School's Out For Summer!
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Written by Ashley He, Mostfa Bouali & Joyce Lu
with Mr. S. McCauley
Dyker Heights offers an introduction to the Korean form of martial-arts, Tae-Kwon-Do, where students learn the basic physical and mental knowledge of the sport. The students in the group, led by Mr. Sean McCauley, meet together as a whole every Friday in the Auditorium. You may join with ZERO experience, and withdraw at the end of the day with more self-confidence than ever before.
When/where does your club meet?
Friday afternoon at 2:20 to 3:30 in the auditorium.
What do you enjoy about the club?
I enjoy the fact that I get to hang out with my friends. There’s a lot of familiar faces and I like the fact that we learn a lot of skills for self-defense and how to be more flexible.
Why did you join the club?
I joined the club because there’s a lot of things happening lately, people are getting ambushed, so I decided to learn some self-defense.
Who would you recommend to join?
I would recommend anyone who would like to learn self defense or/and anyone who is willing to work up a sweat.
~ Rebecca Tuckman (Tae-Kwon Do Club)
with Mr. Colasuonno
This club is a place where you cover the fundamentals of coding and get a sense of modern technology. You learn what robots are and how to create and design them with LEGOS.
When/where does your club meet?
Right after school from 2:20 to 4:20 at room 307.
What do you enjoy about the club?
I enjoy using robots and fighting each other with the robots.
Why did you join the club?
I did this in 4th and 5th grade so I decided that I want to do it again.
Who would you recommend to join?
I would recommend whoever is interested in building stuff and competition.
~ Ryan Zhang (Lego Robotics Club)
with Ms. Pizzarello
In the Art Club, you learn the different techniques of art and the history of art. This is a club where you get to use your imagination to create a variety of wonderful masterpieces.
When/where does your club meet?
We meet Wednesday, Thursday, sometimes Friday. 2:20-4:20
What do you enjoy about the club?
I can do art and share them with others. We do different stuff every week.
Why did you join the club?
I joined the club so that my art skills can get better.
Who would you recommend to join?
I would recommend anyone who has an interest in art.
~ Brina Lin and Adeline Liao (Art Club)
with Ms. Veeramah, Mr. DiMitri,
Ms. Alexander, Ms. Santos, Ms. Stanisis & Ms. Ward
In the Newspaper Club, you write newspaper articles about many different events including reviews about certain things or current events. You can also use your knowledge to write different articles about certain events.
Click the permission slip google form link to join!
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfePV7erGlw0gwAQ15jk3wv-5QwlEGCln4njhWv_IYCgTuZ7g/viewform
with Mrs. Koutsopetras &
Ms. Pizzarello
The SEAL Team, which means “Social Emotional Awareness Leadership” team is a team of students from the 8th grade who mostly write on a monthly account on things that improve emotional and physical behavior. In addition, they go on the announcements every Friday, singing the SEAL Team cheer and talking about how the week’s ending. Finally, their writings for their monthly newsletter also have fun activities and readings.
with Mr. Typrowicz
It’s where you get to learn music pieces with different instruments. Instruments you can learn include the drums, saxophone (alter or tenor), mallet percussion, percussion, trombone, trumpet, clarinet, flute, and it’s all there!
with Mrs. Declara
In the Drama club with Ms. DeClara, you can learn about acting, characters from different movies getting acted out, backstage sets, and many other things. You can try out to be your favorite character or be backstage, watching your friends and classmates acting in the center of the stage.
with Mr. Botte
The guitar club features getting educated on how to play the guitar. You can learn about the guitar’s instrument as well.
with Mr. Profera
Did you know that soccer is also called “football”? In this club, you can get educated on how to play the sport soccer and its history behind this sport.
When does your club meet?
We meet after school, Wednesday and Thursday.
What are some things you learn in this club?
We learn offense and defense skills and different strategies.
What kind of students are in the club?
Usually a mix of 6th and 7th grade students.
Who do you recommend to join?
Anyone who wants to learn about soccer. Anyone who wants to be healthy, more fit and just wants to exercise overall.
~ Mr. Profera (Soccer, PE teacher)
with Mr. Profera
This club introduces how to take photos in different environments and using a camera properly (if you ever want to become a photographer).
with Mr. Gianni
In this club, you learn how to play basketball in Mr. Gianni’s club. You can also learn many techniques on how to shoot, pass, dribble, and etc. If you join, you can also get more athletic and good at basketball.