Activities & Clubs

Sponsor: Julie Sisler

Description: Adventure Club provides 8th grade students with an opportunity to go and explore the amazing things that Colorado has to offer. In addition, the club helps to build leadership skills while facilitating positive relationships with your peers. At these meetings we will participate in team-building activities, then once a month we will go on various adventures. Such adventures may include hiking, ziplining, & ice skating.

Sponsor: Adam Nirmaier & Lily Ellison

Description: Come join art club! We will make art and fundraise for the art department by selling the art we create.

Sponsor: Sam Turner

Description: Astronomy Club is a chance to learn about the cosmos above us! As a member of this club, you will also have the opportunity to work with University of Denver students.

Sponsor: John Eggert

Description: Come learn one of the best games ever invented! Whether you’re a beginner or an experienced player, everyone is welcome at Chess Club. Let’s work together to strengthen our skills.

Sponsor: Renee Kenealy

Description: Calling all Crafters! We will start with learning to chain stitches for crochet then learn crochet patterns. We have all the  supplies you need. All levels welcome! We also work on knitting, sewing, quilting, and a few other crafts are available!

Sponsor: Niko Sotolongo

Description: Come make characters, role dice, and slay monsters!

Sponsor: Andrea Hemphill

Description: Do you love playing games? Then come and join our Game Club. We will play all kinds of different games, from Monopoly to Uno. Come join us and have some fun as we spend time doing the best thing ever...playing games.

Sponsor: Micki Nelson & Lily Ellison

Description: Students who identify with any sexual orientation or sexual preference come together for support and outreach within the confines of Prairie Middle School. We will provide a safe place for students to meet, support each other, talk about issues related to sexual orientation and gender identity and expression. Anyone who would like to raise awareness and take steps to creating a positive atmosphere for the LGBTQ+ community is welcome to join!

Sponsor: Becca Tessarolo

Description: Girls who code is a free program for 6th to 8th grade girls and non-binary students to join a sisterhood of supportive peers and role models using computer science to change the world.

Sponsor: Jess Zacek & Hayley Conley

Description: A club for 6th, 7th & 8th grade students to work on their math problem-solving skills and meet “mathletes” from other schools around Cherry Creek. Students in this club will also be able to compete with other students around the district.

Sponsor: John Foyle

Description: Students collaborate with their clubmates to enjoy a quiet, creative afternoon on a creative server, or choose more adventurous experience and join a survival style, PVP server. Students are encouraged to program agents using either block-coding or Python, build amazing structures, or create automated gizmos using redstone, pistons, repeaters, trap doors and any other in-game components they may master.

Sponsor: Kelly Brady

Description: National Junior Honor Society (NJHS) recognizes and promotes student achievement in the areas of scholarship, character, service, citizenship and leadership. Thousands of schools have NJHS charters and colleges consider participation in NJHS to be a good indicator of future success. If you are a dedicated student and are interested in community service and leadership, then NJHS is the place for you!

Sponsor: Cameron Hays

Description: Cherry Creek Schools Spelling Bee is affiliated with the Scripps National Spelling Bee. As a district, we have participated for the last two decades. Each year, elementary and middle schools around the district host a school spelling bee prior to the District Bee. After that, we will advance to the district-level written spelling bee. From that competition, the top 30-35 spellers will move on to the oral spelling bee. The top 20 spellers earn an opportunity to compete at the Colorado State Spelling Bee.

Sponsor: Amanda Hawley

Description: Step is a unique dance art form that originated in Africa. Stepping is a form of percussive dance in which the participants’
entire body is used as an instrument to produce complex rhythms and sounds through a mixture of footsteps, spoken words and hand claps.

Sponsor: Niko Sotolongo & Sam Wallace

Description: Student Council at Prairie is composed of a group of kids who are interested in creating and participating in community service events both in and around Prairie. This group will create community service opportunities for others, help in the decision-making and planning process for schoolwide events and serve as leaders and role models in the school. The creation and planning process takes time, cooperation and commitment, therefore, students who participate are expected  to attend the meetings and events for at least one full semester. Above all, Student Council is a place to learn how to be a leader, meet new friends, and have FUN!

Sponsor: Sydney Olejniczak

Description: Come join the Wellness Club and work on improving social, emotional, physical, and mental health. In this club we will participate in lots of fun activities that will help to improve our overall wellness.

Sponsor: Trinity Stevenson, Sam Wallace & Sydney Prystowsky

Description: This is for 8th grade students only. Please see Ms. Stevenson for more information.

Sponsor: Kelly Brady & Erica Torres

Description: Do you love taking pictures, writing and attending games and other school functions? Then come and join the Yearbook
Club. We are looking for responsible, enthusiastic & hard-working individuals who are interested in helping to design our school yearbook. You will also get a backstage pass to school events so they can be documented and celebrated.