Active After School Program

Dear Parents/Caregivers, 

We are happy to announce that we will be providing our Active After School program this year! Our after-school program will be implementing the Activity Guidelines for After-School Programs. These Guidelines are centered around achieving a total of 30 - 90 minutes of moderate to vigorous physical activity during the after-school time period. To achieve this our program will be incorporating a variety of fun physical activities throughout the time we spend with your child(ren). Achieving these 30 - 90 minutes are crucial to the health and well-being of our children and youth. The Canadian 24-hour Movement Guidelines for Children and Youth state that children and youth should be engaging in 60 minutes of moderate to vigorous physical activity per day and a variety of structured and unstructured light physical activities. Our Active After School Program can help achieve these 60 minutes through these guidelines. 
 

Most of our activities will be held until 5:00pm and students will need to be picked up by 5:00pm. We are unable to provide transportation home. 
 

This physical activity will take a variety of forms including swimming, sledding, snowshoeing, skating, hiking, geocaching, gymnastics, going to the field house etc., The overall focus will be on both structured and unstructured play, rather than a competitive sports environment. 
 

 Likewise, we can only accommodate a maximum of 30 students per session. This will be on a first come first serve basis. Students may sign up at school by the gym office. 

Our scheduled activities until the end of January are detailed below. More activities will be added to the list in the new year. 
 

Permission forms can be found here. If you have any comments, questions, or concerns please don’t hesitate to reach out. 
 

Jose Esteban & Betsy Lucko

Physical Education Teacher & Program Coordinator

Weledeh Catholic School 

jose.esteban@ycs.nt.ca | betsy.lucko@ycs.nt.ca 

(867) 444-5591