COMEDY SPORTZ:
PRESIDENTS: Seniors Blaine McBroom and Chuck Burton
WHAT IT IS: ComedySportz is a competitive, improvisational show revolving around comedic events, which are usually judged by the audience. The team will practice after school with ComedySportz officials to improve acting skills and will also prepare with exhibition matches at the National Comedy Sportz Theater in Indianapolis. Match dates are Feb. 23, 24, April 20, 21 and March 23 and 24 at 7 p.m. in the Studio Theater.
THOUGHTS: “We’ve got some good sophomores that are new and energetic and then we have a lot seniors this year that are very bright and very funny. I encourage anybody, if you have never seen an improvisational show before, to get out there and check it out. It is the funniest thing you’ll ever see here,” sponsor Jim Peterson said.
ECONOMICS CLUB:
SPONSOR: Michelle Foutz
WHERE AND WHEN: E231 during SRT
CURRENT EVENTS: Economics Club plans to help students study for the tests and work on practice tests in time for the state competition held on April 12. Economics Club prepares teams of four students studying economics for a national competition. The tests cover topics such as macroeconomics and current events.
THOUGHTS: “I’d like one (of) our two teams to win the national championship. We haven’t done that since 2008. I think we have the potential, so that’s our goal,” Foutz said.
TECHHOUNDS:
PRESIDENT: Katherine “Kate” Hawkins
WHERE AND WHEN: Every night for six weeks in January
and February in Engineering and Technology area
CURRENT EVENTS: There is a six-week build season for For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST) robotics competition and various outreach programs.
THOUGHTS: “So how the competition works (is) we are going to two districts and hopefully a regional, and based off of how we do in districts will determine if we go
to district champs or not, and if we do well at district champs we could even go to world champs, which we were able to do last year, and we actually did pretty well,” Hawkins said.
GIVE YOUR HANDS TO THE FUTURE:
Sponsor: Gabriela Mendoza, Spanish teacher
President: Isabella “Bella” Layman, senior
Where and When: Every other Thursday in A219
Current Events: A fundraising event at a Mexican restaurant, date and location TBD; booths at basketball game; charity jars at Marsh, Kroger (S. Rangeline Road), Walmart, Costco (86th Street)
Thoughts: “For winter break I [went] down to see the kids and using the money that we used last year to buy them their medicine, food and clothes and toys and stuff like that, and they provide me with bracelets to sell, to raise money for them, as well as shirts that they make and headbands,” said Layman.