The clubs and activities information will be updated throughout the school year.
A-Okay Club
All students are welcome to join the A-Okay Club. This activity is held after school in the second floor project room. The A-Okay Club promotes kind acts throughout MVMMS and the community. The club was formed shortly after the Annual MVMMS Acts of Kindness Summit. For more information contact Mrs. Warren at wwarren@melrose.mec.edu.
Wednesdays beginning December 11, 2009 Free ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Art Club
All students are welcome the join the after school art club. This activity will be held in the Art Room with Mrs. Phillips (Art 6-8 teacher). Make new friends will exploring artistic enrichment projects. For more information contact Mrs. Phillips at ephillips@melrose.mec.edu.
Tuesdays beginning in October 2009 Free -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ballroom Dancing Club
All students are eligible to join the Ballroom Dancing Club. This activity will be held after school in the chorus room. The students in the Ballroom Dancing Club will learning basic dance steps that may include some of the following dances: Jive, Tango, Samba, Paso Doble, Quickstep, Mambo, Rumba, Cha Cha, Foxtrot, and/or Waltz. This is an exciting activity that challenge all students. There will be a performance at the conclusion of the program. For more information contact Ms. Brooke Langway at blangway01@hotmail.com.
Thursdays (10-12 weeks) beginning January 14, 2010 Free ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Band Gig Club
All students are eligible to join the Band Gig Club. This activity is held after school in the art room. The Band Gig Program teaches you how to be part of a band. Geared toward teens that already have one thing in common; they want to be in a band and they love music. Each group is made up of four-six students based on grade, music sytle preference, and ability. The group chooses the name of the band and what songs they are going to play. Original music is always enthusiastically encouraged. The groups record a demo and give a live performance. It is all about having fun. Your experience will be more like a recording session than a rehersal. Tuition includes weekly band rehearsal and studio time, trip to Band Gig studio to record, CD recording/demo of the band, and a live concert for charity. The instruments include guitar, base guitar, keyboards, drums and vocals. A mandatory participant registration and prescreening will be held on September 28, 2009 at 2:30 p.m. in the MVMMS Chorus Room. Be sure to bring your instrument. Payment is due between the week of October 5th. This program is made possible by the generous funding provided by The Victoria McLaughlin Foundation and the Ernie Boch's Music Drives Us Foundation. No class on October 12th. For more information contact Nick Vecchio at (781) 201-9800 or nick@band-gig.com.
Mondays beginning on September 28, 2009 - December 21, 2009 $125.00 Mondays beginning on March 8, 2010 - May 24, 2010 $180.00 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Board Game Club
The Melrose Board Game Club (MBGC) will be held after school in Mr. Crooks' room C312. Do you like playing Risk? Do you like playing Monopoly? Stratego? Checkers? Chess? Play interesting and unique board games after school. Meet other people with similar interests. Make new friends and compete against them. For more information contact Mr. Crooks at mcrooks@melrose.mec.edu.
Tuesdays beginning on September 22, 2009 FREE -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Broadcast Club
All students are eligible to join the MVMMS Broadcast Club. The Broadcast Club produces a daily live TV show on WMVMMS-TV Channel 85 in the Broadcast Room next to the main office on the first floor. The Broadcast Club films various assemblies, makes movies, and other media activities. For more information, contact Mr. Muldoon at jmuldoon@melrose.mec.edu.
Daily at starting at 7:00 a.m. beginning on September 1, 2009 FREE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Cooking Club
Students are welcome to join the Cooking Club which will meet in Room A121. Students will learn recipes and cook healthy cuisine. Students will brainstorm and plan exciting menus, bake, be guest chefs, eat, and have fun! Join the cooking club. For more information contact Ms. Trevisani at ctrevisani@melrose.mec.edu and/or Mrs. Meegan at pmeegan@melrose.mec.edu.
Thursdays beginning on September 24, 2009 $10.00 donation for food ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Drama Club
All students are eligible to join the MVMMS Drama Club. At each rehearsal you must bring your script! You may also bring a snack and a drink. You will be asked to do your homework or study when you are not needed on stage. The first play will be "Annie" a musical directed by Mr. Ron Chibaro on Friday, November 20, 2009 and Saturday, November 21, 2009 at 7:00 p.m. in the auditorium. The second play will be "And Then There were None" a drama play directed by Mr. Brent Bueno on Friday, March 5, 2010 at 7:00 p.m. and Saturday, March 6, 2010 at 5:00 p.m. in the auditorium. The MVMMS Drama Club will also compete in the 2010 Massachusetts Middle School Drama Guild's competition on Saturday, May 8, 2010. For more information contact Mr. Chibaro at rchibaro@melrose.mec.edu or Mr. Bueno at bbueno@melrose.mec.edu.
(Tuesdays-Thursdays) 2:30 - 5:00 p.m. in auditorium. Drama Fee - TBA -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Environmental Club
All students may join the MVMMS Environmental Club. Do you wonder where your garbage goes when you throw it away? Do you wonder what the big deal is with global warming? What about alternative energy like wind and solar power? If so, the MVMMS Environmental Club is for you. We will learn about and discuss pollution and recycling, global warming, alternative energy, deforestation, sustainability, and many other topics. Having these discussions will help us make the earth a better place to live. Please join us after school in Room C308. Contact Ms. Carla McCoy, ESL Teacher, for more information at cmccoy@melrose.mec.edu or Mrs. Nancy Naslas at nnaslas@melrose.mec.edu. See you there!
Tuesdays beginning September 15, 2009 FREE -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Free Rice and Chocolate Club
The Melrose Veterans Memorial Middle School Free Rice Clubwill meet in Room C213. For each vocabulary word the members of the Free Rice Club get right using the Free Rice website, the Internet and the classroom SMARTBoard, a donation of twenty grains of rice will be donated to hungry people via the United Nations. The Free Rice Club has the following goals: 1) To learn new English vocabulary words, 2) To help end world hunger by providing rice to hungry people for free. The free rice is made possible by sponsors who advertise on the Free Rice website. The activity will help you become a better student, and it will help feed hungry people. All students are welcome to join the Free Rice Club. For more details, see Mrs. Keefe, health teacher, in the Room C213. For more information contact Mrs. Keefe at jkeefe@melrose.mec.edu.
Tuesdays beginning on September 29, 2009 FREE -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Good Manners for Fun Club
Members of the club will play the Good Manners For Fun board game after school in the library. This is a board game that depicts acts of kindness, courtesy, friendship, bullies and table etiquette in illustrated cards. The purpose of the game is to present examples of proper and improper behavior in a fun way with rewards and penalties received and paid for with Brownie Points. The player with the most Brownie points at the end of the game determines the winner. For more information visit: www.goodmannersforfun.com.
Wednesdays beginning on February 3, 2010 FREE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Investment Club
Members of the club will learn investment skills and strategies by managing a virtual portfolio of stocks and securities. The Investment Club will be competing online with other schools in the Stock Market Game.
Time and Dates - TBA FREE -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Library Club
The Library Club meets every day after school. The library is open from 2:30 - 4:30 p.m., Monday - Friday, for students who would like to read, obtain a book, finish a project, and/or conduct research. Mrs. Arnold is always willing to help. See you there! For more information contact Mrs. Arnold at warnold@melrose.mec.edu or Mrs. Mary Lou Ruggiero at mruggiero@melrose.mec.edu.
Monday-Friday: September 7, 2009 - June 16, 2010 2:03 - 4:30 p.m. FREE -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Math Team
The Math Team will meet various times during the school year. The Math Team is part of the Intermediate Math League of Eastern Massachusetts. The math team is open to all middle school students. The first round will be against middle school math teams from Marblehead Middle School, MVMMS, St. Mary's Danvers and Swampscott Middle School. All practices will be held after school in the third floor project room (Room B301) from 3:20 p.m. - 4:10 p.m. For more information, see Mrs. Fowler at dfowler@melrose.mec.edu or Mrs. Arnold at warnold@melrose.mec.edu.
Thursdays beginning October 8, 2009 FREE -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
MathCOUNTS Team
This will be the third year Melrose Veterans Memorial Middle School has a MathCOUNTS team. MathCOUNTS® is a national math enrichment, coaching & competition program that promotes middle school mathematics achievement in every U.S. state & territory. Celebrating its 25th anniversary, MathCOUNTS is one of the most successful education partnerships involving volunteers, educators, industry sponsors & students. The Massachusetts MathCOUNTS competition will be held in February 6, 2010 at Roxbury Latin High School. See Mrs. Fowler at dfowler@melrose.mec.edu or Mrs. Arnold at warnold@melrose.mec.edu.
Tuesdays - October 2009 through February 2010 FREE -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Melrose Youth Orchestra
The Melrose Youth Orchestra is a city-wide Orchestra open to all age levels including middle school students. The Orchestra rehearses on Tuesdays from 2:45 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. in the MVMMS Orchestra Room. All Middle School Orchestra students are invited to join. Rehearsals will begin in November. For more information contact Mrs. Weeks at mweeks@melrose.mec.edu.
Tuesdays - November 2009 through June 2010 FREE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Mock Trial
The Mock Trial Teamwill meet in the 4th floor Project Room. All middle school students are invited to join. This year the Mock Trial Team will compete against teams from four other middle schools. You can be an attorney or a witness. For more information, contact Ms. H. Fabiano at hfabiano@melrose.mec.edu.
Thursdays beginning December 10, 2009 FREE -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Newspaper Club
The MVMMS Newspaper Club will meet after school. All middle school students are invited to join the Newspaper Club. For more information, contact Ms. Gaines at rgaines@melrose.mec.edu.
Time and Dates: TBA FREE ---------------------------------------------------------------------
Robotics/LEGO Club
The MVMMS Robotic/LEGO Club is looking for new members. Students will research challenges facing today's scientists; use LEGO MINDSTORMS technology design, build and program robots; and compete in tournaments and present solutions to a panel of judges. There will be an informational meeting after school in Mrs. Naslas' classroon (Room C308) on Monday, September 21, 2009. For more information, visit www.usfirst.orgor contact Mrs. Naslas at nnaslas@melrose.mec.edu.
Mondays beginning September 21, 2009 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
P-Slam Book Club
The MVMMS P-Slam Book Club will meet after school. All middle school students are invited to join the P-Slam Book Club. A group of teachers and students will be reading Jodie Blanco's book Please Stop Laughing at Me! The book club will meet the first and third Tuesday of each month after school in the third floor project room.
Tuesdays beginning October 13, 2009 FREE -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Scratch Club
The Melrose Veterans Memorial Middle School Scratch Club will meet after school in the Library Computer Lab. Did you ever want to design your own interactive animation, games, music, art or stories? Now middle school students can, using Scratch - a programming language that makes it easy and fun to create their own projects and to share them with others on the Internet. All students are welcome to join the Scratch Club. To take a look at some of the projects created by MVMMS students visit Scratch Blog. For more details, contact Mrs. Arnold at warnold@melrose.mec.edu.
Wednesdays beginning October 28, 2009 FREE -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Time and Dates (Tentative): Saturday, December 19, 2009 - Bretton Woods Saturday, January 23, 2010 - Waterville Valley Saturday, February 27, 2010 - Attitash Mountain (Lift ticket, bus, rentals) Saturday, March 20, 2010 - Sunday River Mountain (Cost varies) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Smile Train Club
The first meeting of the Melrose Veterans Memorial Middle School Smile Train Club will be held on Thursday, September 17, 2009, after school in Room C308. The new club consists of a group of middle school students and an advisor who support Smile Train, a non-profit organization. The mission of Smile Train is "to help the millions of very poor children in developing countries who are suffering with unrepaired clefts." For more information, contact Mrs. Naslas at nnaslas@melrose.mec.edu.
Thursdays beginning September 17, 2009 (FREE) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Weightlifting and Fitness Club
The Weightlifting and Fitness Club is held after school from 2:30 p.m. until 4:00 p.m. The weight room is open Mondays - Fridays for all middle school students. For more information contact Mr. Fogarty at sfogarty@melrose.mec.edu.
Mondays - Fridays beginning September 28, 2009 (FREE) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
