Clubs and Nests

Sand Ridge Junior High Clubs and Nests
Club	Description	Contact	Email
Student Government	Elections are in the spring	Timothy (TJ) Bean
Cheerleading	Tryouts are in the spring	Gwen Roeda
FBLA (Future Business Leaders of America)	We hold monthly social activities and compete at Region, State, and National Competitions. There are competitions in Business, Computer Science, Design, Finance, Marketing, Public Speaking, & Video Production. Every other Tuesday.	Shylo Wheeler
FCCLA	Family, Career, Community Leaders of America. 2nd Wednesday of each month.	Amara Banks Rebecca Haacke
Hope Squad	School based peer-support program that empowers select students to take action to improve the school environment.	Kelli Figgins Shylo Wheeler
Latinos in Action	Empowering Latino youth to lead and strengthen their communities through college and career readiness.	Alexandra Smith
MESA/STEM	Mathematics Engineering Science Achievement. Students compete while using their scientific reasoning skills, mathematical understanding, and engineering skills.	Layla Hardy Derek Vannoy
TSA Robotics MESA/STEM	Robotic design, construction and competition. Wednesday’s.	Corey Stevenson
NJHS	National Junior Honor Society; recognition program for achievement in scholarship, leadership and service.	Shaundell Smith

Nest	Description	Contact	Email
Sand Ridge News	Sand Ridge video announcements.	Timothy (TJ) Bean
SRJH Book Nest(s)	Partner/group readings to discuss books, enhance intellect, opportunities to make book recommendations. Contact the advisor for a list of book activities.	Shaundell Smith (SRJH Librarian)
SRJH Buddies	For students with and without disabilities to partner up, develop friendships, and attend activities together.	Kelli Figgins
Boys Volleyball	Educate & compete; learn the game of volleyball as well as work ethic, teamwork and sportsmanship	Lisa Begley
German Nest	Roy Cone German Nest that is focused on learning about and understanding the German culture and is partnered with Roy High and Roy Junior High. Meetings are random - contact your advisor.	Breann Busboom
Japanese Nest	Focused on learning about and understanding the Japanese Language/Culture. Thursday’s.	Jeramia (JJ) Pessetto
Flag Detail	Understanding the significance of our nation’s flag, along with the proper techniques for handling and displaying the flag.	Brandon Baca
World/Current Events Nest	Calling all students who are interested in historical, world, current, local and political events. Wednesday’s.	Kevin (Dirk) Moore
Dungeons & Dragons Nest	Tuesday’s after school	Derek Vannoy
Character/Character Creation Nest	Creating, discussing, developing and illustrating fictional characters. Thursday’s.	Rachel Lee
Chess Nest	Playing chess against other students, while learning new strategies, critical thinking and problem solving skills. Wednesday’s in the library.	Dave Gordon
Crochet & Slacklining Nest	Learn how to make scarves, hats, etc, out of yarn, using various looms and crochet needles/hooks.	Amy Kendell
Puzzle Nest	Socialize with your peers, while enjoying the challenge of putting puzzles together. Wednesday’s in the library.	Dave Gordon
GSA (Gay, Straight Alliance) Nest	Student-led/community alliance intended to help provide understanding, acknowledgement, acceptance and a safe place in schools for “all” students. Thursday’s.	Alexandra Smith