Club Advisors Directory..

The Art Club serves many purposes including:
Open Studio - where students may work on in-class assignments to get caught up or they may start new ones.
A place where students may make art of their own particular interests.
A place to talk and freely share ideas of art and everyday life.

Beekeeping has been a hobby of advisor Jim Cross for over 25 years, and many students find beekeeping fascinating. Members of the Beekeeping Club will meet not only to become knowledgeable and confident beekeepers, but they will be given an opportunity to:
• Make candles.
• Visit local apiaries.
• Study successful queen rearing.
• Harvest/Extract bottle honey.
• Design and create labels and brochures.
• Study the physical properties and chemical composition of honey and beeswax.
• Design a method to locate a wild honeybee colony.
• Design experiments to study honeybee structure/function and how honeybees live, work and communicate with each other.

The Bowling Club provides boys and girls in grades 9-12 at Mt. Anthony the opportunity to bowl after school in an organized league at a reduced price. We bowl at Bennington Lanes each Tuesday for 13 weeks. Please see Ms Harrington-Redding to sign up in the Counseling Office.

Mount Anthony's Chamber Singers is open to students in grades 9-12 by audition only. This mixed ensemble rehearses Wednesday's from 5pm-7pm beginning in November and sings in all vocal music concerts throughout the year. This ensemble performs throughout the community as well. The style of music ranges from early Madrigal to Pop.
For further information please email Lynn Sweet below or call her at 447-7511 ext. 262.

The chess club meets every Monday after school in room 026. Everyone is welcome regardless of skill. If you do not know how to play, we will teach you. Chess sets are provided or you may bring your own. We will compete in the Vermont Scholastic chess tournament in spring.

The drama club produces plays at MAU. In the past we have done "Oliver," "The Music Man," "Noises Off," "Romeo & Juliet" and many more. All students are welcome and encouraged to audition for all the plays. In addition, club members build the sets, costumes, props and do the lighting and sound for all the plays.
A student who is interested should contact Mr. Foley in Room 064c (by the CDC School Store) or call him at 447-022, Ext. 470.

The drama club produces plays at MAU. In the past we have done "Oliver," "The Music Man," "Noises Off," "Romeo & Juliet" and many more. All students are welcome and encouraged to audition for all the plays. In addition, club members build the sets, costumes, props and do the lighting and sound for all the plays.
A student who is interested should contact Mr. Foley in Room 064c (by the CDC School Store) or call him at 447-022, Ext. 470.

This club is dedicated to preserving and improving our environment.

The MAUHS Fencing Guild is a club sport devoted to learning and practicing the ancient (Western) martial art of swordsmanship. Members of the club belong to the United Stated Fencing Association and compete regularly with other fencers in the Hudson Berkshire Division of the USFA.

Film club celebrates the artistry of cinema. We watch a variety of films, allowing students to share what they know about movies, and their films, with the group. Any aspect of motion picture arts is fair game for our discussions. We encourage movies that are outside the mainstream, especially foreign, classic, and Indie films. We meet once a week for the course of the year.

The French Exchange is a 30-year cross-cultural program between Mt. Anthony Union High School and Fenelon High School in La Rochelle, France. Every two years a group of Mt. Anthony students travels to France usually during either February or April vacation, and hosts a similar group of French students traveling from Fenelon in either the fall or spring. Our students live with French students and their families and see the sites around La Rochelle, a port city with hundreds of years of history. Students experience French family life, French food and have the opportunity to speak French on a daily basis. When hosting the French students they live in our homes with our students and experience a similar American life, seeing sites of interest in and around Bennington. Every trip includes a visit to Paris, seeing museums like the Louvre and historic sites like Versailles, the Arc de Triomphe and the Eiffel Tower.

The Freshman Class gets together to fundraise and to elect class officers. We fundraise for our junior and senior proms, class gifts, and donations.

The purpose of the MAU Future Teachers’ Association is to provide students with opportunities to explore teaching as a career option. Students will gain a realistic understanding of the nature of education and the role of the teacher as they read articles and books addressing various topics of interest to educators. The focus of reading and discussion will include classroom management, lesson planning, developmentally appropriate practices, and the future of education in the 21st century, among other areas of interest. Students will also learn about teaching programs in colleges and opportunities for teaching in a variety of settings. Surfing teacher and educational Websites, engaging in conversations with educator-including those from public, private, and parochial schools, as well as from institutions of higher education-and visiting classrooms and schools in the area will further facilitate a clear and connected understanding of the teaching profession.

The German Exchange Club involves students of German II or higher and prepares them for the exchange trip to Germany during the summer. Every student is required to actively engage in weekly meetings, fundraisers, holiday celebrations, the International Talent Show, and most of all, the ongoing interaction with our German partner school in Leipzig. Students and their families also host our German guest in the fall.
The German Exchange Club meets once a week in Rm 101.

Interact is a Co-Sponsored Club. They are sponsored by the Catamount Rotary and the Bennington Rotary The Interact club gives Mount Anthony students and opportunity to participate in fun, meaningful service projects while developing leadership skills and meeting new friends.
These service projects include; working with Bennington’s Sister City Project in Somotillo, Nicaragua, Warm the Children, Spirit of Sharing, delivering roses to women in local nursing homes on Mother's Day and mentoring.
The club meets on Thursday mornings at 7:20 am in the CDC Assembly Room. Please contact Dan Lucy at 447-7511 ext. 245.

MAU International works to promote the understanding of diverse cultures, languages, and heritages in our school, the local community, and beyond. It is a place for American and international students to come together to have fun, form lifelong friendships, learn from one another, and take on leadership roles. We will celebrate our similarities and differences by sharing each others’ cultures, languages, history, as well as current national news. If you are interested in global issues, international foods, music, movies, if you like to go on inspiring field trips and hope to make a difference in the world around you, come and share your passions and stories with us.
Any student may join the International Club at any time. Meetings are held every other Tuesday (starting September 9) at 2:30 p.m. in room 101, or as needed. Officers are elected within the first month of the school year, and any student may run for an office. Officers are required to attend all meetings; a student becomes an official member of the Club when he or she has attended six meetings per year. Members receive certificates of membership at the year's end; officers receive certificates and pins.

The Intramurals Club is an opportunity for students to "drop in" as their busy lives allow them some time to join us in a number of group activity options, such as but not limited to ultimate frisbee, frisbee golf and other team sports and group games that are of low cost, risk, or material needs. Essentially we meet once per week from 2:30-3:30, warm up, divide up into teams and have some fun doing a healthy activity that any student capable of participating in regular physical education classes could be expected to be able to participate in. The fall emphasis is on playing ultimate frisbee and we will continue with it until the weather prevents it or until interest drops off, at which time we will introduce another active opportunity, but currently we have always had from 16 to 22 people playing with a generally increasing level of participation at each meeting as word of mouth has gotten out.

The MAUHS Jazz Band meets twice a week, Tuesday and Thursday from 2:30 - 4:00. Students audition for placement in the jazz band. The ensemble consists of the standard big band instrumentation.
The jazz band performs at some home basketball games, Winter, Spring and Pop concerts, and elementary schools within the SVSU district.

It is the responsibility of the Junior Class Officers to get their classmates involved in the fundraising from the Booster Club and school sanctioned projects. One big responsibility for the Junior Class is to put on the Junior Prom, which is typically held in May. We are always looking for parents of juniors to help with the set up and take down for the prom and the Booster Club events. Please feel free to contact me if you are interested in volunteering your time. Thank you.

What? The Lapidary Club is a science club especially interested in geologic processes. The club cuts, sands, and polishes gemstones as well as makes fine jewelry.
Where? We meet in room 007
When? Mondays and Tuesdays from 2:15pm-3:15pm
Why Join? We go on exciting field trips
• Local trips to Howe Caves, Herkimer Diamonds, or other science museums or parks
• Local trips to Howe Caves, Herkimer Diamonds, or other science museums or parks
• Make gifts for your friends and family
• HAVE FUN!!!
NEW MEMBERS ALWAYS WELCOME!!!

Students perform with the MAUHS Marching Band at parades and halftime of football games. Students must have baton-twirling skills. Students have the opportunity to participate and help create their routines that are performed.

The MAUHS Marching Band consists of all Symphonic Band students plus a color guard. Students must come to band camp in the summer (August).
The Patriot Marching band performs field shows for the home football games and marches in the Veteran's Day, Homecoming, Battle Day and two Memorial Day parades.

The Mount Anthony 'Messenger' appears every other Wednesday as a full page in The Bennington Banner. It provides students with an opportunity to makes their voices heard in the community through articles, editorials, reviews and even cartoons.
'The Messenger' is produced by student writers, editors and layout technicians, and advised by a Mount Anthony Lit and Comp department faculty member. Meetings are held every Monday at 2:10pm in room 237.

The Model Congress Club is a debating society that focuses on the Annual Model Congress held at American International College in Springfield, Massachusetts.
Students from all over New England gather to debate and pass bills the way the U.S. Congress does.

This club is dedicated to the study and debate of international issues and the working of the United Nations. Activities include inter-scholastic U.N. debate simulations with the New England high schools at regional colleges and the organization of the annual MAUHS Model U.N. Simulation.

National Honor Society is a nation-wide organization which recognizes high school students grades 10-12 who show outstanding achievement in the areas of scholarship, leadership, service and character. Students are selected to membership after a review by a faculty panel.

The Photography Club meets weekly to plan events and projects. Past projects have included photo note cards sold during the holidays to raise money for the club and photo displays in the MAU Library highlighting individual members artistic achievements. The Photo Club also supports the student newspaper, creative writing magazine and yearbook with photographs as needed.

The Recycling Club is looking for students who are interested in getting involved. Our club will make an effort to collect and properly process all recyclable materials throughout the SVSU.
Students will be working in collaboration with "Planet Three Recycling", a local community business interested in getting high school students involved in preserving the future. Don't miss this opportunity to pitch in.

The high school indoor rock-climbing program runs its activities primarily at Green Mountain Rock Climbing Center in Rutland, VT. Additionally, we will from time to time organize an outdoor rock climb and may visit additional rock climbing facilities within the region.
Beginning in September and continuing through at least March, we generally carpool to and from Rutland once every week with the exception of severe weather and some holidays. We leave the high school traffic circle at 5pm on Mondays and return approx. at 9:30pm. We set the night according to that which is most convenient for the group adjusting as needed throughout the season.

The Scholars Bowl Team participates in academic competitions with other schools from around the state. Team members answer questions from history, literature, science, mathematics and other fields. The season culminates in the state playoffs in April.

The Senior Class officers meet monthly to make plans for their senior ball, senior class trip, graduation, and other budgetary projects. They are part of the graduation planning team, which begins meeting in January. Proceeds from their senior ball and fundraising efforts from their freshman-junior years help with their donation efforts to the school and the community. They donate yearly to the local Dollars for Scholars Chapter, which benefits their fellow classmates. They participate in the “Spirit of Sharing” at the holiday season purchasing clothing and toys for a family. They pay a portion of the expenses for the senior class trip.
A gift for the school is discussed throughout the year with administrators and faculty to find the perfect gift. It is then presented to the school principal at the annual awards ceremony in June. They also present a “Senior Service Award” to a student, chosen by their peers, who has exemplified service to their class during their 4 years at MAUHS. All in all, it’s a very busy year for the class, but especially busy for the officers who are the leaders and facilitators.

Show Choir is an auditioned group of vocalists/dancers who will meet twice a week (Mondays and Fridays from 2:10-3pm). Show Choir will learn a variety of songs (pop, rock, Broadway etc.) that are conductive to movement and accompaniment by a small instrumental combo. Music will be of a lighter nature, with more emphasis placed on choreography and dance routine than in the traditional choral setting. Students will perform at each of the winter and Spring Concerts and other smaller performances throughout the year. This group will also be utilized when opportunities arise for touring and community performances. Other theatrical items such as props, costumes and special lighting will be incorporated as time and finances allow.

The Mt. Anthony Ski Club is a club that is for both the skier and snowboarder. This club is for students of all abilities. Lessons are available for the beginner, the intermediate and advanced levels.
Starting on Tuesday the second week of January and going through February vacation, the Ski Club will depart form the "Circle in front of the High School at 2:30 p.m. and travel to Jiminy Peak in Hancock, MA. We arrive at Jiminy at approximately 3:30. Student members then have until 8:00 p.m. to ski or snowboard.
We will board and depart at 8:15 p.m. to travel back to the High School. We also have a special all day skiing trip on the Tuesday of February vacation week. We will depart from the High School at 8 a.m. and return at about 5:30 p.m.
THINK SNOW, powder trails and long runs!!!

The Sophomore Class is made up of class officers who fundraise, make class-wide decisions and involve other classmates.
The following fundraising activities include:
Yankee Candle, Booster Club nights, raffle tickets and flowers.

The Society is classified as a national and international academic honor society in the study of high school Spanish and Portuguese and is sponsored by the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese, Inc. (AATSP) The purpose of the Spanish Honor Society is to recognize high achievement in Spanish by students of secondary schools and to promote continuity of interest in Hispanic studies. To be into Spanish Honor Society, students must be in 10th grade or higher and be currently enrolled in or have completed Spanish 3 at Mt. Anthony. Meetings are held the first Thursday of every month after school in room 125. We plan social events for the members' linguistic and cultural enrichment, provide free tutoring and homework help for all Spanish students at MAU and organize service projects for the community.

The Student Senate is the student-run government for MAUHS. Ten Senators from each class are elected by their classmates to serve a one-year term.
As representatives of the student body, the Student Senate is a prominent voice for students in many areas affecting MAUHS. Members participate in various community and school committees and boards, such as the School Board and Community Task Force.
In the past, the Student Senate has sponsored fundraisers, a Red Cross Blood Drive, educational forums and speaks outs on current issues, mock state and local elections, and dances at MAUHS. The Senate administers funds for scholarships, community service, and charitable donations.
The Senate meets on Wednesdays from 7:15am-7:45am.

The WonHwaDo – Club is meant to provide an opportunity for 2nd and 3rd year students of WonHwaDo to practice and advance in their skills. They will be challenged to go both physically and mentally beyond the WonHwaDo classroom expectations. The students will undergo advanced martial arts training while delving deeper into Korean culture and language. As a group, members of this club will also be asked to perform on occasion and will have the privilege to participate in WonHwaDo weekend workshops.
The schedule for the 2007-08 school year will be as follows:
Mondays: 4pm-5:30pm
Thursdays: 4pm-5:30pm
Both sessions will be held in the Student Center.

The Writer's Club comprises students and faculty who appreciate and promote good writing and other forms of creative arts.
The club produces and arts and literature magazine, "The Bottom Line", and sponsors monthly open mic nights, providing writers, musicians, and visual artists within the Mount Anthony community a forum in which to present their art. We also produce the annual Bennington Does the Beatles concert, and proceeds from this event help fund a Writers' Club scholarship.

Yearbook is both a first semester short block class (1/2 credit) and a club. Yearbook club is an after school or free time activity for students who have time and interest in working on the yearbook. Activities include photography, typing, proofreading, layouts, ad sales, book sales and fundraising. Production of our all color, 192 page yearbook begins in the beginning of school through mid-March. Yearbooks are delivered and sold in May and June.