The Change In Extracurricular Activities Through The Years By: Kevin V., Adrian D., Arjun P .
History of SPHS - After the Junior High School was constructed in 1950, administrators looked to go even further and create a State approved full High school. They achieved their goal in 1955 with the addition of the Senior High School qualified under State Statutes. Including a total floor area of 108,000 sq. feet, the building contained . With the help of the community, South Plainfield HIgh School was able to develop and modernize over the years, eventually being recognized among Top 100 ‘Best’ Schools in America.
Clubs and Activities in the 1960s - Although the 60s were several decades ago, there are many similarities in student life and extracurriculars as today - In general, there were more specialized clubs in the 60s than today - Clubs we do not have today: Art, Advertising, Literary, Photography, Typing, Sales Staffs to the Regit Yearbook Club, Leader Corps, Future Teachers Association, Fire Patrol, Commercial Club, Homemaking Club, Odeon Dramatic Club, Projectionist Club, Political Affairs Club, 7 different chorus clubs (mixed, girls’, a cappella, etc.) - Clubs we have today: Debate, National Honors Society, Chess Club, Creative Writing, Stage Crew, Math Team, Band, Color Guard
The 1970’s -It is evident to see that in the past, specifically around the 1970’s, South plainfield High School offered very different and distinct extracurricular activities. The roster of clubs and activities are completely contrast to what we have today in SPHS. - -The roster of activities in 1978 includes clubs that modern day students are not familiar with such as Weight Training club, Science fiction club, C.I.E, C.O.E, Announcer’s Club, Disco Hustle club, monogram club, International club and more. -Some clubs in the same year that we much more recognize are D.E.C.A Student Council, NHS, Regit staff (yearbook club), most of the sports, and others
Interesting Facts about Extracurriculars in the 70’s -Many of the sports team did not struggle for members, as there were several more freshmen squads for sports. Shows the decrease in participation of activities over time. Starting to see the trend. - Activities like the Ski club and Chorus enjoyed more traveling to other places such as traveling to Bermuda and having an overnight trip to Vermont
Extracurricular/Clubs Activities Present In 1983 ● Throughout the course of the 1980’s, SPHS had experienced an increase in the amount of clubs and activities present in the school Some examples of clubs that were available to the students were ● those such as Shakespeare Club, Announcers Club, and Fire Patrol as well We can see the diversity of the clubs at SPHS during 1983 and ● unfortunately the amount of clubs present decrease throughout the years This is seen because Announcers Club, Shakespeare Club, and ● Fire Patrol are no longer existent here at SPHS
SPHS Sports Teams In 1991 ● As time progressed SPHS had seen more individuals participate in sports team such as wrestling, track, football ○ ○ soccer, and other sports as well Sports focused on before and still continued to this day ● ○ Wrestling, football ● Sports that were pushed for in 1991 Track, Soccer ○ ● It is evident that SPHS was still heavily involved in ○ Sports but have their methods of becoming more involved ○ Because there are more titles and championships ○ That have been won by several sports team here at SPHS ○ Wrestling 4 Peat Champs, Soccer State Champs 2014
Start of the 21th century: the 2000’s -Wrestling team went undefeated in the season with a 17-0-0 record and group 2 ring. - The Band department in the year 2000 were segmented into different groups such as orchestra, lab, jazz, and concert band. -Some unfamiliar clubs during the year 2000 consist of Algonquin Square Book Club, Machinist club, S.A.F.G.E., R.AR.E, and Special Olympics
Clubs and Activities in the 2010’s ● Clubs have become more generalized than before DECA holds various sectors of the business industry in ○ one club (marketing, advertising, management) Debate Club uses topics from various areas such as ○ politics, foreign affairs, scientific developments, etc. ● Old Clubs: Student Council, National Honor Society, Tiger’s Tale, Math Team, Regit Yearbook ● New Clubs: Model United Nations, DECA, Mental Health Awareness, Random Acts of Kindness, Journalism, Social Justice Club Clubs have become less about professions and ● more about education on society, student life, and awareness
Overview By examining different articles and yearbooks from the 1960’s to modern day, our group was able to find trends and impacts that history had on South Plainfield Society. Participation in activities and sports seemed to have gone down over the years from looking at the amount of squads for each sports and the amount of clubs overall. However, due to the technological advancements and historical breakthrough, the modern day was able to produce many interesting clubs and courses such as a whole course on coding and computer science, Model United Nations, and Club’s bigger emphasis on health awareness. All in all, SPHS showed that they did not lose interest in making a variety of interesting and new clubs and activities that will interest all kinds of students.
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