Clubs at Episcopal High School

With the start of the school year comes lots of chaos and stress. Deciding what clubs are offered at school and how to get involved in a club can add to this stress. That is why Episcopal High School devotes a few hours of one school day every year to promote all of the clubs at Episcopal and allow the students to sign up. This day is called club fair. 

There are many clubs offered at Episcopal, which vary from a math club all the way to a barbeque club. One club that has been around Episcopal for a few years is the science club. The president of this club is junior Isabella Goodman, who gets to direct and hold meetings to talk with members of the science club and even students who are just interested in science. She also gets to set up events around school and schedule speakers to come and speak during chapel.

Last year, the science club had an astronaut speak to the whole school and held a session after she spoke to answer students’ questions. Isabella chose to be the president of this club because “I’ve always been interested in science, and it’s always been a successful club. This year, we are planning on incorporating service into the club.” Isabella is excited to be this year’s president and hopes to expand the club. Isabella also hopes “to get others interested in science outside of the classroom and find ways to make science fun and accessible to everyone.” 

A club at Episcopal High School that has been around for a very long time is the Interact club. Junior Zoe Freidman decided to be the president of this club because she has been in this club since freshman year and “saw this as an opportunity to take on a leadership role in my school and it is also a way to get involved in service projects with our school as well as the rest of Houston.” The Interact club has done many things to help the world, including raising money to build a filtration system in both Pakistan and Haiti. A very popular project for the Interact students is called Books for the World, which is a project in which students package all kinds of donated books, including textbooks, which are then shipped to 18 countries all over the world.

Zoe says that a popular project at Episcopal is “BeYOUtiful Week, which promotes self confidence among students. BeYOUtiful Week ends with Natural Day, which encourages students to come to school how they naturally are, without makeup or hair products for that day.” Zoe hopes to gain valuable experience in organizing meetings and projects, as well as motivating her peers to take part in service opportunities.

In addition to the clubs that have been around for a while, Episcopal also encourages students to create and start a club. One club that was created this year is the yoga club, which was established by juniors Sophie Allan and Alison Newton. Sophie practices yoga and decided to start this club because “I wanted to get involved in leadership and bring yoga to Episcopal.” There were many steps involved in creating this club, but Sophie says that it was worth it. Both Sophie and Alison hope to bring yoga instructors to the school to allow students to do yoga whether they are experienced or beginners. 

With all of the clubs offered at Episcopal, everyone has an opportunity to find something they love and get involved with the school through events hosted by the clubs.