<p>Did you start a club or an organization for your students or the community? If so, what was it, how did you do it? Was it hard to get off the ground? Do you regret it, did anything go wrong? </p>
<p>Share your experiences. :)</p>
<p>lol i started a computer club end of spring of my freshman year. (i'm now a sophomore) i started it with a going-to-be senior.</p>
<p>there was an average of 3-4 people who showed up.</p>
<p>yea... that really bombed. i regret thinking it would be a hit (i used xanga and myspace enhancing as incentive to join, but alas, they didn't nip)</p>
<p>I am starting a science research club. There is a lot of fire in my school for ppl to do research and enter Intel/SW/ISEF after the same two ppl at my school were SW Regional Finalists AND ISEF finalists. I think therefore, that it will do well. We'll see next year though.</p>
<p>I'm starting the Simpsons club next year, and I'm also co-founder of the "Left" club (democrat club) and I'll also be co-president of the Gay Straight Alliance, but I didn't found that. I was a freshman during the first year of that club (and there were only 3 members so I was important in the success.) The freshmen at my school are so stuck up about sexuality, I came out November freshman year, and so did the founder of the club (who's going at Michigan State in the fall), and as of right now we're the only 2 "out" students. We've been trying desperately to make our school more open, and I KNOW that we're not the only 2. :D So next year, as of right now, I'll be the only one. :(</p>
<p>S founded school Lit Mag-lots of work getting started-he out in mega hours, co-founded GSA after being Day of Silence Coordinator for 2 years-learned that "co" is a lot beter than "solo" when starting a new club-good luck!</p>
<p>I have started two and semi-started one. When I was in seventh grade, I regularly went to beach clean-ups (important to me, considering I lived in san francisco), and I was disgusted by all the cigarette butts. So my mom took me and my sister to City Hall and we went to all the Supervisors' offices and approached them all about helping us. Two signed on, we wrote legislation, one moved on to state assembly, and CauseWeCare was formed. It is a youth volunteer/political activism group. We take up certain issues (cigarettes on beaches, collecting eyeglasses for poor people around the world, animal abuse in the zoo, whatever) and look at it from both sides, the political and social aspects. Its an amazing experience. It was kind of hard to get it started, but I got my friends to join, made contacts with the Lions Club, governmental agencies, Amnesty International, etc. It worked out great in the end, and is still going strong.
The second club is a political club I started last year (sophomore year) called Because It Matters. It is mainly to educate the students in my school about important political and social issues around the world and get them involved in helping. We host debates, movie nights, guest speakers, field trips, theme weeks, etc. It wasn't very hard. Every school has certain steps you must complete to make a club. I had to have at least five members, a faculty advisor, and approval from this certain faculty member. Then we presented our idea to the Student Council, who approved it, and voila, Because It Matters was a club.
And this year, I am semi-starting Junior Statesmen of America at my school. We had one when I was a freshman, but during one of the weekend-long conventions, several students were found...engaging in illegal activity in their hotel room. So JSA was stopped for the time being. I have gone through all the steps necessary to starting a club, and I am now working out the kinks with the administration by agreeing on compromises about conventions, etc. This was pretty easy, because we already had a basis for the club and a core group of kids who were interested. It just sucks how a few kids can make something difficult for everyone else. So anyays, good luck in starting your club, and have fun! Its work, but it is soo worth it in the end!</p>
<p>I'd love to start a "Freedom From Religion" club, but I don't think I'd have much of a following.</p>
<p>I started the Student Medical Association, the mission of which is to foster the interests of students at North Brunswick Township High School in the areas of medicine, medical sciences, and the related fields.</p>
<p>Our club activities include the creation of a database of helpful and related summer programs, including internships, for our members to check out and apply for, guest doctors and nurses who come in to speak to us about their professions, community service visits to the local hospitals and food shelters, and a whole bunch of other things---one group of girls attended a "Mini-Medical School" program at Robert Wood Johnson and gave the SMA a presentation on HIV as part of their homework for the program.</p>
<p>Overall, it's been a good experience in leadership, and a successful endeavor. If I regret one thing, however, it is starting it in Junior Year. Around AP tests, there was an enormous slump of inactivity that plagued the club.</p>
<p>I tried to start an Environmental club to clean up the school, implement a recycling program, and educate other students about the environment but I couldn't get enough people interested to get a charter from my school. Pretty sad when we had "Fashion Design" club get chartered without any problems around the same time.</p>
<p>Individually, I started and managed my school's Media and Debate Club since the end of last year, but the most exasperating part would have to be the part where I actually got to my full efforts to convince the principals, the teachers and fellow students that the school needs this club. It was well worth the effort, though. :)</p>
<p>No regrets.</p>
<p>(And that bit about organising for the community, I guess the MAD Club [yeah, MAD] is contributing to the community: We write articles for our zone for the residents, so .. yeah.)</p>
<p>superstar567: What exactly did/does JSA do? I was thinking of starting it, but some ppl at myschool think its too close to our debate team. I'm also on the debate team, but I was thinking of making this one up for ppl who are not on it.</p>
<p>im gonna try to start a computer programming club next year. Well try to learn some new language like C++ or something like that. Only thing im worried about is not enough people showing up. In my comp programming class this year, it was just me and one other guy.</p>