1. Sponsoring a Club
Stephanie Kohler

2. Reasons to Start
Main:
Passionate students approach a teacher and ask them to sponsor
Second:
The school may want a certain club started, so they may approach you

3. Gaining & keeping members
The biggest downfall is keeping members
Kids need to be passionate, especially officers
Last minute cancellations are a big thing
Transportation can be a problem
With cancellations these kids are in high school, so they rely on others to drive them.
Transportation is a problem again because the kids are in HS, some of them don’t drive.

4. Club Meetings Once a week clubs work best Email reminders
Officers need to meet just as often, if not more
STUDENT RUN
Student run is the biggest thing. Even though they have a sponsor, it doesn’t mean they always have input. The students decide when things happen and so forth, and the teacher is more of an advisor who can have input when asked.

5. Comprehensive v. Magnet Schools
Comprehensive schools will have basic clubs, with a few exceptions
Magnet schools tend to have a larger variety of clubs
Comprehensive is a normal type of HS while magnet is focused in something. No offense, but magnet school kids tend to want to be there unlike comprehensive school kids.

6. Types of Clubs Language: Community Service: Academic:
German Club, Spanish Club, Latin Club, ect.
Community Service:
Interact Club, IMPACT, Red Cross Club, ect.
Academic:
Math Club, Academic UIL, Science Club, Academic Decathalon, robotics, ect.
Honor Society (Continued next)
Student Council
PALS

7. Types of Clubs, cont. Others:
Ping pong Club, Geocaching Club, MUN, Explorer’s Club, Criminal Justice Club, Gay-Straight Alliance, TASK, Junior Achievement, Board Game Club, Book Club, Anime Club, Girls Who Code, ect.
MUN (Model United Nations) - talk about personal MUNSA experience, Explorer’s Club (foreign travel), TASK (Teens Assist Special Kids), Junior Achievement (companies come in and talk about different things; entrepreneurs)

8. Honor Society Tons of paperwork with any honor society
Nationwide organization
Each student, plus organization, must meet certain requirements
Learn more at

9. Funding for Clubs Dues Network Donations Fundraising (Student focused)
Tshirts
Network
Gain sponsors
Sponsors can donate money or time
Have speakers (for all students)
Donations
Neighbors can donate baked goods for bake sales
Fundraising (Student focused)
Bake sale
Car wash
Sponsors can donate time like engineers can help for robotics

10. Advertising your Club Sponsor: Officers: Classroom
Upcoming events posted
Officers:
Events
Word of mouth
Do the legwork