Variety of Clubs Influence Students and School Community

By Bailey Dillon and Gaunou Lo

         

Newman has numerous clubs that give students opportunities to be involved in community and leadership services, and advance service work both in the Newman community and beyond its walls.  Newman students have expressed how they improved as individuals by helping other people in the community through the clubs at Newman.

         

Two of our Key Club members are an International Trustee, Nick Cornell, and a Lieutenant Governor, Emma Felty.  Nicole Cornell joined Key Club to learn more about what she can do to serve the community and help others through service.  The club has given her the chance to get to know others who care about service as well as an opportunity to serve others and teach her to view the world differently.   Key club has helped the Wausau and Newman communities through various events, such as the Elephant Ear stand at the Wisconsin Valley Fair and Men Who Cook.

         

Pep Club is a group of students that attend sporting events to cheer on their Newman sports teams.  They also plan Peppermint, which is a dance in December.  Erin Gassner, who is a current member, said “I joined Pep Club because I think that it is important to support the school, and Pep Club has affected me positively by making me more appreciative of the talented people at Newman”.

         

Student Ambassadors is a club that chooses specific and qualified Newman students to represent Newman in a positive way.  Student Ambassadors do volunteer work from helping at the Winter Wonderland Auction (selling raffle tickets) to helping at the Senior Night Awards (handing out awards).  Their duties are to give a positive expression of Newman and help improve the Newman community throughout the school year wherever they go by representing Newman the best way they can.  Emma Felty, a current member, joined Newman Student Ambassadors because she wanted to help out our school and the Newman Community in a deeper way.

         

Maggie Ward is in the National Honor Society, and she said that the purpose of the club is to get ahold of students with high academic achievements and volunteering experience and recognize them for their work and high motivation.  The members in the National Honor Society get to plan activities for the school and volunteer for the activities.  She is one of the most responsible members because she completes what is asked of her and is a good representation of the school.