North Salem High School
Clubs & Organizations
A variety of activities are available to North Salem High School students. Please encourage your student to become involved in our school experiences in and outside the class room. If you have questions or comments contact our Activity Director is Amanda Starkey.
Why School Programs and Clubs are Important for Students:
Appealing to Colleges
Improved Academics
Safe Fun
- Colleges like to see students involved in extra-curricular activities. It means that they are well rounded and understand how to balance other things besides schoolwork.
- A survey conducted by the Minnesota State High School League in 2007 and reported by the NFHS found that the average GPA of a high school athlete was 2.84, while a student who was not involved in athletics had an average GPA of 2.68.
- Teenagers need stimulation and if they don’t play a sport or do some other extra-curricular activity, they will find that stimulation elsewhere. Sometimes this can end up hanging out with the wrong crowd or doing some other deviant behavior.
School Spirit
Social and Parental Bonding
Develop leadership skills
- Students involved in school programs find a sense of belonging and are more likely to expressing having a positive connection with school.
- Teens who play a sport or are involved in a club will most likely bond with their peers and this improves their social skills. Sports/Clubs can also maintain and improve parent-teen bonding, if the parents are involved and encourage their son or daughter.
Student Clubs
After-school clubs build resumes for colleges, allow for socialization and is a safe way to get our students interested in other activities.
Art Club
Advisor: Cura Hartnett & Haley Hass
Tuesdays 3:30-4:30pm
Room 227
AAPI (Asian American, Pacific Islander) Club
Advisor: Lori Festa & Neibe Moses
Thursdays 3:30-4:30pm
Room 232 & West Commons
Art Club
Advisor: Cura Hartnett & Haley Hass
Tuesdays 3:30-4:30pm
Room 227
Asian Student Union
Advisor: Rosette Chen
Tuesdays 3:30-4:30
Room 2020
Dance Club
Advisor: Emily Tarbell & Emily Wilson
Mondays 7:00-8:00am, Tuesdays & Thursdays 3:30-4:30pm
Room Dance Studio
Enrichment Academy
Advisor: Adrian Rodriguez
Monday- Friday
Room 110
FBLA
Advisor: Richard Peterson
Wednesdays 2:30 in Room 136
International Thespian Society
Advisor: Alyssa Bond
Wednesdays (every other) 2:30
Room Auditorium
Japanese Kawagoe Club
Advisor: Chad Christensen
Wednesdays 3:30-4:30pm
Room 2060
Math Club
Advisor: Susie Boehlke
Thursdays 3:30-4:30pm
Room 123
MEChA
Advisor: Cipriano Mañon
Thursdays during lunch
Balcony B
National Honors Society
Advisor: Emma Swoboda
2nd Wednesdays of month durung lunch
Room 2000
Oregon Battle of the Books Club
Advisor: Julie Rector
TBD from 3:30-4:30pm
Room 213
Physics Club
Advisor: Danny Ortiz
Fridays during lunch
Room 243
Robotics
Advisor: Ash Schmal
Mondays- Fridays 3:30-4:30pm
Room 122
Youth HPV Champions
Advisor: Jeremy Lewis
Tuesdays during lunch
Room 2020