High School Club Webpages

Descriptions of High School Clubs

Chess Club
The chess club meets every day during lunch in room 104 to socialize, play chess and improve our skills. In addition, we often meet from 2:30 – 3:30 on Thursdays. In the future, we hope to schedule competitions against other school.

Debate Team
The Warren Hills Political Science and Law (Debate) Team allows students to develop public speaking skills while exposing them to a variety of legal structures. Debate Team participates in the Princeton Criminal Investigation, New Jersey State Bar Foundation Mock Trial, Harvard Model Congress, Seton Hall Model United Nations, and Princeton University Moot Court. Students who are considering careers in legal studies or planning on attending law school are encouraged to join.

Diversity Club
The Diversity Club strives to reduce bias and prejudice in the Warren Hills District and in our community at large. Each year a dedicated group of students works on several projects in order to enhance the district’s goals of educating our students about acceptance of all people. Students may join the Club at any time of the year.
Some events sponsored over the past several years include the following:

• Presentations by Michael Fowlin in his one-man show, "You Don't Know Me, Until You Know Me".
• Participation in the Annual Youth Forum sponsored by the Warren County Human Relations Commission.
• School exchange between Warren Hills and Science High School, Newark, NJ, a magnet, inner-city school.
• Participation in the National MIXITUP At Lunch Day sponsored by the Tolerance Project of the Southern Poverty Law Center.
• Sending five students each summer to ANYTOWN NJ, a leadership camp run by NCCJ (National Conference for Community and Justice).
• Initiation of Study Circles to promote dialogue on issues facing youth today.
• Attendance at the State of New Jersey's Martin Luther Commission's symposium on youth issues.
• Planning for partnership with Warren Hills Middle School to encourage those students to join the Diversity Club and begin Study Circles.

Drama Club
Drama Club is an extracurricular activity, that involves students in all aspects of theatre. Traditionally, the Warren Hills Drama Club produces two productions a year. In the fall we put on a nonmusical (comedy or drama) and in the spring we do our musical. Students who join Drama Club, don’t necessarily need to act. There are many other opportunities to get involved, such as stage manager, costume coordinator, advertising, set construction, lighting and sound technicians, to name some. No previous experience is necessary and new members are always welcome.

Drama Club Instrumental (Pit Band)
Each year, the Drama Club performs their Spring Musical. The Pit Band is an instrumental ensemble comprised of student musicians who provide the musical accompaniment for the actors/actresses on stage. In general, the musicians are drawn from the membership of the Concert Band. The instrumentation of the score is the determining factor of the membership of the ensemble. The Pit Band rehearses every Tuesday and Thursday after school soon after the music arrives in January until the show which is usually held in April. During Tech week, rehearsals run every day, usually from 4pm to 8pm. followed by the presentation of the musical on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday.

FBLA (Future Business Leaders of America)
Membership in FBLA helps you learn about business and gives you the opportunity to see the “real world” through interaction with business leaders from across the country. You will discover the secret of being able to talk confidently with prospective employers, and you will experience the chance to test your business skills in state and national competitions.
Membership will provide you with career preparation opportunities, leadership development and achievement, outstanding leadership conferences, challenging competitions, community service experience, friendship and fun, informative publications, scholarships and prizes, and internships.
Join in the fun and participate in local activities like pizza parties, business tours, and social activities.

FEA (Future Educators of America)
The Future Educators of America’s mission is to provide high school students with opportunities to explore teaching as a career, help students gain a realistic understanding of the nature of education and the role of the teacher, coordinate information about teaching as a profession, employment opportunities, financial assistance options, and educational issues such as professional mobility, diversity, job security, and other matters.

French Club
French club meets the first and third Monday of every month during lunch in room 306. The students involved in French club meet to discuss another country and its culture. We talk about the French culture and how the French people celebrate holidays. Also, students become aware of all the French speaking countries around the world and recognize the influence from France in the customs of these countries.

Freshman Class
The purpose of the Freshman Class Executive Committee is to initiate a series of long range plans for the class. This involves the planning for proms, class rings, and class activities held during the year. The establishment of fundraising accounts for the class and the individuals are established to help support the long range activities.

German Club
This club allows students the opportunity to further explore the German culture outside of the classroom. Activities include European candy sales, making Gingerbread Houses, volunteer activities in the community and dinner at a German restaurant. Students do not have to be in a German class to participate.

History Club
Students interested in becoming junior historians will find this club for them. Enrollment is open to all. This club meets every school day during lunch. Highlights include guest speakers, field trips, and informal debates on current events. The club also evaluates films in history from documentaries to Hollywood blockbusters.

Interact Club
Interact Club is a high school community service club. We work closely with the Washington Rotary Club, which is the adult part of this international organization. Our annual projects include creating Easter Baskets for the local Head Start children, holding the Easter Egg Hunt for 3rd graders at Memorial School, doing craft projects with the local Kindergarten classes, helping out with the Warren County Special Services District Field Day, and organizing the volunteers for the Warren County Pre School Special Olympics. Meetings are Wednesdays at 11:00 in Room 94. New members are always welcome.

Intramurals
Intramurals is a school run club that allows students of all grades to actively participate in open gym activities. For those students who are not always interested in playing organized school sports, it is the perfect opportunity to socialize, exercise, and to practice their game in an open gym atmosphere. An array of activities are possible including, basketball, floor hockey, volleyball, soccer, and much more! Our club meets in the fall and spring on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 2:30 - 3:30. The late bus makes it easy for all students to participate!

Junior Class Executive Committee
This committee leads the class in fundraising activities throughout the year. Activities range from candy grams and t-shirt sales to class-wide fundraisers such as gift wrap and pizza sales. One of the main responsibilities of the junior class includes the prom. Students are elected to the committee at the end of the sophomore year. Other volunteers are always welcomed!

Key Club
Key Club is an international, student-leg organization providing its members with opportunities to perform service, build character, and develop leadership. The objects of Key Club International are: to develop initiative and leadership; to provide experience in living and working together; to serve the school and community; to cooperate with the school principal; and to prepare for useful citizenship. Key Club International, through its strategic planning process, clarified and committed to four organizational core values-- guiding principles which are central to our International organization: character building, leadership, inclusiveness, and caring.

Literary Magazine
Students who join the Literary Magazine will contribute not only their innate ability to write and draw, but they will edit and revise work that is submitted by their peers. Students may submit poetry, short stories, drawings, and any other piece of art that they have. The students who commit themselves to this club will be in charge of how it looks, what it will contain, and revising the pieces. It is a nice way for students to showcase their artistic talents. We do a couple of fundraisers throughout the year in order to have the magazine printed as well.

Literary Newspaper
Journalism I and Journalism II students make up the Literary Newspaper Club. Compiled of staff reporters and editors, they work together to lay out and publish the school newspaper, THE STREAK. THE STREAK is the official newspaper of Warren Hills Regional High School and it is published four times a year.

National Honor Society
The National Honor Society is open to junior and senior students that have a 3.4 GPA or higher. Students must go through an application process that also contains recommendations from teacher and outside contacts. The purpose of the National Honor Society is based upon the four pillars: Scholarship, Service, Character, and Leadership. Each month members must attend at least 2 meetings held during the school day, complete 3 hours a month of individual service, and participate in our monthly group service projects. Along with these requirements, members must maintain a 3.4 GPA and stay among the current standards to remain a part of NHS. As a club we have become successful in helping our local community, school, and helped with worthy charities.

Outdoors Unlimited
Outdoors Unlimited is a club that provides students the opportunity to learn and enjoy a life sport. The ski club, part of Outdoors Unlimited, lets students enjoy the mountains of Camelback in the Poconos with low-cost packages that include rentals, lessons and transportation.

Photography Club
The Photography club provides the students an opportunity to learn how to develop black & white film and the techniques needed to make prints of their negatives. After the students have learned the basics skills of photography, they can use the darkroom to expand their personal interests.

S.A.V.E. – Students Against Vandalizing the Earth
S.A.V.E. is a community service and environmental club in the high school. Our goal is to make a positive difference in the world around us. Some of the activities we are involved with include:
Children’s Book Drive (2002 – present)
We work with local elementary schools to collect, sort and redistribute books to children from low-income families. In the past three years, we have collected over 10,000 books. The book drive occurs during February and March.
Pohatcong Creek Natural Area (1999 – present)
Directly behind the high school there is a 91 acre park called the Pohatcong Creek Natural Area, that is owned by Washington Township. Over the last five years we have helped develop this park into a passive recreation area. We have expanded the trails, cleaned up the stream, and build bridges. We also worked with one of our members to build a picnic area for his Eagle Scout project. In 2002 we worked with Rutgers Cooperative Extension to plant a Riparian Buffer at the entrance to the Pohatcong Creek Natural Area.
CWYA Toy Drive (2001-present)
Each year we help at the Central Warren Youth Association toy drive between Thanksgiving and Christmas. The toy drive has been run for 46 years by Ken Snover. Toys are distributed to 750 children from low-income families in Warren County.
Washington Autumn Fest (2003-present)
S.A.V.E. organizes and runs all the children activities for this family activity day. It takes place in October. The activities include face painting, crafts, relay races, and games. The event is sponsored by the Transition Center for Women’s
Pedals for Progress Bike Drive (2003)
One of our members organized a bike drive for his Eagle Scout Project, in which we assisted. The bikes are shipped to developing nations to be used as a primary form of transportation. We hope to hold another bike drive in the future.
Paper Recycling (1999-present)
This was the first project that S.A.V.E. was involved in. We collected donations to purchase paper recycling containers for every room in the high school. We enlisted the help of Warren County Special Services in collecting the paper on a daily basis. Over 100 pounds of paper are collected and recycled each day.
Watershed Clean-Ups (2001-present)
We have been involved with numerous cleanups within both the Pohatcong and Musconetcong Watershed. Each year we have picked up enough trash to fill a mason-dump.
Cell Phone Recycling (2005-present)
We are collecting used cell phone to be donated to Verizon’s HopeLine program. The phones will be refurbished and given the victims of domestic violence for use in emergency situations.
Washington Borough Elementary School Garden Club (2001-present)
We have helped supervise various activities with the Garden Club.

Science Club
The Science Club is a student organization open to all students of our school. Students are scheduled to meet once every cycle at lunch. Science projects are done based on student interest.

Select Choir
Chorus Club/Select Choir is an extracurricular group that meets 2 hours per week, Tuesday nights 6:00-8:00pm, throughout the school year. This auditioned vocal music group rehearses and performs highly advanced level choral music throughout the school year at events including concerts, community events and competitions. The select choir also contains two subgroups; “The Treblemakers” our cappella/jazz choir, and the Warren Hills Chamber Choir”.

Senior Class Executive Committee
Students involved in this committee are voted for by their student population. These students are actively involved in their senior class. They make the decisions for their class. Some of these decisions include: prom, senior t-shirts, and senior fundraisers. These students meet on a regular basis to make sure that their class is pleased with their senior year. They are the “active voice” of their class.

Spanish Club
The Spanish Club has been busy this year with several service projects. The club continues to support their adopted child from the Dominican Republic, Jose, through proceeds from their first Latin Dance and an ongoing candy sale. Students also visited Warren Haven to distribute holiday greetings written in Spanish and English to the residents. They have also been collecting school supplies for the children in Iraq which will be distributed by the Army’s 353rd Civil Affairs Unit. The supplies are in answer to a request by the advisor’s son, who is a member of the 353rd now stationed in Baghdad. Future plans include trips to area grade schools to read Spanish books to their Spanish classes.

Student Council
Student Council is made up of 9-12th grade volunteers who represent their classes in the discussion and implementation of school policies. The Council provides a forum for student concerns to be voiced to the administration in an orderly fashion. The Council also organizes a multitude of school events such as: Homecoming Dance & Court, fundraisers, Student Comment Boxes, Charity work, student government, administrative meetings focusing on new policies, lunch issues, and student concerns, scholarship programs, school spirit, pep rallies and assistance to teachers and students in need.
Student Council seeks to address issues of all grades, and provides representation of not just one group of students but the entire student population. Student Council also gives interested students the opportunity to take a larger role in their school community and utilize their voice in making Warren Hills a better place.
Each year a President, Vice President, Treasurer, Secretary, and Corresponding Secretary are voted into office and are expected to be role models for the school. These students are expected to raise the bar by exemplifying attention to issues, motivation towards grades, a positive work ethic, school spirit and a genuine interest in their community.

TSA (Technology Students Association)
Technology Students Association (TSA) is a club that focuses on preparing students for the dynamic world by promoting technological literacy, leadership, and problem solving. TSA offers recognition in both technology and leadership arenas. Students participate in various competitions, such as the TSA State Competition and Project FIRST, an intense six week international robotics competition. TSA members also participate in other design challenges, which have included the design and construction of a hovercraft.

V.I.C.A. (Vocational Industrial Clubs of America)
V.I.C.A. is a student based program designed to unite all students enrolled in the Trade, Industrial, Technical and Health Education fields. Comprised entirely of Cooperative Industrial Education students the V.I.C.A. program strives to develop leadership abilities, scholarship opportunities and a safe work environment. Towards this goal the students will participate in the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery, the C.I.E. technical school scholarship competition and the O.S.H.A. entry level safety program. V.I.C.A. promotes personal growth, community understanding, safety and cooperation among all students involved in this club.

Warren Hills Physics Club (formerly Cognetics)
The goal of the club is to explore practical applications of the fundamental principles of physics in fun and creative ways. In afterschool meetings, students learn to understand how ideal concepts converge with the real world. We will investigate phenomena such as radar and stealth technology, material properties, how cell phones work and the essentials of space flight. Recently we competed in the NJ chapter of the American Association of Physics Teachers’ annual Physics Olympics and took third place overall! There were some ingenious designs created and built by Warren Hills students. The events were in structual design, impact protection, optimization of load bearing structures, precision propulsion systems and Fermi estimations, as well as others. We look to improve our performance for next year. All students are welcome! We meet Tuesdays in Room 111 after school.

Warren Hills Political Science and Law (Debate) Team
The Warren Hills Political Science and Law (Debate) Team allows students to develop public speaking skills while exposing them to a variety of legal structures. Debate Team participates in the Princeton Criminal Investigation, New Jersey State Bar Foundation Mock Trial, Harvard Model Congress, Seton Hall Model United Nations, and Princeton University Moot Court. Students who are considering careers in legal studies or planning on attending law school are encouraged to join

WHAT (Warren Hills Academic Team)
Enrollment is open to all grade levels. Our academic team meets once a week in preparation for competition in WHAM (Warren Hills Academic Meet) and other tournaments. Games are played similar to Jeopardy using high school level questions. During our competitions, students also have the opportunity to socialize with other team members. Our team has had success in recent years, placing 9th in the state Rutgers Bowl.

The Warren Hills Regional H.S. Jazz Ensemble ( Instrumental Club )
The Jazz Ensemble is comprised of high school musicians with a passion for performing in the jazz idiom. The membership of the ensemble is determined by audition and is restricted to the traditional instrumentation of the jazz band. These include saxophone, trumpet, trombone, piano, bass, guitar, and percussion.
The ensemble rehearses regularly from early October through May every Wednesday night from 7:30 - 9:00 pm. Performances of the band include the Prism Concert in March, our own Night of Jazz, various high school festivals, and the Hershey Park Competition. In addition, we have performed at the Warren County Top Ten Senior Banquet for a number of years.

Yearbook Club
The Yearbook Club is the eyes and ears of the school. In recording the history of the school year, they keep our memories alive for posterity for years to come in the form of a beautiful, hardbound book. The yearbook staff learns the ins and outs of creating a publication, including the use of desktop publishing computer programs, the art of layout of pages, the taking of pictures, the writing of body copy, and the responsibility of meeting deadlines. The club meets Mondays through Thursdays from 2:30 to 4:30 in the publications office of the high school.