Upper School Clubs
Club Sessions
Fall Session: September 1 – November 7
Winter Session: December 1 – February 20
Spring Session: March 23 – May 15
Spring Club Registration
Spring Club registration is open February 22nd – March 6th. Clubs cost $80 for the Spring 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.
Spring Club Offerings
Book Club
We read a book together, drink tea and have snacks, and discuss and just enjoy classical books we do not read at school, starting with The Invisible Man.
Thursdays, 4-5pm in 203B
Club Sponsor: Mr. Hess
Grades: 9-12
Editing Club (Inkstain Magazine)
Are you interested in publishing? Do you want to help manage an eighty-page, biannual publication of student creative writing? Welcome to the Editing 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 116B
Club Sponsor: Mr. Ward
Grades: 6-12
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.
Thursdays, 4-5pm in 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, 4-5pm in 208A
Club Sponsor: Ms. Harris
Grades: 8-12
Ignoble Biology Club
A community of curious and passionate nature lovers, who enjoy taking the quiet time to stop and appreciate the intricate beauty in even the smallest parts of nature. We will observe ecosystems, small animals and plants, both indoors and outdoors. Meeting once a week, we will primarily “nature journal” our observations and discuss our discoveries. As well as occasionally read or watch inspiring authors who will also share their observations and discoveries of the natural world. Therefore, if you have the desire to know more about nature, join us!
Thursdays, 4-5pm in 154A
Club Sponsor: Mrs. Federowski
Grade: 6-12
Register for Ignoble Biology Club
Spikeball Club: The Return
You have heard the tales. It is true. Spikeball has taken over the Upper School. It is your opportunity to be part of this legacy and hone your spiking skills with friends from grades 6th through 9th. No experience is needed! Every session will consist of some basic warm-ups, a review of rules of the game, some drills and free-play. Although a few sets of Spikeball will be provided, students are encouraged to purchase and bring their own.
Mondays, 4-5pm on Athena Turf
Club Sponsor: Mr. Egusquiza
Grades: 6-9
Chess Club
Scholars will come together to learn the different forms and moves of the noble game of chess! Students 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
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
