Clubs & Activities

Grades: 3-5

Meeting Days: Mondays and Tuesdays from 3:00-4:30 from September to Decemeber and then January to May  

Cost:  $0

Mission/Purpose: Our mission is to provide a motivational program design to increase Positive Behavior within the McKendree community. 

Activities: 3 man weave, dribble drills, activities that support basketball 

Registration: Registration was sent via Parent Square

Faculty Sponsor: Caylon Newby

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Affiliations: None

Grades: 5

Meeting Days: Mondays and Fridays from 12:30-1:10 from October to May   

Cost:  $0

Mission/Purpose: Our mission is to educate and inspire our community to take action towards environmental sustainability. We aim to raise awareness about environmental decline and to encourage people to take small steps towards a greener future. We believe that every individual can make a difference, and we strive to empower people with the knowledge and resources they need to make positive changes in their lives.

Activities: Research Environmentally conscious efforts, Friday recycling pick up, Create presentations for the school and the community, Pick up trash on the playground, Fundraising for recycling efforts

Registration: Students are selected by teachers. 

Faculty Sponsor: Mary Catherine Hulon
Mary.Hulon@gcpsk12.org

Affiliations: None

Grades: 4-5

Meeting Days: Every Tuesday from August-December 3:15-5:00   

Cost:  $0

Mission/Purpose: This program inspires young people to experiment and grow their confidence, critical thinking, and design skills through hands- on learning. FIRST LEGO League was created through an alliance between FIRST® and LEGO® Education. 

Activities: Design thinking of a solution to the challenging problem, building the missions for the robot to run and designing a robot to complete the missions. 

Registration: Applications to join will be available in early January. The club is only open to 8 students total. (This is a guideline from FIRST.) The lottery will choose students from applications. 

Faculty Sponsor: Johanna Disney

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Affiliations: FIRST Lego League 

Grades: 3-5

Meeting Days: Every Monday and Wednesday from September to March 3:15-5:00

Cost:  $0

Mission/Purpose: The purpose of this club is to allow students to express their school spirit through rhythmic dance and percussive movements, fostering team work, collaboration, and other skills that can indirectly impact student success. 

Activities: Exercise (Dancing and stepping) and performances 

Registration: Try-outs in September 

Faculty Sponsors: Shante Capers, Monica Mance, and Zamaria Travis
shante.capers@gcpsk12.org, Monica.mance@gcpsk12.org and Zamaria.travis@gcpsk12.org 

Grades: 4th

Meeting Days: Tuesdays from 3:15-4:30 October - March    

Cost:  $0

Mission/Purpose: Odyssey of the Mind, abbreviated OM or OotM, is a creative problem-solving program where team members present their solution at a competition to a predefined long-term problem that takes many months to complete and involves writing, design, construction, and theatrical performance. 

Activities: Solve a problem as creatively as possible 

Registration: Google form and paper copy were sent out 

Faculty Sponsor: Colleen Davis and Amber Higginbotham
colleen.m.davis@gcpsk12.org and amber.higginbotham@gcpsk12.org 

Grades: 4-5

Practice Days: 

Intermediate Band (by recommendation only) Mondays and Wednesdays after school, 2:45-3:50

Beginning Percussion every Tuesday morning, 7:40-8:10

Beginning Clarinet & Trumpet every Wednesday morning, 7:40-8:10

Beginning Flute every Thursday morning, 7:40-8:10

Cost:  Free to join; parents supply book ($5-10) and instrument (purchase new/used or rent from local music store)

Why Band? Language, reasoning, memorization, persistence, discipline, coordination, confidence, creativity, teamwork, auditory

Registration: 

• • Fall 2024-2025 Registration from 9/9/24- 9/20/24

  • Spring Registration begins after Winter Break

  • Registration Form

    https://forms.gle/z3qyhjvEC48KLz7N9

  • Membership is limited; students may be placed on a waiting list

Band Director: 

Tracy Langford

Email the Director or contact me on Parent Square!

Grades: 2-5

Meeting Days: Practices are on Mondays 3:10-4:45 Jan. 27-April 28

Cost:  None at this time. 

Mission/Purpose: We are MKES's newest running club. Our focus will be on healthy hearts and healthy minds. Eagles Run the World aims to promote a growth mindset in our participants and inspire our young leaders to make a positive impact in our community.

Activities: Eagles Run the World will participate in lessons that promote self growth, complete a community impact project and build stamina to complete a 5K at the end of the season. We are non-competitive and will only set personal running goals with participants.

Registration: 

• Register HERE.

Faculty Sponsor: 

Truc Dang

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Grades: 4-5

Meeting Days: Wednesday 7:00am-7:45am Sept-March 

Cost: Free

Activities: Reading quiz bowl style competition for students starting in 4th grade. Students read 15 books from the list and answer the questions about the books. The team represents the school at the county Readers Rally Competition. 

Faculty Sponsor:  Nicole Duque, Betty-Sue Garrish, Carla Stewart 

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Grades: 2-5

Meeting Days: Every Tuesday and Wednesday 3:15-4:15pm October 29th-November 22nd  

Cost:  $0

Mission/Purpose: Let Us Learn is a youth soccer program with a curriculum that emphasizes youth development. Our programs focus on teamwork and sportsmanship that gives them an appreciation for the game. Soccer engages children in sports while teaching them discipline, basic movements, and skills. Children will be taught the fundamentals of soccer through drills and running and learning how to play as a team

Activities: Learning how the rules of play for soccer, how to dribble, pass, and shoot the ball. They are also learning how to play as a team and work together.

Registration: Students are selected by teachers. 

Faculty Sponsor: Rick Morgan

rickey.morganii@gcpsk12.org

Affiliations: None

Grades: 1-3

Meeting Days: Tuesdays 3:15-4:00 March 11 - May 13

Cost:  $0

Mission/Purpose: Give younger students an opportunity to participate in performing arts

Activities: Perform a short musical play

Registration: Padlet and hard copy permission slips send home in February

Faculty Sponsor: Lesley Ratcliffe; lesley.ratcliffe@gcpsk12.org

Affiliations: None