24-25 Blue Valley High School NON-SPORT Clubs/Activities

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1	GROUP	Description	STAFF SPONSOR(s)			Student Leader (S)	Notes

2	Advanced Repetory Theatre		Jeff Yarnell
3	Ambassadors for Christ	Come and get to know other girls who strive to learn more about the Bible and do that together.	Makenzie Garber
4	Amnesty International	We would educate students of Human Rights abuses that go on throughout the world with presentations on different types and give them resources to make a change.	Nicholas Deffer
5	Anime Club	The purpose of this club is to gather and enjoy the company of others who enjoy anime.
6	Art & Design House		Molly Cowan
7	Asian American Association	A club dedicated to sharing a variety of Asian cultures with the wider community	Molly Cowan
8	Band		Paul Bessetti	Julia Janda
9	Biology Olympiads	Biology Olympiad is a national competition that tests students’ knowledge and understanding of biology, and is geared towards identifying, inspiring, empowering, and supporting the next generation of life science leaders and to develop their international network. Possible activities for the club are preparing the members for the test, by teaching them advanced topics and taking practice tests for the real test.	Grace Wright
10	Black Student Union (BSU)	Our goal for the Black Student Union is to create a safe place for black students, to immerse ourselves in black culture, and promote connections within the black student body in Blue Valley High.	Moses Manga	Caitlin Neneman
11	Book Club	If you have a love of reading and want to connect with fellow readers, join book club! We meet once a month to discuss books and play games	Caitlin Neneman
12	BPA	Business Professionals of America (BPA) Competitive national business organization. Students will learn about business and industry while participating in state and national competitions.	Kathy Peres	TJ Slade Brooke Poskin Laurie Warwick
13	Chambers (enrollment in class required)		Sam Dollins
14	Cheer	Support school athletics and activites, promote school spirit, and become ambassadors for the school. Athletes also have the option of competing at State, Regionals, and/or Nationals depending on the year.	Jamie van Loben Sels- Head Coach and Varsity
15	Chess Club	Playing recreational and competitive chess
16	Choir		Sam Dollins
17	Classic Literature Club	Students gather once per month to discuss and/or learn about a selected piece of classic literature.	Casey Engel
18	Classy Ladies		Sam Dollins
19	Club Repasito	Spanish students get academic support and preparation from Spanish Honors Society members	TBD
20	Color Guard		Mikayla Gresham
21	Computer Science Club	This club will focus primarily on preparation for competitive programming events and outreach projects involving coding. Competitive events include K-State programming competition, KU Design competition, State BPA and more. Students will have an opportunity to have a leadership role.	TJ Slade
22	Concert Band		Paul Bessetti	Julia Janda
23	Cornhole Club	Relaxing time of day to play a game or two of cornhole with a friend and encourage social interaction	Tyler Randall
24	Creative Writing Club		Amanda Durnal
25	Cubing Club	Learn to solve a Rubik's cube if you don't know how already. Practice and improve your cube solving abilities. Compete with others in the club	Grace Wright	Mondays from 3-3:45 pm in room 206 (starting on 2/26/24)
26	Dance Team		Alyssa Waller	Jennifer Duke
27	Debate
28	DECA	International Marketing Student Association that prepares emerging leaders and entrepreneurs in the fields of marketing, finance, hospitality and management. Students will learn about business and industry while participating in state and International competitions.	Kathy Peres	Brooke Poskin Laurie Warwick
29	Diversity Club	To promote diversity, cultural awareness, and give support to students and staff on multicultural issues in school and community. The group takes a stand against prejudice, hatred, and promotes an appreciation and understanding of tolerance of others and education for all.	Manal Wiedel
30	Drama Club	This club is Open to all students, whether they are in a theatre class or not. It meets about once a month on different days and times to allow everyone a chance to make it to meetings whenever possible.	Jeff Yarnell
31	Educators Rising	geared for those with an interest in pursuing a career in education	DISCONTINUED
32	Environmental Club	Environmental Club will focus on active student involvement making Blue Valley High School a more environmentally friendly place. Actions will include- School Recycling, Composting, Development and Maintenance of Environmental Landscaping, and other activities as directed by the students.	Kale Mann
33	Faith and Reason	Discuss the life of Jesus and how to live out the Bible. We're hoping to have guest speakers come in and talk to us and answer questions.	Tony Scardino
34	Fandom Club	A place where kids can discuss anything that relates to their "fandom," whether it be print or visual media. Example fandom discussions/movies/games have included Star Wars/Trek, Percy Jackson, Harry Potter, DC vs. Marvel, anime, comics, etc.	DISCONTINUED
35	FCCLA	Family & Career Community Leaders of America is devoted to helping the Family. Community Service	Kendra Smith
36	Fellowship of Christian Athletes		TBD
37	Film and Book Review club	A club for people who just want to openly discuss their thoughts and opinions on movies and books.	DISCONTINUED
38	Forensics (Competitive Speech)
39	French Club	Open to any student interested in Francophone culture. No need to be enrolled in French class or speak French to attend.	DISCONTINUED
40	Freshman Concert Band		Paul Bessetti	Julia Janda
41	Future Healthcare Professionals	Learning about different health care fields and careers, having guest speakers, community service opportunities, learning about different colleges	Amy Harmon
42	Future Is Female - BVHS Chapter	Future Is Female is a non-profit organization, they have started multiple chapters across the United States. The organization aims to educate students about the daily systemic struggles women endure and help them overcome those struggles. The goal of the club is to come together as a community to unify women in society and help individuals make a positive impact. At other chapters, Future Is Female has hosted events like a drive to collect period products, sanitary items, etc and donate them to women's shelters in the KC metro area. They also assembled care packages for the women in shelters, and dental hygiene kits for women in Guam.	Kylie Thompson
43	Gay-Straight Alliance		Moe Edmonds		Amy Fear
44	Girls Who Code	Recruiting girls in the world programming. We strive to provide a great place to learn programming and meet with other students.	TJ Slade	Grace Wright
45	Hammock Club		DISCONTINUED
46	Headrush- Literary and Art Magazine	Design, edit, publish school lit & art mag	Michelle Huss
47	Horticulture Management Club	The Horticulture Management Club centers around the propagation and cultivation of plants around school grounds and beyond. The purpose of the club is to facilitate the proliferation of plant life in the BVH community. Some of our activities include watering and cultivating plants, holding seminars about different types of plants and how best to care for them, and a variety of fun activities that encourage plant conservation around the school.	Steven Dean
48	Humanity First Student Organization	The club is going to be a year-round school-wide donation & humanitarian awareness club. Many other clubs have this same premise, however, this club is unique because not only will it be year-round, but it will deal with foreign aids (building wells in African countries, donating money to refugees, etc). We also want to collaborate with the business groups and present the club during assemblies.	Jessica Spriggs
49	Investment Club	Stock market game; learn stock tips.	Kathy Peres
50	Jewish Student Union (JSU)	JSU meetings provide a fun social environment exploring Jewish interests and activities.	Eli Kanarek
51	KAY Club	Community service organization	Amanda Durnal
52	Latin American Student Association	The Latin American Student Association (LASA) is for all students interested in embracing themselves in Latin American culture.	Francisco Santiago
53	Mu Alpha Theta (National Math Honor Society)	Mu Alpha Theta is the National High school and Two-Year College Mathematics Honor Society. We are dedicated to inspiring keen interest in mathematics, developing strong scholarship in the subject, and promoting the enjoyment of mathematics in high school. Students who want to join must be in either pre-calculus or higher and have at least a 3.5 GPA in math.	Kate Baker	Caden Laptad				Edward Hernandez Andrea Guerrero
54	Musical		Sam Dollins
55	Muslim Student Association (MSA)	The Muslim Student Association Club promotes Islamic values of diversity, kindness, serving the community and helping those in need. Possible club activities include raising money for a fundraiser helping those in need- donating money to a charity. Making gift baskets for staff in the school, making blankets for shelters. If possible, finding a place in school for Muslims to pray the noon prayer that's usually around 12-1:30 depending on the time(usually it's early during daylight savings). During lunch time, having the library accessible to go to during the month of Ramadan for anyone who fasts.	Manal Wiedel
56	National Art Honor Society	The NAHS program inspires and recognizes students who have shown an outstanding ability and interest in art. The program supports members in their efforts to attain the highest standards in art scholarship, character, and service, and to bring art education to the attention of the school and community.	Mark Mosier
57	National English Honor Society	This is the BVHS chapter of National English Honor Society. This group's goal is to foster a love of all things ELA in the BVHS community. We meet once per month to engage in ELA-related activities and participate in community service projects.	Jamie van Loben Sels
58	National French Honor Society
59	National History Honor Soc.	National History Honors society is first and foremost a student group who enjoys history. Our goals are to engage in historical discussion and enlighten our fellow students to historical events, ideas, and topics whenever and wherever we can.	Molly Cowan-Johnson
60	National Honor Society	BVHS NHS is a group of students who have applied and been inducted into NHS. Second semester juniors who have at least a 3.50 GPA are eligible and will be invited to apply. Students must demonstrate leadership, character, service and scholarship in order to be members. Inducted members meet monthly and perform service projects that benefit the school and community.	Catherine Whitten
61	National Latin Honor Society/Latin Club	We are the BVHS chapter of the National Junior Classical League, under the auspices of the Kansas Junior Classical Association, as well as the National Latin Honor Society. We have monthly meetings, as well as social events throughout the year and regular events with the other chapters of the Kansas Junior Classical League.	Jordan Dillon
62	National Science Honor Society
63	National Spanish Honor Society	NSHS meetings and events are designed to provide opportunities to explore Spanish language and culture while fostering a supportive community of language learners. Anyone is welcome to attend meetings and events, all of which are carried out in Spanish, even though students must meet level and GPA requirements to officially join.	Steven Dean
64	National Technical Honors Society		Laurie Warwick
65	Newspaper		Michelle Huss
66	Orchestra		Amy Fear
67	Physics Olympiad	For students to pursue their interest in Physics. There will be an exam at the end of the year that can qualify you for regional and national recognition. Attend a meeting and get put into the group me	Dalton Watts
68	Programming Club		TJ Slade
69	Quill & Scroll	Honor Society for students in publications classes through their senior year.	Michelle Huss
70	Racing Club	the purpose of the racing club is to gather students who have a love of racing cars. Open to every one that can make it and that has an open mind and willing to learn new stuff. This club will NOT sponsor any actual racing. This is just a space to talk about it and share information with others that are interested.	Jana Koehn
71	Red Cross Club	Red Cross Club is our school's branch of the Red Cross. We do activities provided by them to help aid humanity.	Caitlin Neneman
72	Repertory Theatre		Jeff Yarnell
73	Right to Life Club		DISCONTINUED
74	SAFE	Safe is a student led educational program, designed to raise awareness for seatbelt usage. Students participate in surveys to determine the percentage of seatbelt usage on and around Blue Valley High School.	Officer Nathan Schmidt	Officer Trevor Burgess
75	SASA(South Asia Student Association)	South Asian student Alliance(SASA) is an Organization that strives to break the barriers between different cultures with Asia. SASA was created to fulfill the following goals Bring together the South Asian community. Promote South Asian Culture Create various fun, social,educational, cultural events and service aspects of our diverse community. Preserve the rich cultural heritage of South Asia. Some of our activities consists of learning cultural dances, watching bollywood movies,debates on South Asian politics and discrimination, eating authentic food, and doing henna and having game nights! How this is Different from AAA is while the AAA is more focused on presentations and being Asian American this Club is mainly focused on embracing their south asian culture and enjoying fun things about the cultures present in it.This is more of having many activities outside the school time. This idea struck to me when I found out that almost all the other BV schools also have an AAA, SASA, and a diversity club.	Kylie Garcia
76	School Store	Tigers Inc. School Store & Tigers Cafe Coffee Shop - two school-based enterprises run solely by students	Kathy Peres
77	Science Knowledge Bowl	Tuesdays. 3-4 in room 213. Weekly meetings are held to practice for a single, springtime quiz-based tournament focused on science questions with schools from across the bistate area	Dianne Dunn
78	Science Outreach	bring the excitement of science to middle and elementary students in BVH feeder schools	Grace Wright
79	Select Blend		Sam Dollins
80	Show Choir		Sam Dollins
81	Sources of Strength	The Sources of Strength club is committed to promoting mental wellness, positively influencing school culture, and reducing stigma surrounding mental health needs. Students involved are expected to be change agents for creating positive supports and strength among the student body.	Moe Edmonds	Samantha Coronado
82	Spanish Club		Steven Dean
83	Spike Ball Club	A club that plays spike ball	Amy Harmon
84	Sports Broadcasting	Live-streaming sports and activities around the school on the internet. Be a part of a crew with multiple cameras, graphics, commentators, director, etc. and learn how to broadcast games like you see on TV!	Andrew Reeves
85	Spring Play		Jeff Yarnell
86	Student Council		Mark Mosier	Jennifer Stock
87	Students Against Destructive Decisions(SADD)	SADD is a national organization that focuses on empowering students to make a difference in their school communities. The three main focuses would be traffic safety, substance abuse, and personal health and safety. Meetings would focus on promoting student well-being. Students would also look for opportunities to work with existing campus organizations whose missions overlap with SADD to team up and 'signal boost'.	Catherine Whitten
88	Students Assist Schools (SAS)	Students Assist Schools (SAS) is committed to supporting and aiding teachers at middle and elementary schools. We visit neighboring schools to help teachers and office staff, tutor students, volunteer at school carnivals, and organize a fun run/walk to raise money for education-based organizations.	Carrie McClain
89	Symphonic Band		Paul Bessetti	Julia Janda
90	Symphonic Orchestra		Amy Fear
91	Table Top Club	Students come together to enjoy board games, table top games of all kinds, and Dungeons & Dragons!	Jordan Dillon	Caden Laptad
92	TailBlazers: Guide Dog Awareness	This is a club to raise awareness for guide dogs (and other types of service dogs) in the community. We can have guest speakers come in to talk about service dogs, hold Q&As, and possibly do dog-related crafts like making toys for Southeastern Guide Dogs. I want to fundraise for Southeastern Guide Dogs because they don't get any government funding, and they train many kinds of service dogs. In meetings, we can plan fun ways to fundraise, make posters, and learn about managing events and money. I think this would be fun for lots of people because it appeals to many interests including animals, marketing and finances, and philanthropy.	DISCONTINUED
93	Technical Crews for Play Productions		Jeff Yarnell
94	Technology Student Assoc.	With a pleothra of tech based events student can prepare a specific project or idea. Students attend a state competition and have the chance to make it nationals	David Briggs	TJ Slade
95	The Social Justice Club	The goal of the SJC is to challenge youth to excel in the context of cooperation and mutual care. With the help of group discussions and activities, we seek to develop a critical understanding of the commonalities that bind us all together, across cultures and nations. During the academic year, we host Zoom sessions with schools in Uganda, have partaken in Amnesty International's "Write for Rights" campaign, and have published "Focus on Justice: Photography from Youth" in collaboration with the Mid-Continent Public Library as well as "The World Is Waking Up: Poetry from Youth Around the World".	Catherine Whitten
96	Thespians		Jeff Yarnell
97	Tiger eSports	Students can play video games both recreationally and competively. We will conduct structured practices with opportunities to travel to other schools, colleges and events to compete.	TJ Slade
98	Tiger Mentors	Junior and senior students work with the incoming freshmen to welcome them into our tiger family. They host many events at the start of the year, and then continue getting to know their freshmen group during tiger time.	Mackenzie McDonald
99	Tiger Pride Leadership		Jennifer Stock
100	Tigers Inc. School Store	Students enrolled in the Marketing Management class operate the Tigers Inc. School Store & Coffee shop. Students must first enroll in the course & then complete the application process. Students in the store class work in lines based on the area of business they are responsible for -- apparel, feeder schools, custom orders, coffee shop, financial & strategic marketing. Students 10-12 are encouraged to apply!	Kathy Peres