The purpose of this student organization is to enhance education and empower youth in the United States to make a positive difference in their communities while helping people of developing countries increase their self-reliance through education. BuildOn achieves its mission thanks to a team of many dedicated student and adult volunteers, project coordinators, teachers, and buildOn staff who commit themselves to learning about others and themselves through cultural education, community service activities, and sponsorship events. Students are required to participate in community service activities every month. This club is open to students in all grades.

Faculty Advisor: Cathy Mishkin

The purpose of this student organization is to combine the spirit of a design/building competition with a unique way to help feed the hungry. Competing teams, led by architects and engineers, showcase their talents by designing giant sculptures made entirely of canned foods. At the close of the exhibitions, all of the food used in the structures is donated to local food banks for distribution to pantries, shelters, soup kitchens, elderly and day care centers. This club is open to all grades, and is a great way to combine a love of architecture, math, and design with community service.

Faculty Advisor: Cathy Mishkin

The purpose of this student organization is to participate in community service opportunities within and beyond our community. HOPE completes service projects in which members participate and encourage non-members to come in order to experience the benefits of helping others. To receive credit for participating in the club, students must attend at least three of the monthly projects during the year, and bring at least one non-member to a community service opportunity.

Faculty Advisor: Cathy Mishkin

The purpose of this club is to help animals who do not have forever homes and to raise awareness about the number of animals who need forever homes. We also will collect materials and money for local shelters and for animals who do not have forever homes.

Faculty Advisors: Alexis Adams, Leslie Bruzik

My Sisters’ Place is a national organization committed to ending homelessness by empowering women, families and others to achieve independence and stability in their community by providing housing and supportive services. At King we hope to raise awareness about domestic violence and make some presentations to the school about this issue. We will volunteer at events sponsored by the national organization and possibly collaborate with the New York Giants who also support this organization.

Faculty Advisor: Cathy Mishkin

The purpose of the student organization is to participate in a service trip to New Orleans and to provide ongoing support to the children in the St. Anna’s Arts for Kids after-school program. In addition to planning for the trip, the club holds a book drive for St. Anna’s and also collects school supplies.

Faculty Advisor: Jenna Temple

The purpose of this club is to raise money for the American Cancer Society’s annual Relay For Life event in June. We will form a Relay For Life Team that will participate in the event as well as fundraise, plan, and overall support the cause in any way we can.

Faculty Advisor: Patrick O'Neil

The purpose of this student organization is to provide its members with an opportunity for community service abroad by forging an alliance with one or two needy orphanages in Rwanda. Members seek to derive greater knowledge of a small country in central Africa and, at the same time, through their actions and activities, acquire the tools and skills necessary for effective service to their communities (local, national, and global) when they take their place in the adult world.

Faculty Advisor: TBD

The purpose of this club is to better understand children’s conditions around the world.

Faculty Advisor: Jenna Temple