Clubs & Activities

Sponsor: Hill (hillm@ccsd15.net)
Meeting Day: Tuesday
Location: 129
Dates: October - December

Anime club explores animations and engaging storylines from the industry while spending time with friends and crafting projects. We will view both movies and shows from a variety of genres to ensure that everyone has something that pulls their interest in addition to practicing their creative skills. This club will begin on October 1st. Please see the club sponsor Ms. Hill if you have any questions.

7th and 8th Grade

Sponsor: Shapera (shpaeraz@ccsd15.net)
Meeting Day: Tuesday/Thursday
Location: 223
Dates: September- March

Provide extracurricular visual art learning experiences in a safe, friendly and fun environment. Art Club will be starting the end of September. Mrs. Shapera is the club sponsor and will host the club in her classroom after school hours. Students can take the activity bus home at 3:45.

6th Grade

Sponsor: Tomasetti ( tomasetj@ccsd15.net)

Meeting Day: Tues/Weds

Location: 225

Dates: October -December

Sponsor: Mongello Mitchell and TJ Mitchell  (mongellm@ccsd15.net ; mitchelt@ccsd15.net)

Students participate in band during the school day as part of their daily schedule.  

Before school practices are also part of band

Sponsor: Piper (piperl@ccsd15.net)
Meeting Day: Wednesday
Location: 229
Dates: September - May (2 sessions one each semester)

Students have the opportunity to work collaboratively or independently on creating different LEGO designs. 

Sponsor: Bruno (brunol@ccsd15.net)
Meeting Day: Thursday
Location: Orchestra Room
Dates: September - May

Students will perform on selected pieces and compete at an annual competition.  This club is for existing orchestra students. 

Sponsor: Semelsberger (semelsbergerk@ccsd15.net)

Meeting Day: Weds. 

Locations: Orchestra Room

Dates: September - May

Students meet weekly learning to sign as a group within a choir.  They will perform a couple times a year with one of our band concerts

Sponsor: Thomsen, Medjes, Semelsberger (thomsenv@ccsd15.net ; medjesm@ccsd15.net,  semelsbergerk@ccsd15.net)
Meeting Day:Thursday
Location: 128
Dates: November - November - February 

Teachers will work with students on creating a musical which will be performed on two different evenings. 

Sponsor: Vanessa Thomsen (thomsenv@ccsd15.net)
Meeting Day: Tuesday
Dates: January - May

Location: 136

A club to explore music production, sound design, podcasting and composing

Sponsor: Berry (berrya@ccsd15.net

Meeting Day: Tuesdays

Location: 223

Dates:-October - January 

Students will work together to design and build grand prix cars that function on hydrogen - powered cars

Sponsor: Piper (piperl@ccs15.net)
Meeting Day: Tuesday
Location: LRC
Dates: yearlong

A place after school where students can complete homework independently or with minimal assistance.

Sponsor: Mongello (mongellm@ccsd15.net)

Location: Band Room

This club is for students who are interested in expanding their instrucmental skills in a different format.  Students will learn Jazz pieces, perform at a band concert.  This club meets before school. 

Sponsor: Mitchell (mitchelt@ccsd15.net)
Meeting Day: Thursday (morning)
Location: Band room
Dates: September - June

Additional Jazz Band for beginning/developing jazz musicians.

Sponsor: Nicholas Lopez (lopezn@ccsd15.net)
Meeting Day: Tuesday
Location: L26
Dates: October - May

Students will learn specific dance moves from LATIN ryhthyms such as Merengue, Cumbia, Bachata, Salsa, Vallenato, an others. Students will also learn how to follow rithmic patterns and eye-hand-foot coordination as well as team work and effort

Sponsor:  Piper (piperl@ccsd15.net)
Meeting Day: Monday

Location: LRC/206
Dates: October - Sept.-March

Math Club prepares students for regional and state competitions. It is also a way to strengthen math skills as well as interact with peers. 

This is for 7th and 8th grade students only. 

Sponsor: O'Kelly  (okellym@ccsd15.net)

Location: 222

Dates: Yearlong

This club is for only 8th grade students that go through an application process.  

Sponsor: Vasey  (vaseya@ccsd15.net)
Meeting Day: Monday/Thursday
Location: 229
Dates: October-January 

Every week is a new micro-club invented by the members. One week could be cursive. The next: paper airplanes. The next: spoon catapult engineering. Always changing.

Sponsor: Bruno (brunol@ccs15.net)

Location: Orchestra Room

Orchestra is part of the student's daily schedule.  There are also before and after school practices 

Sponsor: Coutts-Siepka (couttsc@ccsd15.net)
Location: Library
Dates: September - May

Students lead our announcements through the annoucements, running the cameras, sound, and computers.  This group starts prior to the start of the day so the announcements ar ready to go.

Sponsor: Lopez (lopezn@ccsd15.net)
Meeting Day: Weds.
Location: L26
Dates: September - October 29-February)

In plastilina clay club, students will develop individual projects with several clay techniques. They will start with 2 D projects and will develop to full 3D projects according to the Month. for instance SEPTEMBER LATINO HERITAGE, OCTOBER HALLOWEEN, NOVEMBER THANKSGIVING, DECEMBER CHRISTMAS, etc.

Sponsor: Coutts-Siepka (couttsc@ccsd15.net)
Location: Library

Meeting Day: Weds.
Dates: September - February

Team robot design and building using VEX robotics systems. Teams work through fall season to address VEX Annual Game challenge and attend local competition in Jan/Feb.

Sponsor :Morse (morsej@ccsd15.net)

Meeting Day: Tuesdays

Location: TBD

Dates: September- December

This club would be open to any students who want to get together to play games, develop friendships, and be involved at school. It would run all year.  I would have a variety of games available for kids to play (board games, card games, puzzles, brain games, etc). The aim  is for a tech-free zone to give kids a break from screens and to support interaction with each other. 

Sponsor: Tinaglia (tinaglij@ccsd15.net)
Meeting Day: Tuesday, Wednesday 
Location: Gym/MPR
Dates: September - December

Cheering on the sidelines of boys' home basketball games, dancing at halftime 

Sponsor: Hamann (hamannj@ccsd15.net)
Meeting Day: TBD
Location: Cafe or Room 201
Dates: November - February 

Video Game and Hanging Out!

Sponsor: Mongello (mongellm@ccsd15.net)

Meeting Day: Weds. 

Location: Band ROom 

Dates: January- April

A performing ensemble entirely based around percussion instruments. Students can either develop advanced percussion skills or play percussion instruments for the first time. This club meets before school

Sponsor: O'Kelly (okellym@ccsd15.net)

Meeting Day: Tues/Thurs

Location: 222

Dates; October-January

Enjoy Chess?   Come play with some of your fellow Charger students