Arcado Clubs

Club Name: Arcado Chorus (Year-Round Club)

Sponsor: Kelly Jannett

Description: The Arcado Chorus is a singing performance ensemble open to all 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students. The Arcado Chorus has two evening concerts each year, along with the Percussion Ensemble; typically, one in December, and one in April or May. No audition or previous experience is required. Permission forms are due the last Wednesday of August. 

Grade Levels: 3rd, 4th, & 5th Grades

Meetings Days and Times: Wednesdays, 7:10-7:45 am

Rehearsals:

• Attendance is vital to a successful performance, so please ensure that your student can consistently attend rehearsals.
• Students with discipline problems and those who arrive late or have more than three unexcused absences from rehearsal will not be allowed to continue with chorus.

Drop-off:

• Students should be dropped off in the bus lane between 7:00 and 7:10 am
• Please be absolutely sure there is an adult there waiting to receive them before you depart!!
• Students may not be dropped off earlier than 7:00 am. Students arriving after 7:10 am will be disrupting rehearsal. 
• Due to space constraints and supervision, younger siblings of chorus students may not be dropped off early.

Club Name: Arcado Garden Club (2nd Semester Club)

Sponsor: Kyonghae Davis and Tatiana Cartwright

Description: Discover the joys of gardening and composting, learn about pollinators, and connect with fellow gardening enthusiasts.

Grade Levels: 3rd, 4th, and 5th Grades

Meetings Days and Times: Wednesdays, 3:00-4:00 p.m. March 11, 18, 25 April  1, 18*, 22, 29 May 6

*Saturday, April 18 is Arcado Beautification Day from 9-12 p.m.   All are welcomed to join!

Meeting Location: Learning Garden

Club Name: Arcado Power Pandas First LEGO League Team (1st Semester Club)

Sponsors: Kathryn Honea and Alexis Robinson

Description: The Arcado Power Pandas First LEGO League Team is comprised of 10 students who work together to engage in research, problem-solving, coding, and engineering - building and programming a LEGO robot that navigates the missions of a robot game. In addtition to coding a robot, students will conduct a research project to identify and solve a relevant real-world problem related to the annual theme. Students must be selected for this team through an application process. 

Grade Levels: 4th and 5th Grades

Meetings Days and Times: Tuesdays, 3:15-4:30  ***Additional practices may be needed as the team gets closer to competition.

Club Name: Chess Club (Year Round Club)

Sponsor: Chess Wizards

Description: Students will learn how to play chess.

Grade Levels: 4th and 5th Grades

Meetings Days and Times: Tuesdays, 3:00-4:00

Club Name: Coding Club (2nd Semester Club)

Sponsor: Stephanie Steck

Description: We will create fun projects with the Scratch coding platform using simple visual blocks with guided lessons through Experience CS and Code Club.  Projects include programming your own interactive scenes, games, animations, and more!

Grade Levels: 4th and 5th Grades

Meetings Days and Times: Tuesdays, 7:15 am

Meeting Location: Computer Science Room

Club Name: Lil' LEGO Team (2nd Semester Club)

Sponsor: Aaron Brown

Description: The LEGO Explore team works together on a journey of discovery to learn all we can about a topic. We then present our findings in the form of a team poster and a LEGO model that moves. 

Grade Levels: 2nd and 3rd Grades

Meetings Days and Times: Tuesdays, 3:15-4:30

Club Name: Panda Pep Squad (2nd Semester)

Sponsor: Angelique Christie, Courtney Lockett, and Tiandria Wright

Description: This club teacher 4th and 5th grade girls basic cheer and dance techniques. We promote self confidence and friendship.

Grade Levels: 4th and 5th Grade Girls

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Meeting Location: Gym

Club Name: Percussion Ensemble (Year Round Club)

Sponsor: Kelly Jannett

Description: The Percussion Ensemble is a performance group open to 4th and 5th grade students that plays percussion instruments including bucket drums. The percussion ensemble and Arcado Chorus join together to present two concerts each year; one in December and the second in April or May. No audition or prior experience is required; however, there are only 30 slots available. Permission forms are due the last Wednesday of August. 

Grade Levels: 4th and 5th Grades

Meetings Days and Times: Mondays, 3:05-3:45

Rehearsals:

• Attendance is vital to a successful performance, so please ensure that your student can consistently attend rehearsals.
• Students with discipline problems and those who miss multiple rehearsals will not be allowed to remain in the group.

Pick-up:

• Students should be picked up in the normal car-rider lane between 3:50 and 4:00 pm.
• Please be on time to pick up your student!
• If your child is picked up late three times, they will no longer be allowed to participate in Percussion Ensemble.
• Due to space constraints and supervision, younger siblings of percussion ensemble students may not stay after school.

Club Name: Witzzle Pro Math Club (2nd Semester Club)

Sponsor: Karen Cross and Holly Brown

Description: We play math based games to have fun and increase our math power. 

Grade Levels: 3rd, 4th, and 5th Grades

Meetings Days and Times: Mondays, 3:15-4:15

Club Name: Yearbook Club (2nd Semester Club)

Sponsor: Robin Finlayson

Description: Students will design the yearbook through photography, writing and marketing. 

Grade Levels: 4th and 5th Grades

Meetings Days and Times: Wednesdays, 3:15

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Club Name: Reader's Rally (Yearlong)

Sponsors: Carolin Cramer, Vicky Tettlebach, and Lisa Burkes

Description: The Gwinnett Readers Rally is a quiz bowl-style competition for students in grades 4 through 12. Students read books from a selected list and compete by answering questions based on those titles.

Grade Levels: 4th and 5th grades

Meetings Days and Times: Fridays, 11:50-12:30

Meeting Location: Mrs. Cramer's room and the Media Center

Club Name: Odyssey of the Mind (Yearlong)

Sponsors: Allison Cutter and Hoang Oanh Le

Description: Odyssey of the Mind, abbreviated OM or OotM, is a creative problem-solving program where team members present their solution at a competition to a predefined long-term problem that takes many months to complete and involves writing, design, construction, and theatrical performance. A spontaneous portion of the competition has the team also generate solutions to a problem they have not seen before.

Grade Levels: 4th and 5th grades

Meetings Days and Times: Thursdays, 3:15-4:30pm

Meeting Location: Design Thinking Lab

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Club Name: No Place for Hate (Yearlong)

Sponsors: Kelley DuBone and Maria James 

Description: No Place for Hate is a student-led initiative designed to build a community of inclusivity and respect. Our committee works together to plan school-wide activities that celebrate diversity and challenge bullying. By fostering a school culture where every student feels safe and valued, we empower our peers to take a stand. Members of this club serve as leaders and role models, helping to ensure that our school remains a welcoming environment for everyone.

Grade Levels: 4th and 5th grades

Meetings Days and Times: Once per month on Wednesday

Meeting Location: Design Thinking Lab

Club Name: Positive Panda Safety and Flag Patrol (Yearlong)

Sponsor: Justin Banks

Description: The safety patrols help monitor the hallways during morning arrival and afternoon dismissal. They are also responsible for raising and lowering both the American and Georgia state flags.

Grade Levels: 5th

Meeting Location: Media Center

Club Name: School Store Helpers

Sponsor: Kathryn Honea

Description: School store helpers help run the school store. This includes setting up the school store, helping shoppers, and determining the amount of money a shopper spends.

Grade Levels: 4th and 5th grades

Meetings Days and Times: Mondays and Fridays, 7:45-8:15am