For over a decade, Granville students have been given a unique opportunity to explore interests outside of the classroom. This comes in the form of the club fair, a venue that takes place once a school year, where students can find clubs that suit their passions.
Granville students wrapped up this year’s club fair this past Friday, Sept. 5. With another year of this event for the books, adding up to a total of 50 clubs, it’s clear how much this has grown, not just physically, but also how it’s affected students.
Brandi Cosgrove, one of the high school’s counselors, sees the club fair as helpful for students navigating the waves of high school.
“It helps them get connected,” Cosgrove said. “What’s nice about a high school is that people in the club could meet anywhere from 9 through 12th grade.”
With the various new clubs this year, students can explore their own interests while at the same time meeting others who share them as well.
“You might meet some people that you wouldn’t normally meet in your classes and it’s a great way to just expand your network,” Cosgrove said. “It doesn’t mean you’re going to become the best of friends, but maybe you do some really fun things together or learn things together.”
For Aubrey Baumbach, a junior high school student and new art club president, the club fair is a significant part of every school year.
“It helps bring more people together,” Baumbach said. “It’s a good chance you can look around and actually see the clubs instead of just having the idea of them in your head.”
According to high school principal Scott Hinton, having the fair at our school grows friendships that may not have happened otherwise.
“You never know who’s going to want to join and have the same interest as you,” Hinton said. “What’s fun when you get to high school, because you’re not isolated just to your grade anymore.”
The club fair has a long history of supporting a memorable high school experience, and along with it, our school’s portrait of a graduate.
“Anytime you expand the educational scene beyond the four walls of the classroom, if it’s designed correctly, it enhances the vision of a school,” Hinton said. “I think we prioritize students becoming involved with more than just being a GHS student.”
