Middle School Clubs

Clubs and Orgs

Advisor

Grades

Description

Meeting Logistics

Archery Club

Mr. (Ryan) Keenan

7-12

Archery Club provides an opportunity for students of all athletic abilities to participate in a fun, focus driven sport. Club members will have the opportunity to compete in tournaments and other archery events. Opportunities to compete at the state and national level will be offered to archers who show dedication to practice, use archery range etiquette, and meet required scores to compete. 

Gym

Meeting times TBD.

Earl Besch Organization Club

Mrs. (Linda) Still

8-12

Students will work to help feed needy families in Camp Hill. Service hours will be counted towards the student's requirement.

Dates/Times TBD

Middle School Homework Club

Ms. (Amber) Pound

6-8

Homework Club runs every Tuesday and Thursday after school from 3:00-4:00pm. Students have the opportunity to complete homework, projects, and study while being supported by a MS teacher. No pre-registration needed.

8-10x per month

Middle School Lion Pride Club

Mr. (Cory) Hulsizer

6-8

The Student PRIDE Committee is the student-branch of our PBIS program. Their main responsibilities in the club include managing and running the Paw Stamp School Store and helping run the 6th Grade Move Up day in the Spring. 

1x per month

Middle School 

Student Council

Mrs. (Andrea) Bryant & 

Mrs. (Kate) Marcus

8

This year, Student Council will be offered to only 8th grade students! These students will oversee mentor clubs for the entire middle school. The council will also be responsible for organizing events such as the school dance. We need the perspectives and insights of our most influential students. Look for a google form in Schoology at the end of September. We plan on meeting one Tuesday a month during lunch.

1x per month

Middle School Track & Field

Mrs. (Lydia) Keller

&

Ms. Kelly Collingsworth (Asst.)

6-8

Middle School track and field is an introduction to the sport. It begins in March and ends the first week of May. Through practice and competition we learn running, throwing, and jumping skills. We practice twice a week and have 2-3 meets with other club teams. It is a chance to have fun, make friends, and be part of a team.

Multiple times per week in the spring

Middle School Yearbook

Mrs. (Nicole) Flynn

8

The yearbook staff is responsible for designing, writing, layout, photography, and sales of the annual school yearbook.

Dates/Times TBD

Middle School Coding & Robotics Club

Mrs. (Heather) Lister

6-8

Middle School Coding and Robotics Club is for any student interested in computer science, web development, and robotics. This club explores a variety of programming languages, discusses new technologies, and has several field trips throughout the year. No programming experience is required. 

Dates/Times TBD

Middle School Debate Club

Mr. (Cory) Hulsizer

6-8

Middle School Debate Club is a group dedicated to helping students learn and practice their logical reasoning and debate skills. During meetings students engage in rapid- fire one-on-one debates, facilitate Socratic Seminars on self-selected topics, and judge/vote on the strengths of their peers’ arguments. 

1x per month

Middle School Podcast (NEW)

Mrs. (Lydia) Keller

6-8

Podcast Challenge is an interest based group. We are completing a podcast we started about Gibs. The podcast is being prepared for the PBS youth podcast challenge.

1x per month

Science Olympiad Team

Mrs. (Jen) Klos

6-9

This is a team competition involving science and engineering. Students partner with one or two other members to become experts in 2-5 events. The events could be building based (like tower building), lab/skill based (like science crime busters), or study based (like codebusters or meteorology). The team practices 2-3 times a week after school from November – April. The team competes with 15 members in grades 6- 9, but can have 5 support team members.

Location: TBD - After school 1-2 days per week after tryouts until final competition(s) in the Spring.

Ski Club

Missy Minehan: 717.368.7620

misstm368@gmail.com; 

Gretchen Spitzer: 717.877.1762 spitzer.gretchen@gene.com; 

Jim Armbrust: (717} 215-4030 or jparmbrust@gmail.com

6-12

Information available in Middle School Office

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