Welcome to the Clubs and Activities Page!  We are pleased to be able to offer many different activities that will enrich the lives of our student population.   This page is also meant to be a resource for the clubs and their sponsors.

Forms:  As with all organizations, forms are a big part of club and activities life.   To make dealing with all these forms a little easier, we have put all the forms needed for field trips and overnights, and fundraising on-line.  Click here for Forms page.

Fundraising Calendar: Fundraising is often used by the groups to support the many activities, while reducing the indiivdual student's financial burden.  In order to maximimze th impact of fundraisers, we attempt to schedule the fundraisiers ina way that they do not comflict with one another.  Click here for a link to the calendar of fundraising events currently planned.  This calendar will be updated monthly.  Questions?  Contact
Dave Petruzzi.

Fundraising Sale Guidelines:  Please download the guidelines for selling at different school events.

Attendance Policy For Activity Participation - Please download the established policy for class attendance requirements for athletes and activity/club members.

Clubs for Hispanic Students - Click here for a translated list of clubs and activities that want to actively encourage students of other languages to participate.

2010-2011 Listing of Active Clubs

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Club/Group Name	Sponsor	Description
Archaeology Club	Open	Assists area historians at selected county archaeological digs, develops presentations and exhibitions of their findings, and promotes the importance of archaeology.
Art Club	Elizabeth Morin	Enjoys art in the community through workshops, visiting artist's discussions, and field trips.
Asian Club	Steve Brown	b
Band	Kathleen Schoelwer	Develops skills as individual musicians and as members of a musical group.
Boys Volleyball	Jimmy Vasquez	b
Chamber Ensemble	Bette Gawinski	b
Chemistry Honor Society	Fariba Ghashghaee	The Chemistry Honor Society offers free Chemistry tutoring on Thursday at 2:20-3:20 in Room 106 - open to all students.
Chess	Verlee Bolton	b
Choir	Dana Van Slyke	Participates in various competitions and performances.
Class of 2012	Lauren Eckert
Class of 2013	Aly Willey
Class of 2014	Nancy Butterfield
Class of 2015	Jin He Yi, Kathy Khair Teri Napol, Kate Gillen
College Partnership Program	Carolyn Corbin, Nikki Bender	The College Partnership Program, which began in 1989, nurtures positive attitudes toward academic achievement. The primary goal and emphasis of the program is to increase the number of students who would be the first in their family to attend college. We meet once a month after school at 2:20pm on Thursday in the Lecture Hall.
Color Guard/Visual Ensemble	Kathleen Schoelwer, Lindell Palmer, Director	The Herndon High School Winterguard competes in several local and national competitions throughout the winter. The Winterguard activity is often referred to as the sport of the arts. Winterguard combines the elements of dance, equipment used during marching band and props to create a theatrical setting performed to pre recorded music. The Herndon High School Winterguard was awarded the Bronze Medal at last years Atlantic Indoor Association Championships. Participation on the team requires time, energy, and practice. We meet on Mondays and Tuesdays and Thursdays from 7:00-9:00pm .
Dance Team	Rachelle Aiken	A 12-20 member team composes and performs original dance routines for home football games, basketball games, and competitions, in the categories of pom and hip hop. Dance team tryouts are in the spring for the following school year. Dance team begins practicing during the summer to prepare for camp and continues through February. Practices run Monday through Thursday from 3-5pm .
Debate Team	Open
Distributive Education Club of America (DECA)	Julie Pickering, Dave Petruzzi Christopher Babb	DECA is an international organization for marketing students who wish to improve their communication, social, marketing and entrepreneurial abilities. It teaches students skills in a variety of marketing areas such as hospitality, finance, sales and service and business administration as well as enhancing their knowledge of technical and communication skills and human relations. The primary emphasis however is on gaining the experience to begin one's own business and become a leader. Every year DECA holds competitions where DECA members can practice the knowledge they've gained from DECA and if they do well they can go to the state conference. Every DECA member's goal is to succeed at the state conference and go on to the international competition. This year the International DECA Career Development Conference will be held in Dallas, Texas. Membership in DECA is open to all marketing students, and meeting dates and times are advertised in all marketing classes.
Drama	Zoe Dillard	Promotes and cultivates an appreciation in theater arts.
Excel	Elizabeth KnoizenTeresa NapoliBernice Robillard	Herndon High School students serve as volunteer tutor/mentors for identified students at Herndon Elementary School.
English Honor Society	Open	b
FCCLA	Jackie Dresser	The FCCLA (Family, Career and Community Leaders of America) is a national student organization that provides the student the opportunity to apply knowledge, practice leadership in the community and learn about themselves through the Family & Consumer Sciences curriculum, competition and organized events. In the past some of the activities that the FCCLA members have participated in have included the Virginia State Fair, Valentines Candy Sale (entrepreneurial project) and the March of Dimes Walk America (community service project).
Fellowship of Christian Athletes	Phyllis Pearce, Patrick Moylan	Provides spiritual growth focusing on Christian values among today's youth. Meets every Thursday at 6:40am in the cafeteria.
Film Studies Club	Elizabeth Otani	Views and discusses award winning films in terms of quality in the areas of cinematography, mise-en-scene, editing, and sound quality.
Forensic Society	Open	The Herndon High School Forensics and Debate Team compete in several regional tournaments and a few invitational tournaments throughout the school year. The best description of what we do is competitive speech. On the Forensics team, you can compete in a variety of events ranging from Original Oratory—where you write and perform your own speech—to Dramatic or Humorous Interpretation—where you memorize and perform a ten-minute monologue from a book or play. As for the Debate team, you have the choice of competing in four different types of debate including Student Congress that runs a mock-Congress session at tournaments. Participation on the team requires time, energy, and practice. We meet on Mondays and Thursdays in room 217 at 2:30. Contact Ms. Rudolph for further information.
French Club	Pai Rosenthal	Le Cercle Francophone (French Club) is open to any students of French or students interested in French. We meet about once a month after school to explore cultures, language, traditions of French-speaking countries with a variety of social activities. Students are not required to speak French, just to like it! We accept members throughout the year, but the sooner the better. Dues are $5 and interested students should see Mme Peroutseas in room 200 or write melissa.peroutseas@fcps.edu.
French Honor Society	Melissa Peroutseas	Recognizes outstanding academic achievement of students studying French and is part of the national organization.
Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA)	Lauren Eckert, Rodney Bedford, Kathy Thomas	Works with students to bring business and education of business and business related fields in a positive working relationship through innovated leadership and careers development programs. Students must be enrolled in a business course to join. Since FBLA is co-currircular, we have our meetings during business class time once a month.
Future Teachers Club (HIVE)	Daneene Mitchell	Provides opportunities to tutor.  For the last few months, members have been going to Herndon Elementary School on a bi-weekly basis (Tuesday afternoons) to work with the children in a variety of subjects (including reading, science, French, math, chorus, art, for example)
Gardening Geeks	Vana Beight
Gay/Straight Alliance	Anthony Petras	GSA is an organization formed by the student body to promote and educate awareness of the Gay, Lesbian Bisexual and Trans-gendered community; we focus on fighting hate and ignorance concerning homosexuality.
German Club	Lindsay Gadd	Exposes students to cultural activities of German speaking countries.
German Honor Sociey	Lindsay Gadd	Recognizes outstanding academic achievement of students studying German and is part of the national organization.
Interact Club	Russ Sigeti	A Rotary-sponsored service club for secondary-aged students.
International Club	Raina Hasnain, Stefan Jenczewski, Kathy Follegati -Lambert	This club recognizes and celebrates the diverse community at Herndon High School.  International Club, along with the Asian Club, arranges an International Night with food from various countries, followed by a talent show and a fashion show.  The membership is open to all students!
International Thespian Honor Society	Zoe Dillard	Recognizes outstanding academic achievement of students studying drama and is part of the international organization.
It's Academic	Sara Cranford Kim Belknap	Prepares for academic tournaments during the school year.
Key Club	Todd Liebenstein	Promotes school and community service.
Keyette Club	Rebecca Evans, Brianne Allis	Promotes school and community service.
Latin Club	Alice Guppy, Ann Graham	Enhances the Latin instructional program, allows students to meet other students taking Latin, and gets together for out-of-school activities.
Latin Dance Club	Open
Latin Honor Society	Alice Guppy, Ann Graham	Promotes the study of Latin, recognizes the academic achievements of students studying Latin, and is a member of the National organization.
Math Honor Society	Kate Wright, Rebecca Henry	Recognizes outstanding academic achievement of students studying mathematics and is a member of the National organization - Mu Alpha Theta. Members offer free tutoring Monday afternoons after school.
Math Team, Junior Varsity	Janie Odlen	Participates in math contests during the school year.
Math Team, Varsity	Rebecca HenryElizabeth Grozis	Participates in county and state math contests
Muslim Student Association	Virginia Listman, Jin He Yi	Provides activities to explore Islamic heritage and dispel stereotypes and promote unity.
National Art Honor Society	Wayne Zink	National Art Honor Society is an organization for high school students in grades 9-12 who are currently enrolled in an art course and who maintain a B average in art class. We encourage high standards in school art programs and provide community service to the Herndon community both within and outside of the school environment. We meet every other week. Please contact Wayne Zink for meeting times and more information.
National English Honor Society	Elizabeth Otani Janice Jewell
National Senior Honor Society	Steve Brown  Meghan Jones	The National Honor Society is comprised of juniors and seniors who have qualified academically (minimum 3.5 cumulative GPA for all high school work) and who have been selected by a faculty committee for their strengths in the areas of leadership, character, and service. Members are required to perform service hours and to attend all meetings. They are identified at graduation by their light blue stoles and blue and gold tassels. Download Society Overview Here Download NHS 10/11 Application Here (Word    PDF)
Odyessy of the Mind	Open	b
Optimist Club	Open	b
Orchestra	Bette Gawinski	Develops technical, ensemble, and disciplinary skills necessary for refined rehearsal and performance.
Photography	Open	b
Psychology Club	Sara Cranford	b
HHS Robotics Team	Josh Ence	Students expand their knowledge of science, engineering and technology through working with teachers, engineers, and other professionals as a team, to design and build two fully-functional robots, create a 3-D computer animated video, and accomplish other goals within a set 6-week time frame. Pre-competition season activities focus on team and skill building. Students and their creations compete in Regional and if successful, may also compete in National F.I.R.S.T. Robotics Competitions. Post-competition season activities include off-season regional competitions and community outreach events.
Scribe	Erin Zimmer	Award winning student literary magazine - includes stories, essays, poems and artwork created by HHS students
Spanish Club	Open	Promotes an interest in Spanish culture.
Spanish Honor Society	Maria Sneed	Recognizes outstanding academic achievement of students studying Spanish and is a member of the National organization.
Step Team	Judy McDermottKelly Winningham	Sponsor Performing dance group, which uses hand and feet rhythmic patterns, military drills, and modern dance movements in their routines. Promotes academic, social and personal development of the group members.
Stinger	Open	Publishes the school newspaper.
Student Advisory Council (SAC)	Chris GannonKelly Goodwin	Advocates for students rights, improves the education and environment of the school system, and aids in the communication among students, administration, and the community.
Students Against Global Abuse	Rebecca Gentry Michael Meyer Amy Ruschaupt	Studies and enlightens the public about environmental issues that affect the environment, and contributes to the school and business recycling environmental scholarship fund.
Student Government	Chris GannonKelly Goodwin	Maximizes student involvement in school affairs through a democratic process.
Truth Be Told	Maria Sneed	Bible Discussion every Thursday for 1/2 hr in room 201
Ultimate Frisbee	Open	b
UNIDOS	Jimmy Vasquez	Our Club is dedicated to providing community service to Herndon, creating educational opportunities, organizing recreational events, and having a good time for all students Club meets Bi-weekly. See Mr. Vasquez or Mrs. Connelly for a schedule. Requirements: Students must committ to community service hours, maintain good grades, and display role model behavior.
Weight Training Club (Power Lifting)	Joseph Sheaffer	Helps students to become more confident and increase their self-esteem by developing their bodies through weight training.
Yearbook	Lauren Eckert	Design, Implement and create the yearbook through interviews, attending games, practices, additional after-school activities, photography, create using Adobe Indesign and Photoshop, write and edit stories and captions. Pre-req: Journalism 1 and/or Adviser Approval. Fill out application and recommendation form. Meets during school as a class.
Young African American Achievers	Rodney Bedford
Young Democrats	Open	Promotes the historical and contemporary philosophy, mission, and program platform of the Democratic Party, candidates, and their constituents.
Young Republicans	Steve Brown	Promotes the historical and contemporary philosophy, mission, and program platform of the Republican Party, candidates, and their constituents.