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Academic Competitions

American Mathematics Competitions (AMC) - Middle School

Sponsor/Advisor: Melek Dagci

Requirements: Weekly attendance and club fee. A fee waiver may be available for low-income families.

Meetings: Monday & Tuesday

Grade Level: 6 - 8

Purpose: The MAA’s American Mathematics Competitions (MAA AMC) program leads the nation in strengthening the mathematical capabilities of the next generation of problem-solvers. Through classroom resources and friendly competition, the MAA AMC program helps America’s educators identify talent and foster a love of mathematics. The MAA AMC program positively impacts the analytical skills needed for future careers in an innovative society.

Sponsor/Advisor: Shahana Aghayeva

Requirements: Weekly attendance and club fee. A fee waiver may be available for low-income families.

Meetings: Tuesday

Grade Level: 6 - 8

Purpose: The MAA’s American Mathematics Competitions (MAA AMC) program leads the nation in strengthening the mathematical capabilities of the next generation of problem-solvers. Through classroom resources and friendly competition, the MAA AMC program helps America’s educators identify talent and foster a love of mathematics. The MAA AMC program positively impacts the analytical skills needed for future careers in an innovative society.

American Mathematics Competitions (AMC) - High School

Sponsor/Advisor: Robin Lerma

Requirements: Weekly attendance and club fee. A fee waiver may be available for low-income families.

Meetings: Wednesday

Grade Level: 9-12

Purpose: The MAA’s American Mathematics Competitions (MAA AMC) program leads the nation in strengthening the mathematical capabilities of the next generation of problem-solvers. Through classroom resources and friendly competition, the MAA AMC program helps America’s educators identify talent and foster a love of mathematics. The MAA AMC program positively impacts the analytical skills needed for future careers in an innovative society.

Sponsor/Advisor: Abdou Sakho

Requirements: Weekly attendance and club fee. A fee waiver may be available for low-income families.

Meetings: Tuesday

Grade Level: 9-12

Purpose: The MAA’s American Mathematics Competitions (MAA AMC) program leads the nation in strengthening the mathematical capabilities of the next generation of problem-solvers. Through classroom resources and friendly competition, the MAA AMC program helps America’s educators identify talent and foster a love of mathematics. The MAA AMC program positively impacts the analytical skills needed for future careers in an innovative society.

CyberPatriot's National Youth Cyber Defense Competition - High School

Sponsor/Advisor: Mesut Yilmaz

Requirements: Weekly attendance and club fee. A fee waiver may be available for low-income families.

Meetings: Monday

Grade Level: 8 - 12

Purpose: CyberPatriot is a national youth cyber education program created in the United States to help direct students toward careers in cybersecurity or other science, technology, engineering, and mathematics disciplines. The program was created by the Air Force Association (AFA). It features the annual National Youth Cyber Defense Competition for high school and middle school students. It is similar to its collegiate counterpart, the Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition (CCDC), especially at the CyberPatriot National Finals Competition.

Sponsor/Advisor: Lutfi Dagci

Requirements: Weekly attendance and club fee. A fee waiver may be available for low-income families.

Meetings: Monday

Grade Level: 8 - 12

Purpose: CyberPatriot is a national youth cyber education program created in the United States to help direct students toward careers in cybersecurity or other science, technology, engineering, and mathematics disciplines. The program was created by the Air Force Association (AFA). It features the annual National Youth Cyber Defense Competition for high school and middle school students. It is similar to its collegiate counterpart, the Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition (CCDC), especially at the CyberPatriot National Finals Competition.

HOSA

Sponsor/Advisor: Michelle Reyes & Isabel Molina

Requirements: Weekly attendance and club fee. A fee waiver may be available for low-income families.

Meetings: Wednesday

Grade Level: 9 - 12

Purpose: HOSA offers 58 competitive events, ranging from skill-based to leadership and team-based. The event groups are as follows: Health science, health professions, leadership, and recognition events. Members compete at the regional, state, and international levels. Those who place in the top three positions at the state level are given the opportunity to compete at the international level.

HPS Drone Competition

Sponsor/Advisor: Jaime Cano & David Contreras

Requirements: Weekly attendance and club fee. A fee waiver may be available for low-income families.

Meetings: Wednesday

Grade Level: 6-12

Purpose: HPS-wide Competition - Presented in partnership with FTW Robotics and Rice University, HPS Drone Race is the perfect event offering elementary, middle school and high school students an opportunity to get hands-on experience in STEM education in the form of an affordable, fast-paced game. Students will learn to safely operate a drone, work as a team, and research workforce applications of aerial robotic technology; all while having a blast!

MathCounts

Sponsor/Advisor: Melek Dagci

Requirements: Weekly attendance and club fee. A fee waiver may be available for low-income families.

Meetings: Wednesday

Grade Level: 6-8

Purpose: The competition is divided into four stages: school, chapter, state, and national. The problems increase in difficulty between levels—perfect scores are relatively common at the school-level, while winners of the written round at the national-level do not often achieve a perfect score. Each school is allowed to register ten students, including a group of four designated as the school team.

Science Fair Competitions

Sponsor/Advisor: Anais Vazquez

Requirements: Weekly attendance and club fee. A fee waiver may be available for low-income families.

Meetings: Monday & Tuesday

Grade Level: 9 - 12

Purpose: Most countries have regional science fairs in which interested students can freely participate. Winners of these regional fairs send students to national fairs such as ISEF[5] and CWSF. National science fairs typically send winners to international fairs such as ISEF (which is a national and an international science fair) and EUCYS.

VEX Robotics - Middle School

Sponsor/Advisor: Laura Valdez

Requirements: Weekly attendance and club fee. A fee waiver may be available for low-income families.

Meetings: Wednesday

Grade Level: 6-8

Purpose: Purpose: VEX Robotics is a robotics program for elementary through university students, and a subset of Innovation First International. The VEX Robotics competitions and programs are managed by the Robotics Education and Competition Foundation (REC).[1] In April 2018, VEX Robotics Competition was named the largest robotics competition in the world by Guinness World Records

VEX Robotics - High School

Sponsor/Advisor: Robin Lerma & Jaime Cano

Requirements: Weekly attendance and club fee. A fee waiver may be available for low-income families.

Meetings: Tuesday

Grade Level: 9 - 12

Purpose: VEX Robotics is a robotics program for elementary through university students, and a subset of Innovation First International. The VEX Robotics competitions and programs are managed by the Robotics Education and Competition Foundation (REC).[1] In April 2018, VEX Robotics Competition was named the largest robotics competition in the world by Guinness World RecordsVEX Robotics is a robotics program for elementary through university students, and a subset of Innovation First International. The VEX Robotics competitions and programs are managed by the Robotics Education and Competition Foundation (REC).[1] In April 2018, VEX Robotics Competition was named the largest robotics competition in the world by Guinness World Records

Athletics

Cheerleading - Middle School

Cross Country - Middle School (Girls)

Cross Country - Middle School (Boys)

Cross Country - Varsity (Girls)

Cross Country - JV (Girls)

Cross Country - Freshman (Girls)

Cross Country - Varsity (Boys)

Cross Country - JV (Boys)

Cross Country - Freshman (Boys)

Basketball - 7th Grade (Boys)

Basketball - 8th Grade (Boys)

Basketball - Freshman (Boys)

Basketball - JV (Boys)

Basketball - Varsity (Boys)

Basketball - Varsity (Girls)

Esports - Middle School

Esports - High School

Soccer - Varsity (Girls)

Track & Field - Middle School (Boys)

Track & Field - Middle School (Girls)

Track & Field - Freshman (Boys)

Track & Field - JV (Boys)

Track & Field - Varsity (Boys)

Track & Field - Freshman (Girls)

Track & Field - JV (Girls)

Track & Field - Varsity (Girls)

Volleyball - High School (Girls)

Mentoring & Organizations

CRLP - High School (Girls) - Isabel Molina

Sponsor/Advisor: Isabel Molina

Requirements: Weekly attendance and club fee. A fee waiver may be available for low-income families.

Meetings: Tuesday

Grade level: 9 - 12

Purpose: The mission of this program is to provide academic and social opportunities to prepare students in quest of higher education. With this program they can develop team work skills which is important to real world experiences that they will face outside of high-school.

CRLP - Myrna VIllanueva

Sponsor/Advisor: Myrna Villanueva & Francisco Yoshimoto

Requirements: Weekly attendance and club fee. A fee waiver may be available for low-income families.

Meetings: Monday

Grade level: 6 - 12

Purpose: The mission of this program is to provide academic and social opportunities to prepare students in quest of higher education. With this program they can develop team work skills which is important to real world experiences that they will face outside of high-school.

CRLP - Robin Lerma

Sponsor/Advisor: Robin Lerma

Requirements: Weekly attendance and club fee. A fee waiver may be available for low-income families.

Meetings: Monday

Grade level: 10

Purpose: The mission of this program is to provide academic and social opportunities to prepare students in quest of higher education. With this program they can develop team work skills which is important to real world experiences that they will face outside of high-school.

NJHS

Sponsor/Advisor: Adriana Elias & Bertha Aguilar

Requirements: Weekly attendance and club fee. A fee waiver may be available for low-income families.

Meetings: Monday

Grade level: 6-8

Purpose: The National Honor Society (NHS) is the nation’s premier organization established to recognize outstanding high school students. More than just an honor roll, NHS serves to recognize those students who have demonstrated excellence in the areas of scholarship, service, leadership, and character. Chapter membership not only recognizes students for their accomplishments, but challenges them to develop further through active involvement in school activities and community service.

NHS

Sponsor/Advisor: Kimberly Montoya & Christopher Beltran

Requirements: Weekly attendance and club fee. A fee waiver may be available for low-income families.

Meetings: Monday

Grade level: 9-12

Purpose: The National Honor Society (NHS) is the nation’s premier organization established to recognize outstanding high school students. More than just an honor roll, NHS serves to recognize those students who have demonstrated excellence in the areas of scholarship, service, leadership, and character. Chapter membership not only recognizes students for their accomplishments, but challenges them to develop further through active involvement in school activities and community service.

SERVICE LEADERSHIP SOCIETY

Sponsor/Advisor: Anais Vazquez

Requirements: Weekly attendance and club fee. A fee waiver may be available for low-income families.

Meetings: Wednesday

Grade level: 9-12

Purpose: Service Leadership Society (SLS) is a club for students to explore meaningful public policy topics, conduct research, form opinions, and develop a “bill” to address the selected public policy issue. Throughout the bill design process, students will learn the intricacies of Texas’ legislative process including how a bill becomes law. During the spring semester, SLS clubs gather for a state conference to present bill drafts to their peers and have the opportunity to debate and vote on all bills. Using the Capitol setting as a “living classroom,” the student led, student driven program promotes awareness to the political process, creates a more politically astute student body, and develops constructive solutions to issues that impact local communities while engaging stakeholders in government. Throughout the year, participants meet weekly to sharpen their research skills, form arguments for and against a solution, and practice public speaking skills. SLS clubs also host elected officials and their staff to learn more about careers in public service and the legislative process.

Curricular Clubs

AP Prep Club - Biology

AP Prep Club - US History

AP Prep Club - AP Spanish Language & Literature

AP Prep Club - Computer Science A

AP Prep Club - Calculus

Arts & Crafts Club - Drawing

Sponsor/Advisor: Andrea Aguirre

Requirements: Weekly attendance and club fee. A fee waiver may be available for low-income families.

Meetings: Tuesday

Grade level: 6-12

Purpose: Students learn different modes of art and discover new ways to express themselves as artists. This club is a platform to develop aesthetic values and enhance the creative skills and artistic talents of students.

Arts & Crafts Club - Painting

Sponsor/Advisor: Danielle Lopez

Requirements: Weekly attendance and club fee. A fee waiver may be available for low-income families.

Meetings: Tuesday

Grade level: 6-12

Purpose: Students learn different modes of art and discover new ways to express themselves as artists. This club is a platform to develop aesthetic values and enhance the creative skills and artistic talents of students.

Book Club

Sponsor/Advisor: Irma Nikicicz

Requirements: Weekly attendance and club fee. A fee waiver may be available for low-income families.

Meetings: Wednesday

Grade level: 6-8

Purpose: Book discussion club, a group of people who meet to discuss a book or books that they have read. Literature circle, a group of students who meet in a classroom to discuss a book or books that they have read.

Cinema Club

Sponsor/Advisor: Joanna Avila & David Ballesteros

Requirements: Weekly attendance and club fee. A fee waiver may be available for low-income families.

Meetings: Monday

Grade level: 6-12

Purpose: Cinema Club provides a space for students at all grade levels to view a wide range of films in a movie-theater-styled setting and to engage in discussion of those films in a casual environment.

Coding Club

Sponsor/Advisor: Tomas Ornelas

Requirements: Weekly attendance and club fee. A fee waiver may be available for low-income families.

Meetings: Wednesday

Grade level: 6-12

Purpose: The Coding Club provides participating students an opportunity to learn the basics of computer programming in a team setting. The club's main focus is on creating applications, websites, games, stem/steam workshops, and other projects.

Fitness / Yoga Club - Ramon Rodriguez

Sponsor/Advisor: Ramon Rodriguez

Requirements: Weekly attendance and club fee. A fee waiver may be available for low-income families.

Meetings: M-F (PM)

Grade level: 6-12

Purpose: This club gives students the opportunity to improve their overall health and wellness by participating in fitness/yoga games, strength training and cardiovascular activities.. Students will learn a variety of ways to reach individual wellness goals.

Fitness / Yoga Club - Valeria Garduno

Sponsor/Advisor: Valeria Garduno

Requirements: Weekly attendance and club fee. A fee waiver may be available for low-income families.

Meetings: M-F (AM)

Grade level: 6-12

Purpose: This club gives students the opportunity to improve their overall health and wellness by participating in fitness/yoga games, strength training and cardiovascular activities.. Students will learn a variety of ways to reach individual wellness goals.

Leadership Club - Anais Vazquez

Leadership Club - Jacqueline Huerta

Leadership Club - Karina Preciado

Leadership Club - Michelle Reyes & April Hinojosa

Lego Club

LOTE Club

Sponsor/Advisor: Jesus Aguirre, Brenda Garcia & Annet Rodriguez

Requirements: Weekly attendance and club fee. A fee waiver may be available for low-income families.

Meetings: Tuesday

Grade level: 6-12

Purpose: This club aims to provide a platform to students for the development of Communication Skills, to enhance students' language knowledge other than English, to help them to gain language skills through different activities.

Music Club

Sports Club