Clubs & Advisors
Clubs and Activities are offered to students so they can develop social skills, learn new hobbies and participate in appropriate leisure time activities. Co-curricular, extracurricular,and special interest groups are a valuable asset to student life at WHS. These groups help develop talents and skills, educate students beyond the regular school day, and provide times and memories that make high school an enjoyable part of one's life. Our challenge to every student is to get involved in the WHS experience.
WHS recognizes the extracurricular programs as an integral part of the curriculum. We believe that well-organized, purposeful activities reinforce and enrich the classroom experience. As there is much to be learned outside the "walls" of the classroom, clubs and organizations become instrumental vehicles for students to both learn about and to become a part of the school. Established organizations appear below. Students are encouraged to participate in extracurricular programs and to request the information of clubs in which they are interested. Clubs and organizations are limited only bythe interests of the students.
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL CLUB: (Advisors: Mr. Rand, & Mrs. Rand) Anyone interested is welcome. Club will work on raising awareness of social justice issues and funds for various causes locally and globally. You can follow us on Twitter for updates (@whsamnestyclub) Meets Thursday in Room 125
ARTS CLUB: (Advisor: Ms. Murphy) The Arts Club functions as an open studio. All students are welcome to come in and make up work, create new work or collaborate on art projects. Meets Tuesday in Room 114
BEST BUDDIES: (Advisors: Mrs. Havey, Library & Mrs. Neary) The Best Buddies Club creates opportunities for one-to-one friendships for students with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Meets every other Wednesday in the Gold Cafeteria
CHESS CLUB: (Advisor: Mr. Cole) Play the "Game of Kings" in Room 3064 every Wednesday after school. New players always welcome. See Mr. Cole for more information.
Class of 2019: (Advisor: Mrs. Buell) Meets Monday after school in Room 212
Class of 2020: (Advisors: Mrs. Bowen) Meets Tuesday after school in room 2081
Class of 2021: (Advisors: Ms. Montgomery & Mr. Doo) Meets Monday after school in room 3057
Class of 2022: (Advisors: ) Meets
COLOR GUARD: (Advisor: Mr. Danahy-Sheldon, Band Room) New Members welcome! Visual ensemble performs at sporting and community events. Color guard includes dancing, flags and rifles. No previous experience required!
COLORING CLUB: (Advisor: Mr. Farrar) A relaxing club for all looking for a creative outlet, stress relief, and fun. Meets Monday in room 3066
COMMUNITY BAND: (Advisor: Ms. Kenny) Ensemble will perform at sporting and community events. These include home football games, UMass Band Day, Weymouth Tree Lighting ceremony, Veterans Day, Memorial Day, and more. Participation in Concert Band is encouraged but not required. Meets Monday & Thursday 2:30-4:00 in the Band Room
CREATIVE WRITING CLUB: (Advisor: Ms. Roy). A club where students are encouraged to discover and explore creative writing. All are welcome!
DEBATE CLUB: (Advisor: Mr. McCarthy) New members are always welcome to join in on debates of a wide variety ranging from political to nonsensical. Come argue your position with your friends!
FASHION CLUB: (Advisor: Ms. Grushkin) Learn how to sew, sketch, design, and create clothing as well as coordinate fabrics and patterns. A student run fashion show will take place in April 2018 including clothes made by the club members with WHS student models. Meets Wednesday
GARDENING CLUB: (Advisor: Mr. Patmos) The goal of Gardening Club is to teach students about where their food comes from as well as how to create, maintain, and enjoy their own garden. Extensions: In response to recent weather related events experienced by our Caribbean neighbors, friends, and families, information will be shared out to student families trying to rebuild after Hurricane Maria. Through family connections and collaborative efforts with Puerto Rican schools we will help feed people nutritious food. Meets Monday in room 2015
GSA: (Advisor: Mr. Meoni, Library) GSA is a next generation LGBTQ racial and gender justice organization that empowers and trains queer, trans and allied youth leaders to advocate, organize, and mobilize an intersectional movement for safer schools and healthier communities. Help bring positive change to our community both inside and outside of school. Meets Friday in the Library
HIGH SCHOOL QUIZ TEAM: (Advisors: Mr. Wilkins and Mr. Pinizzotto) The High School Quiz Show Team competes annually in WGBH's High School Quiz Show with a chance of making it to the finals on their televised production. Six students are allowed to compete annually. Meetings focus on academic trivia and building a strong knowledge base for each competitor. Meets Tuesday in room 2011
HOMEWORK HOTSPOT: (Advisors: Mrs. Geary & Ms. O’Neill, Library) Is an after school activity that is held in the library on a drop-in basis Monday through Thursday until 3:15 P.M. Students needing to use the library resources, finish work on a computer, get some help with school assignments or simply want a quiet place to work are welcome. Students must be signed in by 2:30 .m. After 2:30 p.m. students must have a pass from a teacher. Students must show their regular bus pass to get a late bus pass at 3:15 p.m.
JAZZ BAND: (Advisor: Ms. Kenny, Band Room) Learn the elements of jazz, ensemble skills, and improvisation skills. We perform at school concerts, community events, the Berklee High School Jazz festival and a competitive festival in the Spring. Meets Wednesday & Friday 2:30-4:00 in the Band room
LITERARY MAGAZINE: (Advisor: Ms. Murphy) Students will create, design, edit and distribute a magazine displaying students’ artwork and writing. Meets Thursday in rooom 114
MATH TEAM: (Advisor: Mr. Duseau & Mr. Keough) The team competes in the Southeastern Massachusetts Mathematics League against 35 other schools. We have four regular meets a year plus any play-off meets. The meets are always on Thursdays at 3:00 at a school in our division. All students of all grades are welcome! Meets Thursday in room 2079 - 2:30-4:00
MINDFULNESS CLUB: (Advisors: Ms. Owens & Ms. Curran) Description: Feeling stressed? Need to recharge? Sometimes taking a deep breath can make all the difference! Practicing Mindfulness can help with relaxation and focus. It can help you navigate the highs and lows of your day. Mindfulness can help you build a sense of strength, calm, and self-confidence. We will participate in relaxation activities that promote a healthy way to relieve stress.
MODEL UN: (Advisor Mr. Aiello) Learn skills of leadership, diplomacy, collaboration, oral and written communication, problem solving, debate and research through being involved in a simulation of the United Nations and role-playing as delegates to the UN! Students involved with MUN have been accepted into: Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Duke, UCLA, Johns Hopkins, University of Chicago, Georgetown, Dartmouth College and MORE! Meets Tuesday, room 2079 - 2:30-4:00
Multicultural Club (formerly Friends of E.L.L.): (Advisors: Mrs. Wilbers & Ms. Westfall) Come join the fun! The purpose of the Club is to connect cultures. ALL ARE WELCOME! You are going to meet new people, make new friends, and learn about different cultures. The club is also here to help students who came to the U.S. from a different country to socialize more, meet new people, make new friends and improve language skills. The Club is not just for E.L.L students. Everyone can join! Meets Thursday 2:20-3:20 in Room 3052
NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY: (Advisor: Mr. Cole) - click here for Weymouth NHS web page
The National Honor Society (NHS) is the nation's premier organization established to recognize outstanding high school students. More than just an honor roll, NHS serves to honor those students who have demonstrated excellence in the areas of scholarship, leadership, service, and character. These characteristics have been associated with membership in the organization since its beginning in 1921. Membership by invitation only.
POETRY CLUB: (Advisor: Ms. Murphy) Students read, write and analyze poetry as well as plan events such as open mics and poetry slams. Meets Tuesday in room 114
PRO SPORTS CLUB: (Advisor: Mr. Farrar) This club will bring the skills and excitement of fantasy sports to Weymouth High! Meets Tuesday in room 3066
ROBOTICS CLUB: (Advisor: Mr. MacInnis) (FRC) is an international high school robotics competition. Each year, teams of high school students and mentors work during a six-week period to build game-playing robots. Robots complete tasks such as scoring balls into goals, flying discs into goals, inner tubes onto racks, hanging on bars, and balancing robots on balance beams. The game changes yearly, keeping the excitement fresh and giving each team a more level playing field. While teams are given a standard set of parts, they are also allowed a budget and encouraged to buy or make specialized parts. Meets Thursday in Room 3034
ROTARY INTERACT CLUB: (Advisor: Ms. Mahar) If you like volunteering, helping your community and like to get involved, this is the club for you! All welcome! Meets 1st & 3rd Tuesdays in room 120. Remind Me Updates: To 81010 in body: @338d6c
SADD (STUDENTS AGAINST DESTRUCTIVE DECISIONS): (Advisor: Mrs. Doherty) SADD is a group of students working to educate the Weymouth High School Community about sound decision making surrounding Health and Wellness issues. NEW members welcome!!!!
SELECT CHOIR: (Advisor: Mrs. Saracino) Select Choir is an after school choir that performs pop music and show tunes with full staging and movement accompanied by live student musicians. Select Choir is open to all students regardless of previous experience. Directed by Mrs. Lauren Saracino of Abigail Adams. Meets Thursday in the Choir Room 3:00-4:30
SKILLS USA: (Advisor: Mrs. Maskell) This is open to ALL CTE students. SkillsUSA is a national organization serving teachers and high school and college students who are preparing for careers in technical, skilled and service occupations, including health occupations and for further education.
STEP TEAM: (Advisor: Ms. Walters) Step Team is about expression. It is a group that doesn't dance to music, but to sounds that they create as a group by clapping, stomping, shouting, etc. Each member has the ability to bring their individuality, and they are encouraged to do so. The team incorporates steps that other team members have come up with to create routines. The group brings a positive energy to those who are a part of it as well as to those that they are around. Meets Monday, Wednesday, Thursday in the Gold Cafe
STUDENT ADVISORY GROUP: (Advisor: Mrs. Yannizzi) The Student Advisory Group is a diverse group of students from any/all different areas of the school. The only requirement to join is a desire to be a part of the school community. The students gather information from their peers and report out to the Principal and the School Committee on student comments, concerns, questions and suggestions. The club will meet monthly or as needed with the Principal. Meets Wednesday in room 217
The other key to this is that there are multiple ways to participate. The group takes surveys, speaks to peers, school administrators and school committee. If a student is not comfortable speaking in public, they may have other strengths that we can use. We encourage everyone to come to a meeting and check it out. Also, for the older students it can be part of their college application.
TRI M-NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY OF MUSIC: (Advisor: Ms. Kenny) The Tri-M Music Honor Society® is a program of NAfME which focuses on creating future leaders in music education and music advocacy. Tri-M® is the only national honor society for student musicians in grades 6-12. The Weymouth HS chapter began in the 2015-2016 school year under the direction of Ms. Kenny. We were responsible for many of the music related events during the school year. Overall we raised close to $1,000 for the WHS music department. Meets Tuesday in the Band Room 2:15-3:00
VOLUNTEERS IN PRACTICE: (Advisor: Mr. Galusha) The VIP program is Weymouth's honors society for student volunteerism. We exist to honor students who do valuable, inspirational and purposeful service. Once nominated to the society, student VIPs work to be the change they wish to see in the world. See our calendar here. Meets Tuesday in room 213
WEYMOUTH HIGH THEATER COMPANY: (Advisor: Mr. Norton, Adams Intermediate School) The theater is a place for everyone! Reimagining and exploring the lives of others aids in the growth of self. Participating in the theater allows our students to become more introspective and empathetic. Understanding ourselves and the feelings of others are among the most humanizing qualities we possess. The Weymouth High Theater Company helps facilitate this growth in students. Students will be afforded the opportunity to perform and study technical theater in many varied forms including musicals, plays, and improvisation.
WEYMOUTHS SCHOOL NEWSLETTER: (Advisor: Ms. Comeau) Get your writings, reports, artwork, photographs, research and advertisements published. Meets every other Wednesday in room 208
YEARBOOK CLUB: (Advisors: Ms. Murphy & Ms. Grushkin) Everyone interested is welcome. Students can come to contribute photos and ideas to the yearbook, you do not have to be in the yearbook class to participate. Meets Thursday in room 111
ADVISORS 2018-2019
| ACTIVITY | ADVISOR(S) |
Amnesty International | Mr. & Mrs. Rand | |
Art Club | Mr. Murphy | |
Best Buddies | Mrs. Havey & Ms. Neary | |
Board Game Club | Mr. Pinizzotto | |
Mrs. O'Neill | ||
Mr. Cole | ||
Class of 2019 | ||
Class of 2020 | Mrs. Bowen | |
Class of 2021 | Ms. Montgomery & Mr. Doo | |
Color Guard | Mr. Danahy-Sheldon | |
Coloring Club | Mr. Farrar | |
Community Band | Ms. Kenny | |
Ms. Roy | ||
Dance Team - Varsity | Ms. Roberts | |
Mr. McCarthy | ||
DECA | Ms. Partridge | |
Fashion Club | Ms. Grushkin | |
Gardening Club | Mr. Patmos | |
| Friends of E.L.L. Club | Mrs. Wilbers & Ms. Westfall |
Mr. Meoni | ||
High School Quiz Show | Mr. Wilkins & Mr. Pinizzotto | |
Homework Hotspot | Ms. O’Neill & Mrs. Geary | |
Jazz Band | Ms. Kenny | |
Literary Magazine Club | Ms. Murphy | |
Math Team | Mr. Duseau & Mr. Keough | |
Mindfulness Club | Ms. Ownes & Ms. Curran | |
Model UN | Mr. Aiello | |
Multicultural Club | Mrs. Wilbers & Ms. Westfall | |
(by invitation only) | Mr. Cole - | |
Peer Leaders (ADL) Program | Mrs. Marx & Mr. Danahy-Sheldon | |
Ms. Murphy | ||
Mr. Farrar | ||
Mr. MacInnis | ||
Rotary Interact Club | Ms. Mahar | |
SADD | Ms. Doherty | |
Select Choir | Mrs. Saracino | |
Skills USA | Mrs. Maskell | |
Ms. Walters | ||
Student Advisory Group | Ms. Yanizzi | |
Student Voice | Mr. Galusha | |
Tri-M National Honor Society for Music | Ms. Kenny | |
VIP | Mr. Galusha | |
Weymouth High Theater Company | Mr. Norton | |
Ms. Comeau | ||
Yearbook Club | Ms. Murphy & Ms. Grushkin |