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*WEB CONTINUATION: This article originally appeared in Volume 106 Issue 1 of our news magazine, Amplifier.
With over 50 clubs across campus and only five school days a week, club schedules have become packed. From Monday through Friday, there will be at least two active club meetings in the school, leading to overlapping schedules for students in multiple clubs.
With new clubs being added to the roster this year, student leaders like Maryam Al Medyadi, junior and Muslim Student Union (MSU) co-president, had to reevaluate their club meeting schedule.
“[We had to] take a look at what clubs are going to be on what days to find the best days to have our MSU meetings, to maximize the people that are attending, and also so we don’t miss our own [meetings],” Al Medyadi said.
Although finding the meeting date to maximize membership is common amongst club leaders, other club interferences are inevitable. Oindri Mallick, sophomore and Red Cross Club leader, used to be a part of the Asian Pacific Islander (API) club, but had no room to fit it into her schedule due to the conflicting Red Cross Club meetings.
“I really love going to API and all the little fun potlucks and gingerbread house-making [at meetings], and it just seems so fun, but I couldn’t abandon my own club. I had to prioritize,” Mallick said.
Honor societies have mandatory attendance to maintain membership, which can cause schedule changes amongst other clubs. This overlap is not only a concern for student leaders but also for the clubs’ teacher advisers.
Each club is required to have a staff member to advise and supervise. Anna Yuan, Chinese teacher, is a club adviser for the Chinese Club and MSU. In addition to those clubs, Yuan also lends her room to the Japanese Culture Club.
“It’s just hard when some clubs or some events have a mandatory attendance, because then it kind of throws off everyone else’s calendar,” Yuan said.
Alongside being a leader for MSU, Al Medyadi is also a leader for Key Club and a member of Red Cross Club as well as the Women in STEM Honor Society. On average, she attends three club meetings a week. With the majority of her lunches spent in meetings, Al Medyadi has found an effective way to manage her time.
“I definitely think keeping my planner always updated is really huge,” Al Medyadi said. “I’m the type of person who, if you ask me if there’s something I have to do today, I genuinely can’t say it. I have to look at my planner.”
Yuan uses a similar system to track her clubs’ schedules through Google Calendar, although she gives most of the credit to student leaders for organizing club activities.
“The leaders are really organized, and they plan everything. They tell me when the events are, and they tell me when the fundraisers are,” Yuan said. “I just have to supervise or sign the forms. So I could definitely not be an advisor for so many clubs if group leaders weren’t as organized.”
Even with these constant conflicts, club leaders and members have found that the communal benefits of clubs outweigh the schedule stress.
“The communities I have within each of my [clubs] are just really inviting, and I have a lot of friends in them,” Mallick said. “So when I miss it, I feel like I’m missing time to hang out with my friends too.”
