Extracurriculars

Choir learns new and different songs to perform around the community. This is the only vocal performance group at Carnahan and is open to 4th and 5th graders.

5th grade students learn how to play the String family instruments (violin, viola, cello, and bass). This lasts the entire school year. If students attend Strings all year, they get to be part of the Intermediate Orchestra in Middle School if they choose Orchestra as their elective.

Garden Club is a great place to learn about the different species of pollinators.  We also learn how to grow and take care of a variety of plants that attract them in our pollinator garden.  Our vegetable garden is a place where students get to witness first hand the work that goes into the foods we eat and staying healthy.

The program is built around theme-based Challenges to engage children in research, problem solving, coding, and engineering. The foundation of the program is the FIRST Core Values, which emphasize teamwork, discovery, and innovation. Students emerge more confident, excited, and equipped with the skills they need in a changing workforce.  

Core Values:

Discovery: We explore new skills and ideas.

Innovation: We use creativity and persistence to solve problems.

Impact:  We apply what we learn to improve our world.

Inclusion: We respect each other and embrace our differences.

Teamwork: We are stronger when we work together.

Fun: We enjoy and celebrate what we do!

Project Acorn is an enrichment club that teaches environmental science and helps students to become environmentally aware of their surroundings and how to take care of it. We take data about the environment around us. The data we use is part of an international site called GLOBE.  For example, air and soil temperatures, cloud coverage, rainfall measurements, cleanliness of water, and relative humidity. We also teach students about native plants and trees and how to plant them. We are fortunate enough to ride our "Creek Patrol" bikes down to the Leon Creek at O.P. Schnabel to take GLOBE measurements and learn about the native plants surrounding us.

STEAM Team is an after-school program for 3rd grade students. It is an engineering program where students work individually in-person or virtually in small groups to design, test, redesign, retest, and eventually create a working Rube Goldberg machine that performs a simple task. Students use science knowledge, creativity, and grit to work through each challenge. 

Meeting Dates:

October 12

October 19

October 26

November 2

November 9

November 30

December 7

Students are combining photography and design to help create the 2019-2020 Yearbook. These club members are making page by page decisions about layout, photos, and captions.