Upper School Clubs

Club Sessions

Fall Session: September 1 – November 7

Winter Session: December 1 – February 20

Spring Session: March 16 – May 15

Fall Club Registration

Fall Club registration ends Wednesday, August 27th. Clubs cost $80 for the Fall Session. If you register your scholar for a club that does not meet the minimum of participants or has exceeded the maximum number of members, you will be given a choice between a refund and registering for another club.

Fall Club Offerings

Chess Club

Scholars will come together to learn the different forms and moves of the noble game of chess! Scholars will play against one another, study historical formations, exercise their minds and hearts, and have the opportunity to compete.

Tuesdays, 4-5pm in 109B
Club Sponsor: Dr. Vendsel
Grades: 6-12

Gallery & Art Practicum

Scholars will assist in creating exhibitions of scholar work each semester, practicing curatorial and presentation skills. Scholars will learn about art and visual culture, write about artworks, and engage in critique. This year there will be a collaborative printmaking art project, resulting in a club portfolio. Interested scholars will prepare artworks for competition, such as regional VASE (Visual Arts Scholastic Event).

-days, 4-5pm in room 118A
Club Sponsor: Ms. Nagle
Grades: 9-12

Vox Cordis

Vox Cordis is the new chamber choir at Great Hearts Irving MS composed of scholars with the desire and readiness for a more rigorous choral experience. Vox Cordis scholars will participate in the winter and spring concerts, in singing workshops with guest presenters, and by attending classical concerts that assist us in forming our hearts in the virtues of truth, goodness, and beauty through music.

Tuesdays & Thursdays from 4-5pm in room 200A
Club Sponsors: Mr. Fowler & Mrs. Herman
Grade: 6-8

Cards Club

Do you enjoy a good challenge that’s part skill, part luck? The Cards Club is for anyone who wants to learn and master classic card games. We’ll explore the rules and strategies behind a variety of games, from strategic classics like Bridge and Pinochle to competitive fun with games like Hearts and Spades. We’ll also learn the basics of different poker variations like Texas Hold’em as a way to practice probability and strategy in a fun, friendly setting. This is a chance to sharpen your mind, learn new games, and enjoy some friendly competition after school.

Thursdays 4-5pm in room 118B
Club Sponsor: Mr. Cowan
Grades: 8-12

Strategy Club

Do you enjoy thinking several moves ahead? Plotting alliances, betrayals, and glorious victories? Then sign up, soldier, for this is your kind of club. The Strategic Board Games Club is a place for scholars to challenge each other in friendly (but fierce) competition, test their wits, and sharpen their tactical thinking. Each meeting offers the chance to play from a selection of classic strategy games, including Diplomacy, multiple versions of Risk, and Stratego. Whether you prefer slow-burning negotiations or steamroll conquest, there’s a worthy opponent waiting for you.

Tuesdays 4-5pm in room 233A
Club Sponsor: Mr. Crawford
Grades: 8-12

Painting Club

For all Da Vinci’s (or curious non-Da Vinci’s)! This art club will provide classical training into timeless techniques used by master painters. We will spend our time observing and painting, learning to truly see and translate the essence of a subject onto canvas. The goal is to provide a strong foundation for formal painting techniques and assist in directing eyes to observe surfaces closer; learning how to indicate, appreciate, and create beauty. Join us in this journey and gain a timeless skill!

Tuesdays, 4-5:30pm in room 208A
Club Sponsor: Ms. Harris
Grades: 8-12

Literary Magazine Club

Are you interested in publishing? Do you want to help manage a two-hundred-page, biannual publication of student creative writing? Welcome to Literary Magazine Club! You will be part of the editing team, responsible for selecting stories submitted to the magazine for publication (we also allow our editors to submit their own stories). We will strive to make an industry-standard, professional literary magazine. If you are interested in creative writing such as novels, short fiction, or poetry, and want to see how things work on the publishing side, this is the club for you!

Tuesdays, 4-5pm in room 116B
Club Sponsor: Mr. Ward
Grades: 6-12

Pick Up

All scholars attending clubs should be picked up at the Front Door promptly at 5:00pm. Scholars who are not picked up by 5:15pm will be sent to Homework Club and families will be charged for the time their scholar spends there.

Further Questions?

For questions about Upper School clubs, please reach out to the Assistant Headmaster of Middle School, Celeste Wheelock at celeste.wheelock@greatheartstxschools.org