BASE Pre School
B.A.S.E. (Brunswick After-School Experience) is Brunswick's in-house after-school program, which consists of Encore enrichment activities plus an additional Extended Day option. In addition to offering enriching after-school clubs, the primary goal of B.A.S.E. is to provide safe childcare for children of working parents or families in need of care beyond the traditional school day.
- The Spring Term of B.A.S.E. begins Monday, March 23. The final day of the Spring Term is Friday, May 22.
- Encore enrichment activities meet once/week (Monday-Thursday) and are structured enrichment activities run by Brunswick teachers or outside experts. All classes are open to boys in grades PK & K.
- Extended Day is offered each day Monday-Friday and is an unstructured (but supervised) opportunity for boys to extend the traditional school day. Extended Day (4:30p pickup) may also be combined with an Encore enrichment activity for later pickup. You will not be "double charged" if you register for overlapping Encore and Extended Day. There is no lunch served during Friday Extended Day and boys must pack their own nut-free lunch. You may pick your son up at any time before your registered dismissal time.
- Dismissal for all Pre School B.A.S.E. activities is at the Pre School building.
- Registration will open Tuesday, March 3, and close on Thursday, March 5, at 12 p.m. This is an open window for registration - there is no need to log on immediately when registration begins. Your time of registration will not be considered. We will do our best to accommodate all registrations based on enrollment numbers. In the rare case in which registrations for an activity exceed capacity, we will conduct a lottery to determine placement. You will receive an email when placements for the Spring Term are confirmed.
How to Apply
Note: B.A.S.E. is for current Brunswick families only.
Registration will open Tuesday, March 3, and close on Thursday, March 5, at 12 p.m. This is an open window for registration - there is no need to log on immediately when registration begins. Your time of registration will not be considered. We will do our best to accommodate all registrations based on enrollment numbers. In the rare case in which registrations for an activity exceed capacity, we will conduct a lottery to determine placement. You will receive an email when placements for the Spring Term are confirmed. Once rosters are finalized when the registration window has closed, we will reopen registration for any activities that still have spots available.
Questions?
If you have any questions, please contact BASE Program Director Joseph Zannino.
Mondays
Bear Hugs ( $225 )
Dismissal Time: 4p Instructor: Deb Schwartz
Description: Bear Hugs is a Preschool community service club that introduces boys to the importance—and the joy—of helping others. With our Bruin spirit leading the way, we’ll take on simple, hands-on projects that teach kindness, gratitude, and teamwork in age-appropriate ways. Your son will love creating “bear-sized” impact through activities like making cards, assembling small donation items, and other kid-friendly service projects. Each meeting is designed to feel fun and meaningful, so children leave proud of what they’ve done. Together, we’ll make our world a better place—one paw print at a time!
Bruins Art Club ( $240 )
Dismissal Time: 4p Instructor: Connie Snetzko
Description: Get ready to unleash your inner artist with the Bruins Art Club, a colorful adventure for your Pre School boy! This club is all about diving into a world of creativity, where your son can color, draw, and craft amazing masterpieces using all sorts of fun materials. From wild imaginations to vibrant creations, every session is a chance to make something awesome while having a blast with friends. Sign up for a splash of artistic fun that’ll bring your child’s ideas to life! Price includes $15 materials fee.
Super Hero Club ( $225 )
Dismissal Time: 4p Instructor: Courtney Wilson
Description: Calling all Superheroes! In our Superhero Club, preschoolers step into a world of imagination, teamwork, and fun. Each week, children learn about a different superhero, complete playful “missions,” and practice real-life superpowers like kindness, courage, and helping others. Through creative role-play, games, crafts, and movement, kids build confidence and social skills while saving the day—one adventure at a time! This after-school program is where big hearts and brave imaginations shine.
Pre School Extended Day Monday ( $180/270 )
Dismissal Time: 4/4:30p Instructor: Rejina Pirtle
Description: Extended Day is a supervised, unstructured program at the end of the school day that is an opportunity for the boys to participate in free play, arts & crafts, puzzles and games, and much more while providing families in need with additional coverage beyond the school day. You may sign up for 4p or 4:30p pickup time. You will not be double-charged if you stack Extended Day with an Encore activity. You may pick your son up anytime before your registered pickup time.
Dismissal Time: 4p Instructor: Deb Schwartz
Description: Bear Hugs is a Preschool community service club that introduces boys to the importance—and the joy—of helping others. With our Bruin spirit leading the way, we’ll take on simple, hands-on projects that teach kindness, gratitude, and teamwork in age-appropriate ways. Your son will love creating “bear-sized” impact through activities like making cards, assembling small donation items, and other kid-friendly service projects. Each meeting is designed to feel fun and meaningful, so children leave proud of what they’ve done. Together, we’ll make our world a better place—one paw print at a time!
Bruins Art Club ( $240 )
Dismissal Time: 4p Instructor: Connie Snetzko
Description: Get ready to unleash your inner artist with the Bruins Art Club, a colorful adventure for your Pre School boy! This club is all about diving into a world of creativity, where your son can color, draw, and craft amazing masterpieces using all sorts of fun materials. From wild imaginations to vibrant creations, every session is a chance to make something awesome while having a blast with friends. Sign up for a splash of artistic fun that’ll bring your child’s ideas to life! Price includes $15 materials fee.
Super Hero Club ( $225 )
Dismissal Time: 4p Instructor: Courtney Wilson
Description: Calling all Superheroes! In our Superhero Club, preschoolers step into a world of imagination, teamwork, and fun. Each week, children learn about a different superhero, complete playful “missions,” and practice real-life superpowers like kindness, courage, and helping others. Through creative role-play, games, crafts, and movement, kids build confidence and social skills while saving the day—one adventure at a time! This after-school program is where big hearts and brave imaginations shine.
Pre School Extended Day Monday ( $180/270 )
Dismissal Time: 4/4:30p Instructor: Rejina Pirtle
Description: Extended Day is a supervised, unstructured program at the end of the school day that is an opportunity for the boys to participate in free play, arts & crafts, puzzles and games, and much more while providing families in need with additional coverage beyond the school day. You may sign up for 4p or 4:30p pickup time. You will not be double-charged if you stack Extended Day with an Encore activity. You may pick your son up anytime before your registered pickup time.
Tuesdays
Pre School Chess ( $225 )
Dismissal Time: 4p Instructor: NSCF
Description: For decades, Brunswick has enjoyed a successful partnership with the National Scholastic Chess Foundation. We are once again excited to bring the organization and their expert instructors back to campus to work with our Pre School students. If you love games of strategy, then Chess is the activity for you. We invite both begginers new to the game and players with any amount of experience to join!
Move those Muscles! ( $225 )
Dismissal Time: 4p Instructor: Kristen Ingarra
Description: Welcome to Move Those Muscles! Each session, we"ll dive into exciting activities using play dough, Legos, Lite Brite, and even the game Operation to strengthen fine motor skills. Along the way, we"ll also learn important self-help skills like zipping up our coats and opening snack bags. Plus, every club meeting will have us practicing writing our names like champs!
Mixed Media Art ( $225 )
Dismissal Time: 4p Instructor: Dani Clarke
Description: Get ready for a colorful explosion of creativity with Mixed Media Art, the perfect after-school club for Pre Schoolers! Your budding artist will dive into a world of fun, using both classic and quirky materials to craft unique masterpieces inspired by favorite books and famous artists. Each week brings a new project that sparks his imagination and lets him shine while creating with friends. Sign up for this artsy adventure and watch your son’s creativity soar!
Pre School Extended Day Tuesday ( $180/270 )
Dismissal Time: 4/4:30p Instructor: Rejina Pirtle
Description: Extended Day is a supervised, unstructured program at the end of the school day that is an opportunity for the boys to participate in free play, arts & crafts, puzzles and games, and much more while providing families in need with additional coverage beyond the school day. You may sign up for 4p or 4:30p pickup time. You will not be double-charged if you stack Extended Day with an Encore activity. You may pick your son up anytime before your registered pickup time.
Dismissal Time: 4p Instructor: NSCF
Description: For decades, Brunswick has enjoyed a successful partnership with the National Scholastic Chess Foundation. We are once again excited to bring the organization and their expert instructors back to campus to work with our Pre School students. If you love games of strategy, then Chess is the activity for you. We invite both begginers new to the game and players with any amount of experience to join!
Move those Muscles! ( $225 )
Dismissal Time: 4p Instructor: Kristen Ingarra
Description: Welcome to Move Those Muscles! Each session, we"ll dive into exciting activities using play dough, Legos, Lite Brite, and even the game Operation to strengthen fine motor skills. Along the way, we"ll also learn important self-help skills like zipping up our coats and opening snack bags. Plus, every club meeting will have us practicing writing our names like champs!
Mixed Media Art ( $225 )
Dismissal Time: 4p Instructor: Dani Clarke
Description: Get ready for a colorful explosion of creativity with Mixed Media Art, the perfect after-school club for Pre Schoolers! Your budding artist will dive into a world of fun, using both classic and quirky materials to craft unique masterpieces inspired by favorite books and famous artists. Each week brings a new project that sparks his imagination and lets him shine while creating with friends. Sign up for this artsy adventure and watch your son’s creativity soar!
Pre School Extended Day Tuesday ( $180/270 )
Dismissal Time: 4/4:30p Instructor: Rejina Pirtle
Description: Extended Day is a supervised, unstructured program at the end of the school day that is an opportunity for the boys to participate in free play, arts & crafts, puzzles and games, and much more while providing families in need with additional coverage beyond the school day. You may sign up for 4p or 4:30p pickup time. You will not be double-charged if you stack Extended Day with an Encore activity. You may pick your son up anytime before your registered pickup time.
Wednesdays
Here's the Scoop! ( $200 )
Dismissal Time: 4p Instructor: Kristen Ingarra
Description: In Here’s the Scoop!, the boys will become real reporters and publishers! Each week, they will create their own questions and interview a different faculty member to learn fun facts about them. We’ll always end with our signature question: “What’s your favorite ice cream?” Together, we’ll turn our interviews into a special school newspaper created entirely by our young journalists. We’ll wrap up our club with an ice-cream publishing party, and every boy will take home their very own copy of Here’s the Scoop!
Brunswick Builders ( $200 )
Dismissal Time: 4p Instructor: Claudia Tagliavia
Description: Calling all builders! Get ready for Brunswick Builders, an exciting, hands-on club where preschool boys design, create, and build something new each week. Using fun materials like Blue Blocks, KEVA planks, LEGOs, Magna-Tiles, Lincoln Logs, etc., boys will take on creative building challenges, while developing teamwork, problem-solving skills, and confidence. Let’s build, explore, and bring big ideas to life!
Pre School Extended Day Wednesday ( $160/240 )
Dismissal Time: 4/4:30p Instructor: Rejina Pirtle
Description: Extended Day is a supervised, unstructured program at the end of the school day that is an opportunity for the boys to participate in free play, arts & crafts, puzzles and games, and much more while providing families in need with additional coverage beyond the school day. You may sign up for 4p or 4:30p pickup time. You will not be double-charged if you stack Extended Day with an Encore activity. You may pick your son up anytime before your registered pickup time.
Dismissal Time: 4p Instructor: Kristen Ingarra
Description: In Here’s the Scoop!, the boys will become real reporters and publishers! Each week, they will create their own questions and interview a different faculty member to learn fun facts about them. We’ll always end with our signature question: “What’s your favorite ice cream?” Together, we’ll turn our interviews into a special school newspaper created entirely by our young journalists. We’ll wrap up our club with an ice-cream publishing party, and every boy will take home their very own copy of Here’s the Scoop!
Brunswick Builders ( $200 )
Dismissal Time: 4p Instructor: Claudia Tagliavia
Description: Calling all builders! Get ready for Brunswick Builders, an exciting, hands-on club where preschool boys design, create, and build something new each week. Using fun materials like Blue Blocks, KEVA planks, LEGOs, Magna-Tiles, Lincoln Logs, etc., boys will take on creative building challenges, while developing teamwork, problem-solving skills, and confidence. Let’s build, explore, and bring big ideas to life!
Pre School Extended Day Wednesday ( $160/240 )
Dismissal Time: 4/4:30p Instructor: Rejina Pirtle
Description: Extended Day is a supervised, unstructured program at the end of the school day that is an opportunity for the boys to participate in free play, arts & crafts, puzzles and games, and much more while providing families in need with additional coverage beyond the school day. You may sign up for 4p or 4:30p pickup time. You will not be double-charged if you stack Extended Day with an Encore activity. You may pick your son up anytime before your registered pickup time.
Thursdays
Little Gentlemen Club ( $200 )
Dismissal Time: 4p Instructor: Elizabeth Fessenden
Description: Little Gentlemen is a fun and interactive etiquette club that is designed to help boys develop manners and essential social skills. Our 'Little Gentlemen' will practice how to interact with others in a polite, kind, and respectful manner, through a series of engaging activities that will include special snack time, partner games, relay races, team building activities, and arts and crafts experiences. Topics will include table manners, active listening, greetings, sportsmanship, thank you notes, and gratitude. This club will set manners into motions through creativity and fun!
Dino Discovery ( $200 )
Dismissal Time: 4p Instructor: Connie Snetzko
Description: Dino Discovery invites our youngest Bruins to explore the exciting world of dinosaurs. Each week, boys will learn about favorites like Tyrannosaurus rex, Triceratops, Stegosaurus, and Brachiosaurus through hands-on activities. Students will enjoy digging for fossils, creating dino-themed crafts, and going on imaginative prehistoric adventures. This club sparks curiosity, creativity, and a love of learning as our youngest explorers journey back in time!
Kempo Karate ( $200 )
Dismissal Time: 4:15p Instructor: Greenwich Kempo
Description: Kempo Karate is an excellent activity to start at an early age, and moreover the martial arts help to develop self-confidence, focus, discipline, respect and benevolence for others. In a fun and controlled environment students will build motor skills by learning a series of punches, kicks and blocks. Throughout the course important character building lessons are incorporated. Our pre-school/kindergarten classes focus on developing gross motor skills and self-control. Participants will have no physical contact during the session. Students should wear comfortable clothes and sneakers. All new students will receive a white Karate belt at start of program. Throughout the course of the program, all eligible students will be invited to earn their next colored belt at a belt rank testing.
Pre School Extended Day Thursday ( $160/240 )
Dismissal Time: 4/4:30p Instructor: Rejina Pirtle
Description: Extended Day is a supervised, unstructured program at the end of the school day that is an opportunity for the boys to participate in free play, arts & crafts, puzzles and games, and much more while providing families in need with additional coverage beyond the school day. You may sign up for 4p or 4:30p pickup time. You will not be double-charged if you stack Extended Day with an Encore activity. You may pick your son up anytime before your registered pickup time.
Dismissal Time: 4p Instructor: Elizabeth Fessenden
Description: Little Gentlemen is a fun and interactive etiquette club that is designed to help boys develop manners and essential social skills. Our 'Little Gentlemen' will practice how to interact with others in a polite, kind, and respectful manner, through a series of engaging activities that will include special snack time, partner games, relay races, team building activities, and arts and crafts experiences. Topics will include table manners, active listening, greetings, sportsmanship, thank you notes, and gratitude. This club will set manners into motions through creativity and fun!
Dino Discovery ( $200 )
Dismissal Time: 4p Instructor: Connie Snetzko
Description: Dino Discovery invites our youngest Bruins to explore the exciting world of dinosaurs. Each week, boys will learn about favorites like Tyrannosaurus rex, Triceratops, Stegosaurus, and Brachiosaurus through hands-on activities. Students will enjoy digging for fossils, creating dino-themed crafts, and going on imaginative prehistoric adventures. This club sparks curiosity, creativity, and a love of learning as our youngest explorers journey back in time!
Kempo Karate ( $200 )
Dismissal Time: 4:15p Instructor: Greenwich Kempo
Description: Kempo Karate is an excellent activity to start at an early age, and moreover the martial arts help to develop self-confidence, focus, discipline, respect and benevolence for others. In a fun and controlled environment students will build motor skills by learning a series of punches, kicks and blocks. Throughout the course important character building lessons are incorporated. Our pre-school/kindergarten classes focus on developing gross motor skills and self-control. Participants will have no physical contact during the session. Students should wear comfortable clothes and sneakers. All new students will receive a white Karate belt at start of program. Throughout the course of the program, all eligible students will be invited to earn their next colored belt at a belt rank testing.
Pre School Extended Day Thursday ( $160/240 )
Dismissal Time: 4/4:30p Instructor: Rejina Pirtle
Description: Extended Day is a supervised, unstructured program at the end of the school day that is an opportunity for the boys to participate in free play, arts & crafts, puzzles and games, and much more while providing families in need with additional coverage beyond the school day. You may sign up for 4p or 4:30p pickup time. You will not be double-charged if you stack Extended Day with an Encore activity. You may pick your son up anytime before your registered pickup time.
Fridays
Pre School Extended Day Friday ( $240/560 )
Dismissal Time: 1:30p Instructor: Rejina Pirtle
Description: Extended Day is a supervised, unstructured program at the end of the school day that is an opportunity for the boys to participate in free play, arts & crafts, puzzles and games, and much more while providing families in need with additional coverage beyond the school day. Due to space restrictions, please consider that space in Extended Day is limited and if necessary priority will be given to those families with no alternate childcare. Boys must pack their own nut-free lunch on Fridays. You may register for 1:30p or 3:30p dismissal time and you may pick your son up anytime before your registered pickup time.
Dismissal Time: 1:30p Instructor: Rejina Pirtle
Description: Extended Day is a supervised, unstructured program at the end of the school day that is an opportunity for the boys to participate in free play, arts & crafts, puzzles and games, and much more while providing families in need with additional coverage beyond the school day. Due to space restrictions, please consider that space in Extended Day is limited and if necessary priority will be given to those families with no alternate childcare. Boys must pack their own nut-free lunch on Fridays. You may register for 1:30p or 3:30p dismissal time and you may pick your son up anytime before your registered pickup time.