Art Club | Kasia Adams | Grades: 3rd – 6th
Meeting Date/Time: Tuesdays 3:00 – 4:00 Club Dates: October – May In Art Club with Miss Adams, you will have the chance to create super cool projects and to explore your creative potential! Sign up for Art Club to enjoy creating fantastic art with your friends and with Miss Adams! If you love art, then this is the club for you! |
Battle of the Books
1st/2nd |
Nicole Weiner
Shannon Harrigan |
Grades: 1st – 2nd
Meeting Date/Time: Thursdays 7:45 – 8:25 Club Dates: TBD Read selected books, and work on developing questions about the books we read. Compete at school, grade cluster to qualify for district battle. |
Battle of the Books
3rd/4th |
Renee Whittenhall | Grades: 3rd – 4th
Meeting Date/Time: Tuesday Lunch (11:15 – 12:00) Club Dates: October – April Students will read 12 books and prepare to compete against other SD54 schools. |
Battle of the Books
5th/6th |
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Board Games with Bucky | TerrieAnn Jones [email protected] |
Grades: 3rd-4th fall/5th-6th spring
Meeting Date/Time: Tuesday Lunch 11:15-12:00 Club Dates: October-April Students will have access to a variety of board games to play in small groups. Bucky, Hanover Highland’s therapy dog, will be there to join the fun with the groups. |
Channel 1451 | Chelsea Wood | Grades: 5th – 6th
Meeting Date/Time: Mon, Thurs, & Fri 7:45 – 8:25 Club Dates: September – May Students will write, record and edit daily announcements to be aired for Hanover staff and students. |
Cheer/
Dance Club |
Amanda Kaiz | Grades: 3rd – 6th
Meeting Date/Time: Thursday’s 3:00-4:00 Club Dates: 5th-6th October-December & 3rd-4th January-March The Cheer/Dance Club Cheer is designed to give 3rd-6th grade students the opportunity to learn dances, cheers, chants, and team building activities. Students will learn the basics of cheerleading and dance and perform for other students, staff, and/or family members. |
Choir | Robert Rooney | Grades: 3rd – 6th
Meeting Date/Time: Wednesdays 7:45 – 8:25 Club Dates: September – May Student choral ensemble that studies and performs a wide variety of musical repertoire. Students will perform in a concert at the end of the year. |
Club FUN! | Sylvia Borzym | Grades: Kinder – 2nd
Meeting Date/Time: Select Thursdays 3:00 – 4:00 Club Dates: October – May Club FUN! is exactly what it sounds like- an hour of FUN! During the club, students have the opportunity to play a variety of board games, create crafts, play cooperative games, color, play outside, and the best part- make new friends! |
Coding | Ed VanDeSampel | Grades: 4th
Meeting Date/Time: Thursdays Lunch (11:15 – 12:00) Club Dates: November – March We code, learn to code and play around. |
Coloring Club | Rachel Rosone
Laura Jaeger |
Grades: 3rd – 6th
Meeting Date/Time: Wednesday Lunch (11:15 – 12:00) Club Dates: November – December Students from general education and instructional classes will play movie based trivia games while they eat and then color together to create artwork displays for the school during recess time. |
Craft Club | Shannon Harrigan | Grades: 1st – 4th and IC
Meeting Date/Time: Tuesdays 3:00 – 4:00 Club Dates: Full Year Give students items to make crafts with. |
D.E.A.R Club
( 3rd Grade) |
Margie Anderson
Laura Masters |
Grades: 3rd
Meeting Date/Time: Tuesdays 3:00 – 4:00 Club Dates: September – November Ever wish you could find a good book and just have time to read and enjoy it? Mrs. Anderson and Mrs. Masters will help you find those books and fun ways to read them! This club will not have reading responses, annotations, or homework, just time to read and see how books can be exciting and funny and make you want to hide your book under the covers so you can keep reading to see what happens next! |
D.E.A.R Club
(1st Grade) |
Margie Anderson
Chelsea Wood |
Grades: 1st
Meeting Date/Time: Tuesdays 3:00 – 4:00 Club Dates: January – March Ever wish you could find a good book and just have time to read and enjoy it? Mrs. Anderson and Mrs. Wood will help you find those books and fun ways to read them! This club will not have reading responses, annotations, or homework, just time to read and see how books can be exciting and funny and make you want to hide your book under the covers so you can keep reading to see what happens next! |
Environmental Club | Ed VanDeSampel | Grades: 4th – 6th
Meeting Date/Time: Mondays Lunch (11:15 – 12:00) Club Dates: September – May Save the world – one day at a time! We put on fundraisers, take care of the current gardens [flower, veggie, fruit] in place, provide plant giveaways…moving into next year, we’ll brainstorm how we further, can make a GREEN impact on our building and community. |
GEMS Club | Chelsea Wood | Grades: 4th-6th
Meeting Date/Time: Monday 3:00-4:00 Club Dates:February-April GEMs stands for Girls Engineering Math and Science. This STEAM club will have students asking questions and investigating their answers. We’ll design experiments and work on solving problems important to us. |
Hanover Hounds Book Club | Sylvia Borzym | Grades: 2nd – 6th
Meeting Date/Time: Tuesdays 3:00 – 4:00 Club Dates: October – May Hanover Hounds Book Club is a club that encourages students to find joy in reading! Therapy dogs and their handlers from Rainbow Animal Assisted Therapy are invited to our clubs where they read with our students individually and in small groups. Students are encouraged to read books that they find interesting and fun! Our therapy dogs are the best listeners! |
Husky Handwriting Club | Andrea Kachakova
Jessica Schorp |
Grades: 1st – 6th
Meeting Date/Time: Mondays 3:00 – 4:00 Club Dates: October – March The Husky Handwriting club will focus on practicing and improving handwriting skills. We will practice letter formation and sentence building for primary learners and will work to develop cursive handwriting for intermediate learners. |
Latin Dance | Rachael Sosa
Jessica Esparza |
Grades: 3rd – 6th
Meeting Date/Time: Wednesdays Lunch (11:15 – 12:00) Club Dates: October – March Description: Learn various dance styles from around Latin America |
Math Olympiads | Ed VanDeSampel | Grades: 4th – 6th
Meeting Date/Time: Fridays Lunch (11:15 – 12:00) Club Dates: October – April We do math. We compete. We talk and try to think outside the box. It is not a “regular math” sort of club, but one that allows us to think differently. We hopefully have fun. |
Origami Club | Christa Meraz | Grades: 3rd – 6th
Meeting Date/Time: Thursday Lunch (11:15 – 12:00) Club Dates: November-December Each week, students will learn a new kind of origami that we construct together and they can take home. |
Polish Club | Agnes Pawlowski | Grades: Kinder – 2nd
Meeting Date/Time: Wednesdays Lunch (12:15 – 1:00) Club Dates: November – March We will celebrate Polish culture, language and traditions. Students will learn about the geography, history and culture of Poland. |
Rocketry Club | Rachael Hofmann | Grades: 5th – 6th
Meeting Date/Time: Mondays 7:45 – 8:25 Club Dates: February – May Learn about the science behind rockets, while building your own rocket that will be launched along with other district schools at Olympic Park. |
Sewing Club | Margie Anderson
Kasia Adams |
Grades: 2nd – 3rd
Meeting Date/Time: Monday 3:00 – 4:00 Club Dates: October – March Do you like to craft and make things? Come learn how to sew on plastic canvas and create your own projects as you visit with friends and help each other in your projects! Students who participated last year are welcome to come again and keep learning more sewing techniques! |
Shoe Tying Club | Nicole Weiner | Grades: 1st – 2nd
Meeting Date/Time: Wednesdays 7:55 – 8:25 Club Dates: TBD Will work on the skills and learn how to tie shoes. |
Soccer Club | Haya Khourshid
Erin Peck |
Grades: 3rd – 4th
Meeting Date/Time: Thursdays 3:00 – 4:00 Club Dates: March – May Are you interested in learning more soccer skills? If you are join soccer club! Students ranging in soccer level are invited to learn more about soccer. They will have the opportunity to meet new people and learn new skills! |
Spanish Game Club (5th/6th) | Rachael Sosa | Grades: 5th & 6th Grade Dual Language Students
Meeting Date/Time: Tuesdays 11:15-12:00 Club Dates: March-May Dual Students will have the opportunity to engage in fun activities and games designed to enhance their Spanish language. |
Spread the Love Club | Emily Waple
Lindsay Harrison Daria Nalborczyk Maggie Grady |
Grades: Kinder – 6th
Meeting Date/Time: Mondays 7:45 – 8:25 Club Dates: October – May Students will build positive connections across grade levels and throughout the school. We will learn how to spread love, and show kindness to ourselves, our peers/teachers, and community. |
Strategy Game Club | Ed VanDeSampel | Grades: 4th – 5th
Meeting Date/Time: Thursdays 7:55 – 8:25 Club Dates: October – March We will learn and play various board or card games, talk strategy and have some fun. |
Talent Show | Robert Rooney
Keri Foley |
Grades: 3rd – 6th
Meeting Date/Time: TBD 3:00 – 4:00 Club Dates: Jan/Feb Students will plan, practice, and perform a talent for our school Talent Show. |
The Hanover Times | Amanda Kaiz | Grades: 4th – 6th
Meeting Date/Time: Thursday’s at Lunch (11:15 – 12:00) Club Dates: October-May Students will create monthly newspaper-like articles for staff and/or students’ bathroom stalls. The ‘Hanover Times’ will include fun facts, news about other clubs/events, student artwork, jokes, and fun about teachers and staff members. |
Typing Club
(3rd/4th) |
Keri Foley | Grades: 3rd – 4th
Meeting Date/Time: Thursdays 11:15 – 12:00 Club Dates: January-March Students will learn correct typing skills through direct instruction and game-based opportunities. |
Typing Club
(5th/6th) |
Christa Meraz | Grades: 5th – 6th
Meeting Date/Time: Tuesdays 11:15 – 12:00 Club Dates: January-March Students will learn correct typing skills through direct instruction and game-based opportunities. |
Unified Sports Bocce Club | Laura Jaeger
Katie Bowling Rachel Rosone |
Grades: 3rd – 5th
Meeting Date/Time: Wednesdays 11:15 – 12:00 Club Dates: September – October Blended (students from general education and SOAR classrooms) club playing Bocce Ball together. |
Unified Sports Club – Bowling
(Primary) |
Sarah Duda
Nicole Weiner |
Grades: K-1
Meeting Date/Time: Tuesdays 11:15 – 12:00 Club Dates: January – March Primary students of all abilities will meet at lunch to learn to play bowling. This club will teach and work on skills as well as playing games of bowling. |
Unimaginary Friends Stitching Club | Laura Masters
*We need students who are available to attend the D54 STEAM Showcase night on May 13, 2025 at district office. We need you there to teach the families how to make these friends. |
Grades: 4th
Meeting Date/Time: Tuesdays 3:00 – 4:00 Club Dates: March – May Calling all 4th graders to join Mrs. Masters in learning how to stitch Unimaginary Friends from felt, yarn, stuffing, and plastic needles. In this club we will pre-make some unimaginary friends as examples for families to see at our SD54 STEAM showcase night on May 13, 2025. We will also learn how to demonstrate our fun activity and then walk other D54 families through the process of making one themselves. |
Yearbook | Renee Whittenhall
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Grades: 4th – 6th
Meeting Date/Time: Friday 11:15 – 12:00 Club Dates: October – April Students will take photos and design the school yearbook. |