<p>I guess this could have been posted in the High School Life forum, but...
How many of you on CC are president/founder of a club at your high school?
I'm going to be junior rep. of one club, and president & founder of two additional clubs next year. It will be my first year being president of any club, and I'm kind of nervous.
Also, has anyone started a book club/ philosophy club at their school? The clubs that I will be president of next year are geared more toward 1. leadership in the community and 2. triathlon (athletic pursuits). I love to read, and I think that it might be fun to start a book club at my school. Any ideas of ways to attract members, etc.?
(Just FYI: My junior class size next year will be around 550 students. I go to a public high school in a not-so-nice part of southern california, and I don't know many other students who share the same interest in reading...is it unreasonable to start a club, in this case?)</p>
<p>Well, I am the co-founder of Anime Club. I am founder and president of Academic Trivia Club. I am also vice president of history club. At my school, the school librarian moderates and is the leader of book club. Since the librarian at my school is old, many members complain that she does not pick good books for teens. If you suggest books for your club to read, they might appreciate the club more. Be open to what books the club wants to read. At the first meeting, let the students list all the books they would recommend to the club. If you are really, really into reading, and are very good in vocabulary, you might want to guarentee all club members a few free study classes for the ACTs or SATs or APs in critical reading/literature, before, afterschool, or during lunch. If you do not feel that you are good enough to actually teach a class, you can talk to a English teacher about the club and the guarentee, and see if he/she, and/or his colleagues can do anything about it. If no teacher wants to have review classes, than find free review classes for major tests around the area, and recommend them to the club members. If you do not want to review classes at all, you can do a different approach to reading. Instead of reading books all of the time, you might have the book club read short stories or comics. You can also have the book club members share/swap books together.</p>
<p>If you really love to read than start a club!!! If a club does not work out, than try to get money to renevate your school library or get new books for your school.</p>
<p>Oh! Incorporating the study sessions seems like a great idea! I know of quite a few students who would greatly appreciate the opportunity! Thanks for the reply! 
Does anyone else have anything to add?</p>
<p>“I don’t know many other students who share the same interest in reading…is it unreasonable to start a club, in this case?”
Set an informational meeting up for anyone who is interested, and keep a contact list for all interested students to fill out so that after the meeting, you can inspect the turn-out of interested classmates and see if it’s enough to truly make a club.
I think it’s great that you want to initiate something that truly interests you! Good luck!
P.S. Study sessions is indeed a great idea. Try to benefit the school/community if you can with your club.</p>
<p>I did a bit of asking around today, and hardly anyone is interested in a book club. BUT…you never know who will be, and maybe there are a few readers at school, besides myself, who are simply dying to converse about the various works of Steinbeck…who knows? :)</p>
<p>I’ve actually started a couple of clubs and “excavated” a few others. I’m president/founder of Science Club and my friends and I are heading into our first year of being co-founders of book club! Def. talk to your favorite english teacher, that’s what we did, and she sponsored us:)</p>
<p>Yep, you never know!
Do your best to publicize, whether that means asking if there could be an announcement made on the intercom, using facebook (really helpful, at least when I’ve used it, which is a lot), newspaper, e-mails, announce it in all your classes when school starts. Tell people (everyone, not just people you know) that if they have ANY spark of interest, they should come to an info meeting.
Be really involved in getting the word out :]</p>