Upper School Clubs Guide

Our club is officially affiliated with Amnesty International. "Amnesty International is a global movement of more than 7 million people who take injustice personally. We are campaigning for a world where human rights are enjoyed by all." -Amnesty International Website Our chapter will fight for human rights and justice for all through different projects throughout the year by writing to local representatives, working with local grassroots organizations and spreading awareness of issues to SAAS and the greater community.  

Meeting Day(s)/Time(s): Every other Friday

Meeting Location: Virtual

Student Advisor: Tatum McLaughlin, Ela Karki

Faculty Advisor: Taylor Kanemori

Hello! If you like watching anime or reading manga, join our anime club! Everyone is welcome, even people who haven’t watched any! We meet on Fridays via zoom to most likely chat and exchange information about anime, we will also maybe start a series in our meetings as well! Join if interested!           

Meeting Day(s)/Time(s): Friday

Meeting Location: Virtual

Student Advisor: Jordyn Brathwaite, Esme Dirks

Faculty Advisor:  Adam MacDonald

The art club is a place for people to come together and share all kinds of art. All levels of art and mediums are welcome! We will come up with fun prompts, do student led workshops, and share and critique art. It’s a place for anyone interested in visual art to come together and share ideas!  

Meeting Day(s)/Time(s): Wednesday, Session A 12:00 PM -12:45 PM

Meeting Location: Virtual

Student Advisor: Lauren Wright

Faculty Advisor: Francesca Rosati

Astrology club is about coming together and having a fun time discussing and learning about astrology! We will talk about constellations, your zodiac sign, and we are going to try to learn about everyone in the club!

Meeting Day(s)/Time(s): Wednesday, Session B 12:50 PM - 1:35 PM 

Meeting Location: Virtual

Student Advisor: Lourdes Gonzales, Elsie Lee

Faculty Advisor: Alisha Agard

Do you like cake? Cookies? Pie? Bread? Are you a genius in the kitchen already, spending your time trying difficult recipes, or do you want to learn how to make cupcakes from scratch? Whether you're a star baker already or wanting to learn a new skill, let's watch a few episodes of The Great British Baking Show (start with Collection 1 on Netflix if you're new to the show!) and bake something on our own and then meet to show off what we made and chat about all things flour, sugar, and butter. If you're not sure what to make, flip through a cookbook at home or do some googling. Come to all the meetings or just to one. If you don't want to bake anything but just want to see what others made or talk about the show, you're welcome too!

Meeting Day(s)/Time(s): Wednesday, Session C 1:40 PM - 2:25 PM

Meeting Location: Virtual

Student Advisor: Campbell Ressler, Annabelle Burg

Faculty Advisor:  Sarah Miller

Our club is a safe place to grow confidence, accept yourself, and meet new people. We would love it if you joined and anyone is welcome!

Meeting Day(s)/Time(s): Wednesday, Session A 12:00 PM -12:45 PM

Meeting Location: Virtual

Student Advisor: Ila Giblin, Piper George

Faculty Advisor:  Cynthia Sleight

For anyone who enjoys chess leisurely or competitively, come and play chess with other people. There will be a ladder for anyone to join and try to get to the top.

Meeting Day(s)/Time(s): Wednesday, Session C 1:40 PM -2:25 PM

Meeting Location: Virtual

Student Advisor: Barak Reibman

Faculty Advisor:  Chuck Sekyra

In this club we will have conversations about important and interesting issues that are going on in the world right now in Spanish and drink tea while we are talking.

Meeting Day(s)/Time(s): Wednesday, Session A 12:00 PM - 12:45 PM

Meeting Location: Virtual

Student Advisor: Anika Segall, Bea Cunard

Faculty Advisor:  Jenny Nadaner

Colors and A Cause is partnered with Solid Ground, an organization that helps families in a variety of aspects such as homelessness, hunger, housing, and women and children escape domestic violence. Earn service hours from this club by making art that will be donated to Solid Ground to hopefully bring color, optimism, and hope into the lives this organization is helping.

Meeting Day(s)/Time(s): Wednesday, Session D 2:30 PM - 3:15 PM

Meeting Location: Virtual

Student Advisor: Sophia Aldrich

Faculty Advisor:  Lily Hotchkiss

Community Engagement Organization (CEO) organizes monthly service opportunities for SAAS students, including fundraisers, bake sales, food drives, and volunteer positions at community events.

Meeting Day(s)/Time(s): Third Wednesday of the Month, Session A 12:00 PM - 12:45 PM

Meeting Location: Virtual

Student Advisor: Fiona Bor, Elke Ambach, Emily Cady, Sophia Schloss, Kate MacArthur, Natalie Graham, and Jackie Kranick

Faculty Advisor:  Rick DuPree

Create a space for a fun, competitive activity which everyone, regardless of athletic talent, can take part in and have fun with.

Meeting Day(s)/Time(s): Wednesday, Session A 12:00 PM -12:45 PM

Meeting Location: Virtual

Student Advisor: Ava Andrews

Faculty Advisor:  Adam MacDonald

If you are interested in cybersecurity, hacking, or just computers and technology in general, you should join the Cyber Patriots club! The Cyber Patriots team competes in several cybersecurity and cyber-defense competitions through the course of the year.

Meeting Day(s)/Time(s): Tuesday/Thursday 

Meeting Location: Virtual

Student Advisor: Emily Myint

Faculty Advisor:  Ernie Drumm

The Econ-Finance Club will discuss economic and financial issues of the day with particular attention to the stock market and investing. This year a parent will be providing the seed money for stock investing, and students will be making actual investment decisions. In other words, we will be using REAL MONEY! (Proceeds to be donated to SAAS at the end of the school year; this has been cleared with the SAAS Development people.)

Meeting Day(s)/Time(s): Wednesday, Session A 12:00 PM - 12:45 PM

Meeting Location: Virtual

Student Advisor: Oliver Every

Faculty Advisor:  Barton Truscott

Concerned, stressed, or invigorated by the coming election? This is the place for you! This is a space to have discussions, become more informed about the electoral process, do community outreach on voter registration and electoral information, and plan election events that would be open to the student community, during and after this national election. Step up and be an active member in our democracy!

Meeting Day(s)/Time(s): Wednesday, Session A 12:00 PM - 12:45 PM

Meeting Location: Virtual

Student Advisor: TBA

Faculty Advisor:  Kaitlin Webster

Entrepreneurship Club provides a platform for students to explore entrepreneurship through mentorship from top professionals and entrepreneurs via panel discussions, interactive, peer-to-peer discussions, and hands-on project collaboration with other students. At the end of the year, students will have the opportunity to showcase their products and businesses to a panel of experts and potentially compete in local business competitions.

Meeting Day(s)/Time(s): Wednesday, Session B 12:50 PM - 1:35 PM 

Meeting Location: Virtual

Student Advisor: Mason Mcllwain 

Faculty Advisor: Mariah Gentry, Lysie Taylor

To positively impact the environment by educating and inspiring students about our responsibility to protect the environment. Activities will include volunteering at local organizations and writing to senators about environmental bills.

Meeting Day(s)/Time(s): Wednesday, Session B 12:50 PM - 1:35 PM

Meeting Location: Virtual

Student Advisor: Helen Bellew, Sydney Liu

Faculty Advisor:  Shelley Kunasek

"The National High School Ethics Bowl (NHSEB) promotes respectful, supportive, and rigorous discussion of ethics among high school students nationwide. Each Fall, the NHSEB releases a set of cases covering a broad range of issues, which then serve as the focus for the year. Teams meet together regularly, with a coach, to research the cases, to discuss the issues they raise, and, to identify clearly how they think those issues should be addressed". Due to high demand, we will now be offering two competitive teams and as many non-competitive teams as there is demand for.

Meeting Day(s)/Time(s): Friday

Meeting Location: Virtual

Student Advisor: TBD

Faculty Advisor:  Gerald Elliott

FANA club is a club that will work on finding ways to support the orphanage FANA in Colombia. We will come together as a club to discuss and create fun and creative ways that we can support this organization, and then put our plans into action.    

Meeting Day(s)/Time(s): Wednesday, Session C 1:40 PM - 2:25 PM

Meeting Location: Virtual

Student Advisor: Alillia Bowden, Catrian Story

Faculty Advisor:  Nikki Moran

Seattle Academy’s first Fashion Centered magazine! At SAFIM we will talk about everything fashion! Being a collaborative and creative team together, publishing a seasonal magazine. Each member of our team will produce articles on a fashion-related topic of their choice that will be put together in the final magazine that will be produced at the end of the season

Meeting Day(s)/Time(s): Wednesday, Session A 12:00 PM - 12:45 PM

Meeting Location: Virtual

Student Advisor: Fiona Alhadeff

Faculty Advisor:  Lily Hotchkiss

Film Club is all about education and enjoyment. Every lunch, we watch a curated list of films, sometimes submitted by club attendees, and talk about them. We watch all types of film. From French New wave to nature documentary, film club does it all. And of course, what is a movie without snacks? We also get to enjoy snacks as we watch.

Meeting Day(s)/Time(s): Wednesday, Session B 12:50 PM - 1:35 PM

Meeting Location: Virtual

Student Advisor: Michael Jorgensen, Eli Bayuk

Faculty Advisor:  Cheryll Hidalgo

Girl's Rising Club is partnered with Girl's Rising international which is a powerful organization around the world used to empower girl's and use their platform to advocate for equality and education of girl's. We will be holding charity events, writing to pen pals around the world, and attending virtual summits!!

Meeting Day(s)/Time(s): Thursday

Meeting Location: Virtual

Student Advisor: Madeleine Bunnell, Aubrey Spielholz

Faculty Advisor: Gerald Elliott

Every week this club will have a new guest speaker from varying industries that may include fashion, marketing, community service, economics, health and so on. Each speaker will answer a small set of curated questions from the club leaders, but then will have an open platform to answer any questions audience members may have. As we understand that clubs overlap and/or that homework can pile up, after every meeting the club leaders (and members interested in practicing journalism) would provide a brief summary of who the speaker was and an article covering not only the answers to questions, but also a perspective on how we can use this knowledge to further grow ourselves on our own website or public document. We intend to provide a safe place for fellow high schoolers to listen to passionate and educated speakers elaborate on their life experiences and reflections.

Meeting Day(s)/Time(s): Wednesday, Session C 1:40 PM - 2:25 PM

Meeting Location: Virtual

Student Advisor: Brett Han, Erin Howard

Faculty Advisor:  Cheyenne Gordon, Josh Del Pino

The Japanese language club is all about gaining a better understanding about Japanese language along with the culture and history behind it. In this club, we hope to learn about the customs, traditions, and of course, the language of Japan. This is a weekly club which takes place every Wednesday from 11:45-12:15. Though our main focus is learning about Japanese language, culture, and more; We can also talk about topics like anime and other subjects revolving around the language or country. We will also provide study tips and ways to learn more about the language throughout your free time. Anyone is free to come in and ask questions or share their curiosities (there is no strict agenda). If you want to be placed on the mailing list, please contact the student advisors.

Meeting Day(s)/Time(s): TBD

Meeting Location: Virtual

Student Advisor: Jada Yamashita, Saanya Piplani 

Faculty Advisor:  Josh Del Pino

Juggling Club is for students, faculty, and staff who are interested in learning how to juggle or who already know how to juggle and want to learn new tricks and skills.  People of all experience levels are welcome to join us.  You can bring your equipment or share with the club.  In addition to tradition three-ball juggling, we'll also work with scarves, clubs, passing routines, and (if people are interested) 4 and 5 ball patterns.  The group is enthusiastic, inclusive, and open to your ideas and interests.  Come and juggle with us!

Meeting Day(s)/Time(s): Wednesday, Session B 12:50 PM -1:35 PM

Meeting Location: Virtual

Student Advisor: Kaylee Morris, Oliver Every

Faculty Advisor:  Peter Clark

Literary Magazine is a weekly club in which members help produce a literary magazine. Club members can create submissions for the magazine and make up the staff that publishes it. A literary magazine is a collection of short stories, poems, art, articles, and book reviews. We will work as a club to sort through school-wide submissions to create a magazine that will be shared with the SAAS community. All are welcome!

Meeting Day(s)/Time(s): Wednesday, Session A 12:00 PM - 12:45 PM

Meeting Location: Virtual

Student Advisor: Ella Jeffries, Zola Morris

Faculty Advisor:  Kevin Kimura

The Mary's Place club is a club that helps support homeless families. We do this by raising money through bake sales, putting on events for the teenagers living in the shelters, and volunteering. In this time of social distancing, we will adapt to continue to support remotely.

Meeting Day(s)/Time(s): Wednesday, Session B 12:50 PM - 1:35 PM

Meeting Location: Virtual

Student Advisor: Kiki Caputo

Faculty Advisor:  Mark Wensnahan

The Suicide Prevention Council hopes to bridge the gap between students and administration when dealing with discussions related to suicide and mental health. We hope to be a resource for those who need it, and to educate more peers and community members on the topic.

Meeting Day(s)/Time(s): Every other Thursday, beginning October 15th

Meeting Location: Virtual

Student Advisor: Isaac Allnut; Yonase Gelata; Fiona Bor; Rose Hunskor; Jake Hellmann

Faculty Advisor:  Leigh Hopkins

MUN is a weekly club in which members take the positions of UN member states and role play as delegates in simulations of UN committees. As a participant, you may choose to join us for weekly simulations, or you may make a greater investment by joining interscholastic competitions. We will join at least one competition each trimester.

Meeting Day(s)/Time(s): Wednesday, Session B 12:50 PM -1:35 PM

Meeting Location: Virtual

Student Advisor: Delphine Casper, Anika Segall

Faculty Advisor:  Adam MacDonald

Music production club will focus on using electronic software to make beats. Any level of skill is welcome, there is always room for improvement. You could get the chance to have a song you made be played for the whole school during an online assembly! 

Meeting Day(s)/Time(s): Thursday,  11:15 AM - 11:55 AM

Meeting Location: Virtual

Student Advisor: Marcus Giacobbe

Faculty Advisor:  Amos Miller

In National Charity League Club we will organize philanthropic events and offer volunteer opportunities at the various organizations NCL is partnered with, including Ruby Room, Northwest Harvest, Operation Sack Lunch, Aegis Living, Ronald McDonald House, Birthday Dreams, and the University Food Bank. Members of our club will be given many opportunities to acquire service hours and help out our community! Anyone is welcome to join, you do not have to already be a member of the National Charity League!

Meeting Day(s)/Time(s): Wednesday, Session A 12:00-12:45

Meeting Location: Virtual

Student Advisor: Kate Ostermeyer, Poppy Meyer, Melina Bridge, Grace Goodman

Faculty Advisor:  Jason Gough

NHD is a club where people can meet over zoom while enjoying history. We will research a topic about history and then enter in a contest. Anyone can join and it’s a fun way to learn about history.

Meeting Day(s)/Time(s): Wednesday, Session C 1:40 PM - 2:25 PM

Meeting Location: Virtual

Student Advisor: Aiyana Abbott

Faculty Advisor:  Adam MacDonald

A club to bring awareness to domestic violence and sexual assault through discussion and learning. It is important to recognize the signs of abusive relationships and know how to get out, and how to help friends. This club hopes to fill the gaps in our sexual health education and help students understand the difference between healthy and unhealthy relationships.

Meeting Day(s)/Time(s): Wednesday, Session A 12:00 PM -12:45 PM

Meeting Location: Virtual

Student Advisor: Kiki Caputo

Faculty Advisor:  Lauri Conner

Our club is a fun experience where you can learn or practice origami skills. We learn a new origami skill as a group every week.

Meeting Day(s)/Time(s): Wednesday, Session C 1:40 PM - 2:25 PM

Meeting Location: Virtual

Student Advisor: Ella Gonchar, Tiz Wakeman, Eva Smith

Faculty Advisor:  Annalise Olson

Come hike, go snowshoeing, or go on an outdoor adventure with us! We plan a few outdoor adventures every trimester on weekends or days off school.

Meeting Day(s)/Time(s): Wednesday, Session B 12:50 PM - 1:35 PM

Meeting Location: Virtual

Student Advisor: TBA

Faculty Advisor:  Freddy Carley

If you are into PC gaming, this club is for you. We are currently picking the group game. Valorant, League, Minecraft, and CS:GO are the current favorites, but we are open to other free or cheap team PC games.

Meeting Day(s)/Time(s): Wednesday, Session A 12:00 PM - 12:45 PM

Meeting Location: Virtual

Student Advisor: Giacamo Ferguson

Faculty Advisor:  Jonathan Taylor

Peace in the Middle East Club is a space to discuss and learn about the diverse cultures and current events occurring in the region. It is open to all.

Meeting Day(s)/Time(s): Wednesday, Session D 2:30 PM - 3:15 PM

Meeting Location: Virtual

Student Advisor: Griffin Schwartz, Talya Plank

Faculty Advisor:  Ryanne Chitjian

PERIOD at SAAS is a ‘chapter’ of PERIOD, a nonprofit organization committed to ending period poverty and period stigma through their 3 pillars: education, service, and advocacy. While this club does address the other two pillars, its main focus is the service aspect of the organization through providing feminine hygiene products to those experiencing homelessness in Seattle.

Meeting Day(s)/Time(s): Wednesday, Session A 12:00 PM - 12:45 PM

Meeting Location: Virtual

Student Advisor: Sophia Fonseca, Nina Mesiwala

Faculty Advisor:  Sarah Miller

The pink ribbon club is where we increase awareness and support organizations through volunteer and philanthropy work. We will bring speakers to teach and educate us about different types of cancers.

Meeting Day(s)/Time(s): Wednesday, Session A 12:00 PM - 12:45 PM

Meeting Location: Virtual

Student Advisor: Alyssa Boden, Camille Hisatomi

Faculty Advisor: Kate Kerr

Our club will raise money for Planned Parenthood through bake sales and other fundraisers. It will also create a safe space to talk about sex and sexual health while we eat lunch together.

Meeting Day(s)/Time(s): Wednesday, Session A 12:00 PM - 12:45 PM

Meeting Location: Virtual

Student Advisor: Sophia Fonseca, Nina Mesiwala

Faculty Advisor:  Hilary O'Dougherty

QSA is a club that provides a safe, fun space for students who identify as, or are advocates for, members of the LBGTQ community to share ideas, talk, and connect.

Meeting Day(s)/Time(s): Wednesday, Session A 12:00 PM - 12:45 PM

Meeting Location: Virtual

Student Advisor: Chloe Houk

Faculty Advisor:  Hannah Chapin

The club is focused on providing educational opportunities for girls orphaned after the 1994 Rwandan Genocide Against the Tutsi People. The group organizes fundraisers, pen pals, feminine hygiene drives and more. 

Meeting Day(s)/Time(s): Wednesday, Session D 2:30 PM - 3:15 PM

Meeting Location: Virtual

Student Advisor: Rowan Schwartz

Faculty Advisor:  Rick DuPree

Come here if you want to get better at Rubix-cubing!  Whether you’re already good or you’ve never solved it before, in our club, you can learn how to solve it or become faster!  We have budget to get you a cube if you don’t have one.

Meeting Day(s)/Time(s): Wednesday, Session B 12:50 PM - 1:35 PM

Meeting Location: Virtual

Student Advisor: Vinson Curran

Faculty Advisor:  Sarah Smith

The Self and Wellness Club will practice and normalize conversations regarding one's self care and wellness journey to support finding more self love and grace for ourselves. We will spark and guide conversations over interests that include manifestation, journaling, the importance of sleep, confidence, and many other topics that are flexible to what our members are interested in. We want to provide a space for people to take time and engage in an activity that gets their mind off of the pressures of school.

Meeting Day(s)/Time(s): Wednesday, Session D 2:30 PM - 3:15 PM

Meeting Location: Virtual

Student Advisor: Brett Han, Maya Sheppard

Faculty Advisor: Hannah Chapin

The goal of the club is to investigate the current Senate races and educate the SAAS community about them.

Meeting Day(s)/Time(s): Wednesday, Session A 12:00 PM - 12:45 PM

Meeting Location: Virtual

Student Advisor: Avery Berg

Faculty Advisor:  Adam MacDonald

TBA

Meeting Day(s)/Time(s): Wednesday, Session C 1:40 PM - 2:25 PM

Meeting Location: Virtual

Student Advisor: Kaylee Morris

Faculty Advisor:  TBA

Do you love music? Have you ever wanted to write songs? Join Sharing the Stage Club on Wednesdays at 11:00! We will write songs, play music, perform shows, and learn from Seattle musicians as mentors on our club meetings! www.sharingthestage.com

Meeting Day(s)/Time(s): Wednesday, Session D 2:30 PM - 3:15 PM

Meeting Location: Virtual

Student Advisor: Delphine Casper, Cal Lundin

Faculty Advisor:  Fred Strong

This is a club for assorted writers/logophiles to gather to do an assortment of activities: we'll argue about authors and their works, share our own pieces, brainstorm ideas and characters, collaborate, do open edits, respond to weekly prompts, and perhaps have a bit of friendly competition. We'll work together to create a chill but challenging atmosphere. If you don't necessarily like to write but appreciate the incredible script of a show or movie, this is the place to rant about it. Whether you're a short-story writer, beginning novelist, poet, playwright, screenwriter, reader, or even have a mild interest in expanding your vocabulary, consider joining this club!      

Meeting Day(s)/Time(s): Wednesday, Session A 12:00 PM - 12:45 PM

Meeting Location: Virtual

Student Advisor: J.D. Khan

Faculty Advisor:  Lisa Feiertag 

To educate high school students on the antisemitism going on in the world and especially on college campuses today so they are equipped with the tools of how to combat this commentary.

Meeting Day(s)/Time(s): Wednesday, Session A 12:00 PM - 12:45 PM

Meeting Location: Virtual

Student Advisor: Hannah Boden, Gailen Greenstein

Faculty Advisor:  Freddy Carley

Do you know someone with a disability? About 20% of the population has a disability and 27% of Washington households have a person with a disability. SAAS is starting a new club called Students Spreading Disability Awareness (“SSDA”). Club members will learn about what it means to have a disability and then create a plan to spread this knowledge in the SAAS community. We will hear personal stories from people with disabilities, view engaging short films on disability-related issues, brainstorm ideas for spreading this knowledge in the SAAS Community and other schools, and put these plans into action. The goal of SSDA is to make a more inclusive community while increasing the respect for people with disabilities and pride in having a disability. We will identify potential opportunities for obtaining service hours. We are eager to start and can’t wait for our first year!

Meeting Day(s)/Time(s): Wednesday, Session D 2:30 PM - 3:15 PM

Meeting Location: Virtual

Student Advisor: Sophie Greene

Faculty Advisor: Taylor Kanemori

Super Psyched Club aims to bring together students who enjoy exploring and discussing topics in Psychology. By discussing these topics we can further explore current events and issues and have a better understanding of our society.

Meeting Day(s)/Time(s): Wednesday, Session C 1:40 PM - 2:25 PM

Meeting Location: Virtual

Student Advisor: Bea Cunard, Melina Bridge, Sophia Aldrich

Faculty Advisor:  Sarah Smith

Interested in learning how to play the ukulele? Improving skills? Or jamming out with friends? Join the ukulele club!

Meeting Day(s)/Time(s): Wednesday, Session B 12:50 PM - 1:35 PM

Meeting Location: Virtual

Student Advisor: Brooke Mihlstin, Ensley Kaump

Faculty Advisor:  Gary Anderson

Youth Legislature is an extracurricular program that gives students the opportunity to participate in politics and practice public speaking.  Students will choose roles as Senators or Representatives and write bills to be argued in committee and in legislative sessions.  Students may also choose roles as lobbyists and do more extensive research on issues in addition to speaking on bills, or they may choose to be reporters and write articles for a newspaper that is part of the state program.

Meeting Day(s)/Time(s): Wednesday, Session A 12:00 PM - 12:45 PM

Meeting Location: Virtual

Student Advisor: N/A

Faculty Advisor:  Steve Retz