2009-2010
Listing of Active Clubs - as of September 29, 2009 |
| Archaeology
Club - Gary
Gepford - Assists
area historians at selected county archaeological digs,
develops presentations and exhibitions of their findings,
and promotes the importance of archaeology. |
| Art
Club - Lesley Casey - Enjoys art in the community through workshops, visiting
artist's discussions, and field trips. |
| Asian Club - Steve
Brown |
| Band - Kathleen Schoelwer Develops
skills as individual musicians and as members of
a musical group. |
| Boys Volleyball - Jimmy
Vasquez |
| Chamber Ensemble - Bette
Gawinski |
| 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 - Michelle Jebeile |
| Choir - Dana
Van Slyke,Sponsor Participates
in various competitions and performances. |
| 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
. Contact Mr. Bergman for further information. |
| 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 . |
| Distributive
Education Club of America (DECA)- Vicki Kelley 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. |
|
| Excel - Gary
Gepford, Matthew
O'Connor, Ginny Chapman Herndon High School students serve as volunteer tutor/mentors
for identified students at Herndon Elementary School. |
| English Honor Society - Elizabeth Otani |
| FCCLA
- Jackie Dresser, Sponsor 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 - Kristina Rudolph,
Erin Zimmer 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 - Melissa
Peroutseas, 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, Paula Chesser 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
Educators Club - Paige Saucedo, Gary Gepford Provides
opportunities to tutorFor 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) |
| 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 - Gary
Gepford A
Rotary-sponsored service club for secondary-aged students. |
| International Club - Raina Hasnain |
| 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 and Kim
Belknap Prepares for academic tournaments during the school
year. |
| Japanese Animation Club - Steve
Petersen |
| Key Club - Todd
Liebenstein Promotes school and community service. |
| Keyette Club - Sherry
Amado, 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
Honor Society - Alice
Guppy Promotes
the study of Latin, recognizes the academic achievements of
students studying Latin, and is a member of the National organization. |
| Math Honor Society - Betsy
Ferris 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 Henry - Participates
in county and state math contests |
| Muslim Student Association - Menhaz
Sinha Provides
activities to explore Islamic heritage and dispel stereotypes
and promote unity. |
| National Senior Honor Society - Steve
Brown 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. |
| Odyessy of the Mind - Elizabeth Otani |
| Optimist Club - Terri Wright and Erin Zimmer |
| Orchestra -Bette
Gawinski Develops
technical, ensemble, and disciplinary skills necessary for
refined rehearsal and performance. |
| Photography - Wayne
Zink |
| Psychology Club
- Sara Cranford |
| HHS
Robotics Team- Alex
Haggerty, 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 - Connie
Casserly Award
winning student literary magazine -
includes stories, essays, poems and artwork created by HHS students |
| SOCKY (Society of Crocheters,
Knitters, Yarn enthusists) - Melissa
Peroutseas |
| Spanish Club - Elizabeth Miller, Charles Shea 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
McDermott, 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 - Connie
Casserly Publishes
the school newspaper. |
| Student Advisory Council (SAC) - Liz
Miller and Chris
Gannon 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 - Gary
Gepford, Matthew
O'Connor 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 - Liz
Miller and Chris
Gannon Maximizes
student involvement in school affairs through a democratic
process. |
| Truth Be Told - Maria Sneed |
| Ultimate Frisbee - Terri Hoisington |
| Unidos - Jimmy
Vasquez, Sandie
Connelly 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 - Gary
Gepford 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. |
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