The Student Activities Program empowers students to become service-oriented leaders who aid their communities. The program provides opportunities that reflect student interest, nurture school pride and support the SHC Expected Schoolwide Learning Results (ESLRs), while developing relationships and community across all grade levels.
The Student Council is a representative group of the student body that organizes, coordinates and runs a variety of social, service and spirit activities throughout the school year. These students are elected or appointed to positions that require time, dedication and perseverance to provide the leadership that will inspire and enhance a sense of school pride and spirit.
*CCCs, or Catholic Community Cohorts, provide a forum for students to gather and share with one another their experiences of life at SHC from a specific perspective.
Description
Advocacy in Action is dedicated to promoting social justice and fostering actionable change within SHC and our broader city and nation. From voter registration outreach, to learning to phone bank, our club seeks to encourage and provide avenues for civic engagement.
Students must attend six meetings/events each semester
Moderator: Cristin Kuehl
Art In Action is offered to all of our Catholic high school students from grades 9 - 12. Students are encouraged to get creative with a range of mediums. No experience is necessary. Students are welcome to work on their own or take advantage of the available projects, some of which are displayed for the SHC community.
Students must attend six meetings/events each semester
Moderator: Brian McHugh
Description
Asian American Student Union (AASU) is a safe space for, but not limited to, students of Asian descent to create a family. We emphasize the representation of all Asian cultures. This club is open to any person wanting to learn about Asian cultures. We will cover topics such as mental health, identity, cooking, culture, and family bonding.
Students must attend six meetings/events each semester.
Moderator: Dr. Justin Woodard, Mariflor Medrano
Badminton Club plays through the academic year and welcomes beginners, experienced players, and anyone in between. The club provides rackets, nets and birds with which to play, as well as guaranteed court space.
Students must attend six meetings/events each semester.
Moderator: Hugo Ayala
Description
The Black Student Union (BSU) is a CCC that offers a safe space where we celebrate our diverse and rich Black cultural identity. This CCC is designed to provide students the opportunity to discuss topics pertaining to our identities from a socio-emotional, economic and cultural framework. We explore different topics via dialogues, guest speakers, SHC alumni, films and mentorship. This CCC is open to all members of the community.
Transcript Requirement
Students must attend six meetings/events each semester.
Moderator: Mariflor Medrano, Vic Williams
Students who have earned an SHC Block through involvement in Visual & Performing Arts, Athletics (varsity level) or Community Life are eligible to apply for membership in the Block Club. The members of Block Club choose to serve the SHC community as representatives of the student body in various forms of leadership and service, including SHC community events (Back to School Night, Open House, liturgies and prayer services, alumni, advancement and Parents Association events).
To maintain an active membership in Block Club and to receive transcript credit, attendance at meetings is mandatory. Additionally, members must also serve at several SHC community activities or events each semester and at least three outside events each year.
Moderators: Alexandria Cervantes & Tiffany Basilio
Board Gamers unite! The Board Gaming Club is open to those who want to socialize through playing board games. All are welcome!
Students must attend six meetings/events each semester to be an active member.
Moderator: Christon Rance
The Book Society welcomes students who enjoy reading books and all things literary. We meet to discuss books we’re reading separately and together, and also serve as a Library advisory council to provide input to improve the Library experience for the entire student body. Activities include book reviews, book drives, book parties, and sharing our enthusiasm for the joy of reading with the SHC community.
Students must attend six meetings/events each semester.
Moderator: Alicia Tapia & Cristin Kuehl
The California Scholarship Federation (CSF) emphasizes high standards of scholarship and community service for California high school students. Founded in 1921, the California Scholarship Federation is the oldest scholarship institution in the state of California.
Approximately 1,000 chapters are located in various secondary schools across the state. The organization continues to promote the education of academically motivated students, encouraging them to get involved in their communities through volunteer service.
Members must attend one meeting a month, and are allowed to attend the meeting of another class. For example, a senior can make up a meeting by going to the junior meeting and vice versa.
Members must commit to and perform five hours of community service. They are required to turn in a letter stating the amount of time served, the name of the recipient of the service, and the contact information for that recipient to a club officer or the club moderator.
Moderator: Jean Jones
Cheese lovers meet monthly to eat and learn about cheese from around the world.
Students must attend a minimum of six full meetings per semester.
Moderator: Baptiste Genestin
The Coding & App Development Club is open to any student in grades 9-12 with an interest in designing and building apps.
Programming knowledge is not required!
App development teams need more than programmers - so graphic artists, videographers, sound designers, as well as coders are welcome and will play important roles on app development teams. We use a variety of programming tools to enable you to easily and quickly build basic apps as well as complex, cloud-based apps. Bring your own idea for an app or jump onto a project that sounds interesting. It’s all about building and creating apps and working with great people.
Students must attend six meetings/events each semester.
Moderator: Dabney Standley
The Comedy Club
Students must attend six meetings/events each semester.
Moderator: Nicole Nastari
Description
Cugini Club (def. Cousins) is a virtual Italian culture and vocab club, which emphasizes bonding in friendship, just like family, and experienced by Alberto, Luca and Giulia in the Disney movie “Luca”. One outcome is personal character development by sharing in Italian geography, immigration to Colonial America up to the present, Italian movies, sports, fashion, travel and automobiles.
This club is open to every student to participate.
Transcript Requirement
Students must attend six meetings/events each semester
Moderator: Br. Joseph Fabiano
The SHC Dance Team is composed of students dedicated to building school spirit and community through their talents and creativity. Members are given the opportunity to create new, mostly hip-hop influenced choreography and have the opportunity to showcase these works. Performances include (but are not limited to) school rallies, Bruce-Mahoney games, festivals and Bay Area dance competitions. The SHC Dance Team is a year-long commitment.
Attendance is required at all scheduled practices and performance events (members are allowed three “stuff happens” absences from September through December and another three from January through June. Beyond those three, a letter for excusal must be submitted to Ms. Wexler). Members with four unexcused absences in one semester will no longer be considered a member of the SHC Dance Team and forfeit their participation requirement. Members must support a community charitable drive or perform an approved service project once during the year (to be determined by members on a year-to-year basis)
Moderator: Laura Wexler
The Drama Club welcomes students interested in learning more about theater and performance. Activities include field trips to theatrical events, and theater games designed to develop skills that are helpful for production auditions. Members participate in outreach performances, either on stage or behind the scenes.
Transcript Requirement
Students must attend six meetings/events each semester.
Moderator: Anne Norland
D&D Club
Transcript Requirement
Students must attend six meetings/events each semester.
Moderator: Marty Joyce
The Earth Action Club’s mission is to help protect San Francisco’s & SHC’s environment through education and action. This club publicizes sustainable ways to help the environment and engages in activities on and off campus to help preserve the environment. Earth Action makes Earth Week fun and informative for the entire school community each spring with activities they coordinate and execute.
Students must attend six meetings/events each semester.
Moderator: Lauren Wild ’99 & Matt Wilson
The Emerald newspaper continues a proud tradition begun in 1922 as SHC’s source of news, sports, opinion and campus life. The SHC Emerald Club, often in collaboration with other clubs, produces media about events at SHC, in the city, and in the nation. Reporters cover school events, athletic results and local issues. Editorials comment on local and national debates, as well as opinion pieces and photo essays. The Emerald produces a rolling publication in the online newspaper (shcpemerald.org) and in regular print newspapers, and participates in weekly video announcement and news segments on weekly in-class SHC Live broadcasts as well as online. The paper provides a forum for focused, unbiased reporting as well as sound, logical arguments concerning the issues of students’ lives. Students who work on the Emerald will demonstrate solid commitment to creating high quality news media throughout their educational careers.
To get credit for being in the Emerald Club, a student must sign in and attend a majority of meetings. Actively participate by writing articles to get published, editing articles that will be published, filming and editing video, shooting photos or doing layout.
Moderator: Julie Phelan, Lucie Duffort, emerald@shcp.edu
Description
Engineering Club
Students must attend six meetings/events each semester
Moderator: Nicholas Mullally
The Film Appreciation Club
Students must attend a minimum of six full meetings per semester.
Moderator: Matt Wilson
Description
The Finance Club welcomes students interested in becoming more financially literate, especially with respect to investing in equities and bonds. Activities include simulated investment competitions both at SHC and outside, guest speakers on investing, and other engaging explorations designed to enhance students' financial literacy. Members will develop business and investing skills in a supportive and fun environment.
Students must attend six meetings/events each semester.
Moderator: Chris Harvey
Description
Like to fish? Never fished but would like to? Join the Fishing Club! No experience necessary, and ALL are welcome. Spend time outdoors, meet new friends, and join us for this age old pastime at different locations around the Bay Area. Learn and discuss techniques, equipment, and anglers’ secret spots, even cleaning and cooking your own catch. Club equipment available to borrow.
Students must attend six meetings/events each semester.
Moderator: Erin Baldanzi
The French Club welcomes anyone who is interested in French culture. Members watch classic and blockbuster French films. They also cook favorite French recipes, go to movie theaters to watch French movies, to museums to see French exhibits and to French restaurants and cafés to acquire a real taste of French culture.
The SHC French Club helps the SHC community celebrate the coming of the Lenten Season with a Fat Tuesday celebration, from which proceeds go to charity.
Students must attend six meetings/events each semester.
Moderator: Baptiste Genestin
Gamers unite! The Gaming Club is open to those who want to socialize through gaming. Whether you’re into board games, card games or video games, all are welcome!
Students must attend six meetings/events each semester to be an active member.
The Japanese Club welcomes any student who is interested in Japanese culture and language. This club enhances students’ understanding of Japanese culture and society through presentations and discussions. Members watch Japanese movies, play Japanese video games, eat Japanese snacks, and so on. Members do not have to be enrolled in a Japanese course to participate.
Students must attend six meetings/events each semester.
Moderator: Tomoko Sakudo
Description
This group focuses on the issues, culture and traditions of the Jewish faith. Our goal is to create a safe space to facilitate conversation, learning and community around Judaism. All members of our community are welcome. Meetings will include discussions, guest speakers, field trips, and more. Experience the beauty and joy of a strong Jewish community.
Students must attend six meetings/events each semester.
Moderator: Laura Krause
Description
Mabuhay! Welcome to SHC Kapamilya. We are the Filipino/Filipino-American Club at SHC. Kapamilya is a safe space for our students to learn more about their heritage and current issues of the Philippines and the Filipino-American. We are here to create a second family on campus. The club is open to all students interested in learning about our culture.
Students must attend six meetings/events each semester.
Moderator: Nathan Villanueva
Description
Karaoke Club
Students must attend six meetings/events each semester.
Moderator: Lucie Duffort, Stewart Grace
Kiva Club envisions a financially inclusive world where all people hold the power to improve their lives. More than 1.7 billion people around the world are unbanked and can’t access the financial services they need. Kiva is an international nonprofit, founded in 2005 in San Francisco, with a mission to expand financial access to help underserved communities thrive. Kiva Club learns about the profiles of borrowers and discusses the impact of microloans through the Kiva website. Our club also provides logistical support for the Kiva Carnival - the service learning project for our Senior Economic classes, held in the Spring at SHC.
Please check the Kiva Group Schoology page for a full list of meeting dates and times.
Students must attend a minimum of six full meetings per semester.
Moderator: Aaron Aguilar
Description: The Knitting and Crafting Club welcomes all students interested in learning how to knit and crochet, or who want to spend time working on other projects. Members can participate in activities including making friendship bracelets, knitting, crocheting, or learning more about other types of crafts. Everyone is welcome regardless of knitting or crochet ability.
Students must attend six meetings/events each semester
Moderator: Alexandria Cervantes
Description: The KPOP Club welcomes students interested in Korean music and Korean culture. Activities include learning common Korean phrases, listening to KPOP, playing similar Korean games, trading photocards, developing new taste in music
Students must attend six meetings/events each semester
Moderator: Andrew Ng
Description
Bienvenidos! Our Latinx CCC is a safe space where we celebrate our diverse and rich Latin American cultural identity. The club is designed to provide students the opportunity to discuss topics pertaining to our identities from a socio-political and cultural framework. We explore different topics via dialogues, guest speakers, documentaries/short films, etc. A perfect opportunity to honor our Pan-Latinx identity. This club is open to all members of the community.
Students must attend six meetings/events each semester.
Moderators: Ivette Mendoza, Carlos Gonzalez
Lasallian Vincentian Youth (LVY) is a community service group based upon the model of SHC’s Lasallian and Vincentian Founders. LVY has two service opportunities each month: homeless outreach and the San Francisco Food Bank. LVY also has one meeting a month in which we reflect on our service work. Finally, LVY sponsors a clothing giveaway during the Fall semester and a Neighborhood BBQ during the Spring Semester.
Members must attend two service activities and one reflection meeting per semester and serve at the clothing giveaway (Fall semester) and Neighborhood BBQ (Spring Semester).
Moderator: Fr. John Gribowich
Description
Mandarin Club is open to all SHC students. Members do not need to be in a Mandarin language class. The club will enhance members’ understanding of traditional Chinese culture and promote social engagement among each other. Activities will include reading poems, watching films, playing mahjong, etc.
Students must attend six meetings/events each semester.
Moderator: Jenny Chen
Description
Model UN Club
Students must attend six meetings/events each semester.
Moderator: Marie Bernard
Description
The Music Listening Club meets both on Zoom and in person. Members bring music that corresponds to predetermined themes and we listen and discuss. Past themes have included: music of the 90s, Halloween Music, Heartbreak and Love, Song of the Summer, and Avant Garde. Members receive a playlist at the end of the meeting. This club offers a fun opportunity to broaden our understanding of culture through music.
Students must attend six meetings/events each semester
Moderator: Lindsay Rader
Description
Marketing Club
Students must attend six meetings/events each semester
Moderator: Nicole Sullivan
Description
The Middle Eastern Student Association (MESA) celebrates the diverse cultures, traditions, and histories of the Middle East. The club fosters community, promotes cultural awareness, and creates a welcoming space for students to share experiences, enjoy cultural activities, and build understanding across our school community.
Students must attend six meetings/events each semester
Moderator: Magda Lara; Karim Quesada-Khoury
Oracle is a literary magazine, enabling students to express themselves through visual art, creative writing, photography, and more. As a club, Oracle members screen, read, and critique submitted works from other SHC students. Within our editorial leadership team, students also assist with design, layout, and distribution of our annual print publication, club website, and social media presence. Oracle celebrates the artistic creativity of the entire SHC student body.
Students must attend six meetings/events each semester.
Moderator: Stewart Grace
Photography Club is a place for visual artists to capture the beauty, mystery and meaning of the world around them. We’ll use digital cameras and smartphones to go on photowalks, and we’ll play with manipulations and filters to create cool artwork.
Students must attend six meetings/events each semester.
Moderator: Thai Chu
Description
Aloha! Join us in learning Polynesian dances (Hula, Tahitian, etc.) and the cultures that encompass them. There are opportunities to perform in the dance showcase as well. All levels of experience are welcome!
Students must attend six meetings/events each semester.
Moderator: Tori Cruz
In the past, SHC’s Robotics Club has focused solely on competitions sponsored by Vex. While we will continue to field fiercely competitive teams, this year we also plan to expand our club’s pursuit of innovation and automation with more free-form projects which may include personal projects, making lab equipment for SHC’s Science Department, artistic installations, and more.
Students must attend six meetings/events each semester.
Moderator: James Robertson
Description
The Rose Community is SHC’s LGBTQ+ group. We offer a safe space for all students who wish to engage in conversations about gender identity and sexual orientation in an inclusive context. LGBTQ+ students and allies are an important part of SHC. All are welcome!
Transcript Requirement
Students must attend six meetings/events each semester.
Moderator: Alicia Tapia, Tiv Cumberbatch
SHCtv webcasts Fightin’ Irish games and matches throughout the year, as well other SHC events like speakers, assemblies and special ceremonies. Student announcers, producers, engineers, camera operators, writers, statisticians and photographers hone their skills and use their talents to help publicize the outstanding work of our student-athletes and others. Students will learn about video and graphics production, public relations, marketing and branding, statistics and have their work published on the SHC website and in various SHC publications produced by the Office of Communications.
Students must participate in at least 80% of all meetings and broadcast events and meet with Mr. Franceschi outside of meetings when necessary.
Moderator: Gregg Franceschi & Jim Jordan
The Spanish Club enables students to meet new friends and participate in fun activities that build skills. Participants enjoy culture, dances, fiestas, cooking, food, movies, arts and crafts, and field trips. This club enhances students’ appreciation of Hispanic language, history and culture. The Spanish Club assists with a Mass/Prayer Service at SHC in December.
Students must attend six meetings/events each semester.
Moderators: Oscar Miranda
Interested in honing your ability to win an argument? What about developing confidence in public speaking and memorization abilities? Speech and Debate has something for everyone. If you love to argue with your parents, and they’d rather you didn’t, then debate may be a better forum for you as you learn the fine art of combining argumentation with effective delivery.
On the other hand, if you lean toward humorous, dramatic or oratorical presentations, the speech component may be more appealing. You can memorize your own work, someone else’s, or, if presentation isn’t your style, you can learn how to compose speeches on the spot.
The Speech and Debate Team, a member of the National Forensic League (NFL), can take you places you might only dream of right now. Prominent NFL alumni include President Lyndon Johnson, Senators Russ Feingold and William Frist, media visionary Ted Turner, Emmy award winners Kelsey Grammar and Shelly Long, television host Oprah Winfrey, news anchor Jane Pauley, C-SPAN founder Brian Lamb, Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer, and Federal National Mortgage CEO Franklin Delano Raines, as well as Jim Belushi, James Earl Jones, Adam Sandler and Malcolm X.
Speech and Debate has consistently been ranked as one of the top extracurricular activities sought by college admission offices.
Either 70% attendance rate at team meetings or attendance at 10 meetings per semester, whichever is more. Participation in 50% of speech and debate tournaments per year (8-10 tournaments are held on weekends throughout the year).nNFL membership (earning 25 points/year through points won at tournaments and speaking events). Participation in team service requirement, which is assisting with the MLK Prayer Service in January.
Moderator: Kathy Lorentz, Tristan Ignacio-Bato, Christopher Strunk, Grant Nilson.
The Sports Medicine Club offers students opportunities to learn firsthand about the care and prevention of athletic injuries. Students work with the goal of becoming Student Athletic Trainers and putting the skills learned to use by eventually working directly with SHC’s athletic teams. Students will have the opportunity to work closely and interact with certified athletic trainers (ATCs), orthopedic surgeons, other medical personnel and other student athletic trainers while learning immediate care of injuries, injury prevention measures, first aid/CPR/AED, basic anatomy and physiology, taping techniques and other skills. Anyone interested in a career in the health care professions would benefit greatly from being a member of the Sports Medicine Club.
The Sports Medicine Club also provides assistance for the on campus Blood Drives.
Students must attend regularly scheduled meetings and comply with Sports Medicine Club guidelines and policies.
Moderator: Oscar C. Melero, Jessica Markbreiter
Description
Surf Club
Students must attend six meetings/events each semester.
Moderator: Alicia Tapia
The Tech Crew is responsible for all the productions and events that take place in the Sister Caroline Collins Theater. We build the sets, run lighting and sound, create costumes and do makeup.
Schedules vary in each crew. Students who miss more than two scheduled meetings during a season may not get credit for being on the crew.
Moderator: Tim Mahoney
Description
Tea Club
Students must attend six meetings/events each semester.
Moderator: Erika Rivera
Description
Student planned, student run, and student driven, TEDxYouth@SHC shares the ideas, passion and stories of youth from all around the Bay Area. If you are interested in curating and giving a platform to students with an idea worth sharing, join TEDxYouth@SHC!
Students must attend six meetings/events each semester.
Moderators: Kathy Lorentz, Dabney Standley
The Company is Sacred Heart Cathedral’s ballet and contemporary performing dance ensemble. Members audition for admission yearly during the fall. The auditions process is held over 2-3 days and consists of a technique class in the ballet or contemporary style, execution of choreography taught by the director, and a solo piece presented by the auditionee.
During meeting times, members participate in a technique class to build upon skill sets as well as learn choreography for performance. The Company performs throughout the year at rallys, One Night Only, the annual dance showcase and local dance competitions.
Attendance at all meetings is mandatory to remain on The Company. Two absences is grounds for dismissal from the group.
Moderator: Laura Wexler
Description
WECCC is a space to learn, influence, and promote change toward a future of equality and female empowerment. Our goals are to facilitate conversation about gender inequality; promote change here at SHC; and empower high school students to support local communities. As a CCC, we discuss influential female leaders, lead engaging activities, and partner up with local and national organizations to support women, children, and other members of historically marginalized groups.
Students must attend six meetings/events each semester.
Moderator: Hannah Reese
Yearbook Club is a dynamic hub connecting creators, writers, photographers, designers, social butterflies, and memory-makers alike. Create fun polls and surveys, document students and events, and have a long lasting legacy on this historic school year.
In order to earn credit for the yearbook on their transcripts, students must participate in club meetings and/or take photos you need to complete yearbook pages. Work on the spreads will include capturing, cropping and placing pictures; writing headlines, captions and copy; interviewing people to get quotes; and tagging photos.
Moderator: Thai Chu
Description
A safe and confidential space for young men to discuss various topics, but not limited to mental health, personal development, and positive growth. A space for collaboration and building up one another. Aimed to allow young men to heal and evolve to be the best version of themselves.
Students must attend six meetings/events each semester.
Moderator: Carlos Gonzalez, Harvey Carey
