After-School Enrichment
Guadalupe Elementary and Guadalupe Home & School Club, partner every year to ensure we are able to provide continued eduation during after school hours. These programs are brought to broaden and heighten students interests and skills. If you have questions about these programs, please reach out to the contact listed, or if no contact is listed, please email communications.ghsc@gmail.com.
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If you are looking for School Enrichment programs and sports beyond GHSC community, please visit The Guadalupe USD Flyer page –> HERE
Starting Arts – After School Productions
Guadalupe is partnering with Starting Arts (SA) this year for one production. This production will rehearse and perform after school, under the supervision of SA staff who are background checked and regularly check in with the school. Below is the show slated for the current school year. If you have questions, please email the Starting Arts leads Ash Kumar/ Lorna Cleary <sashow.ghsc@gmail.com>.
2025/26 School Year Productions
3rd / 4th / 5th Graders
Winter Musical
Unfortunately, Starting Arts is not offering a Winter program at this time.
GHSC Academic Challenge Programs ’25-’26
Registration is Open 9/15/25 – 9/23/25 !!
The short registration period is between 9/15/25 – 9/23/25. Due to the volume of planning required for academic challenges, registration is only open during this timeframe. We need a strict registration period to handle all logistics so we can best serve the students.
Our Academic Challenge programs are supported by Guadalupe Home & School Club.
Guadalupe Academic Challenge Programs Mission Statement
We are a community supporting students who are eager to explore their academic interests while having fun. All programs are designed for student enrichment.
Academic Challenge Program Chairs: Joyce Wong / Sunitha Kumar – guadclassof2023@gmail.com
Misc. Comments:
1. Participants should have consistent attendance.
2. We ask students to be respectful during meetings and demonstrate positive and respectful behavior in class. The parent volunteers are not hosting sessions as a form of babysitting.
3. The schedule is subject to change. The Chairs will email you if there is a change.
4. We ask parents to volunteer 2 hours per challenge per registered child
5. Our academic challenges are a parent-led program. Be kind and understanding, as this is an entirely parent-run program
Scripps Spelling Bee
Encouraging the power of words through spelling.
Description: Encouraging the power of words through spelling.
Special Notes: All students will have an opportunity to participate through a written screening test hosted in their grade level classroom. Students will be notified with details if they move on to the next stage of the Spelling Bee.
Website: Scripps National Spelling Bee
Meeting Time: November 3 + November 4, 2025
Start Date: Begins September for screening test
Participants: Grades 1-5
Co-Chairs: Megha Suryawanshi / Vidya Phanse / Marcus Cullen – spellingbee.ghsc@gmail.com
MOEMS – Math Olympiads
Teaches strategies for out-of-the-box problem solving and develops mathematical creativity.
Website: Math Olympiad
Meeting Time: Mondays @ 2:45 – 3:45pm
Start Date: 10/6/25 (practice session) + 10/20/25 (practice session) + 11/3/25 (contest #1 ) + 12/8/25 (contest #2 ) + 12/15/25 ( practice session) + 1/12/26 (contest #3 ) + 1/26/26 ( practice session) + 2/9/26 (contest #4 ) + 3/16/26 (contest #5 )
Participants: Grades 4-5
Chair: Granthana Arvind / Julie Zugmeyer – granthana@gmail.com
Math Kangaroo
Problem solving using logic, word problem-based learning.
Website: Math Kangaroo
Meeting Time: Fridays @ 2:45pm – 3:45pm
Start Date: 10/17/25 + 11/7/25 + 12/12/25 + 1/16/26 + 2/13/26.
Competition date is 3/23/26. Participating students must individually register directly through Math Kangaroo + look up Guadalupe with the following invitation code: Guadalupe_2026MK. The last day to register your child for the Math Kangaroo test is December 31, 2025.
Participants: Grades 1-5
Chair: Brian Fry brianfry713@hotmail.com
Math Challenge (Math-in-Action)
Uses drawing or modeling to look for patterns to solve math problems.
Website: Math Challenge
Meeting Time: Thursdays @ 2:45 – 3:45pm
Start Date: 10/9/25 + 11/6/25 + 12/11/25 + 1/15/26 + 2/12/26 + 3/19/26.
Guadalupe will host the Math Challenge competition on 3/26/26.
Participants: Grades 2-5
Chair: Rajneesh Bansal mathchallenge.ghsc@gmail.com
Guadalupe Science Fair
Exploring science concepts through project building.
Description: Exploring science concepts through project building.
Special Notes: All students will have an opportunity to participate. There is no need to register through our website.
Meeting Time: March 13, 2026
Start Date: Spring
Participants: Grades K-5
Chair: Melissa Schear & Gayathri Growishankar — sciencefair.ghsc@gmail.com
International Geography Bee
Buzzer based competition challenging student knowledge in all concentrations of science.
Special Notes: The program will NOT run for the 25/26 school year as there is no parent lead.
Website: International Geography Bee
Meeting Time: Fridays @ 2:45 – 3:45pm
Start Date:
Participants: Grades 3-5
Chair: No parent lead
National Science Bee
Buzzer-based competition challenges student knowledge in all concentrations of science.
Special Notes: There will be a qualifying exam for the regional National Science Bee in March 2025.
Website: National Science Bee
Meeting Time: Tuesdays @ 2:45 – 3:45pm
Start Date: 10/7/25 + 11/4/25 + 12/9/25 + 1/13/26 + 2/10/26 + 2/24/26
Participants: Grades 3-5
Chair: Melissa Schear / Leah Fry / Megha Suryawanshi — sciencebee.ghsc@gmail.com
GHSC Partnered Organizations
Girl Scouts
Girl Scouts of all backgrounds and abilities can be unapologetically themselves as they discover their strengths and rise to meet new challenges—whether they want to climb to the top of a tree or the top of their class, lace up their boots for a hike or advocate for climate justice, or make their first best friends Tahnee Mehmet tmnelson8@hotmail.com.
Boy Scouts
The mission of the Boy Scouts of America is to prepare young people to make ethcal and moral choices over their lifetimes by instilling in them the values of the Scout Oath and Law. To find out more about the pack at Guadalupe, please contact Yakov Libman yak.pack340@gmail.com.