Members of AMSA’s National Honor Society took over the senior parking lot before April break for a large service project -- building beds for families and children in need. They worked with Sleep in Heavenly Peace, which assembles and delivers beds across the country. photos
Clubs
2024-2025 Clubs
updated 9/13/24
A Cappella
AMSA's long-running a cappella club, wherein students perform the art in a self-led group under the guidance of an advisor.
Grades: 9-12
Advisor: Ms. Commito
Meets: TBD 3:00-5:00 p.m.
Location: Room 110 Lower School
Dues: $125
Active Minds
Club designed to promote mental health awareness. Includes organization and planning of stress-relief activities and events for students, in addition to potential for campus events like themed athletic events, panel discussions, movie screenings, community speakers.
Grades: 9-12
Advisor: Mr. Dugan
Meets: Monday (bi-weekly) 3:00-3:45 p.m.
Location: Upper School Conference Room or Room 405 Upper School
Dues: $0
American Music Club, Level 1
We will cover different styles of American music, such as Blues, Ragtime, Concert Band, Jazz, Rock, Soul and Pop.
Grades: 6-12
Advisor: Mr. Harlow
Meets: Tuesday 3:00-3:45 p.m.
Location: Lower School Cafeteria
Dues: $187.50
American Music Club, Level 2
We will immerse ourselves in the music of America, such as Blues, Ragtime, Jazz, Concert Band, Rock, Soul and Pop. We will make historical and biographical connections, rehearse and perform. Level 2 meets twice per week and offers mentoring opportunities to students in Level 1.
Grades: 8-12
Advisor: Mr. Harlow
Meets: Tuesday & Wednesday 3:00-4:30 p.m.
Location: Lower School Cafeteria
Dues: $375
Amnesty International
Amnesty International is an organization working to gain human rights for people across the world. The club will be fundraising to benefit the organization and bringing awareness to human rights violations and what can be done.
Grades: 9-12
Advisor: Dr. Lewis
Meets: TBD
Location: White Building
Dues: $0
Best Buddies
Best Buddies seeks to promote inclusiveness and raise awareness about the special needs community. The club provides volunteer and fundraising opportunities through the Best Buddies Organization.
Grades: 6-12
Advisor: Ms. Morena
Meets: Thursday 2:45-3:30 p.m.
Location: Room 805/806 White Building
Dues: $60
Black Student Union
The Black Student Union (BSU) serves to provide a supportive environment for students at AMSA. Open to all students, the purpose of the BSU is to provide educational and culturally relevant activities of common interest in the African American community. Through volunteering and programming, the BSU will lead by example to take charge of our future, dismantle stereotypes and build community.
Grades: 6-12
Advisor: Ms. Johnson and Mr. Gordon
Meets: Thursday 3:00-4:00 p.m.
Location: Room 404 Upper School
Dues: $0
Book Club
Book Club is an informal club to help encourage students to read for fun and rediscover the joy in literature. Students select the books, I just provide a space, popcorn, and discussion questions about the book we chose to read.
Grades: 9-12
Advisor: Ms. Percoskie
Meets: Monday 2:45-3:30 p.m.
Location: Room 800 White Building
Dues: $0
Breast Cancer Awareness Club
Fundraising for and awareness of breast cancer.
Grades: 9-12
Advisor: Ms. Jarvis
Meets: TBD 3:00-3:45 p.m.
Location: TBD
Dues: $0
Business and Marketing
BAM is a marketing-based skill building club focused on doing community service for small businesses in order for members to learn, practice, and perfect different aspects of physical and online marketing.
Grades: 9-12
Advisor: Mr. Hill
Meets: Every Other Thursday 3:00-4:30 p.m.
Location: Room 401 Upper School
Dues: $115
Coding Club
A club for learning/refining programming skills. All are welcome, even if they've never programmed before! We will be tackling interesting programming problems together, and possibly running small coding competitions.
Grades: 6-12
Advisor: Mr. Tetreault
Meets:
Monday 3:00-4:00 p.m.
Location: Room 209 Lower School
Dues: $50
Crochet Club
Learn to Crochet with Dr. Mobley! Beginner to advanced students and faculty are welcome to join! This is a FREE Club! Starts September 11 and runs until November 20. Crochet hooks provided. Please bring one skein of worsted weight#4 yarn to practice with!
Grades: 6-12
Advisor: Dr. Mobley
Meets: Wednesday 2:50-3:45 p.m.
Location: Executive Director's Office
Dues: $0
DECA
DECA prepares emerging leaders and entrepreneurs for careers in marketing, finance, hospitality and management in high schools and colleges around the globe.
Grades: 9-12
Advisor: Ms. Deshpande
Meets: Wednesday 3:00-3:450 p.m.
Location: Room 208 Lower School
Dues: $50
Drama Club
The goals of this club are to teach students acting, presentation, and production skills through school wide drama productions. To introduce students to various jobs related to theater: stage crew and management, set production, choreography, costume design, and of course acting.
Grades: 6-12
Advisors: Ms. Crocker
Meets: Monday, Wednesday, Thursday 3:15-6 p.m. (Mon-Sat during Tech Week and for the performances)
Location: Upper School Cafeteria, except Tech Week is off-site at an auditorium
Dues: Major Roles = $130, Minor Roles = $90, Crew = $30
Fencing
AMSA Fencing is open to all AMSA students in Grades 6 through 12. Previous experience is not necessary. The club will run for three sessions, allowing students to join other sports and activities throughout the year. Our foil-based club will enable us to instruct and teach all levels of the enjoyable sport of fencing. Currently, we are structured like an intramural program as we do not compete with other schools. As students' skills grow, we will also introduce electric fencing.
Grades: 6-12
Advisors: Ms. Jagielski
Meets: Friday 2:45-4:30 p.m.
Location: Lower School Cafeteria
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Fiber Arts
Students will gather to learn the art of needle felting in 2D, 3D and some basic sewing skills. Each month will cover a new subject theme and students will be able to take their work home after completing each project. We will cover safety, local artists, materials, techniques and presentation for display.
Grades: 9-12
Advisor: Ms. Makynen
Meets: First Three Thursdays of the Month 3:00-4:15 p.m.
Location: Room 502 Upper School
Dues: $25
FIRST Tech Challenge
FIRST® Tech Challenge’s thrilling robotics competitions help students develop a sense of accomplishment and the understanding that they can do anything with their collective skills, leadership, and confidence, and that their experience will positively impact their future and take them further than any other sport can. Teams design, build, and program robots to compete in an alliance format against other teams with a spirit of friendly competition.
Grades: 7-12
Advisor: Mr. Houle
Meets: Thursday 3:10-4:30 p.m.
Location: Room 207 Lower School
Dues: $100
Gaming Xtreme Club
Gaming Club provides an opportunity for students who enjoy games to meet, socialize, and play together in a really fun gaming experience. We offer multiple consoles and games to play for all types of gamers. Every member has a say in what games we get, what consoles we buy, and accessories like controllers. We plan on having a range of tournaments this year, ranging from Smash Bros, Mario Kart, and more. Everyone will have access to hundreds of games in our growing library. With over 10 gaming consoles that includes games for: XBox Series X, PS5, PS4, XBox One S, Nintendo Switch, Switch Lite, Steam Deck, Oculus Quest 2, Wii U, Wii, GameCube, N64, etc.
Grades: 6-12
Advisor: Mr. Morgan
Meets: Wednesday 3:00-4:00 p.m.
Location: Room 319 Lower School
Dues: $140
Human Trafficking Awareness Club
This high school club's goal is to promote awareness about human trafficking because it isn't talked about much. Our meetings will educate the members about human trafficking all over the world, and even locally here in Massachusetts. We will hold fundraisers and donate the proceeds to a local human trafficking non-profit organization. We also plan to have speakers from this organization come and talk to members of the club.
Grades: 9-12
Advisor: Ms. Currallo
Meets: Every Other Friday 2:50-3:15 p.m.
Location: Room 402 Upper School
Dues: $0
Leaders of Today and Tomorrow
Develop leadership skills through community service.
Grades: 6-12
Advisor: Mr. Vital & Mr. Gordon
Meets: 2nd & 4th Tuesday 2:45-3:45 p.m.
Location: Upper School Cafeteria
Dues: $55
Lower School Homework Club
Homework Club is an extended day after-school program that also provides students with an environment that gives them the opportunity to complete homework. The club runs from 3-6 pm Monday through Friday and is only available to lower school students (grades 6-8). All lower school students are required to be supervised during after-school hours while on school property. If a lower school student is not picked up by 3:10 and/or is not attending a club/sport, they will be escorted to Homework Club to which the family will need to pay a $12 drop-in fee. There is an option to register your student for Homework Club should families need it to pick up their student later than 3:10 on a regular basis. Homework Club Policies
Lower School Latin Club
This club will allow students to engage with Greek and Roman culture in a low stakes social setting, beyond the topics normally covered during class time.
Grades: 6-8
Advisor: Ms. Caudill and Mr. Prescott
Meets: Thursday 2:55-3:30 p.m.
Location: Room 203 Lower School
Dues: $10
Math Team - Freshman
The Freshman Math Team represents AMSA at regional, state, and national match competitions.
Grades: 9
Advisor: Ms. Marathe
Meets: Wednesday 3:00-4:00 p.m.
Location: Room 508 Upper School
Dues: $120
Math Team – Middle School
The Middle School Math Team represents AMSA at regional, state, and national match competitions.
Grades: 6-8
Advisor: Mr. Vea
Meets: Tuesday 3:00-4:00 p.m.
Location: TBD
Dues: $120
Math Team – Varsity
Do you like to play with numbers? Does your Math period get over very quickly? Do you like to explain any Math word problem to your classmates? If yes, then you are at the right place in the world of Math. AMSA Math Team takes every effort and an opportunity to work in numbers and play with a variety of mathematical concepts and challenges. The purpose of the club is to help students to participate in math competitions. The team competes in all WOCOMAL, MAML, varsity contests and all Math League contests.
Grades: 9-12
Advisor: Mr. Koci
Meets: Wednesday 2:50-4:00 p.m.
Location: Room 605 Upper School
Dues: $120
Model UN
The AMSA chapter of Model United Nations is part of a global student organization that introduces students to international affairs. Students attend twice monthly meetings to prepare them for participation in conferences throughout New England. These conferences simulate the work of the United Nations, tackling topics such as refugee relief, deforestation, clean water access, and nuclear weapons, as well as historical events like the French Revolution and the Cuban Missile Crisis. Students hone their skills related to research, debate, discussion, oration, and collaboration. Over the years, AMSA's Model UN club has been recognized at conferences for both individual student accomplishment and the efforts of our entire delegation. Students do not need to have any prior exposure to global affairs to join; they will learn along the way.
Grades: 9-12
Advisor: Ms. Morena
Meets: Thursday 2:45-3:30 p.m.
Location: Room 805/806 White Building
Dues: $50
Money Wizards
Focused on proper money management and responsible financial decision-making, which are important life skills. We will set financial foundations in middle school and earlier.
Grades: 6-8
Advisor: Ms. Deshpande
Meets: Thursday 3:00-3:45 p.m.
Location: Room 208 Lower School
Dues: $50
National Honor Society
AMSA's chapter of the National Honor Society is the honor society on campus which serves our community through service. Members exhibit strong character, possess excellent leadership qualities and have exemplary scholarship.
Grades: 11-12
Advisor: Ms. Bowen and Ms. Johnson
Meets:
Every Other Thursday 3:00-3:30 p.m.
Location:
White Building Common Area
Dues: $20
National Society of Black Engineers
Grades: 9-12
Advisor: Ms. Arteaga and Mr. Scerra
Meets: Every Other Thursday 3:00-4:00 p.m.
Location: Room 804 White Building
Dues: $0
Role Playing Game Club
Grades: 6-12
Advisor: Mr. Longo
Meets: Wednesday 2:45-4:15 p.m.
Location: Room 505 Upper School
Dues: $0
Science Bowl
The AMSA Science Bowl Club welcomes science enthusiasts who are quick thinkers and curious. The club prepares students for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) National Science Bowl®. This is a nationwide academic competition that tests students’ knowledge in all areas of science and mathematics. Teams of 4-5 students participate at the Regional competition, held at MIT in March, in fast-paced question-and-answer rounds on a range of topics from biology, chemistry, Earth science, physics, energy studies and math.
Grades: 6-12
Advisor: Dr. Mortimer
Meets: Monday 3:00-4:00 p.m.
Location: Room 606 Upper School
Dues: $100
Spanish National Honor Society
The Spanish National Honor Society celebrates academic achievement, character and community service. Members are invited to participate, based on an overall unweighted GPA of at least 3.5, Spanish grades, disciplinary records and teacher recommendation. The society will push all students to achieve their full potential in Spanish, celebrate cultural diversity and be a mindful global citizen.
Grades: 10-12
Advisor: Ms. Preston
Meets: Third Tuesday of the Month 2:50-3:30 p.m.
Location: Room 804 White Building
Dues: $40
Student Government
Grades: 9-12
Advisor: Ms. Sepe
Meets: Tuesday 3:00-3:45 p.m.
Location: Room 805 White Building
Dues: $0
The Quill
This is a literary magazine that showcases the talents of the student body. We accept writing, photography, artwork, etc. We meet less often in the beginning of the year but much more often in the spring when we are creating the layout and reading submissions. See The Quill Archives
Grades: 6-12
Advisor: Ms. Rousseau
Meets: TBD
Location: Room 800 White Building
Dues: $0
UNICEF Club
Learn about and fundraise to support UNICEF with their programs.
Grades: 9-12
Advisor: Ms. Arteaga and Dr. Doyle
Meets: Every Other Friday 2:55-3:10 p.m.
Location: Upper School Cafeteria
Dues: $0
Upper School After School Study Hall
The After School Study Hall runs daily from 3-6 p.m. daily for students in Grades 9-12. No sign-up is necessary. This staff-run study hall is held in the Media Center in the Upper School and is free of charge. It is intended to allow students to come and receive the extra time they need on their homework assignments, work on group projects, or find a quiet place to work. Peer tutoring can be made available upon request through the student counseling department. Once the assignments are completed, the student may read or work quietly on a computer. The Media Center will not be open on half days, school holidays, or snow days. The After School Study Hall ends promptly at 6:00 p.m. – all students MUST be picked up by then. If not, there will be a charge of $1.00 per minute after 6:00 pm until the student is picked up. Cash Only payments are expected upon pickup. A receipt will be issued if requested.
Yoga Club
Open to all AMSA students regardless of experience or skill level. In Yoga Club we will practice yoga postures while learning about how yoga can be used to manage stress, improve the mind-body connection, and increase strength, flexibility and overall wellness. Students will learn a variety of yoga poses and the benefits of each pose. We will be incorporating breathwork and learning different meditation techniques in order to promote mindfulness into our practice and everyday life.
Grades: 6-12
Advisor: Ms. Little
Meets: Every Other Monday 2:45-4:10 p.m.
Location: Room 310 Lower School
Dues: $100
Student Work
Examples of podcasts and other student work produced by AMSA clubs.
Clubs News
Student Gov is launching a new video podcast called Aftermath! This will be by students, for students... talking about things that affect AMSA students.
It was a festive time at the UNICEF Club's Gingerbread Man Decorating Contest! video
Club Rome held its annual Saturnalia celebration, an ancient Roman winter festival marked by feasting and socializing! photos
The Astronomy Club braved the cold and met at Ghiloni Park in Marlborough to view the night sky.
The newly formed AMSA Robotics Club participated in a scrimmage at the Waring School in Beverly, MA.
AMSA’s Society of Women Engineers Club hosted a marshmallow & spaghetti noodle structure building competition. All high schoolers were invited to test their ability to build a tower using only marshmallows and dry spaghetti noodles! Watch video
AMSA’s Varsity Math Team placed 3rd in the small school category at the Mass. Association of Mathematics Leagues (MAML) state competition on March 30!
Here is action from AMSA’s version of March Madness – the 2023 AMSA Chess Tournament! Hosted by the Rook's Corner Club, first rounds were played on Monday. Players who advanced through their brackets will compete next Monday for the championship.
AMSA UNICEF recently hosted its annual Women's Day Conference for the first time since the pandemic. Attendees heard from several professionals with local ties about their experiences as women in the workforce. Special thanks to Dr. Nicole Hill, City Councilman at Large Samantha Pearlman, Dr. Ipsita Roymoulik, and Board of Trustees members Bela Gorman and Maura Webster for speaking so openly about their experiences. It was an inspiring night for all in attendance! AMSA UNICEF Club's faculty advisors are Ms. Murphy and Dr. Doyle.
Members of the Astronomy Club brave the cold to view the night sky. Objects viewed included Jupiter, Mars, Venus, the Moon, Orion Nebula, Comet C/2020 E3 (ZTF), and the Andromeda Galaxy. We also saw a flyover of the space station, and took pictures of the comet and the Orion Nebula. The Orion Nebula is the closest star-forming Nebula to Earth but is still over 1300 light years away!
Spanish National Honor Society celebrated Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead), a Mexican holiday when families welcome back the souls of their deceased relatives for a reunion. Ms. Makynen helped students decorate mini skulls in bright colors, a tradition meant to celebrate the departed souls. photos
Students in every grade got creative carving and painting pumpkins the other day! The event was hosted by Club Rome, the Latin Club at AMSA. watch video watch on Insta
AMSA's Leaders of Tomorrow club passed out candy at Marlborough's annual Horribles Parade on Oct. 27, 2022!
The heat was intense and so was the competition at AMSA NHS's school-wide Spikeball tournament on May 16!
30 tie-dye Peace Bears are on their way to Ukrainian refugees, thanks to fundraiser by AMSA Leaders Tomorrow club.
Over 60 members of the AMSA track & field team and Leaders of Tomorrow collected litter throughout Ghiloni Park and also manicured miles of trails on May 1.
Advance to the quarterfinals of the Season 12 tournament
Watch their first-round match against Westford on Saturday, May 15 at 6 p.m.
Leaders of Tomorrow and National Honor Society join forces with Girls and Boys Scouts.
Great results at MSDL Speech Debate and Congress State Tournament!
Congratulations to 25 students inducted into the Sociedad Honoraria Hispánica!
They were able to record all of the vocals for the singing portion of Disney's Frozen KIDS.
AMSA A Cappella has not let the pandemic stop them
AMSA Fencing club needs to add lacrosse shoulder pads and gloves to their equipment supply.
AMSA National Honor Society is collecting items to provide to foster homes for children in need.
Make a thank you card for a healthcare worker and show your gratitude!
AMSA Operation Smile is holding a donation drive until March 15.
The holidays aren’t over at AMSA! The UNICEF Club just finished its winter fundraiser.
The 6th Grade Hiking Club enjoyed an invigorating hike at its first outing last weekend.
Members of AMSA's Leaders of Tomorrow club dropped off over 100 jackets for needy families.
About 15 members of Leaders of Tomorrow volunteered and learned teamwork.
Quarantine isn't stopping the Quiz Bowl team! On Saturday, three players were actually able to play a tournament in Texas
Officers of AMSA’s Black Student Union share why Black History Month is important and why they celebrate it.
AMSA’s Diderot Society has launched a new website featuring the first installment of its Edward R. Murrow Podcast.
JCL gives out friendship bracelets attached to Latin quotes.
That energetic music you heard was Spanish teacher Karin Heisler leading a Zumba class.
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