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Academic Bowl Team
The Academic Bowl Team is a club
that competes at the county, state and regional levels. PAGE Foundation
sponsors the competition on a yearly basis. Students compete in a toss up
format with bonus rounds. Rounds consist of ten questions each from the
areas of science, math, social studies, literature and language arts. The
team was a state finalist in 2003-04.
Members: Open to all students (students are selected by ability
to compete).
Meets: Tuesday-Thursday during competition months
Time: 8:05 AM
Location: Sponsors’ classrooms
Sponsors: Debbie Shields and Kathy Corder
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Builders Club
The Builders Club is a service organization which
works with the Kiwanis Club, one of our Partners in Education, on school and
community projects. The Builders Club is responsible for activities such as
collecting used eyeglasses, and collecting Campbell's labels to obtain
equipment for Simpson including Jeopardy games and P.E. equipment. A new
project is the collection of Teddy bears which are delivered to the Cobb Co.
Fire Department to benefit children in stressful situations.
Members: Open to all students
Meets: 1st and 3rd Fridays of each month
Time: 8:15 AM
Location: Mrs. Heil's room in 7B
Sponsors: Cindy Heil and Julie Pearson-Clarke
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Chess Club
The Chess Club provides an opportunity for students to
build and improve their game skills
while participating in a friendly competitive atmosphere. New champions are
decided and
announced each week.
Members: Open to all students
Meets: Each Tuesday
Time: 8:00 AM
Location: Mr. Whiting's room in 8A
Sponsors: Chris Whiting
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Chorus
Chorus is an extracurricular opportunity for students
to enrich and expand their music talents and skills. The club does several
performances and competitions during the year including performing at PTSA
meetings.
Members:
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Sponsor:
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DANCE Hip-hop and much
more! This exercise club is a fun way to get creatively involved and stay
fit! Be part of a dynamic team while learning fundamental moves in street and
performance style that incorporate the body elements of rhythm/coordination
and practice moves from the old school and new, tricks, mobile floor
combinations, and dances in preparation for show opportunities. Members will
have the opportunity to add their own personal movement expression and
flavor! Girls and Guys with all levels of experience welcome to try-out in
August…positive attitude a must to encourage those who’ve never taken a formal
class and respect those who’ve had years of studio training. Dance Team meets
on Thursdays in the theater afterschool and a few Saturdays for performances
and invitational opportunities. Commitment to attendance, citizenship and
academic requirements apply and nominal fees for shoes/costume may incur. See
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Drama Club is open to any student interested in exploring elements of
theater.
Members: Open to all students
Meets: TBA
Time: TBA
Location: TBA
Sponsors: Jennifer Heins, Pam Winarski
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The focus of this group is to save our natural resources through
education and the reduction of waste. We
are dedicated to the preservation and beautification of our earth. This
group of students meets monthly for a program pertaining to environmental
issues. Each week they recycle paper products which save the future
destruction of trees. We have an aluminum can recycling bin on our premises
as well as six-pack plastic ring recycling. Students and parents help with
our adopt-a-mile program. Parent volunteers are needed to help with the
recycling efforts.
Members: Open to all students (by application)
Sponsor: Joy Chanin
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POP
Power Over Prejudice-POP Club)
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weekly before school club comprised of formerly trained 8th graders and ten
teacher referred 7th graders who display an interest in diversity, leadership
potential or strong peer presence and are academically stable. The mission of
the club is to “spread awareness and create an environment free of
prejudice.” Selected Seventh graders are accompanied by School Social Worker
October to Georgia Tech for training with the Anti-Prejudice Consortium.
School wide activities are planned all year long which include a diversity in
May and mural painting in the theater entitled, “All Colors Show to Me, Our
Community’s Rich Diversity," for '07-'08. The purpose of POP is to:
-To increase awareness
and understanding of the many forms of prejudice students encounter within
their schools, including stereotypes related to ethnicity, race, religion,
disability, culture and economic differences.
-To provide an
educational opportunity and safe forum for students of diverse backgrounds to
talk, exchange ideas and interact.
To allow students to
gain valuable insight into their roles and responsibilities in reducing
prejudice and hate.
-To empower students
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Math Counts
MathCounts is a before school math program designed to stimulate student
interest and achievement in math. Through weekly coaching, students prepare
for competition involving high level problem solving and algebraic
applications. Competition is composed of both individual and team rounds of
questions. The goal is to spur students to view math as exciting,
challenging, rewarding, and fun.
Members: Open to all students
Meets: Each Friday
Time: 8:15 AM
Location: Mrs. Sinclair's room - 7A
Sponsors: Sandy Sinclair and Paulette Sams
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Robotic Team
Simpson's Robotic Team (the RoboEagles) participates in the international
FIRST Lego League (FLL) competition (see
www.firstlegoleague.org). The mission
of the team is to get inspired and excited about science, math, and
technology as a prelude to a rewarding educational career. FLL is "Sport
for the Mind" in that the team will have fun and gain experience in solving
real-world problems by applying math, science, technology and robotics. The
2006 Challenge, entitled NanoQuest, will allow the team to virtually look
through a high-powered atomic microscope to the strange, new world of
individual atoms - the world of NanoTechnology!
Members:
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Science Olympiad
SCIENCE OLYMPIAD consists of a team of students who
enjoy scientific problem solving.
Activities range from hands-on labs to building projects ahead of time
(cars, bottle rockets, catapults, Rube-Goldberg machine, etc.), to
testing your knowledge in a specific subject, like anatomy, geology,
astronomy or scientific process. We prepare together in weekly
meetings (some extra time is required at home to be successful) and
compete as a team. Last year we went all the way to the State
competition in Augusta. This year... who knows? All you need
is enthusiasm, self-motivation and a love of science.
The success of the Simpson Team in competition with other schools would be
enhanced with participation of parent volunteers at our weekly
practices.
We meet on Wednesday afternoons from 4:15 - 5:30 PM Parent
volunteers are still needed.
Members: Open to all students
Meets: Each Wednesday afternoon
Time: 4:15 - 5:30 PM
Location: 6B2
Sponsors: Karen Bryant and Evelyne-Burdette Elgqvist
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Student Forum
The Student Forum is an organization of student representatives elected
from each pod. Its purpose is to
provide various activities for Simpson students, to promote school spirit,
and to encourage service by
students. Representatives are considered as school leaders and should
understand the serious commitment
and honor of serving on Simpson's Student Forum.
Members: Open to all students (Membership is
closed for this school year).
Meets: 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of each month (called meetings as needed)
Time: 8:15 AM
Location: Mrs. Sams' room - 8A
Sponsors: Paulette Sams, Marsha Kraatz, and Erin Sellers
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Yearbook Staff
The yearbook staff is responsible for the design and
publication of the school yearbook. Members take photographs of events
during the school year and creatively plan a lasting memory for students.
Members: Open to all students
(Yearbook Application
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Meets: Each Tuesday and one afternoon a week
Time: 8:10 A.M .and 4:15-6:00 P.M.
Location: Ms. Donaldson's room (6B)
Sponsor: Marcie Donaldson
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