AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL

Focuses on human rights.
Membership open throughout the year

Sponsor : Ms. Betzold, English ( rrbetzold@mpsomaha.org )
Membership : any interested student

ASTRONOMY CLUB :

Astronomy Club meets twice a month (before or after school) to discuss current events and work on special projects related to astronomy. Throughout the school year, evening telescope viewings and sky tours may be planned if weather permits.

Sponsor : Mrs. Catton, Science ( scatton@mpsomaha.org)
Membership : any student interested in astronomy

BROADCAST CLUB :

Students will learn about Video Production, Web Page design and aspects of original production. Students produce original television programs for the school.

Sponsor : Ms. Drummond, English ( sdrummon@mpsomaha.org)
Membership : all students interested in Production

CHEMISTRY CLUB :

Come and enjoy the wonders of Chemistry.

Sponsor : Ms. Smith, Science (kmsmith@mpsomaha.org)
Membership : any student interested in Science

CHESS CLUB:

Meets every other Thursday to practice, learn, and improve abilities in the most demanding board game--chess. We do fund-raising for official clocks, boards, entry fees to competitions and end of the year activity.

Sponsor : Mr. Meyer, Social Studies( tmmeyer@mpsomaha.org)
Membership : anyone can play; the 5-10 best players will compete in the Metro tournament

DEBATE :

Students who participate in Debate become eligible for membership in the National Honorary Society. Millard North has one of the largest National Forensic League chapters in America. Membership is required to participate in National Level Debate tournaments.

Sponsor : Ms. Carroll, English ( cmcarroll@mpsomaha.org )

Membership : open to students taking Debate at MNHS

DECA :

This club is activity designed to develop the leadership, career, and social skills of marketing students. Besides district, state and national DECA events, the Millard North DECA Chapter is involved with fund raising, social events and school/community activities.

Sponsors : Mr. Bearinger, Ms. Cox, Business
( ajbearinger@mpsomaha.org, txcox@mpsomaha.org)

Membership : students must be enrolled in Marketing I or II and Fashion Marketing

DEVELOPMENTAL ASSETS GROUP :

This student driven club will focus on developing, promoting and providing the 40 Developmental Assets which are the strengths or building blocks that teens need to grow up healthy, competent and caring. We will do this through fun hands-on activities, service learning projects, team building, etc.

Developmental assets are concrete, common sense, positive experiences and qualities essential to raising young successful people. These assets have the power during the critical developmental years to influence choices that young people make. This student group has two main goals. Their first goal is to educate the student body on what Developmental Assets are and second, they will focus on assets that seem to be lacking or weak in the student body and attempt to rectify these weaknesses.

Sponsors : Beth Johnson, Special Education, Christina Preuss, Science (ecjohnson@mpsomaha.org, clpreuss@mpsomaha.org)

Membership : open to all students

DIVERSITY CLUB :

Strives to promote social justice and end intolerance in school and within the larger community. This is done by getting to know one another, educating ourselves and others.

Sponsor : Mrs. Hippen, Counseling (cghippen@mpsomaha.org)

Membership : open to all students

Meetings : Room 1622 on select Thursdays from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m.

FCCLA :

A national student organization helping young men and women become strong leaders in families, careers and the community. As a member of the Family, Career, Community Leaders of America organization, you will make new friends, plan and participate in community service projects, explore career opportunities and demonstrate leadership skills.

Sponsors : Ms. Glesne, Ms. Kokrda, Family & Consumer Science
( jaglesne@mpsomaha.org, ekokrda@mpsomaha.org)

Membership : any interested student

FORENSICS :

Competitive speech and drama team. Forensics is a class and an extra curricular activity, as students must be enrolled in the class to be part of the team. Participation can lead to membership in the National Forensic League, a national honorary organization. Millard North has one of the largest NFL chapters in the nation.

Sponsor : Ms. Denney-Bull, English ( sdbull@mpsomaha.org)

Membership : open to students taking Forensics at MNHS

HISTORY CLUB :

Meets to study a historical time period, place, culture or event. Participate in local activities including, a historical tour of Omaha, visit Durham Western Heritage Museum and historical movie night. As a culminating activity, we visit that area the first week of June. In the past, members have visited Santa Fe, Boston, NYC, New Orleans, and other places. Fundraising is also done to defray the costs involved in the activities.

Sponsors : Ms. Morse, Mrs. Hacker, Social Studies
( mdmorse@mpsomaha.org, jlhacker@mpsomaha.org)

Membership : any interested student is welcome

INTERNATIONAL THESPIAN SOCIETY :

A division of the Educational Theatre Association, ITS is the honorary theatre organization for students in high school. The ITS offers everything from varied performance venues to college audition opportunities to formal awards and scholarships.

Sponsor : Mr. Hawkins, ( mwhawkin@mpsomaha.org)

Membership : must be involved with excellence in school theater productions

JOURNALISM CLUB :

This group is for students interested in working on MNHS Yearbook or the MNHS Newspaper. This is also a class that meets during the regular school day as well as after the school day.

Sponsor : Ms. Cushman, English ( sacushma@mpsomaha.org)

Membership : interested students must show competency in either Beginning Journalism or Intro.to Photojournalism

JUNIOR CLASS BOARD :

.Works to plan prom!

Sponsor : Mr. Wood and Mrs.VanCamp

Membership : Is open to all interested Juniors.

LANGUAGE CLUB :

Club sponsors monthly activities of a cultural nature. Members are offered a mixture of cultural and social activities that are educational in nature.

Sponsors : Each language has separate sponsors

Membership : all World Language students

Meetings :

Spanish Club-Room 2614
The Spanish Table (chat in Spanish over lunch) meets every Wednesday during 2nd lunch in Room 2614.
Spanish Club Web

Japanese Club-Room 2116 every other Wednesday 3:30-4:14 p.m.

MATH CLUB :

Members meet every Friday to explore a topic or strategy in depth, using Creative Problem Solving in School Mathematics or they practice for contests, using non-routine problems from Mathematical Olympiads Contest Problems for UNL Math Day or High School Competitions.

Sponsor : Ms. Hutchinson, Math ( blhutchinson@mpsomaha.org)

Membership : open to all interested students

MUSTANG MENTORING PROGRAM (MMP) :

Mentors meet with a small group of freshmen every Monday during Mustang Time. They also meet once a week before school on Monday mornings to prepare for the mentoring times. MMP is also a leadership development program for upperclassmen with retreats and events throughout the year to build these skills.

Sponsors : Mr. Schettler, Mrs. Therkelsen, Counseling
( lrschettler@mpsomaha.org, jatherke@mpsomaha.org)

Membership : juniors and seniors who are selected

NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY :

Students may join junior or senior year. The selection of members is done every October. Members meet monthly. Volunteerism is the main focus during the junior year with leadership being the focus senior year.

Sponsors : Mrs. Griffin, Counseling, Ms. Vande Kerfkoff, English
( vkgriffi@mpsomaha.org, ckuhn@mpsomaha.org)

Membership : juniors and seniors who are selected

Meetings : Lecture Hall East—
Seniors-1st Friday of each month, Juniors-3rd Friday (Nov, March and April)

PEER MEDIATION :

Peer Mediation is a means of conflict resolution in which students act as third-party neutrals who do not impose solutions on the disputants, but remain neutral, non-punitive and nonjudgmental.

Sponsors : Mrs. Griffin, Mrs. Hippen, Counseling
( vkgriffi@mpsomaha.org , cghippen@mpsomaha.org)

Membership : juniors and seniors who are selected

SENIOR CLASS BOARD :

This is a student led leadership organization. Our main responsibilities include selection of the class motto and graduation announcements, design of the class t-shirt, the senior video, the senior banquet, superlatives, senior gift and service opportunities.

Sponsor : Mr. Hoover, World Lang. ( sehoover@mpsomaha.org)

Membership : students elected by peers end of junior year

STUDENT COUNCIL :

Promotes the development of student leaders. Each class has 15 elected reps. Upper-classmen chosen at end of previous school year while freshmen vote for their representatives at beginning of current school year. Applications are required. Students may not have a zero hour class. Student council plans homecoming and winter formal, fundraise and promote school spirit.

Sponsors : Ms. Knudson, World Lang. Ms. Preuss, Science, Ms. Van Camp, Social Studies ( lkknudson@mpsomaha.org, clpreuss@mpsomaha.org, kavancamp@mpsomaha.org)

Membership : selected students

Meetings : PE classroom Thursday mornings at 7:00 a.m.

THEATER RELATED ACTIVITIES :

Students prepare and present three full-length theater productions including a musical, a mid-winter play and a spring play. Any student may sign up for set construction and stage crew activities. Acting is open through auditions.

Sponsors : Mr. Hawkins, English, Ms. Martinez, Music, Ms. Nabity, Music

( mwhawkin@mpsomaha.org, djmartin@mpsomaha.org, cnabity@mpsomaha.org)

Membership : any interested student is welcome

VOCATIONAL INDUSTRIAL CLUBS OF AMERICA (VICA) :

This club is designed to work with students who have interest in vocational trades. VICA will help them to develop team efforts and career goals as well as their social and leadership skills. The students also work on fundraisers and compete in state competitions as well as National competitions.

Sponsor : Mr.Patten, Industrial Technology ( dpatten@mpsomaha.org)

Membership : open to students interested to learn and work in vocational areas

Meetings : Room 1214 every other Tuesday after school from 3:30 to 4:15. The meetings will start on Aug. 26

VOLUNTEERS IN ACTION (V.I.A.) :

Members volunteer in the community after school and on weekends. Activities include the Haunted House for Habitat for Humanity, tutoring and Muscular Dystrophy Camp.

Sponsor : Mr. Ott, Social Studies ( lott@mpsomaha.org)

Membership : any interested student

Meetings : Room 1615 Tuesday mornings at 7:30 a.m.

WRITERS CLUB :

Members gather to discuss their personal writing. Students keep journals of their daily writing. They help each other with poetry, short stories, and novel writing.

Sponsor : Mr. Brisbois, Art ( tjbrisbois@mpsomaha.org)

Membership : students wishing to improve their own writing skills and whose goals are to be published