The NCS Club Scene
Clubs highlight students’ diverse extracurricular interests.
Last Friday, Upper School students came out to Clubs Day to check out the wide variety of organizations available this year at NCS. Ranging from politics to baking, science, filmmaking, anime, and even whistling a cappella, there’s a club for every girl at NCS.
Each group must have at least eight members and a faculty sponsor, as well as turn in a signed manifesto, including goals and objectives, to the Dean of Students’ office. Clubs must meet at least twice per semester and have an appointed student leader to maintain contact with the Dean of Students.
This year there are 32 student clubs at NCS – below is the full list of organizations, including student leaders and faculty sponsors.
- American Sign Language Club – Abigail Bartram, Emma Mazzuchi (Nilda Villalta)
- Anime Club – Audrey Warren (Luis Deocares)
- Asian Awareness – Gloria Yoon (Ted Xu)
- Baking Club – Meredith Cockerham, Molly McShane (Kelly Dickinson)
- Black Student Union – Sivan Bruce, Lhani Jamison (Dolores Hamilton, Casey Baines)
- Book Club – Mary Otoo, Kate Cox (Kelly Dickinson)
- Debate Club – Parisa Sadeghi (Daniela Bailey)
- Encore Club – Michelle Lee (Justin Maaia)
- Environmental Action Group – Katherine Sundt, Kate Samore (Ashley Mattoon)
- Filmmaking Club – Ellie Forman (Mark Bishop)
- Gay and Lesbian Alliance – Emily Crehan (Geoffrey Schramm)
- International Club – Cara Lee, Aidana Saudabayeva (Emily Fetting)
- International Food Club – Gabie Drummond, Blaise Meyer (Andrew Riely)
- It’s Academic – Jonece Layne, Isabel McCullough (Molly Price)
- Junior Engineering Technical Society (JETS) – Carolyn Gigot, Sheila Handler (Brendan Moriarty)
- Kids are Scientists, Too (KAST) – Cindy Liu (Tim Harger)
- Kids Helping Kids – Emily Lesmes, Cate Dorigan (Alison Gammage)
- Latina Association of Students (LAS) – Sofia Vegarra (Nilda Villalta)
- Math Club – Beatrice Liang, Gloria Yoon, Michelle Lee (Patty Howie)
- Model Congress – Michelle Lee, Katherine Sundt (David Sahr)
- Model United Nations – Jonece Layne, Parisa Sadeghi, Kira Reinke (Mary DiQuinzio)
- Opera Appreciation Club – Shafali Jalota (Mary DiQuinzio)
- Operation Smile – Louisa Weindruch, Margaret Smith (Steve Pinto)
- Students Advocating Life Without Substance Abuse (S.A.L.S.A.) – Marissa Baly (Wendy-Nia Griffin)
- Science Club – Tess Paoletta, Michelle Lee (Jennifer Lear)
- Traumatic Head Injury Necessay Knowledge (T.H.I.N.K.) – Rebecca Tucci, Lhani Jamison (Kathleen Murphy)
- Unicef – Isabella Blosser, Elizabeth Longosz (Blair Parker)
- Whistling a cappella – Camilla Folger (Jennifer Dorsey)
- Youth for Conservation Forum – Stephanie Leontiev (Andrew Riely)
- Young Democrats Club – Milan Flanagan, Kira Reinke (TBD)
- Young Independents Club – Kina Baad, Mary Otoo, Hilda Xhepa, Lhani Jamison (Mary DiQuinzio)
- Young Republicans Club – Cassandra Moshfegh, Rosie Chandler (Tony Speranza)