Clubs & Activities
Friendship and personal discovery
As a student at Eastside Catholic, you’ll have the opportunity to pursue your passions through a wide variety of activities and clubs, ranging from yearbook and guitar to DECA and robotics. EC’s extracurricular activities are designed to foster intellectual and spiritual growth as you prepare for high school, college and beyond. If you have questions about our clubs, please contact Director of Student Life Michelle Flores.
Our clubs, organizations and activities include:
Middle School
- Advanced Robotics Team
- Band
- Choir
- Creative Writing
- Drama
- Finding Kind
- Geography Bee
- Green Team
- Intro to Robotics
- Leadership
- Leadership (Cabinet)
- Meditation
- Orchestra
- Spelling Bee
- Ultimate Frisbee
- Yearbook
Advanced Robotics Team
Advanced Robotics offers students the opportunity to apply what the learned in earlier courses to real-world problems. Students learn how to work as a team, taking turns to research, design, build and program robots to complete challenges that meet strict engineering specifications defined by the FIRST Lego League international competition. Unlike traditional classes, this learning experience is strongly focused on projects where students take charge of their own learning and research with guidance from an expert mentor. In the process, they learn more about concepts like mechanics, electronics, systems design and software development.
Band
Choir
Creative Writing
The Creative Writing Club is a weekly lunchtime club open to all middle school students interested in short story, poetry and novel writing, reading, as well as sharing and discussing the written word. Students focus on writing and self-publishing their own novels and participate in a year-long version of National Novel Writing Month, Young Writer’s Program.
Drama
Finding Kind
Finding Kind is a high school and middle school mentorship program where high school girls mentor middle school girls to help them navigate the highs and lows of middle school. The club aims to specifically target bullying and attempts to create a culture of kindness, empathy and compassion at our school.
Geography Bee
Geography Bee meets once a week during lunch to compete in the National Geographic Society Geography Bee. Similar to a spelling bee, in Geo Bee, students are asked questions and move up levels in order to continue learning and competing for prizes. In Geo Bee students bond over an interest in geography, social studies, history and competition. Geo Bee is open to all middle school students.
Green Team
Intro to Robotics
This course provides students with hands-on experiences involving the design, construction and programming of robots using LEGO MINDSTORMS with the EV3 icon-based programming language. Students learn engineering and technology content while applying knowledge and skills to robotic challenges. During the final three weeks of school, students will be introduced to text-based programming using the ROBOTC and/or Java programming languages. The course begins on August 27 and ends on May 29, meetings are held on Mondays and Wednesdays from 3 - 4:30 p.m.
Leadership
The Middle School Leadership Club uses the Association of Washington Student Leaders (AWSL) student leadership curriculum for middle school leaders. The mission of leadership at EC is to lead with the head, heart and hand in all aspects of community and school pride. Led by Director of Student Life Michelle Flores.
Leadership (Cabinet)
Meditation
Orchestra
This club is open to middle school and high school students interested in playing a string instrument (violin, viola, cello, string bass) with an orchestral ensemble. Orchestra meets several times a week before and after school, giving students the opportunity to learn a string instrument and refine their musical skills. The repertoire includes selections from a wide variety of musical genres, from classical to popular. The orchestra performs on their own or as part of a larger ensemble, supporting the band and choir.
Spelling Bee
Eastside Catholic Middle School participates in the Scripps Spelling Bee Program. Spelling Bee Club students are given Scripps lists of words to study and participate in informal spelling bees based on the lists. In February, an all-school spelling bee is held and the winner advances to the regional bee in Seattle.
Ultimate Frisbee
Yearbook
High School
- A-Z Club
- Bamba Club
- Band
- Black Student Union
- Breakout Business
- Chinese Culture Club
- Choir
- Circle of Friends
- Creative Writing
- DECA
- Drama
- EC Dance Company
- Finding Kind
- Fishing Club
- French Honor Society/Société Honoraire de Français (SHF)
- Green Team
- Guitar Club
- Habitat For Humanity
- Japanese Film Arts Appreciation Club
- Junior Statesman of America (JSA)
- Leadership (ASB)
- Literary Magazine
- Mentor Representative
- NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY
- Orchestra
- ROBOTICS
- Rocket Club
- SKI BUS
- Songwriting Club
- Spanish Honor Society
- SPEECH AND DEBATE (COMPETITIVE)
- Thespian Society
- ULTIMATE FRISBEE (HAVOC Ultimate)
- Weight Lifting Club
- Women in STEM
- YoungLife
A-Z Club
Bamba Club
Band
Led by Band Director Jonathan Boysen.
Black Student Union
Breakout Business
Breakout Business is a club designed to empower entrepreneurship potential amongst young students through engaging activities with peers. Students will learn about creatively solving problems in the community, working with other people in a professional environment, and building soft skills. This club will help bring existing and future Eastside Catholic student entrepreneurs together to inspire growth and challenge ideas.
Chinese Culture Club
Choir
Led by Choir Director Jacob Malpocker.
Circle of Friends
The Circle of Friends is designed to encourage widening the circle of one’s friend group through engagement in a variety of events, as planned and organized by the members of the club. Events may include social events, service projects and supporting the wider community as a friend. Participation is open to all, and may extend outside of community period if so desired.
Creative Writing
DECA
Drama
Led by Drama Teacher Holly Whiting.
EC Dance Company
Led by Assistant Cheer Coach Rachel Blockhus.
Finding Kind
Fishing Club
Fishing Club is focused on creating and encouraging involvement in the exciting world of fresh water fishing. Educational elements include basic fishing skills as well as proper equipment care and upkeep. Club participants will practice the skills they have learned in a late-spring fishing field trip to a local lake.
French Honor Society/Société Honoraire de Français (SHF)
Open to students who have maintained an ‘A’ average in their third semester of French studies at the high school level, and at least a ‘B’ average in overall studies, while remaining actively enrolled in French studies during their high school career. The responsibilities of the FNHS members include tutoring other students taking French, organizing and running the French Club activities throughout the year and helping to run Taco/Crepe Tuesday in the fall—a fundraiser that supports Nos Petits Freres et Soeurs in Haiti.
Green Team
The Green Team, in partnership with the Earth Service Corp of the local YMCA, works to address environmental sustainability, concerns and challenges at our school and in our local communities that have worldwide impacts, as well as encouraging our students to explore the amazing planet Earth and the natural world around them in new, unique and fun ways.
Guitar Club
Habitat For Humanity
Led by High School English Teacher Erika Murphy.
Japanese Film Arts Appreciation Club
Junior Statesman of America (JSA)
Leadership (ASB)
High School Leadership and the Associated Student Body (ASB) uses the Association of Washington Student Leaders (AWSL) student leadership curriculum for high school leaders. The mission of leadership at EC is to lead with the head, heart and hand in all aspects of community and school pride. Led by Director of Student Life Michelle Flores.
Literary Magazine
Led by High School English Teacher Jessica Rice.
Mentor Representative
NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY
- Eligible candidates must be current sophomores, juniors or seniors.
- To be eligible for membership selection, the candidate must complete at least one semester at Eastside Catholic School.
- Candidates eligible for election to the chapter must have a minimum cumulative grade point average of 3.7 on a 4.0 scale.
- Transfer students must complete one semester at Eastside Catholic and maintain the required cumulative GPA to be eligible for consideration.
- Upon meeting the grade level, enrollment and GPA standards, candidates will then be considered based on their service, leadership and character.
- An active member of the National Honor Society who transfers to Eastside Catholic School will be automatically accepted for membership. The transfer student will have one semester to maintain membership requirements at EC. If membership requirements are maintained for one semester at EC, the transfer student must continue to maintain the requirements to retain their membership.
Orchestra
This club is open to middle school and high school students interested in playing a string instrument (violin, viola, cello, string bass) with an orchestral ensemble. Orchestra meets several times a week before and after school, giving students the opportunity to learn a string instrument and refine their musical skills. The repertoire includes selections from a wide variety of musical genres, from classical to popular. The orchestra performs on their own or as part of a larger ensemble, supporting the band and choir.
ROBOTICS
The High School Robotics team works together to program, design, construct and drive a robot, meeting the yearly competition criteria for FTC (FIRST Tech Challenge) as determined by the international organization FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology). The club sends one to two teams to multiple competitions in the fall and winter. The FTC mission is to inspire young people to be science and technology leaders by engaging them in exciting mentor-based programs that build science, engineering and technology skills, that inspire innovation and foster well-rounded life capabilities including self-confidence, communication and leadership.
Rocket Club
SKI BUS
Songwriting Club
Spanish Honor Society
This is an academic honor society that focuses on Spanish language and culture, and requires student members to maintain an ‘honor grade’ GPA. It is sponsored by the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese (AATSP) and its main goal is to promote the interest in Spanish studies in secondary education.
SPEECH AND DEBATE (COMPETITIVE)
Competes on an elite level in a wide variety of debate and public speaking events. Debaters learn to think deeply and critically about a wide range of political, ethical and economic subjects while honing their presentation skills. Speech and debate is open to all ECHS students and to eighth-graders.
Thespian Society
ULTIMATE FRISBEE (HAVOC Ultimate)
Eastside Catholic offers Ultimate Frisbee on a club level, although it’s possible to earn a varsity letter (spring coed only) if a student meets the requirements. In the fall, the boys team practices three to four times a week, with most games on Monday nights. In the spring there is a coed team with games on Saturdays. If you are interested in joining our team, nicknamed “HAVOC” by our players, please email HAVOC Ultimate Program Director Autumn Slater.
Weight Lifting Club
Led by Strength and Conditioning Coach Jeron Johnson.
Women in STEM
Led by High School Science Teacher Tara Maloney.
YoungLife
Led by YoungLife Area Administrator Abby Larson.
High School Student Club Packet
Students must review and complete the forms in this packet if they wish to start a new club, or if they would like to renew an existing club.
Exceptional Opportunities
EC is one of only seven private schools in Washington to offer a