Drama Club (MOB Theatrical)
Sponsors: Julie Belvin and Lindsey Opp; Co-Sponsor: Diane Marco
Third, fourth, and fifth-grade students audition in August. They rehearse Monday and Wednesday afternoons from 2:30-4:00 pm. Starting in November, they also rehearse on Friday afternoons.
Environmental Club
Sponsor: Catherine Mills
This group works in the school garden and on other projects to promote reducing, reusing, and recycling. Students in 4th and 5th grade are welcome to join. They meet in Mrs. Mills' room every Wednesday morning and once a month in the afternoon.
Fox Trotters
Sponsor: Trish Douglas; Co-Sponsors: Hilary Garner, Katie Heintzelman
The Fox Trotters are a dance team that performs at sporting and community events. Only 5th graders are allowed to participate in Fox Trotters, and the team practices on Thursday afternoons.
Girls Who Code
Sponsor: Candice Davies; Co-Sponsor: Beth Lawton
The Shallowford Falls chapter of Girls Who Code inspires, educates, and equips girls with the computing skills needed to pursue 21st-century opportunities. Girls in grades 3-5 can join, and the club meets on Wednesday afternoons.
Helen Ruffin Reading Bowl
Sponsors: Jennifer Head and Kaitlin Wilson
The Helen Ruffin Reading Bowl team reads and studies the ten books selected as the 4th-5th grade Georgia Children's Book Award Finalists. During their Thursday afternoon rehearsals, they answer questions based on these books. Any fourth- or fifth-grade student can join the after-school club, but only ten students can be selected to represent the school in January's county-wide competition.
News Crew
Sponsor: Jennifer Head
Rising fourth- and fifth-grade students audition in May to join the morning announcement news crew. Each three-person crew serves for one calendar month during the school year. They write the script, run the teleprompter, serve as anchors, run the mixer, coordinate the background, and include closed captioning. Students may also serve as a sports reporter, spotlight reporter, or character word reporter: these students write their own scripts, present one morning a week, and serve for two or three months.
Safety Patrol
Sponsor: Dana Stewart
The Shallowford Falls Safety Patrol Team has been established to recognize those students who possess and demonstrate positive leadership skills, personal responsibility, and good academic skills. The goal of the safety patrol is to allow its members to develop important leadership skills such as responsibility, dependability, assertiveness, and cooperation. They also serve as examples of behavior and manners for younger students in the school. The safety patrol will assist the school’s teachers and administrators in monitoring hall behavior, raising and lowering the flag each day, and collecting car rider lanyards. They may also be asked to assist with other in-school programs when needed.
Science Olympiad
Sponsors: Stephanie Burns and Lindsey Opp
Any 3rd, 4th, or 5th-grade student interested in science may apply to be a part of Science Olympiad. The tryouts take place in October.
There are 2 competitions. The Cobb County competition in March is for Cobb County Schools only. Then if we qualify at the county as one of the top 3-4 teams, we go to the state competition in May, where teams from all over Georgia compete.
The team consists of 20 students in 3rd, 4th, and 5th grades. The students train with their coaches weekly from November to March for the county competition. If our team qualifies for state, the training continues and increases until May. The meeting times are set up by the coaches and the student participants.
National Science Olympiad Program
Georgia Science Olympiad website
Student Council
Sponsor: Wendi Doherty
Student Council is a service organization open to students in third, fourth, and fifth grades. Interested students campaign and are elected by their peers to represent their homeroom classes as well as the school at large. Voting takes place at the beginning of October, and the students meet Friday mornings from 7:30-8:00 am in Mrs. Doherty's room.
