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Clubs & Activities

EAGLES FOR LIFE

Sponsor: Emma Diskin

 

We support the right to life for all!

 

ART CLUB

Sponsors: Cathy Bachrodt and Olivia Robben

Location: Art Rooms 501 and 502

Meeting Day: Mondays

Meeting Time: 3:30 – 4:30

1st Meeting: Monday, September 12th (3:30 – 4:30)

 

Art Club is for anyone who loves to create art, work in sketchbooks, and socialize with other artists.

Students will be provided with a space where they can freely paint, draw and sketch while collaborating with other creative students.

 

BASS FISHING CLUB

Sponsor: Mike Skaggs

The mission of the Bishop Carroll Bass Fishing Club is to unite people with a similar love for bass fishing.

What We Do: We participate as members of B.A.S.S. in tournaments against other high school teams throughout the state.

Meetings: Only for bass tournaments twice a semester as scheduled by Bass Nation High School Tournaments.

BCTV - THE BROADCAST

Sponsor: Tony Rosales

CROCHET CLUB

 

Sponsor: Karla Henke

 

Mission: To encourage students to explore the art of crochet in a friendly and relaxed environment.  All skill levels are welcome and materials are provided.  Meetings are from 3:20 to 4:30 every Wednesday in room 414.

 

DEBATE CLUB

Sponsors: Ashley Kovar (Head Coach) and Tony Rosales (Assistant Coach)

Debate is both a Fall semester class and an extracurricular activity. It is a group of students who participate in formal discussions of a subject, or debates. Debate helps students develop their communication skills, critical thinking, and ability to reason in a safe and fun environment. Debate also helps students become more informed about current events and global affairs, and helps prepare them for debate tournaments.

Activities: Our tournament season is from September-November/December. Tournaments typically occur on Saturdays.

 

GAME CLUB

 Sponsors: Ben Reilly

Purpose: For students to come together and socialize and compete against one another in a safe environment.  Students are able to play video games and board games, and just hang out. Meetings are every other Friday.

GOD SQUAD

Sponsors: Fr. Ed Herzog

God Squad is a group of young men and women who desire to strive in their spiritual life with the same intensity as some students strive in sports, band, theater or other extracurricular activities.

What We Do: During Lent and through the first week of Easter students gather in the auditorium from 6:45-7:30am to go through various spiritual exercises. Every day includes Morning Prayer and then another spiritual exercise like the Rosary, Mass, Stations of the Cross, Spiritual reading, etc. Students may earn a varsity letter by participating at the varsity level for 2 years.

HANDMAIDS OF MARY

Sponsor: Sr. Mary Elizabeth, IHM

The Handmaids of Mary is a group of young women who desire authentic virtues and a genuine prayer life in imitation of Mary, the perfect woman. In addition to fostering spiritual formation for the present, the Handmaids offer hope for the future by preparing young women to become holy wives and mothers, consecrated women, and by offering a guide along the path that God is calling them to follow.

Activities - Living Rosary: The Handmaids host a gathering of teachers and students to pray the rosary in October. May Crowning: Handmaids lead the ceremony in honor of Our Lady which includes a Liturgy of the Word, Crowning Mary, and a candle light procession. Other Activities: Advent Angels during Advent, Consecration to Mary, Christmas celebrations, Easter Sunday celebrations, Summer Picnic. In addition to having opportunities for fellowship and fun, we take time for formation and consider how to grow in our prayer life, what it means to have a devotion to Mary, striving for virtue, and true womanhood.

JOURNALISM - THE FLYER

Sponsor: Kollen Long

The Flyer is a newsletter published six times a year by and for the student body. It highlights activities, sports and events throughout the year. Current news and original content can also be found at www.bcflyer.net.

LITURGY CLUB

Sponsor: Fr. Ed Herzog

Liturgy Club serves the spiritual and liturgical life of the Bishop Carroll community. Teams coordinate the planning of and the preparation for Holy Mass and other liturgies that are held in the AC, Cave or in the Madonna Chapel. These teams help create a sacred space where the Bishop Carroll community may gather for the Holy Eucharist and Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament.

Lectors assist during Holy Mass by proclaiming the word of God.  These young men and women must be truly qualified and carefully prepared for this office, so that the faithful will develop a warm and lively love for Sacred Scripture from listening to the reading from the sacred texts. Altar Servers assist during Holy Mass and Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament. Training for Mass teams, lectors and servers are held at the beginning of the semester.

MUGS & MEMORARES

Sponsor: Jeny Ayres and Emma Diskin.

Mission: To engage in conversation with each other, build into other people that are praying for their families.

Meeting Dates: Every Friday 7:15 - 7:45am in Room 601

Activities: Free coffee! Simply pray a Memorare for your future (or current) family and get a coffee mug to fill with coffee. No coffee will leave the room, and it's a NO PHONE ZONE!

NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY (NHS)

Sponsors: Janelle Geist and Ashley Kovar

The National Honor Society (NHS) is an organization that recognizes high school students who demonstrate excellence in four areas: scholarship, service, leadership, and character. To be invited to Bishop Carroll’s National Honor Society chapter, a student must meet the following criteria:

  • The student must be at least a Junior
  • The student must have a 3.85 GPA or above
  • The student must have successfully completed at least 10 semesters of honors classes or more
In addition to school service hours, a student must have successfully completed 10 service hours as indicated in their application to join NHS. The student’s application will be reviewed and they will be accepted or denied based on their dedication to scholarship, service, leadership, and good character as determined by the faculty board.

 

ROBOTICS

Sponsor: TBA

Bishop Carroll Robotics competes against approximately thirty other teams throughout Kansas and Oklahoma in conjunction with BEST Robotics Inc. Every year, each team is given a brand new set of tasks for its robot to complete as well as more than a thousand dollars’ worth of materials to use in its construction. Bishop Carroll Robotics has six weeks to design, build, and test its robot before competing at Hartman Arena for the chance to move on to the regional tournament in Fort Smith, Arkansas.

Activities:

  • Design a robot capable of completing a series of tasks
  • Construct the robot using a variety of power tools
  • Construct a replica field for robot testing using a variety of power tools
  • Test the robot for its ability to complete the required tasks
  • Operate the robot in competition
 

Meetings: Tuesday afternoon, Thursday afternoon, and Saturday morning during September and October.

SCHOLARS' BOWL

Sponsor: Mark Berger, Joe Langenfeld

Scholars' Bowl is a team academic competition based on speed and knowledge in the areas of Language Arts, Social Sciences, Science, Math, Fine Arts, Current Events, Foreign Languages and other miscellaneous trivia. Teams consist of 5 players and based upon experience knowledge different teams are formed to compete at novice, JV and varsity meets. Scholars Bowl Information Sheet

Meetings: Starts in September, competitions begin in October through January with regional and state competition in February. Practice is 4 times per week, usually after school. We ask students come a minimum of 2 practices per week.

 

TRAP/SKEET/SPORTING CLAYS CLUB

Sponsor: Tony Goebel

Our biggest goal is to teach marksmanship and gun safety.  Our secondary goal is to have fun and be competitive in our league. 

What We Do: We compete in a virtual league with High Schools across the state of Kansas.  Students start with Trap, to learn proper gun handling and how to shoot.  They can graduate to Skeet and Sporting Clays when their fundamentals are demonstrated at every practice. 

We compete in both the fall and spring seasons and finish out with the State Championship Tournament in June.  Our coaches are 100% parents of current or graduated students.  Students can reduce their fees by working as trappers/scorers at area events coordinated by the coaches.   

Meetings: All of our shooting activities occur at Ark Valley Gun Club at 117th North and Oliver.  We shoot on Tuesday Evenings and travel to local area tournaments as available

 

YEARBOOK - SPECTRUM

Sponsor: Tracey Fox

Spectrum is the student-produced yearbook. Produced every year since 1966, the yearbook was previously called the “Aquila,” which is now the name of the alumni magazine.