Student Clubs & Organizations
2024-2025
Available Clubs
Art Club
Description: Students create artwork for various art shows hosted by OHS, The University of Mississippi, The Powerhouse, and more. Students also participate in OSD and Oxford community events and festivals to showcase their artistic skills while exploring new art mediums.
Faculty Sponsor(s): Tiffany Hershfelt
Frequency of Meetings: Weekly: Fridays, 7:45 a.m. to 8:30 a.m.
Dues/Fees: None
Requirements for Entry: None
DECA
Description: Student-led career and technical organization
Faculty Sponsor(s): Joy Burt
Frequency of Meetings: Monthly
Dues/Fees: Dues are $30 and cover local, state, and national membership. Competition fees will vary.
Requirements for Entry: None
Diamond Girls (DG)
Description: Diamond Girls assist in retrieving foul balls and working in the concession stand for baseball and softball games.
Faculty Sponsor(s): Kristin Busby and Cade Hoggard
Frequency of Meetings: Attendance at Games and 1-2 meetings prior to the season starting
Dues/Fees: Members must purchase Diamond Girl apparel: t-shirt and hoodie.
Requirements for Entry: Must complete a Google form and interview if you are joining Diamond Girls. DG Captains are interviewed by coaches and sponsors and must have a teacher recommendation.
Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA)
Description: FCA focuses on serving local communities by equipping, empowering and encouraging people to make a difference for Christ. To see the world impacted for Jesus Christ through the influence of coaches and athletes. This club is open to all students, not just athletes.
Faculty Sponsor(s): Logan Dodson and Bruce Taylor
Frequency of Meetings: Weekly
Dues/Fees: None
Requirements for Entry: None
FFA
Description: Student organization for those enrolled in agricultural education classes (horticulture). Students are expected to participate in fundraising, community service projects, and career/leadership development events (competitions).
Faculty Sponsor(s): Ken Hearn
Frequency of Meetings: Quarterly
Dues/Fees: Dues are $20
Requirements for Entry: Students must currently be enrolled in a horticulture class, were enrolled in a horticulture class the previous school year, or have completed the horticulture program.
French Club
Description: To further encourage inter-cultural growth and knowledge through the sharing of Francophone language and culture
Faculty Sponsor(s): Lydia King
Frequency of Meetings: Monthly
Dues/Fees: None
Requirements for Entry: Students should have an interest in French language & culture.
Health Occupation Students of America (HOSA)
Description: Student-led career and technical organization with an emphasis on the medical field.
Faculty Sponsor(s): Dana McGivney
Frequency of Meetings: Monthly
Dues/Fees: Students must pay dues to join and competiton fees as directed by HOSA Nationals.
Requirements for Entry: None
History Bowl
Description: Quiz bowl team specific to history.
Faculty Sponsor(s): Sugi Wiltcher
Frequency of Meetings: Every Friday morning at 8 a.m. in W204.
Dues/Fees: None
Requirements for Entry: None
Key Club
Description: Student-led volunteer group
Faculty Sponsor(s): Tuesday Arizaga
Frequency of Meetings: Monthly
Dues/Fees: None
Requirements for Entry: None
National Honor Society (NHS)
Description: Invitation only. NHS is an academic and service organization for rising seniors with a minimum 3.85 GPA. The induction Ceremony takes place in April/May of junior year. Attendance to the ceremony is mandatory. Members are required to complete 20 hours of service work.
Faculty Sponsor(s): Sommer Husbands
Frequency of Meetings: As needed
Dues/Fees: $30 dues must be submitted before the Induction Ceremony in May of junior year.
Requirements for Entry: Students with a GPA of 3.8 or higher in the fall semester of their junior year. Invitations are sent in the spring semester to eligible students. Inductions are held during honors/awards nights in May.
One Community Club
Description: One Community is a service club helping out around the community that works with The Pregnancy Center of Oxford and CASA of North Mississippi. We volunteer at the Pregnancy Center every Monday at 4:00, as well as collect donations and organize a toiletry drive. For CASA, we do a yearly toiletry drive in the spring and a fall Halloween bucket drive for the kids. We organized the Bolt store at OHS this summer and helped face paint at the community tailgate at the first football game.
Faculty Sponsor(s): Alison Schmelzer
Frequency of Meetings: Monthly
Dues/Fees: None
Requirements for Entry: None
RISE
Description: RISE stands for “reach, inspire, support, and empower”. RISE Oxford High is a peer to peer wellness education initiative committed to the overall well-being of the OSD community. RISE creates a community of care by supporting and empowering the students to learn and engage their peers about a variety of wellness topics that are specific to the needs of high school students.
Faculty Sponsor(s): Deb Jones
Frequency of Meetings: Meetings are held bi-weekly when organizing events and monthly the rest of the year.
Dues/Fees: None
Requirements for Entry: None
Robotics Club
Description: Robotics club competes in FIRST Tech Challenge Competitions.
Faculty Sponsor(s): Charley Sabatier
Frequency of Meetings: Two meetings per week with more frequent meetings leading up to competitions.
Dues/Fees: None
Requirements for Entry: Students should have a love for programming and be a team player.
Science Olympiad
Description: This group competes in Science Olympiad competitions.
Faculty Sponsor(s): Charley Sabatier
Frequency of Meetings: Monthly
Dues/Fees: Dues are $20.
Requirements for Entry: None
Science Quiz Bowl
Description: This group competes in Science Bowl competitions.
Faculty Sponsor(s): Charley Sabatier and Dr. Catherine Putnam
Frequency of Meetings: Bi-monthly
Dues/Fees: None
Requirements for Entry: None
SkillsUSA/Culinary
Description: Student-led career and technical organization
Faculty Sponsor(s): Brandon Hughes
Frequency of Meetings: Monthly
Dues/Fees: Dues are $20
Requirements for Entry: Must be a Culinary Arts student.
Soles 4 Souls (S4S)
Description: At S4S, we turn unwanted shoes and clothing into opportunity, by keeping them from going to waste and putting them to good use – providing relief, creating jobs and empowering people to break the cycle of poverty.
Faculty Sponsor(s): Sugi Wiltcher
Frequency of Meetings: 2 times per semester. The fall shoe drive will have collection during Fall Break and packing just before Thanksgiving Break. The spring drive will be after Easter break and will include clothing.
Dues/Fees: None
Requirements for Entry: None
Superior Superstar Supporters (SSS)
Description: Students are assigned a Superior and attend monthly outings afterschool
Faculty Sponsor(s): Kristen Busby
Frequency of Meetings: Monthly
Dues/Fees: None
Requirements for Entry: None
Technology Student Association (TSA)
Description: The TSA enhances personal development, leadership, and career opportunities in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM), whereby members apply and integrate these concepts through intracurricular activities, competitions, and related programs.
Faculty Sponsor(s): Charley Sabatier
Frequency of Meetings: Monthly, as needed
Dues/Fees: Dues are $20
Requirements for Entry: None
VEX Robotics
Description: VEX Robotics competes in the VEX robotics competition.
Faculty Sponsor(s): Charley Sabatier
Frequency of Meetings: Weekly
Dues/Fees: None
Requirements for Entry: None
Writing Club
Description: Students share their own creative writing with the group and receive feedback. Students can also listen.
Faculty Sponsor(s): Amanda Osborne
Frequency of Meetings: Weekly
Dues/Fees: None
Requirements for Entry: None
Start a New Club
Guidelines for Starting a High School Club
Background
Clubs are an integral part of the educational process at Oxford High School. It is an opportunity for students to explore interests, socialize with friends, and serve the community in supervised activities.
Clubs
A club is a meeting of a group of individuals for a specialized purpose. All clubs must have an OHS-employed sponsor responsible for their management. Every club must have gone through the OHS approval process and is subject to OSD regulations regarding all affairs. Not all activities will need to go through the club application process. There can certainly be school initiatives outside the club arena. However, under current regulation, if money is involved, a club approval is necessary before activities will be authorized.
Creating a New Club
- Check with Student Government to determine if the requested club already exists at your school.
- If yes, stop here. All is well!
- If no, follow the application process.
Student Government should discuss with the group their plans to ensure OHS and OSD policies and regulations are followed. All clubs must be student-initiated and student-run (under the supervision of the sponsor).
- A current OHS employee must be the sponsor. It is necessary that a staff member sponsors each activity and be present at each club meeting/activity.
- The application packet is comprised of the following:
- a cover sheet,
- the application for a new club,
- a constitution (view a sample constitution here), and
- a student interest form.
- The forms are to be reviewed and approved by the Student Government, Principal, and then forwarded to the OSD School Board for review and approval (if needed).
- If the club is approved, the information will be given to the OHS Office Manager for account setup (if needed).
Reminders:
- Make sure the application is complete and includes the name of the sponsor. All required signatures must be provided.
- Fundraising or financial donation is allowed in the application or in the constitution. There must also be a statement to the effect that all fundraising activities are subject to OHS and OSD administration approval.
- It is not necessary to list specific fund-raising activities, field trips, performances, etc. on the application or in the constitution; it is best to be generic. If you choose to be specific, indicate on the application/constitution that any/all activities will comply with OHS regulations and local school polices and approval processes. Additionally, if the planned activities of the club do not appear to be able to be accomplished during regular club meeting time, the same statement is needed. If said statement is not included, the application packet will be returned for edits.
- There must be a constitution; it should include elements such as how students become members of the club, how officers are chosen, how officers can be removed from office, what the responsibilities of the officers are. For most clubs, there can be no restriction on which students may initially enter into membership (other than a student being in good standing). Once students are involved, then clubs may include requirements to maintain membership. These operating procedures should be included in the constitution. Student Government and Administration should read constitutions carefully to make sure these are appropriate and meet local school expectations.
- A club may not be the extension of an outside organization, and no outside organization may have any authority or decision-making power over an OHS club or students. Once a club has met the requirements and has been approved centrally, working with an outside agency is possible under the approval/supervision of the local school sponsor and administration (and any necessary OSD offices).
- The student interest form must have a list of current students interested in participating in the club; the minimum number of interested students necessary to start a club is 25 students.