Many new clubs have been created this year, such as Food4All and Unicef Club. Requirements to create a club are online, so registering clubs is easy. Students just need to find a topic that they are passionate about and gather people interested in that particular topic.
“Once you have established an executive board, it becomes easier to reach out to teachers asking them to become sponsors,” junior Namuun Tugsjargal said. “Also, with everything being digital, it’s super easy to complete all of the necessary requirements.”
Many students are still trying to create clubs but are awaiting a sponsor. Since the school year has started and there have been so many clubs created, it has been harder to find an available teacher to sponsor a club.
“I am part of the executive board of a club, and we have been trying to find a sponsor, but although the registration process is easier overall to create a club, it is harder now to find a teacher willing to sponsor it,” National Organization for Women secretary sophomore Charlotte Kuperstein said.
The past few years, there has been a Google form available for creating clubs. Now, once students find a sponsor, the teacher has to apply to get the club approved. This year, administration has been more lenient in approving clubs.
“It wasn’t that bad to start the club, it was way easier to start [from past years],” junior Natalie Finn said. “We had a table at the club fair and for a sponsor, we went to a teacher and it was pretty easy.”
Along with the club fair, campaigning through social media is a medium students have used to gain members and popularity for their clubs.
“Having an Instagram was definitely key to our club’s success as it’s the most efficient way to directly connect with our peers and inform people,” Food4All vice president junior Nicola Alexiou said.
Most importantly, making sure that club leaders are ready to create their club is essential. Ensuring that leaders are not busy with other commitments and finding a driving purpose for the club will improve the overall experience of members and the executive board.
“The officers and I had been talking about starting a club for a while, and I had just finished completing the amount of SSL hours you need for the award,” Alexiou said. “I’d earned a lot of those hours volunteering, especially with people in need, and I thought that volunteering for people in need would be the perfect thing to have our club focus on.”
