with a passion & love for music. Lessons are scheduled once per week at SPCA, in your home, or in our studio. We also offer distance-learning options.

Enroll in Music Lessons

Pre-Ballet

Leader: Hope Marion from The Music Staff Studio
Grades: JK-K
Dates: January 18 - May 17
Time: 2:30 - 3:30 p.m. on Tuesdays
(see calendar for specific dates and times)
Place: Dining Hall Stage
Carpool: 3:30 p.m. River Birch Walk

The Music Staff Studio has partnered with St. Paul to offer an introduction to ballet! This class gives children a basic introduction to classical positions, ballet steps, and simple choreography. Our class includes fun exercises while enhancing coordination & self-awareness, along with rhythmic & motor skills. Your child will experience story-telling with movement, free dance, and explore creativity. Students participate in prayer & worshipful dance, as they learn about themselves as children of God. This class will present a short recital for family at the end of the semester.

register for pre-ballet class

Jr. VEX Robotics

Leaders: Emily Boyd and Erin Curry
Grades: K-2nd
Dates: February 10 & 24, March 10 & 31, April 14
Time: 3:20 - 4:20 p.m. on Thursdays
(see calendar for specific dates and times)
Place: Lower School STEAM Lab, McGuffey Annex
Carpool: 4:20 p.m. River Birch Walk

VEX Robotics is now available for our lower school Saints! Through exciting activities, students will be actively engaged in testing out and designing challenges that relate back to interdisciplinary subjects such as science, math, and reading in addition to concepts in engineering and design theory. Jr. VEX teaches students the basics of computer science and programming both on-screen and off-screen using the VEX 123 kit.

Register for jr. VEX robotics

VEX GO Robotics

Leaders: Emily Boyd and Erin Curry
Grades: 3rd-6th
Dates: February 3 & 17, March 3 & 24, April 7 & 21
Time: 3:20 - 4:20 p.m. on Thursdays
(see calendar for specific dates and times)
Place: STEAM Lab, Schaeffer Hall
Carpool: 4:20 p.m. River Birch Walk

It’s not too late to join in on St. Paul’s very first robotics club! The VEX robotics platform exposes students to an advanced understanding of robotics. During this class, your student can be a scientist, engineer, designer, and creative thinker—all while having fun exploring and learning about STEM ideas and concepts! Students will participate in individual challenges, partner collaboration, and exciting internal competitions!

Register for VEX go robotics

Soccer Shots

Leaders: Staff at Soccer Shots
Grades: JK-K
Dates: January 31 - April 18
Time: 2:30 - 3:15 p.m. on Mondays
(see calendar for specific dates and times)
Place: Massey Athletic Complex
Carpool: 3:15 p.m. River Birch Walk

Soccer Shots has partnered with St. Paul to offer soccer lessons for junior kindergarten and kindergarten students! Soccer Shots is an engaging children’s soccer program with a focus on character development. We positively impact children’s lives on and off the field through our best-in-class coaching, communication, and curriculum.

register for Soccer ShotS

Spanish Immersion I

Leader: Alex Florez
Grades: K-6th
Dates: January 28 - March 11
Time: 3:20 - 4:20 p.m. on Fridays
(see calendar for specific dates and times)
Place: Mrs. Florez's Kindergarten Classroom, McGuffey Hall
Carpool: 4:20 p.m. River Birch Walk

Students are invited to join Mr. Florez to explore the Spanish language, as well as a variety of experiences unique to Spanish-speaking cultures around the world. We seek to combine language with food, arts, holidays, sports, and other facets of culture so that participants in the after-school Spanish program will get an immersive sense of the Spanish-speaking world. Through a multi-sensory and fun-focused approach, we will provide students with a glimpse into the rich heritage shared by Spanish speakers across the globe.

Register for spanish immersion i

Spanish Immersion III

Leader: Michelle and Alex Florez
Grades: K-4th
Dates: January 24 - March 7
Time: 3 - 3:45 p.m. on Mondays
(see calendar for specific dates and times)
Place: Mrs. Florez's Kindergarten Classroom, McGuffey Hall
Carpool: 3:45 p.m. River Birch Walk

Students who have previously participated in Spanish Immersion I and II classes are invited to once again join Mr. and Mrs. Florez to explore the Spanish language, as well as a variety of experiences unique to Spanish-speaking cultures around the world. We seek to combine language with food, arts, holidays, sports, and other facets of culture so that participants in the after-school Spanish program will get an immersive sense of the Spanish-speaking world. Through a multi-sensory and fun-focused approach, we will provide students with a glimpse into the rich heritage shared by Spanish speakers across the globe.

Register for spanish immersion iii

Strings Ensemble

Leader: Blanca Sifre-Gomez
Grades: JK-6th
Dates: February 9 - May 18
Time: 2:45 - 3:45 p.m. on Wednesdays and Fridays
(see calendar for specific dates and times)
Place: Kuyper Conference Room
Carpool: 3:45 p.m. Clock Tower

Strings Ensemble is a performing group led by Mrs. Blanca for students with experience in playing stringed instruments. This is for students specifically invited by the Performing Arts Department to dive deeper into skill mastery and performance. If you think your child would be interested in playing a stringed instrument, consider signing up for private lessons with our partners at The Music Staff Studio:

REGISTER FOR MUSIC LESSONS WITH THE MUSIC STAFF STUDIO

Ukulele

Leader: Andy Kahrs from The Music Staff Studio
Grades: JK-2nd
Dates: January 12 - May 11
Time: 2:30 - 3:15 p.m. on Wednesdays (JK)
3:20 - 4:20 p.m. on Wednesdays (K-2nd)
(see calendar for specific dates and times)
Place: Lower School Music Room, Schaeffer Hall
Carpool: 3:15 p.m. (JK) and 4:20 p.m. (K-2nd) River Birch Walk

The Music Staff Studio has partnered with St. Paul to offer ukulele classes! This class will cover technique, notes, chords, & strumming to foster little ukulele players! The ukulele is very similar to the guitar but with fewer strings & gentler on small fingers. We’ll learn songs that everyone loves. Join your friends & start jamming on the ukulele! This class will present a short recital for family at the end of the semester. Tuition includes folder/music; does not include the cost of ukulele. Ukuleles may be rented through the Music Staff Studio.

Register for Ukulele Class