• Club Name: Jeopardy Club
   
• Moderator: Mr Mamrus, hmamrus@sjcadets.org
   
• Club Meetings: Tuesdays at 2:20pm in Room 211
   
• Description: The Jeopardy Club is intended for all students interested in a mental challenge. Questions are designed for high school knowledge and just like the television show, the first one to buzz in will be the first one allowed to respond.

• Club Name: “KIND Club” Kids Initiating Nice Deeds
   
• Moderator: Mrs Seperack, kseperack@sjcadets.org and Mrs Schiels, lschiels@sjcadets.org
   
• Club Meetings: Second and Fourth Tuesday of Every Month at 2:15pm in the Counseling Office.
   
• Description: To build self-esteem and school morale by showing students he or she really can make a difference by being kind to others and being kind to yourself. 
   
• Google Classroom Code:  h5nkguu
   
• Goals:
  • To promote a sense of kindness and mindfulness in school, community, and at home.
  • To foster a sense of unity within our school community
  • To inspire all students to be positive role-models for others
  • To instill healthy habits and lifestyles by promoting self-care, meditation, nutrition, good decision making, etc.

• Club Name: Letters with Love
   
• Moderator: Mrs Sorrentino, bsorrentino@sjcadets.org
   
• Club Meetings: Meeting times TBA. Location: Room 105. 
   
• Google Classroom Code:  vu4appt
   
• Description: The Letters with Love Club is to invite students to appreciate the art of letter writing.This is achieved through participation in the Feroleto Center Pen Pal program. Participants  are involved in community service projects and meet with their penpals during the year.

• Club Name: Music Ministry
   
• Moderator: Mr Weiss, tweiss@sjcadets.org
   
• Club Meetings: Twice a month, at least a week before Mass, in Room 302.
   
• Google Classroom Code:  bhs2a22
   
• Description: Music Ministry involves those who sing and play an instrument to play at school Masses and other services, such as Stations of the Cross and the Christmas service. All who love music are welcome to participate! 

• Club Name: Math Team
   
• Moderator: Ms Stevens, kstevens@sjcadets.org
   
• Club Meetings: Meetings will take place every Wednesday from 2:15pm-2:45pm in Room 307.
   
• Description: During Math Team meetings, you'll practice different types of challenging math questions to prepare you for competition! Competitions will take place once a month beginning in October at St Joes. Students can compete in the Catholic Math League and the New England Math League. 

• Club Name: Multicultural Club
   
• Moderator: Ms Lowell, tlowell@sjcadets.org; Ms Aldana, caldana@sjcadets.org; Ms Rivera, orivera@sjcadets.org
   
• Club Meetings: Every Thursday at 2:20pm
   
• Google Classroom Code:  xlwarq3
   
• Description: The Multicultural Club’s mission is to make the St Joseph High School community aware of interracial, intergenerational, and intersectional overlapping and independent systems of discrimination and disadvantage within interconnected social categorizations of race, class, and gender as they apply to a given individual or group.  The Multicultural Club is a socially-inclusive organization with the intent of embracing multiculturalism and diversity, while eliminating racism, prejudice, and intolerance on all levels.  

NCHS (National Chinese Honor Society)

Mission Statement:

The Mencius Scholar Chapter of the National Chinese Honor Society at St. Joseph High School seeks to recognize the most diligent, kind-hearted, and committed students in the Chinese program. Under the leadership of the moderator, the organization is committed to offer Chinese after school programs to elementary schools in the community, as well as tutoring other students in the Chinese program. The NCHS also works to promote the school’s Mandarin Chinese program among the school community throughout the year.

Mencius Scholar Chapter is a member of

Chinese Language Association of Secondary-Elementary Schools

Eligibility is open to any eleventh or twelfth grade student who has a scholastic weighted career average of 90, and has been enrolled in the school for at least one semester. Other evaluated criteria for membership are leadership, service, and character. Once accepted into the Society, it is expected that all criteria for membership be maintained throughout the student’s high school career.

Moderators:  Ms Piatak mpiatak@sjcadets.org & Mr Dempsey, mdempsey@sjcadets.org

Meeting Times & Location: Every other Thursday at 2:20pm in the Auditorium. 

The Philosophy Club is a community of inquiry whose members seek to live up to Socrates’ claim that, “The unexamined life is not worth living.” Each week we discuss a question, article, or text of philosophical importance. Why are we here? Do we have free will? Why is there something rather than nothing? Come ready to discuss these and other of life’s most important questions with other seekers. All SJ students and faculty are welcome!

Moderator:  TBA

Meeting Times & Location: Fridays at 2:15pm in Room 314. 

St Joseph Ping Pong Club is to create a fun, friendly and enjoyable environment that is conducive to learning the way table tennis is played, while fostering the development of its fundamental skills.

Moderator: Mr Delancy, mdelancy@sjcadets.org

Meeting Times:  Second and Fourth Thursdays at 2:30pm in the Convent (C3)

Coordinated through the Science Department, Science Competition is an annual event that is open to all students. Should any student wish to participate, they should speak with the Science Department Chair - Mr. Walsh, dwalsh@sjcadets.org. 

• Club Name: Spanish Club
   
• Moderator: Mrs Rivera, orivera@sjcadets.org
   
• Club Meetings: 1st and 3rd Tuesdays at 2:20pm in Room 110
   
• Google Classroom Code:  nfovwkx
   
• Description: The Spanish Club meets throughout the year. All students interested in the richness of the Spanish and Latin American cultures are welcome. Spanish Club activities include Mardi Gras, Fiestas celebrating the culture and cuisine of the Spanish speaking world, a cultural field trip, and other activities. ¡Ven y celebra con nosotros! Come and celebrate with us!

We are the Iboamerican Chapter of the Spanish National Honor Society. Students must maintain a minimum of a 90 average for 6 consecutive quarters in order to be initiated and then maintain that average over their involvement. Scholarships for travel and study are offered by the National Organization as well as the possibility to be published in the National Organizations publication called Albericias.

• Club Name: Stock Market Club
   
• Moderator: Mr Brunner, pbrunner@sjcadets.org
   
• Club Meetings: Wednesdays at 2:15 in Room 308
   
• Google Classroom Code:  qbi4h2g
   
• Description:  Learn for to trade stocks, invest, and how to value a company!

• Club Name: Student Ambassadors Program
   
• Moderator: Ms Burns, cburns@sjcadets.org
   
• Club Meetings: Training will be held during the month of September both in-person and virtually. Location will be shared before each meeting.
   
• Description: When you visit St Joes for an event, SJ Ambassadors are the students that greet you at the door! They serve as St Joes representatives during middle school visits, high school nights, and school events. With a wide range of extracurricular, and talents, our Students Ambassadors are happy to share their authentic and personal experiences at St Joes with prospective families.

• Club Name: Student Council
   
• Moderator: Mr Arneson (Freshman Moderator), marneson@sjcadets.org, Mr Dempsey (Student Council Advisor), mdempsey@sjcadets.org
   
• Club Meetings: Every Monday
   
• Description: Student Council is an organization of student leaders who work closely with faculty advisors to advance the mission of St. Joseph High School. Members are elected by their peers to present their interests and concerns to the school administration and community.  Student Council representatives are responsible for organizing and promoting a wide array of events throughout the year. 

• Club Name: Visual Art & Design Club
   
• Moderator: Daniella Pelligrini
   
• Club Meetings: Fridays at 2:15 in the Art Room
   
• Google Classroom Code:  uayov5z
   
• Description: An artist's portfolio is an edited collection of their best artwork intended to showcase an artist's style or method of work. Art portfolio club focuses on developing student portfolios  to illustrate the versatility of each students' talents by showing different samples of current work.

• Club Name: Women's Studies Club
   
• Moderator: Ms Lowell, tlowell@sjcadets.org; Ms Aldana, caldana@sjcadets.org; Ms Fasano, jfasano@sjcadets.org
   
• Club Meetings: Every Wednesday at 2:20pm
   
• Google Classroom Code:  kur2ee4
   
• Description: The Women’s Studies Club’s is an interdisciplinary club at St. Joseph High School where the members seek to connect our work as academics with the social and political world outside the school, that is, to educate our student body about social inequalities that result from sexism, racism, classism, heterosexism, and ethnocentrism, as well as to link knowledge, research, teaching, and activism.  The student club members’ mission is to seek to empower each other through a feminist critique of social, cultural, and institutional structures that enables them to think more critically about their own lives and that inspires them to work as active citizens for social justice.

The Writing Resource Center at St Joseph High School is a student-centered learning, resource, and study environment for students to obtain and seek help concerning writing expository essays, creative assignments, and research/term papers for their classes.  This program endorses writing across the curriculum, and student-trained tutors are available for tutoring sessions after school. During a session, peer tutors and teachers engage in conversation with student-writers, focusing on ideas, organization, development, argument, synthesis, and writers’ concerns.  In serving as an audience, the Writing Resource Center staff fosters active learning, skill-set growth, and writing confidence while simultaneously providing support during any stage of the writing process: idea generation, brainstorming, outlining, drafting, or revision.  

Moderators: Ms Lowell, tlowell@sjcadets.org, Ms Fasano, jfasano@sjcadets.org

Meeting Times:

• Monday, 2:15-3:00 PM; Tuesday, 2:15-3:00 PM

Online tutoring must be submitted in Word format, before 7pm on Tuesdays to sjwritingcenter@gmail.com.  

• Club Name: Yearbook
   
• Moderator: Ms Russell and Ms Richter, crichter@sjcadets.org
   
• Club Meetings: Room 315
   
• Google Classroom Code:  dpdnytb
   
• Description: Following Columbia University School of Journalism’s ideas, concepts and format, the Spectrum continues to be one of New England’s award winning premier high school medalist yearbooks. Although the staff (writers, editors, photographers, and business managers) is made up of mostly juniors and seniors, freshmen and sophomores fill 40% of the staff needs.

  Be part of the team that produces one of the best high school yearbooks in New England. Meets 2-3 times a week. To be actively involved in the editorial process, students must commit to making the yearbook a primary activity. In the process, the students learn valuable skills such as digital photography, desktop publishing, copy editing, creative design, and management.