| ADVENTURE
CLUB |
Advisors: |
| The Adventure Club is a student organization whose purpose
is to foster character building, self-esteem and confidence through
adventure some activities. Our members treasure the natural environment
and find it to be a playground for learning. Our activities include,
but are not limited to, such as hiking, biking, rock climbing, horseback
riding, white water rafting and skiing. The club allows its members
to work together to conquer challenges while learning new skills.
This club accommodates the ability level of the curious to the serious
athlete. The club is open to all four classes. |
| AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL |
Advisor: Mrs. Perreault |
| Amnesty International is a worldwide movement of people
acting on the convictions that governments must not deny individuals
their basic human rights and that ordinary men and women can effectively
pressure governments to live up to their commitments in human decency.
This club, therefore, works to protect the rights of individuals around
the world by writing letters on their behalf and by holding special
events to raise awareness of human rights abuses. Special events this
year have included a "cookie/letter drive" where numerous
members of the student body wrote over 200 letters and received cookies
as a reward for their efforts. This year we also sponsored a "Fast
for Peace" that raised over$200.00, which was sent to the International
Red Cross to benefit the children of Afghanistan. |
| ART CLUB |
Advisor: Ms. Morrisino |
| The Art Club is student directed club. Past activities
have included after school visits to museums, galleries and college
art departments, providing art-relative services for community programs,
painting murals, running an anime screening and hosting a school-wide
halloween party. |
| CATHEDRAL COLOR
GUARD |
Advisor: Ms. Enderlin |
| The Color Guard performs flag routines with the band
in preparation and performance of quality half time shows at football
games and parades. Membership is open to all students. No experience
is necessary. Responsibilities include after school rehearsals through
the fall, all football games, Columbus Day Parade, St. Patrick's Day
Parade, and other appropriate performance opportunities. |
| CATHEDRAL HIGH SCHOOL BAND |
Advisor: Ms. Campbell |
| This activity is scheduled in the school day as an academic
class for credit. Membership is open to students who have an interest
and at least minimal experience playing a musical instrument. Permission
from the director is required. Responsibilities existing beyond the
school day include dress rehearsals, concerts, parades, festivals,
and football games. The band performs a variety of music ranging from
popular to classical. Beginning instrumentalists are strongly encouraged
to study their instrument with a private instructor outside of school. |
| Book Club |
Advisor: Mrs. S. Shaylor |
| On the fourth Wednesday of each month, after school,
readers gather to discuss their reactions to the monthly selection.
Students choose the titles to be read each month. THe selected titles
are literary fiction. The atmosphere is casual. All readers are welcome. |
| CHORALE |
Advisor: Ms. Campbell |
| Chorale is a select chamber choir that rehearses after
school twice weekly. Admittance to this ensemble is highly dependent
on the student enrollment in Concert Choir or Vocal Ensemble. An audition
takes place in late September. Intense preparation and performance
of advanced choral literature is emphasized. Prior musical experience,
music reading skill, and vocal instruction is desirable. Performances
may include television performances, special projects, concerts, liturgies,
and other outside opportunities. |
| CHRONICLE |
Advisor: Mr. J. DeCoteau |
| The Chronicle staff consists of journalism students
and freelance reporters who work together to produce both a newspaper
and a junior high newsletter. |
| COMMUNITY COUNCIL |
Advisor: Ms. L. Leone |
| Through the numerous standing and ad hoc committees,
the community council becomes a vehicle through which the student
can involve him/herself in the affairs of the school. The Council
offers an opportunity for the students to work together to better
the school environment and to grow personally through active responsibility.
Any student enrolled at Cathedral may join the Council, provided he/she
has acquired a list of fifty signatures from the student body, indicating
their willingness to let him/her represent them. Three teachers' recommendations
must be obtained also. The student must attend at least two council
meetings on a provisional basis. The council must meet as a full body
bi-monthly. Individual committees must meet at least once by themselves
but may elect to meet more often if the members of the particular
committee feel such meetings are necessary. |
| CONCERT CHOIR |
Advisor: Ms. Campbell |
| Concert Choir is scheduled in the school day as a whole
credit class. Admittance to this ensemble is allowed through successful
auditions or permission from the director. Music sung in this ensemble
is primarily three or four part writing and varies in difficulty.
Prior musical experience, music reading skills, and private vocal
instruction although not required, are highly desirable. Performances
may include concerts, liturgies, festival performances, and other
opportunities. |
| DRAMA CLUB |
Advisor: Mr. J. Anziano |
| The purpose of this group is to educate interested students
in the various aspects of play production, both musical and dramatic.
Students will have exposure to acting, staging, scenery, costuming,
make-up, and the organization and operation of producing a dramatic
event. |
ENVIRONMENTAL
CLUB
(GREEN PANTHERS) |
Advisor: |
| The Environmental Club or Green Panthers, is for students
who are interested in learning about the environment and involving
the Cathedral community in improving the environment. Activity and
project ideas may be generated by the members of the club and may
include mapping ecosystems, classification and identification of living
organisms, soil studies, water sampling, and field trips. Strategies
for improving and preserving the environment will be researched and
implemented wherever possible.
The goal of the ecology club is to educate, investigate, and activate
students to participate in the environment. |
| FRENCH CLUB |
Advisor: |
| The French Club exists to stimulate interest in French
language and culture and to heighten the awareness of the diversity
that exists within the French-speaking world. The club is open to
any student who is currently taking or who has taken French. Activities
include watching and discussing French-language films, field trips
to local exhibits that emphasize French arts and culture, dining out
at a French restaurant, and presenting a program of French Christmas
songs and stories to French1 class. |
| KNITTING CLUB |
Advisor: Mrs. S. Pratt |
| The knitting club is open to all students who would
like to learn the craft or to improve their skill. We encourage the
students to knit for themselves and others (“Warm the Baby Project”—preemie
hats, booties, blankets, sock-hats for chemotherapy patients, for
example). The club meets once a week. |
| LIGHTING AND SOUND
CREW |
Advisor: Mr. J. Anziano |
| The purpose of this club is to train students in the
craft of stage lighting and the use of sound equipment. They, in turn,
utilize this competency in providing the lighting and sound in the
auditorium for school productions and for outside rentals. The club
is open to all classes. |
| LITERARY MAGAZINE |
Advisor: |
| The Literary Magazine is a collection of literary and
artistic work published once a year in the spring. A student staff
reviews materials submitted by students until February. The staff
meets regularly throughout the year and is open to any student who
has an interest in working on the publication. |
| MATHLETES |
Advisors: Mrs. Farmer/Mr. House |
| Mathletes is a competitive mathematics team. It is composed
of Seniors, Juniors, Sophomores and Freshmen. They meet weekly to
prepare for five meets during the school year from October to February.
The meets are held at various surrounding high schools and are scheduled
for the second Tuesday of each month. There are approximately twenty
high schools that belong to the Mathlete League. Competition is
offered in six categories: Number Theory, Algebra I, Geometry,
Algebra II, Analytical Geometry and Trigonometry and Complex Numbers.
Students compete in only three categories. The second and
fourth meet also consists of a team round. Individual and team awards
are given. The top three area teams compete at the state level. |
| NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY |
Advisor: Mrs. DelViscio/Mr. Brodeur
|
| Membership in the Aquinas Chapter of the National Honor
Society meets the national standards. It is based on scholarship,
leadership, service, and character. Candidates must spend at least
one semester in Cathedral, have and maintain a cumulative average
of 3.6. Scholastically eligible students must be approved by an administrative
council with faculty input in each of the following characteristics:
character, service and leadership. Upon approval, students are then
invited to join the society. Freshmen are not eligible. Sophomores
are provisional members only. Meetings are held monthly. Members engage
in many activities for the benefit of and in service to the school
and larger community.
Students are expected to play a leadership role and display exemplary
character as they respond to the need of others. . |
PEER MEDIATION
(Students helping students) |
Advisor: Mrs. M. Hennessy |
| It is designed to empower students to resolve conflicts
in a non-violent way, to reduce violence in our school, our community,
and our society.
The Peer Mediation team consists of two faculty supervisors and
twelve students. The students are selected to be mediators through
an application process. Student mediators complete a 20-hour training.Two
students with a supervisor present help resolve conflict between
peers who have agreed to use this process. |
| PHOTOGRAPHY CLUB |
Advisor: Ms. R. Krupa |
| The Photography Club is designed to help students improve
their photographic skills. 35-mm cameras are required. Technical,
as well as, creative techniques will be discussed. The club will meet
once a month on Mondays, 2:00-2:45 p.m.
A photo show will be held in May. |
| RED CROSS |
Advisor: Mrs. C. Williams |
| The purpose of this organization is to help facilitate
the two bloodmobiles sponsored at Cathedral. Selected students aid
in publicizing the drive and recruiting donors. The duties of these
students include the comfort and care of donors during the actual
blood donation process. |
| RESPECT FOR LIFE |
Advisor: Ms. R. Krupa |
| The prime purpose of this club is to foster respect
and protection of all human life from conception until natural death.
Club moderators work with elected officers in planning the Washington
, D.C. "Life March", offering assistance to the Birthright organization,
obtaining current information and literature, and assisting in the
distribution of educational information to others. A school wide rose
sale is held to begin the year's activities.
Meetings are held monthly. Membership is open to all students who
have a genuine concern for human life and a desire to protect it. |
| Campus Ministry Community Service |
Advisor: Mr. Vasconcelos |
| Students lead other students in performing community
service throughout the greater Springfield area. Community Service
opportunities are open to all members of the CHS student body and
faculty/staff. Signups are in Campus Ministry, Room 226. Click here
for more info: http://www.cathedralhigh.org/serviceboard.htm |
| S.A.D.D. (Students Against Destructive
Decisions) |
Advisor: Mrs. M. Hennessy |
| A group of students who come together to encourage one
another to make healthy, safe choices especially regarding the use
of substances. Members encourage their peers to communicate openly
with the adults in their lives about social decisions. "S.A.D.D.
is really about young people watching out for other young people.
It's about caring and speaking and acting in a way that respects and
preserves life." Penny Wells, Executive Director, S.A.D.D.
All students are welcome to join. |
| SPANISH CLUB |
Advisor: |
| The Spanish Club is a student organization whose purpose
is to foster global understanding and respect. The club's goals are
met through guest speakers, films, school and community outreach projects
and field trips. Membership is open to students who are currently
taking or who have taken the Spanish language. Meetings are held on
the second and fourth Fridays of each month in Room 305. Officers
are elected on an annual basis and are responsible for club meetings
and activities. |
| VEGETARIAN
CLUB |
Advisor: Mr. R. Brodeur |
| Veg Out! is open to all students who are interested
in learning about an alternative eating style and how to eat more
healthily. Members share ideas and experiences about the vegetarian
lifestyle, plan field trips to festivals, restaurants, and food co-ops,
and make menu suggestions to the cafeteria staff. Issues of animal
rights and the environment relevant to nutrition are also discussed. |
| VOCAL ENSEMBLE |
Advisor: Ms. Campbell |
| Vocal Ensemble is scheduled in the school day as a whole
credit class.This ensemble is open to all students regardless of ability
or experience.The fundamental skills of vocal technique and music
reading are learned through exploration of music and all styles. The
student is required to attend all rehearsals and performances in and
out of the school day. Performances may include concerts, liturgies,
festival performances, and other opportunities. |
| YEARBOOK (PANTHERPIX) |
Advisor: Ms. Pellitier |
| Pantherpix is a credit course whose purpose is to equip
junior and senior students with the skills needed to produce a yearbook.
Staff members learn all aspects of organization, planning, scheduling,
meeting deadlines, and budgeting. Journalism skills include collecting
data, writing stories, captions, and headlines, copy-reading, and
proof-reading. Students also learn elements of layout and design,
photo selection, cropping, and to develop the ability to choose type
faces appropriate to their purpose. Staff members work closely with
one another and with their advisor. The staff meets for a period each
day, after school and on weekends as required to meet deadlines. |
