Clubs and Activities

At Nazareth Academy, girls engage in hands-on, interactive experiences that enhance our academic program, promote service learning, and provide opportunities to make interdisciplinary connections in new and exciting ways.

At Nazareth Academy High School, we offer a variety of clubs and activities that keep our students well rounded and involved. With more than 40 clubs and activities to choose from, Nazareth offers countless opportunities for students to explore extracurricular activities and to develop leadership skills.

Our clubs are student-designed and student-led, with a faculty adviser who offers guidance and mentoring. Our students and faculty are passionate about their interests – and they often extend their club commitments well beyond the boundaries of our schedule and campus.

If we don't have a club or activity that suits a student's desires, then she may write a proposal to begin a new club or activity and present it to our Assistant Principal of Student Life.

List of Clubs and Activities

AHA- Athletes Helping Athletes

All-Inclusive Committee

American Red Cross Club

Art Club

CAC - Cancer Awareness Club

Club Moderator: Mrs. Mary Jane Durkin

The CAC's goals are:

To enlighten students so that they are more aware of this deadly disease which afflicts so many US citizens.
Students explore the different types of cancer with emphasis on breast and diabetes; an individual student may research and present a topic to the club to explore the causes, preventions and management of these cancers. the students also have bake sales whose proceeds go to hospitals specifically for children—CHOP and St. Jude’s
When possible, speakers are invited to lecture the girls on causes and prevention of certain cancers.
Our Club meets once a month during Activity Period.

Crochet Club

Dance Club

Drama Club

CSC - Community Service Corp

Nazareth Academy High School’s Community Service Corp (CSC) provides students with the opportunity to live out the words expressed by His Holiness, John Paul II, “Enjoy the privilege of your youth: the right to be dynamic, creative and spontaneous, the right to be full of hope and joy, and above all, the chance to give of yourself to others in generous joyful service.”

For members of the Community Service Corp, service is a year-round experience that includes:

Collecting school supplies for area grade school
Gathering winter clothing and food for local shelters
Serving holiday meals to older adults at senior centers
Mentoring children in their schools and communities

Other major service projects include Operation Santa Claus, the Thanksgiving Food Drive, and the Bread Basketball program which raises over eight tons of canned vegetables, beverages, cereals, baby supplies, toiletries, and more for those in need.

Club Moderator: Ms. Shannon Donnelly

Entrepreneurship & Innovation Club

Financial Literacy Club

Forensics Club

Harry Potter Literary Club

Highlights Literary Magazine

Honor Societies

At Nazareth Academy High School, there are five possible honor societies to join. Please click on the tabs below to see the Honor Societies available.

Art Honor Society

Mu Alpha Theta- Math Honor Society

NHS- National Honor Society

Science National Honor Society

Tri M- Music Honor Society

Innovation Center STREAM Activities

Innovation Center Moderator: Mr. Greg Severino

Students are free to visit the Innovation Center to work on classroom projects, independent projects, or our monthly featured themes. The Innovation Center provides central workstations and specialized classes for students to explore and develop skills in the following areas:

Digital Arts
Arduino Electronics
CAD Design and Printing
Glowforge Laser Cutting/Engraving
Cricut Vinyl Cutting
Rocketry
Robotics
Video Production
Game Design and Production

Jewelry Making Club

Language and Cultural Clubs

Nazareth Academy High School celebrates diversity through world languages and cultures. Please click through the tabs below for our various offerings.

American Sign Language Club

French Club

Club Moderator: Mrs. Mary Jane Durkin

French Club enhances the in-class study of the French culture by studying the areas of food, holidays and different customs from that of the United States. For example, students will study Christmas and Easter in France, they will listen to French music and new rock bands, they will explore different culinary specialties. When given the opportunity, the students may use the kitchen to enhance their French cooking skills.

Some emphasis on videos on the general life in France amongst teenagers.

Our Club meets once a month during Activity Period

Italian Club

Korean Culture Club

Latin Club

PIP - Panda Irish Pride Club

Spanish Club

Mathletes

JV Mathletes
Varsity Mathletes

JV Mathletes

Varsity Mathletes

Mock Trial

Model UN

Club Moderator: Mr. Greg Severino

The Nazareth Academy Model UN Club is an extra-curricular activity in which our students roleplay delegates to the United Nations and simulate UN committees. The goal of the program is to teach students about international issues and how the nations of the world work together to solve challenging problems. The club develops important life skills including research, writing, public speaking, debating, critical-thinking, teamwork, and leadership.

Model UN meets in our Innovation Center where our students use technology to analyze issues scheduled for discussion. Also, the Model UN attends MUN conferences held in conjunction with other high schools and colleges. As our Model UN team members progress through the program, they will have the opportunity to meet and engage with students from around the nation and the world. At the end of most conferences, outstanding delegates in each committee are recognized and given an award certificate for their leadership excellence. Thousands of middle school, high school, and college students from across the globe participate in Model United Nations, and Nazareth Academy is proud to offer Model UN as today's program for tomorrow's leaders.

Music Groups

NAZ-A-THON

Club Moderator: Mrs. Cheryl Sylvester

Here at Naz-A-Thon, we are driven by a single goal: to raise awareness and funds for the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. We work year-round organizing events and fundraisers, all leading up to our annual 12 hour dance marathon. We dance in support and memory of those who can't. We dance so that one day, they may be able to dance with us. We dance to create miracles and save lives. Most importantly, we dance for the kids.

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Naz News

Pandas for the Planet

Panda Pals

Club Moderator: Admissions Office

Panda Pals is an organization through the Admissions Office whose members serve as student ambassadors for admissions events, such as our Open Houses, Entrance Exam, Practice Test, and fun events for 5th through 8th graders. Our Admissions Office reaches out directly to all incoming freshmen inviting them to become Panda Pals. A student must be a Panda Pal in order to be a student guide for a prospective student who is shadowing at Nazareth. Panda Pals are also invited to events at area grade schools, such as High School Nights and daytime classroom visits. Panda Pals are expected to be responsible, knowledgeable, and friendly! After freshman year, Panda Pals can become Panda Pal Executives, which entails similar responsibilities in a more leadership-focused role. Please feel free to see the Admissions Office or send her an email if you have any questions about Panda Pals!

Pandas Stand Up

Club Co-Moderators: Ms. Alyssa Mikulski & Ms. Maria Kaloudis

This mission of PSU is to bring awareness to Teenage Dating Violence as well as other topics related to Teenage Mental Health and Wellness. This club was created in honor of Morgan McCaffery '20 who was taken from this earth way too soon due to a senseless act of violence. All the work, education, outreach, and fundraising that is done through this club will be to support, honor and STAND UP for Morgan and the foundation in her name.

** "Morgan's Light"-- is a foundation which shines a light on unhealthy relationships and knowing the warning signs and red flags of teenage relationship violence and abuse.

Photography Club

Poetic Pandas

Presidential Ambassadors

Robotics Club

Rocketry Club

Club Moderator: Mr. Greg Severino

Rocketry is a brand new STEM program at Nazareth that provides a fantastic opportunity for students to experience authentic aerospace engineering principles. The club meets during Activity Period and regularly holds launches on Mondays after school. The club designs, experiments, and practices year-long in an effort to compete for the national title at the Team America Rocketry Challenge (TARC). The TARC is the world's largest student rocket contest and a key piece of the aerospace and defense industry's strategy to build a stronger U.S. workforce in STEM.

Most excitingly, Naz Rocketry has helped sparked the interest of the Nazareth Academy High School students in the engineering field. Throughout the program, the girls develop skills related to computer analysis, simulation-prediction models, systems-selection and testing, propulsion requirements, constraint analysis, and simplified structural mechanics

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Star Wars Club

Student Council

Club Moderators: Mrs. Natalie Graveley & Mrs. Kerstin Greenewald

The function of the Student Council is to represent student views to the faculty and administration and vice-versa. To accomplish this, members cultivate awareness of student concerns, help to develop and maintain school spirit by providing activities and encouraging participation in them, and assist in maintaining discipline throughout the school. Student Council members and officers are elected from the senior, junior and sophomore classes. Homeroom presidents may be called in as ex-officio members of Council. Elected late in the first semester, 12 freshmen become associates and serve as councilors for the second semester.

Members of Student Council are the “face” of Nazareth and represent the school representation both inside and outside of our community. Their sense of leadership, loyalty, and responsibility, along with spiritedness and creativity adds to our school atmosphere and makes Nazareth Academy High School a welcoming home for all.

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Students With Advanced Technology (SWAT)

The Marygold - Yearbook Club

The Nazareth - School Newspaper Club

Club Moderator: Mr. John Marchese

The Nazareth strives to give its readers a great source of news, sports, and entertainment. We find content that interests our readers, provokes discussion, and advances the reader’s knowledge. We are inclusive to all creative talents and will be happy to have you!

Check out our latest edition!