Amnesty International is an international group that monitors human rights around the world including the U.S.  It is not partisan to an country, political party or government system.  We only care about the Universal Declaration of Human Rights signed by many, many different countries through the United Nations.  

When human rights abuses are reported, we take action in a number of ways.  In years past we have written hundreds of letters to public officials around the world.  We have led petition drives in the school and community.  Last year we went to a rally in Denver for Tibetan rights in China.  We’ve written holiday letters to political prisoners (non-violent people held in jail only for their political beliefs).  We went to hear the leader of Pennies for Peace speak and subsequently organized a fundraiser in SCHS that donated hundreds of dollars to build schools in needy countries in central Asia. We also watch movies and read articles together in order to educate ourselves.   In May 2007, we were named Amnesty International’s Student Group of the Month (featured in their monthly newsletter).    

For more information about this club, you can contact Alejandra Laureano (12), our president, or Kristina Sherman (11), our vice president.   You can also look online at www.aiusa.org. 

“We like to spread creativity as if it were a virus.”

For anyone interested in Art (or anything art like), or those who just want to come in and check us out! We welcome everyone with open arms, so come on by!

Chess Club meets every Tuesday in the library Media Center 2:15-3:15 p.m.

Men’s ensemble and women’s choir are open enrollment (Open to all students). Women’s ensemble, women’s select, chamber choir, and a capella are audition only (Grades 10-12).

DECA is a business marketing, management, and entrepreneurship organization that strives to educate its members about general marketing, entrepreneurship, and general business strategies and decisions. DECA aims to prepare members for future careers in general marketing and business.

The theater department has a place for all students who wish to get involved. We offer everything from working behind the scenes to performing in front of the audience. Every one from the serious performer to those who just like to act and have fun will flourish in our theater program 

We relish all shapes and sizes and look forward to your participation. We understand and value the uniqueness of each individual, and we seek to nurture your strengths while bolstering your weaknesses.

We produce quality productions and graduates who are competitive and successful in this career field.

Theater offerings

·         Theater 1
·         Theater 2
·         Technical Theater
·         One-Act Play Class
·         A Musical
·         A Play

Advanced theater offerings

• Attendance at the Colorado Thespian Convention in Denver every year.
• Participation in One-Act competition every year.
• Attendance at UNC Theater Days every year.
• Broadcasting
• International Baccalaureate theater
• Fine Arts Awards night

FBLA stands for Future Business Leaders of America. It is student run. They do a lot of fundraising as well as community service. FBLA offers the ability to letter. In order to letter you must compete, do fundraising, and go to most of the meetings. They are getting t-shirts soon. They have a meeting once a month. The district competition is in Pueblo, and the state competition is in Vale. If you make it past state, you may go to the national competition, and the location is determined later.

Are you overdramatic? Always right? Super silly? Then Forensics is the club for you! This club is about speech and debate, along with interpretive events. It demands a lot of time for weekly practice and full-day competition, but is well worth the while! It starts October 16.

Schools for Schools emerged out of our overarching goal to help children in northern Uganda receive a quality education. Over the past few years, we've done extensive research into the region's education system and seen the need to encourage academic excellence and leadership not only in students, but also on a much larger scale within the schools. Even the children who are able to actually go to school still face unfair limitations because of the poor condition of their classrooms.

Through the Schools for Schools program we are working to change that. By going to the root of the problem and improving education from the ground up, we are able to make a long-term change in the quality of education in the North....

 Basically were trying to raise money for a school in Uganda. We do this through Various Fundraisers.

The Invisible Children meets up at the library after school at two till about three to join in on the cause, but for more information, and for a way to donate to the cause, please visit their website at http://www.invisiblechildren.com/

Mock Trial is a competitive team that meats from November through mid-February. The Colorado Bar Association prepares a case packet with laws, evidence, defendant and witness statements. Each school prepares a defense and a prosecution. We need six attorneys and six witnesses per team. We can field as many teams as we have kids for. Sand Creek usually has two teams: one experienced and one inexperienced. Starting November first, Mock Trial will meet Monday through Thursday from 6 pm to 8 pm. The last two weeks of October Ms. Yaschik needs to meet with new people (never played and never took the class) Tuesday and Wednesday from 2:30 to 3:30. There is a regional competition Friday night and all Saturday the first or second week in February. The top 20% of the teams in the region qualify for the State tournament the first weekend in March. There are lettering criteria for A team members related to attendance and performance. Qualifying for state is an automatic letter for that team. Practices are in room 109, the regional competition is downtown at the courthouse, and the state tournament rotates between Boulder, Golden, Denver, and Colorado Springs.

Auditions for the musical are in August, but there are many jobs other than acting. The musical also needs: Student assistant/prompter*, prop master*, prop committee, costume mistress*, seamstress, costume committee, make-up chair*, make-up committee, publicity chair*, publicity committee, ushering, ticket chair*, ticket committee, T-shirt chair*, poster chair*, set construction assistant*, set painting/art work, and the pit orchestra. 

*Production staff – requires attendance at weekly staff meetings T.B.A.

For more information about musicals see Mr. Ramberger in 510

Meet every Wednesday in room 210  2:00 -3:00 p.m.  No previous sign language skills required to join.

Sponsor: Kevin Youngberg, Dawn Putnam and Shannon Duncanson

Email: kyoungberg@d49.org, dputnam@d49.org, sduncanson@d49.org

The Sand Creek Snowriders Club is a group of snowboarders and skiers that travel up to the mountains to visit many popular resorts.  We charter a coach bus with the other ski clubs in District 49 from Vista Ridge High School and Falcon High School.  The advantages of travelling with our group include going to the mountains with all your friends, cheaper lift ticket prices, you don't have to drive home after a long day in the mountains and other surprises.  Students can chose to attend all of our trips or only one if they chose.  Fundraising opportunities are available in the beginning of the school year to help pay for your trips with our club. 

Sponsor: Kara Leslie

Email: kleslie@d49.org

Students who participate:

• sharpen research and presentation skills
• learn to formulate and defend an argument
• develop leadership and negotiation skills, and
• confront real-world scenarios to propose viable solutions

The program challenges young people to think about their relationship to the rest of our world while taking part in a fun competition. Four events, focused on an overarching annual theme, assess student knowledge about what's going on in the world and highlight students' creativity, analytical, and presentation skills. Annual themes in the past include conflict and global economy. The 2007-2008 theme is Global Health.

Important Dates:

• The World Affairs Challenge Team meets Monday through Thursday 3:45pm-6pm. 
• The competition at Denver University in March or April (Dates TBA).