Minor Elementary School
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Clubs and Activities
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Art Club
Grades: Kindergarten through 5th
Meeting Days: Wednesday mornings at 7:45 AM
Meeting Location: Art Room
Sponsor: Ms. Daklouche
Description: The art club expands the artistic abilities of each and every student through engaging projects and community building.
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Chorus
Grades: 4th and 5th
Meeting Days: Friday mornings at 7:45 AM
Meeting Location: Music Room
Sponsor: Ms. Pritchard
Description: Chorus Club is an enrichment program for Fourth and Fifth grade students who enjoy singing and performing with a vocal ensemble. Students in Chorus Club perform in concerts throughout the school year.
Gwinnett County Honor Chorus is only open to Fifth Grade Chorus students. An audition is required to participate in the Honor Chorus. Four students will be selected to represent our school in this event.
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FIRST Lego League Robotics Club
Grades: 4th and 5th
Meeting Dates: Thursdays at 7:30 am
Meeting Location: STEM Room
Sponsors: Mrs. Williams and Mrs. Hash
Description: FIRST Lego League provides students with opportunities to solve real-world problems through a guided, global robotics program. Students will use their coding skills while competing against other teams.
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Girls on the Run
Grades: 3rd, 4th and 5th grade girls
Meeting Dates: Tuesdays and Thursdays from 3:45-5:15 (February through May)
Participation is chosen based on a lottery held in JanuaryMeeting Location: Outdoor Track and Playground
Sponsors/Coaches: Daphne Carroll
Description: Girls on the Run inspires girls to be joyful, healthy, and confident using a fun, experience-based curriculum which creatively integrates running and culminates with a 5k Race.
Email: Mrs. Carroll
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Girls Who Code
Grades: 3rd through 5th
Meeting Days: Thursday mornings at 7:45 AM
Meeting Location: STEM Room
Sponsor: Mrs. Williams
Description: Girls Who Code is a non-profit organization dedicated to closing the gender gap in technology. This is Girls Who Code's FREE computer science program!
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Peaceful P.A.T.S Yoga Club
Grades: 4th and 5th
Meeting Days: Wednesday mornings at 7:45 AM
Meeting Location: Ms. Whitfield's Room
Sponsor: Ms. Whitfield
Description: This club provides students with mindfulness techniques for every aspect of life. Students practice ways to calm themselves when stressed and discuss ideas on how to handle various social and emotional situations through deep breathing and stretching.
During each meeting, students practice mindful breathing as well as yoga poses. Each week, the club will do a check-in/discussion to determine ideas for the next meeting.
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Readers Rally
Grades: 4th and 5th
Meeting Days: Readers Rally Club members will meet every other Thursday, at 7:45 AM. At the beginning of December, the Club and its sponsors will choose the Readers Rally Team Members who will compete at the culminating Readers Rally event in February. The team members are chosen based on criteria such as attendance, participation, and book knowledge. Once the team has been chosen, they will meet every Thursday until the day of the competition.
Meeting Location: Media Center
Sponsors: Mrs. Nighbert and Mrs. Carroll
Description: Readers Rally is a reading quiz bowl style competition for students in grades four through twelve. Students read books from a predeterminder list and answer questions about those books. Elementary school teams use a list of 15 books from different genres, varying subject areas, and reading levels. Each Gwinnett County school sends one team of ten players or less to the Readers Rally Competition event that is held at Peachtree Ridge High School, in February, each year.
Email Mrs. Nighbert or Mrs. Carroll
