Arts
Room B112, Every Wednesday 3:00 - 4:00 pm
Rangers Art Club - 3rd, 4th, and 5th!
Art Club gives kids opportunity to explore beyond the Art Classroom, to become Art Lovers and appreciate creating! We work on projects that take more time like: stained glass, weaving, sewing, clay, jewelry and sculptures. I have 3 sessions per academic year to be able to service more kids. Sessions last 5-8 weeks and only one grade level at a time.
knitting club is meant to create a new opportunity for kids that want to learn to create with fibers. Knitting is a soothing creative way to relax and create something new.
Clubs
Every Monday, 3:30 - 4:30 pm
Ranger Drama Club
Our drama club students are working hard to learn about leadership through teamwork, communication, and expressing oneself. They are learning about the ins and outs of the Drama genre, how to adapt in the moment, and how to unleash their creativity.
For Fall 2025, our Rangers will be performing "Superheroes on the Rise" by Jonathan Joy. The full script can be found at The Drama Notebook (http://www.dramanotebook.com/plays-for-kids/). We are very grateful to Mr. Joy for providing this wonderful script royalty free!
Our performance will be on Monday, December 15th at 5:00 PM. Please come out and enjoy the show!
Girls will learn the fundamentals of baton twirling and learn routines to music to perform for school events, parades, and community events.
August-June, every day
Community service (5th grade) : Everyday safety patrol members meet in the gym with coaches, gear up and head down to the front of the school to help the rangers getting in to building.
Great community service opportunity for our wonderful rangers.
The goals of Project A.C.O.R.N. are to improve environmental literacy for participating pre K - 8th grade students through hands-on, inquiry-based science activities and to increase community involvement in environmental science activities by addressing plant biodiversity in the San Antonio River watershed.
The Henderson Elementary 5th grade Recycle Crew has started promoting the recycling of paper in their classrooms as well as in their school community. They hope to encourage student responsibility with the environment by reducing, reusing, and recycling.
Activities
October-May, every Tuesday and Thursday
Running club 1st-5th grades.
Marathon kids is a program that encourages students to become better runners. Students set daily and overall mileage goals. Every marathon that the student reaches, they receive an award. We meet every Tuesday and Thursday till 4pm.
January-April
Solar Cars is a after-school science enrichment program offered to 4th and 5th grade students. Students will build engineering skills as they work in teams to design and build a working solar car model. Students will apply science knowledge, creativity, and grit to work this exciting engineering task.
The teams then compete at the annual NISD Solar Car Race Day. The race consists of teams from elementary campuses in NISD. The race is an all-day fun filled event.
Solar Cars Club meets once a week from 3:15- 4:15 beginning late January early February and ending with race day in April.
October to May
Student Council is an organization conducted by students and supervised by adults. The purpose of the student council is to give students an opportunity to develop leadership by organizing and carrying out school activities, community fundraisers and service projects.
Some of the activities and service projects include but not limited to:
- Boo grams
- Mittens and More
- Soup up for Super Bowl
- Heart Grams
November - January
Students learn about space, astronauts, and rockets.
The focus is on the forces that are used to help rockets fly.
STEM activities aid in learning and creativity.
Young Astronauts Meet every Thursday from 3:15 - 4:15 pm.