{"id":1772,"date":"2025-04-15T18:21:14","date_gmt":"2025-04-15T18:21:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mpsschoolsites.wpenginepowered.com\/stuart\/?page_id=1772"},"modified":"2025-05-22T15:15:23","modified_gmt":"2025-05-22T15:15:23","slug":"activities","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mps.school\/stuart\/activities\/","title":{"rendered":"Activities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.19.2&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.19.2&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_column _builder_version=&#8221;4.19.2&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.19.2&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221; module_class=&#8221;page-intro&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>Students can become journalists, athletes, and strategists when they join extracurricular clubs and teams at Gilbert Stuart School.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.19.2&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>Some clubs meet during the school day but most meet after school. Parents and caregivers, please join us in encouraging your child\u2019s participation. Ask our parent coordinator or your child\u2019s classroom teacher for sign-up and schedule information.<\/p>\n<h2>African Drumming<\/h2>\n<p>Students learn about African music and performance traditions while developing discipline and drumming skills. Led by a professional music educator and performer, weekly percussion lessons enhance our music curriculum and prepare students for school concerts and cultural events.<\/p>\n<h2>Athletics<\/h2>\n<p>The Stuart School Eagles compete in co-ed basketball.<\/p>\n<h2>Chess Club<\/h2>\n<p>Beginning to advanced chess players in third through fifth grade are welcome. Chess Club practices after school and competes city-wide during evening and weekend tournaments.<\/p>\n<h2>Girls on Fire<\/h2>\n<p>Girls in grades three through five meet weekly. By participating in conversations about self-care and self-esteem and engaging in service work, Girls on Fire members support one another and make Stuart School stronger.<\/p>\n<h2>Stuart News Crew<\/h2>\n<p>Third through fifth graders can audition for a spot on our in-house news crew. News anchors present live daily announcements that are informative, entertaining, and reinforce school-wide goals and the IB learner profile. Donated, professional-grade AV equipment and smartboards bring broadcasts into every classroom.<\/p>\n<h2>Student Council<\/h2>\n<p>First through fifth graders campaign to represent their classroom on the Stuart Student Council. Elected by classmates, council members take agency and use their communication skills to present classroom and school-wide improvement ideas during monthly meetings, daily announcements, and conversations with teachers and administrators.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Students can become journalists, athletes, and strategists when they join extracurricular clubs and teams at Gilbert Stuart School.\u00a0Some clubs meet during the school day but most meet after school. Parents and caregivers, please join us in encouraging your child\u2019s participation. Ask our parent coordinator or your child\u2019s classroom teacher for sign-up and schedule information. African [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_mc_calendar":[],"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1772","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mps.school\/stuart\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1772","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mps.school\/stuart\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mps.school\/stuart\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mps.school\/stuart\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mps.school\/stuart\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1772"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mps.school\/stuart\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1772\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mps.school\/stuart\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1772"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}