Tom C. Clark H.S.
Club/Organizations & Advisors 2011-12
Academic Decathlon--Roxanne.Brown@nisd.net
The Academic Decathlon is a team competition wherein students match their intellects with students from other schools. Students are tested in ten categories: Art, Economics, Essay, Interview, Language and Literature, Math, Music, Science, Social Science, and Speech.
Asian Circle--Yvonne.Yzaguirre@nisd.net
Asian Circle is a social and community service oriented club open to all ethnic backgrounds. We meet socially every other Tuesday for Asian food, games, and tutoring. Our biggest community service project is Angel Tree at Christmas time. Meetings in A047 every first Wednesday of the month.
Athletics--Steven.McGhee@nisd.net
Band--Kevin.Russell@nisd.net
Bowling--Stacie Hartsfield txmomac@yahoo.com
Do you like to bowl? Want to be part of a team? Beginners or Advanced-are welcome!! The Clark Bowling team is a great way to make new friends and have a great time competing in a sport that everyone loves! Season is October to April and practice and matches are scheduled at Bandera Bowl on Bandera Rd. Contact Janie Cardenas in the Attendance office for details.
Chess Club--WilliamJones@nisd.net
The Chess Club is for both recreational and competitive chess. The club meets on weekly for fun play. We also compete in monthly competitions with other high schools for medals and trophies. The club meets on Wednesday mornings at 7:30 AM in the Living Room.
Choir--JamesHare@nisd.net
The Vocal Music Department at Clark High School is made up of over 200 students enrolled in 7 performing ensembles. The choirs are the Tenor-Bass, Treble, Advanced Treble, Chorale Men, Chorale Women, Concert Chorale and the Small Vocal Ensemble. Enrollment in the Tenor-Bass and the Treble Choirs is open to all students. Admission to the advanced ensembles is determined by audition. The Concert Season includes 4 major concerts, a "Pop Show," a musical theater production, bi-annual out of state trips and opportunities to compete for TMEA/UIL regional and state honors.
Clark Student Ambassadors (CSA’s)--Heather.Garcia@nisd.net
Students work on a daily basis in connection class, mentoring freshmen. This group of students is also responsible for organizing Fish Camp for incoming freshmen in the summer. Students meet during late start to plan and four days a week during the freshmen connection class. You must be at least a sophomore to apply.
CLART (Art Club)--William.Peavy@nisd.net
clart (the Clark art club) meets tri-weekly, after school in room A004. The philosophy of clart (sic) is to extend and expand learning about the fine and cultural arts beyond the classroom through direct involvement with the San Antonio arts community. Through clart, students will engage, explore, experiment, and serve. Mark Peavy sponsors clart.
Class of 2012--Susan.Ruiz@nisd.net and Tara.Fisher@nisd.net
Class of 2013--Kimberly.Dill@nisd.net and Jimmy.Gonzales@nisd.net
Class of 2014--Amy.Gabert.nisd.net
Class of 2015--open
Computer Science Club--Randle.Moore@nisd.net
Meetings in room C226 on Tuesdays from 4:10-5:00
Cougarettes--Visit the Cougarette Webpage
Cheer Sponsor: Hope.Britt@nisd.net
Top Cat & Aristocat Sponsor: Sarah.Visel@nisd.net
Pep Squad Sponsor: Evie.Edwards@nisd.net
DECA II (Coop)--MaryCavanaugh@nisd.net
DECA II is a co-curricular organization that is taught along with Marketing Education. This organization helps to develops leadership skills; successful business careers, and serves the community as well. Students enrolled in the Marketing Coop program are eligible to become members.
Drama Club--Francisco.Licon@nisd.net
The Drama/Thespian Club is open to all students at Clark High. It is an organization that promotes, and supports the growth of students interested in Theatre. We have a group of officers that are elected by the members each year. During the school year, the club organizes meetings (usually 1st Wed. of every month), and events for the membership. The members are encouraged to participate in production duties, such as publicity, ushering, clean up or strike, etc., for the Theatre productions.
FHF (Friends Having Fun)--Karen.Pumphrey@nisd.net
Film Appreciation Club--Christian.Stafford@nisd.net
French Club--JudineTaylor@nisd.net
The objective of the French club is to give students who are interested in the French Language and in the cultures of the French-speaking world an opportunity to meet with other like-minded students. The officers and the sponsor organize activities such as French Movie Night, trips to any operas which are related to French culture, gatherings to make French dishes, and trips to local museums.
French Honor Society--JudineTaylor@nisd.net
FUEL Club--James.Hare@nisd.net and Mark.Pedroza@nisd.net
The objective of the FUEL Club is to provide a student led bible study that allows Christians and Non-Christians the opportunity for fellowship and to explore biblical truths. Meetings are on Fridays at 8 a.m. in room C217
German Club--Marion.Torres@nisd.net
German Club is open to all students at Clark. We meet once a month (usually on the first Tuesday) after school from 4:15 - 5:15. We celebrate German Heritage, explore German culture and teach survival German to Non-Native speakers. All Club activities are let by German Club officers and the Club sponsor. To join - simply fill out an application available in A 107 from Mrs. Torres.
Harry Potter Club--Mary.Guerrero@nisd.net
We are a club dedicated to all things Harry Potter. All four houses come together to discuss the books, play trivia, have movie nights and Harry Potter food, and even play Quidditch. If you love Harry Potter, plan to meet on Wednesdays monthly to be sorted into your house!"
Interact (Community Service)--Marjorie.Sensiba@nisd.net
Interact is a community service club and is the high school brainchild of Rotary International, one of the largest community service organizations in the world. Interact's mission is to create opportunities that facilitate truth, fairness, goodwill, and friendship within the community. The Tom C. Clark chapter of Interact works closely with Oak Hills Rotary to provide aid to the San Antonio community like the Ronald McDonald House, St. Francis meals for the homeless, food drives for the Food Bank, Habitat for Humanity, The Humane Society and more. The club meets the second Wednesday of every month in room A013 or the library and we provide refreshments and snacks. Membership is $10.00 for new members and $8.00 for returning members. Members volunteer 3 or more hours per month, usually once during the week and once on a Saturday. For our longer travels, we try and get a school bus so that we can all go together. Interact t-shirts need to be worn to any activity outside of Clark and the shirts are $10.00. The applications for Interact are in A013. Members are required to get a signed parent signature for the application and signed medical release forms by the parent depending on the activity.
Come join Clark Interact!!
JROTC (AirForce)--Donald.Shackleford@nisd.net
Junior Classical League/Latin Club--WilliamLee@nisd.net
Membership in JCL / Latin Club is open to all students enrolled in Latin or students who are interested in the study of Greco-Roman civilizations. There’s a membership fee, which covers the dues for the State and National organizations (for more information please see www.tsjcl.org for the State organization and www.njcl.org for the National organization). The Latin Club plans fun, monthly socials (e.g. pool parties, scary movie marathon, LaserQuest, etc) for its members to build camaraderie. In addition, members have the opportunity to participate in various academic, creative, graphic, and athletic competitions at the local, regional, state, and national levels. The most intense and rewarding of these competitions is Certamen, which is similar to Latin Jeopardy and encompasses mythology, Roman history, and Latin language skills. Clark’s Latin Club has earned numerous awards at the local, state, and national levels. At the end of the year, the Latin Club hosts an Awards Banquet to honor all the achievements and accolades earned by its members.
LULAC Youth Council #1098--Lisa.Smalls@nisd.net,Kathy.Guzman@nisd.net and Cristina.Johnson@nisd.net
Math Club
--Amanda.Thoms@nisd.net
National Forensic League, Speech Team--CassandraZuniga@nisd.net
Speech and debate activities can earn students scholarships for higher education. Many colleges and universities have competitive speech teams that compete nationally. Students who are involved in competitive speech and debate activities have a better chance of getting into prestigious colleges and universities. Additionally, you can earn your speech requirement for graduation through the speech and debate courses. Debaters and interpreters make better students, and learning can be fun!
National Honor Society--DebbiSochia@nisd.net and Bill.Cool@nisd.net
National Latin Honor Society--William.Lee@nisd.net
Members of Latin Club who have maintained at least a 90 average for each of the first five grading cycles during the school year are eligible to be inducted into the NLHS. The induction ceremony is held in conjunction with the Latin Club Awards Banquet.
Orchestra--Teresa.Nguyen@nisd.net
Pep Squad--Evie.Edwards@nisd.net
Role Play Club (R.P.C.)--Lauren.Shaw@nisd.net
A game playing community open to all Clark students. Members play RP card, computer, and video games (such as Munchkin, Pokémon, Mario Kart, etc). Members also create their own original universes and game systems to engage in original role playing. Members meet every Thursday in A203 from 4:05-5:30
Science Fair Club--Debbi.Sochia@nisd.net
Science Bowl--Shannon.Sahabi@nisd.net
This is a quiz-bowl (Jeopardy-like) competition in February that asks science questions from all branches of science and math. The commitment is limited (December through February) and if we win the regional competition, we can go on to Washington D.C., all expenses paid. Requirements: enrollment in a Science course and solid knowledge of Math or Science.
SK8 Club--Marjorie.Sensiba@nisd.net
Meetings on Monday at 4:15 in room A013. While skateboarding is not allowed on campus, the SK8 Club promotes skateboarding in our school and community and gives students who skate credibility to those who don't skate. SKateboards can be stored in A013. Club members meet every Monday after school in A013 and use UUMC's indoor skate park until 6:30. In order to encourage good grades and attendance, UUMC and Clark administrators allow students to attend a private skate session each six weeks for a Monday Lunch skate time. Parent permission is required. T-shirts are $10.
Spanish Club--Amy.Wise@nisd.net
Spanish Honor Society--Maria.Brandenburg@nisd.net
The Sociedad Honoraria Hispánica (SHH) is an honor society for high school students enrolled in Spanish and is sponsored by the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese. Formally organized as the Spanish National Honor Society in 1953, the name was changed in 1959. At present there are over 2,000 national and international chapters.
The purpose of the society is to recognize high achievement of high school students in the Spanish language and to promote a continuing interest in Hispanic studies.
At Clark, students are engaged in activities that involve the students in leadership activities, public service to the Clark and surrounding community
Student Council--Lauren.Bartell@nisd.net and Natalia Caballos@nisd.net
Texas Association of Future Educators--Anna.Bryan@nisd.net
UIL Academics--Amanda.Thoms@nisd.net
VICA-Auto Technology--Kenneth.Flores@nisd.net
Our skills USA group is a group of students that compete at a district and state level against other schools. We build projects and perform hands on testing. It’s a great opportunity to test their skills
VICA-Metals--Mark.Halloran@nisd.net
The name of our Metal Trades Club is Skills USA chapter number 1995. In this club our student has an opportunity to compete in hands on welding and fabricating contest, and group projects. Where we as a group plan and design a particular project and construct It . The student is required to document all work each has completed in the construction process and finalize this documentation in a large organized notebook. We have our District meet in February and our State meet in March. This leadership club that enables the student to practice skills they have been taught in shop and intern gives them a chance to match their skills with other schools across the state of Texas. We teach team work, pride in work completed, and the dignity in a job well done.
With the welding and fabricating skills our students gain they are able to use in the workforce where many find employment or further their education through post secondary technical schools.
Video Gamerz Club--Phillip.Gutierrez@nisd.net
The video game club is a social after school network of students that play collectable cards, role playing and/or video games. We meet Fridays from 4:15 till 6 pm in room A008.
Yearbook/Newspaper/Clark Connection--Michelle.Elizondo@nisd.net
