Achaean 80 –Thursday AM -216
Mentor: Kendall Price
Demonstrates effective student leadership, academic success, and community and student involvement. Voice of the student body and meets with Administration and Staff. 20 Students are selected from each grade level. Application and recommendations are needed to apply.
Awareness Committee
Mentor: Kendall Price
Students work together to research and raise awareness for the student body, through presentations, power point and advertisement during school advisories. HIV, Drug and Alcohol addiction, cancer and diabetes are just a few of the topics that are covered.
Bullying Prevention Team – Thursday AM – Advisory
Mentor: Katie Dorsey
A group of leaders committed to educating others about the realities of bullying and harassment and working to end all forms of bullying in the school.
Center for Leadership Development (CLD)
To foster the advancement of minority youth as future professional, business and community leaders by providing experiences that encourage personal development and educational growth. Not a Herron High School club but a community partner.
Creative Writing – Wednesday PM – 153F
Mentor: Dave Pappas
Work to publish a collection of creative writing produced by Herron students.
French Club – Monday PM – M3
Mentor: Emanuel Harper
Experience French in all its machinations – food, music, culture, slang and travel!
Gamers Club – Tuesday PM – 213
Mentor: Katherine Castro
Concentration, superior intellect, and strategy. Students will combine, compete in board games and develop video games. Chess and others games will be played at high levels.
Girls Empowerment Group – Tuesday PM – 157F
Mentors: Johnson/ Torres
To engage positive and personal growth, self-esteem, and character development among young ladies. To inspire and affect change within them, peers, school and have a great impact within the community.
Guitar Club – Monday PM – 119
Mentor: Lynn House
Students engage in basic fundamentals of learning how to play the guitar.
GSA (Gay Straight Alliance) – Tuesday PM – M3
Mentor: Emanuel Harper
To promote fairness and equity for the students of our school and our community. GSA offers students the chance to encourage tolerance, both within LGBT community and beyond.
International Club – Wednesday PM – Cafeteria
Mentor: Robin Knop
Experience GLOBAL Indianapolis through cultural enrichment.
Kenya Club
Mentor: Trevor Renwick
Designed to foster and facilitate a relationship between Mawego girl’s secondary school in Kenya and Herron High School.
Latin Club – Thursday PM – 218
Mentors: Bush/ Roberts
Study the language and culture in more depth, with an opportunity for competition (NJCL).
Math Club – Wednesday PM -019
Mentor: Nathan St. John
Have fun and challenge yourself working on math problems in relaxed environment. Board races, working in pairs and even teams. In the spring, students compete at Butler University in the Indiana Council of Math Teachers competition.
Men’s Empowerment Group Tuesday AM – 216
Mentors: Harris/ Price
To engage positive personal growth and development. To foster self-confidence and control directed towards positive growth. To aid members in defining positive aspects of their identity. To guide members to positive choices that will raise their social status and to create leaders who will impact their community positively.
Model UN – Wednesday PM – 255 F
Mentors: Gilchrist/ Bilbrey
Students will step into the shoes of ambassadors from various nations to debate current global issues. Student delegates prepare draft resolutions, plot strategy, negotiate with supporters and adversaries, and resolve conflicts all in the interest of mobilizing “international corporation” to resolve problems that affect almost every country on Earth.
National Honor Society – Monday AM – TBD
Mentors: Berkovitz/Bigda
Established to recognized outstanding high school students. NHS honors those students who demonstrate strong academics, leadership, service and character.
Newspaper
Practice your budding journalism skills by developing and distributing a school newspaper!
Peer Tutoring – Monday – Thursday AM (All Subject areas)
Mentors: Price /Stevens
Student to Student reinforcing study skills, time management, note-taking, and testing strategies to assist them and prepare them for academic success.
Photography Club – Wednesday – TBD
Mentors: Norris/ Renwick
Photo shoot, develop, and discuss prints and photographs.
Poetry Out Loud
Mentor: Kim Carver
Read, write, act out, and discuss all types of poetry.
Prom Committee – Wednesday PM – 213
Mentors: Castro/ Price
Juniors & Seniors work on fundraising, event planning, and decorating for Prom.
Robotics Club
Mentor: St. John
Students for Creative Application – Monday PM – 212
Mentor: Alison Hundt
Students collaboratively organize ways to take their creativity outside of the school and into the community using a variety of artistic talents, in order to get students more involved in fun and engaging activities around the city and in our school.
Spanish Club
Mentor: Craig Meister
Spanish Club is a student lead initiative to integrate Spanish language, culture, and people in order for us to more effectively learn and use the Spanish language, eat authentic foods, offer service to the Spanish speaking community, promote travel, and participate in Hispanic and Latino culture through music and dance.
The Book Club – TBD – 006
Mentor: Melissa Wright
Students will have the opportunity to explore literature through dialogue and food consumption. Students will have the ability to introduce their peers to what they are reading and discover the joy of previously unknown authors.
Theatre Club – Fridays PM – Gallery
Mentor: Courtney Qualls
Learn about many aspects of theatre, including stage makeup, stage combat, and improvisation.
Yearbook Committee
Mentor: Mitzi Cundiff
Fundraising, photography, writing, and design for the yearbook.