Students and teachers are encouraged to start clubs based on their academic and extracurricular interests. This school year, many students came together to start brainstorming ideas on how they could start their own club and bring like-minded people together.
For junior Camilla O’Connell, her interest in crochet was sparked during quarantine. With the help of english teacher Anna Harbison, she was able to get a sponsor for her club and build new skills.
“Over Covid I tried to learn how to crochet but it always ended up being a mess. So, I figured that I should create an opportunity to have someone sit down and teach me how to correctly. I wanted someone to hold me accountable of my progress,” O’Connell said.
O’Connell creates a positive environment so that students feel comfortable to learn.
“When you have a good mindset and environment, you are able to enjoy the people around you and learn together,” O’Connell said.
For business minded students, the Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) Club builds business skills and nurtures the idea of healthy competition in everyday life. Originally started by Coach Beall, The FBLA Club has had a successful start up.
“We learn everything like digital arts, computer design and web design to help us investigate,” senior FBLA leader Jacob Harris said.
The goal of the FBLA club is to increase students’ ability to understand more about majoring in business and prepare them for their possible future in the career path Competitions in the FBLA community are a very broad range. So much so that 4,000 schools are currently competing and involved in this organization.
“We do not only focus on competitive aspects of business, there is a very broad range. We cover different topics at every club meeting,” Harris said.
We try to create a relaxing environment so that our club members can feel comfortable talking about injustices within the POC community. We want to let the school know that just because we are a minority, we are still here.”
— Oluchi Ugbajah
Black Student Union (BSU) is an inclusive club for students. Senior Oluchi Ugbajah, president, wanted to build a space for students.
“I wanted to form a community where we, [black students], weren’t scarce and had a bigger environment to be ourselves in,” Ugbajah said.
There are a variety of different clubs to join or even start as a MHS student. Every club is highly inclusive and always ready to have another member join.
