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After School Activities
A Warm, Purposeful After-School Environment

The Falcon Academy After School Activities program provides a safe, structured, and enriching experience where students continue learning, exploring, and developing strong character beyond the regular school day. Blending academic support, faith-based growth, and hands-on innovation, we ensure an environment that is joyful and aligned with our values.

FOUNDATIONS

What Our Program Offers

πŸ“š Academic & Enrichment

  • Guided reading & literacy
  • Homework support
  • Conversational Arabic

πŸŒ™ Faith & Character

  • Quran memorization
  • Recitation mastery
  • Values-based lessons

πŸ’» Innovation & Discovery

  • Coding & Robotics
  • Hands-on projects
  • Collaborative play

Program Structure

The afternoon is organized into two structured blocks to ensure balanced development:

Enrichment Block
Language, Quran, and Academic Support
Activity & Exploration Block
Coding, Robotics, CLASP, and Innovation

COURSE CATALOG

Explore Specialized Activities

Creative Arts & Design

Visual Arts [cite: 3]

πŸ“ Chantilly | πŸ“… Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday | πŸ‘€ Instructor: Sule Cetil [cite: 3]

Students explore drawing, painting, watercolor, acrylic, mixed media, and other techniques through hands-on projects while developing artistic skills, creativity, self-expression, and personal style. [cite: 3]

Digital Illustration [cite: 3]

πŸ“ Chantilly | πŸ“… Monday, tuesday or wednesday | πŸ‘€ Instructor: Sule Cetil [cite: 3]

Students explore digital illustration, character design, and visual storytelling, developing ideas from initial sketches into finished digital illustrations and original artwork. [cite: 3]

Traditional Crafts [cite: 3]

πŸ“ Chantilly | πŸ“… Monday, tuesday or wednesday | πŸ‘€ Instructor: Sule Cetil [cite: 3]

Students explore weaving, macramΓ©, crochet, and other traditional crafts while developing creativity, practical skills, and experience working with different materials and techniques. [cite: 3]

Photography [cite: 3]

πŸ“ Chantilly | πŸ“… Monday wednesday thursday or friday | πŸ‘€ Instructor: Salma Hafeezi [cite: 3]

Students learn fundamental photography skills, including composition, lighting, perspective, and backgrounds. [cite: 3] Using tablets, smartphones, or digital cameras, they develop creativity and visual storytelling skills through hands-on photography projects. [cite: 3]

Graphic Design [cite: 3]

πŸ“ Chantilly | πŸ“… Monday wednesday thursday or friday | πŸ‘€ Instructor: Salma Hafeezi [cite: 3]

Students explore the fundamentals of graphic design, including color, typography, layout, branding, and digital citizenship. [cite: 3] Through hands-on projects, they create original designs such as logos, posters, product labels, and digital graphics. [cite: 3]

Stop Motion Animation [cite: 3]

πŸ“ Chantilly | πŸ“… Monday wednesday thursday or friday | πŸ‘€ Instructor: Salma Hafeezi [cite: 3]

Students learn the fundamentals of animation and storytelling by creating original stop-motion films using clay, LEGO, paper, and everyday objects. [cite: 3] They develop skills in storyboarding, set design, camera control, timing, filming, and editing to produce a finished animated short. [cite: 3]

STEM & Engineering

Engineering & Technology [cite: 3]

πŸ“ Chantilly, Ashburn | πŸ“… Any day | πŸ‘€ Instructor: Rida Ahsan [cite: 3]

Students apply the Engineering Design Process to real-world challenges by researching, designing, building, testing, analyzing, and improving solutions. [cite: 3] The ITEEA Engineering by Designβ„’ curriculum develops engineering thinking, technological literacy, creativity, collaboration, and problem-solving. [cite: 3]

NASA/Aerospace [cite: 3]

πŸ“ Chantilly, Ashburn | πŸ“… Any day | πŸ‘€ Instructor: Rida Ahsan [cite: 3]

A hands-on aerospace course where students explore NASA missions, space science, flight, and engineering through exciting design challenges, experiments, and projects. [cite: 3]

Solar and Wind Energy [cite: 3]

πŸ“ Chantilly, Ashburn | πŸ“… Any day | πŸ‘€ Instructor: Rida Ahsan [cite: 3]

A hands-on course where students explore solar and wind energy by designing, building, testing, and improving their own renewable energy projects. [cite: 3] Students will apply engineering and problem-solving skills while preparing to compete in the KidWind Challenge. [cite: 3]

Touch Typing [cite: 3]

πŸ“ Ashburn | πŸ“… Anyday | πŸ‘€ Instructor: Abdalla Hassan [cite: 3]

Students explore the useful skill of training their muscle memory to find the keys on a standard keyboard without looking to dramatically accelerate their typing speed and accuracy. [cite: 3]

Languages & Culture

Turkish Language & Culture [cite: 3]

πŸ“ Chantilly, Ashburn | πŸ“… Any day | πŸ‘€ Instructor: Emine Kilic [cite: 3]

An interactive beginner Turkish course developing speaking, listening, reading, and writing through real-life situations, games, stories, role-play, and cultural activities. [cite: 3] Students also explore Turkish culture and positive character values. [cite: 3]

French Language & Culture [cite: 3]

πŸ“ Ashburn | πŸ“… Monday, tuesday, wednesday | πŸ‘€ Instructor: Alia [cite: 3]

An interactive beginner French course introducing essential vocabulary, pronunciation, greetings, everyday conversations, reading, and writing through games, role-play, stories, and cultural activities while exploring French and Francophone cultures. [cite: 3]

Spanish Language & Culture [cite: 3]

πŸ“ Ashburn | πŸ“… Monday, tuesday, wednesday | πŸ‘€ Instructor: Alia [cite: 3]

An interactive beginner Spanish course introducing essential vocabulary, pronunciation, greetings, everyday conversations, reading, and writing through games, role-play, stories, and cultural activities, while exploring the diverse cultures of the Spanish-speaking world. [cite: 3]

Athletics, Music & Enrichment

Running Club [cite: 3]

πŸ“ Ashburn | πŸ“… Monday, tuesday, wednesday | πŸ‘€ Instructor: Alia [cite: 3]

A fun and supportive after school Run Club where students gradually build endurance, strength, confidence and healthy habits through safe running activities and team spirit. [cite: 3]

Volleyball [cite: 3]

πŸ“ Ashburn | πŸ“… Monday, Wednesday | πŸ‘€ Instructor: Yasemin Camurcu [cite: 3]

Music [cite: 3]

πŸ“ Ashburn | πŸ“… Friday | πŸ‘€ Instructor: Sibel [cite: 3]

After-School FAQ

Program Structure & Logistics
What is the structure of the After-School afternoon?
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The afternoon is organized into two distinct blocks:

  • Enrichment Block: Focuses on language development (Arabic), Quran recitation, guided reading, and academic support.
  • Activity & Exploration Block: Features hands-on learning such as introductory coding, robotics, and creative collaborative projects.
Which campuses host these specialized classes?
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Specialized classes are distributed across our Chantilly and Ashburn campuses. [cite: 3] For example, Visual Arts and Stop Motion Animation are offered at Chantilly, while French, Spanish, and Running Club are available at Ashburn. [cite: 3] Courses like Engineering, NASA/Aerospace, and Turkish Language & Culture are available at both locations. [cite: 3]

Academics & Specialized Activities
Do the language and culture classes require prior experience?
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No prior experience is required. Our Turkish, French, and Spanish courses are designed as interactive beginner classes. [cite: 3] Students will learn essential vocabulary, everyday conversations, reading, and pronunciation through games, role-play, stories, and cultural activities. [cite: 3]
What will my child create in the Creative Arts & Design track?
[cite: 3]
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Students engage in diverse, hands-on projects across various mediums. Depending on their selected class, they might create original digital illustrations, produce stop-motion animated shorts using clay and LEGOs, design custom branding logos, or learn traditional crafting techniques like macramΓ© and weaving. [cite: 3]
How are the STEM and Engineering classes structured?
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Our STEM courses are deeply interactive. [cite: 3] Engineering & Technology uses the ITEEA Engineering by Designβ„’ curriculum for real-world problem solving. [cite: 3] The Solar and Wind Energy class prepares students to compete in the KidWind Challenge [cite: 3], and the NASA/Aerospace course involves hands-on experiments in space science and flight. [cite: 3]
Who teaches the specialized courses?
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Our specialized courses are led by dedicated instructors, including Sule Cetil (Arts & Design), Salma Hafeezi (Digital Media & Photography), Rida Ahsan (STEM & Aerospace), Emine Kilic and Alia (Languages), Abdalla Hassan (Touch Typing), and others. [cite: 3]

Enrollment & Registration
Are there flexible enrollment options for busy families?
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Yes. We offer flexible models to suit your schedule, including Full-Program Enrollment for the whole week or Selected-Day Enrollment if you only require specific days. (Please note that certain specialized classes are only offered on specific days, such as Music on Fridays at Ashburn [cite: 3]).
How do I register my child for these activities?
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All registration, schedule selections, and program announcements are managed directly through your parent portal. Log into the Edumagined Parent Portal at portal.edumagined.com to secure your child’s spot in specific classes.

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