Fall 2026 NightLight
The Fall 2026 NightLight program includes a variety of classes offered by Lamplighter faculty and partner organizations.
Class registration is available through Active Works and will begin Thursday, July 23, 2026, at 9:00 a.m.
Class Offerings
Monday
Basketball Academy
Grades: T1 - 4
Instructor/Provider: Burris Buckets
Fee: $325
Do you want to step up your game? Join Coach Gerald on the court! Learn the proper way to dribble, pass, and shoot through various drills while applying footwork techniques that are sure to improve your game! Strengthening character and teamwork skills will be emphasized. All abilities are welcomed.
Claymation Clubhouse
Grades: T1 - 4
Instructor/Provider: Creativities Studios
Fee: $325
The Claymation Clubhouse is a hands-on, imagination-filled animation class where young creators step into the magical world of stop-motion storytelling. In this playful studio experience, students design their own clay characters, build mini sets, and bring stories to life one frame at a time using simple animation techniques. Each week introduces fun themes—like silly monsters, animal adventures, or magical worlds— while teaching patience, sequencing, and creative problem-solving. Kids will learn how movement is created through tiny changes, experiment with posing and expressions, and collaborate in a supportive “clubhouse” environment where every idea becomes part of a shared animated world.
Coding Explorers
Grades: K - 3
Instructor/Provider: StemTree of North Dallas
Fee: $325
This class provides a hands-on coding enrichment program where students learn programming concepts through interactive projects and creative challenges while developing computational thinking and problem-solving skills.
Crafty Scientists
Grades: Pre-K - 1
Instructor/Provider: VineyardAppCamp (VAC) Enrichment
Fee: $325
Let your child’s imagination take the lead in Crafty Scientists, where science and art come together in hands-on, curiosity-filled fun! In each session, students will explore real scientific concepts through exciting experiments and creative projects designed just for young learners. From fizzy reactions and non-toxic slime to straw rockets and colorful neuron models, each session transforms big scientific ideas into hands-on, age-appropriate adventures. Using everyday materials, kids explore topics like static electricity, chemical reactions, and the five senses—all while building science-themed art they can be proud of. Designed for curious minds and crafty hands, this class helps children build confidence in asking questions, experimenting, and making connections to the world around them. It’s a playful, creative way to spark a lasting love of science—one fun project at a time!
Creative Movement
Grades: Pre-K - 1
Instructor/Provider: Emphasis Training
Fee: $325
Every great dancer starts with a love of movement. Through music, storytelling, and imaginative play, little movers will build coordination, balance, rhythm, and body awareness in a joyful, encouraging environment. Each class nurtures confidence, creativity, and curiosity while helping children discover the excitement of expressing themselves through movement.
Doctor Who
Grades: T1 - 4
Instructor/Provider: Jeff Peck
Fee: $325
The world-famous Who Kids continue their operations with favorite Doctor Who episodes, Classic and New! We’ll write new content for our Instagram feed (@thewhokids), including episode reviews, fan art, Daleks Telling Jokes and more! We’ll have lunchtime Zoom chats with the people who make our favorite show! We might even go on a field trip or two!
From Disney to Broadway
Grades: Pre-K - 1
Instructor/Provider: DIMATexas
Fee: $325
Children sing and act as the Disney characters they love most, from princesses and pirates to superheroes and dreamers. Each student helps choose the songs and characters that speak to them, discovering their musical voice through their favorite songs in a warm, friendly, pressure-free environment. At the end of the semester, students perform the musical they have created together for family and friends.
Math Meets Art
Grades: Pre-K - 1
Instructor/Provider: Xiwen Hu
Fee: $325
In this hands-on enrichment class, students will explore early math concepts through creative art projects and crafts. Each week, children will engage in a fun, developmentally appropriate activity that connects math with art, such as patterns, shapes, counting, sorting, symmetry, measurement, and spatial awareness. While learning important foundational math skills, students will also strengthen their fine motor skills through cutting, gluing, drawing, building, folding, and other craft-based activities. This class encourages creativity, problem-solving, and confidence as children discover that math can be playful, visual, and fun.
Mixed Media Mini Makers
Grades: Pre-K - 1
Instructor/Provider: Hannah Dorward
Fee: $325
Mixed Media Mini Makers allows students to explore art through a variety of materials like paint, paper, cardboard, and more. Students will create playful, hands-on projects while experimenting with color, texture, and different artistic techniques. This class encourages creativity, fine motor development, and confidence in a fun, supportive environment.
My First Pet Store
Grades: 3 - 4
Instructor/Provider: Spark Business Academy
Fee: $325
In this empowering program, young entrepreneurs apply their personal skills and interests
toward being a Pet Business owner! Students will brainstorm various pet businesses and
develop products and services for their own mock pet business. Practice animal care and customer service skills, and learn to create appealing marketing, advertising and displays. Other related topics include counting currency, profit margins, buying and selling and assessing the quality of goods.
NFL Flag Football
Grades: T1 - 4
Instructor/Provider: Kidokinetics
Fee: $325
NFL FLAG Football, powered by Kidokinetics, offers a safe and engaging introduction to one of America’s favorite sports. Developed using curriculum designed by NFL professionals, this program focuses on the fundamentals of football—passing, catching, route running, and defensive skills—while promoting teamwork, sportsmanship, and confidence. Children build essential physical skills such as agility, speed, coordination, strength, and accuracy in a non-contact, inclusive environment. Whether they’re brand new to the game or looking to sharpen existing skills, NFL FLAG Football provides a fun, structured pathway to success on and off the field.
Semi-Private Piano
Grades: Pre-K - 1
Instructor/Provider: DIMATexas
Number of Students: up to 3
Fee: $650
All semi-private lessons are taught by DIMA faculty. Our teaching artists are performing
musicians who hold master's or doctoral degrees from prestigious universities, and they are known for the care, dedication, and attention they bring to every student. Each semi-private class is capped at three students to preserve the focus and personal feedback of a private lesson while adding the energy and accountability of peers. We work with students at every level, from absolute beginners to advanced young musicians, and each student follows a repertoire tailored to their own pace, goals, and interests.
musicians who hold master's or doctoral degrees from prestigious universities, and they are known for the care, dedication, and attention they bring to every student. Each semi-private class is capped at three students to preserve the focus and personal feedback of a private lesson while adding the energy and accountability of peers. We work with students at every level, from absolute beginners to advanced young musicians, and each student follows a repertoire tailored to their own pace, goals, and interests.
SportsPlay
Grades: Pre-K - 1
Instructor/Provider: Kidokinetics
Fee: $325
Ready to get your child moving, engaged, and learning? SportsPlay by Kidokinetics is the ultimate action-packed experience for kids! Each session introduces your child to a new sport—from golf, tennis, and basketball to football, hockey, baseball, and more. Every week includes exciting warm-ups, skill-building games, free play, cool-down time, and even fun lessons in anatomy and physiology designed just for kids. It’s more than play—it’s a foundation for healthy habits, teamwork, and lifelong confidence.
Strength & Conditioning
Grades: Pre-K - 2
Instructor/Provider: PowerKids Sports & Fitness
Fee: $325
This exciting and unique fitness experience combines games and activities that boost strength, speed, agility and confidence! Learn to set and conquer goals through individual and team-oriented FUN!
Tuesday
Art & Nature
Grades: Pre-K - 1
Instructor/Provider: Dallas Arboretum
Fee: $375
Explore the beauty of the natural world through creativity and discovery. In this hands-on class, students will practice observing patterns, colors and shapes found in nature while learning to see the outdoors as inspiration for art. Participants will create artwork using natural materials and investigate artistic elements such as spirals, lines, textures and symmetry found in plants, flowers and landscapes. Through guided exploration and creative projects, students will strengthen observation skills, artistic expression and their connection to nature.
Chess Fundamentals
Grades: K - 4
Instructor/Provider: Texas Chess Center
Fee: $375
Students will learn the fundamentals of chess in a fun, welcoming setting. We’ll cover how the pieces move, simple strategies, common tactics, and how to play a full game. Along the way, students will build focus, patience, problem-solving skills, and good sportsmanship.
Classical Ballet
Grades: Pre-K - 1
Instructor/Provider: Amy Sowell
Fee: $375
This class lays a foundation for those students who are ready to learn the principles and beginning technique of ballet and music theatre through introducing basic beginning ballet steps in center time and across the floor. Basic stretches and terminology are also introduced. All of this is presented through a fun and imaginative teaching style along with engaging music so that the students can learn in a creative but disciplined setting. Introduction of the barre as well as simple choreography is also taught to introduce the students to the next level and prepare them for a musical dance performance.
Crafty Creators
Grades: K - 2
Instructor/Provider: Creativities Studios
Fee: $375
Crafty Creators is an imaginative STEAM class where creativity and curiosity come together through hands-on projects and playful exploration. Young makers will dive into art, science, engineering, and design as they build, paint, experiment, and invent using a variety of materials. From creating simple machines and colorful chemical reactions to designing structures and mixed-media masterpieces, each session encourages problem-solving, critical thinking, and self-expression. With a focus on fun and discovery, Crafty Creators inspires children to think like artists and innovators while developing confidence and a love for learning.
Doctor Who
Grades: T1 - 4
Instructor/Provider: Jeff Peck
Fee: $375
The world-famous Who Kids continue their operations with favorite Doctor Who episodes, Classic and New! We’ll write new content for our Instagram feed (@thewhokids), including episode reviews, fan art, Daleks Telling Jokes and more! We’ll have lunchtime Zoom chats with the people who make our favorite show! We might even go on a field trip or two!
Español en Acción
Grades: T1 - 3
Instructor/Provider: Yobana Murchison
Fee: $375
Español en Acción is a fun space where learning Spanish feels like playing all the time. Here, first to third grade students take part in interactive games, memory challenges, short conversations, fun readings, and hands-on activities full of movement and laughter.
Each class is a different experience where students play, create, compete, and speak Spanish without fear. The goal is for children to enjoy the process so much that they almost don’t realize they are using the language, while building confidence and discovering how exciting learning Spanish can be.
Each class is a different experience where students play, create, compete, and speak Spanish without fear. The goal is for children to enjoy the process so much that they almost don’t realize they are using the language, while building confidence and discovering how exciting learning Spanish can be.
Eureka! - Mad Machines and Crazy Contraptions
Grades: T1 - 2
Instructor/Provider: Mad Science
Fee: $375
Journey to the future and examine the ultramodern inventions of the 23rd century. Design the future - today! Create mini lightsabers, “green energy,” and hovercraft. With a little bit of ingenuity, you’ll construct catapults and forts and then lay siege, fabricating a winning Egg Drop design.
Field Day Fun
Grades: Pre-K - 2
Instructor/Provider: PowerKids Sports & Fitness
Fee: $375
Celebrate field day every week! Relay races, tug-of-war, potato sack obstacles, water squirter accuracy challenges, egg & spoon, tire flipping, water balloons, dodge it, banana tag and MORE! A brand new experience in every class!
First Notes
Grades: Pre-K - 1
Instructor/Provider: DIMATexas
Fee: $375
First Notes invites young children into the world of music through hands-on exploration of instruments from across the orchestra. Each week introduces new sounds, rhythms, and discoveries designed to spark curiosity, listening, movement, and joy.
Football Fundamentals
Grades: Pre-K - 1
Instructor/Provider: Burris Buckets
Fee: $375
In this fun and active football program, students will learn the fundamentals of the game, including how to catch a football, run routes, and understand the basic rules and regulations. Through exciting flag football games, footwork exercises, and agility drills, players will build confidence, coordination, and teamwork. Whether they’re new to the sport or already love football, every participant will have a blast developing their skills and having fun on the field!
Hola Amigos
Grades: Pre-K - K
Instructor/Provider: Hola Spanish Academy
Fee: $375
Hola Amigo! Join us in a FUN, interactive and enriching environment to learn and become confident Spanish speakers. Every class begins with our mascot, Paulina Parrot, who greets the kids and reveals the emphasis of the day. Our class emphasis changes weekly and incorporates age-appropriate songs, dance, games, and conversation to ensure every child remains engaged throughout the lesson. Each class will provide a review of the previous lessons to ensure the children retain their knowledge and continue to build confidence and vocabulary.
Lamplighter Spirit
Grades: T1 - 4
Instructor/Provider: Emphasis Training
Fee: $375
Bring the energy and discover what it means to perform with confidence! Students will learn the fundamentals of spirit-style performance teams through pom motions, cheers, and upbeat choreography while building teamwork, precision, and performance quality. Whether preparing for future spirit teams or simply looking for a fun way to move and grow, this class celebrates school spirit, leadership, and confidence both on and off the floor.
Mission to Space: A STEM Adventure
Grades: T1 - 4
Instructor/Provider: Creativities Studios
Fee: $375
Blast off into an exciting journey through the universe! In Mission to Space, young explorers will become astronauts, engineers, and scientists as they investigate the mysteries of space. Students will learn about planets, stars, rockets, and galaxies through hands-on experiments, creative building challenges, and interactive projects. From designing rockets to creating constellations and simulating moon landings, each class encourages curiosity, problem- solving, and imagination. This engaging STEM experience makes complex space concepts fun, accessible, and unforgettable.
Semi-Private Guitar
Grades: K - 3
Instructor/Provider: DIMATexsas
Number of Students: up to 3
Fee: $750
All semi-private lessons are taught by DIMA faculty. Our teaching artists are performing musicians who hold master's or doctoral degrees from prestigious universities, and they are known for the care, dedication, and attention they bring to every student. Each semi-private class is capped at three students to preserve the focus and personal feedback of a private lesson while adding the energy and accountability of peers. We work with students at every level, from absolute beginners to advanced young musicians, and each student follows a repertoire tailored to their own pace, goals, and interests.
Tiny Time Traveling Chefs
Grades: Pre-K - 1
Instructor/Provider: VineyardAppCamp (VAC) Enrichment
Fee: $375
Get ready to travel through time one bite at a time in Tiny Time Traveling Chefs! In this hands-on culinary adventure, young chefs will explore foods and flavors from different cultures and time periods around the world. Each session introduces a new historical or cultural theme as students mix, taste, and create simple recipes inspired by the past. From ancient breads and traditional snacks to globally inspired treats, children will discover how food connects people, places, and traditions across history. Through cooking, storytelling, and sensory exploration, this program serves up history in a fun, creative, and delicious way!
Wednesday
Blastoff! Space Explorers
Grades: Pre-K - 2
Instructor/Provider: VineyardAppCamp (VAC) Enrichment
Fee: $400
Blast off into a universe of creativity, science, and discovery! In this hands-on class, students will explore the wonders of outer space through imaginative art projects and engaging STEM activities. Young explorers will design and build rocket ships, create sparkling constellations, craft galaxy jars, model the lunar surface, and construct colorful solar system displays. As they create, students will uncover real scientific concepts—learning how stars shine, why the moon glows, how rockets launch into space, what makes each planet unique, and why astronauts float in zero gravity. Through art, experimentation, and collaborative exploration, students will build curiosity, strengthen problem-solving skills, and deepen their understanding of our solar system. Perfect for young scientists and dreamers who love to build, design, and imagine life beyond Earth!
Bubble Smoke and Explosions
Grades: Pre-K - 1
Instructor/Provider: Mad Science
Fee: $400
Have fun with chemistry at an exciting camp! Make a crystal garden, synthesize your own slime, learn about our solar system by making a comet with everyday items, and have a shocking time with a Van de Graaff generator by experiencing lightning up close!
Build & Rescue: DUPLO® Pups in Action
Grades: Pre-K - 1
Instructor/Provider: Play-Well TEKnologies
Fee: $400
Bring your favorite Puppy Patrol adventures to life! In Build & Rescue, powered by LEGO DUPLO® resources, you’ll build a mighty fire truck ready to save the day, construct a lookout tower for high-stakes rescue missions, and engineer chase vehicles designed for thrilling puppy pursuits. Get ready for hands-on fun filled with teamwork, creativity, and problem-solving as you help the pups tackle exciting challenges!
Defying Gravity
Grades: T1 - 4
Instructor/Provider: DIMATexas
Fee: $400
Young performers choose four favorite songs to make their own, drawing from K-pop, Wicked, The Greatest Showman, Encanto, and the biggest hits of contemporary musical theater. Students sing, dance, and train for the stage, discovering their vocal talents while building real performance skill. At the end of the semester, they perform their songs for family and friends.
Discover Dance
Grades: T1 - 4
Instructor/Provider: Emphasis Training
Fee: $400
The perfect class for curious movers! Students will explore a variety of dance styles—including jazz, hip-hop, ballet, modern, and more—through creative exercises, games, and choreography. Along the way, they'll build rhythm, coordination, musicality, and confidence while discovering the styles that inspire them most. Every class encourages creativity, self-expression, and the joy of trying something new.
Gymnastics & Tumbling
Grades: Pre-K - 2
Instructor/Provider: PowerKids Sports & Fitness
Fee: $400
This class experience will have you smiling upside-down! Boys and girls of all levels will build skills in tumbling, balance beam, vault and mini trampoline and bar strength. Create your own routines and explore lots of different ways to move your body! Develop total body conditioning and confidence!
Mini Makers and Tiny Tinkers: The Ultimate STEAM Adventure!
Grades: T1 - 2
Instructor/Provider: Sci-Tech Discovery
Fee: $400
Ready to stretch your child’s imagination? In this high-energy, hands-on class, our Mini Makers & Tiny Tinkers will dive headfirst into the amazing world of STEAM! Each week is a brand-new discovery as we explore messy experiments to brilliant inventions. Your child will learn to think like a scientist and build like an engineer. Class themes include: The Chemistry of Slime, The Physics of Flight, Engineering Design, and Tech & Coding.
Semi-Private Piano
Grades: T1 - 4
Instructor/Provider: DIMATexas
Number of Students: up to 3
Fee: $800
All semi-private lessons are taught by DIMA faculty. Our teaching artists are performing musicians who hold master's or doctoral degrees from prestigious universities, and they are known for the care, dedication, and attention they bring to every student. Each semi-private class is capped at three students to preserve the focus and personal feedback of a private lesson while adding the energy and accountability of peers. We work with students at every level, from absolute beginners to advanced young musicians, and each student follows a repertoire tailored to their own pace, goals, and interests.
Shots and Swings
Grades: T1 - 4
Instructor/Provider: Kidokinetics
Fee: $400
Kidokinetics Shots and Swings is the perfect combination of fitness and fun! Our program combines golf and pickleball to teach your children basic skills while emphasizing the enjoyment of physical activity. From putting and chipping to groundstrokes and net play, your child will develop their agility, coordination, speed, balance, and more in a confidence-building environment. This class gives your child the opportunity to develop important physical skills while having a blast!
Under the Sea Adventure
Grades: Pre-K - 1
Instructor/Provider: Creativities Studios
Fee: $400
Young artists will explore the wonders of the ocean through hands-on projects inspired by colorful coral reefs, playful sea creatures, and shimmering underwater landscapes. Using a variety of materials like paint, clay, collage, and mixed media, children will create their own fish, jellyfish, seashell art, and ocean scenes while learning fun facts about marine life. This class encourages creativity, sensory exploration, and self- expression in a playful, supportive environment where every child can make waves with their imagination!
Yippee Yi Yoga
Grades: T1 - 4
Instructor/Provider: Cherry Fowler
Fee: $400
Students will experience the joy of yoga! It will help them find balance physically and emotionally, increase focus, build self-esteem, relax and manage stress with breathing techniques and have FUN! They'll learn poses, play yoga games, create yoga stories and make breathlets and lavender scented eye pillows to relax at the end of class.
Thursday
Basketball Skills & Drills
Grades: Pre-K - 1
Instructor/Provider: Burris Buckets
Fee: $325
Do you want to step up your game? Join Coach Gerald on the court! Learn the proper way to dribble, pass, and shoot through various drills while applying footwork techniques that are sure to improve your game! Strengthening character and teamwork skills will be emphasized. All abilities are welcomed.
FlagPlay
Grades: Pre-K - 1
Instructor/Provider: Kidokinetics
Fee: $325
Kidokinetics FlagPlay program gets kiddos excited and moving! With a variety of games utilizing flag belts, children will be running, throwing, catching and flag-pulling their way to victory while developing important gross and fine motor skills. Our focus on speed, agility, coordination, balance, accuracy, and endurance will keep your child active and engaged in a team-oriented environment. From flag football to capture the flag, our program introduces a range of games that are designed to put the fun first while building confidence.
Improv Olympics
Grades: 3 - 4
Instructor/Provider: Jeff Peck
Fee: $325
If you like to make things up on the spot, want to get better at making things up on the spot, or want to learn how to make things up on the spot, this camp is for you. Through a series of games and exercises, we’ll learn how all those amazing people on Whose Line Is It Anyway and Saturday Night Live create the funny out of nothing. We’ll also have a special Improv Olympics performance at the end of the semester!
Itty Bitty Bakers
Grades: Pre-K - 1
Instructor/Provider: VineyardAppCamp (VAC) Enrichment
Fee: $325
Calling all budding pastry chefs with a sweet tooth and a sprinkle of curiosity! In this beginner class tailored for our youngest baking enthusiasts, we'll whisk, mix, and bake our way through the magical world of desserts while uncovering the sweet secrets of baking history. From scrumptious cookies to adorable cupcakes, get ready to roll up your sleeves and sprinkle some magic into your kitchen creations. Through hands-on baking adventures and insightful stories about the origins of baking, we'll stir up a whole lot of fun and laughter! So, grab your aprons and join us for a deliciously delightful journey into the wonderful world of baking! Please Provide Student Food Sensitivities ***Dietary Restrictions & Food Allergies***
Little Scientist Lab
Grades: Pre-K - 1
Instructor/Provider: Xiwen Hu
Fee: $325
In Little Scientists Lab, students will become little scientists as they explore fun, age-appropriate science topics and use what they learn to create hands-on crafts. Each week, students will investigate a child-friendly science theme, such as the human body, animals, plants, weather, light, textures, space, planets, or simple machines, and create an art or craft project connected to their learning. Students will practice thinking like scientists by observing, wondering, predicting, testing, and sharing what they notice. As they build and create, they will also develop fine motor skills, patience, focus, and confidence in using materials and tools safely.
Makerspace
Grades: T1 - 4
Instructor/Provider: Hannah Dorward
Fee: $325
This class experience is full of action and adventure using brain games and strategy! Mission planning and executing, scavenger hunts, friendly snowball battles, fort building, and so much more! Collaboration and confidence, at its best!
Mission Impossible!
Grades: Pre-K - 3
Instructor/Provider: PowerKids Sports & Fitness
Fee: $325
This makerspace engineering class invites students to design, build, and test creative solutions using materials like LEGO, cardboard, and simple tools. Students will engage in hands-on challenges that introduce basic engineering concepts such as stability, balance, and problem-solving. Through collaboration and experimentation, they will learn to think like engineers while bringing their ideas to life.
Movement & Mindfulness
Grades: Pre-K - 1
Instructor/Provider: Yogees Yoga 4 Kids
Fee: $325
Our engaging yoga sessions foster a sense of calm and focus while also promoting physical well-being and fun. Kids will enjoy learning yoga poses, making creative arts, and crafts, practicing mindfulness and breathing techniques, and more! We believe that movement, mindfulness, and play help kids grow, learn, and become confident and healthy individuals.
Mrs. McVeigh's Manners
Grades: Pre-K - 2
Instructor/Provider: Mrs. McVeigh's Manners
Fee: $325
Would you love your children to have better manners? Mrs. McVeigh’s Manners has been teaching children manners and social skills in a fun and interactive way for over 20 years. Your student will enjoy our original curriculum of lessons, storybooks, workbooks, short videos, and games. See the difference in just a few classes of how your student really reiterates what they learn from our comprehensive program.
My First Craft Fair
Grades: K - 2
Instructor/Provider: Spark Business Academy
Fee: $325
Let's get crafty! Young entrepreneurs will create handmade items to "sell" to other "vendors" at their very own craft fair! In this program, students will learn about craft fairs and the ingenuity and creativity of the small business entrepreneur. They will produce goods, and learn to create appealing advertising and displays. Other related topics will be discussed such as counting currency, budgeting, profit margins, buying and selling and assessing the quality of goods.
NASA Space Exploration
Grades: Pre-K - 1
Instructor/Provider: Mad Science
Fee: $325
Blast-off on knowledge of flight! This class is an exciting study on rockets. Campers build their own rockets and planes, experiment with propulsion systems, launch and recover rockets! Each day, campers create amazing things to take home.
NerfPlay
Grades: T1 - 4
Instructor/Provider: Kidokinetics
Fee: $325
Join us for high-energy fun, teamwork, and Nerf-powered excitement! At Kidokinetics NerfPlay, kids will stay active as they dive into creative games, obstacle courses, and friendly Nerf challenges—all designed to build coordination, confidence, and cooperation. Each day brings new adventures as campers sprint, dodge, aim, and laugh their way through a variety of Nerf-themed activities that keep everyone moving and engaged. Our trained Kidokinetics coaches ensure a safe, positive environment where kids learn sportsmanship, strategy, and active play—all while having an absolute blast!
Pokémon & Creature Design
Grades: 2 - 4
Instructor/Provider: Creativities Studios
Fee: $325
In this imaginative creature design class inspired by the world of Pokémon, young artists will dream up and create their own original characters from start to finish! Students will explore how to combine real animals, fantasy elements, and creative storytelling to design unique creatures with special powers, habitats, and personalities. Through drawing, painting, and mixed-media projects, they’ll learn character design basics like shape, color, expression, and movement. Each week brings new inspiration—from mythical beasts to elemental creatures—as students build a personal portfolio of their designs. This class encourages creativity, confidence, and imaginative thinking while bringing each child’s one-of-a-kind creatures to life!
Semi-Private Voice
Grades: Pre-K - 2
Instructor/Provider: DIMATexas
Number of Students: up to 3
Fee: $650
All semi-private lessons are taught by DIMA faculty. Our teaching artists are performing musicians who hold master's or doctoral degrees from prestigious universities, and they are known for the care, dedication, and attention they bring to every student. Each semi-private class is capped at three students to preserve the focus and personal feedback of a private lesson while adding the energy and accountability of peers. We work with students at every level, from absolute beginners to advanced young musicians, and each student follows a repertoire tailored to their own pace, goals, and interests.
Sensational Soccer Skills
Grades: Pre-K - 1
Instructor/Provider: Alex Rodriguez
Number of Students: up to 3
Fee: $325
This program focuses on skill development followed by games and fun with the soccer ball. The goal is to develop a passion while learning soccer skills and fostering a love for the game, teamwork, and improvement.
Friday
Build & Code Robotics
Grades: K - 3
Instructor/Provider: StemTree of North Dallas
Fee: $275
A hands-on robotics enrichment program where students explore engineering and beginner coding while building robots and developing creativity, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills through engaging STEM challenges.
Friday Fitness Fun
Grades: Pre-K - 2
Instructor/Provider: PowerKids Sports & Fitness
Fee: $275
It’s Fri-YAY at PowerKids and we are exploring every single way we can think of to stay fit! Jump rope, mini trampolines, monkey bar relays, obstacle courses, zip line team challenges, scooters, workout circuits, games…there are too many to list! Sweaty smiles and energy burned, ready to start the weekend!
My First Garden
Grades: K - 2
Instructor/Provider: Spark Business Academy
Fee: $275
Celebrate the beauty of fall in this fun, hands-on gardening adventure designed especially for young learners! My First Garden introduces students to the wonders of nature through planting, exploring, and creating. Students will plant seeds, learn about flowers and vegetables, discover how plants grow, and explore the colors and changes of the fall season. Each session includes interactive activities, hands-on planting projects, sensory exploration, and opportunities for children to get curious about the natural world. Through gardening, children build confidence, creativity, teamwork, and a love for the outdoors. Perfect for curious little hands and growing minds!
Fall 2026 Schedule
Registration Opens
Thursday, July 23, 2026
9:00 a.m.
Registration Closes
Thursday, August 6, 2026
11:59 p.m.
First Day of Classes
Monday, August 24, 2026
Last Day of Classes
Thursday, December 17, 2026
Class Meeting Times
Class: 3:45 - 4:45 p.m.
Carpool: 4:45 - 5:00 p.m.
Holidays & Events
NightLight classes will not be held on the following dates:
Labor Day
Monday, September 7, 2026
Lower School Parents' Night
Thursday, September 10, 2026
Yom Kippur
Monday, September 21, 2026
Special School Event
Tuesday, September 22, 2026
Fall Break
Friday, October 9, 2026
Monday, October 12, 2026
Carnival
Friday, October 16, 2026
Parent-Teacher Conferences
Thursday, October 22, 2026
Friday, October 23, 2026
Halloween
Friday, October 30, 2026
Thanksgiving Break
Monday, November 23 - Friday, November 27, 2026
Media Center Open House
Thursday, December 3, 2026