Clubs
Mrs. Etheridge and Mrs. Gamez
Thursdays at 3:15-4:15 in room D217
Meeting Dates:
December 7th and 14th
January 4th, 11th, 18th and 25th
February 1st and 8th
Fifth Grade Young Astronauts will also be invited to Star Gazing Night on Friday night, February 16th
Jennifer John, Orchestra Director
Tuesdays & Thursdays at 7:00-7:45 am in Room C102
The Elementary Strings Program is for 5th Graders and allows the students to get a head start in learning to play the violin, viola, cello, or bass.
This group meets all year long on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 7:00am -7:45am. If students successfully complete the year, they are placed in an intermediate orchestra class in middle school.
Registration is closed for the 2023-2024 school year.
Ms. Derrick and Ms. Thompson
After school from 3:15-4:15
Flight Club is an after school program that encourages students to learn about flight. We will learn how to design, create, test, and improve their designs. Students will learn about flight through designing kites, parachutes, paper airplanes, and balloon or straw rockets. Meeting dates are listed below:
February 6, 2024 (Tuesday)
February 13, 2024 (Tuesday)
February 20, 2024 (Tuesday)
February 27, 2024 (Tuesday)
February 8, 2024 (Thursday)
February 15, 2024 (Thursday)
February 22, 2024 (Thursday)
February 29, 2024 (Wednesday)
Mr. Cavazos
1-2 times a week after school from 3:15-4:15
The Mustang Choir consists of 4th & 5th grade students who rehearse for varies performances throughout the year.
The Mustang Choir performs for special events (i.e. Mustang Stampede) and also presents several concerts per year.
The first performance this year is for Veterans Day on Friday, November 10 @ 8:00 am.
The second performance will be on Tuesday, December 12 when they will be presenting, 'Karaoke Christmas'. This show will include the Elrod/Nichols Choir & Strings! Performance will be in the Nichols Cafeteria. Time TBA.
Elizabeth Chau
Monday-Friday at 7:15 am and Tuesdays at 3:15-4:15 pm
MBC is a student group of broadcast journalists who work hard every day to bring you the daily announcements and special features for the students of Nichols Elementary.
Laura Kaarlsen, Rebecca Ball and William Warden
Dismissal to 4:30 - Art Room and Storybook Garden
Nichols Nature Kids is a club for 3rd-5th graders who love the outdoors! We are Monarch Heroes and are improving our pollinator garden this year, plus we are hikers, bird watchers, nature journalers, planters, and love the outdoors in general!
Our meeting dates:
- November 9
- November 30
- January 11
- February 1
- March 7
- March 28
- April 18
- May 23
We have hikes on Saturday, January 20, and Friday, April 26.
Our workdays are on Saturday, December 9 and February 24, and our Earth Day fundraiser will be after school on Friday, April 19.
We will attend the Project ACORN Showcase on Saturday, May 18, at O'Connor.
John Perez
3:15-4:00 pm in the Gym on Fridays
Season is from 3 Nov 2023 - 9 March 2024 Mustangs will meet: Weekly, every Friday after School
Time: 3:15 - 4:00 PM (Parent Pick up)
Who: 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade
Where: Gym
(You can be removed from Running Club if you are late for parent pick up more than two times)
Ms. Chau and Mrs. Berrelez
Wednesdays 3:00 - 4:15 Room 206
STEAM Team is a club to encourage third grade students to use their creativity to design during several engineering challenges. The challenge is to design Rube Goldberg machines, which are fun, yet complicated, humorous machines that perform a single task.
Jacob Garcia and Stephanie Derrick
3:30 - 4:45 Once a Month on a Wednesday in Room D224
The Nichols Student Council is an organization that promotes citizenship, scholarship, leadership, and school spirit as it fosters the development of the future leaders of our schools, cities, state, and country. Our Student Council also supports service learning, as projects are planned to benefit our students, families, and community.