This year, Comsewogue formed its very own Dance Team that practices three days a week and performs at many JV and Varsity Basketball games. Toward the beginning of the school year, the Dance Team had its very first practice. Since then, a number of people tried out, but many left. Now, the team consists of five girls who are coached by Mrs. Hagenburg and Mrs. Diveris. 

As many people left, the team got off to a rough start. “It was definitely a slow start, we had a lot of people drop out in the beginning," said Freshman Anjali Sooknanan. However, it all worked out because the team became a solid group. “I feel like everyone works well together,” said Freshman Abbie Bozzanca. “We were lucky enough to get a great group of dedicated girls,” added Mrs. Hagenburg. 

After putting in the hard work, the Dance Team shows off what they learned at the JV and Varsity basketball games. They perform a hip-hop routine and a jazz routine. The coaches enjoy watching the girls perform because they, “See them improving as [they] progress through the season,” said Mrs. Hagenburg. 

The coaches make the experience of being on the Dance Team even better for the girls because they formed such a strong bond with them. “The experience has been really fun… The coaches are just like so funny and nice,” said Anjali Sooknanan. 

Every student applies themself differently to school, and every student has different skill sets and interests, like sports or the arts. Some students find themselves in their academics more than others. The Quiz Bowl provides a great outlet for students to share facts they already know through trivia and is an excellent opportunity to meet similar like-minded people in that arena to come together to craft a solid-minded team. 

The Comsewogue Community Connections Club (CCC) is a great group of people that have positively impacted the local community for almost six years. The club's primary goal is to help others, which they are able to accomplish by volunteering and raising money through fairs, healthy bake sales, and other means. The CCC’s efforts support scholarships, the Comsewogue Active Warrior Network (supporting troops who graduate Comsewogue), Joe's day of Service, and Jackie's Garden, among other causes and events. 

Mr. Harris is the club's advisor. He takes great pride in the students' achievements and the club is proud to prioritize its community and encourages involvement in its various initiatives. The “great stuff”, in Mr. Harris’ words, that they do is showcased by the same students that write articles for the newspaper. By working to make the community a better place, the CCC is an example of the great effect individuals can make when they come together to do good. 

Kylie Schlosser is the club's president. She's been a part of it for two years and is committed to helping and attending various events representing the CCC. According to her, being a part of this club has been a fulfilling experience. "I like volunteering, helping people, and being a part of my community," she says. Kylie also is the school representative at the Port Jefferson Station Terryville Civic Association every month.

Once a month, a club comes to the skills classroom to help the students with social skills for the adult world after high school. They also meet to hang out and get to know their fellow classmates whom they don’t often bump into every day. We call this the Peer Pals Club. 

Peer Pals always meets on the first Thursday of every month to join the skills class in helping them with skills for the real world. They help with things like teaching them about door dash and other delivery apps if they can’t physically go out. They also do small crafts with students to just hang out and talk. 

Comic books have been here for a long time and many people read comics in the 50s because most people didn’t have television. Comic books can connect with a lot of people because there are a lot of different genres that people can enjoy and share with others.

Our school has a Comic book club; if you are interested you can go to room 112 on Thursday from 2:05 to 2:45 after school to watch movies like superheroes, villains, and war-related movies and read comic books of the same genres as the movie in a group. Currently, the club only has 4 members. 

If this title caught your attention, you might want to consider joining the Science Club! This topic, and many others like this, are experimented with and answered in this fun setting.

Science Club is a club where students who love science can have fun after school conducting experiments and understanding how fun science can be. Under the advisement of Mrs. Goldberg, the members of the science club are given the opportunity to play, experiment, and have fun under the guidance of a teacher who keeps it safe.

The science club meets every other Friday from 2:00-3:30. The atmosphere is easy-going and casual. Science club is considered a place where students can go and play with fun chemistry sets, or break out the chemicals and see what happens!

Mrs. Goldberg is open to any science experiments the students want to explore, she says “I just love conducting experiments at home, and for fun, so I want to bring these concepts into a casual environment, where students can see what fun science can be!”

Some of the many experiments the club has done this year include saponification which is making their own soap, experimentation with gas laws, exploring the oxidation of metals, looking at a variety of acid-based reactions, and electrochemistry experiments. In the future, Mrs. Goldberg is planning on creating mud-watt batteries and also plans on making electricity from soil microbes.

Some members helped the Science Honor Society with science night and were able to get community service hours for helping, but that was optional. The Science club is a place to just have fun and develop a love of science. 

New members are always welcome. Stop by room 202 anytime to ask questions about how you can join this super fun club!