Activities
Pine Lake has a variety of activities to participate in both during the school day, and after school.
Interested in starting a Fun Friday Group?
All new clubs at Pine Lake start as Fun Friday groups. Pick up a Fun Friday Group packet from Ms. Rapoza, Pine Lake's Bookkeeper.
ASB
ASB (Associated Student Body) oversees and supports extra-curricular activities at Pine Lake including: Athletics, Activities, Clubs, Junior Honor Society, Assemblies, Socials and other events.
ASB Funding
Clubs
- Adventure Club
- Earth Service Corps (Environmental) Club
- GSA
- International Club
- Jazz Band
- Math Club
- The Pine Lake Times
- Robotics Club
- Speech & Debate Club
- Theatre Arts
Adventure Club
The Adventure Club for tabletop roleplaying games is starting up next week! We'll be learning and playing games like Pathfinder, Starfinder, Dungeons & Dragons and more. Spots are limited.
Meets: Every Tuesday from 2:45 to 4:00, Room 1216
Advisor: Robert Huss
Earth Service Corps (Environmental) Club
Be part of a team that helps the Earth and helps the PLMS campus.
Meets: Every Wednesday from 9 am -10 am, Room 1214 (starts 9/25/24)
Advisor: Ken Abraham
GSA
GSA is a safe space for students to build community, as well as to educate and raise student and staff awareness about LGBTQIA+ history and people.
Meets: Thursdays during Homeroom in the Library.
Advisors: Angie Hardy, Anne Kiemle and Michelle Ensey
International Club
The International Club is for students to explore awesome countries and make new friends, everyone is welcome to join!
Meets: Thursdays during homeroom
Advisor: Elle O'Neill
Jazz Band
If you are a musician and interested in participating in Jazz Band, please email or see Brian Casper.
Math Club
Tryouts for Math Club will be held on October 21 and October 28. Students interested in joining should attend only one of these tryout dates.
The Math Club will meet on Mondays from 2:45 p.m. to 4:15 p.m., starting January 6 and continuing until April 7. Students who are selected to join the club will need to pay a $35 fee and purchase a team t-shirt.
The Club will participate in the following events:
Parent volunteers are needed! Please email Heather Schopen if interested. You must be cleared to Volunteer with ISD.
Pine Lake will host the AMC 8 Math Competition on January 21 and 23, 2025.
The competition will take place in the Commons, starting at 2:45 p.m. and ending at 4:00 p.m. Students who finish early will be asked to leave the competition area and either head home or wait in a designated location for the activity bus.
PLMS has reserved 118 additional spots for students who are not part of the math club to participate. To register, pay the $10 fee first. After payment, you will receive an email with instructions on completing your registration.
For any questions, please contact Ms. Schopen via email.
The Pine Lake Times
Our school’s newspaper. This is a club for students who are interested in practicing their writing skills and reporting on issues that are important in our school, our world, and our history.
Club activities include: Brainstorming about important issues, researching, interviewing students/teachers, writing newspaper articles. Some of these activities will be done during club meetings, but students will often work on articles in their personal time.
Meets: To be announced
Advisor: Kaitlin Dempsey
Robotics Club
Speech & Debate Club
This is a club for students who are interested in developing skills in giving speeches and debating.
Club activities include: Learn different speech/debate formats, practice different speech/debate formats, and optional participation in our school Speech and Debate Tournament. Speech and debate formats may include: Parli Debate (3 person teams), Trivium Debate (4 person teams), Lincoln Douglas Debate (one v. one), Impromptu Speeches and more. Students do NOT have to have taken the Speech and Debate elective(s).
Meets: Every Wednesday morning at 9:30 a.m. in the Commons. First meeting will be on October 30th. Meetings will be held weekly until the "Rumble in the Forest" tournament in March.
Advisor: Kaitlin Dempsey
Theatre Arts
"The Day the Internet Died"
Auditions: October 1st-15th. There will be 5 sessions. Students only sign up for 1 audition.
Meets: Tuesdays & Thursdays from 2:45-4:15.
- First Full Cast Meeting
- October 22nd from 2:45-3:45
- Commons
- Rehearsals start October 22nd.
Advisor: Renae Livermore
COMPASS
COMPASS Leaders are 8th graders who are good role models for younger students and who have been successful at Pine Lake.
COMPASS Leaders’ communication skills, leadership potential, responsibility, and personality have helped them succeed at PLMS and the lessons they have learned should be shared to help others succeed. Being a COMPASS leader means you can have a tremendous influence on our new students and you will learn many valuable leadership skills in the process. Plus, COMPASS IS FUN!
Homework Lab
Homework Lab
Advisor: Kim Hand
When: Thursdays, 2:45 p.m. to 4:10 p.m. Starts October 8
Where: Room 2207
Pine Lake is offering an Afterschool Homework Lab on Tuesday and Thursdays after school from 2:45 p.m. to 4:10 p.m. in Room 2207
Homework Lab is a chance for students to complete school tasks with the support of the staff that are facilitating the Lab.
A student would benefit from Homework Lab if:
- The student has been absent from school and needs help catching up on schoolwork.
- The student has tests to makeup or retake.
- The student needs a quiet space to finish homework.
- The student needs a place to work with a group on a class assignment.
- A teacher invites the student to attend Homework Lab.
Science Olympiad
Science Olympiad
Science Olympiad is a team competition where students compete in 23 events that test their knowledge across various scientific fields, including earth science, biology, chemistry, physics, and engineering. Similar to a team sport, Science Olympiad requires preparation, commitment, coaching, and practice throughout the year. Students are expected to attend after-school meetings to prepare for the competition, which takes place on a Saturday in the spring. Applications are due in September, and the team is formed in October.
Advisor: Lindsay De Borja