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Club Name	Sponsor	Meeting Day & Time	Location	About Us
Academic Team	Kelly Baker	Wednesdays 7:45 a.m. & 3:30 p.m.	Media Center	The WHS Aacademic Team promotes excellence and the joy of learning through competition.
Ambassadors	Pamela Kinzly Suzanne Spatz	2nd and 4th Thursday 8:00 a.m.	Media Center	A student leadership organization which promotes goodwill within our school and our community.
BETA Club	Cindy Dishburger	Varies	Auditorium	The National Beta Club promotes character, develops leadership skills, encourages service involvement, and recognizes achievement
Chess Club	Kelly Baker	Mornings at 8:00 a.m.	Commons	The chess club is for people who desire to play chess and learn problem solving skills.
Class of 2009 Executive Board	Dishburger, Glore, McQueen	Varies	Room 1005	Leadership group compromised of 2009 students
Class of 2010 Executive Board	Baker, Brand, Bright, Grossbohlin, Sweatman, Trammell	Varies	Room 917	Leadership group compromised of 2010 students
Class of 2011 Executive Board	Altizer, Arnold, Burns, Routh, Simons	Varies	Room 909	Leadership group compromised of 2010 students
Class of 2012 Executive Board	Hayes, Noel, Thacker, Westerveld	Varies	Room 914	Leadership group compromised of 2011 students
CLOSE UP	Russ Fuller	Varies	Room 1013	The Close Up Washington program provides students with the opportunity to promote responsible and informed participation in the democratic process through a variety of educational studies
Creative Writing Club	Bright	Varies	Room 903	The Creative Writing Club educates young writers about the writing, editing, and publishing process, fosters a love of language, and provides an opportunity for writers to share their ideas with each other.
Debate	TBA	Varies	Varies	Debate is a year-long competitive program that travels across the state for organized, intellectual Policy and Lincoln Douglas debate, competitive acting (Including Humorous, Dramatic, Original, and Duo Interpretations) and Extemporaneous Speaking; the team meets weekly and examines methods of better speaking and acting.
DECA	Glover	Varies	Room 713	DECA is an association of high school students studying marketing, management, and entrepreneurship in business, finance, hospitality, and marketing sales and service.
Economic Challenge	Sewall/Novak	Varies	Room 1008	The NCEE/Goldman Sachs Foundation National Economics Challenge applies the excitement of an athletic competition to academic excellence. In each competition teams of students answer rigorous questions on microeconomics, macroeconomics, and international economics.
FCA- Fellowship of Christian Athletes	B. Jackson, Potter, Thacker	Wed., 8:05 a.m.	Auditorium/GYM	FCA is the largest interdenominational, school-based, Christian sports organization in America. FCA focuses on serving local communities by equipping, empowering and encouraging people to make a difference for Christ
FCCLA	DeBusk Stewart	Fri., 8:00 a.m.	Room 712	FCCLA is a co-circular student organization deigned for students in Family Consumer Science classes to promote family values and leadership skills.
French Club	Swafford	Varies	Varies	Open to all students who have an interest in French or the Francophone culture.
FBLA	Waters	Varies	Room 711	The purpose of FBLA is to bring business and education together in a positive working relationship through innovative leadership and career development programs.
Georgia Career Student Association (GCSA)	Penland	Varies	Room 715	An organization devoted to the student that has vocational interest and a desire to compete against others from other GCSA chapters while emphasizing the values related to work ethics, team work, commitment, and goal setting
HOSA	Wolf	Varies	Room 708	Provides encouragement to students interested in the health field, to stimulate a desire to render service to the community, to encourage leadership in the school and in the community, and to encourage good character and high morals in all areas of life
Interact Club	Brand Mullen	2nd and 4th Fri., 8:00 a.m.	Room 1011	The Interact Club is affiliated with Fayette County Rotary Club and encourages positive student involvement in community service.
International Thespian Society	Simich	Varies	Room 514	ITS is the only honor society to recognize secondary school students for outstanding work in theatre and offers outside performance venues and college auditions to formal awards and scholarships.
Jazz Band	Doug Dee Jack Jean	Wed., 3:45 p.m.- 5:00 p.m.	Room 513	Jazz band meets after football season ends to learn to play several different styles of music. We play swing, funk, rock, be-bop, and latin. The instrumentation is for Alto Sax, Tenor Sax, Baritone Sax, Trumpet, Electric Guitar, Piano,Trombone, drums, and percussion.
Key Club	Routh	Varies	Room 917	A service orientated club where the students volunteer their time to help others.
Marching Band	Doug Dee Jack Jean	Mon., Tues., Thurs., 3:45-6:00 p.m.	Room 513 and Practice Field	Marching band performs at all football games and competes in band competitions on Saturdays in late September and October.
Math Team	Mullen	Varies	Room 917	Math team promotes mathematical thinking and reasoning while providing an opportunity for students to compete ass individuals or as a team against students from other schools.
National Art Honor Society	Cloud	Varies	Room 711	NAHS is a nationally recognized organization that honors sophomores, juniors, and seniors who have demonstrated excellence in high school Visual Art classes, excelled in community service, and posses high character.
National Honor Society	Arnold Brand	8:00 a.m. or 3:30 p.m. the last Thurs. of month Aug - March	Room 1003	The NHS honors outstanding juniors and seniors who have demonstrated excellence in the areas of Scholarship, Leadership, Service, and Character.
National Technical Honor Society	Waters	Varies	Room 711	The NTHS honors outstanding juniors and seniors who have demonstrated excellence in any of the Career and Technical Fields by being members in good standing with any of the following organizations: DECA, FBLA, FCCLA, HOSA, Skills, TSA, and VOCA.
PALS Club	Logan	Varies	Room 519	Peers Assisting Learning Support is a student run organization that encourages friendships for all students with and without disabilites.
Peer Mediation Program	Sandy Glore	Varies	Varies	Recognizes that conflict is a natural process and seeks to find peaceful solutions to problems using trained peer mediators.
Peer Mentoring Program	Sandy Glore	Varies	Varies	The purpose of this program is for high school students to help students in middle and elementary school to develop skills which build character, promote healthy relationships, and improve the younger student's academic level and attendance in school.
Peer Tutoring Program	Sandy Glore	Varies	Varies	Uses students within the school to tutor other students who need help with specific subjects before and after school.
SADD	Daire Munsey	Tues., 8:10 a.m. & 3:30 p.m.	Room 1010	Students Against Destructive Decisions is a student-run organization designed to promote positive decision making among teenagers.
Science Club/ Science Olympiad	Darren Handley	Varies	Varies	Science Olympiad exists to bring science to life through problem-solving and cooperative learning among students.
Skills USA	Cumbie	1st Fri., 8:00 a.m.	Room 706	Skills USA is an organization for students to develop competitive skills in technical and service career areas.
Sociedad Honararie Hispanica	Altizer, Dean, Newman	Friday Mornings	Room 3003	This is an honor society for Spanish students who meet the requirements for membership.
Societe Honoraire de Francais	Amie Muir	Varies	Room 3009	The purpose of this is to celebrate and promote the study of the French language as well as well as the Francophone culture.
Spanish Club	Nieves, Vasquez	1st Tuesday of each Month	Room 1007	Spanish Club is open to current Spanish students who wish to participate in Spanish related activities.
Student Council	Cathy Nix	2nd Thurs., 8:00 a.m. or 3:45 p.m.	Room 1019	A student lead organization that plans school activities throughout the year that benefit the student body and the community.
TSA - Technology Student Association	Carolyn Smith	Officer meeting every Wed. 3:30 p.m., All members meeting every other Thurs., 3:30 p.m.	Room 714	A student organization for current/ former members of a Technology course that uses co-curricular activities to prepare members to be effective leaders and responsible citizens in a technology-driven society, including communication, leadership, and competitive skill development.
WHS Road Scholars	B. Jackson, Hoofnagle, Stone	Varies	Varies	A club for juniors and seniors who are interested in traveling to historic areas of the United States
Winterguard	Doug Lee Jack Jean	Varies	Gym/ Commons	Winterguard is an extension of the marching band that gives students the opportunity to learn basic and advanced techniques for flag, rifle, and saber as well as dance and movement