East Irondequoit-Eastridge High School2350 East Ridge Road Rochester, New York 14622

Phone: (585) 339-1450 Fax: 339-1459

AdministratorsMr. Tim Heaphy, Principal

Mr. Christopher Whipple, Assistant Principal Mr. Sean Costello, Assistant Principal Ms. Sheri Webber, Assistant Principal

Mr. Robert Crocetti, Director of Athletics, K-12

Counseling Center Mrs. Doreen Goossen - Director of Counseling 339-1524 Mrs. Kathleen Healy - Students last names beginning A-Gi: 339-1530 Ms. Jenna Rauh - Students last names beginning Gl-Om: 339-1522 Mrs. Mona Dibble - Students last names beginning Or-Z: 339-1517

Eastridge High School Parent-Teacher-Student Association

President: Jennifer Foster Vice President: Gail Clare Treasurer: Denise Valone Secretary: Connie Posella

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Mrs. Mary E. Grow Interim Superintendent of SchoolsEast Irondequoit Central School District600 Pardee Road Rochester, NY 14609Phone: 339-1200 Fax: 288-0713

Eastridge High SchoolExtracurricular

Clubs and Activities

2018-19

Dear Eastridge Parents and Students:

In this brochure, which was developed by Lauren Milne, Eastridge High School Parent-Teacher-Student Association (PTSA) representative for the 2003-04 and 2004-05 school years, you will find descriptions of many diverse extracurricular opportunities available to Eastridge students.

Please take a moment to review these various clubs, orga-nizations and activities. A sign-up form is included in the center of this booklet. Students may return this form to the Counseling Center, to be contacted by the appropriate advisor, for activities they wish to join.

We encourage students to consider the value of becoming involved in many different activities. These clubs and organiza-tions offer you a way to broaden your personal abilities and your friendships and also to add to your resume the kinds of experiences that are extremely well received by colleges. Colleges look for well-rounded students with strong, rigorous academic records who are also actively involved in school.

Students who participate in school activities also greatly enhance their scholarship opportunities. There are a wealth of scholarships available to students who meet criteria such as com-munity service, leadership and involvement in school activities.

As you participate in different activities, you also may discover an interest that you would like to pursue in college, as a career or as a lifelong hobby or a vocation.

If you are interested in joining a club, please speak to the ad-visor, your counselor, or administrator. Best wishes for success during your years at Eastridge and remember to get involved!

Doreen Goossen Director of Counseling

Yearbook Club: The Eastridge High School Pageant Yearbook is all about reward-ing academic and athletic excellence with pictures and symbols of achievement. The club is open to all high school students. The yearbook is built on a reputation for uncompromising standards of quality, a sincere commitment to honoring the milestones and memorable moments in the life of our students. When designing the yearbook, we share a common goal: to honor tradition and reward achievement. Cherished memories are caught and developed into pages of full-color designs. (i.e.: sports teams, sports victories, clubs, proms, baby pictures, special days and holidays are also remembered.) Student ideas are captured and add a level of pro-fessionalism to every layout. Students then complete meticulous designs and mold each event into treasured remembrances. Be a part of the choice and the voice, be a part of your school yearbook!

National Honor Society

Robotics Team

Varsity Football

Eastridge High School Clubs, Organizations & Activities

Art Club: Eastridge High School Art Club meets once a week in the high school Art department. Every week a new project is introduced. Students have the option to make the project as a group or work independently. Class officers are elected and have input on projects and on community service projects.

ATAD - Exchange Student Program: Each year Eastridge High School hosts ex-change students from a variety of countries and organizations. Eastridge students also have the opportunity to study abroad either for a semester, school year or during the summer. Being an exchange student will give you the opportunity to learn about a country and culture first hand. There is a fee attached to being an exchange student. Eastridge students and their families can also host exchange students in their homes.

Chess Club: Students interested in chess are encouraged to join - beginners to experts! Students meet on a regular basis to hone their skills. They also compete against chess clubs from other Rochester area schools.

Class Officers - Grades 9-12: Students can run for president, vice president, treasurer, secretary, or senator. Officers plan fundraising activities, hall decorating, prom, senior ball, homecoming floats, graduation activities, and other activities as needed. Students are chosen by vote by their classmates. Candidates should be reliable, responsible and ready to work hard.

Drama Club: Drama club meets several times a month for an hour after school. Unlike the fall play or spring musical, students do not need to audition to participate. Drama club focuses on improvisation games and acting techniques which is helpful for any student involved in theatre. Drama club is for all students no matter the theatre experience or background.

Ecology Club: The Ecology Club is a group of people whose focus is environmental issues around the school community. It is open to all high school students. Also, they have begun a paper recycling policy for the high school.

Varsity Club: The Varsity Club is a fun club involved in organizing many activities. The club includes six seniors who have participated in varsity sports throughout high school and who currently are involved in a varsity sport. Members should be in good standing in terms of academics, athletics and citizenship, because they are representa-tives of Eastridge High School. Members need to be hard working, responsible, reliable and devoted. Members should plan to attend their first meeting in mid-August and meet two to three times a month until June.

The main activity the club organizes is homecoming. All events associated with homecoming and homecoming week are validated through Varsity Club, including the parade of floats, the theme, the pep rally, homecoming dance, homecoming king/queen voting, Class Competition Night and all other events of Hoopla week. Other events can be added during the week such as a faculty or powder-puff football game. This is a huge commitment of time and hard work for the students and advisor and involves weeks of planning and preparing to ensure success.

The Varsity Club also organizes Hush Day on February 14. The main objective is to cut out hearts for Valentine’s Day, pass them out to all the girls in the school and see how many the boys can get by the end of the day. If a girl speaks (socially) to a boy, she must give up a heart. The girl/boy with the most at the end of each day wins a prize of movie passes or candy.

The final major activity the Varsity Club organizes is the spring Athletic Banquet. Planning begins in December to choose a location, select a menu, sell tickets and invite guests and student athletes to be recognized. This also is a large responsibility and takes a great deal of hard work and devotion.

As long as there are motivated students and an advisor(s) willing to commit a sig-nificant amount of time, this club can be very successful. Varsity Club can also host other events/activities as needed to promote more school spirit.

Homecoming

Jazz Band at Gorham Pageant of Bands

The Envirothon: The Envirothon is an interscholastic competition in five areas of environmental science. It is open to all high school students. This year’s team is com-prised of 25 students on five teams. The areas of competition are: Aquatics, Forestry, Soils, Wildlife, and Preserving Cultural Resources.

Fall Play: The Fall Play gives students the opportunity to perform various theatrical productions ranging from plays seen on Broadway to Shakespeare. Auditions occur within the second week of school, and the play is performed in early November. Stu-dents participating in the play will meet several times a week after school to rehearse. During the rehearsals the students will receive an immersive acting experience focused on character development, blocking, and some technical aspects of theatre. Students perform the Fall Play on the main stage in the auditorium in front of friends, family and community members.

Gay Straight Alliance (GSA): The Gay Straight Alliance provides a safe space for LGBTQ students along with their allies to meet and discuss challenges they face. Meetings have included author visits, field trips, pride celebrations, coordination and collaboration with other schools GSA’s, as well as, the local gay alliance. This is a safe, non-judgmental space for students to be themselves and gain support from allies within our school. It also offers a place for students to incorporate ways to make our school more inclusive to the LGBTQ community. All are welcome to join!

International Club: The mission of the school’s International Club is to increase cul-tural awareness and foster intercultural friendships throughout the school community. Together, we learn about new cultures, share traditions of our own and explore the rich diversity at Eastridge High School. A big part of this exploration will be experiencing other cultures first hand through guest speakers, open discussion, culturally traditional experiences, and possible international service trips. All students are welcome!

Interscholastic and Intramural Sports Activities: Information on all interscholastic and intramural sports programs is included in the Calendar/Parent Guide mailed to homes each August by the East Irondequoit School District. To request a copy of this guide, contact the Communications Office at 339-1230.

Lancers Lend A Hand: Lancers Lend A Hand is a student-led service organization that offers members opportunities to provide service, build character and develop leadership. Lancers Lend A Hand members help build their schools and communities by volunteering their time for others.

LOTE Club: The Languages Other Than English (LOTE) Club encompasses all three of the languages offered at Eastridge: Spanish, Italian and French. Students will further study the languages and be exposed to their cultures through authentic experiences. Some activities may include field trips, cultural celebrations, films, literary discussions, and further studies through food, music and dress.

Spring Musical: The annual Eastridge spring musical offers students opportunities to perform in popular Broadway musicals and includes singing, dancing and acting roles. Students audition in the fall or early winter for roles. Audition dates are publicized through the morning announcements, music classes and other methods.

Students rehearse several times a week throughout the winter, including the Febru-ary break, leading up to the weeks before the musical. For the final two weeks before the musical, students rehearse every day. Students involved in the musical also may serve as officers and members of the Musical Club, which helps with operations and management of the fundraising activities that help support the musical.

Students who take part in musicals in each of their four years of high school are inducted into the Musical Hall of Fame at a community reception that takes place before one of the performances of the musical, sponsored by the East Irondequoit Foundation and Eastridge Alumni Association. The musical offers students exciting, exhilarating, unforgettable experiences, and a chance that may not come again in their lives, to perform, before the spotlights, to audiences of 500 to 800 people, including parents, students and community members.

Stage Crew: Stage crew helps with the productions for the fall play and spring musical. Stage crew is in charge of the technical aspects of theatre including lighting, sound, set, stage managing, spotlight, flies, and props. Stage crew meets after school as the productions are approaching and on the weekends in order to help build the sets. Students do not need to audition to be a part of stage crew. There will be infor-mational meetings for those interested during October for the fall play, and January for the spring musical.

Student Government: The constitution of the Eastridge Student Government states that it exists “to continually raise the quality of life at Eastridge.” Student government does this by organizing activities to promote fun and spirit at EHS, and it raises money for certain expenses, such as providing yearbooks for exchange students and special events as they arise.

Spring Musical “The Addams Family”

Marching Band: The East Irondequoit Lancer Marching Band members are proud to represent the community of East Irondequoit as they perform for the 37th year and the 32nd consecutive year in field band competition. The band consists of students in grades 7 - 12. Commitment, Pride, and Excellence signify the goals that the Lanc-ers strive for on and off the field. The Lancers have traveled and performed up and down the Eastern seaboard from Nassau, Bahamas to New York, as well as in Toronto, Canada and Waterford, Ireland. Their travels have taken them to Tampa, Florida for the 2003 Outback Bowl and recently to Washington, D.C. The Lancers have won six state championships.

Masterminds: Masterminds is an academic club that competes against teams from other high schools in the area. The club is open to all high school students. Teams answer questions similar to those in Jeopardy and Trivial Pursuit. Questions cover a wide range of topics, including science, math, history, literature and even pop culture. Masterminds also invites students who have an interest in playing chess.

Mock Trial Team: Students take on the roles of lawyers and witnesses in a fictional case designed by the Monroe County Bar Association. The participants act as either the prosecution or the defense and go up against another school’s team in a trial. The Bar Association supplies the judge, who decides which team presents a better case. Students sharpen debating skills and learn the rules of the courtroom.

Model U.N./Congress: Students in the Model U.N. Club focus on training to par-ticipate as delegates at two Model U.N. Conferences each year: in November at Hilton High School, and in March at St. John Fisher College.

The club is open to all high school students. Members join students from high schools across western New York as delegates to U.N. committees where contemporary international issues are debated and voted on.

The Eastridge High School Model U.N. Club coaches students on U.N. procedures and rules, research strategies and effective debating tactics. At conferences, students compete for awards for best delegate performance in each committee, as well as best school performance.

Experiences at Model U.N. conferences help students develop greater understand-ing of global issues and problems and improve their research, debating and public speaking skills.

The Eastridge Model Congress offers our students a chance to meet with students from throughout the state and simulate how the U.S. Congress makes decisions. Our club prepares students through research, bill writing and debating to compete in the model congress. Students study relevant issues of the day and propose solutions, while recognizing their limitations, and develop research, writing and communication skills.

National Honor Society - Eastridge High School Chapter: Membership in this organization is considered one of the highest honors that can be awarded to a high school student. Selection for membership is based on the four ideals of scholarship, leadership, service, and character. Membership, however, is more than an honor. It brings with it a responsibility and obligation to demonstrate these qualities by willingly giving of oneself to the school and community. Each member attends chapter meetings, participates in chapter projects and completes an individual project of twenty hours for a charity of choice. Students are inducted into the National Honor Society at the end of eleventh grade and participate as active members throughout twelfth grade.

Senior High Jazz Ensemble: This band performs for many events during the winter and spring such as: Senior Citizens’ Day, community events, including banquets, clinics, competitions, and music awards night. This ensemble includes students who are cur-rently in the school bands or who play an instrument not found in school bands, such as guitar, bass guitar or piano/keyboards. Styles of music performed include swing, funk, fusion, Latin, and other contemporary styles. Auditions are held in the fall, after the marching band season ends. There is a “Jazz Night Concert” in May which also features the Middle School Jazz Ensemble. This group performs at a high level and all members need to be able to read music at a relatively high level to be in the group.

Site Based Team (SBT): Site Based Teams were created by the New York State Edu-cation Department to encourage more community involvement in public schools. The model enables students, parents, teachers, community members and administrators to participate.

There are specific guidelines for the terms of service and the number of representa-tives from each constituency group. For example, the number of teacher representatives can and should be equal to the total of the rest of the constituents. So, if there is one administrator, four parents, two students and one community member, then there could be eight teacher representatives. The building principal is the only lifetime member. All other members have term limits.

The SBT can deal with any issues the group deems necessary. School policy, cur-riculum, reward programs and the like are just a few issues the SBT has tackled. Each building determines the issues and goals that will be set for each school year. The Eastridge SBT has had so much involvement that sub committees were created to ac-complish the goals set for the year. The SBT is a wonderful way for principals to become directly involved with people in the school and community.

Slam Poetry Club: Slam Poetry Club is a club dedicated to using the spoken word to address personal and current societal issues such as identity, social injustice, and political perspectives. During our meetings, members will participate in various writing exercises to help create a poem expressing personal views, travel to different poetry- based field trips and perform in a coffeehouse event at the end of the year. Performing is only optional. Come change the world through spoken word!

Ski Club: Although there are expenses involved in participation, ski/snowboard club is a lot of fun! The club is open to all students in grades 6 - 12. Members sell candy to help cover costs. The club goes to Bristol Ski Mountain six times beginning in Janu-ary. Rentals are available to those who do not have their own equipment. Lessons are available and encouraged. A variety of packages are available to students. The club meets for dinner each week (pizza, subs, etc.)

Study Abroad

The Phoenix - Literary Magazine: The Phoenix is Eastridge High School’s literary magazine. Published annually, it is a compilation of student writing and artwork com-pleted as a result of class work or individual interest. All Eastridge students are eligible to submit work for the publication.

The staff includes an editor and staff members who work on the publication. They are in-strumental in gathering submissions, selecting appropriate pieces to publish, typing the pieces, designing the layout, and editing the final copy. The publication is printed professionally and then distributed to students and faculty throughout the high school. The Phoenix literary magazine provides a unique opportunity for student writers at Eastridge High School to find an audience outside the classroom for their creative work.

PTSA Student Representatives: This is the next step up from student government, a chance to have your voice heard and to have input on important school decisions as part of the school’s PTSA organization. Ninth/Tenth Grade Student Representatives: - Represent not just your grade, but the entire student population in front of teachers, parents and principals at the meetings. - Work to make your school the best it can possibly be. - Be involved with your school because it’s yours, and you should be a part of it. - Be a good role model for your school. - Participate in special events for your school. - Bring things to the table that other people might not be aware of because they aren’t a student. - Represent your school the best you can. Eleventh/Twelfth Grade Student Representatives: A chance for students to: - make positive changes in their school - benefit fellow students

- bring up issues to authority in a formal yet unintimidating setting

Reality Check & Drug Free Irondequoit: Reality Check and Drug Free Irondequoit (DF-I) is a youth action club focused on taking action against big tobacco companies and drug use within our community. This club has worked to communicate with elected club officials, the surrounding communities and the media about the harmful effects tobacco and drug use can have on youth in Irondequoit. In this club, students have participated in community policy meetings with senators and councilmen, attended free or low cost camps supporting drug free activities, participated in media and video campaigns, coordinated a school-wide Red Ribbon Week celebration and campaigns focused on the elimination of Tobacco and Drug Use.

Red Cross Club: The Red Cross Club is for students who are interested in plan-ning and organizing the school blood drives. Students will meet with the Red Cross Representative prior to the blood drive date, will hang up posters to encourage student involvement, send out reminders to students who sign up, and help on the actual date of the drive to assist with the check-in process. Students who are part of this club are encouraged to donate blood, but it is not mandatory!

Rho Kappa: This is the History Honor Society. Students who are interested in history and achieve high levels in social studies classes are invited to join. The group meets to discuss historical events and modern society. There is an induction ceremony each spring.

Robotics Club: The Eastridge Robotics Team is a member of the FIRST (For Inspi-ration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Robotics league and is both spon-sored and mentored by Bausch and Lomb. This club designs, builds and programs a robot to compete in a Regional competition at RIT, with the potential to participate in the National competition in Atlanta. In 2010, the club’s first year of operation, the team tied for third place among 44 teams in the regional competition, and won the “Rookie All-Star” award, which earned them a trip to the championship. In 2011, the Iron Lancers came home with a second place finish, along with a place finish in the international event. The club meets at both Eastridge High School and the Bausch and Lomb Research Facility on Goodman Street. This is a real world, professional experience that will help students see the value of education and careers in science, technology, engineering and math, with the possibility of qualifying for $10 million available in scholarship funds.

ROC 2 CHANGE: ROC 2 CHANGE students are involved in working to improve race relations and cultural understanding in our school and the community. Students are also invited to attend student led summits hosted by other school districts within Monroe County. There will be opportunities to partner with local law enforcement for school and community activities.

Fall Play

Marching Band

Ski Club

Lancers Lend A Hand

Art Show

Robotics TeamThe Iron Lancers

Jazz Band

The East Irondequoit Lancer Marching

Band

The National Honor Society

Varsity Boys Baseball

Academic: Chess Club Masterminds Rho KappaArt/Drama: Art Club Drama Club Fall Play Performing Arts Club Slam Poetry Club Stage CrewAthletic: Ski Club Varsity ClubCultural: ATAD - Exchange Student Program Gay Straight Alliance (GSA) International Club LOTE Club Reality Check & Drug Free Irondequoit ROC 2 CHANGEEnglish: The Phoenix - Literary Magazine Yearbook Club

Music: Marching Band Senior High Jazz Ensemble Spring MusicalScience: Ecology Club The EnvirothonService Organizations: Class Officers - grades 9-12 Lancers Lend -A-Hand Link Crew Red Cross Club Site-Based Team (SBT) Student Government PTSA Student RepresentativesSocial Studies: Mock Trial Team Model U.N./CongressTechnology: Robotics

Eastridge High School Clubs, Organizations & Activities

If you are interested in joining a club, please return this form to: Counseling Center Eastridge High School

Name: ________________________________Grade: _____

Email Address: _____________________________________

Phone (home) _________________(cell) ________________

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