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
- Homework Club
- 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
Homework Club
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.
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.
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: To be announced
Advisor: Kaitlin Dempsey
Theatre Arts
Geography Bee
The National Geographic Bee is an annual competition organized by the National Geographic Society, designed to inspire and reward students' curiosity about the world. Each year, thousands of schools across the United States participate in the National Geographic Bee, competing for college scholarships and the glory of being the National Geographic Bee Champion.
Pine Lake students have the opportunity to make the school team by participating in the School Geography Bee. Once the school team is identified, they will move on to compete in the State Geography Bee. The group is open to all interested students.
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!