Trimester 1 Clubs
Menands School is excited to continue extracurricular clubs and sports this Fall for Grades 3-8. Club offerings occur after school everyday until 4:30, and bus transportation home is available. Please see the club description for further details.
CLUBS STAY AFTER LATER THIS YEAR. CLUBS STAY AT SCHOOL UNTIL 4:30.
If a club meets its 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 to sign up are at the bottom of this page.
MONDAY
- Soccer – Grades 7 & 8
- Volleyball Club – 5-8
- Pay it Forward – 4-6
- Board Games – 3-5
- Girls on the Run – 3-5
- Lego Club – 6-8
TUESDAY
- Dungeons & Dragons – 6-8
WEDNESDAY
- Cross County-Grades 5-8
- Anime – 3-5
- Girls on the Run – 3-5
- Lego Club – 3-5
THURSDAY
- Soccer-Grades 7 & 8
- Yearbook – 6-8
- Girls Who Code – 3-5
- Drama Club Set Design – 6-8
FRIDAY
- Cross Country – Grades 5-8
Clubs
Volleyball Club
First Trimester: Mondays
Grades 5-8
Advisor: Ms. Ervin & Ms. McQuade
Students will have the opportunity to work with coaches on skills and drills to learn and develop volleyball abilities. They will practice skills that support them during volleyball scrimmages.
Maximum number of participants is 25
Board Games Club
First Trimester: Mondays
Grades 3-5
Advisors: Mrs. Kayoleros & Mrs. Bruce
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 20
Girls on the Run
First Trimester: Mondays, Wednesdays
Grades 3-5
Advisors: Ms. McGlauflin & Mrs. Roseberger
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 twice 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). 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
Lego Club Grades 6-8
First Trimester: Mondays
Grades 6-8
Advisors: 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 12
Pay it Forward
First Trimester: Mondays & Wednesdays
Grades 4-6
Advisor: Ms.Stack
Pay it Forward Club meets weekly to brainstorm different ways to give back to the community. We would select various organizations to help with and discuss key components of community service. This club helps students develop empathy and perspective, as well as develop leadership skills and become role models to their peers. Students will learn about good deeds and how they can have a positive impact on not only a person but the whole community.
Maximum number of participants is 20.
Dungeons and Dragons
First Trimester: Tuesdays
Grades 6-8
Advisors Mrs. McNamara
Open to all skill levels, this D&D group will act as an introduction to the tabletop Role Playing Game Dungeons & Dragons. Participants will create their own character and become part of the shared story experience as they build their own world of fantasy.
Maximum number of participants is 6
Lego Club Grades 3-5
First Trimester: Wednesdays
Grades 3-5
Advisors: Mrs. Kaloyeros & Mrs. Bruce
Students learn while having fun! Creativity, problem-solving, and teamwork are some of the skills that “playing” with LEGOS can teach children.
Maximum number of participants is 20
Anime Club
First Trimester: Wednesdays
Grades 3-5
Advisor: Mrs. Catini
The anime club will provide students with a chance to speak about their favorite anime 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 12
Yearbook
First Trimester: Thursdays
Grades 6-8
Advisors: Mrs. Wroblewski & Mrs. Stanton
Students will work collaboratively to create the 2025-2026 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
Drama Club Set Design
First Trimester: Thursdays
Grades 6-8
Advisors: Mr. Gottcent & Ms. Foley
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 10
Girls Who Code
First Trimester: Thursdays
Grades 3-5
Advisor: Ms. Gibson
A supportive community of girls learning to code, create, and grow together! This fun, hands-on club builds creativity, confidence, and problem-solving skills through real-world tech projects. Students will explore basic coding with tools like Scratch and Code.org, design games and animations, and learn about inspiring women in tech — all while forming strong connections and sisterhood with their peers.
Maximum number of participants is 10
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.