CO-CURRICULARS - High School

 

At the Elms, our students take advantage of a variety of clubs and co-curricular activities. We encourage young women to take an active role in their school and community.  Involvement in co-curricular activities contributes to a well-rounded high school experience, one that allows our students to embrace responsibility, accept positions of leadership, and explore their enthusiastic participation in sports and clubs.

Click here for a full list of our Co-Curricular Activities.

 Activities include:
Academic Challenge:  Open to high school students, grades 9-12. Academic Challenge has varsity and junior varsity teams.  They train after school and compete with schools throughout Summit and Cuyahoga counties.  A county-wide tournament is held in January.

 

Ambassadors Club:  Open to all students grades 7-12.
Student ambassadors from all grade levels have an important role at the Elms.  They assist the Admissions Office in a variety of capacities, including hostess duties for several school events, tour guides at Open Houses, and representatives at community events.

 

Art Club:  Open to all students grades 9-12.
Members of the Art Club meet after school to create individual and group art projects.

 
Chamber Singers: The Chamber Singers are an auditioned group of singers, grades 10-12. This select group of 12-14 voices performs acappella, four-part harmony music ranging from early Renaissance to modern-day music. The Chamber Singers are frequently invited to sing at community events throughout the year, as well as at special school events and season concerts.

 

   

Coalition:  Includes a representative from each class and club, and all class presidents.
Coalition is the student body government.  Members meet regularly to air student concerns and work toward solutions.  Developing leadership is an important mission of the Elms and Coalition.  Students participate in formal leadership training during the school year.  Coalition sponsors the Freshie Mixer and fundraisers throughout the year.

 

 
Encores Show Choir:  The Show Choir is an auditioned, choreographed vocal group open to all students, grades 9-12. The Encores rehearse three times weekly in preparation for our school's Holiday and Spring Concerts and the All-School Talent Show, community events including holiday club meetings, and fundraising events. The Encores visit and perform at area nursing and assisted living facilities during the holiday season.
 
Foreign Language Clubs:  Open to all students of French and Spanish, grades 7-12, and those interested in the cultures of other lands. The club?s purpose is to further student understanding of the culture and heritage of each of these language groups.  Students participate in service projects, singing, dancing, theatre outings, cooking and contests.

 

Forensics (AKA Speech and Debate):  Open to high school students, grades 9-12.
Students develop a lifelong interest in communication skills, critical thinking and writing, literary interpretation, and public speaking.  Students compete in Ohio High School Speech League and National Forensic League tournaments throughout the year.  This rigorous competition produces numerous state qualifiers, district champions, state finalists and national qualifiers.  The Elms team is proud to claim a National Semi-Finalist in 2001, and a National Champion in 2000.

 

Liturgical Ministry Team:  Open to all students grades 7-12.
Student members meet with the liturgical director to plan Masses, Friday Word and Communion services, and other prayer and paraliturgical services for the Elms community.  Students participate in various ministries during Mass and throughout the year.

 

Music Ministry:  Open to all students grades 7-12.
Music Ministry students provide music for our all-school liturgies.

 

Newspaper:  Open to high school students, grades 7-12.
The school newspaper, The Elm Leaf, is published 4-6 times each year.  Earning ? academic credit, the student reporters, editors, photographers, and artists carry out each step of newspaper production, from decisions about story ideas and photo assignments through page design and in-house desktop publication.  The Elm Leaf has won many awards, including a first-place rating for a small school from the Northeast Ohio Scholastic Press Association in 2003 and a first-place rating from the American Scholastic Press Association in 2002.

 

Social Action Club:  Open to all students grades 7-12.
Social action and responsibility is vital to the growth of women in leadership.  All students are encouraged to participate in some aspect of the Social Action Club.  Student interests and activities include AIDS awareness and support of the Community AIDS Network of Akron, food and clothing drives, recycling, respect for human life from the unborn to ending the death penalty, working at area soup kitchens and food pantries, hunger awareness, SADD (Students Against Destructive Decisions), and other activities as issues of social justice arise.

 

Spirit Club:  Open to all students grades 7-12.
Spirit Club sponsors two fundraisers, pep assemblies, a Halloween Party, a Christmas Hallway Decoration Contest, and Spirit Week.  Club members provide support for the athletic teams and recognize student and staff birthdays.  The goal of the Spirit Club is to increase school spirit and participation and attendance at all extracurricular activities.

 

Theatre at the Elms: Open to all students grades 9-12.
Theatre is a fine tradition at the Elms.  Two productions are staged each year.  Auditions are open to all students in grades 9-12.  Dedication, discipline, and many rehearsals result in quality high school theatre.  Our talented students enjoy opportunities in all aspects of theatre, from performance and stage management to lighting, scenery and costume design.  Middle school students participate in their own theatre enrichment experience. 

 

Yearbook (Egress):  Open to all students grades 7-12.
Yearbook is a course worth 1/4 credit. Students learn a variety of skills needed to produce the yearbook including professionalism, sales, newswriting, editing, photography, and desktop publishing using Adobe InDesign CS2. Students also have the opportunity to attend the Herrf-Jones summer yearbook conference at Heidelberg College in Tiffin, Ohio.
 

For more information, please call Admissions Director Kathleen Norman, at 330.867.0918 or email her at KNorman@TheElms.org.