Mission:  The African American Studies Club is open to all PMS Students. The club is designed to foster student growth and development through diversity, academic, community service and outreach. We provide an opportunity for students of all races to celebrate black culture, lifestyle, and history. The meetings are a mixture of lessons, current events, and open dialogue. 

Sponsors:  Shenelle Ellis and Kyla Thomas

Meeting Dates and Times:  September 29- Interest Meeting - 8:15AM

• Anime Club –Students will gain exposure to the arts of Japanese animation - students will form committees to help run activities that will be held during meetings 
• Sponsor: Ian Chen
• Meeting Dates and Times:  
  • Last Monday of each month (4:30-5:30p)
• Location:  Music Tech Room

• Mission:  The Art Club is a student-run club. Students will get to relax and make art projects! 
  • We offer a space for any student- all experience levels are welcome!
• Students will have the opportunity to:
  • come up with their project ideas
  • experiment with different mediums
  • display their artwork around the school
  • develop friendships
• Sponsor:  Ms. Lauren Spillman
• Meeting Dates and Times:  Every other Wednesday starting 9/14 (8:10-9:00AM) 
• Location:  Art Room, 4.102 

• Mission:  The students will have fun trying out new recipes, and of course- eating them. 
• Sponsors:  Vicki Robinson and Antonia Hazlett
• Dates and Times:  First Tuesday of every month at 8:15.  Starting in October. (October 4th)  
• Location:  Room- 4.123

• Mission:  Students can play solo Blookets or join group Blookets and play to test their knowledge on a variety of topics and skills. The club is limited to 25 attendees per session. Students must bring their Chromebooks to participate. No cell-phones! 
• Sponsor:  Jenn Morrison, Josie Ebert, Caroline McGoey, Hannah Weatherby
• Date and Times:  Every other Friday morning from 8:20 AM until 9:00 AM (first meeting is 9/30) 
• Location:  Ms. Morrison's room 4.119 

• Mission:  Create spirit wear and posters to pump people up for home basketball games. And then attend all Thursday home basketball games.
• Sponsors:  Maggie Endres, Kathryn Shinliver, Johnna Hoover
• Dates and Times:  11/3- 1st info meeting at 8:15am
• Location:  Shinliver-Room

• Mission:  The Blue Devils News Crew members prepare and produce the PMS Blue Devils News for broadcast each morning to the entire school.  Compile, record, and broadcast all school announcements, pledge, and creed. 
• Activities:  The news features a review of events at Pinckneyville Middle school as well as announcements for the day. News crew members learn about the various roles within the studio environment, both on camera and behind the scenes, recording and editing video and creating the entire broadcast.
• Sponsor: Lydia Bolen and Varonica Donham
• Meeting Dates and Times:  Every in-person school day, 8:15 - 9:15 
  
• Location: News Studio - MC 

• Mission:  We will select high-interest titles to read, then we will hang out and talk about them! 
• Sponsors:  Denise Peagler, Brianna Loken 
• Dates and Times:  Every other Wednesday beginning 9/21 
• Location:  Mrs. Loken's Classroom

• Mission:  Cake Making
• Sponsors:  Lindsi Burton and Allison Perlstein
• Dates and Times:  TBD- Informational Meeting: Wednesday, September 28th
• Location: Ms. Perlstein's Classroom

• Mission:  Play a variety of card games 
• Sponsors:  Meredith Westbrook and Faith Gaan
• Dates and Times: 2nd Thursday of each month 8:15 am beginning Oct. 13 
• Location:  Westbrook's room 

• Mission:  We'll write different stories based on writing prompts, and read each other's work. Rewards to the best writer! 
• Sponsor:  Ryan Buffington
• Dates and Times:  CQI 
• Location:  JLC Trailer 

• Mission:  Play different improv games, rehearse skits, share acting skills. 
• Sponsors:  Lucie D'Angelo and Lisa Aspinwall
• Dates and Times:  1st meeting 9/29 8:15 AM 
• Location:  Aspinwall's Classroom

• Mission:  Learn how to play Dungeons and Dragons! 
• Sponsor:  Lauren Spillman
• Dates and Times:  3rd Monday of every month, starting 9/19. 8:10-9:00 AM 
• Location:  Art Room

• Mission:  Students will try-out for an eSports team that will meet twice a week. The team will focus on teamwork, drilled practices, discipline, and communication skills with the goal of participation in tournaments. 
• Sponsor:  Ian Chen
• Dates and Times:  Monday and Friday (8:15-9:15 am) (First Meeting - 9/19) 
• Location:  Music Tech Room 

• Mission:  We will explore types of fashion and student's personal fashion! 
• Sponsor:  Paige Dupuis
• Dates and Times: Last Tuesday of every month, 8:15 am (First meeting 10/4) 
• Location:  Dupuis Room 

• Mission:  FCA(Fellowship of Christian Athletes) is open to all student athletes, friends of athletes, and anyone with any level of interest in athletics. Involvement in sports is not a requirement to participate. FCA is as a student led club that focuses on serving local communities by equipping, empowering and encouraging people to make a difference for Christ. Club meetings will be times of Christian fellowship and growth. Students will be able to share their favorite scripture verses, talk about their faith, pray for each other, and listen to guest speakers. FCA is a nondenominational Christian Club. 
• Sponsor: Denise Ethridge and Kitty Tan
• Meeting Dates and Times:  First Info Meeting 10/27/22 at 8:15am (Monthly meeting dates/times TBD) 
  
• Location:

• French Club:  Learn about French speaking culture, language, enjoy various Francophone activities. 
• Sponsor: Sara Nettleton, Brianna Hollimon, Shamiah Sadler
• Meeting Dates and Times: First Tuesday of the month, 8:15am 
• Meeting Location: Ms. Hollimon's room 

• Garden Club - Garden Club meets weekly to grow food, herbs, and flowers in the Pinckneyville Inside Courtyard. Students will learn how to grow a variety of crops, seed saving and how to have fun while gardening. Students can enjoy growing food throughout the entire school year and discover what crops grow during each season. Members of the garden club will be able to bring some of the produce home to share with their families.
• Sponsor: Parent Sponsor:  Lori Van Duyne 
• Meeting Dates and Times:
  

• Mission:  Girls Run It is a running club for girls to help build confidence and friendship among their peer group.
• Activities:  Girls will meet after school and run up to two miles each week on school grounds. Team building activities are built into our weekly meetings.
• Sponsor: TBD
  Meeting Dates and Times:  Girls will meet after school and run up to two miles each week on school grounds. Team building activities are built into our weekly meetings.
  

• Mission:  Girls Club encourages resiliency, empowerment, trust, and inspiration 
• Sponsors:  Stephanie Bustamante, Analley Garcia, Shelby Newton, and Lindsay Gunnin
• Dates and Times:  Second Thursday of the month; 8:15AM 
• Location:  Bustamante's Classroom

• Mission:  Girls Who Code Clubs are meant for girls to join our sisterhood of supportive peers and role models, and use Computer Science tochange the world. When you join a Club, you will be able to learn from fun and simple online coding tutorials, build community through interactive activities, and learn about inspiring role models. You then work in eams to design and build a Girls Who Code Project that solves real world problems you care about through code! 
• Sponsors:  Taylor Carbin and Sherrina Clark
• Dates and Times:  First and Third Friday of each month 8:15am-8:50am; beginning 10/6/22 
• Location:  Ms. Clark's room (Engineering) 

• Mission:  Learn knitting patterns and the benefits of knitting. 
• Sponsors: Isadora Alves-de-Paula, Silvia Mindrescu
• Dates and Times:   Every week on Tuesday at 8:15am 
• Location:  Sr. Mindrescru- Rm. 4.224

• Mission: research, discuss, and debate current policy issues facing the United States. 
• Sponsors:  Collin Scanlan, Thor Stensland, and Heather Brent 
• Dates and Times:  Last Thursday of each month, 8:15-9:00 
• Location:  Mrs. Brent's Classroom

Mission:  Recycling Club will be working to educate the PMS community on the importance of recycling and what is allowed to be recycled, as well as helping recycle around the school.  

Sponsors:  Sara Nettleton and Stephanie Raybourn

Meeting Dates and Times:  

• Oct 13^th 
• Oct 20^th 
• Nov 3rd
• Nov 17th
• Dec 1st
• Dec 15^th

Location:  Sara Nettleton's Classroom

• Robotics Club– To provide an opportunity for students to learn and develop skills in leadership and organization as well as understand the various aspects of designing and building a robot for competition.  Build, program, drive control Vex robots. The club will focus on basics, team will focus on design thinking for 3 local competitions. 
• Sponsors: Sherrina Clark, Ian Chen
• Meeting Dates and Times:  Tuesday/ Thursday 8:15 to 9:00 
  
• Location:  Engineering room 

• Mission:  In the Rubik's Cube Club, members work with the Rubik's cube to improve their hand-eye coordination as well as develop their spatial and mathematical reasoning. Members will learn to use algorithms to solve the Rubik's cube in a step-by-step progression; and as they practice, improve their solution time. 
• Sponsor:  Sarah Link
• Dates and Times: TBD
• Location: Sarah Link's Classroom/Lab

• Mission: Learn about the deaf community, culture and language. 
• Sponsors:  Lindsi WInslow, Isadora de Paula
• Date and Times:  Every other Thursday from 8:10-9:00am. Starting 9/22/2022 
• Location:  4-113 Mrs.Paula's room 

• Spanish Club - Learn about Spanish speaking culture and language. 
• Sponsor: Anna McGuire and Madeline Sprayberry
• Meeting Dates and Times:  Third Friday of the month, 8:15am 
• Location: Sra. McGuire's Room 

• Mission: Our team prepares high-energy/hip-hop style dancing and modern stepping routines for performance at Pinckneyville and community events. Stepping always involves clapping and stomping, sometimes simultaneously, and allows steppers to use their bodies to create rhythms. The Step Team is open to all boys and girls. Beginners are welcomed and encouraged! Reach out to Ms. Jasmine Berry or Ms. Kyla Thomas for additional information. 
• Sponsor:  Jasmine Berry and Kyla Thomas
• Dates and Times:  September 22 @8:15AM- Future Dates will be decided
• Location:  Jasmine Berry's Classroom

• Mission: The student council aims to build up Pinckneyville Middle School and our community through leadership, school spirit, community service, and teacher/student appreciation. Members are elected by their peers to serve the student body by addressing issues of concern and organizing student activities and events.  
• Activities:  They participate and coordinate many activities throughout the year to further our mission including, but not limited to: Feathers for Families and Relay for Life.
• Affiliation:  Georgia Student Council
• Sponsors:  Stefanie McDougald, Brigette Willis, Janelka Williams
• Meeting Dates and Times:  2nd & 4th Wednesday of the month at 8:15 
  
• Location:  Excellence Lab

• Mission:  Offers high-achieving students an opportunity to provide community service through music-based service projects and promotion of music education at school.
• Sponsors:  PClark, Lewis, Ventura 
• Dates and Times:  Third Tuesday of every month | First meeting 10/18/22 8:15-9:00 AM 
• Location:  Orchestra Room 

• Mission:  Students will play wiffle ball 
• Sponsors:  Jenna Thomas
• Dates and Times:  First Friday of every month! 
• Location:  Gym

• Mission: Join Yearbook Staff and you decide the photos, interviews, and formats that create the 2022-23 Yearbook! 
• Sponsor: Lauren Spillman and Hannah Weatherby
• Dates and Times: 4th Friday of every month at 8:10  
• Location:  Visual Art (4.102)