The trading card club is starting soon, and after I heard that come over the announcements I had one question: how did this get started? I’ve always been interested in doing a club, but sometimes they’re just too boring to me. I’d be down to do fishing or boxing but chances are boxing won’t work so fishing it was. The question still remained though: how do I start a club? I started at the office, looking for answers, where I ended up speaking to Ms. Varney on how to start one.
“Step one is making sure you have a staff sponsor,” Varney said. “Any school staff member could agree to be a sponsor, and there’s a form for the staff member to fill out.”
With a staff member’s support, then a club has the potential to be formed. There are nearly no limits to what can be formed, either.
“We don’t have any written rules on what’s permitted or not, we would want to have student interest and staff support, and most of the time it would go through.”
Examples of this is the trading card club sponsored by Mr. Blood and the DND club by Ms. Rogers. All that’s needed is student interest and staff support, and given the loose rules, nearly anything you want can become a club. Of course, if you want to join a national group/competition (i.e. robotics), it requires a bit extra.
“If there was [groups] then it would just be asking for funding from the district from the district to pay for that membership and to pay for whatever other sorts of things that would come through that,” Varney concluded.
In short, all it takes is student interest, staff support, and funding for any other additions needed to make the club real. From there, it’s just staff and student agreements to show up on time and do the thing the club’s for. So if you’re looking for a club, but just can’t seem to find one that suits you, just ask a teacher and see if they’ll sponsor it. And who knows, maybe your club will be the best one yet. Only one way to find out.
How to Start a Club
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Brady Flint, Contributing Writer
I'm Brady Flint, an average senior and a member of the Wyoming Wolf Pack Press' writing staff. This is my first year in the paper, and most of my articles will be found in the entertainment section. There's a good chance I'll conduct surveys, and there's even a chance you've already met me because of one. I love music and games, and I will spend a lot of my time writing about them.
Outside of school, I listen to a lot of music, play a lot of games, and I spend my weekends working over at the Tropical Smoothie next to the school. I'm a big fan of making money. Aside from that, I just hang out with my friends and do whatever sounds fun at the moment.
My plans for the future are to go to UoM for computer science so I can get a job in cybersecurity. I've always been good with computers, and as such I feel my future lies somewhere in the field of technology, and since cybersecurity just sounds really fun, I don't see why not. If it takes me far enough, I'd hope to get a well-paying job and live an easy life that I don't have to worry about.
That being said, I'm excited to write more articles for the press and keep you up to date with music reviews, game reviews, and other articles that would fit in the entertainment category. It'd be pretty cool if you read my articles before I leave for college.