Status | Club | Sponsor(s) | Description | Day/Time | Room |
Pending | Academic Center Chess Club | Paul Kash | Whether you are new to the game or a veteran, the Chess Club/Team wants you. The purpose of this club/team is to expose students to the thrilling game of chess instructing and coaching students in the art of strategy. Students compete in chess competitions city, state and nation-wide. Interested students are encouraged to join this state champion team. | Monday - Friday after 8th & 9th periods | Room 316 |
Active | Academic Decathlon | Brian Tennison & Shane Smith | Students who seek scholastic challenge and desire to compete regionally and nationally should join this club. | Monday through Friday during 9th period | Room 112 |
Active | African American Culture & Leadership Club | Lynn El-Amin | The African American Culture & Leadership Club is about developing leaders for tomorrow while educating students on African American culture, history and the arts. | 1st & 3rd Wednesdays of the month after 9th period | Room 319 |
Active | ALBATROSS | Jay Rehak | The acronym for this club is “American Lovers of British Amusing Tomfoolery Related to Overtly Silly Situations.” We write sketch comedy and put on two pleasingly bizarre shows a year. Positions are always available for actors, writers, artistic designers, tailors, and seamstresses, painters and craftsmen. Scrumptious pastries and exquisite tea at each meeting! | Friday After 9th period | Room 301 |
Active | Amnesty International | Kenneth Golub | Students interested in social justice issues, promoting and protecting freedom and human rights worldwide should join this organization. The club coordinates numerous activities to raise awareness of various social issues. Service Learning opportunities available. | Wednesday After 9th period | Room 126 |
Active | Animation Club | Edward Kang | This club exposes members to the history, style and techniques in the art of “Japanimation” and ultimately the culture of Japan. | Wednesday After 9th period | 322 |
Active | Asian American Culture Club | Rosemary Foy G.D. Pritchett | To promote Asian American awareness to the student-body through meetings social activities and participation in annual show. Service Learning opportunities available. | Thursday After 8th & 9th period | Room 218 |
Active | Beacon (Newspaper) | Alison Stojak | The beacon is a class that meets daily 7th period. Students in this organization write, edit, and procedure the students. | Mon.-Fri. During 7th period with meetings following. | Room 218/279 |
Pending | Best Buddies | Susan Rice | This club is designed to enhance to lives of people with mental challenges by providing opportunities for one-on-one friendships through student mentorship. | Monday After 9th period | 179 Area |
Active | Bridge Club | Katherine Rehak | Whether you are an experienced bridge player or want to learn the game, the Bridge Club is for you. Members learn this complex and fun game, make new friends, forge partnerships, improve strategic skills and eat great food. Also, students participate in interscholastic competitions once a month. | Thursday After 9th | Room 341 |
Active | Build On | Charlene Floreani & Thomaie Hilaris | Build On engages American youth through in-class and after-school programs in more than 100 high schools. Students also volunteer in their local communities and help build schools in developing countries. Build On has built schools in villages worldwide, providing more than 100,000 children and parents with access to education. | Thursdays After 9th period | Room 220 |
New | Cancer Awareness Club | Keith Cerasoli | This club endeavors to spread information about cancer so that people are aware of the major health problem that concerns all communities. Members of this club hosts fundraisers to raise money for research and to support those who may cannot afford preventive screening in underserved communities. | Monday after 8th period | Room 304 |
Pending | Chess Team (High School) | Paul Kash | Whether you are new to the game or a veteran, the Chess Club/Team wants you. The purpose of this club/team is to expose students to the thrilling game of chess instructing and coaching students in the art of strategy. Students compete in chess competitions city, state and nation-wide. Interested students are encouraged to join this state champion team. | Monday - Friday after 8th & 9th periods | Room 316 |
New | Chicago Club | Catherine Sorenson | Interested in learning about the history and architecture of this great city? This club is for the student who desires to learn about Chicago and its past. | Wednesday After 8th & 9th | Room 294 |
Active | Chinese Chess (Part of Asian American Club) | Julienne Au | Members learn and engage in a compelling game of chess. | Thursday After 8th & 9th period | Room 218 |
Active | Chinese Club | Lusha Omara | This club provides a more in-depth look into Chinese culture to gain a deeper appreciation of this unique culture. Club members will be introduced to old traditional and non-traditional Chinese culture. | Tuesday After 8th Periods | Room 315 |
Active | Cinema & Digital Film Society of Whitney Young | Samuel Bassett | Movies are more than entertainment, but an art. Watching movies might be fun, but discussing them helps to provide a rich experience. In this club, students will watch “adult-friendly” movies to look at the art of cinematography, screen play development and production. | Wednesday After 9th Period | TBD |
Active | Computer Entertainment Club | Michael Bauer | Student will travel into the computer entertainment world in order to learn what makes computers so appealing. This is an ideal club for people who want to get into the design/game programming industry. If you are an active member in this club, you will see what draws people to certain games and repels others. This is the perfect club for you if you love computers and you love to have fun! | Thursday After 9th | Room 327 |
Active | Concert Choir | Grace Jeong | The Concert Choir is seeking the most highly qualified male and female vocalists who are accepted by audition only. The Concert Choir performs frequently for a variety of school, civic, and community functions, as well as international travel. State and local competitions will be an integral part of the curriculum. Students perform both sacred and secular works, and refine their performance technique of musical styles from various historical periods. Vocalists will develop skills that are necessary to meet superior standards of performance. After school rehearsals are required. | Tuesdays 2:30 pm-4:30 pm | Room 196 (Choir Room) |
Active | Croquet Club | Rosemary Foy | To foster a sense of brotherhood and to institute an order where joys and pleasures of playing croquet reign supreme. Snacks provided. Dues collected. | Some Fridays TBD After 9th Period | Chicago Croquet Club |
New | Culture Media Club | Katherine Rehak | This club introduces cultural media to the students of WY and teach students different types of games, activities, etc. for the purpose of helping others understand different cultures through activities. | Monday After 9th Period | Room 341 |
Active | Dance, Dance Revolution | Emily Benz | This club gives students an opportunity to play DDR whilst getting energize. In other words, students can exercise while having fun. | Wednesday After 9th Period | Room 318/321 |
Pending | Debate | Colleen McCarte | Come join this club and learn the art to debate as you prepare to compete against other schools in debate competitions. | TBD | TBD |
New | Dreams for Kids Club | Tracy Yaneck | This club is designed to engage students in raising awareness of social issues and execute fundraisers/events to raise money for charity | Every other Monday After 8th Period | Room 109 |
Pending | Dodge Ball Club | Ryan Neris | To have a time of exercise and fun at the end of the week to play dodge ball. | Fridays After 8th until 4:30 | Gym C |
Active | Environmental Alliance | Lynn El-Amin Emily Benz | Members of this club hope to increase awareness about environmental concerns while exploring ways in which to present solutions to problems. Our greatest task is to make the school a more environmentally-friendly environment through hosting many “green” school-wide initiatives. | Tuesday After 9th period | Room 319 |
Active | Film club | Michael Bauer | Students will realize their comedic and acting talents. They will watch movies and create parodies of them. Those parodies will be recorded and watched for the enjoyment of the members of the club. Members may also occasionally play a movie- related game. | Tuesday After 9th | Room 327 |
Active | First Robotics | Jan Dudzik | Participants play with the pros and learn from them in designing and building a robot in fascinating real-world professional experience. Competitions anticipated. | Thursday After 9th Period | Room 344 |
Active | French Culture Club | Margaret Stoiljkovic | This club is designed to increase knowledge of the French culture, its history and art through discussion, reading, learning basic language and activities. Service Learning opportunities are available. | Tuesday After 8th & 9th | Room 107 |
Active | Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) | Susan Heaney | FBLA promotes business skills and service activities through Leadership and competitive business. | Tuesdays (as posted) 7:30 am/3:30 pm | Room 278 |
Active | Garden Club | Todd Katz | The Garden Club seeks members who desire to learn more about different types of flowers, plants and vegetables and engage in hands-on activities by planting flowers and plants. | Mondays After 9th Period | 318 |
Active | Germanic Club | Jan Dudzik | To experience the culture of Germanic countries (Switzerland, Austria and Germany) in fun interactive ways. Students will engage in exciting discussion about history, literature and current issues. | Wednesday After 9th Period | Room 344 |
Active | Glow stick Club | Julianne Au | Members of this club learn the art of rhythmic object dancing using “glow sticks”. Students are taught eye-hand coordination, choreography, balance and dance while incorporating many martial arts techniques. This is an exciting club with high energy light and sound! | Monday 3:30pm-4:30pm | 188 |
Active | GO Organization | Todd Katz | Members teach and practice the Japanese board game GO. In addition to forming a potential competitive team, this club will include culture immersion and socialization. | Monday after 9th period | Room 320 |
Active | Guitar Club | Jeff Peek | The clubs provides a time after school to have access to guitars and a guitar instruction to enhance musical ability. Also to create material to use in performances and perform in monthly “Coffee House” at WY. | Monday After 9th Period | Room 197 |
Active | Guys & Dolls | Jeanette Gordon & Ricky Harris | Guys & Dolls is a precision dance team that infuses the techniques of jazz, modern dance and hip hop. The team fosters teamwork, provides performance opportunities and brings dance to school event, community programs and local competitions. *Auditions are held each spring. | Monday-Friday After 9th period | Dance Studio |
Active | Habitat for Humanity | Anna Gallardo | It is the dream of every American to own a home. It is the right of every American to live in the home of their dreams. Habitat for Humanity endeavors to help make those dreams come true for Americans with limited financial means who want to live in decent housing. Students participate in the big spring break trip to a state selected to build a home. Service Learning opportunity available. | Wednesday After 9th | Gold House |
New | Harry Potter Club | Rosemary Foy | Most people dismiss Harry Potter as a children’s book series. The purpose of this club is to discover the many different elements that makes Harry Potter who is. In our club, we will read chapters and participate in lively discussions on what the Potter philosophy is. We will also perform scenes form the book and compare similarities and differences between the books and movies. | Alternate Thursdays After 9th period | Room 308 |
Active | Hellenic Club | Greg Tsichlis | “Hellenic Awareness” teaches non-Greeks about Greek culture and traditions, to unite all students to participate in activities and eat good food! | Wednesday After 8th & 9th Period | Room 291 |
Active | Irish American Club | Paul Kash | The Irish-American Club wishes to embrace and experience Irish culture through activities that interest students. | Thursday After 9th Period | Room 344 |
Active | Italian Club | Rosemary Foy | The Italian Club wants its members to learn more about the Italian culture through music, art, food, language, history and politics. | Thursday After 9th | Room 179 |
Active | Japanese Culture Club | Yuki Schrock | This club wants to increases knowledge of Japanese culture through discussion, reading, learning basic language and activities. Service Learning opportunities are available. | Monday After 9th | Room 213 |
Active | Jewish Students Union | Darrell Quinn | This club is designed to bring Jewish and non-Jewish youth together as we meet to explore our historically rich culture. Through activities, students at WY will learn more about the Hebrew language and the many different holidays throughout the year. | Every other Thursday After 9th Period | Room 292 |
Active | Juggling Club | Emily Benz | This club teaches students how to juggle, starting with scarves and then moving on to balls and rings, then finally clubs. We would do both solo tricks, passing, and circus skills. | Thursday After 9th | Gold House |
Active | Junior NAD | Hugh Woodson | This club teaches students to become future leaders of the deaf and hard-of-hearing community. | TBD | TBD |
Active | Key Club | Michael Bauer | This national organization embodies students who are committed to service. Members are actively involved in both in-school and out-of-school service projects. | Thursday After 8th & 9th Periods | Room 318 |
Active | Know Your Heritage Competition | Corinne Irvin Sandra Dixon | The Know Your Heritage Competition is designed to encourage an appreciation of different cultures by presenting information in an entertaining game show format. The specific objectives of the Know Your Heritage game show series are to (1) foster greater knowledge of various cultures by sharing information about these cultures and (2) to inspire all people, young and old, to have an appreciation of the contributions of minorities to the way of life all Americans (and citizens of other nations) take pride in and relish. | Schedule is provided to students on team | TBD |
New | Korean Popular and Culture Club | Grace Jeong | This club invites all who desire to learn (or teach) Korean dances and share in the Korean culture. | Tuesday After 8th & 9th Periods | Room 196 Choir Room |
Active | Latinos Unidos | Claudia Chavez Colleen McCarte | To promote awareness of Latin American Culture to the student-body through meetings social activities and participation in annual show. Service Learning opportunities available. | Tuesday After 9th | Room 218 |
New | Laughter Club | Keith Cerasoli | To strengthen the immune system, releases stress and makes you feel better. Also good social network which can help you in the future. | 4th Friday of the Month After 8th | Room 304 |
Active | Mahjong Club | Elizabeth Graf | This club seeks to spread knowledge of an old age game that is still played today. Becoming an international sport in 1998, this game promotes complex thinking, memorization and basic mathematics. | Wednesday After 9th | Gold House (pending) |
Active | Majorettes | Joan Kane Doreatha Wheatly | The purpose of this organization is to promote school spirit and assist the pep band of all school functions. Participants will learn the art of baton and flag twirling, in addition to marching techniques. | Tuesday-Thursday After 9th Period | Gold House |
New | Mangaka Club | Nicholas Gorish | This club seeks member who are interested in Anime, Asian, Pop Culture and beyond. We all share in interest in the Japanese pop style of comic art and practice. The club will help improve skills in drawing manga. | Thursday After 9th Period | Room 177 & 178 |
Active | Math Counts Team (AC) | Julienne Au Matthew Moran | Hey mathematicians we want you to join an exciting team. Not just an exciting team…but a winning team! Math Counts is a team of 7th and 8th graders who implement their accelerated math skills in competition to win for the Whitney M. Young Academic Center in regional and state competitions. - Regional Competition Feb., 2008
- State Competition March, 2008
| Tuesdays During 8th & Thursday during 9th periods (Oct.-Mar.) | 293 |
Active | Math Team (HS) | Julienne Au Matthew Moran | Hey mathematicians we want you to join an exciting team. Not just an exciting team…but a winning team! Math Team is for students in grades 9-12 who implement their accelerated math skills to compete to win for the Whitney M. Young High School in regional and state competitions. | Tuesdays (Grades 11/12) and Wednesday (Grades 9/10) after 8th & 9th Periods | 293 |
Active | Mayor Daley Book Club | Ava Britton Deborah Barnes | The Mayor Daley Book Club meets once a month to facilitate book discussions with its members, teaching them the joys and adventures of reading though books and other engaging activities. | Wednesday After 9th | Library |
New | Melbourne Shuffle Club | Danna Dotson | Members of this club enjoy the art form of techno music and learn how to do the “Melbourne Shuffle”. This club is a lot of fun, so come out and join us. | Tuesdays After 9th period | Room 288 |
Active | Movie Madness | Michael Bauer | Students will realize their comedic and acting talents. They will watch movies and create parodies of them. Those parodies will be recorded and watched for the enjoyment of the members of the club. Members may also occasionally play a movie-related game. | Tuesday After 9th | Room 327 |
Active | Muslim Student Association | Lynne El-Amin | To promote awareness of the Islamic culture to the student-body through meetings social activities and participation in annual show. Service Learning opportunities available. | Friday After 9th periods | Room 322 |
Active | National Honor Society | Augustina Pucci Rosemarie Foy Ami Gandhi Felicia Swope | This selective organization embodies students who are identified nationally as scholastic leaders. Members are actively involved in both in-school and out-of-school service. | Executive Board Meetings every 1st Monday of month General Meetings every 1st Wednesday of month after 8th & 9th | Room 318 |
Active | National Jr. Honor Society | Matthew Swanson Catherine Sorenson Amy Barton Ami Gandhi | NJHS is the nation’s premier organization established to recognize outstanding ninth and tenth grade students. Members are selected based upon scholarship, leadership, service, character and citizenship. Members are expected to maintain these qualities and participate in service opportunities provided by NJHS. | 1st Monday of each month after at 3:30pm | Room 290 |
Active | Peer Leadership | Felicia Swope | Being a member of Peer Leadership is a commitment of service to our school and community. We are recognized as one of the leading service organizations at Whitney M. Young and are called upon frequently to facilitate projects and activities. Each year, members of Peer Leadership are required to earn 20 hours of service from a variety of different opportunities. Volunteer projects include: Rush-Presbyterian St. Luke’s Hospital, WY Open House, CPS High School Fair, Shadow Days, Aids Awareness Week, Leukemia/Lymphoma Society, Adopt-A-Freshman Program and many more. | Executive Board meets every 1st & 3rd Monday After 8th or 9th Period General Meeting Every 2nd & 4th Wednesdays After 9th period | Room 129 |
Active | Photography Club | Nancy Klark | This club desires to teach young photographers the fundamentals of taking photographs and developing them as works of art. | Wednesday After 9th | Room 126 |
Active | Physics Club | Jan Dudzik | Physics is for everyone! This fun club provides physics tutoring, encourages discussions of phenomenon or theories based on interests of the members, and experimentation. Members engage in board games that pertain to physics and other activities. | Tuesday after 9th Period | Room 344 |
Active | Poetry Slam Club | Mark Grishaber | This club is designed to encourage creative, young writers who desire to specialize in spoken word. Club members learn solo and ensemble/choral poetry and develop teams to compete in the annual “Louder than a Bomb” poetry slam. | Tuesday & Thursday At 7:00 am | Room 113 |
Active | Polish Club | Carl Pasowicz | The goal of this club is to engage every member of the WY family in the beauty of polish custom and history; to educate about what Poland really was-going beyond what little is read in history books. | Mondays After 8th & 9th Periods | Room 310 |
Active | Pom-Pon (Magnet) | Tonay Tucker | The Pom squad performs at most sporting event and competes in city and state levels. | Monday-Thursday 4:00-6:00 | Red House or Gym Bldg. |
Active | Pride Club | Michael McIntosh | The Pride Club provides a safe and positive environment for gay, lesbian, bi or trans-gendered youth, their friends and supporters. Students participate in organizing many activities such as “The Day of Silence” that their peers may participate and show support. | Wednesday After 9th | Room 342 |
Active | Red Cross | Ryan Neris | This club is a vehicle for service Learning hours where students learn how to perform Red cross programs in school and community. | Tues/Wed After 8th & 9th | Gold House |
New | Redeemed | Donnie Boyd | The purpose of Redeemed is to fulfill the needs of its members physically, mentally and emotionally. Encouraging them to become spiritually independent; firm in themselves and their faith is our intent. This club offers ways to deal with everyday encounters and issues teen face today. | Tuesday After 9th Period | Room 301 |
Active | Running Club | Robert Geiger | The Running Club is a volunteer organization who helps out at various non-for-profit organizations dedicated to health and wellness for a better society. Volunteering at such events as run-a-thons, local marathons and half-marathons are of interest to this organization. Our major support to running organizations are usually in the form of information distribution, water distribution and event clean up. | Monthly meetings to be announced | P.E. Department |
Active | Scholastic Bowl | G.D. Pritchett | A showplace for academically talented students providing an excellent opportunity in preparing for the SAT or ACT (national tests for college admission). By dictates of the Illinois High School association (IHSA), students are entitled to have membership placed on his or her high school transcript. WYHS students compete against other high schools in the state that exhibit similar academic prowess as WYHS students. | Saturdays 8:00am-1:00pm | 300 |
New | Scrapbooking Club | Carol Uhl-Alba | This club seeks to promote community between students and give them an outlet for their creative skills. | Second Tuesday of the month After 7th until 4:30 pm | Room 279 |
Active | Sci-Fi Club | Edward Kang | Students who are interested in Sci-Fi movies such as Star Trek, Star Wars, etc. are welcome to attend these meetings. | Thursday after 9th | Room 322 |
Active | Seek Bible Club, The | Jay Rehak | Looking for a club with students who are interested in Bible study? Want to be around students with similar interests participating in fun group fellowship? Want to learn about the historic and traditional teachings of Christianity? Then the Bible Club wants you. | Wednesday After 9th | 301 |
Active | Seinfeld Club | Ronald Giranio | The Seinfeld Club provides students with stress-relief laughter and enjoyment through viewing taped episodes of Seinfeld comedy series. This club also provides glimpses of real-life situations with a humorous perspective. | Wednesdays After 8th | Room 306 |
Active | Sign-Sing Chorus | Hugh Woodson | The Sign-Sing Chorus is seeking exciting students who desire to participate in this choir who sings using sign language only. The Sign-Sing Chorus performs for a variety of school and community functions. After school rehearsals are required. | TBD | TBD |
Active | Ski and Snowboard Club | Chad Solomon | This seasonal club offers trips for students who like skiing and snowboarding. Whether you are a beginner or advanced, you will truly enjoy these ski trips as well as meet new friends. | November to January TBA | TBA |
Active | Student Council | Susan Gustovson | This service-based, student-voice organization with national recognition is looking for students who want to actively participate in fulfilling the vision of the school through student organizing. | 4th Thursday After 9th | Room 110/Blue House (General Mtgs.) |
Active | Student Democratic Association | Jim English | The purpose of this organization is to provide information and voluntary opportunities at the state and national level to gain awareness of what is going on in the world. | Thursday After 8th & 9th Period | Blue House |
Pending | Tri-M. Music Honor Society | Patricia Wiggins | Students who excel in music and are in the top performing groups of the music department are invited to become members of the Tri-M. Honor Society. Student will perform together and do service learning projects. | Wednesday After 9th Period | Room 191/193 |
New | Ultimate Frisbee Club | Nicholas Dicianni | Like to play frisbee? Come out and join us every October-November and April-May on the South Lawn near the Arts Building. | Wed/Thurs After 9th Period (Fall & spring months only) | South Lawn (Next to Arts Bldg.) |
Active | United Student Union | Bernice Reist-Jones | To promote excellence, leadership, integrity and scholarship by the students of the African Diaspora through activities, seminars, trips and service. | Thursday After 8th | Room 205 |
Active | Wooly Thoughts | Emily Benz | If you desire to learn to knit or crochet, or already know how, this club is just for you. We will learn from each other the myriad of ways to working with fiber. | Wednesday After 9th | Room 318/321 |
Active | Writer’s Club | Brigid Pasulka | The Writer’s Club encourages students to compose and read original work | Tuesdays After 9th | Room 204 |
Active | Yearbook | Ja'Nean Gayles | This club’s primary goal is to develop school yearbook. Students learn teamwork, photography, organization, editing, cropping, and publishing techniques to create the school’s annual artifact. | M, T, W, & Fri. After 8th & 9th Periods | Room 118 (Yearbook Office) |
Active | Young Company, The (Drama) | Daniel Winkler | Students participate in all areas needed to successful play and musical productions. From tech crew, staging, set design, musicians, managerial positions to the actors and actresses performing, this organization devotes its time, talent and excitement to create a magical experience. | M-F 3:30pm-7:00pm (some weekends) during Fall & Spring play season | Arts Building Theater |
Active | Young Doctors League | Emily Benz | This club seeks to expose high school students to the different aspects of the field of medical studies such as cardiology, neurology, etc. Summer internships, guest speakers and exciting field trips anticipated. | Tuesday & Thursday After 9th Period | Room 318/321 |
