Clubs - Myrtle Beach High

Academic Team
Sponsor: Ms. Leslie Carter

Do you know random trivia? Do you like to answer questions and be involved in school? If so, come participate in the Academic Team!

The Myrtle Beach High School Academic Team competes in four person squads answering questions in a format similar to Jeopardy! The competitions consist of three rounds. In round one the categories consist of: General Knowledge, Current Events, Sports and Pop Culture, Social Sciences, and Geography. The questions in this round carry point values from 10 to 50 points depending on the difficulty of the questions. In the second round point values are doubled to range from 20 to 100 points. The second round categories consist of Math, Science, Literature, History, and Humanities. The third and final round consists of one five part question, with each question valued at 25 points for a correct answer or -25 for an incorrect or nonresponse. In this round the team is allowed to confer among themselves. The Academic Team is always looking for new members! We usually practice one to two days a week and have competitions on Tuesdays from September to early November. If you feel like this is something you may enjoy, then please stop by room D104 to speak to Mrs. Carter.

2009-2010 Captains – Taylor Hammock, Cheyenne Lloyd and Jeremy Ludeman,

Art Club
Sponsor: Mrs. Rhea Lowe

The art club is an organization for those interested in developing their artistic talents. The club sponsors speakers, holds art demonstrations, creates craft and painting projects. Some materials are provided. Bring your creativity and ideas to the art room on Thursdays from 3:30 until 4:30. Sign up in the art room to participate.

DECA - An Association of Marketing Students
Sponsors: Mrs. Diane Marlowe, Ms. Rena Barrow, Ms. Rebecca James

The mission of DECA is to enhance the education of students with interests in marketing, management and entrepreneurship. Students have the opportunity to participate in district, state, and international competitive events that motivate students to assume responsibility for self-improvement and self-discipline as well as to help students to participate in an environment of cooperation and competition. These events also provide opportunities for student and team recognition

DECA meets on Thursdays at 3:30 p.m. in Room C112. Membership dues are required.
Fund raising activities are conducted to sponsor students for competitive events/conferences.

Ground Zero
Sponsors: Mrs. Julia Fullwood, Mrs. Cookie Goings, and Mrs. Ansley Morrow

GZ Events connect teenagers to Christ at exciting, high-quality, relevant experiences that present the gospel with excellence and energy.

GZ Impact Events are outreach experiences that present the gospel in a way that is relevant to teenagers.

GZ Impact Worships are quality youth worship experiences that bring teenagers together for praise, prayer and a biblical message.

Please see any member of the leadership team for more information or contact Mrs. Fullwood, Mrs. Goings, or Mrs. Morrow. Beginning in October GZ will meet every Thursday morning at 7:30

Campus Youth Minister: Rob Tahtinen

Junior Civitan Club
Sponsor: Ms. Elaine DeCastro

Be a leader in your school, in your community, in your world! Join the Civitans! Civitans are students who come together in communities around the world to socialize, learn and serve their neighbors. The mission of Civitan worldwide is to build good citizenship by providing a volunteer organization of clubs dedicated to serving individual and community needs with an emphasis on helping people with developmental disabilities. Civitan is a life-long organization following you from high school into adulthood. The club meets after school in room B205. See Ms. DeCastro for the next meeting date and time.

Key Club
Sponsors: Mr. Nils Regnell, Mrs. Patricia Jordan

This is a service organization for all high school students sponsored by the local Kiwanis Chapter. Our objective is the development of initiative, leadership ability, and good citizenship practices. Key Club is the largest service organization of its kind with more than 210,000 members worldwide in approximately 5,000 clubs. Annual dues are required. General meetings are held on the first and third Tuesdays of each month in C 210 at 7:45 a.m.

Service Projects include Miracle League, tutoring at elementary/primary schools, tutoring for Myrtle Beach Boys’ and Girls’ Club, Christmas shopping and party for TMD class, Back Pack Buddies, Stuff the Bus, Trick or Treat for UNICEF, March of Dimes, Breast Cancer Awareness, Christmas Wreath for Dickens Christmas Festival and other projects/activities in conjunction with the Myrtle Beach Kiwanis Club.

Planned calendar of activities for 2009-2010

Officers attend one regularly scheduled Kiwanis club meeting per month (1st Thursday, 2 officers per meeting)
September: 15 general/organizational meetings
October: Breast cancer awareness, Trick or Treat for UNICEF.
Membership dues of $13.00 due by October 14, 2009
November: Christmas Wreath for Dickens Christmas Festival, Visit Manor Home, New Member Induction Dinner (after school hours).
December: Christmas shopping and party for TMD class at MBHS
January – April: Emphasis on Fundraising for March for Babies
February: Manor visit
March: “March for Babies” Kick off at Hard Rock Café, Election of 2010-2011 Officers (Installation to be held at the Kiwanis Club meeting)
April: “March for Babies,” Kiwanis Scholarship Applications due

2009-2010 Officers

President: Hannah Gordon
Co-Vice Presidents: Taylor Hammock, Katherine (Kat) Mehmetaj
Secretary: Barrett Hawkins
Public Relations: Amanda Millen, Stacey Lee

Mock Trial
Sponsor: Miss Amanda Dimovitz

Many high schools and colleges nationwide are involved with this competition. Teams from six to twelve members are given approximately five months to research and study two sides of a hypothetical court case. In South Carolina, the cases alternate between a civil case and criminal cases. Each case requires three attorneys and three witnesses from both the defendant and prosecutors sides and a bailiff is selected. With the help of area volunteer attorney coaches MBHS has been successful in qualifying for the state competition 6 out of the past 8 years.

Students who are interested in pursuing a career in politics or government should inquire about this club.

Model United Nations
Sponsor: Mrs. Lyndsey Martin

Model UN is an internationally oriented club where students research and discuss current issues that face countries all over the world. Students will work together to examine information regarding countries in the United Nations as well as practice public speaking.

The team meets on Thursday beginning in November from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. Click here for detailed information about our current projects and activities.

TAPS
Sponsors: Mrs. Cookie Goings, Mrs. Susan Mense

Teens Against Prejudice & Stereotypes (TAPS) promotes unity and cultural understanding among all members of the MBHS Seahawk Family. This group of students is linked to a chain of other unity task forces around South Carolina. The job of these students is a continuous, ceaseless process focusing on promoting unity. The theme of the unity task force is for every difference that makes us unique, there is a common thread that connects us all. We share the need for home and community, for love and respect. May these common threads form a beautiful world in which all people and cultures are respected.