Aquarium Club is where students can take care of fish tanks around the school! During enrichment, students can join other student-led teams to set up and care for aquatic creatures in tanks around the school. 

When:  Thursday Enrichment 124

Join: Only open to everyone at the beginning of the year! (Level 4)

Leader:  Jocelyn Lin - jlin53@cps.edu 

Sponsor: Mr. Jason Chau

Eccodrone is a club dedicated to creating drones and technology to help environmental conservations by the Eccodrone Nonprofit organization. Through a team of students, we train softwares and build drones that help with trash monitoring in parks and beaches. We train and test softwares and drones in parks and we work as a team to complete complex training tasks with our mentor, an IIT grad student who works in drones and aerospace engineering.

When: Friday Enrichments 218

Join: Application Process (Level 3)

• Google form and follow up interview

Leader:  Inika Bansal - ibansal@cps.edu, Miguel Mendez - mamendez20@cps.edu 

Sponsor: Mr. Quinones

Achievements: Partnership with the Chicago Parks Foundation.

When: Friday Enrichments 122

Join: Show Up

President: Sreekar Gangavarapu -  sgangavarap1@cps.edu

Leaders:  Ruby Pfetcher (repfetcher@cps.edu), Chris Oh (joh1@cps.edu),  Julian Fuoco (jtfuoco@cps.edu), Eileen Chen (echen14@cps.edu) 

Dash Farbrother (dafarbrother@cps.edu)

Sponsor: Mr. O'Dowd

Social Media: @wpcp.pes

Leader:  Jacob Annes - jannes@cps.edu, and Max Bucko - mbuchko@cps.edu 

Sponsor: Mx. Kailen Lee

Payton Endangered Animal Society (PEAS) raises awareness of multiple endangered species. Typical meetings include a species highlight and an art-based activity. We recognize the intersection of art and advocacy work and encourage our members to express their creativity during meetings. PEAS is open to all, but we ask that participants be present and involved in discussions.

When: Thursday Enrichment Second Floor West Atrium (Level 1)

Join: Show up!

President:  Jesiah Mendoza (jimendoza4@cps.edu)

Sponsor: Ms. Ann Almeda

Achievements: Donated handmade dog toys and cleaned a local beach

Social Media: @peas_wpcp

Payton Environmental Society (PES) is a club dedicated to keeping students up to date on environmental issues and policies in an effort to make the Payton community more environmentally conscious. During enrichment, the leaders will give a lecture on a particular environmental concern such as fast fashion, greenwashing, or food waste. We also present films suggested by members ranging from exposés revealing the truth behind corporations to animated movies that encourage love for the environment. 

Apart from discussing environmentalism, PES also organizes events and activities to promote sustainability in the Payton community. One of our most well-known initiatives was the school-wide clothing swap, where students were able to browse through donated racks of clothing and take clothes for free. Any leftover clothes were either donated or upcycled. Thanks to our members' efforts, we were able to give a second life to many clothes that would have otherwise ended up in landfills, further contributing to the issue of textile waste. 

When: Tuesday Enrichments 322

Join: Show up! (Level 2)

Leader:  Luke Wang - LHWang1@cps.edu, Olivia Prowse - OCProwse@cps.edu, June Lamb - JLamb3@cps.edu 

Sponsor: Ms. Barge

Achievements: We hosted the Seasonal Clothing Swap.

Leader:  Anthony Arena - aarena1@cps.edu 

Sponsor: Mr. Aaron Weiss

Leader:  Brennan Froning - bfroning@cps.edu, Alessandro Gameros Ramos - agamerosram@cps.edu 

Sponsor: Ms. Jacqueline Barge