Club Description: Art Club serves as an extra-curricular focused on visual art.  Many of the projects created in art club use media not commonly used in the art room, providing a new creative experience for club members.

Club Sponsors: Vanessa Zebrowski 

Who: 3rd, 4th, and 5th-grade students.  25 members per grade level.

When: Friday Mornings from 7:30-8:15 AM

Planned Activities: Ceramics, Painting, Sculpture, Mask-Making and more

Affiliations: none

Club Description:  The purpose of the Benefield Book Club is to promote reading with students who desire to share their love of reading with others. Students will read from the list of selected titles for Readers Rally, discuss the books, and answer questions about each title in preparation for the Readers Rally Competition.

Club Sponsors: Ammee Robbins 

Who: 4th and 5th grade students

When: Wednesdays during lunch

Planned Activities: Gwinnett County Readers Rally Competition, February 2022

Affiliations: None

Club Description: The purpose of the club is to mentor young boys into young men. Teaching them about brotherhood, scholarship, manhood and leadership. To aim, live and strive in excellence by being able to build teamwork through leadership skills and scholarly duties.

Club Sponsors: Shaun Campbell

Who: 4th and 5th grade students

Planned Activities: We will work on the following this school year:

• “SELF-esteem”      
• “Healthy Living”
• “Keeping the Community clean”    
• “I CAN Achieve”
• “Business Etiquette”    
• “BEAT THE TEST”
• “Reflecting Back on the YEAR”

Affiliations: First Ladies of Benefield

Dance Club at Benefield Elementary School 

Club Name:  Benefield Dancers 

Club Sponsor:  Geetha Rajan

Club Description:  The purpose of Benefield Dancers’ club to provide opportunity to learn and perform dance.  Through dancing the students are getting opportunity to grow as a whole child!

Physical development:  Dancing is a highly physical activity, and kids who take dance lessons regularly should expect to see a significant improvement in their overall physical health.

Social Development:  Dance lessons can help children improve their social and communication skills, learn how to work as part of a team, develop a greater sense of trust and cooperation and make new friends

Cognitive Development:  Becoming a skilled dancer requires practice, discipline and focus, skills that can be useful in other areas of your child's life.  The dance lessons can help to spark creativity in young children

Psychological Development:  As children adjust to the movements and postures required in dance, they begin to get a better sense of their bodies. As they become more comfortable in their own skin, their confidence and self-esteem also improve

Planned Activities: Students will participate in dance performances.

Who: Students in all grade level are invited to participate, (grades K -2 in  Group 1 and grade 3 to 5 as Group 2)  regardless of skill level; however, participation will be limited to the first 20 students per group register.

When: To Be Announced

Club Description: The purpose of the club is to allow students to learn music through song and musical theater. Students wishing to participate must fill out a registration form and pay the fee of $35 if they are new to the group (if they have been in the group previously, they will only own $15), to pay for their polo shirt, music, and costumes for their performances. Come and join the Benefield Singers and have an amazing time singing your hearts out! GO TITANS!!

Club Sponsors: Emily Cash and Allison Lloyd

Who: 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students

When: 7:45-8:35 AM on Friday Mornings

Planned Activities: We will be performing our Spring Musical at Discovery High School Theater. 

Affiliations: none

Club Description: First Ladies of Benefield was established in 2017 to promote ALL things Girl Power. In First Ladies of Benefield, girls will be exposed to woman entrepreneurs, academic support, peer socialization, and a one-of a kind experience.

Club Sponsors: Taylor Jemison and Iyanna Fouce

Planned Activities: Students will meet with empowering leaders to learn more about leadership and building positive relationships.

Who: 4th and 5th grade girls

When: Wednesday Mornings and Friday Afternoons

Affiliations: Benefield Boys II Men

Club Description: A physical activity-based positive youth development program that inspires 3rd through 5th grade girls to be joyful, healthy and confident using a fun, experience-based curriculum which creatively integrates running. 

Club Sponsors: Danielle Seeley-Parham

Who: 3rd Grade, 4th Grade, and 5th Grade Girls

Planned Activities: Girls on the Run is a Run Curriculum that consists of a series of 24 lessons that build relationships with girls and create a safe environment for the team to interact and grow.  

Affiliations:  Girls on the Run International

Club Description: Intramural Sports club will give students the opportunity to compete against their classmates in various sports. It will be open to 3th-5th grade students. The purpose of the intramural sports club is to provide fun, safe and structured play experiences that promote the physical, mental and social development for all students.  

Club Sponsors: Lawrence A. Bennerman

Who: Students in grades 3, 4, and 5 are invited to participate, regardless of skill level; however, participation will be limited to the first 30 students per grade level to register. 

Planned Activities: The students will participate in Basketball, Soccer, Floor Hockey, Badminton, Smash Ball, Whiffle Ball, Volleyball and Bowling.

Affiliations: none

Club Description: The purpose of the club is to encourage creativity, problem-solving, innovation and teamwork through a wide range of fun and engaging challenges and games all based around the humble LEGO brick. We will be exploring aspects of Science, Technology, Engineering, & Math (STEM) activities in our challenges.

Club Sponsors: Beth Osborne, Rachel Marder and Molly Harrington 

Who: 2nd Grade and 3rd Grade (Fall and Spring Sessions)

Planned Activities: The planned activities are we first learn how to make simple machines for 4 meetings, then we have challenges where small groups compete against each other for the best outcome.

Affiliations: none

Club Description: The purpose of Math Club is to promote a love of mathematics, increase mental math skills, and show students how math is useful in everyday life. We hope not only to increase awareness of the variety of benefits that math has, but to promote interest amongst students for the creative aspects of problem-solving as well.  The Math Club is a place where STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) are encouraged through hands-on activities.

Club Sponsors: Nicole Scott

Who: 4th and 5th grade students

Planned Activities: Students will participate in challenging math activities that engage their brains and build their knowledge of mathematics!

Affiliations: None

Club Description: The purpose of this organization shall be to recognize students for their outstanding academic achievement and demonstrated personal responsibility, to provide service to the school and community, and to develop leadership skills in the students of elementary schools. 

Club Sponsors: Judy Swisher

Who: 4th and 5th grade students

Planned Activities: Meetings and Community Service Projects

Affiliations: none

Club Description: The purpose of the Peer Leader Club is to build  the  leadership skills  of  the participants. Students are selected through an application Serve as Role Models for the Benefield Student Body by adhering to the character traits of Trustworthiness, Responsibility, Fairness, Kindness, Citizenship, and Leadership Skills.

Club Sponsors: Julia Muhammad and Tenesha Caldwell

Who: 4th and 5th-grade students

Planned Activities: Meetings once per month in the mornings.

Affiliations: None

Club Description: FIRST LEGO League challenges kids in over 80 countries to think like scientists and engineers.  During the season, teams are given a FIRST LEGO League Challenge. The teams will choose and solve real-world problems in the project. They will also build, test, and program an autonomous robot using LEGO MINDSTORMS® technology to solve a set of missions in the Robot Game.  Throughout their experience, teams will operate under the FIRST LEGO League signature set of Core Values celebrating discovery, teamwork, and Gracious Professionalism®.

Club Sponsors: Nicole Smith

Who: Diverse group of 4th and 5th grade students

Planned Activities: 

• Team Meetings - Wednesdays 3:45-4:45 PM
  We may meet additional days as needed prior to competition.
• Regional Competition - To Be Announced 

Affiliations: FIRST LEGO League https://www.firstinspires.org/robotics/fll

Club Description:  The purpose of the School Safety Patrol is to remind students of the school safety rules and to guide them in safe arrival, dismissal, and movement through the building. It also provides students with the opportunity to strengthen their leadership skills by modeling how to be respectful, responsible, and ready.

Club Sponsors: Nicole Scott and Anthony Hossack

Who: 5th Grade Students

Planned Activities: Safety Patrol members will help guide other students during critical parts of the day to move safely through the hallways. Members will be leaders within the school.

Affiliations: AAA

Club Description: The purpose of Video Club is to learn, create, and collaborate with peers in order to produce short videos. 4th and 5th grade students are selected through an application process. Come join this year's ALL NEW Video Club! We will learn how to produce and film videos related to school events!

Club Sponsors: Hunter Bagwell and Rachel Howard

Who: 4th and 5th Grade, with a 12 student maximum

When: Wednesday Mornings from 7:30-8:15 AM according to the schedule

Planned Activities: Students will plan, produce, and showcase short video advertisement for school based activities

Affiliations: none