Clubs

Staff Advisor: Mrs. Best

Room: Mrs. Best's Office (Campus Ministry)

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Staff Advisor: Mr. Sifuentes

Room: 304

Club Description: The purpose of the Apologetics Club is to push the difficult topics of Catholicism into light as to give the students at CCHS more insight into what the Catholic faith teaches.

Staff Advisor: Mr. Kennelly

Room: 309

Club Description: Educate the Beacon’s members with information pertaining to current events and the changing climate in the west through the lens of our Catholic faith. And to give members a more full understanding of the spiritual battle that is happening around us and why it is important to recognize it.

Staff Advisor: Mrs. Moricone

Room: 212

Club Description: The purpose of the Finance club is to learn more about personal finance, the stock market, and financial careers. 

Staff Advisor: Ms. Davaz

Room: 205

Club Description: The Food and Friends group is a food allergy awareness club. This club will spread awareness of food allergies through activities and services. Some of the service opportunities include: food drives, volunteering at the Food Pantry, and making sandwiches for Roof Above.

Staff Advisor: Ms. Cabana

Room: 512

Club Description: The Global Citizens Club will meet to discuss global events and raise awareness by supporting organizations with fundraising and service grounded in faith and charity.

Staff Advisor: Ms. Davaz

Room: 205

Club Description: Good Reads Club strives to foster a love of reading outside of school by giving book recommendations and encouraging members to trade books with one another. Good Reads Club hosts a yearly children's book drive as well as other service opportunities.

Staff Advisor: Mrs. Cusack

Room: 310

Club Description: This club is for students who have an interested in in pursuing careers in healthcare and the medical sciences. Through engaging activities, hands-on learning opportunities, and meaningful community service, members will gain early exposure to the many pathways within the medical field.

Each month, the club will host guest speakers, including medical professionals such as nurses, physicians, EMTs, therapists, researchers, and other healthcare experts. These speakers will share their career journeys, provide valuable advice, and offer insight into real-world medical environments.

As part of our commitment to service, we will help ShineLikeJane.org. Together, we will support individuals experiencing homelessness within the Garinger High School community by collecting clothing and toiletries to be distributed to those in need. This project allows students to practice empathy, leadership, and social responsibility—core values in the medical profession.

We welcome any student with curiosity, passion, or interest in helping others. Join us as we learn, serve, and take steps toward a future in healthcare!

Staff Advisor: Mr. Queen

Room: FAC Practice Rooms

Club Description: The Music Production Club gives students hands-on experience with the full creative process of making music. Using digital audio workstations (DAWs), microphones, audio interfaces, and instruments, members will write, record, and produce their own original songs. The club’s work will showcase in a concert featuring all-original student compositions, with proceeds donated to charity. This club is perfect for students interested in songwriting, sound design, or audio engineering.

Staff Advisor: Mr. Kennelly

Room: 309

Club Description: The purpose of this club is to educate students about wilderness safety and to get more students outdoors. Also, to get students closer to God by appreciating the beauty of His creations. 

Staff Advisor: Mr. Tucker

Room: 517

Club Description: The purpose of the Robotics Club is to promote STEAM in charlotte Catholic and allow members to get hands on experience in one of the most important fields of engineering for the future.

Staff Advisor: Mrs. Jennifer Taylor

Room: CCHS Media Center

Club Description: The Speech and Debate team helps people to improve speaking and debating skills by competing at tournaments and creating a great community.

Staff Advisor: Mrs. Nobary

Room: College Room

Club Description: The purpose of this club is to spread awareness about breast cancer with the organization Go Jen Go. 

Staff Advisor: Mrs. Bick

Room: 318

Club Description: The mission of our club is to promote awareness and understanding of sign language. The main goal is to provide a supportive and inclusive environment for learning beginner sign language.

Staff Advisor: Mr. Quintero

Room: 202

Club Description: The Voices for Life exists to educate students on beginning and end of life issues and to advocate for the voiceless through prayer, service projects, and guest speakers.

Staff Advisor: Mr. Gbenyon

Room: 307

Club Description: The Young Authors Club works to improve creative writing skills, share writing projects, and cultivate a love of creating writing.

Staff Advisor: Mr. Kuhn

Room: 219

Club Description: The American Heart club seeks to spread heart health awareness and to do service with heart health groups especially those who serve the underprivileged and minorities.

Staff Advisor: Mrs. Montague

Room: 310

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Staff Advisor: Ms. Reynolds

Room: 229

Club Description: The Best Buddies Club is dedicated to establishing a global volunteer movement that creates opportunities for 1:1 friendships.

Staff Advisor: Dr. Leahy

Room: 219

Club Description: Our club's very name is the Latin word for "love for all" or charity, the Christian love for humankind, so we embrace occasion to be the hands and feet of Christ through service to others.  Some of our biggest projects include service for Camp SOAR, Special Olympics, Catholic Charities, and American Special Children's Pilgrimage Group (ASCPG)

Staff Advisor: Mrs. Taylor

Room: Dance Room

Club Description: The purpose of CLT Foundation is to enrich and change the lives of special needs kids as well as kids with life altering medical circumstances. 

Staff Advisor: Ms. El Fahsi

Room: 208

Club Description: The purpose of the Clash Club is to bring together students who share an interest in a popular video game. Members support a charitable cause by purchasing club shirts, with proceeds going to charity. New members learn how to get started and play the game, while experienced players have the opportunity to compete against others at a similar skill level. The club members meet once a month in room 208 where they play video games while talking about potential future ideas.

Staff Advisor: Mr. Goodier

Room: 300

Club Description: This club meets once per month, in room 300, typically after school.  The club is advised by a CCHS faculty member with the help of one student who acts as the club's officer.  Each meeting consists of prayer, for hospitalized children, the creating of arts, crafts, and cards, and fellowship between the club members.  The arts, crafts, and cards' themes center on most of the general calendar's national holidays (Thanksgiving cards and crafts with messages of thanks).  

The club is intended to bring awareness to the number of hospitalized children, develop our vocation to serve our brother and sisters in need, and to be ever more grateful for the blessings, one being health, in our own lives.

Staff Advisor: Mrs. Albertson

Room: 325

Club Description: The purpose of this Club is to establish a physical connection of stewardship for God’s creation with service projects that improve our treatment of ecosystems and resources.  

Staff Advisor: Mr. Georges

Room: 316

Club Description: The Every Step Counts Club focuses on fun volunteer work centered around helping people with mobility issues. This is a great club for people who want to go into the medical field or health sciences.

Staff Advisor: Mrs. Cusack and Ms. DalCerro

Room: 217

Club Description: The purpose of the Golden Hearts Club is to bring joy to under privileged senior citizens.

Staff Advisor: Mr. Smith

Room: HFH Restore/Construction Site

Club Description: The Habitat for Humanity club focuses on service opportunities revolving around the construction of houses as well as volunteer work within various restore departments around the Charlotte area. The goal for this club is to help supply affordable housing as well as furniture and appliances to families in need. If you are simply looking for opportunities that will help you complete your yearly service hours or want to get your hands dirty on a construction site with the purpose of helping others, this is the club for you.

Staff Advisor: Dr. Sigwald

Room: 225

Club Description: The purpose of Happy Holiday Club is to help underprivileged people during the holidays. We want to make holidays special for others. 

Staff Advisor: Mrs. Crainer

Room: 319

Club Description: The Helping with Mom's in Needs Club is a club that partners with the Walking With Mom's in Need organization at St. Matthews. We offer service hours through this organization, where we help moms who are in need of necessities such as diapers, and clothes for their babies and toddlers. This club offers opportunities to collect and distribute these needed items to local mothers. 

Staff Advisor: Mrs. Finnegan

Room: 223

Club Description: Each member of the Letters to Little Buddies Club will have a pen pal from a MACS elementary school and write letters to them and do different projects with them.

Staff Advisor: Mr. Chuttey

Room: Library

Club Description: The Mission of the Live Like Bryant Club is to raise money for the LLB foundation and help underprivileged children. 

Staff Advisor: Mrs. Kosanovich

Room: St. Matthew's Parish Center

Club Description: The Mel’s Diner Club will work to provide food for people in need such as the homeless in our community and refugees one Saturday per month.

Staff Advisor: Ms. El Fahsi

Room: 208

Club Description: Muffin Ministry is a club where students can bake muffins to be delivered to ministries serving the homeless at St. Matthew’s, allowing members to earn parish service hours. The club meets once a month in Room 208 and communicates via email to coordinate baking and drop-off schedules.

Staff Advisor: Mrs. Simpson

Room: 514

Club Description: The Passion for Fashion Club will collect gently used clothes to sell second hand and donate the proceeds to women’s charities.

Staff Advisor: Mrs. Bick

Room: 318

Club Description: The purpose of Pawsitive Impact Society is to help support the humane society of Charlotte by making toys, donating food, and volunteering at the shelter. 

Staff Advisor: Mrs. Tripp

Room: 324

Club Description: The purpose of the Red cross club is to show knowledge and life-saving skills to prepare yourself for certain life changing situations.

Staff Advisor: Mrs. Burnham

Room: 206

Club Description: The Ronald McDonald House Charities of Greater Charlotte Club will do bake sale fundraisers and supply drives to donate to the charity, and visit the residents at the house every other month.

Staff Advisor: Mrs. Adamian

Room: 521

Club Description: The purpose of the Wayfinders Ambassador Club is to provide service opportunities to students and help unserved scholars at Wayfinders.

Staff Advisor: Mr. Needham

Room: Counseling

Description: The Service Academy Club will work to help students apply and prepare for each aspect of being in a military academy.

Staff Advisor: Mr. Quintero

Room: Campus Ministry Offices

Club Description: Listed below the club directory.

Staff Advisor: Mrs. Carano

Room: Cafeteria

Club Description: The Charlotte Catholic Beautification Club will work to improve student life and honor God by beautifying the campus through service projects and physical decoration.

Staff Advisor: Mrs. Clementi and Mr. Morgan

Room: 218

Club Description: The purpose of the Legacy club is to bring together students whose parent(s) are graduates of CCHS to foster community and strengthen the alumni connection. 

Staff Advisor: Mrs. Clementi

Room: Counseling

Club Description: The purpose of the Mental Health Club is to bring awareness to mental health issues in our school community and helping others in need.

Staff Advisor: Mr. Christmas

Room: Gym

Club Description: The purpose of Morgan’s Message is to normalize conversations about the mental and physical challenges that are prevalent in the student-athlete community, especially at Charlotte Catholic.

Staff Advisor: Mr. Johnson

Room: 623

Club Description: The Photography Club creates an opportunity for students to build a community of
interest through exploring the world of photography. The club establishes a venue for
amateur student photographers to learn about the latest developments in cameras, image
editing software, and photographic technology and to hone their skills shooting a wide
variety of school and community events and activities on and off campus. Members are
encouraged to photograph campus and school related events, including sports, drama,
music programs, service programs and other school events. The club also provides a
setting for sharing images and making those images available for the wider school
community.

Staff Advisor: Mrs. Friedman

Room: 303

Club Description: The purpose of the Rosary club is to foster a deeper understanding and appreciation of the peaceful grace provided through the prayer of the Holy Rosary.

Staff Advisor: Mrs. Madden

Room: 532

Club Description: The Smiley Note Club wishes to make students in the CCHS community feel welcomed and cared for by writing kind words on sticky notes - or smiley notes - that will be posted around the school.

Staff Advisor: Mr. Kennelly

Room: 309

Club Description: The St. Augustine Club inspires students to deepen their relationship with Christ through prayer and service. Named after Saint Augustine’s transformation from doubt to faith, the club encourages teens to seek truth, purpose, and a living faith in their daily lives. The club seeks to meet at least once monthly to pray the Rosary after school, along with several service opportunities throughout the year. 

Staff Advisor: Dr. Sigwald

Room: 225

Club Description: The purpose of the Achievers Club is to create an intentional space for sharing among Black students and other students at Charlotte Catholic. Club members, in consultation with their advisor, will determine guest speakers, presentations, topics for discussion, and/or service-learning projects throughout the year.

Staff Advisor: Mr. Pham

Room: Library

Club Description: The AAPI Awareness Club is a club that allows students who are interested in or share an Asian-American Pacific Islander ethnic background and the Catholic faith. Together we aspire to spread awareness about different Asian cultures and educate others on topics such as Asian hate and discrimination.

Staff Advisor: Mrs. Schmid-Rankin

Room: 527

Club Description: The German Club works to promote the German language and culture through educational meetings, events, and service projects.

Staff Advisor: Ms. Palomino

Room: 204

Club Description: The mission of the Spanish Club is to further educate our students by sharing experiences of Spanish-speaking communities by bringing in Spanish speakers to talk about their lives.

Staff Advisor: Mr. Kalbaugh

Room: 211

Club Description: In the Climbing Club we will meet monthly or bi-monthly to climb at one of the three Inner Peaks locations in Charlotte. Members of the rock climbing club can use these meetings at the Inner Peaks locations to socialize, partake in climbing, and learn new climbing skills.

Staff Advisor: Mr. Christmas

Room: AD Office

Club Description: The purpose of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes is to help athletes to know and grow in Christ and lead others to do the same through volunteering and evangelization.

Staff Advisor: Ms. El Fahsi

Room: 208

Club Description: The purpose of the Figure Skating Club is to connect students who share a passion for figure skating and to help those interested learn how to skate. The club officers and members meet once a month in Room 208 to plan upcoming social skating events, activities, and community service projects.

Staff Advisor: Mr. Zenmke

Room: Carolina Sports Complex

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Staff Advisor: Mr. Panther

Room: 214

Club Description: The CCHS Golf Club is a group of service-oriented students who strive to have a positive impact on the community while enjoying the game of golf.

Staff Advisor: Mr. Kalbaugh

Room: Davie Park

Club Description: The Lacrosse Club's purpose is to get people together to learn about and play lacrosse in a fun and relaxed setting while also making new friends.

Staff Advisor: Mr. Kuhn

Room: 219

Club Description: The purpose of the Rugby Club is to represent CCHS and our catholic faith against other rugby teams while displaying virtue, loyalty and bringing honor to Charlotte Catholic.

Staff Advisor: Mrs. Best

Room: Campus Ministry 

Club Description: The purpose of the Pickleball Club is to allow students to participate in a very fun sport and make lasting connections with other students.

Staff Advisor: Mr. Needham

Room: Commons

Club Description: The Ping Pong Club’s goal is to establish a community of new or existing ping pong players. We aim to improve upon the game in new, meaningful, and creative ways.

Staff Advisor: Mr. Georges

Room: 316

Club Description: The purpose of the Running with Reason club is to help raise awareness for different charities in charlotte by attending 5ks that are supporting them. We will focus on a different charity each quarter.

Staff Advisor: Mrs. Tripp

Room: 324

Club Description: The purpose of the Sailing Club is to have fun sailing with friends and learn how to sail. 

Staff Advisor: Mr. Whitsell

Room: Renaissance Skate Park

Club Description: Make Friends through skating and promote skating in the community by cleaning skate parks. We meet after school to plan where to skate and or clean on the weekends.

Staff Advisor: Mrs. Yarussi

Room: 311

Club Description: The mission of Soccer Souls is to spread the joy of soccer to others who either don’t know the game or don’t have the resources to play.

Staff Advisor: Mr. Wisocki

Room: Training Room

Club Description: The Sports Medicine Club works to provide the best healthcare for athletes at CCHS while also educating students in methods of sports medicine and athletic care.

Staff Advisor: Mr. Hage

Room: South Town Waterpark

Club Description: The Wakeboarding Club offers students an opportunity to experience the sport of wakeboarding. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced rider, the club provides a supportive environment to learn, improve, and enjoy the sport responsibly. Join us to experience the thrill of wakeboarding while competing in friendly competitions with other members. 

Staff Advisor: Mrs. Parks

Room: 621

Club Description: The Art club will work to build a community with a shared common love for art and learn and improve drawing, painting, and 3D art skills.

Staff Advisor: Mr. Sifuentes

Room: 304

Club Description: The Card Game Club is centered around playing various card games. Some of these games include Go Fish, Uno, and Blackjack. Members meet once a week and create groups to play based on interest in different card games.

Staff Advisor: Mr. Galarde

Room: 534

Club Description: Our mission is to make sure others feel supported and cared for while undergoing hard times. We will strive to leave an impact on others and consistently try to brighten their day as much as possible.

Staff Advisor: Ms. Cabanna

Room: 512

Club Description: The Flour Power Baking Club hosts bake sales throughout the year to raise money for charity and hosts baking events to donate baked goods.

Staff Advisor: Ms. Waldron

Room: 523

Description: The purpose of MUN is to further the understanding of the United Nations. Modeling the promotion of peace through cooperation and diplomacy at Mock events and how to properly position stand.

Staff Advisor: Mr. Queen

Room: Math Workroom

Club Description: The Music Appreciation Club provides a space for students to explore and discuss influential albums from across genres and eras. Each meeting focuses on both the musical and cultural impact of selected works, encouraging thoughtful listening and discussion. Members will also collaborate with the Music Production Club to help plan and support their end-of-year concert event.

Staff Advisor: Mr. Dorsett

Room: 306

Club Description: A club that meets once a month to collaborate on board and strategy games.

Staff Advisor: Mr. Tucker

Room: 517

Club Description: The Pokemon Club allows students to come together in a fun, accepting environment to enjoy Pokemon and make friends.

Staff Advisor: Ms. Mirizio

Room: 620

Club Description: Sew fun is a club that teaches people how to sew and use a sewing machine. During
this club we will make things like mini pillows, pencil cases, and more. We will be donating all of our completed projects to Saint Judes Children's Hospital at the end of the year as our service project. Our club promotes learning new hobbies and skills that will be with you forever. The officers of our club are Angela Barletta and Jenna Poole, and our advisor is Kimberly Mirizio. We will be meeting during break every few weeks.