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2024-2025

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The following presentation outlines the after school clubs available at Linwood. Clubs are from 3:15-4:15 on Tuesdays/Wednesdays.

Each club will have a slide with information about the club and the day it meets.

There will be a Google Form at the end to apply for membership into clubs. *If you are interested in Student Congress, please use the Google Form on the Student Congress slide instead.

If you are planning to ride the late bus, please read carefully the late bus slides.

*Also, please note that you must read the anti-bullying contract as you will sign off that you read and agree to pledge on the Google Form.

Due to demand and availability, not all students will get their first choice or membership into a club.

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Advisors:

Ms. Scharen & Ms. Rodriguez

Be on the lookout for our Google Classroom!

Day of the Week:

Wednesday

If you are interested in taking photos, designing layouts, or learning how to work with new software, then you may want to try The Yearbook Club! We are looking for students who are eager to help design and create this year’s masterpiece. Join our team to document this UNIQUE school year.

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Coding Club

Coding Club

Advisor: Ms. Farber

Meets Tuesdays in 819

BEGINNERS & ADVANCED CODERS welcome!

Coding Club may meet on a rotating schedule due to enrollment size.

  • Practice computer programming skills
  • Create and share unique projects
  • Learn about real-life applications of coding

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CHORUS

See Mrs. Afflitto in 104 for more info!�Or Email: safflitto@nbtschools.org

  • Join us on Tuesdays!
  • Open to 5th and 6th Grade select students
  • Learn music games, rehearse more advanced music, prepare for Honor Choir opportunities

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After school on Wednesdays in room 104

Are YOU�Interested In………..

Acting?

Singing?

Dancing?

Writing or Telling Stories ?

Join !

Advisor:

Mr. McGeary

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Wind Ensemble

Advisor: Mr. Mason

When do we meet: Tuesday after school in Room 102

What do we do: Learn more advanced music, work on small group performances, discover new styles of music, work on higher level musical concepts, and (most importantly) perform!

Who should join: Any 5th or 6th grader that has been playing their instrument for at least 1 year and currently are enrolled in a band class.

Do you have questions? Come to talk to Mr. Mason, post in our google classroom, or email imason@nbtschools.org

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Jazz Band

Advisor: Mr. Mason

When do we meet: Wednesday after school in Room 102

What do we do: Rehearse as a 5th and 6th grade jazz band, work on basic improvisation skills, work on beginner jazz concepts, and (most importantly) play great music!

Who should join: Any 5th or 6th grade band student that has been playing their instrument for at least 1 year

Do you have questions? Come to talk to Mr. Mason, post in our google classroom, or email imason@nbtschools.org

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We meet after school on Wednesdays

Are YOU�Interested In………..

Robots?

Coding?

Talking to machines?

Advisor:

Mr. Lenihan

ROBOTICS CLUB

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Orchestra Club

Advisor: Mr. Birckhead

After school on Tuesdays

ONLY OPEN TO STUDENTS ENROLLED IN STRINGS-5 or STRINGS-6.

We will explore new music in addition to what we play in class. Students will get the chance to play with both 5th and 6th grade Orchestra members.

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Join

ART CLUB

We meet on Wednesdays!

Rotating schedule for 5th & 6th grade

Location: Art Room 415

Are you interested in creating!?

ART CLUB is the place for you!

We will create artwork for ourselves & for the school community & learn how to use a variety of Art supplies!

Advisor:

Ms.Brown

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Advisor

You will get to

About the Club

Cyber Tech Club

WEDNESDAYS

Mr. Rona

  • Discover new game genres
  • Understand the games you play
  • Appreciate video games more
  • And play video games

We learn how video games work the best way how…

Playing them!

For active and aspiring gamers

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Hydroponics/Aquaculture Club

Advisors:

  • Mrs. Wendell and Ms. Chan

When:

  • Wednesdays in Room 704

About:

  • Do you like science? Do you like learning about living things? Then this might be the club for you! We will explore the interaction between living and nonliving thing like plants and how they get their nutrients.

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Linwood School Environmental Club

Advisor: Mrs. Wendell Rm #: 708

Meets on Tuesday

Are you interested in

  • Environmental issues beyond what you learn in the classroom?
  • Contributing in making a greener earth?

Do want to help… You can by participating in meaningful activities:

  • Creating garden beds - for native pollinating plants
  • Build rain barrels - to use to water the plants
  • Create a composting area (vermicomposting)
  • Recycling programs
  • Plus much more…

Come join us. Together we can make a difference.

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Advisors: Mr. Sannwaldt and Miss Frattalone

Eligibility: CLICK HERE FOR THE LSC APPLICATION

Directions: To apply for a position in the Student Congress

as a SS Section Rep, use the Linwood Clubs Google form and

follow the instructions there for our special application!

Day of the Week: Wednesday

Summary:

  • Represent your SS teacher’s 5 sections,
  • Gain leadership and collaboration skills
  • Organize and carry out school-wide activities and service projects
  • Brainstorm ideas and design posters for school spirit days
  • Share weekly updates with your SS teacher’s classes and collect information from each class

“We are not a club, we are a commitment.”

*Don’t forget to complete the form on slide 24 too!*

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Newspaper Club!

Be a part of Linwood School's Newspaper Club!

Write about topics that interest you and your peers!

Meets on Tuesday

2024-2025

Advisor: Ms. Machalany

During Newspaper Club meetings we will:

  • Write articles about current events
  • What's happening in the North Brunswick community and Linwood
  • Movie and book reviews
  • Interview teachers, administrators, and other members of Linwood School

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Math Olympiad 24-25

Who is the club for:

Students in Fifth and Sixth grade who are strong in math, are committed to participating in the contest, and want to be part of the Linwood team.

When is the club:

The Math Olympiad Club will meet on Tuesday afternoons.

Advisor: Maria Russo

Interested in seeing a sample test to see more of the math we will be doing? Check here: https://moems.org/sample/

We participate in the Elementary Division Grades 4-6 !

Do you read these problems and think, ¨I want to solve that¨? If so, then Math Olympiad is for you!!!

Club Activities

We will meet weekly to practice solving challenging problems to prepare for our Contest Days. There are 5 Contest days for the year!

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Chess Club

Exercise your brain in the Linwood Chess Club! Play against fellow classmates to improve your chess skills, practice the art of critical thinking, learn to strategize, problem solve and more!

Never played chess before? No worries, chess is a game for all! Join Linwood Chess club and learn the fundamentals of the game, and be on your way to becoming a chess wizard!

Chess Club Meets on Wednesdays after school in cafe

"Get to where you want to go one move at a time."

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Do You Like To Compete?

Do You Like Sports?

Do You Like To Be Active?

If you answered YES! This club is for YOU! Please sign up

TUESDAYS!!!!

Meet in the GYM

Every 4 weeks will be a new sport. Session 1 (4 weeks) will be AMERICAN FOOTBALL.�We will be taking the first 25 5th graders and 25 6th graders

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The following slide are for those students who will be taking the late bus.

Please note that a late bus is only available for those who ride a bus to school

If you are requesting to ride the late bus, please look at the 3 routes, find the cross streets closest to your home.

This is the late bus you will ride home.

Please confirm with parent/guardian.

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Use the link below for late bus routes & stops. Please note the Route # (1,2 or 3) and the stop your child will exit. Please note that late buses are modified stops and might not necessarily stop at your regular stop.

Linwood Late Bus Routes

Please use the tabs below in the spreadsheet for each route

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Everyone has the right to feel physically and emotionally safe at Linwood School Clubs. We provide an physically and emotionally safe environment where students can create/learn/play and build relationships. As a member of Lion Club, we will treat everyone with respect regardless of any differences. Bullying is defined as intentionally aggressive behavior that can take many forms (verbal, physical, social, emotional, or cyber- or any combination of these). Bullying can be one child bullying another, or a group of children bullying another child or group of children.

Lion Club Member Pledge: I commit that I will not bully my peers at Linwood School, during after school functions or in my community. I will report it to any staff member at Linwood School or my parent/guardian.

Linwood School Anti-Bullying Pledge

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Due by

Sep 23rd

at 3pm

Use the form below to sign up for a club by using the link below.

No late forms

accepted!

**Please note, if you are interested in Student Congress, please complete BOTH forms (the one above AND the one on the club slide 15)!

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Club Advisors will alert members through

Google Classroom.

Look for an invite from the club advisor.

The club will post all information on this

Google Classroom.

Yearbook

Coding

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Due to club popularity,

club advisors will selecting students using a blind draft approach, however as seats become available in the club/bus, be on the lookout for an invite from your club choice at a later date.

I did not get an invite, now what?