Menands School is excited to continue extracurricular clubs and sports this Fall for Grades 2-8. Club offerings occur after school everyday until 4:30 and bus transportation home is available. Please see the club description for further details.
CLUBS NOW STAY AT SCHOOL UNTIL 4:30.
If a club meets their maximum capacity, all students who signed up for the club will be put into a lottery system. Through this system students will be randomly selected to participate in the club. Those who do not get selected will be notified through the parent email that was submitted during sign ups.
Links for each club will be posted when sign ups are available.
MONDAY
- Soccer – Grades 7 & 8
- Lego Club – Grades 6-8
- P.E. Sports – Grades 2 & 3
- Girls on the Run – Grades 3-5
- Improv – Grades 4-6
TUESDAY
- STEM – Grades 4-6
- Basketball Club – Grades 4 & 5
WEDNESDAY
- Baton Twirling – Grades 2 & 3
- Art Club – Grades 6-8
- Cross Country – Grades 5-8
- Anime Club – Grades 3-5
- Middle School Student Council – Grades 7 & 8
THURSDAY
- Baton Twirling – Grades 4 & 5
- STEM – Grades 4-6
- Soccer – Grades 7 & 8
- Yearbook – Grades 6-8
- P.E. Sports – Grades 4 & 5
- Trivia Club – Grades 7 & 8
- Board Games Club – Grades 2 & 3
FRIDAY
- Cross Country – Grades 5-8
Clubs
Lego Club
First Trimester: Mondays
Grades 6-8
Advisors: Señor Benoit and Ms. Ervin
Students will have the chance to work with legos and robots to make designs come to life! Through the lego kits, students will have opportunities to engage in a range of relevant learning opportunities that will immerse them in research, problem-solving, coding, and engineering with FIRST® LEGO® League Challenge Class Pack. Students will develop, design, build, and code LEGO® robots that navigate missions to develop an innovation project solution to a real-world problem. If your student enjoys a challenge and creative thinking this is for them! Students do not need to have experience with coding to do this club, just an interest in learning new skills and having fun!
Maximum number of participants is 15
P.E. Sports Grades 2 & 3
First Trimester: Mondays
Grades 2 & 3
Advisors: Mr. Ahl
P.E. Sports is a club to encourage students to stay physically active by participating in games, activities and sports. Students will be encouraged to learn about and display positive characteristics and sportsmanship during all activities.
Maximum number of participants is 20
P.E. Sports Grades 2 & 3 Sign Up!
P.E. Sports Grades 4 & 5
First Trimester: Thursdays
Grades 4 & 5
Advisors: Mr. Ahl
P.E. Sports is a club to encourage students to stay physically active by participating in games, activities and sports. Students will be encouraged to learn about and display positive characteristics and sportsmanship during all activities.
Maximum number of participants is 20
P.E. Sports Grades 4 & 5 Sign Up!
Girls on the Run
First Trimester: Mondays
Grades 3-5
Advisors: Mrs. Hayes and Mrs. Nersesian
“Girls on the Run is a nonprofit organization that offers programs designed to strengthen girls’ social, emotional, and physical skills. Girls on the Run’s curriculum includes the following three parts: understanding ourselves, valuing relationships and teamwork, and recognizing how we can shape the world at large. Coaches will attend training over the summer months to acquaint themselves with the curriculum.
Typically, there is a registration fee to sign up for a Girls on the Run team. However, due to local funding and grant money, there is no cost for Menands School students to participate. For this club, girls will participate as part of the Menands School Girls on the Run Team with Menands only girls. The club will meet once a week for an hour and a half after school. Club meetings will be a combination of team building interactive lessons as well as physical activity. Girls do not need to have prior running experience to participate in this club. As long as we are moving forward, we are moving!
The celebratory event for this club is running/walking in a 5K race at a local park (TBD) on November 18, 2022. The Menands School Team will race with other Girls on the Run teams from local schools/ programs in the Capital Region.
**Please note: Spots for this club are very limited and your girl’s tuition to participate is covered in full by fundraising and grant money. If your girl does not plan to regularly attend meetings and the 5K, please consider a different club. Additionally, if your girl is chosen via lottery for this club, please do not register her through the official GOTR website until a coach has reached out to you. You will be given a code for checkout when registering that makes the cost free.**”
Maximum number of participants is 15
Impov Club
First Trimester: Mondays
Grades 4-6
Advisors: Ms. Stack
Improv Club is a fun and creative club that will allow students to feel like the next Broadway star! In Improv Club, students will learn about what improv is and how it works. They will learn how to write their own script for a short skit, proper acting skills and techniques and most importantly, working as a team. This club is a great club to join and be part of if you have been in Drama Club before or plan on joining this year or in future Drama Club productions.
Maximum number of participants is 20
STEM
First Trimester: Tuesdays & Thursdays
Grades 4-6
Advisors: Mr. Nagel
The goal of this club is to promote student engagement in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math). Students will engage in hands-on STEM activities and discussions. Activities may include, coding, design and production, physics (objects in motion) and competitions.
The program “”may”” involve mentor students from the 8th grade STEM classes, who will assist with club activities, gaining leadership, and community service opportunities.
Maximum number of participants is 12
Basketball Club
First Trimester: Tuesdays
Grades 4 & 5
Advisors: Mr. Nevins
The goal of the Basketball Club is to educate and empower the students who love Basketball. They will learn how to dribble, shoot, pass, and new abilities to further their knowledge of basketball.
Maximum number of participants is 25
Baton Twirling Grades 2 & 3
First Trimester: Wednesdays
Grades 2 & 3
Advisors: Nurse Rosie
“What Is It?
Baton Twirling is a unique blend of artistry and sport. Baton twirlers combine dance and gymnastics with the handling of a metal baton (or two or three!). Baton twirlers learn how to keep one, two, and three batons all twirling while artistically interpreting the music they are twirling to. They can also learn how to twirl their baton while staying in step with music if performing with a high school and/or college band.
What Are the Benefits?
Baton twirling requires stamina, strength, flexibility, and accuracy. It can promote/improve self-esteem, self-discipline, build character and form a healthy foundation for an active lifestyle. It will also foster mental discipline and social relations. Baton twirling teaches teamwork, discipline, commitment, hand-eye coordination and sportsmanship through group participation.
Twirlers learn how to practice in order to master a new skill, how to set and achieve goals, and how to persevere through challenges. Becoming a baton twirler does not happen overnight and helps students understand the value of hard work and determination. They learn how to perform under pressure and the joy that comes from entertaining an audience with their skills.
Maximum number of participants is 15
Baton Twirling Grades 2 & 3 Sign Up!
Baton Twirling Grades 4 & 5
First Trimester: Thursdays
Grades 4 & 5
Advisors: Nurse Rosie
“What Is It?
Baton Twirling is a unique blend of artistry and sport. Baton twirlers combine dance and gymnastics with the handling of a metal baton (or two or three!). Baton twirlers learn how to keep one, two, and three batons all twirling while artistically interpreting the music they are twirling to. They can also learn how to twirl their baton while staying in step with music if performing with a high school and/or college band.
What Are the Benefits?
Baton twirling requires stamina, strength, flexibility, and accuracy. It can promote/improve self-esteem, self-discipline, build character and form a healthy foundation for an active lifestyle. It will also foster mental discipline and social relations. Baton twirling teaches teamwork, discipline, commitment, hand-eye coordination and sportsmanship through group participation.
Twirlers learn how to practice in order to master a new skill, how to set and achieve goals, and how to persevere through challenges. Becoming a baton twirler does not happen overnight and helps students understand the value of hard work and determination. They learn how to perform under pressure and the joy that comes from entertaining an audience with their skills.
Maximum number of participants is 15
Baton Twirling Grades 4 & 5 Sign Up!
Art Club
First Trimester: Wednesdays
Grades 6-8
Advisors: Mr. Gottcent
For students who have a passion and interest in Fine Art, students will be able to work on more challenging projects outside of their class time. These can include portraits, figure drawing, still lives as well as experimentation with new materials.
Maximum number of participants is 25
Anime Club
First Trimester: Wednesdays
Grades 3-5
Advisors: Mrs. Catini
The anime club will provide students with a chance to speak about their favorite animes with their schoolmates. In addition to being with like minded anime fans, students will learn about the history of anime, create a manga, cosplay, and act out their favorite scenes. Students on occasion will watch an age appropriate anime.
Maximum number of participants is 10
Middle School Student Council
First Trimester: Wednesdays
Grades 7 & 8
Advisors: Mr. Schweizer
Student Council is dedicated to working for the betterment of the whole school community here at Menands School. The Student Council has many goals, including promoting school spirit and fostering self-dignity and positivity among the students and staff at Menands School. The goal of the club will be to shape initiatives at the Middle School (Middle School Fun Night, Fall Fest etc) Student council may not meet every week.
Maximum number of participants is 10
Middle School Student Council Sign Up!
Yearbook
First Trimester: Thursdays
Grades 6-8
Advisors: Mrs. Wroblewski & Mrs. Stanton
Students will work collaboratively to create the 2023-2024 school yearbook electronically. Students will create announcements, send thank you notes, solicit photos, brainstorm page ideas, choose design layouts, and insert photos to create the completed yearbook.
Maximum number of participants is 10
Trivia Club
First Trimester: Thursdays
Grades 7 & 8
Advisors: Ms. Ervin & Ms. Purdy
This is for students who LOVE trivia and like games such as Jeopardy, Who Wants to be a Millionaire, and Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader. It is a way to get prepared for Academic Challenge Bowl Trimester 2. Academic Challenge Bowl is an academic competition with a quiz-bowl format. We will learn the rules and practice questions to prepare to compete against other schools during meets. The topics will cover a broad range: art, biology, chemistry, current events, geography, history, literature, music, political science, pop culture, religion and sports. If you have an interest in competing in trimester 2 come give trivia club a try!
Maximum number of participants is 10
Board Games Club
First Trimester: Thursdays
Grades 2 & 3
Advisors: Mrs. Kennedy
Board game club is a club where we will get together for a recreational activity that boosts strategic thinking skills and social interaction. This club is a platform for students with a common interest in board games to come together to have fun and to build relationships. We may even create our own board games! We will play new and traditional board games, take requests and students will be welcome to bring their own games to play with the group at times. I promise, you won’t be “bored” in board game club! 🙂
Maximum number of participants is 12
Sports
Soccer
First Trimester: Mondays and Thursdays
Grades 7 & 8
Advisor: Mr. Herrmann
Student-athletes who participate on the soccer team will have the opportunity to develop and hone their soccer skills through team practices as well as interscholastic competitions. Soccer practices will last until 4:30 and games will typically go until 5:30.
Maximum number of participants is 20.
Cross Country
First Trimester: Wednesdays & Fridays
Grades 5-8
Advisor: Mr. Buskey & Ms. Ervin
The sport of Cross Country provides students in grades 5-8 with an opportunity to participate in an activity that encourages physical fitness. Participants will be running on the nature trail along the school, individually working to improve their personal times in distances ranging from 1 to 2 miles. Practices will consist of running and building up endurance. Runners will also have the opportunity to participate in meets against other schools. More information about meets will be provided when the season starts. Cross country is a fun way to get in good physical shape and challenge yourself.
Maximum number of participants is 25.