Activities and Club Information

Advisor - Nicole Phenix 

Advisor -  Leslie Meehan 

Advisor –     Amy Silva

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Advisor – Lori Melo

Meets periodically after school. 

Students will work collaboratively with staff to create and edit the annual yearbook for Westport Middle School. This year's yearbook will be produced and delivered at the end of the school year to serve as a keepsake that captures the memories and highlights of this academic year. Being part of a yearbook club can be a rewarding experience for students, as it allows them to develop skills in photography, graphic design, writing, teamwork, and project management. It also provides a lasting memento of their school or organization's history for years to come.

Advisor – Felicia Pacheco

Meets periodically after school. 

Students will work collaboratively with staff to create and edit the annual yearbook for Westport High School. This year's yearbook will be produced and delivered at the end of the school year prior to our graduating class to serve as a keepsake that captures the memories and highlights of this academic year. Being part of a yearbook club can be a rewarding experience for students, as it allows them to develop skills in photography, graphic design, writing, teamwork, and project management. It also provides a lasting memento of their school or organization's history for years to come.

Advisor - Laura McMeniman & Leslie Ruel 

Meets periodically based on student schedules.

The Westport Chapter of the National Honor Society shall create an enthusiasm for scholarship, stimulate a desire to render service, promote worthy leadership, and encourage the development of character. The selection of members to this chapter shall be by a majority vote of the Faculty Council after a formal interview. Candidates eligible for selection to the chapter shall have a minimum cumulative grade point average of at least 3.6 out of a 5.0 scale and satisfactory citizenship grades after the first semester of their junior year. Candidates must have earned a minimum of 25 hours of community service with at least ten of those hours to be in the service of the school system prior to selection. Five of the ten Hours may be part of another school activity or club. Members meet bi-monthly to plan community service projects and to prepare for the annual induction ceremony.

Advisor - Mary-Catherine Santos

Meets periodically based on student schedules.

The Westport Chapter of the National Junior Honor Society is based on the standards of scholarship, character, leadership, service, and citizenship. Members are selected based on scholarship demonstrated by grades of 93 or better in the core subjects of ELA, math, science, and social studies. Students in algebra need a grade of 85 or better. Unsatisfactory citizenship grades will eliminate a student from membership. Eligible students must submit a completed Candidate Form for consideration by the five member faculty council. If selected, students are inducted at the Chapter’s Annual Induction Ceremony. Active members must maintain the obligations of membership.

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Meets: Monday through Friday after school until 4:30 p.m.

Students will produce a full-length play as they learn advanced acting and stagecraft. The club will build their confidence as performers and prepare students for future opportunities as actors. The club meets as needed to prepare for the spring drama production.

Advisor - Elizabeth Carvalho 

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Auditions for Spongebob the Musical are for any student in grades 5-8. All auditions will take place next week, on Tuesday and Wednesday until 4pm. No need to audition if you would like to be a part of the ensemble.

Please access this google classroom code: 5iv453x  for all audition materials, and sign up for an audition time slot outside Mrs. Carvalho's room 1542

Advisor – Rick Monast

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Advisors – Rick Monast 

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A makerspace is “a place where students gather to create, tinker, invent, explore, and discover using a variety of tools and materials.” Makerspace Club provides the opportunity for students to be creative and inventive in a collaborative setting. Students use materials for hands-on activities, which include arts and crafts, paper circuits, Legos, K’nex, and LittleBits.

Advisor – Jen Borelli

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Gay Straight Alliance aims to be a place where people of all sexual orientations feel welcome to come and find support, be an ally, and offer resources for students who may be struggling to find connections or who care about inclusiveness versus divisiveness. We want to increase awareness around all oppressed peoples, do outreach, and have discussions about these issues.

Advisor – Rick Monast

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Organizes and runs both the exchange of students from Okinawa to Westport High School as well as trips for high school students abroad to places like Costa Rica, Spain, Portugal, and China. This club brings a sense of the world to our small community here. Meetings are scheduled as needed with a majority of the commitment in March when our Japanese exchange students arrive. Students are provided with short-term opportunities to experience other cultures. Interested students are invited to host a Japanese exchange student for two to three weeks in late February/early March. Eligible students are also invited to travel abroad to Europe (the trip is offered every other year, pending student interest) during April vacation.

Advisor – Mary-Catherine Santos

Meets: Mondays until 3:00 p.m.

Students work collaboratively to prepare for timed math competitions. Students participate individually, and as a team in the Southeastern Massachusetts Conference Mathematics League. The club competes twice a year, once in January and once in May, against 10 other local middle schools. We learn and practice high level math problem. It is tied in heavily with algebra and geometry topics.

Advisor – Liam Sullivan

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Students work to raise their level of musical achievement, whether it be vocally, or by playing a musical instrument.

Advisor - Christopher Nunes

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The group performs at various sporting events including basketball games and volleyball matches. They have also done other outside performances at the Providence Bruins and town parades

Advisor - Suzanne Walinski

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Students of this club learn about the various fields of medicine and the different career paths associated in those fields. The club also organizes fundraisers to raise proceeds for various medical conditions and helps to inform the community about medically related topics through informational meetings, posters, etc. Our club works alongside the American Red Cross to sponsor a local blood drive and we have members that volunteer at local hospitals as well. The overall goal of the club is to provide students with the opportunity to further explore the medical field and make a positive impact in the community.

Advisor: Melissa Avila

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STEEL is comprised of students from grades 11& 12 who applied and were interviewed to become a member. STEEL is a leadership organization in which students are role models and representatives for the Westport Middle High School. The expectation is that they will be involved with all school activities, assist at parent/teacher nights, orientations, as mentors, tutors, and volunteers for community events. They are the liaison for the student body with the community.

Advisor – Melissa Avila

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Students participate in the governance of the school. Class elections are held annually in late September. Class officers include the president, vice-president, secretary, treasurer, principal, and three representatives. Additional members of the student council may include:  two school committee reps, two school improvement council reps, two regional student advisory council reps, and one state student advisory council rep. who is appointed at the regional SAC meeting. These additional members are elected at-large by the entire student body. The club meets twice a month.

Advisor -  Jen Gargiulo

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Students participate in the governance of the school. Class elections are held annually in late September. Class officers include the president, vice-president, secretary, treasurer, principal, and three representatives. Additional members of the student council may include:  two school committee reps, two school improvement council reps, two regional student advisory council reps, and one state student advisory council rep. who is appointed at the regional SAC meeting. These additional members are elected at-large by the entire student body. The club meets twice a month.

Advisor – Jordan Silva

Advisor – Rick Monast

Makerspace is an after school club that takes place in the library that is all about YOU. We create, design, draw, invent, collaborate, and much more to unlock our potential! If you want to use some cool tools, learn some neat engineering and design techniques, then come to makerspace!

Advisor - Cathy Santos

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Advisor - Betheny Borges and Lisa Kaminski

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Advisor - Liam Sullivan 

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Advisor – Judy Graham 

Meets: Friday's after school until 4:00pm

The Robotics club is based on the US First theme "Gracious Professionalism" .  We use Vex Robotics and would like to attend a Vex Competition created by Dean Kamen (Segway inventor) at USFirst.org.  Have fun and learn to build robots!   You may also qualify for scholarships later.

Advisor – Mike Fernandes

Meets: Various days/ times

• Sessions run for 8 weeks at a time so be on the lookout for new activities being rolled out this winter and spring.
• We will post the link to register on the website once our next set of activities are announced.

Start Em Young Page link : https://www.westportschools.org/students-page/start-em-young