Crossroads News
Upper School Students Find Community at Club Day
Clubs reflect a wide range of student interests, including community service and activism.
On a late September morning, Upper School students packed the 21st Street Sports Court, perusing the options for this fall’s student clubs. At folding tables topped with informative posters (and the occasional box of cookies for enticement), representatives from 87 clubs shared information about what they do, when and where they meet, and why others might want to get involved. Students can sign up for any club that piques their interest and join as many as their schedules permit. Any student can propose a new club, provided they can enlist a faculty member to serve as an advisor.
“We had 105 proposals this semester,” said Hali Morell, Upper School Community Engagement Department Co-chair and Life Skills teacher, who oversees the clubs. “It’s exciting to see so many students taking the initiative to run a club and find community with their peers around common interests.”
There are clubs that provide opportunities to share favorite activities, or discover new ones, including everything from the Crossroads Weightlifting Club to the Editorial Fashion Club, Asian Food and Culture to the Fishing Club. Others center on community service and activism, often in conjunction with an existing nonprofit. Upward Bound House Club, for example, supports an organization of the same name by raising awareness, collecting supplies and raising funds to help families experiencing homelessness.
There are also service-related clubs that take on independent projects, addressing issues that are meaningful to students. Tenth-grader Aldo Sanchez leads Scraps to Supplies, through which members craft backpacks and pencil cases from used clothing and donate them to students in need. “I started thinking about inequities in access to education last year in my service learning class,” said Aldo. “Access to educational supplies is part of that issue. I also care a lot about environmental sustainability, so starting this club seemed like a great way to bring those issues together and take action.”
See below for a full list of 2024-25 Upper School clubs and other organizations.
Fall 2024-25 Student Clubs
A Sense of Home
Amplifying The Arts
Animal Advocacy Alliance
Asian Food and Culture
ASL Club
Banned Books Club
Camp Harmony Club
CBA(Crossroads Basketball League)
Ceramics Club
Chess Club
Children United Worldwide
Chords2Cure Club
Crochet Club
Crossroads Diving Society
Crossroads Student-Managed Investment Club
Crossroads Weightlifting Club
D&D Club
Debate Club
Design and Engineering Club
Eco Friendly Fashion
Editorial Fashion Club
End Overdose
EOE Club
Fantasy Book Club
Film Club
Film Photography Club
Filmmaking Mentorship Program
Finance Club
Fishing Club
Free 2 Be Me
Fundamentals of Argumentative Speech
Harvest Home
Heal the Bay Club
Hiking Club
Homework Hotline
Improv Club
InvenTeam
Jazz Club
Jewish Muslim Alliance
Kids for Kololo
La Société Française
Lego Club
Les Flics
Level Up LA
Life in Music
Marketing Club
Melodies for the Soul
Men's Mental Wellness Society (MMWS)
Mental Health Club
Mindfulness club
Miniatures and Models
Music Club
New York Times Games Club
Philosophy Club
Photography Club
Pickleball Club
Podcasting Club
Poker Club
Positivity Beats IBD
Present Now
Psychology Club
Red Cross Club
Rhythm and Art Club
Run Club
Schools in Need
Scraps to Supplies
Sheltering Hearts Charity Club
Special Olympics Inclusion Club
Speech & Debate Club
Sports and Entertainment Business Club
Sports Center
Students for Sustainability
Tasaaga Club
Teens for Social Inclusion
The Miracle Project
The Pad Project
The Pathway Program
The Romance Book Club
True Crime Club
Ultimate Frisbee Club
Upward Bound House
Voter Registration Club
Wise Readers to Leaders
Women in Business
Women in Film
Women in Music
Women In STEM
XRDS Mona Global Citizens Club
Zine Club
Other Activities
Ambassadors
Community Engagement Honors Society
Crossroads Junior Classics League (XJCL)
Model United Nations
Student Council
