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BinaryHeart
BinaryHeart
is a student-led chapter of the 501(c)(3) nonprofit BinaryHeart. Our purpose is twofold: to expand access to technology and to empower students through hands-on learning. We take surplus computers, refurbish and upgrade them, and donate them to students and organizations who lack access to reliable digital devices. Giving devices that would otherwise be discarded a new life and meaning.
While we not only grow computer repairs skills, we also teach our participants how to program and work in a collaborative team setting, where these skills will be used to develop impactful community projects in the future, as well as holding fun challenges and opportunities to show how much you've learned!
When: Thursday Enrichments
Join: Show up! (Level 2)
Leader: Mo Eneh - meneh1@cps.edu
Sponsor: Mr. Isaac Castelaz
Achievements:
Social Media: Instagram - @binaryheartwp
Boys with Books
Boys with Books
Leader: Connor Verigan - ctverigan@cps.edu
Sponsor:
Achievements: 3 Book Drives with Bernie’s book bank (over 2500 books collected)
Caring Community
Caring Community
Leader: Ava Carlson- aecarlson2@cps.edu
Sponsor: Ms. Rebecca Dean
Caring Smiles
Caring Smiles
We meet to write positive messages to patients with chronic illness in hospitals. We write these thoughtful messages as a way to supply these patients with positivity for a happy and healthy recovery.
When: Alternating Fridays Enrichments 112
Join: Show up! (Level 2)
Leader: Jorie Binion - jbbinion@cps.edu Gigi Shaw - ggshaw@cps.edu
Sponsor: Ms. Susan Daniel
Crochet for a Cause
Crochet for a Cause
Crochet for a Cause is a club that connects crafts and community service by allowing crocheters, knitters, and all fiber artists to use their skills for good and help improve kids' lives at Lurie Children's Hospital and affiliated organizations. All are welcome, but experienced crocheters are especially encouraged to join.
When: Thursday Enrichments 238
Join: Show up! (Level 2)
Leader: Vivian Rosado Griffith - vrosadogrif@cps.edu, Mika Matsuyama - mmatsuyama@cps.edu
Sponsor: Mr. Gilden
Chicago Student Refugee Coalition (CSRC)
Chicago Student Refugee Coalition (CSRC)
Crochet for a Cause is a club that connects crafts and community service by allowing crocheters, knitters, and all fiber artists to use their skills for good and help improve kids' lives at Lurie Children's Hospital and affiliated organizations. All are welcome, but experienced crocheters are especially encouraged to join.
When: Thursday Enrichments 238
Join: Show up! (Level 2)
Leader: Jayen Datta - jrdatta@cps.edu
Sponsor: Mr. Brandon Parker
Girl Up WPCP
Girl Up WPCP
Girl Up WPCP is a club based at Walter Payton College Preparatory. Our mission is to impact the lives of all gender equality supporters in the Chicagoland Area. We will be hosting STEM activities to address the STEM gender gap.
When: Monday Enrichments
Join: Show up! (Level 2)
Leader: Jorie Binion - jbbinion@cps.edu, TyKira Walker - thwalker@cps.edu
Sponsor: Ms. Erica Stevens
Social Media: @girlupwpcp
Key Club
Key Club
Key Club is a student-led organization dedicated to service, leadership, and making a difference. From food and clothing drives to hospital cards and park cleanups, we take action wherever our community needs us most. Join us to give back, grow as a leader, and connect with others who share a passion for helping.
When: Every other Friday Enrichments 106
Join: Show up! (Level 1)
Leader: Iris Li - izli@cps.edu - Tiffanee Wong - tmwong@cps.edu
Sponsor: Ms. Wenmei Zha
Social Media: instagram @wpcp.keyclub
Operation CLIMB
Operation CLIMB
We are dedicated to teaching the future generations about veterans through multiple events a year honoring their service.
When: Friday Enrichment 232
Join: Show up! (Level 2)
President: Hayden Cho - hccho@cps.edu
Leader: Camilo Alatorre (calatorre1@cps.edu) - Shunta Notani (swnotani@cps.edu) - Kevin Fernandez (kafernandez2@cps.edu)
Sponsor: Ms. Renate Cristiano
Social Media: Instagram - @operationclimb.wpcp
Operation Gratitude
Operation Gratitude
Operation Gratitude is a place where students can come to give back to the brave troops, veterans, and first responders that serve our country by making cards, bracelets and other crafts. We send these handmade goods into organizations that distribute them, allowing us to reach as many people as possible. Throughout the year, there will be several opportunities to earn service hours. Snacks and baked goods provided!
When: Every other Monday Enrichments 232
Join: Show up! (Level 1)
Presidents: Ella Geerdes - egeerdes@cps.edu, Katelyn Gomez - kgomez37@cps.edu
Leader: Felix Garner - smgarner2@cps,edu
Sponsor: Ms. Renate Cristiano
Social Media: Instagram - @operationgratitude34
Sparking Pathways
Sparking Pathways
Our club aims to help hospitalized kids through fundraising. We reach out to our community to raise awareness and get more people involved in supporting children.
When: Tuesday Enrichments
Join: Show up! (Level 4)
President: Marina Vaseneva (mavaseneva@cps.edu)
Sponsor: Ms. Katie Kunkel
Social Media: sparking_pathways
Win for a Cause
Win for a Cause
Win For A Cause is a club that strives makes fundraising fun. We set up fundraising games to help support the communities around us. By playing these games, you can not only win prizes, but help donate to charities that help the people around us.
When: Monday Enrichment 114
Join: Show up! (Level 2)
Presidents: Isaac Mei (imei3@cps.edu) - Kimberly Estrada (kestrada14@cps.edu)
Leaders: Vianca Placencia (vzplacencia@cps.edu) - Cristian Valentin (cvalentin5@cps.edu) - Jarely Urquiza (jurquiza2@cps.edu) - Deyona Coffey (dscoffey@cps.edu) - Markina Donalson (mzdonalson@cps.edu)
Sponsor: Mr. Eric Kuchii
Social Media: Instagram: @winforacause
Women's Health Initiative
Women's Health Initiative
Our purpose is to create a safe, inclusive, and impactful space where students can learn about vital women's health topics, connect with experts, and actively contribute to positive change in our school and community. Through guest speakers, interactive workshops, and outreach projects, we strive to equip students with knowledge, leadership opportunities, and the confidence to advocate for themselves and others. The Women's Health Initiative is dedicated to empowering students through education, advocacy, and community engagement in all areas of women's health. We aim to break stigmas, increase awareness, and provide accessible knowledge and resources that support the physical, mental, emotional, and social well-being of women and girls.
When: Tuesday Enrichments 124
Join: Show up! (Level 3)
Leader: Ruby Hao - rhao@cps.edu
Sponsor: Mr. Valentin Torres
Achievements: Tabling events at a First Lady Health Fair
Social Media: @womens.hi.club
He(Art)
He(Art)
At He(Art) we make crafts that are donated as gifts to Lurie Children’s Hospital. We’ve made bracelets, felt stuffies, pom poms and tassels for wall decor, and more!
When: Friday Enrichments 106
Join: Show up! (Level 1)
Leader: Naomi Morelos - NGMorelos@cps.edu, Sophia Borgula - sborgula@cps.edu
Sponsor: Ms. Zha
Achievements: Our first bundle of donations for the holidays! Over 20 gift bags including stuffies and bracelets :) We’ve also collaborated with Best Buddies to make Thanksgiving gratitude bracelets and community art.
Helping Hearts
Helping Hearts
Helping Hearts is a club dedicated to providing support for the homeless living around Payton, specifically women and children.
When: Thursday Enrichments 305
Join: Show up! (Level 4)
Leader: Victoire Berton - vaberton@cps.edu, Evangelina Sivtseva - esivtseva@cps.edu, Lucile Barrett - lbbarrett@cps.edu
Sponsor: Ms. Julie Ruich
Achievements: Our first bundle of donations for the holidays! Over 20 gift bags including stuffies and bracelets :) We’ve also collaborated with Best Buddies to make Thanksgiving gratitude bracelets and community art.
Social Media: Instagram - @helpinghearts1034
Me To We To Them
Me To We To Them
Me To We To Them (M2W2T) focuses on service, both local and global. We also focus on acts of activism planned by Payton students. We also work on fundraisers and events to make our community better. Come join us!
When: Thursday Enrichments 244
Join: Show up! (Level 1)
President: Mina Witkovsky (mwitkovsky@cps.edu)
Leaders: Emily Sprenger (ejsprenger@cps.edu), Miriam Biyashev (mbiyashev@cps.edu), Ellery Splinter (egsplinter@cps.edu), Citlali Cruz-Bruno (ccruz-bruno@cps.edu)
Sponsor: Ms. Rebecca Annunzio
Achievements: We've successfully ran various service events as well as acts of activism.
Some projects we've done are a bake sale, a toy and clothing drive, an Earth Day clean-up, and VolleyballPalooza. We also love creating annual events such as our annual Hot-Chocolate Run Service Event and our We are Silent event.
Social Media: Instagram - @wpcp.m2w2t
Operation Gratitude
Operation Gratitude
Operation Gratitude is a non-profit organization dedicated to sending cards and other tokens of appreciation to deployed troops, veterans, and first responders. Additionally, we do a number of service projects throughout the year that offer opportunities to earn service hours!
When: Alternate Mondays Enrichments 232
Join: Show up! (Level 1)
Leaders: Ella Geerdes - egeerdes@cps.edu, Katelyn Gomez - kgomez37@cps.edu, Felix Garner - smgarner2@cps.edu
Sponsor: Ms. Renate Cristiano
Payton Leo Club
Payton Leo Club
Leader: Sean Carmody - scarmody@cps.edu
Sponsor: Mr. Eric May
Payton Red Cross
Payton Red Cross
When: Friday Enrichment 122
Join: Show up
President: Sreekar Gangavarapu - sgangavarap1@cps.edu
Leaders: Julian Fuoco (jtfuoco@cps.edu), Roman Stashkiv (rstashkiv@cps.edu), Chris Oh (joh1@cps.edu), Ansh Malhotra (amalhotra@cps.edu)
Sponsor: Mr. O’Dowd
Social Media: @wpcp.redcross
Payton Salazar Mentoring
Payton Salazar Mentoring
Leader: Aria Shah - AJShah1@cps.edu
Sponsor: Ms. Moon-Sarudi
Rotary Interact Club
Rotary Interact Club
Rotary Interact is a service club that focuses on providing an opportunity for students to create their own projects to contribute to the community. The Rotary Club of Chicago sponsors our team and helps us connect with other Rotary Clubs around the world to create a community of active, dedicated members of society.
When: Monday Enrichments 312
Join: Show up! (Level 3)
President: Hee-Sun Ban - hban@cps.edu
Leaders: Ema Cheng-Tanaka - echeng-tana@cps.edu - Alina Zhao amzhao@cps.edu - Madison Holt - mlholt@cps.edu
Sponsor: Ms. Almeda
Social Media: Instagram: @wpcp.rotaryinteract
S.A.V.E. Grizzlies
S.A.V.E. Grizzlies
Leader: Ariane Ravanas - asravanas@cps.edu
Sponsor: Ms. Renate Cristiano
Salazar’s Futures
Salazar’s Futures
Salazar’s Futures is a student-led initiative focused on closing the education equity gap through mentorship, HSAT tutoring, and career exploration. Our mission is to empower the next generation of Latino and African American leaders by providing access, guidance, and opportunities for success during middle school.
When: Tuesday Enrichment (Until 4 pm) and Wednesday at Salazar Room 202
Join: Application Process (Level 5)
Every semester, we open a new application. Once you submit it, we’ll reach out to you soon after.
Leaders: Sonia Rosa Sifore (srsifore@cps.edu) - Anahi Sailema (aysailema@cps.edu) - Ivan Mondragon (iamondragon1@cps.edu) - Ashir Abdullah (aabdullah13@cps.edu)
Sponsor: Mr. Jeremy Rodriguez
Achievements:
We’ve supported over 40 Salazar students and distributed more than 250 Know Your Rights Care Kits, 65 backpacks filled with school supplies, 65 hygiene kits, and 200 canned goods.
Social Media: Instagram- @salazarsfutures
Sweetness Fridge
Sweetness Fridge
Leader: Gabi Figueroa - gmfigueroa3@cps.edu
Sponsor: Ms. Alison Gillick
Team Sweetness
Team Sweetness
Leader: Ryan Fardy - RFardy@cps.edu
Sponsor: Ms. Kerry Catlin
Teens for Education
Teens for Education
Teens for Education is a club dedicated to serving grades K-12 around Chicago! We provide volunteer opportunities, tutoring, fundraising, and college & career aid!
President: Leo Larvick - lglarvick@cps.edu
Leaders: Emmie Sprenger - ejsprenger@cps.edu
Sponsor: Mr. Matthew Olson
Achievements: Provided free headshots to members, donated more than $1,000 in school supplies to schools around Chicago, ran supply and book drives for the Chicago Children's Advocacy Center - resulting in over 200 packs of supplies being donated!
Social Media: @teens4education
Teens Talk Teeth
Teens Talk Teeth
Teens Talk Teeth is a public health nonprofit that presents to elementary school students about the importance of oral health. Teens Talk Teeth works in collaboration with the CPS Office of Student Health and Wellness, Henry Schein and their SMILE Program (a large oral health corporation and their program for high school students), CareQuest (a national public health organization), and Mobile Care Chicago (a nonprofit that provides mobile dental and asthma care to underserved areas) in order to reach as many students as possible across Chicago and nationally.
Teens Talk Teeth members get opportunities to learn about healthcare, public health, medicine, dentistry, working with kids, and are able to build up volunteer hours.
Our Website: https://oralhealth.club/
When: Wednesday Seminar (2) 308, Thursday Enrichment 304
Join: Enrichments are open to everyone, In order to become an official member: Application Process (Level 3)
Email anestorova@cps.edu and qou@cps.edu to fill out a google form
President: Adriana Nestorova (anestorova@cps.edu)
Leaders: Quinnie (qou@cps.edu) - Natalie (nzhu@cps.edu) - Adam (adamcomara@cps.edu) - Ruby (rhao@cps.edu) - Kayla Reed (kgreed@cps.edu) - Natan Hatcher (nchatcher@cps.edu)
Sponsor: Mr. Michael Baldwin
Achievements:
Raised $8,500 in grants.
Presented to 800+ Kindergarten-5th grade students at multiple schools, passing out dental kits to each student (dentists at the UIC College of Dentistry have validated our presentations); Goal for SY2526: 1,500+ students reached
Received pro-bono legal aid from the Loyola School of Law to become a non-profit
Currently expanding nationally, starting with chapters in the LA Unified School District
Had 17 leaders across the health industry and academia provide valuable insights to our group, including the Director of Illinois Public Health and Dean for Medical Education at the University of Chicago
Social Media: Instagram- @teens_talk_teeth
LinkedIn - Teens Talk Teeth https://www.linkedin.com/company/teens-talk-teeth/
UNICEF Club
UNICEF Club
UNICEF (the United Nations Children's Fund) is a humanitarian organization that specializes in advocating for children through fighting for basic rights, providing resources and developmental aid, administering vaccinations, etc. Our club aims to host fundraisers to raise money to send to UNICEF so that they can provide aid to children worldwide. Additionally, we inform students about global conflicts to spread further awareness.
When: Friday Enrichments 234
Join: Show up! (Level 2)
Leader: Eileen Chen - echen14@cps.edu, Marlina Wu - mxwu1@cps.edu
Sponsor: Ms. Allison Gillick
Writing Workshop
Writing Workshop
Writing Workshop is a student-run club that aims to help Payton students foster and grow their writing skills. We provide writing tutoring for everything from class assignments to personal creative writing projects. We also provide resources to facilitate students' entrance into various creative writing writing programs, including matching students to programs right for them and helping with their applications. Our goal is to help students connect with writing as an art instead of just classwork. Writing Workshop meets every other Friday enrichment, and we bring snacks for google classroom members!
When: Friday Enrichments
Join: Show up (Level 2)
Leader: Ava Carlson - aecarlson2@cps.edu, Charlotte Walters - cmwalters1@cps.edu, Noam Cohen - nscohen@cps.edu, Olivia Groh - ogroh@cps.edu, Chloe Kahlil ckhalil@cps.edu
Sponsor: Dr. Allison Gillick
Achievements: We've accumulated over 250 hours of tutoring and other service work so far! We've also successfully expanded to tutoring elementary and middle schoolers online, and have our own website: https://writing-workshop.com/
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