Spring Clubs Schedule
Week of Feb 25 – Week of May 20
Registration
Club registration is closed.
All clubs remain open until enrollment limit is met.
Students are encouraged to speak with club advisors about being added to the roster.
Note: if registration for a club exceeds enrollment limit, the roster will be determined
by lottery and a wait list created. Students who miss 3 club meetings may be asked to give up their spot to the first person on the wait list.
How to Join
Priority for club participation will be given to students not involved in sports or other school-sponsored extra-curricular activities. Students are strongly encouraged to sign up for one club only and should sign up with the intention of attending most of the time.
Each club description will indicate the enrollment limit for that club, if applicable. If a student signs up for more than one club, the club advisor(s) will have to make a judgment as to which club the student will be invited to join. Students are encouraged to speak with the club advisor(s) to confirm the starting date for a particular club. Clubs will remain open until the enrollment limit has been met. Students who miss the opportunity to register online may still join a club as long as there’s an opening.
Philosophy
A word to parents from the Site Council…
A good extracurricular program provides an environment which fosters interpersonal relationships and stimulates creativity. In this environment students can interact more freely and less formally; appropriate risks can be taken with less fear of failure; rules can be developed as the need arises; and real problems can be solved. Clubs offer students the opportunity to make connections with peers and adults in a different, yet compatible way. Within the middle school, extracurricular activities usually have one of five different content emphases:
1. Community Service/Student Leadership
2. Hobbies and special interests
3. Skill acquisition and personal improvement
4. Performance and communication
5. Sports
Obviously, these categories are not mutually exclusive; however, they can be useful in determining if the content of an activity program is sufficiently diversified. A good extracurricular program for middle-school students includes offerings from these content areas.
The second dimension is the diversity of talents nurtured. Although there are several ways of conceptualizing human talent, there are eight that seem important in the development of the young; artistic; interpersonal; leadership and managerial; mechanical; musical; physical; scientific-mathematical; verbal. All eight should be represented in a strong extracurricular program.
Each year we initiate this program with support from the PTA and Site Council. The club offerings support the middle school stipended extra-curricular activity program. The PTA-sponsored club offerings are described on the following pages. As always, we evaluate our efforts, make the necessary improvements and then as appropriate, expand the program. If you have any questions or need more information, please do not hesitate to contact either the specific sponsor of the activity or Ms. Tanguay, Club Coordinator, or Ms. Turner at (781) 861-2460. Scholarships to cover materials fees are available through the PTA, and requests should be written and directed to Ms. Turner.
It is the policy of the Lexington Public Schools not to discriminate on the basis of race, gender, color, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, age, or handicap in its educational programs, services, activities, or employment practices as required by Ch.151B of the General Laws of 1947; Ch.622 of the Acts of 1971, Massachusetts General Laws; Title IX of the 1972 Education Amendments; and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.
