High School Service
Clubs
Key
Club
The Key Club is the high school affiliate of
Old Town/Orono Kiwanis Club. Members of
the Key Club perform volunteer service throughout
Old
Town
and surrounding communities. Members
have collected money for UNICEF, prepared meals for the Ronald McDonald House,
and participated in the “Thirty-Hour Famine” with
University
of
Maine
students. Along with other students from
Old
Town
High
School
, they also created and presented inspirational cards
for the troops leaving for
Iraq
earlier this year. Several members hope
to attend the National Key Club Conference in the spring. As well as taking
part in many projects throughout the community, the Key Club members plan to
educate the school community by an on-going poster awareness project targeting
issues that are important to high school students.
Key Club Advisers:
Sonali Grab and Rachel Duplessis: sonali.grab@mail.otsd.org
and rachel.duplessis@mail.otsd.org;
Phone: (207) 827-3910
Youth Advisory Council
(YAC)
The Old Town High
School Youth Action Council (YAC) is a youth-led group that aims to give youth
a voice in their community. YAC sponsors and participates in events for
youth and families in the greater
Old
Town
area. YAC also
supports youth-led service-learning and community service projects in the area
through their Service Support Applications. YAC members gain expertise in
facilitating meetings, writing agendas, time management, event planning and
much more! YAC events include movie nights and dances and members
participate in the Annual Canoe Hullabaloo Celebration in
Old
Town
.
Youth Action Council
Adviser: Willow McVeigh: willowmcveigh@old-town.org;
Phone: (207) 827-8744
Student Council
Student Council is
the voice of the students. The members are
a group of elected students whose goal it is to improve student and community
life. OTHS Student Council is active in organizing blood drives, school dances,
assemblies, Homecoming events, Winter Carnival and Spring Fling. We do an
annual toy drive for Toy’s for Tots and raise money for local and state
charities.
High School Student
Council Adviser:
Josh
Curtis
: josh.curtis@mail.otsd.org;
Phone: (207) 827-3910 ext. 250
JROTC
The Army JROTC Battalion is made up of students in grade 9-12 at
Old
Town
High School
. The
mission of the JROTC Program is to “Motivate Young People to be Better
Citizens”. This mission is accomplished
through a myriad of educational, community assistance, and service learning
opportunities. Annual Events which JROTC
has participated in include:
American Cancer Society Relay for Life
Knights of
Columbus
Fundraising Drive
– Cadet Volunteers
Toys for Tots – Cadet Volunteers
American Legion Birthday Dinner - Color Guard
Disabled
American
Veterans
State
Convention – Color
Guard
School Open House – Cadet Volunteers
8th Grade Open House – Cadet Volunteers
Annual Regional Drill Competition – Host Event for Schools in the
Northeast
Organize and Conduct College Visit to
Maine
Maritime
Academy
for selected
students
Participation in the Service Learning
Summit
at
University
of
Southern Maine
JROTC Advisors: LTC
Amedeo Lauria and MSG Mike Olsen: ltcamedeo.lauria@mail.otsd.org
and mike.olsen@mail.otsd.org; Phone:
(207) 827-3910 ext. 130 and 103
National
Honor Society (NHS)
The
Old
Town
chapter of the National Honor Society values the Society’s ideals of
scholarship, leadership, service, and character. These ideals are considered by the faculty as
the basis for election to the chapter.
Membership carries with it a responsibility and an obligation to
demonstrate to others the four ideals valued by NHS.
Old
Town
’s chapter members
participate in a variety of service activities.
They manage the recycling effort for the high school, sponsor a Haunted
House during Halloween, bake pies for Thanksgiving to give to Manna Food
Kitchen, and work with a local retirement home on flower beds in the fall and
spring.
Old
Town
’s
chapter of NHS works very hard to make a positive impact on both the school and
the community.
National Honor Society Adviser: Karen Marley:
karen.marley@mail.otsd.org; Phone:
(207) 827-3910 ext. 110
Civil Rights Team
The Civil Rights
Team’s mission is to “celebrate diversity, promote positive change, and raise
awareness of the world around us”. To
accomplish this, the Civil Rights Team is involved with a variety of activities
and initiatives. Through the Maine
Attorney General’s Office, the Civil Rights Team is part of the Maine Civil
Rights Team Project, an initiative designed to train team members in educating
the student body about the Maine Civil Rights Law. During the month of October, team members
facilitated activities and discussions around diversity issues and planned a school-wide
assembly. The Civil Rights Team has
planned a “Diversity Day”, which included the coordination of twenty-two
workshops in a day. Team members are
also involved with Operation Breaking Stereotypes. Operation Breaking Stereotypes is a student exchange
with a school in the
Bronx
, NY and the experience
is meant to show the similarities in students from very different
backgrounds. The Civil Rights Team is
very passionate about their work.
Civil Rights Team
Adviser:
Colleen Fitzgerald
; colleen.fitzgerald@mail.otsd.org;
phone: (207) 827-3910 ext. 310
Last
Update:
March 24, 2008 10:41