Clublicity
Clubs Engaged in Charitable Activities Environmental Club
Change takes place every day, but the Environmental Club has made a difference. The Environmental Club takes notice of the little things that affect our planet, which many people would ignore. In honor of National Make a Difference Day, which was held on October 25, the Environmental Club planted flowers in front of the Utica Street entrance, right under the new tree. Flowers, including mums, daffodils, hyacinths, bulbs, and cone flowers make up the three-season garden. The club members worked very hard to get the job done. The Environmental Club members are also busy fundraising for the Costa Rica trip to be held in April, which 18 students are planning on attending. The Costa Rica trip will be a learning experience for the club members. During the trip, they will be planting trees in the forest and learning about the ecosystem.
Softball Club
Softball Club is holding the seventeenth annual Buc clothing sale, from now until Thanksgiving break. They are selling a variety of buccaneer apparel (not just softball clothing). There are tie-dye, hoodies, baseball caps, tee-shirts, neck ties, flannel pants, sweatpants and much more. Orders will be delivered before Christmas vacation. If there are any other questions about the sale ask the softball club adviser Mr. Mike McCrobie or any of the Softball Club members.
Buccaneer Bulletin The Buccaneer Bulletin started out this school year strong, with the release of its first paper and recognition for being an “All New York Gold Overall Newspaper” winner at the Empire State School Press Association (ESSPA) convention. Many individual awards were also presented to current staff members and 2008 graduates. Newly appointed editor-in-chief Fred Maxon received gold plaques for Editorial Writing and his Entertainment Review portfolio, and current art director Brian Richmond was presented with a gold for his participation in the on-site writing contest. Former senior writer Kevin Kearns earned several honors, including silver for his Sports Columnist portfolio and bronze for a sports feature. He received honorable mentions for a feature story, and for a sports news story. Oswego earned a half dozen bronze awards. Former managing editor/editor-in-chief Katie DiVita received two bronze awards for news stories. Sophie Rosenbaum, former clublicity editor/managing editor, also received bronze for an in-depth reporting article, along with former columnist/clublicity editor Jack Carmody, who was recognized for his Columnist portfolio. Former chief photographer Morganne Atutis earned a bronze for her photography portfolio as well. Honorable mention awards were also presented to photographer Michaela Frost for one of her featurephotographs and Jack Carmody for a feature story.
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Key Club
Key Club is currently working on a variety of activities for fall and winter. They have a blanket drive wherein students can bring in new or gently used blankets for those in need and drop them off in the main office. They are also planning a “Mr. Oswego” beauty pageant for the guys of OHS. The volunteer “candidates” will perform all the normal parts of a beauty pageant, with all the profits going directly to benefit charity. In addition, Key Club members will be volunteering their time during the holiday season to ring the bell for the Salvation Armys donation kettles.
Math Club
The Math Club is not just for the kids in the top of the class anymore; everyone is invited to join the Math Club where you can improve your skills and receive help if you are having problems in your math class. The Math Club is advised by Mrs. Jennifer Bernard and Mrs. Victoria Hull. They have two kinds of meetings. One is a practice session where the students take a practice exam that they try to finish by the end of the meeting. The test is taken in a group setting where the members can help each other on a problem if they get stuck. The next few practice meetings will occur on Tuesday, December 2; Wednesday, December 3; and Thursday, December 4. After completing a practice session, the club members go to the competition meeting. The students compete in a math tournament, where the club members battle to win prizes by taking a test. The ones with the highest grades on the test win various prizes. The next competition meeting will be held on Tuesday, December 9. All of the meetings occur in room 233, after school at 2:35. All students in every grade are welcome to join the Math Club. If you ever thought wanted to get in involved in your school and get help in math while you’re at it, Math Club is the perfect thing for you.
Student Council Student Council will be conducting a canned food drive in December to benefit familes in need. The two homerooms with the most canned food brought in will receive a class prize. Usually the prize received is breakfast for the class. In mid-December they will be working with the elementary schools on Christmas activities such as reading them stories and asking them what they want for Christmas. Also for Christmas, they will be adopting a family as a way to make Christmas better for those less fortunate. Leighton school usually provides them with a family. They give the family useful gifts such as clothes and cleaning products. They wrap the gifts and give them to the staff at Leighton who then gives them to the family. Student Council meets every other Thursday in room 231 with Miss Holly Beckwith and Mr. RJ Vayner.
Photo by Fred Maxon
Rachel Pittenger of the Environmental Club removes a piece of sod as club members planted flowers at the Utica Street entrance to OHS on National Make a Difference Day.
Science Club
For more than 30 years, Mr. Thomas Altman has been the adviser of Science Club. Science Club meets every Tuesday after school in room 127, and is open to anyone who wishes to participate in fun experiments. The Science club is teaming up with the Engineering Club for the bridge building competition hosted by the MOST. They also anticipate involvement in a science fair, along with a couple of other projects. For more information, contact Altman in room 127.
Yearbook Yearbook Club is aimed at high school kids, freshman to senior, interested in working on the yearbook. Teachers Mr. Warren Shaw and Mr. Chris Mangano have been the advisers for the past five years. Yearbook class meets every day eighth period, and several times a week after school. Approximately 50 kids are enrolled. Aside from working on the yearbook, the students and advisers attend the ESSPA (the Empire State School Press Association) conference in the fall, where they have won numerous awards, sponsor Battle of the Bands in May and go to New York City in March to attend classes at Columbia University. This year’s yearbook will be full color.
November 2008