Kemps Landing Magnet School
Clubs and Activities

Ms. Joyner, Student Activities Coordinator
473-5665, extension 62657

Activities Bus Information

All students must have a current VBMSL physical on file at KLMS and their neighborhood school BEFORE trying out for MSL athletic teams. Please make sure you use this form, it has been updated and older versions will NOT be accepted!

Academic Challenge
Sponsor: Mr. Bone
This is.........Jeopardy.  Well, it’s not Jeopardy, but you have to think fast and act even faster.  Tryout for the KLMS Academic Challenge team and compete against other middle schools in a battle of wits.  Tryouts will be held during Focus the first week of the second grading period.  Spaces are limited on the team, and students must meet the city’s academic eligibility requirements.  Members will be required to attend after-school practices every Monday and matches Monday, Wednesday, or Thursdays during the Academic Challenge season, which runs for the second nine weeks only.  Practice is in room 308.  

Art Club
Sponsor: Ms. Futrell
The Art Club is designed to offer the experience 8th grade artist an opportunity to use his/her talents to enhance our community.  Individuals with a creative mind, skilled hands and a giving heart are encouraged to apply for membership into this fun and worthwhile club.  The club will be meeting the 4th Wednesday of each month in room 206, first semester.

Chess Club
Sponsor: Mr. Karle
The Chess Club is a great way to learn and improve chess skills and have fun while playing chess with other KLMS students. There will also be opportunities to compete against other middle school chess clubs if members are interested. This club will be meeting on the second and fourth Wednesdays of the month in the Latin Portable, 506.

Computer Club
Sponsor:  Ms. Bruce
Come learn more about the true workings of computers. We’ll have tons of fun as we explore new programs and develop web pages. The Computer club will meet the 1st and 3rd Thursdays of each month. Listen to the announcements for the starting date. The computer club will also prepare for the Great Computer Challenge in the spring.

Debate
Sponsor: Ms. Dausel
Debate is an interscholastic activity in which students compete on two two-person teams. The debate season runs from September through October, and the team practices Monday through Thursday during Debate season. A debate club is offered prior to the competitive season.  Students interested in trying out for the Debate Team should attend the Debate Club meetings during the first three weeks of school or see the club sponsor, activity buses will be available. The Debate Team tryouts are in September.

Destination Imagination
Sponsor: Mr. Borgerding
Learn teamwork  & communication skills as you work with a six-person team to complete one of five challenges requiring creativity in technology, construction, theatrics, improvisation or a combination of all of these.  Teams will meet on Wednesdays in room 205 starting in October.

Drama Club
Sponsor: Mr. Fitzgerald
Drama Club is open to all students at KLMS. Meetings are scheduled for the first Wednesday of every month and are held in the drama portable. The club sponsors four performances each year in conjunction with the Junior Thespian troupe. This year plans are for a talent show, a Winter Production, a one-act festival show, and a dinner theatre. Club meetings will focus on the organization of these events and will also feature workshops in areas of theatre expertise like makeup, stage combat, set construction, etc.

Forensics
Sponsor: Mrs. Kennedy & Mr. Bone
Do you enjoy poetry, prose, spelling, writing, persuasive speeches and speaking in front of people?  You may be wondering what that has to do with Forensics.  Forensics is a competitive speaking sport where members compete against other schools.  There are seven categories from which to choose. An interest/informal meeting is planned for second semester. 

FUEL
Sponsor: Mr. Carozza
FUEL is the KLMS creative arts magazine. Staff members encourage students to submit their written (prose, poetry, lyric) and artistic (fine art, graphic art, cartoon) entries for the annual edition of the magazine. After selecting those pieces they feel most reflective of KLMS, the staff members edit and produce the final copy. FUEL meets on the fourth Wednesday of the month in the fall and more often in the spring before the publication deadline in room 207.

Geocaching
Sponsor: Ms. Young

Come join a club dedicated to the newest craze and technology!  Geocaching is an entertaining adventure game for GPS* users.  The basic idea is to have individuals and organizations set up caches all over the world and share the locations of these caches on the internet. GPS users can then use the location coordinates to find the caches. Once found, a cache may provide the visitor with a wide variety of rewards. All the visitor is asked to do is if they get something they should try to leave something for the cache.  No experience necessary!  We will be learning together.  GPS units are provided for club use. *A GPS, or Global Positioning Satellite receiver unit, is an electronic device that can determine your approximate location (within around 6-20 feet) on the planet. Coordinates are normally given in Longitude and Latitude. You can use the unit to navigate from your current location to another location. This club meets on the 2nd and 4th Monday of the month in room 208.

Helping Hands
Sponsors: Mrs. Jaglowski

"Helping Hands” is a group that involves students working in the community with people in need.  Successful past projects have been collecting & distributing “Coats For Kids” with EVMS, collecting food for Thanksgiving dinners, making children’s holiday stockings for the Salvation Army, collecting toiletries to help the local homeless shelters and collecting junk food for the children of Hope Haven.  If you have other ideas and want to help others, join us on October 11th after school in Health Portable.  We will meet the 2nd Wednesday of each month.

Intramural Sports
Sponsors: Mrs. Jaglowski & Mrs. Fifield
Intramural Sports will be offered on Mondays, Wednesdays & Thursdays in the gym.  Intramural Sports are open to all grade levels.  The sports listed are subject to change.

Math Counts
Sponsor: Mrs. Saul
Math Counts will begin as a club/group of students in grades 6-8 who enjoy solving a variety of math problems.  Meetings will take place on the 1st and 3rd Mondays of each month in room 204.  An in-school competition will be held late first semester.  One team of four and four additional individuals will be selected (based on the in-school competition results) to represent KLMS in the February regional competition.  Practices for this competition will be scheduled based on team member availability.  The coach may adjust the team as needed to insure good attitude and responsible behavior. Club meetings will resume as usual following the competitions.
             
                                               
Newspaper
Sponsor:  Mrs. Poe
Members of the newspaper club, “The Phoenix Inferno,” will help to create, design, write articles and publish the student-centered paper.  Anyone who enjoys computers, creative writing, technical writing, or art is invited to be part of the Newspaper Staff.  The club will publish one newspaper each nine weeks and will meet on the 2nd and 4th Mondays of each month.

NJHS
Sponsors: Mrs. Jennifer Baxter
Those members inducted into the society will meet on the 2nd and 4th Thursdays of each month in the Cafeteria.  Any 7th or 8th grade student interested in applying to NJHS may pick up an information packet beginning in March.  The induction ceremony will take place in April for selected members.

SCA                 
Sponsor: Mr. Nixon
The Student Council Association is the student government group at KLMS.  They sponsor several school dances throughout the year, organize the student part of the United Way fund drive each October, and plan 4 separate Spirit Weeks during the year.  Heavily involved in Community Service, they plan and carry out a number of such projects each year.  They fundraise to create academic scholarships for former KLMS students graduating from VB high schools and to beautify the school and the premises.

The SCA executive council, made up of elected officers and officer candidates, meets the 1st Thursday of each month in room 406, and the SCA Focus representative meetings, occur on the 3rd Thursday of each month in the cafeteria. 

Thespians
Sponsor: Mr. Fitzgerald
The Thespian Society is represented by Troupe 88337 at KLMS. Membership in Junior Thespians is through achievement and involvement in theatre at KLMS. Any student who has accumulated ten points in theatre credits at KLMS is eligible for membership. The initiation ceremony will be held in the spring, and dues are $5.25 annually. Thespians meet the 3rd Wednesday of each month in the drama portable.

Point Scale at KLMS:

Major Role – 3                                      Minor Role - 2
Student Director – 3                            Technician - 1
Attendance – 1*                                  Set Construction - 1
                               (Can only use one)

Trailblazers Club                                                                                                                               
Sponsor: Mr. Woody
The Trailblazers Club provides students with opportunities to explore the subjects of geography, history, and current events. The club engages in competitive games and other activities to help 6th and 7th graders prepare for the school’s Geographic Bee, the first step in the National Geographic Bee program. This club meets on Mondays in room 310.

Yearbook                                                                                                                                              
Sponsor:  Ms. Aitchison
Yearbook members have the privilege to visually and verbally record the school’s year.  Members create layout spreads, write captions and copy, take and crop pictures and work as a team. Computers play a large role in the production of the yearbook. All members have the opportunity to create portions of the yearbook using Jostens website, Yearbookavenue.com where they will interact with their virtual yearbook.   
An interest meetings will be held on Monday September 18 in lab 103. Please see Ms. Aitchison for an application. Meets on the 1st and 3rd Mondays in room 305, additional meeting will be scheduled as needed.