Activities & Clubs

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Diversity Club

History: The Platt Diversity Club was formed in the 2000 - 2001 school year. Designed to attract a broad range of the student body, Diversity Club welcomes students of different race, religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation, mental and physical disabilities, and any other difference that sets them apart from the norm. Any student can join Diversity Club. Students interested in joining are always welcome to attend the meetings.

Club Objectives: To unite minority groups or groups that are perceived to be different such as: races, religions, sexual orientations, students facing physical or mental challenges, and others. Diversity Club promotes tolerance and understanding of these different groups in effort to better educate the community of such differences.

Membership: See Mr. Boada

Faculty & Staff Fund

See Ingrid Castro in the main office or Amanda Russo in room 300.

GSA (Gender & Sexualities Alliance)

Advisor: Catie Larson

Meetings Friday After-School

This club is a safe space for LGBTQ+ students at Platt as well as Allies. Come to learn history, talk with other students about LGBTQ+ issues, or socialize with friends. Or you can look at our Rainbow Library of over 100 LGBTQ+ themed books in room 200.

Interact Club

Interact is a Rotary-sponsored service club for young people. It gives young people, mainly high school students, an opportunity to participate in fun and meaningful service projects. Interact clubs perform at least two projects a year, with one servicing the community and the other furthering international understanding. Interact Club is self-supporting and self-governing, thus encouraging the development of leadership skills.

Today, more than 200,000 young adults belong to one of the 6,500 clubs located in 100 different countries, making Interact a truly international phenomenon.

Activities: Through Interact service activities, members learn the importance of:

• Leadership skills and personal integrity
• Demonstrating helpfulness and respect for others
• Understanding the value of individual responsibility and hard work
• Advancing international understanding and goodwill

Awards: The Interact Club has been recognized by the state of Connecticut as an outstanding service organization. Interact Club has also been awarded "Challenge to Educational Citizenship Award" last year.

Mission Statement: The Platt High School Interact Club is a service organization for high school students who desire to volunteer their time and aid school and community. Interact is an international organization sponsored by the Rotary Club of Meriden and Rotary International. The word Interact stands for international action. The international objectives are to develop leadership skills and personal integrity, to demonstrate helpfulness and respect for others, to understand the value of individual responsibility and hard work and to advance international understand and goodwill.

Meetings: See Mr. Frederick in Room 156 meetings on Wednesdays

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Key Club

Key Club Pledge: I pledge, on my honor, to uphold the objects of Key Club International, to build my home school and community, to serve my nation and God, and combat all forces which tend to undermine these institutions.

Responsibilities of the Key Club Member:

• To develop initiative and leadership.
• To provide experience in living and working together.
• To serve the school and community.
• To cooperate with the school principal.
• To prepare for useful citizenship.

Convention: Every year the Platt Key Club participates in the New England Key Club Convention in Springfield, Mass.

Membership: We meet on Wednesdays in Room 302. See Maureen DiPace 

National Honor Society

Club Advisor: Mr. Corey

Objectives: The main objectives of the National Honor Society are to create enthusiasm for scholarship, to stimulate a desire to render service, to promote leadership, and to develop character.

Membership: Students with a cumulative GPA of 3.5 or better are notified that they have reached eligibility. They are then reviewed by faculty for excellence in character, leadership, and service. Chosen applicants are then notified of their acceptance. Induction is held once a year, in the spring.

National Honor Society Announces New Members: The Platt High School Faculty Council wishes to congratulate the following students who have been selected for membership in the Anna T. Doyle Chapter of National Honor Society. To be selected for membership in NHS, a student must demonstrate excellence in four areas: academics, character, service, and leadership.

Meetings: Thursday - Room 312

Panther Press

The Panther Press staffers work together to produce one school paper every other month. They put a lot of work into researching, interviewing, and editing to make sure the students at Platt High School receive only the best.

Membership: See Dr. Martorelli for more information

Platt Theatre

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Sandy Hook Promise SAVE/Promise Club

Hello, Panthers! At the start of this school year, our Student Voice & Action Club officially became our Sandy Hook Promise SAVE/Promise Club! This club will be hosting our Sandy Hook Promise Call-to-Action Weeks that Platt has participated in the past. Last Tuesday, our Student Ambassadors, teachers, and admin met to plan a great week and we hope you, too, will join us in the first Call-to-Action Week of the year: Start with "Hello" Week!

Throughout the week, we'll be asking students and teachers to participate in simple actions to help build our school community and encourage kindness and positivity. Our goal is to end social isolation, bullying, and violence in our school by starting with a simple "Hello!"

We hope you'll challenge students to participate in our Twitter competitions, outlined in the attachment, and to submit entries into the Sandy Hook Promise Student Voices competition where students can win cash prizes using a variety of artistic outlets including essays, videos, paintings, etc. More information will be shared about each day in the daily announcements!

Membership: We're always looking to build our club, and we hope you'll join us at our next meeting! Please feel free to reach out if you'd like to participate! See Ms. Volo, Ms. Greenstein, or Mr. Blythe.

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Student Senate

The Platt Student Senate is your voice. If you have any problems or issues to discuss please feel free to attend any Student Senate meeting.

Objectives: The Student Senate serves to develop attitudes of citizenship and the practice of good school citizenship, to promote school spirit, to provide a forum for the exchange of student ideas, to charter clubs and other school activities, and to promote the general welfare of the school.

Activities: The Student Senate sponsors a variety of different activities such as the Spirit Breakfast, the Mock Election, the Voter Registration Drive, Homecoming Elections and Dance, National Teachers' Day, and many more. It also has two members that sit on the Meriden Board of Education as non-voting members.

Membership: See Ms. Volo, Ms. Greenstein, and Mr. Blythe.

Webpage / Computer Club

Membership: See Maureen DiPace.

Meetings: After school every Monday.

Interested in being the Platt HS Webmaster? We are seeking a reliable and flexible individual to maintain the website. See Maureen DiPace in room 305 for details.

Yearbook

Advisor: Mrs. Mucik

Meetings: After school every Wednesday in Room 186.

Attention Seniors: Platt Yearbook Uploads

If you have any questions please see Mrs. Mucik.

Youth & Government

Membership: See Mr. Thornton, Ms. Volo or your Social Studies Teacher.

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