<p>i see many cc'ers have done this...so any advice is helpful....lol</p>
<p>this is what I did: I went to the teacher that I knew would be most interested and invested in the club, and I presented the basic outlines of the club's purpose to her. She agreed to help me and my friends get things moving, and we held a "are you interested?" meeting in her classroom. bam. club. yeah, it's not too hard (but every school is different).</p>
<p>Get a teacher on your side. You might have to get it passed through the school administration.</p>
<p>At my school you have to present it to a teacher then write a constitution for the club, and then school admin decides whether you should have it or not. Pretty simple. Two clubs were started this past year at my school.</p>
<p>what kind of club did you guys start?</p>
<p>I am currently starting a GSA, or Gay-Straight Alliance. I started off by finding a teacher who would be interested(examples: Math Team-Math Teacher, Environmental Club:Science Teacher, GSA: Gay Teachers or Theatre Teacher). ONce the sponser agrees, you then have to find out how to get it ratified. First, it is a good idea to send a proposal saying what the club is, what is its goals, how will it get there, when it will meet, who is the sponser, ect. Then, you turn that into the office, it does not matter who as long as it gets to the principle. Lastly, he will accept it or he won't, in which case you will take him to court for oppressing your freedom of speech.</p>
<p>If you would like, I could send you the proposal I sent in as a reference.?</p>
<p>yes!! that'll be great
thanx</p>
<p>Hey, I can't find my flash drive, but as soon as I do, I will sent it via PM.</p>
<p>At my school you have to fill out a whole load of paperwork in the end of the year BEFORE the year it'll happen. Which is why I've never been able to get a club to be OFFICIAL. I tried a Culinary Arts Club, and even had a teacher to be the sponsor, but it was too late with the paperwork and stuff so it didn't work out, even though I had upwards of 50 people wanting to join.</p>
<p>Some guys who were seniors last year and I started the Ping Pong Coalition, we got a sponsor teacher, and actually held meetings with donated ping pong tables and balls and everything every week, but it's not official. This next year though it will be :]</p>
<p>^ Ha....ping pong...</p>
<p>At my school you find an advisor, talk about it, then present it to the administration who will most likely shoot it down if it's not sponsored by the FHSAA (florida hs athletic association) or affiliated with a national organization. Yeah, it's pretty dumb.</p>
<p>^ Take them to court. At public schools, they cannot deny a perfectly innocent club if that school has other EC activities. Tell him that you will talk to the school board, or his boss, or what ever. I doubt he will want to go through the trouble and will just ratify the club.</p>
<p>^no kidding about ping pong, we probably have at least 60 people who come regularly, it's awesome. We got 2 regulation-size tables donated to us, about a million balls and paddles, and one kind of smallish table lol. My nazi-esque APUSH teacher came out one day and I kicked his ass at ping pong :] The one thing I think he's ever lost at.</p>
<p>^ Lol, that is awesome. I don't think there a 60 member in any one club at our schools, except Track and Field and maybe cross country.</p>
<p>^Chyeah! It may have had to do with the fact that we got people to bring in soda and chips and cookies and stuff :] You know, we wouldn't actually want people to get IN SHAPE! or something crazy like that...</p>
<p>IDK but get at least 10 people who back you up/soupport your organization. At my school you only had to have 5 members and a sponsor teacher and the club could be made</p>