What is ACE?
St. Peter’s Arts, Culture, and Entertainment (“ACE”) Program features after-school activities that provide an enriched educational environment to support the development of the “whole child.” It offers students additional opportunities for learning, exploring, and utilizing their gifts.
ACE offers a diverse selection of after-school classes for students in Preschool through 8th grade. Instruction is led by partnering organizations and professional staff who are pre-screened by St. Peter and hired for their expertise in the selected course curriculum. There are three ACE sessions throughout the year: Fall, Winter, and Spring. Classes are typically held once a week immediately after class dismissal for one hour over the course of 8 weeks (Fall and Winter) or 6 weeks (Spring).
FALL 2026 CLASSES
Classes run from September 8th-October 29th. Refunds will not be given after 9/4. Please log into your Skyward account to register for classes; there you will find the ACE registration tile.
STICKY FINGERS COOKING
It's THYME to TURNIP the BEET on what kids EAT! Our interactive classes make cooking fun and deliciously educational. Kids will enjoy tasty, healthy recipes while learning S.T.E.A.M., culture, language, and geography. Led by experienced Chef Instructors, we ensure all allergies are accommodated, and recipes are always nut-free. Explore our weekly recipes and join us to WHIP up some culinary fun all year. Perfect for children of all ages!***All classes are vegetarian and 100% nut-free, plus we will accommodate any and all food allergies.***
OUTDOOR PHOTOGRAPHY
See the world through your child’s eyes! In this intro to photography class, students will spend the day outdoors taking pictures of their interests. Students
will be learning different techniques and concepts to improve their photography skills while observing nature and telling stories through pictures. At the end
of the course, all students get to keep the cameras and share the pictures with their families!
SOCCER SHOTS
Using creative and imaginative games, Soccer Shots sessions focus on basic soccer skills like dribbling, passing, and shooting. We also highlight a positive character trait each session such as respect, teamwork, and appreciation to help build a well-rounded athlete and child.
AUTHOR, AUTHOR
Help your child develop a life-long love of books. Each week we'll focus on a different children's author ( Dr. Suess, Laura Numeroff, James Dean and Bill Martin to name a few).
Our class time will consist of a story , related art project, fingerplays, songs and flannelboards. Creativity, social skills, reading some classics as well as being introduced to some new stories are all skills that are emphasized.
MINECRAFT CODE: SUPERHEROES
The Minecraft world is in danger! In this class, students will learn coding fundamentals and use them to create powerful superheroes with special abilities.
Each class creates a new opportunity for our coders to save the Minecraft world against a new danger! From traveling to a ruined city and exploring a frozen
bunker to saving the White House and more! Students will have an amazing time putting their coding skills to the test!
Projects include: Anvil Rain using commands and loops, Programmable Robot Bodyguard with selector variables, Gladiator using position variables and fillcommands.
Prior coding or Minecraft experience not required.
IMAGINATION IN ACTION
This class is designed to combine storytime with hands-on creativity. After reading a picture book together, the children will use homemade play dough combined with small parts and other manipulatives to bring the story to life. This engaging activity supports creativity, fine motor skills and story comprehension while giving the children a chance to explore literature through playful, hands-on learning. Students will take their creation home at the end of every class.
SAINTS IN TRAINING
Saints in Training is the opportunity to develop physically through fun, exciting, challenging, and developmentally appropriate through differentiated activities, exercise, and play.
Our future Saint student-athletes will develop skills based in spatial awareness, teamwork, and Christian character-building activities. Each week we will have fun activities of sports these future
Saint student-athletes can compete in while at St. Peter. Volleyball, basketball, and track to name a few! Other games will be played as well to give them a well-balanced athletic base for their future success.
JELLYBEAN SPORTS
Jelly Bean Sports keeps early learners active while building listening, communication, teamwork, and critical-thinking skills in a fun, non-competitive environment.
Starting at age 2, children explore a different sport each week, keeping learning fresh, simple, and exciting. Even shy children feel comfortable participating with engaging activities, characters, parachutes, bubbles, cones, rings, and more.
Our active learning also reinforces preschool skills like numbers, letters, colors, and problem-solving—all while having fun!
ROCK N' KIDS
Sing, dance, and rock! Rock 'n' Kids is bringing “Kid Rock” to St. Peter this winter! This active music program helps young children build rhythm, coordination, motor skills, listening, imagination, and more through songs, movement, instruments, and sensory activities.
With 23 years of experience, Ms. Mari brings energy and fun to every class. Come sing, dance, learn, and play the Rock 'n' Kids way! For more information about our programs, see www.rockitkids.com
SWIFTIE SCRATCH
Join us on an amazing journey with your child's favorite superstar! In many cases, this is Taylor Swift!!
Kids will learn the fundamentals of coding and programming while rocking out. These Swifties will have a blast creating with code! They will program a
music video, an interview with their favorite music icon, helping their superstar get ready for the next concert! Note: this course can be modified for kids to choose their own superstar.
BRICK LAB
This innovative program introduces students to STEAM concepts through interactive, brick- based activities. Using a hands-on approach,
BrickLAB empowers students to use bricks to craft and explore STEAM concepts. This program ignites creativity and offers animmersive experience that bridges play and education. Students build cognitive and communication skills as they work together to create unique designs and solve problems.
INQUISITIVE MINDS
This is an enrichment class that focuses each week on a different fascinating topic. We will immerse ourselves into subjects ranging from engineering to rain forests and from dinosaurs to manners. A mix of hands-on, visual, and sensory aids will be used to explore each subject. Lots of fun activities and crafts will be completed during class that your child will be excited to bring home and share with you.
MONDAY
Sticky Fingers Cooking
PS 3-K: 2:55-3:55 pm $180
Outdoor Photography
3rd-5th: 3:05-4:05 pm $205
Soccer Shots
PS 3s&4s: 2:45-3:25 pm $145
Author, Author
PS 2s: 2:40-3:00pm $115
TUESDAY
Minecraft Code
PS K-2nd: 3:05- 4:05 pm $200
Imagination in Action
PS 3s & 4s: 2:55-3:40 pm $130
Soccer Shots
PS 2s: 2:40-3:10 pm $165
Saints in Training
1st-4th : 3:15-4:00 pm $115
WEDNESDAY
Jellybean Sports
(No class 9/30)
PS 3s&4s: 2:45-3:30 pm $157
Rock N' Kids
PS 2s: 2:40-3:20 pm $115
Swiftie Scratch
1st-5th: 3:05-4:05 pm $225
THURSDAY
Jellybean Sports
(No class 10/1)
PS 2s: 2:35-3:10pm $157
Sticky Fingers Cooking
PS 3s-K: 2:55-3:55 pm $225
Brick Lab
K-3rd 3:05-4:05 pm $210
Inquisitive Minds
PS 3s-K: 2:55-3:55 pm $170
