St. Nicholas Academy Clubs!

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4-H	Kentucky Youth Assembly (KYA)
Archaeology Project	Math-a-Thon
Book Bee	Math Counts
Chess Club	Multi-Cultural Fair
Choir	Quick Recall
Christmas Program	Science Fair
Geography Bee	Spelling Bee
Grade K & 8 Buddies	Spring Program
Guitar Club	Student Council
Junior Achievement	Y Club
KY United Nations Assembly (KUNA)	Young Authors

Chess Club meeting

Thursdays after school till 4 in the library.

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Archaeology Project

The Archaeology Club meetings will be scheduled about once or twice a month. They will be held at the South Campus, on Mondays.

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Book Bee

The Book Bee is an academic competition for grades 4 through 8 that begins in February and runs through March. Students read a list of pre determined books appropriate for their grade level and meet once a week to practice with other team members about information from that book. In early March, each grade level team participates in a competition against other Archdiocesan schools in the same grade level. Winning teams go to the next round of competition.

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Chess Club

Beginning in October, the chess club begins playing matches in the JCPS Middle School league. Club meetings are on Tuesdays, at the North Campus, and they are open to the entire student body. The club meetings also serve as practices for the chess team. The players performing the best at practices are chosen to play in the matches, along with several alternates.

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Geography Bee

The Geography Bee is open to students in grades four through eight. Following a classroom preliminary test held sometime between November and January, narrowing the students down to one per homeroom. These students will then compete over the broadcast. The final winner will take a written qualifying test that determines the top 100 students in each state. These students are invited to their state competition in March.

State winners take part in the national-level competition in May in Washington, D.C. National prizes include $25,000, $15,000, and $10,000 college scholarships.

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Grades K & 8 Buddies

The kindergartners and 8th graders are paired as buddies. We meet monthly for a seasonal activity. The kindergartners also attend mass with their Big buddies.

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Guitar Club

The guitar club meets at the North Campus from 3:00 until 4:15. Members are taught to play songs. The club collaborates with the humanities department to take part in programs or musicals.

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Junior Achievement

Junior Achievement programs are geared toward 3rd, 5th and 8th grade students. The hands-on experiences help young people understand the economics of life.

The 3rd grade program, Our City, introduces students to a variety of occupations, how workers apply their skills to their jobs and how businesses contribute to a city. Students become aware of the importance of education to future career development.

Exchange City is a program that is sponsored by Junior Achievement and Sam Swope. 5th graders become active members of a city. In this city the students have jobs and receive paychecks. With these paychecks they open a bank account and are able to purchase goods and services in the city.

Finance Park - This program prepares 8th graders for the future by teaching them how to manage their finances. In the classroom, they learn about debit and credit cards, savings accounts and stocks and bonds, different kinds of taxes and planning a budget. Then they spend a day at the Junior Achievement Finance Park where they are assigned a career and a salary. They are required to plan a budget, purchase a home and care, set up utilities and make a savings plan.

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Kentucky United Nations Assembly

The Kentucky United Nations Assembly (KUNA) is a program offered by the YMCA of Kentucky. At KUNA various schools from across Kentucky choose a country, study the issues important to that country, become United Nation delegates and debate and vote on issues from a global perspective. They develop public speaking and debating skills while serving as ambassadors. The students selected to participate will attend a 3-day overnight conference held at a local hotel / conference center.

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Kentucky Youth Assembly

The Kentucky Youth Assembly (KYA) is one of the many programs offered by the YMCA of Kentucky. KYA is a mock session of the Kentucky State Government where students sharpen their knowledge of current events and state issues. They experience the process of government in our state, develop public speaking and debating skills while serving as Senators and Representatives of the State of Kentucky. Students selected to participate attend a 3-day overnight conference held at a local hotel / conference center. they are also given the opportunity to visit the State Capitol in frankfort and work in the actual Senate / House Chambers, Supreme Court and various offices.

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Math-a-Thon

Math-a-Thon is sponsored by St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, and serves a two-fold purpose. It gives the students an opportunity to sharpen their math skills with an exciting Funbook or an interactive CD while raising money to help save children with cancer and other catastrophic diseases.

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Math Counts

Math Counts is a national program sponsored by the Society of Professional Engineers. Its purpose is to generate interest in mathematics among middle school students by challenging them to solve various kinds of problems. It is open to grades 6 - 8. Practices are held after school once a week from mid-November through mid-February. A city-wide competition comprised of three written tests is held at U of L on a Saturday near the end of February.

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Quick Recall

The philosophy of the Catholic Schools Academic League (CSAL) is to provide the opportunity for Catholic School students to participate in Quick Recall competition in a positive environment. Tryouts are followed by team members practicing and participating in a buzzer system, trying to beat the clock, and the opposing team, with a correct answer. The questions are based on KY school curriculum. Competition is between two teams of four students from each school. Junior High and Elementary competitions occur throughout the year, followed by tournament which narrows down to two opposing Catholic school teams.

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Spelling Bee

The St. Nicholas Spelling Bee is held every year in January. Each homeroom in Grades 4 through 8 holds class bees. The winners from each homeroom compete in the school spelling bee. The winner will represent our school at the Archdiocesan spelling Bee and compete against the winners from other schools in the Archdiocese. The words used in both our school Spelling Bee and the Archdiocesan Spelling Bee are taken from the Scripp's National Spelling Bee Paideia.

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Student Council

The St. Nicholas Academy Student Council is involved in the following activities:

Catholic Identity / Newscast

Help with morning prayers
Lead prayer at assemblies
Advent and Lent focus

Safety / Health

Patrol
Helping with appropriate safety drills

Environmental Awareness

Recycling programs

Athletics

Weekly / daily reports on newscast
Announce games for the week
Be the contact person for schedules, teams, etc.

Historian / Yearbook

Photographers for school events
Help with the yearbook

School Spirit / Public Relations

Publicity
Help with pep rallies, school functions

Making Great Memories

Working with 8th graders to make sure they are working toward their goals for the year.

Peacebuilder

Increasing visibility of Peacebuilder program at each campus
Promote Peacebuilder awards / praise notes

Service / Fundraising

Select focus for fundraising efforts
Coordinate fundraising opportunities
Offer service opportunities to SNA students

Graduation Retreat

Work with DRE to help develop retreat experience

Treasurer

Keep track of any monies received through fundraising
Keep track of any expenditures for PAC
Give monthly financial reports to PAC

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Young Authors

Young Authors is a program sponsored by the Courier Journal. it gives the students and opportunity to use the writing process to complete a creative piece of their own. Once the piece is collected, students are judged at the school level, archdiocese level, and city level.

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