Student Activities

Clubs

Clubs are an integral part of the school’s educational program and all students are encouraged to become active members. Active clubs will provide opportunities for leadership, self-expression, and student activity.

Club membership, with the exception of the National Honor Society and CTE Honor Society, cannot be limited by grade averages.

Students will not be allowed to join a club after its second meeting unless there are extenuating circumstances. If a student misses three club meetings without a legitimate excuse, the sponsor may remove his/her name from the roll.

The following is a list of the presently established clubs, their purposes, and membership requirements:

1. AG LINK CREW:  The purpose of Link Crew is to help incoming freshmen transition into high school. The Link Crew is composed of 10th-12th grade students from each race and socio-economic group. To become a member of the Crew, a student must complete an application and be approved by student services and the administration. Students apply at the end of the school year.

2. ART CLUB: The Art Club is designed to stimulate interest in the arts and to encourage talented students to enter some area of the arts as a career. Its membership is open to 9th-12th graders who are enrolled in an art class.

3. FUTURE BUSINESS LEADERS OF AMERICA:  The purpose of FBLA is to develop competent, aggressive business leadership and to promote cooperation, loyalty, and confidence. Membership is open to students currently or formerly enrolled in a business course.

4. FUTURE FARMERS OF AMERICA: The purpose of FFA is to develop competent, aggressive, rural and agriculture leadership, to strengthen the confidence of students in vocational agriculture in themselves and their work, to create more interest in the intelligent choice of agricultural occupations, and to participate in worthy undertakings for the improvement of agriculture. Students in grades 9-12 who are enrolled or have been enrolled in an agricultural course are eligible for membership.

5. FAMILY CAREER AND COMMUNITY LEADERS OF AMERICA:  The goal of the FCCLA is to help youth assume roles in society through family and consumer sciences education in areas of personal growth, family life, vocational preparation, and community involvement. Membership is required for all students enrolled in a family and consumer science course. Failure to participate in FCCLA will affect the student’s grade. Membership is also available to any student who has completed a family and consumer science course in the past.

6. HEALTH OCCUPATIONS STUDENTS OF AMERICA:  Students in HOSA elect leaders and participate in a variety of activities involving volunteer work, fundraising and competition with other HOSA Chapters at the regional, state and national levels. The club’s membership is limited to students enrolled or formerly enrolled in allied health courses.

7. KEY CLUB:  The Key Club is a service organization which provides leadership training on campus and in the community according to the objectives of Kiwanis International. The organization promotes fellowship, scholarship, and personal development through a spirit of service for the improvement of human relationship. 

8. BOOK WARS:The purpose of the Book Wars club is to encourage reading by all students at the high school level. Students are exposed to quality young adult literature  representing a variety of literary styles and viewpoints by prominent authors. Students read a list of 15 titles throughout the year. The club meets weekly to discuss the books and to practice questions from each title. The club also competes in the spring against the other county high schools. The winner will then go on to compete at the state level.

9. NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY:  The purpose of the Ayden-Grifton Chapter is to encourage principles of honesty and to promote high scholastic ideas of service and leadership to our school and community. Members qualify for nomination following the sophomore year based on the rigorousness of courses taken, a 3.6 GPA, and evidence of leadership and service.

10. NORTH CAROLINA CAREER AND TECHNICAL HONOR SOCIETY: The purpose of the Ayden-Grifton Chapter is to recognize high scholastic achievement in career & technical courses and to promote the ideals of service and leadership in both school and community. Members qualify for the nomination following the sophomore year based on a 2.5GPA and no career and technical grade any lower than 88 in grades 9-12 (See advisor for additional requirements)

11. STUDENT GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION: The Student Government Association promotes high standards of conduct in leadership, honesty, loyalty, and courtesy, promotes cooperation among student body and the faculty for better school spirit, strengthens relations with neighboring schools and between the different ethnic groups, serves as a liaison among the faculty, students, and school; and promotes respect for both public and private property. Members of the SGA are elected by the student body. The Ayden-Grifton Chapter is open to all interested students in grades 9-12.

12. QUIZ BOWL: Membership to Quiz Bowl is limited. Information concerning Quiz Bowl will be furnished upon request to Will Tyer.

13. MERC/SCIENCE CLUB: The goal of the Merc/Science Club is to compete in the Science Olympiad and to provide access to STEM activities and to advance students understanding of mathematics, engineering, robotics and coding.

14. SASI (Student Athlete Summer Institute): SASI helps student athletes develop leadership skills, to serve as peer educators about alcohol, tobacco and other drug abuse, as well as developing mentoring skills. 

15. Dream Team (Daring to Role Model Excellence as Athlete Mentors): Selected student athletes promote positive leadership skills and healthy lifestyles to elementary and middle school students. Criteria for team selection begins with a commitment from the student athlete to remain drug-free.

16. Theatre Club

Additional clubs and organizations designed to encourage the participation and support of parents, students, faculty and staff are:

17. ATHLETIC BOOSTERS CLUB

18. BAND BOOSTERS CLUB

Team Sports

Listed below are the sports that are available at Ayden-Grifton High School. Students must meet all eligibility requirements in order for them to participate in sport. Sports listed with
an * beside them require  that you must  try-out for that sport.

Fall                                                 Winter                                                        Spring

Cheerleading                                  Basketball                                                  Baseball

Cross Country                                Cheerleading                                             Boys Tennis

Football                                           Wrestling                                                    Golf

Girls Tennis                                                                                                         Softball

Soccer                                                                                                                  Track           

Volleyball