After school, during lunch, during Excel, clubs are constantly in session.

Activities in these clubs vary from  Students for Political Action writing letters after school to Book Club reviewing their monthly book during Excel.

When a club is formed, a few steps are required to officially get started. First, a club needs at least 15 signatures of interested people. They also need an adult adviser and a group of student leaders. But when leaders graduate, new ones are in order. The process of electing a new leader is a unique process across different clubs, ranging from elections to the previous leaders choice. According to Joshua DuPuis (12), the current president of Climb On! Climbing Club, the choice was natural for them.

“[Jonah Wright (11)] is the second most active member of the club, and objectively much better at climbing than I am,” DuPuis said. “I think he knew he was going to inherit the club. It was a decision between me and my dad who is the chaperone, but it was decided from the beginning that he was going to be taking it over.”

While the Climbing Club’s president simply picks who will succeed them, other clubs like the Quiz Bowl and Model UN use elections to decide their new leaders. Clara Craig (12), who is the president of Quiz Bowl and treasurer of Model UN, thinks it’s the best way to represent the club.

“Model UN will have a full new [elected] board, and that’s something that happens every year,” Craig said. “Quiz Bowl will have to go on electing a new president at the very least, the other positions are less necessary for such a small club, but we’ll probably appoint someone for those as well.”

Larger clubs have a large amount of positions to fill, however smaller clubs, like Quiz Bowl, have issues filling all positions. According to their president, Craig, they may not have certain positions next year.

“Quiz Bowl is a newer club, but we will have to go on electing a new president at the very least,” Craig said, “The other positions are less necessary for such a small club.”