Innovate Students and Home Schoolers are welcome to join a club!
Our after school club program offers fun, collaborative environments for exploring passions beyond the school day. Students grow in a variety of skills like communication, virtues and leadership as they work with peers and mentors in areas of music, theater arts, film, STEM, gardening, sports, and more. We offer new options each season.
Below are current clubs, each with details and links to register.
MONDAY
Sewing – Fall Session
OPEN TO: 3rd - 8th Grade
START DATE: Monday, September 15th, 2025 to December 8th, 2025
LEADERS: Ann Tumulo
PICK-UP TIME: 4:45pm
COST: $30
This popular crafty club is back with more simple sewing projects and basic techniques that become more advanced with time. Projects in past club sessions included small tote bags, pillows, scrunchies and more. This club will run in two sessions this year, a Fall and Spring session.
Soccer Shots
OPEN TO: PreK - 3rd Grade
START DATE: September 15th, 2025 (Will run for 8 sessions)
LEADERS: Soccer Shots’ Coaches
PICK-UP TIME: 4:25PM
COST: $167
Soccer Shots, the premier introductory soccer program in the country which teaches children soccer and character development through its innovative curriculum and imaginative games, is returning this Fall.
TUESDAY
The Muses - Music on Tuesdays
Choose 1 or 2 tracks: Theater Arts and/or Music
Music Muses: Open to 4th - 8th grade
Theater Arts and Music Muses will have auditions on Wednesday, September 10th, 2025. Music practices will begin on Tuesday, September 16, 2025.
Led by Directors Dr. Barcalow, Maria Mahalik, and Faith Bryant
COST FOR EACH TRACK: $80
COST FOR BOTH TRACKS: $100
PICK-UP TIME: 4:45pm
Join us for our Winter production of the Charles Dickens’ classic, A Christmas Carol!
The Muses is the place for creative artists to choose a track – Theater Arts or Music OR BOTH – to prepare worship experiences and themed showcases that combine vocals, instruments, and acting to tell powerful stories from history and classic literature. The Muses club will share what they've learned at the Winter Showcase in December. Music Muses will meet on Tuesdays, and Theater Art Muses will meet on Wednesdays. If a scholar is signing up for both Music and Theater Art Muses they will attend both practices on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Please contact Dr. Barcalow for any questions.
Creative Delights Cooking Club- Fall Session
OPEN TO: 4th - 8th Grade
START DATE: Tuesday, September 16th, 2025 - Tuesday, December 2nd, 2025 for 10 sessions
LEADERS: Dana Falcone
PICK-UP TIME: 4:45pm
No meeting on November 4th or November 25th
COST: $75
Scholars will be taught by one of our Innovate Mentors, Dana Falcone, who cooked in restaurants for years before she found her love of teaching kids. She is excited to bring these two passions together!
The scholars will learn different cooking skills, they will have a chance to create something for an outreach, they will learn how to prep a meal that they will ultimately cook for their families, and there also might be a friendly competition where they will have to create something from random ingredients as a team. The cost covers food and supplies.
WEDNESDAY
The Muses - Theater Arts on Wednesdays
Choose 1 or 2 tracks: Theater Arts and/or Music
THEATER ART MUSES : Open to 3rd - 8th grade
Theater Arts and Music Muses will have auditions on Wednesday, September 10th, 2025. Theater Arts practices will begin on Wednesday, September 17, 2025.
Led by Directors Dr. Barcalow & Mrs. Maria Mahalik
COST FOR EACH TRACK: $80
COST FOR BOTH TRACKS: $100
PICK-UP TIME: 5:00pm
Join us for our Winter production of the Charles Dickens’ classic, A Christmas Carol!
The Muses is the place for creative artists to choose a track – Theater Arts or Music OR BOTH – to prepare worship experiences and themed showcases that combine vocals, instruments, and acting to tell powerful stories from history and classic literature. The Muses club will share what they've learned at the Winter Showcase in December. Music Muses will meet on Tuesdays, and Theater Art Muses will meet on Wednesdays. If a scholar is signing up for both Music and Theater Art Muses they will attend both practices on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Please contact Dr. Barcalow for any questions.
Art Club: Adventures in Pennsylvania Folk Art!
OPEN TO: Kindergarten - 5th Grade
START DATE: Wednesday, September 17th, 2025- Wednesday, November, 19th, 2025.
LEADER: Trisha Taylor
PICK-UP TIME: 4:45pm Chapel B
COST: $150
This club will include 10 weeks and will focus on the amazing Art History that lies within Pennsylvania. We will focus on learning painting techniques as students design and execute original folk designs, using dried and hollowed gourds as their canvas. Each Artist will take home a vase and a gourd "sculpture" at the end of the club. The dates for this club are: 9/17, 9/24, 10/1, 10/8, 10/15, 10/22, 10/29, 11/5, 11/12, 11/19.
The Artist: Trisha Mae is an artist and art educator, she has a B.A. in Art Education, K-12, and has been a practicing Art Specialist since 2006, with experience in public, independent, and private schools. Trisha Mae opened her first art studio as a professional artist at the Banana Factory in Bethlehem, Pa in 2012 and her studio is now based out of her home. She led the children's ceramic program at the Community Arts Center in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania. She has experience in a wide variety of mediums including: printmaking, painting, drawing, digital art, animation, photography, ceramics, sculpture building, and maker space projects. As a professional artist she specializes in watercolor and charcoal, and now teaches art lessons privately. Her greatest reward as an Art Specialist is her yearly art shows, showcasing the artwork of each individual student, Art shows have ranged from 15 to 800 individual artists, depending on the year and location. In 2024 she completed her 17th "Spring Art Show". Trisha Mae is excited to work with the artists from Innovate Academy, this winter!
THURSDAY
Culture Makers Girls- Fall Session
OPEN TO: 3rd - 8th Grade
START DATE: Thursday, October 2, 2025 to December 18, 2025 for 10 sessions.
LEADERS: Madison Mazzoli
PICK-UP TIME: 4:45pm
COST: $50
This club encourages scholars to live out our school mission, "Every Child a Culture Maker." Scholars create good works for others by developing skills in service learning projects, community outreach, and studying through God’s word. Mrs. Madison Mazzoli will lead scholars in a Bible study and lead service learning projects.