Extracurricular Activities

Freedom to flourish
The Hawken Upper School experience is enriched by an array of extracurricular artistic, academic, and service opportunities. Students gain leadership skills and the reward of close friendships through activities like tutoring young children, competing in speech and debate tournaments, producing the school newspaper together, and being teammates on the athletic courts or playing fields. (Please learn more about Upper School Athletics.) To contact a faculty advisor, please find their contact information in the Directory in HawkNet.
 
Academic Challenge 
Contact Bob Shurtz or Stan Perry
 
Affirmative/No 
Student Newspaper. Contact Michael Ialacci 
 
Amnesty International 
Contact Anne Kmieck 
 
Bloodmobile 
Annual blood drive (seniors only). Contact Michael Heeter 
 
Bright Horizons 

Chinese Culture Club
Contact Henry Chen
 
Calliope 
Student-run art and literary magazine.
Contact Denise Buckley or Margaret Gray 
 
Coffee House 
Open mic event for students to perform music, comedic sketches, poetry, etc. Contact Penny Orr 
 
Dance Club
Contact Gary Darrow 

Diversity Committee 
Contact Andrew Cleminshaw 
 
Ecology Club 
Contact Randy Dlugosz 
 
Focus 
Digital yearbook on CD-Rom.
 
Frederick Douglass Club 
 
Free the Children 
Fundraising to help educate children and eliminate child labor.
 
Gay-Straight Alliance 
Contact Sue Berlin 
 
Harvest for Hunger 
 
Hawken Players Society

Hispanic Culture Club 
Contact Heather Nelson
 
H.O.P.E. (Healthy Opportunities for Peer Education) 
Peers educating peers about teen development, relationships and other health issues facing teens today. Contact Michelle Harris 
 
Intramural Basketball League (IBL) 
 
Junior States of America  
Contact Ken Clark

Knitting Club
Contact Jodie Gill

Model U.N.
Contact Ken Clark
  
Motley Grounds Crue 
Enhancing the natural beauty of the Upper School campus.
Contact Penny Orr or John Tottenham 
 
Outdoor Leadership 
Contact Cris Harris 
 
Onyx 
School Yearbook. Contact Hank Skladanowski 
 
Peer Tutoring Program 
Contact Joaquin Soldevilla 

Red Key Society 
Community welcome group; tour guiding, ushering, etc. Contact Jack Breisch 
 
Robotics 
Building and experimenting with robots. Contact Russ Maurer 
 
Senate 
Contact Dave Gillespie 

Student Advisors 
Contact Julia Griffin
 
Source 
Student run, independent news journal. Contact Jack Breisch 

Speaker Series
Contact Peter Scott
 
Speech & Debate
Contact Bob Shurtz 
 
T.E.A.M.S. (Tests of Engineering Aptitude, Mathematics, and Science) 
Contact Russ Maurer 
 
Tech Crew 
 
United Way