Extracurriculars

Coming in the spring a 5th grade Art club. An eight week course instructed by the Art teacher, consisting of fun Art activities that allow students to create art and express themselves.

In Cardboard Arcade, we use recycled cardboard to create arcade-style games. Students come up with innovative ways to engineer their games. We sketch, discuss, produce, and discuss some more before we build! It is a great way for students to learn fabrication, cooperation, and have fun.

The Langley Chess Club is designed to teach students how to play chess and learn about different chess strategies. The Chess Club also offers students the chance to compete in rated or non-rated chess tournaments.

The eight weeks of lessons will prepare students with an understanding of Cyber Security foundations. The content is taken from UTSA’s Cyber Security teams CIAS Game so that the club can culminate in inter-district competition using the card game.

Lyrical Lobos is a percussion, vocal and movement ensemble. Students learn to play classroom instruments such as xylophone, drum, ukulele, etc as well as play different parts at the same time. Students also add their own creative element to compose and improvise as necessary.

Langley Lobo Choir is for 4th and 5th grade students. The form to sign-up will go home at the end of August with a strict deadline. Rehearsals for choir are Wednesdays from 2:55 - 4:00 p.m. during the Fall semester and for the last few weeks of May at the end of the school year. Students in choir work on singing in unison and in two parts with an emphasis on vocal development to help each member reach his/her own personal best.

The Langley Strings class provides specialized instruction to teach 5th grade students lessons on playing the violin, viola, cello, or bass. Students participating in this group must provide their own instrument either by purchasing one or enrolling in a rental program. Students who participate all year long in this program focus on technique and music-reading skills. They will have the opportunity to enroll in the intermediate orchestra, rather than the beginning orchestra, when they attend middle school.

Completing missions with EV3 robot; Completing and innovation project

Third through fifth grade students learn block programming using beginner through advanced level curriculum from Google CS First and Scratch. Using a variety of devices, students also develop coding skills using robots, such as Sphero and Ozobot.

Our Safety Patrols help provide a safe school environment for our students while on campus. The School Safety Patrol’s job is to remind students of the school safety rules and to guide them in safe arrival, and movement through the building, as well as properly putting up and taking down the flags each morning and afternoon. They have various responsibilities that allow them to learn leadership skills that will help them throughout life. A Safety Patrol member should be responsible, respectful, cooperative, and helpful.

Students will work in teams and use problem solving skills to develop a fast moving car that runs solely on Solar power. Teams will go through a design, engineering and testing process. Cars will be used in an annual NISD competition.

STEAM Team is a club to encourage third grade students to use their creativity to design several engineering challenges. The challenge is to design Rube Goldberg machines, which are fun, yet complicated, humorous machines that perform a simple task. 

Ralph Langley Student Council (StuCo)

The Ralph Langley Student Council (StuCo) is a student centered school leadership organization.  The Langley StuCo is comprised of duly elected Fourth and Fifth Grade students. They are elected by their peers to represent them, speak on their behalves, and act for them.  Each Fourth Grade classroom elects one representative and each Fifth Grade classroom elects two representatives.  

Over the years our StuCo has proven to be an effective means for developing student leaders.  We have raised and delivered thousands of dollars for charity. We have organized, collected, and distributed tens of thousands of food items to the less fortunate within our community.  Moreover, our StuCo has learned to solve real problems, acted responsibly on behalf of our entire campus, and led the way. Our StuCo representatives are empowered and positive role models who exemplify leadership. 

Young Astronauts is a tuition-based after-school science enrichment program for fourth and fifth grade students. The topic changes each year, and all lessons and activities focus on building student interest and understanding in the area of space science. The program culminates in February with our annual Stargazing event for fifth grade Young Astronauts.

Young Astronauts exposes students to the intricacies of Space exploration and career opportunities.