
Clubs
Sculpture Club
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Analyze famous sculptures
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Get feedback on your work from other club members
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Plan a trip to a local museum
Photography Club
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Analyze famous photographs
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Take group trips to picturesque spots to snap some photos
Anime Club
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Learn to speak some Japanese
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Read anime and discuss it as a group
Watch anime tv shows and movies
Children's Hospital Volunteer Club
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Organize volunteer opportunities at a local children's hospital
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Host a book donation drive to collect books to donate to the children's hospital
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Host a bake sale to raise money to donate to St. Jude Children's Hospital
Art History Club
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Members can present one of their favorite pieces of art for the club to discuss
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Visit local museums
Directing Club
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Watch and analyze the works of famous directors (Hitchcock, Fellini, Spielberg, etc.)
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Hold a film festival for student's short films
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Host a movie marathon fundraiser for charity
Creative Writing Club
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Members can present a piece of creative writing they wrote or enjoyed reading
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Give feedback and advice on other members' writing
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Publish the best creative works in a magazine at the end of the year
Foreign Book Club
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Enjoy reading books in translation? Consider starting a book club where each month the club reads a different translated book (try to read a book from a new country or continent each month)
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Meet and discuss that book the following month
Screenwriting Club
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Read a famous screenplay every week
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Analyze why the screenplay was a success or failure
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Read a book about screenwriting (such as Save the Cat)
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Have each member pitch loglines and develop outlines for a screenplay
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Give them feedback, then read the screenplay drafts to the club
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Host a staged table reading of each member's screenplay
Art Review Magazine
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Start a magazine
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Review famous pieces of art
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Hold contests for student artwork to be published in the magazine
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Write reviews of local art shows
Comedy Sportz Club
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Host competitive improv games
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Split into different improv teams and hold a competition at the end of the semester or year
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Bring in judges who will score each team
Save Endangered Species Club
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Organize volunteer opportunities for club members at local animal shelters
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Host a fundraiser to donate money to the WWF
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Visit a wildlife rescue center
Improv Club
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Teach club members improv
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Play improv games
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Put on improv performances once per semester
Operation Smile Club
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Find a reason to make someone smile
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Create an event to make someone day special
Soup Kitchen Volunteer Club
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Organize volunteer opportunities for club members at a local soup kitchen
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Host a toiletry collection drive to donate to your local homeless shelter
Host a food collection drive to donate to the soup kitchen
Foreign Film Club
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Watch a new foreign film at each meeting and discuss it
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Host a foreign film festival, encourage club members to create their own short foreign films
48-Hour Film Festival Club
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Organize a 48-hour film festival (over a weekend or school break) where teams are given a topic for a short film and then have 48 hours to write, shoot, and edit the film
Screen the short films at a festival
Book Club
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Assign a book each month for the club to read
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Meet and discuss that book the following month
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Hold a book donation drive for the local homeless shelter
Literature Magazine Club
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Start a literature magazine
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Write reviews of newly published books
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Hold a contest to publish a student's short story
Art History Club
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Members can present one of their favorite pieces of art for the club to discuss
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Visit local museums
Monologue Club
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Help students find classical and modern monologues they like
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Have students perform their monologue in front of the group
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Give them feedback and ideas on how to improve the monologue performance
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Perform all the monologues once per semester