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AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS
In Natomas Unified School District
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Meet Right At School…
Your New Extended Day Program Partner
Hello! We’re Right At School, a leading provider of Before and After School enrichment in California.
Right At School is your before and after school program provider, offering enriching educational experiences that support the whole child, enhance academic and social outcomes, and meet the diverse needs of all students. Hosted on-site at your child’s school by caring local educators, our programs are designed with convenience and quality in mind. Keep reading to learn more about our programs and curriculum, daily schedules, safety practices, and more!
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Right At School is giving first hiring priority to Natomas USD employees — the teachers and aides your kids already know and love.
Visit rightatschool.com/careers to learn more about job opportunities at RAS.
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Regional Vice President
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Regional Manager, NJ
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Area Manager, Wayne Township
Make After School Count With Right Club!
A Place to Learn, Play & Grow!
At RAS, we believe before and after school should be meaningful extensions of the school day — not just afterthoughts. While many programs offer a safe place to play, RAS goes further by combining high-quality academic enrichment, active play, and social skill-building — all wrapped in the fun and energy kids love.
Daily Disguised™ learning activities
Fun Fitness and Games
Group Activities & Socialization
Built-in homework time
Daily Disguised Learning™ Activities unlock every child’s potential
When the school bell rings, it’s time for a whole different kind of afternoon. Our expertly-designed curriculum is packed with games, crafts, STEM challenges, and much more–your kids will never do the same thing after school twice!
Check out just a handful of the hundreds of daily activities in RAS:
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Variety Show
Choreograph our own dances! Share a crazy story! Show off a secret talent! The floor is yours at the Right At School Variety Show!
Stage fright? No sweat: there’s a role for everyone: stage crew, ushers, emcees, and more!
Activities leading up to the Variety Show allow students to explore creativity, teamwork, and self-expression.
Build your own scene
Think of your favorite movie, book, game TV show – or create a crazy scene from your imagination! Partner up with a friend to make your masterpiece a reality!
Kids will express their creativity and use fine motor skills as they experiment with building bricks.
Let It Glow
Let’s get messy! We’ll make our own wacky slime concoctions – then, watch as we make it glow in the dark!
Students will experiment with controlled variables as they create and test phosphorescent slime.
Moon Tools
Collecting rocks sounds like a BORING job… unless you’re on the moon! We’re pretending we’re NASA engineers and creating new tools for astronauts to use!
Kids will explore using the Engineering Design Method to solve a problem!
Panhellenic Games
Show off your super speed, strength, and skills at the Panhellenic Games… just like they used to host in Ancient Greece!
Kids will learn about the importance of setting goals, being persistent in reaching them, and supporting each other as they try their best!
Our littlest learners learn best through play-based learning activities & we’ve created a curriculum packed just for them! Turn hands-on fun into real growth in reading, writing, math, and essential life skills like creativity and collaboration.
Check out just a handful of the hundreds of daily activities in RAS:
Painting Polar Pals
Let’s get messy to make a polar painting! We’re concocting our own paint and using it to create our own polar bears!
Students will explore their sense of touch and smell, while using art techniques with new materials.
Fascinating Fossils
Paleontologists use fossils to know dinosaurs they looked like, what they ate, and what their lives were like. We’re going to make our own fossils using found objects and Play-Dough!
Kids will express their creativity and use fine motor skills as they explore the concepts of fossils.
Ships Ahoy!
Wet and wacky times ahead! Let’s learn what materials are best for making a boat and build a seaworthy vessel!
Students will explore buoyancy through hands-on experimentation
Super Self!
Think of your FAVORITE superhero. What are they like? What are their powers? We are going to use these inspirational images to draw ourselves as superheroes and imagine our very OWN superpowers!
Students will exercise creativity as they use their imagination to design their own character.
Zoom to the Moon
Welcome to RASSA, the Right At School Space Academy! We’re going to do an experiment to try to figure out how the surface of the moon got cratered!
Students will engage with the concept of craters and use fine motor skills by creating their own.
Your Kids at Right Club!
Kids spend up to 20 hours a week in our programs—let us walk you through all the ways your child will learn, play and grow in a typical day with RAS. See a more detailed version of the daily schedule here.
Check-in & Attendance
We start by taking attendance and making sure that every child on the roster for that day is accounted for. A team member will lead the kids in a quick warm-up game while we wait for everyone to arrive.
Town Hall & Snack
We start every afternoon with a Town Hall, where we get kids excited about the activities ahead, do a community-building activity, celebrate birthdays, and shout out students for big wins (like Sammy acing his spelling test!)… all while enjoying a healthy snack!
Right Moves
We run, jump, stretch, and dance to “get the wiggles out” before putting our brains to work!
Language Adventures
All RAS kiddos will spend ten minutes each day learning a second language. PreK–First Graders will learn the Spanish words for shapes, colors, numbers, and more, while our older students will learn American Sign Language (ASL)!
Homework Time
Each day, we help kids finish their homework… so you can reclaim the weeknight for family fun! Our educators split kids into similar age groups, foster a calm environment, and provide one-on-one support when kids need help.
Disguised Learning™
Shhhh! Don’t tell the kids they’re learning! Our hands-on enrichment activities range from silly science experiments to feats of toothpick engineering, globe-trotting adventures, songwriting competitions, and beyond. Hidden in each Disguised Learning activity is a deeply thoughtful lesson plan with learning objectives tied to state and national standards… but kids just know that they’re having a blast!
Play Right Fitness
Red rover, red rover, send Elsa right over! In the gym, on the playground, rain or shine, we’ll get our muscles moving to classic schoolyard games or sports like kickball and soccer.
Self-Directed Inquiry
We end every day with options! Board games, arts and crafts, collaborative group projects, quiet reading, free play with friends, and more.
Pick-up Time
All the best days come to a close. We hope that by the time you arrive, you’ll have a happy, engaged, perhaps even tuckered out kiddo to enjoy a relaxing evening at home as a family.
* Daily Schedule varies by location.
Your Child’s Safety Is Our Top Priority
As parents, we know that decisions about our children’s care and safety should never be taken lightly — and it’s our job to be transparent about how we’re keeping your kids safe. Here are just a few of our non-negotiable safety practices:
Licensed in your State
Every RAS program is formally licensed by the State and routinely inspected to ensure we’re meeting all licensing requirements, including staff-to-student ratios as well as staff credentials and certifications.
Thoroughly Qualified Staff
All RAS staff members are subject to thorough state and federal background checks. They are also certified in CPR and first aid, meet or exceed state-required education, experience, and credentials, and undergo a comprehensive training program.
Pin Code Verification
After signing up for programs, you (and the people you designate as authorized pickups) will be issued a unique PIN code, which must be presented every time you drop off or pick up your child — no exceptions.
Check-in & Attendance
Each day, RAS staff will have an up-to-date roster of children expected in the program. We start taking attendance right after the school bell rings. If a child on the roster doesn’t check in within 10 minutes, we immediately initiate our rapid “missing child” protocol, which involves calling you, your emergency contacts, the school office, and ultimately the police if we cannot determine your child’s whereabouts.
Regular Joy & Safety Audits
At least once per month, a RAS Area Manager will visit each program site to conduct a “Joy and Safety Audit” — our internal quality control evaluation to ensure staff are 100% in compliance with our policies and are delivering the most enjoyable, enriching experience for your kids.
Name to Face Transitions
Any time we transition from one space to another (for example, a classroom to the playground), we take attendance again, ensuring that our educators hear and see every child assigned to their group that day.
For a complete overview of our program policies and procedures, please check out our Family Handbook.
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