Student Organizations
Upper School Clubs
Upper School students can join a variety of service clubs and other organizations, including Students Against Destructive Decisions (SADD), Key Club, International Club, Bible Club, Intramural Bowling, and the Dance Team. Each Upper School organization, club, and class is responsible for carrying out a service project each year.
National Honor Society
In order to be inducted, a student must be at least a sophomore and have a 92.5 average by January. The National Honor Society is a prestigious academic organization emphasizing service, leadership, scholarship, and character.
Upper School Clubs
Below is a listing of the various clubs active at USJ. Each class also elects its own officers to serve during the school year.
2011-2012 Honor Council (Read more on the Honor Council)
Speaker: Callie Jaggers
Senior Reps: Kirstie Finch and Edward Hockaday
Junior Reps: Trey Teel and Peyton Vaughan
Sophomore Reps: Austin Orr and Lauren Randolph
Freshmen Reps: to be voted on at beginning of school year
SGA: President Hannah Turcotte, Vice President Habeeb Suara, Secretary Akua Nuako, Treasurer Jordan Ragon, Chaplain Sarah Howard, Historian Chloe Meriwether, and Parliamentarian Caleb Self.
Senior Class Officers: President Carrie Cobb, Vice President Gray Magee, Secretary Roshni Patel, Treasurer Thomas Butler, Chaplain Claire Williams
National Honor Society
National French Honor Society
National Spanish Honor Society
National Art Honor Society
Science National Honor Society
French Club
SADD
Key Club
French Club
Spanish Club
Bible Club
Computer Club
Philosophy Club
International Club
Chemistry Club a place for experiments
Experiments thrive in USJ's new Chemistry Club. An affiliate of the American Chemical Society, the Chemistry Club was formed to meet a requirement of the school's new Science National Honor Society. The club meets once a month at lunch in Malea Mullins' classroom.
The 50 students in the club share ideas and try experiments. At right, Club President Evan Baker does a neat "magic trick" that illustrates the process of combustion, the flammability of alcohol, and the special qualities of the material used to make currency as he tries to burn a dollar bill.
During the experiment, a combustion reaction occurs between alcohol and oxygen, producing heat and light (energy) and carbon dioxide and water. (That's C2H5OH + 3 O2 → 2 CO2 + 3 H2O + energy)
When the dollar bill is soaked in an alcohol-water solution, the alcohol has a high vapor pressure and is mainly on the outside of the material (a bill is more like fabric than paper, which is nice, if you've ever accidentally washed one).
When the bill is lit, the alcohol is what actually burns. The temperature at which the alcohol burns is not high enough to evaporate the water, which has a high specific heat, so the bill remains wet and isn't able to catch fire on its own. After the alcohol has burned, the flame goes out, leaving a slightly damp dollar bill.
Thanks to USJ's Chemistry Club, now you know what happens when you have money to burn.
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2011-2012 Middle School Officers
President: Molly Morris
Vice-President: Aditya Thota
Secretary: Shelby Hatchett
Treasurer: Addison Dunn
Chaplain: Molly Maroney
The elected Student Council leads many service projects, including a Christmas food drive to benefit Second Harvest Food Bank, Fill A Jug for the local American Red Cross, Keep USJ Beautiful Project, and volunteer work at the Community Soup Kitchen. The Council also organizes an assembly every other week with guest speakers. Other Middle School clubs include the Technology Team, Chess Club, Art Club, and Smile Club. USJ also has Girl Scout and Boy Scout troops.
Upper School starts chapter of Science Honor Society
Science enthusiasts at USJ have another outlet for their interests. Fifty Upper School students were inducted into the school's new chapter of the Science National Honor Society December 6.
The evening included the presentation of scientific papers; Evan Baker and Harrison Donahoe presented the "Theory of Relativity," and Thomas Burton and Mahmood Dardas discussed "Black Holes."
The chapter will serve as a clearinghouse for scholarship and science competition opportunities and will work to help model real-world science for other students and the community, said Jane Ramer, club sponsor and Upper School Science Department chairman.
Membership is an honor and not easily obtained, she said. To be eligible to apply for membership, a student must be a junior or senior with a 3.5 grade point average overall, and in all science classes. Members also are required to either have completed or be enrolled in an AP science course and must have taken Honors or AP levels of the three required sciences.
Members will be busy during the school year with projects, such as helping with the Lower School science fair, preparing the USJ Science Bowl team for competition, upgrading USJ's buzzer system, and organizing a science bowl for Middle School students. Students also organized a USJ chapter of the American Chemical Society. The chapter plans a science night this spring that will include scientific presentations.
Inaugural officers for the chapter were Mahmood Dardas, President; Russell Hollman, Vice President; Thomas Burton, Treasurer; Harrison Donahoe, Secretary; Evan Baker, Chaplain; and Bethany Dietz, Historian.
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