Extracurriculars

Choir learns new and different songs to perform around the community. This is the only vocal performance group at Carnahan and is open to 4th and 5th graders.

5th grade students learn how to play the String family instruments (violin, viola, cello, and bass). This lasts the entire school year. If students attend Strings all year, they get to be part of the Intermediate Orchestra in Middle School if they choose Orchestra as their elective.

Garden Club is a great place to learn about the different species of pollinators.  We also learn how to grow and take care of a variety of plants that attract them in our pollinator garden.  Our vegetable garden is a place where students get to witness first hand the work that goes into the foods we eat and staying healthy.

Project Acorn is an enrichment club that teaches environmental science and helps students to become environmentally aware of their surroundings and how to take care of it. We take data about the environment around us. The data we use is part of an international site called GLOBE.  For example, air and soil temperatures, cloud coverage, rainfall measurements, cleanliness of water, and relative humidity. We also teach students about native plants and trees and how to plant them. We are fortunate enough to ride our "Creek Patrol" bikes down to the Leon Creek at O.P. Schnabel to take GLOBE measurements and learn about the native plants surrounding us.