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CM Clubs

Click here for a complete listing of the clubs available at CM in 2011-2012.

CM Clubs at a Glance: FIRST Robotics visits Grade 7 Science

NHS: National Honor Society
The National Honor Society, or “NHS,” inducts new members in the fall who showed a commitment to service, character, scholarship, and leadership over the course of their first three years at CM. The seniors in the club demonstrate much leadership in organizing holiday gift drives, clothing drives, and the annual Blood Drive co-sponsored by the Red Cross.

CMTV
Thanks to a dedicated crew of producers and directors, writers, technical support and anchors, CMTV is up and running every day at 7:55am. Under the advising eye of the faculty adviser, CMTV reports not only announcements and sports, but also in-depth coverage of events such as dress down day, fundraisers, missions, and activities. The cameras are rolling on most home games and even important away games, and that means some dedicated member of CMTV is there too. Beginning each morning with a prayer and the pledge of allegiance, CMTV puts CM students in the right frame of mind for the day, but also provides us with an occasional laugh and diversion before school begins.

SADD: Students Against Destructive Decisions
The Students Against Destructive Decisions (SADD) program is committed to raising awareness and educating its peers on the affects of destructive decisions. It is charged with the mission to provide safe and healthy activities and experiences to CM students, showing the community that there are alternatives to using drugs and alcohol.
Each year the SADD program helps organize the Big Wishes Program, which is the Holiday gift drive that takes place in the Lower School. Big Wishes raises several thousand dollars in gifts that are donated to the Home for Little Wanderers. The club also instituted the “Quiet Zones” studying program during mid-term and final exams offering students a quiet and relaxing place to study. The program also releases a montly newsletter, iChoose.

Art Club
The Art Club opens students up to new possibilities they hadn’t dreamed imaginable and rewards artistic students who want to take their talents to the next level.
The goals of the club are to use students’ artistic talents for community projects. Highlights of the year included painting nativity figures, painting birdhouses for Habitat for Humanity, and a field trip to the Museum of Bad Art.

French Honor Society
The French Honor Society is open to students who achieve a solid grade point average in French classes and show a demonstrable commitment to studying French language and culture as active members of the club.

Spanish Honor Society
The Spanish Honor Society requires of its members a commitment to Spanish curriculum and culture, as well as having a minimum grade point average to be eligible for induction. Along with the National Honor Society, the Spanish Honor Society members are inducted every fall.

Latin Honor Society
The Latin Honor Society inducts several new members each November at an induction ceremony. Required to study Latin for a minimum of two years and maintain a high grade point average in the subject, these students show an earnest desire to revive this dead language in their study of its syntax, history, literature, and culture.

Latin Club
CM’s Junior Classical League or Latin Club is very involved in the state & national organization. It competes in the western part of Massachusetts in the annual catapult contest. The Novice Certamen team has competed against other schools in the state. The Knights are always well represented at the State Convention where members earn many prizes in academics and ludi games. The club newspaper is entitled Equites and comes out a few times a year.   Visit the Latin Club webpage: click here!

Math Club
Throughout the past year, the Math Club has investigated and discussed many interesting, mathematically oriented topics not normally seen in a classroom setting. Among the topics explored were advanced logic, finite differences, Sudoku, Pythagorean triples, the pigeon-hole principle, and game theory. As a result, all members of the club develop a greater appreciation and understanding of the power and elegance of mathematics.

Recycling Club
The Recycling Club focuses on providing opportunities to recycle paper, cans and bottles, while also trying to cultivate better habits in the school community. The club encourages the entire school, not just the members of the club, to cut back on waste and to be involved actively with recycling. The CM community is always so generous with its time and energies that the club is more successful as a result. With over 100 members from the middle school and high school the recycling club works behind the scenes to keep CM “green.”

Ski/Snowboard Club
Mastering the slopes is the ski and snowboard club, which goes on several local trips every winter to places like the Blue Hills and Mt. Wachusett. In years past, they have visited Okemo, Stowe, and Waterville Valley. Although not a winter sports “team,” this club gets all the thrills of competition and the speed of downhill racing while having fun at the same time. Each year the club also goes to Killington during February vacation.

Bookstore Club
The CM Bookstore club works hard through the course of a school day, whether it be opening early or staying late, doing inventory or learning from Mr. Croteau the principles of business. The bookstore club comes in on holidays and summer days to prepare for sales or for the coming semester’s book needs. Many students involved in the bookstore club aid in designing and ordering new gear and apparel that makes us proud to be CM Knights.

Bowling Club
The Bowling Club is a great way for CM students to relax and enjoy each other’s company in a competitive or non-competitive setting. With faculty captains scouting out the best places to bowl each year, the bowling club is also a nice alternative for students to burn off the stress of academics in the months when they may be in between sports seasons and still want some spirited practice. With a lively crowd in this club, students are never at a loss for social opportunities!

Car Club
The Car Club is open to middle school and high school students. Each year the club goes on various outings like touring the Universal Technical Institute (UTI) in Norwood. The club also attends the “World of Wheels” at the Bayside Expo in January. The club brings in a couple of classic and/or muscle cars each school year during the lunch periods for students to see. Students make an annual trip to the Factory Five Race Shop in Wareham.

Chess Club
Catholic Memorial is a member of the South Shore Interscholastic Chess League. Competitive matches against other high schools and middle schools are held from November through March. All CM Knights - masters and beginners - are encouraged and welcomed to join our club and come show off their "moves."

FIRST Robotics Club
FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) is a unique varsity sport of the mind designed to help high-school-aged students discover how interesting and rewarding the life of engineers and researchers can be.

The FIRST Robotics Competition challenges teams of high school students and their mentors to build a robot in a six-week time frame. Teams build robots from scratch and compete with them in local, regional and national competitions.

Northeastern College mentors work with CM students in every aspect of building a robot, from design to machining, assembly, electrical layout and programming. Students also get involved in website design, graphic design, photography, video and presentations.