Clubs and Organizations

Basketball

Tech High has sponsored boys and girls’ varsity basketball teams since 2005-2006. Our teams compete in the Georgia High School Association’s (GHSA’s) “A” classification, and play a schedule of 15-20 games each season. Students must maintain passing grades in all courses to be able to participate.

Cheerleading

More than just sideline support, Cheerleading at Tech High is a sisterhood.  Each year, between 10 and 18 young women commit themselves to team building, school spirit, and athleticism.  Daily practices (in-season) ensure we are well prepared to support the Girls and Boys Basketball Teams, as well as the RoboTitans. 

Community Outreach 

Tech High actively connects to the local community from a wide range of directions, including family engagement and outreach, community service agencies and service learning opportunities, field trips, job shadowing, and further partnerships in education.  Serving the community is a valuable educational, social and emotional experience.  Each student at Tech High is responsible for dedicating 80 hours of service to a community based organization prior to graduation.  Tech High’s wide range of community engagement is helping prepare today’s students to become tomorrow’s adults. 

Chess Club

Chess is an interesting and involving board game, with numerous other benefits. It develops logical thinking, mathematical skills, concentration and memory.  Research has proven that chess improves academic performance. Activities in the club will include chess for beginners, middle and advanced skill levels, practice games one- on- one and online, inter county chess tournaments etc

Beginners

All Levels

Debate Club

The Debate Club is where students who are interested in current events and community affairs can come together and discuss these situations. The members are divided into two teams to debate the topic. One team supports one view of the situation, while the other team supports the opposing view. Although only one member can speak at a time, the rules state that everybody on each team must contribute at least one comment to each debate.

Gaming Club

Gaming Club is a student-led group that meets weekly after school. Students compete in a variety of games on Xbox360, PS3, and Wii. Club dues are paid twice each month in an amount agreed upon by members. Dues are used to provide drinks and snacks for members. Club meetings last from 3:15 to 4:30 on alternating Tuesdays and Mondays.

High School Enterprise

The High School Enterprise Program is sponsored by the National Science Foundation through Michigan Tech. The Tech High HSE team is mentored by Tech High staff and faculty and students from Georgia Tech and Michigan Tech who are working cooperatively to give high school students a taste of the business organization process, design and engineering of a real world product. The Tech High project is the development of a wearable computer. The wearable computer will monitor physical parameters such as heart rate and detailed function, pulse and respiration rate, and possibly blood pressure, to give the wearer a set of collected data for analysis of his response during physical activity.

Junior Achievement

 

As a JA Fellow, high school students develop the assets that will set them apart when competing for scholarships, in college, & beyond including:

• Leadership
• Team Building & Collaboration
• Financial Literacy & Entrepreneurship
• Business Etiquette
• Communication & Networking Skills

The program offers a unique opportunity for self-motivated high school students to gain in-depth, hands-on experience that helps them become tomorrow's entrepreneurs and leaders. Students meet once a week for two hours with a group of their peers to pursue bold, ambitious goals.(more)

Math Club

Students in the math club will not just learn how to do math, but will learn what math *does*. Our projects for 2010-2011 will include producing a school wide tournament based on Mr. Brown's math vocabulary game called "Talk To Me".

RoboTitans

The Tech High Robotitans compete at the top level of the FIRST Robotics Competition where they practice the principles of gracious professionalism and “cooperation.”, an environment of cooperation and competition working simultaneously.  The Robotitans are sponsored by the Georgia Tech RoboJackets and spend many hours working in the Student Competition Center at Georgia Tech under the guidance of Georgia Tech students, professors  and alumni. Each year the Robotitans spend a hectic 6 weeks designing the mechanical, programming and competition strategy for a new game each year. The FIRST competition brings teams from all over the world to compete and this places our students in competition with some of the best young engineers in the world.

Visit the RoboTitans website!

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Science and Engineering Club

The purpose of the Club is to supplement, motivate, and assist Tech High students who will major in the fields of Science and engineering.  All members will meet on alternate Wednesdays. During the club days students work on different type of activities related to science and engineering.

Statistics Club

Statistics club is  an after school club that examines how math, specifically statistics and probability play a role in card games. Games of chance are played including Texas Holdem, Omaha, Razz and Seven Card Stud.

Student Government Association

 

The Tech High Student Government Association (SGA) is open to students of all grade levels, provided they are in good academic standing.  The SGA is sponsored by the school Principal, which ensures that students have a voice in school issues.  The SGA is responsible for planning various activities throughout the school year.

Verses and Voices

Verses & Voices is a collective of young writers.  We are poets, playwrights, novelists, and songwriters.   Meeting twice a week, we hone our literary and performance skills.  We showcase our talent in school-based programs/assemblies and community Open Mics.

Yearbook

The Yearbook at Tech High is developed using Jostens Publishing and Lifetouch Photography. The journalism I class, as part of their curriculum, is responsible for developing the yearbook. This allows for maximum student involvement and input in the creation of what is truly a student centered product. Students act as school journalists during day-to-day activities and special events. They learn various aspects of journalism, including Associated Press format for journalistic writing, interview techniques, sales production, digital photography, electronic layout and design, and desktop publishing.