North Carroll High School

Clubs and Activities

CLUB	SPONSOR	DESCRIPTION
Art Club	Mrs. Trageser	Art Club creates murals for school dances, performs face painting at various events throughout the year, has studio time, and is involved in various community projects.
Band and Orchestra	Mrs. Brown	These courses are offered within the regular school day; however, concerts, performances and travel extend these into after school activities and events.  Students involved in Band Front may be a part of the school band without enrollment in a specific course.
Business Club	Mr. Myers & Mr. MacDonald	Business Club is open to all students.  The club experiences all aspects of the business field with a hands-on approach.  Past activities have been holding concerts and special events, investing in the stock market, seminars on business colleges, selling fundraisers and many other activities. This club meets in B205.  Listen to announcements for date and times of future meetings.
Academic Challenge	Mr. Gordon	The Academic Challenge Team is for students who like to compete with other students on a variety of academic puzzles, trivia games, and general knowledge challenges.  Students will participate in a countywide competition as well as compete on the television show It’s Academic.
Creative Writing Club	Mr. Muhl	This club is designed to help aspiring writers nourish their craft through the study of and introduction to (new) literature as well as peer critique.  As creative writing encompasses a wide variety of literary genres from poetry to the lost art of essay writing to film scripts, the Creative Writing Club is for everyone!
Drama Club	Mrs. Gore & Mr. Scanlan	Do you like to be one stage or are you a “behind the scenes” kind of person?  Either way, Drama Club is for you.  Drama Club will meeting every Thursday in the auditorium at 2:45 pm.  Drama Club will be attending the Maryland Renaissance Fair on September 20th.  A trip is planned to NY City in January to see West Side Story, which was revived on Broadway this past year.  Performances this year will include Dracula, Everything You Wanted to Know About Girls, and Into the Woods.  Upcoming information is posted on the drama bulletin board outside the auditorium.  Dues are $10 per year.
Every Monday Matters	Mrs. Gore	Every Monday Matters is a social action club.  The club’s aim is to combine fundraising with social action and  volunteering for things that benefit our community.  Last year the club hosted a teacher talent show to raise money which was donated to NESAP.  This year the club hopes to go to the Bea Gaddy house in Baltimore around Thanksgiving to serve the homeless as well as plans are being made to adopt a needy family for Christmas.  The club meets every Monday from 2:30 pm to 3 pm.
Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA)	Mr. Dodson	FCA is a group of students who come together to encourage one another in a spiritual way.  The gathering consists of time for sharing concerns and reading the Bible.  The group also participates as a group in activities outside of school.
Future Educators Association (FEA)	Mrs. Rudy	FEA is a national program for middle and high school students interested in exploring careers in education.
FFA	Mr. Geiman & Mr. Weaver	For students with interest in agriculture, animals, plants, natural resources, and sales and marketing.  The date of the first meeting will be announced during morning announcements. Dues are $15 per year; however, a fundraiser is used to offset the costs of dues.
Key Club	Mrs. Fair	Key Club is a service club co-sponsored by the school and Kiwanis International.  The group meets every Wednesday from 2:35 pm until 3:35 pm in B206.
Men’s Choir	Ms. Kauffman	For male students who have an interest in singing regardless whether the student is enrolled in a Chorus class.  One needs not have participated in a choir before.  This is a great opportunity to meet new people in all grades, try out a new skill and have fun.  The group will meet during SET.
Multicultural Club	Mrs. Stoner	The Multicultural Club is an organization of students who share an interest in promoting a better understanding of cultural differences in our school and community.  The club meets during SET and after school.
Peer Facilitators	Mr. Shrader	Peer Facilitating is a (elective) credit-bearing course for students interested in developing leadership skills which will permit them to recognize and intervene in problems identified in their school with their peers.
Poetry Club	Ms. Bugbee	The focus of this club is to provide a forum in which students can help each other craft, revise, and otherwise discuss poetry of all types.  Interested members of the Poetry Club can also help publish the NC literature and art magazine.
Project Linus	Mrs. Kraft	Project Linus is a national volunteer organization whose mission is to provide love, a sense of security, warmth and comfort to children who are seriously ill, traumatized, or otherwise in need through the gifts of new, handmade blankets and afghans, created by the group’s members.  The club meets the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of the month from 2:45 pm until 4 pm in F14.
Quo Vadis	Mr. Day	Quo Vadis the name of the NCHS yearbook.  Students who are creative and interested in bettering NC’s yearbook should consider becoming part of the yearbook committee.  Responsibilities include making the yearbook pages while trying to include everyone fro school in general candids. Yearbook is a first semester class.  Only juniors and seniors can be members of the yearbook committee, and interested students apply during the scheduling process.
Science Club	Science Teachers	For students interested in pursuing skills and increasing their knowledge in fun, educational activities related to Enviromental Science, Biology, Chemistry and Physics. The club participates annually in several competitions including the Physics Olympics and Envirothon, competing against other schools.  Competition not your thing!? No Problem! Students can participate in environmentally friendly activities like environmental clean-ups and tree plantings or participate in fun extentions of other areas of science!
Ski Club	Mr. Snyder & Mr. Hanewinckel	If you like to ski this is the club for you!  The club offers both Night Club events at Ski Liberty and long distance trips.  If you are interested in Night Club card events see Mr. Snyder.  Mr. Hanewinckel will be overseeing the long distance trips. Listen to the announcements for information on our first meeting.
Speech and Debate Team	Mr. Shrader	The speech and debate team meets weekly to prepare for competitions in the Carroll County Debate league as well as outside competitions.  If you are interested in current events, developing arguments and utilizing critical thinking skills, this would be a good club for you.  Members can compete in two person teams against teams from other schools.  Participation on the team is also a good resume builder for college applications.
Spirit Committee	SGA Mrs. Reed	Works directly with the Student Government in activities such as school dances and spirit week.  Their main goal is to get the student body involved in making the activities at NCHS profitable but most of all fun for all.  We got spirit, how about you?  Listen to announcements concerning how to apply for spirit committee.
Student Government Association (SGA)	Mrs. Reed	Organizes school-wide fundraisers and extra curricular activities such as blood drives and dances.  Proceeds go towards NCHS needs and our community.  Works closely with the students and administration to make NCHS a productive environment.  SGA has elected and appointed offices that are open each year.  In addition, each advisory elects one SGA representative and one alternate to represent that advisory group at SGA General Assembly meetings.
Tangents	Mr. Hanewinkel	Tangents is NC’s art and literary magazine.  The staff is comprised of students who meet periodically to review artwork and literary works (short stories, poems, prose, song lyrics, comic strips, etc.) submitted by NC students for this annual publication.
Treble Choir	Ms. Kauffman	For students who have an interest in singing regardless whether the student is enrolled in a Chorus class.  One needs not have participated in a choir before.  This is a great opportunity to meet new people in all grades, try out a new skill and have fun.  The group meets during SET.
Varsity Club	Mrs. D. Koontz & Mr. Sndyer	Varsity Club is for student athletes interested in participating in additional social and athletic activities throughout the school year.
World Languages Club	Mrs. Bair, Ms. Foyle & Ms. Pritchett	The focus of this club is to explore the languages and cultures of a variety of foreign countries.

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