Programs
We love to provide opportunities for our students to thrive in their gifts, talents, and interests. Providing a variety of extra-curricular programs allows us to develop their skills and passions while having fun!
ATHLETICS
AFTER-SCHOOL CARE
Clubs
ATHLETICS
CROSS COUNTRY | August - september
Running practices are held on the DTCA campus, Paia Gym Field, and through the neighborhood across the street from the school (Skill Village). K-Grade 4 Mon/Wed/Fri - 2:30 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. Grades 5-8 Tues/Wed/Thurs - 2:30 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.
2023 SCHEDULE - Please arrive 1/2 hour before your race (K-1 starts @ 8am)
August 26 - Seabury @ 8am
September 2 - Kamehameha @ 8am
September 9 - Maui Prep
September 23 - Kamehameha Champs @ 8am - Paid Event
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VOLLEYBALL | August – November
During the fall we offer for volleyball for grades 3rd-5th and grades 6th -8th. Practices are held at school. Those practices start right after school and will go for an hour. Games are held at upcountry gyms. *The Maui County Parks Department runs both volleyball league for grades 3-5. Leagues have ceased as a result of the pandemic and we are waiting for them to resume.
BASKETBALL | January – March
The 2023 season will only include 6th-8th grades since the Maui County Parks & Recreation has not re-opened its basketball league since the pandemic. Practice will be held Monday – Thursday from 2:30 pm - 4:00 pm here at the DTCA outside basketball court.
The Maui County Parks Department runs the basketball leagues for grades 3-5. Leagues have ceased as a result of the pandemic and we are waiting for them to resume.
If you have any sports related questions and/or are interested in coaching or helping with any of our athletic teams, please contact our Athletic Director, Mr. Brennan.
go eagles!
Mahalo to our Eagles Take Flight Night sponsors! You helped make our inaugural high school athletics banquet a success!
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ART
Art club allows students to learn new skills, have fun with friends, and create larger collaborative pieces.
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STEAM
We are incredibly blessed to have Peter Menningen work with our students. Mr. Menningen worked in product development for Sears, Roebuck, and Co (Chicago) in the well-known groups of Craftsman, Kenmore, DieHard, and Ted Williams, where he created test equipment to do performance testing of potential products. His main education revolved around electronics, machine design, and computer systems.
Mr. Menningen has a passion for students to learn advanced electronics and has spent hours of his own time to provide experience in electricity-electronics-programming using Arduino and other technologies. This program is for students who have used a computer (some keyboard skills), have an interest in technology and wish to incorporate it into projects (Art, Science, Robotics, Engineering, Plant Sciences) that will further their skill sets.
The sessions will be structured to instruct about the basics of Electronics, Electricity so that the students are comfortable with the components. The Programming component will show by demonstration and practice how to make basic microprocessors like the Arduino Uno perform simple and complex tasks using physical controls, sensors and displays. This is done by using raw coding (C++) in the Arduino IDE and a relatively new Visual Aid tool named Visuino. Each student goes through the engineering – program process on a project that they wish to complete.
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LEGO ROBOTICS
Who doesn’t love Legos? DTCA Robotics participates in the FIRST LEGO League Explore (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology). Teams are composed of and led by students, with guidance and instruction from teachers, and local community mentors. It takes Legos to the next level while providing hands-on learning of STEM through exploration,
FIRST Lego League has the following three divisions:
FIRST LEGO League Challenge (ages 9-14)
FIRST LEGO League Explore (ages 6-10)
FIRST LEGO League Discover (ages 4-6)
For more information: https://www.firstlegoleague.org/
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Culinary club
We bring in local, trained, culinary professionals, restaurant owners, and friends who love kids and love to make good food, to teach our students. These beloved members of our DTCA ‘Ohana come from Italy, Brazil, California, the Big Island, etc. Not only do the students get to learn how to cook, they then have the privilege of delivering the meal to someone who needs it in the community.
These students also participate in making our annual Pastor Pancake Breakfast which serves a special breakfast for the pastors island wide. They also bake cookies during Christmas that the student’s hand deliver to the Pa’ia businesses.
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THEATER
There is a team of creative teachers who coach and instruct the students in the fundamentals of drama such as expression, volume, movement, costume, and staging. The drama season concludes with a full-scale melodrama dinner theatre in March. It is such an exciting night for families to come to see the kids perform! We hope your middle school and high school students will join us!
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ukulele club
Students learn the fundamentals of ukulele in our 4th grade. We also have an after school club to provide music for 4th-8th grade students. Students learn basic history and structure of the ukulele, simple chords, and how to play songs together.
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after-school care
Doris Todd Christian Academy provides an after-school program for students in preschool through eighth grade from 2:35 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Students will have homework time (K-8), snack time (snack not provided), plus inside and outside playtime depending on the weather. Our DTCA staff members are experienced, current in CPR and First Aid training, and love working with children.
Note: Preschoolers will be in the preschool with certified staff specifically trained in the needs of 3-5 year olds.
