Leader:  Benjamin Cerda-Menchaca  - BTCerdaMenchaca@cps.edu 

Sponser: Mr. Kammeyer

Leader:  Valerie Steigleder - VSteigleder@cps.edu 

Sponser: Ms. Renate Cristiano

We teach the basics of architecture, learn about architecturally significant sites in our very own city, and may even have the opportunity to go on tours of sites and compete in architecture contests both statewide and nationally.

When: Friday Enrichments 130

Join: Show up! (Level 4)

Leader:  Rehan Mathew Koshy - rkoshy@cps.edu 

Sponser: Mr. Paul Gilden

Leader:  Jade Park - jpark16@cps.edu, Asrushi Mehrotra, Natalie Zhu

Sponser: Ms. Jacqueline Barge

Leader:  Kimberly Serrano - kserrano14@cps.edu 

Sponser: Ms. Joseph Quinones

CodeuCopia is a club at Walter Payton College Prep dedicated to bringing accessible and interactive computer science lessons to young minds. In many schools around Chicago, computer science classes are not prioritized, and students lack a platform to explore this multi-faceted subject. Having been there ourselves, we wanted to create a space where students could engage with coding and technology in a fun and supportive environment.

When: Friday Enrichments 218/324

Join: Show up! (Level 3)

Leader:  Ahana Gholkar - agholkar@cps.edu, Linnrue Wei - lnwei@cps.edu, Jonathan Alvarado - jjalvarado14@cps.edu 

Sponser: Mr. David Dvorak

Achievements: 50 + Students taught, 20 + hours of instruction.

https://codeucopia.github.io/, Visit our site!

We want to get better at programming together and work on interesting challenges.

When: Monday Enrichments 318

Join: Show up! (Level 1)

Leader:  Zachary Wong - zwong@cps.edu, Dou Lai - dklai@cps.edu, John Falciglia - jcfalciglia@cps.edu 

Sponser: Ms. Huma Haider

Leader: Eric Chen - echen15@cps.edu 

Sponser: Mr. Bryon Espinoza

Leader: Alexander Dragoshanskiy - adragoshans@cps.edu 

Sponser: Mr. Bryon Espinoza

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 

Sponser: Mr. Quinones

Achievements: Partnership with the Chicago Parks Foundation.

Leader: Tristan Zhu - tzhu2@cps.edu 

Sponser: Mr. Kevin James

Game Design and Development teaches how to interact with game engines, the first steps of designing games, and leading students through brainstorming their own games. Game Design and Development teaches students about a core design concept, leading members through the steps in Godot, a game engine, and leading them to create their own game concepts. Join the enrichment too if you want weekly game design sessions!

When: Wednesday Seminar 1, 134

Join: Show up! (Level 1)

Leader:  Ahana Gholkar - agholkar@cps.edu 

Sponser: Mr. DeAndre Barnes

Achievements: Wonderjam 4 second place winner, LameJam 23 place winner

Leader: Stephen Liang - sliang8@cps.edu 

Sponser: Mr. Matthew Olson

Leader: Evelyn Brusznicki- EBrusznicki1@cps.edu 

Sponser: Mx. Kailen Lee

Leader: Dimitri Gunawan- dgunawan@cps.edu 

Sponser: Mr. AlexanderDelgado 

Hack Club is a supportive and collaborative space where students from a wide range of skill levels can come together to explore and learn, experimenting with new things through our various coding and engineering workshops.

When: Tuesday Enrichments 

Join: Show up! (Level 1)

Leader:  Gwyneth He-Chen: gjhe-chen@cps.edu, Devu Rajeshkumar: drajeshkuma@cps.edu 

Sponser: Ms. Sana Ansari

Leader: Alessandro Gameros- agamerosram@cps.edu 

Sponser: Ms. Sofia Momchilov

Leader: Rhea Makkuni- RAMakkuni@cps.edu 

Sponser: Ms. Sofia Momchilov

Leader: Bogdan Jones - bfjones1@cps.edu  

Sponser: Mr. Scott Galson

Leader: Gwyneth He-Chen- gjhe-chen@cps.edu 

Sponser: Ms. Sarah Greer

Mediclub is a space for students who are interested in pursuing a career in the medical field to engage in discussions, lectures, and activities pertaining to different medical fields such as suturing workshops, CPR training, and dissections as well as munch on snacks! Meets every other Friday.

When: Friday Enrichments 206

Join: Show up! (Level 2)

Leader:  Emily Cheng - eqcheng@cps.edu, Alexis Keener - akeener@cps.edu 

Sponser: Mr. Kevin James

Leader: Anderson Hughes - AHughes33@cps.edu 

Sponser: Mr. Todd Bauer

Leader: Sophia Borgula - sborgula@cps.edu 

Sponser: Ms. Mary Soeding

Leader: Waad Idriss - widriss@cps.edu

Sponser: Ms. Allison Gillick

Leader: Leah Wu- lwu8@cps.edu 

Sponser: Mr. Jamie Parlor

Leader: Shefal Gupta - sgupta5@cps.edu, Aleksia LeTien -  aaletien@cps.edu 

Sponser: Ms. Arlene Bertoni-Mancine, Mr. Aiden O’Dowd Ryan

Programming With Python guides Payton students foundational elements of Python through 90 minute interactive lessons including games and exercises to solidify understanding. Slideshows are presented first introducing a topic, then thorough explanation of the concept and exercises. Students work on practice problems on their own and review previous concepts through a game.

When: Wednesday Seminar 2

Join: Show up! (Level 2)

Leader:  Ahana Gholkar - agholkar@cps.edu, Maxwell Zhang - mzhang7@cps.edu 

Sponser: Mx. Kailen Lee

Leader: Benjamin Cerda-Menchaca - BTCerdaMenchaca@cps.edu 

Sponser: Ms. Buetow

Leader: Leah Wu - lwu8@cps.edu

Sponser: Ms. Kathleen Tysiak

Leader: Dimitri Gunawan - dgunawan@cps.edu 

Sponser: Mr. Kevin James

•We encourage an active engagement in the engineering field, provide resources such as training, networking and outreach opportunities. In addition, we motivate aspiring STEM students

When: Thursday Enrichments 318

Join: Show up! (Level 1)

Leader:  Leo Larvick - lglarvick@cps.edu, Ben Stoelinga - bstoelinga@cps.edu, Simon Berk - sberk1@cps.edu 

Sponser: Mr. Andrew Frost

Achievements: Engineering competitions and challenges!

The Physics Team dedicates their time towards solving tough physics problems in mechanics, including in kinematics, statics, Newton’s laws, momentum and energy, oscillations, orbital mechanics, fluids, and elementary data analysis, preparing for the annual F=ma competition. Though ranging in experience, members collaborate during practice sessions to become better thinkers and problem-solvers!

When: Monday, Tuesday Enrichments Auditorium

Join: Show up! (Level 4)

Leader: Maxwell Zhang - mzhang7@cps.edu 

Sponsor: Mr. Priyank Srivastava

SWE is an organization that empowers women and non-binary individuals to explore, succeed, and advance in the field of engineering. We engage in weekly hands-on experiments, projects, challenges to hone skills essential for engineering success, including problem solving, designing, and collaboration. Some past projects include building bottle rockets, making ice cream, and even programming a robot.

When: Thursday Enrichments 222

Join: Show up! (Level 2)

Leader: Emily Cheng - eqcheng@cps.edu, Cyriana Lara - cslara1@cps.edu, Sam Bratley - sbratley@cps.edu 

Sponsor: Mr. Walter Kinderman

Leader: Merrill Lee - MLee108@cps.edu 

Sponser: Dr. Georgia Tolias

Leader: Rhea Makkuni, RAMakkuni@cps.edu 

Sponser: Ms. Huma Haider

Leader: Linnrue Wei, lnwei@cps.edu

Sponser: Mr. Aaron Weiss

Leader: Aleksia Le Tein, aaletien@cps.edu 

Sponser: Ms. Sofia Momchilov

Leader: Ashna Sahni - asahni@cps.edu 

Sponser: Mr. Valentin Torres