Club Advisor: Mr. Perna

The National Art Education Association (NAEA) advances visual arts education to fulfill human potential and promote global understanding.

Club Advisor: Mrs. J Beyer

The East Senior High School Art Club is a group of students who share a common interest in the creation of art. Art Club promotes imagination, creativity, and art production. We focus on materials and projects that are beyond what you would do in a regular art class. Students are able to experiment with various art materials in a personalized, open and exploratory manner.

Art Club provides activities for students of all levels of interests and abilities. You do not have to have any prior art experience to join the Art Club. This is an excellent opportunity for students to get involved and learn about different art techniques. We are here to learn and have fun!

Where: Art Room 121

Please join our google classroom if you are interested. 4fcwigz. 

Future meeting dates will be posted there!

Club Advisors: Mrs. Day

Eligibility

• Students must be currently enrolled in business/marketing (fall and/or spring)
• Seniors:  Must complete 3 units in business/marketing by the end of the current school year
• Sophomores/Juniors:  Must complete 2 units in business/marketing by the end of the current school year (student should be planning to continue for at least one additional credit prior to graduation)

Minimum Criteria

• GPA Business/Marketing Courses | 88% or B+ (3.5)
• GPA Overall | 80% or B (3.0)

Additional Criteria

• Students selected for recognition will have also demonstrated both in the classroom and through extracurricular involvement:
• Character (evidenced by teachers attesting to this quality)
• Leadership (evidenced by committee chair positions, officer/chair or other lead positions in student organizations, civic/community leadership roles, etc.)
• Service (evidenced by volunteer activities in the school and/or community, etc.)

Application and Recognition Process

Students must:

• Complete an application (39 KB) and submit it to their business department by November 1st.
• Include two reference forms:
  -One reference must be from a business teacher.
  -Second reference must be from someone who can attest to your character, leadership, and/or service.

Club Advisor: Mr. Zielinski

Chess Club meets every Tuesday from 1:30-3:00 in room 317.  Please come join us and play a game or two.  We will teach you to play.

Tournaments start in March!

Club Advisor: Mr. Farugia

Open to ALL STUDENTS.  Drama club is the main force behind the Fall Play, the annual Musical and SPAMFest.  Drama Club holds meetings throughout the year and promotes field trips to see local productions!

Advisors:  Ms. Syracuse and Ms. Brind'Amour

East Connects is a monthly student-led initiative open to all students where we can promote mental health awareness and education. This is a space to have a stigma-free place to discuss mental health, where we can focus on wellness and bringing mental health resources and awareness to our school community.

Club Advisor: Mr. O'Donnell

From April 2-12 students and teachers from East Senior will travel to our sister school in France "le lycee Simone Veil". Our visitors will learn about daily life at a French high school, take a visits to Rennes, Normandy, and Paris. French students at East are welcome to travel with us to France.

Club Advisor: Mrs. Krueger

Join French Club to learn about and celebrate Francophone countries and cultures.  We often meet with Spanish Club to further our cultural awareness.

Club Advisor: Mrs. Krueger

The Société Honoraire de Français (The French National Honor Society) is an organization whose intent is to recognize high school students in the United States who have maintained excellent grades in at least three semesters of French language courses.

Club Advisor: Mrs. Schaal

Fresh Start Mentoring Program:(FSMP)is a leadership program designed to help 9th grade students transition from middle school to high school.  Using the focus of Stephen Covey’s 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens, junior and senior level student mentors lead a monthly lesson to model positive behavior.  Under this program, student mentors have the ability to use their service toward the completion of a leadership distinction at graduation.  They can earn cords to wear at graduation that designate them as leaders in the East Senior community.

News

The members of the Fresh Start Mentoring group met over the summer to prepare for Freshman Orientation where they welcomed the incoming freshman and gave them small, personal tours of the building. They showed them where their lockers would be, helped them find their classes, and answered any questions they had about coming to the high school.

The FSMP mentors continue to meet with their small groups of freshmen monthly throughout the school year to impart lessons from Covey's book, The Seven Habits of Highly Effective Teens. During these monthly meetings, the mentors discuss topics such as being proactive, the importance of planning ahead, working cooperatively, organization, and maintaining healthy minds, bodies and spirits.

The FSMP mentors will also be in charge of leading their groups this spring during East's Trojans Take Action day of service.

Advisor:  Ms Clark

The Garden Club helps maintain various projects in the school with a heavy focus on the East Senior courtyard which is centrally located on our campus and a nice focal point from classrooms, cafeterias and hallways.  They can be found decorating the building for the various holidays including our feature of "The Hall of Trees" during the winter months. The Garden Club also maintains the indoor plants to help add beauty to our school corridors.

Club Advisor: Mrs. Jones

Girls Athletic Association is a group of female athletes that often meet to plan sporting events for the entire school community. We work on "Athlete of the Month"  So students get recognition for all they do.  Each season Every Varsity sport will have the chance to nominate 2 athletes.

Listen to the morning announcements regarding meetings.

Club Advisor: Mrs. Pava

Club Advisor:  Mrs. Sorensen

Students and teachers meet monthly to discuss different traditions and cultures from around the world.  Meetings include presentations, games and food.  We also go on field trips throughout the year to various restaurants and participate in the Taste of Culture at East where we share our favorite foods.

Upcoming Meetings

Listen to announcements for future meeting dates.

Advisor:  Mr. Miller

The West Seneca East Senior Jazz Ensemble is an extracurricular band that meets outside of normal school hours. The ensemble is dedicated to the history and performance of jazz standards both old and new, while also encouraging creativity and improvisation. All musicians who want to study and play jazz are welcome!

Key Club (Kiwanis Engaging Youth)

Club Advisor: Mrs. Eisenmann

Key Club is an international student-led high school community service organization.  Key club is made up of dedicated teenagers who wish to change the world by serving their home, school, and community.  Key Club’s motto is “Caring ….Our Way of Life.”

Mission Statement

Key Club is an international student-led organization which provides its members with opportunities to provide service, build character and develop leadership

Vision Statement

To develop competent, capable, and caring leaders through the vehicle of service.

Core Values

The core values of Key Club International are leadership, character building, caring, and inclusiveness.

Projects

West Seneca East Key Club students plan and carry out several projects throughout the school year that serve to aid our school community, the West Seneca community, and our world.  Projects that we are committed to doing every year include a food drive for Thanksgiving, Student vs Staff charity volleyball game and WSE staff appreciation.  Students also choose a cause each year to plan a project around. In recent years these include Soles for Souls, a schoolwide book swap, PATH (People Against Trafficking Humans), and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. 

2024-2025 Officers

President:

Emily Skrzypczyk

Vice Presidents:

Jon Leising & Sarah Amborski

Treasurer:

Cerulean VanEvery

Secretary:

Erin Spernyak

Club Advisors: Mrs. Ocasio, Mrs.Hennessy

Select students participate in Leadership, which is designed to provide students with experiences that will enhance their leadership skills. These experiences will enable them to become highly successful in college, in their chosen career and in future community involvement.

The focus of the Leadership will be to develop individual student leaders in the areas of responsible citizenship, communication, goal setting, group processes, and organizational skills. Students selected will be required to take an active role both in high school and will have the opportunity to earn a cord for graduation.

Our mission as West Seneca East leaders is to create an environment that promotes school morale, makes East a place you want to be and to support and enrich the leaders of tomorrow.

Advisor:  Mrs. Hart

Literary Magazine is a club dedicated to student voice and community. The goal of this student-run publication is to empower young people through creative writing, publishing, editing, design, and art. 

Club Advisor: Mr. Zielinski

MasterMinds is a Quiz type game where students ring in and answer questions in a plethora of academic areas. A well rounded team has players with expertise in a variety of different topics including sports, biology, chemistry, physics, literature, history, current events and pop culture. MasterMinds competes with other regional schools about 6 times a year and meets for a weekly practice from October to March.

Practices- Every Thursday in room 315

If you are a new student that is interested, stop by room 317 and get details from Mr. Zielinski.

Visit and Bookmark the MasterMinds Homepage:  http://www.nymasterminds.com/

Club Advisor: Mr. Jones

The Model United Nations is a social club at West Seneca East. Our club has been referred to in the past as the debate club, the discussion club, and/or the current events club, and all of these descriptions are correct. The U. N. Club meets about twice a month to discuss world events and global developments. The goal of the club is to understand the impact that issues have on us, our community, our country and our world. We spend much of our time preparing for a large United Nations simulation and competition that takes place every March at the University of Buffalo. Each year our club, as well as 50 + other schools in our area, choose a nation to study and role play at the annual competition. We also spend time researching and creating resolutions in an attempt to help solve many of the world’s problems. We then debate with the other schools at the U.N. conference (field trip) the solutions that best solve the many problems our world faces. It is fun, informative, interesting and welcoming! We hope to see you at our meetings.

Club Advisor: Mr. Kutina

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Club Advisors: Ms. Clar and Mrs. Page

General Information

The National Honor Society (NHS) is the nation's premier organization established to recognize outstanding high school students. More than just an honor roll, NHS serves to honor those students who have demonstrated excellence in the areas of Scholarship, Leadership, Service, and Character.

These characteristics have been associated with membership in the organization since its beginning in 1921. Today, it is estimated that over one million students participate in activities of the NHS and its middle level counterpart, the National Junior Honor Society (NJHS). NHS chapters are found in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and many U.S. Territories and Canada.

Chapter membership not only recognizes students for their accomplishments, but challenges them to develop further through active involvement in school activities and providing community service.

* See below for attached community service paperwork (If PDF is downloaded, it will be a type-able form)

Policies

One of the highest honors conferred in high school is a student’s selection to the National Honor Society.  Students who are members of the National Honor Society (Andastes Chapter) have worked hard to become members and have earned the respect of our faculty and school community.  Membership in the Honor Society, is also however, an ongoing commitment to the ideals of the Honor Society. These include “scholarship”, “leadership”, “character” and “service.”

We fully expect and require that Honor Society members will continue to earn their status in our organization.  To this end, we have the following expectations for our chapter members:

    1.    Attendance at monthly meetings
    2.    Maintenance of a 90% average
    3.    Completion of service, consisting of 30 hours of community service

Policy on Past Due Service Hours

Parents of members who fall behind on the community service obligation will be notified by mail.  The student’s past due service hours must be completed on time or they will be terminated as members of the Andastes Chapter of the National Honor Society.

Policy on Maintenance of a 90% Average

Parents of members who fall below the 90% average will be notified by mail.  The students have until the next progress report or report card to improve their grades. Students who do not maintain their 90% average at that time will be terminated as members of the Andastes Chapter of the National Honor Society.

Members should understand fully that they are subject to dismissal if they do not maintain the standards of scholarship, leadership, service and character that were used as a basis for their selection.

We are very pleased that the majority of our members meet their obligations in a timely manner.  We also hope that your child will take immediate responsibility for the ongoing requirements for the membership in the Honor Society.

Hours Form

Any questions regarding these NHS policies may be addressed to Ms. Clar at East Senior at 677-3316 or Mrs. Page  at East Senior at 677-3313.

Advisor:  Mrs. Hart

Project Lit is centered around bringing together students throughout the West Seneca community with a focus on literacy through community service, discussion, and reading. The main tenets of the club is empowering marginalized voices to be heard and recognized and fostering a life-long love and appreciation for reading.

Rho Kappa National Social Studies Honor Society is Open to Juniors and Seniors

Purpose

The mission and purpose of Rho Kappa National Social Studies Honor Association (Ebenezer Chapter) is:

• To promote scholarships and to recognize academic excellence in Social Studies among high school students
• To provide opportunities for exploration in Social Studies in the high school environment and community
• To encourage interest in, understanding of, and appreciation for Social Studies

Local Chapter Fees

• The Ebenezer Chapter must pay an annual affiliation fee to the national organization of $75
• The Ebenezer Chapter shall pay an annual induction fee of $10 per new inductee

Membership

• Active members shall demonstrate an ability to work with others, to conduct research and inquiry in the field of Social Studies and shall possess qualities of industry, initiative, and reliability as they pertain to academic excellence.
• Active members shall also exhibit a genuine interest in, and enthusiasm for, Social Studies scholarships and topics.
• Active members shall contribute 5 hours of service to the high school or the community in which the chapter resides at the direction and discretion of the school’s principal and the chapter’s sponsor.

Selection of Members

Candidate must have:

• Been in attendance at the high school in which the chapter resides for the equivalent of one semester prior to being considered
• Completed two courses in the field of social studies and be prepared to complete at least one honors or AP social studies class. The minimum grade for these courses is 90% for a regents or local course, and 85% for an AP level course
• Have an overall cumulative high school GPA of 90%
• A recommendation from a current faculty member

Removal from Membership

• Members who have fallen below the standards that represent the basis of their selection to the Ebenezer Chapter will be notified by the chapter advisor. Members shall be given the appropriate amount of time, as described below, to correct the deficiency. The exception to this is in the case of a flagrant violation of school rules, or of civil laws. In these cases, a member does not have to be warned of removal from the chapter.
• If a member’s GPA has fallen below the 3.0 cumulative requirement or the 90%/85% social studies course requirement, that member shall have a one-semester academic probation period to regain the required GPA. If the member does not have the required GPA at the end of the semester, he/she will be recommended to the chapter advisor and officers for dismissal.
• If a member fails to complete any hour requirements established by the officers by the last meeting day in June, the member shall have until the end of the next full calendar week to make up any service hours. If the member fails to meet the hour requirement by the deadline, he/she will be recommended to the chapter advisor and officers for dismissal.
• In all cases of impending dismissal, the member will have the right to a hearing before the chapter advisor and officers.
• A majority vote between the officers and approval from the chapter advisor is required to dismiss a member.

Community Service Requirement

Each chapter shall participate in 5 hours of service to the school community.  It should meet the following criteria:

• Should fulfill a need within the school or community or provide a service to another group.
• Have the support of the faculty and administration along with the membership body and the chapter sponsor.
• Are appropriately and educationally defensible.
• Are well planned and executed.
• May or may not be directly related to the field of social studies, but should honor the overall purpose, mission, and goals of such an organization.

2022-2023 Rho Kappa Application

Club Advisor: Mr. Farugia

Typically a 1 act piece in November.  Open to all students involved in Drama Club.  You must schedule an audition and/or submit a google form. 

Science Club provides extracurricular opportunities for students to learn more about science. Many of the club events involve Biology, but we explore elements of Physics, Chemistry, and Earth Science as well! It is the intent of the club to promote an interest in the sciences, both within and beyond the classroom. The club members may go on field trips to learn about our local environment, participate in environmental cleanup, listen to guest speakers, and learn about career opportunities. If there is a science experiment you are interested in exploring, this club is the perfect place for you! The club is open to all students. 

The club meets twice a month, typically after school on Tuesdays. Listen to the announcements to hear when meetings will be held and email Miss Cataldo about joining the Google Classroom. 

SNHS is a prominent scientific organization that will engender a new group of young thinkers who will be the future of industry, research, and scientific exploration for America.

• Listen to the announcements for meeting dates and activities.

The East HS Ski & Snowboard Club is actively recruiting SNOW LOVIN' Fun havers to join us! View the file below and user the links to register!

Ski & Snowboard Club Information

My School Bucks for Ski Club

Club Advisor:  Mr. O'Donnell

Spanish Club celebrates Spanish culture and language at our monthly events.  We enjoy dining at local restaurants, trips to the movies, food celebrations in school, piñatas, singing and dancing!  See Mr. ODonnell in room 201 if you are interested in joining Spanish Club!  Our first meeting is this Thursday, September 19th at 1:45 in the LMC.

Listen to announcements for meeting dates and activities!

Club Advisor:  Mr. O'Donnell

• The Sociedad Honoraria Hispánica (SHH) is an honor society for high school students enrolled in Spanish and/or Portuguese, sponsored by the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese (AATSP). The SHH was formally organized as the Spanish National Honor Society in 1953.

• Our first Mandatory meeting is Wednesday, September 25th at 1:45pm in the LMC.

Student Council

Club Advisors: Mrs. Eisenmann & Mrs. Buesink

WSE Student Council helps students develop leadership skills, promote school spirit, and helps to foster student-faculty relationships. We also provide a way for students to share their ideas and concerns with the school community. We plan and carry out events and projects that contribute to school spirit and community welfare. Some of our current projects are craft shows, student and staff recognition, and charity fundraisers.  The Student Council is the student voice of the school and funds many activities and events throughout the school year.

Student Council’s mission is to serve our school and our community at large. Within that mission, it is our responsibility to foster a service learning community that teaches service above self, leadership, and democracy.

Student Council Officers 2024-2025

Sarah Amborski

Vice Presidents

Olivia Roneker & Adam Skrzypczyk

Treasurer

Emily  Skrzypczyk & Kayla Schoenhardt

Secretary

 Erin Spernyak & Bella Snow

Public Relations-

Ariana Ruschmann & Annabella Byrd

Executive Council 

Kalissa Modeste & Jillian Drews

Club Advisor: Mr. Cook

Technology Club is a great opportunity for students to gain experience using hand tools and machines used in the world of work today.  The club's purpose is to teach advanced woodworking skills, promote teamwork, and create hands-on projects.  Students are currently working on an Adirondack chair.  The club is open to all students who are enrolled or have completed one unit in technology education.

Listen to announcements to find out when meetings will be!

Club Advisor: Mrs. Scritchfield

The Trojan Times / Literary Magazine is a compilation of student writing, photography and artwork. It covers current events, politics, local and world news, East sports and world sports along with fun recipes, life hacks and a slew of creative writing. It is published and distributed in English classes, emailed to parents and shared on the website. We are an award winning publication and hope to continue to earn those accolades!

Advisor:  Mr. Giancola

• Trojan Trading Post (East Bookstore)

  The Trojan Trading Post, formerly known as the East Bookstore, is located in the main foyer adjacent to the main office.  The store is run by a staff of students who are responsible for all operations, including sales, inventory and banking.  The store is typically open multiple blocks during the school day and on select days before and after regular school hours.  Anyone interested in working in the store should see Mrs. Giancola in Room 325.

Advisors:  Mr. Hartz and Mrs. Sorensen

Trojan Trekkers is the East side's half of the District's Outdoor Adventure Club.  Pairing with West Senior's West Ascenders, students embark upon hikes at local state and county parks and nature preserves.  Our club stresses exercise, Nature appreciation, setting personal goals, and limiting the invasiveness of a tech-heavy world.

Club Advisor: Ms. Mooar, Mrs Griener and Mrs. Rappold

We are a group of student leaders with and without intellectual disabilities who strategize and plan activities for the promotion and sustainability of our unified sports program, which currently includes basketball and bowling.  Our goal is to create a culture of inclusiveness in our school.

Activities we have planned in the past include:  Events at Unified games/matches; help with Unified banquets. Spread the Word: Inclusion Week activities

NEWS

Our staff advisors and some students attended a YAC Summit to discuss the upcoming Unified Sports seasons.  We are excited to watch these events.

Club Advisor: Mr. Jones

Club Advisor: Mrs. Ocasio

Be a part of capturing the memories at East Senior.  Join the Traces Yearbook Staff! Students interested in Yearbook must be organized, self-motivated and adhere to deadlines.

If you are interested in being a part of our team, please contact Mrs. Ocasio at nocasio@wscschools.org or stop by Room 302.

We meet every Thursday!

NEWS

Have you purchased your yearbook yet?  Are you interested in doing so?  Please visit www.buytheyearbook.com and see the attached flier for directions on how to purchase.  Also, Yearbook wants your pictures!  If you captured a great memory, please share it with us using the directions on the flier.