Extracurricular Activities
80% of the CMHS Student Body Participates in Extra-Curricular Activities. Information about athetics can be found in the Athletics section of the website. Listed below is information regarding other Clubs and Activities at CMHS.
Clubs and Activities
Cheyenne Mountain Cycling Club
Faculty: James Bailey (Junior High) and Barry Smith (High School)
This club is a combined activity between the Junior High and High Schools. Club rides are every Tuesday after school, 3:30 -5:00, weather permitting. Group rides are organized for all ability levels, from beginners to racers. This fall a team is being organized to compete in statewide competitions, culminating in a state championship at the end of October. Saturday club rides are organized once a month. In addition, members benefit from local sponsors, including mechanics who provide bike maintenance instruction.
Cine Club
Faculty Contact: Pamela Centeno
Cine Club is an opportunity for advanced Spanish students to learn about the cultural and language of the Hispanic world outside of the classroom. Foreign flicks and food are the highlights of the get together's and are generally held on Sunday afternoons every 4 to 6 weeks throughout the school year. Events will be announced in advanced Spanish classes and held in room 112. If interested in participating, please see Profe Centeno.
DECA
Faculty Contact: Willie Roberts
DECA is an Association of Marketing Students, organized to teach members business skills, gain industry experience, make industry contacts, and serve the community. Students must enroll in Marketing I or II to participate. Sophomore, Junior, and Senior students may enroll in Marketing with advisor approval. Students must pay an initial $50 fee, to cover National DECA membership fees. Students may compete in three competitions: Local, State, and National. Students who enter the state competition may spend two nights at the Broadmoor Hotel in February. These two nights are filled with fun activities. National competitors will spend up to five days in locations throughout the United States.
Drama Club
Faculty Contact: Jodi Papproth
The Drama Club is a social club open to any and every Cheyenne Mt. HS Student that loves theatre and wants to support it at their school, other schools, in the community and elsewhere. Drama Club meets every Thursday in the Black Box Theatre during 2nd lunch. The Drama Club members attend play performances in the community and in Denver, attend Theatre Festivals both in state and out of state, and organize events such as The Annual Coffee House & Open Mic Night and Drama Awards Night. Drama Club Officers often serve as ambassadors to the Kennedy Center Imagination Celebration and specifically represent the KCIC "It Takes Five" program on CMHS campus (a program that allows students to attend Fine Art Events in the community for only $5.00!) Officers have also established relationships with the Zeb Pike Youth Ctr., organizing
performances for incarcerated youth and have developed travel opportunities for the club members to see theatre in New York, Chicago and abroad. Drama Club creates fund raisers for the CMHS Drama Dept., and ushers the CMHS theatrical events (including refreshments at intermission, handing out programs and tearing tickets.) Drama Club prides itself on seeing at least one play a month outside of our own HS as well as finding new and fun ways for students to meet new people, be creative and participate in their school and community.
Eco-Defense
Faculty Contact: TBA
Our mission is to educate Cheyenne Mountain High School to be more eco-friendly. We are striving to make our community a cleaner and greener place. Eco-defense is open to anyone and meets every Tuesday in room 102 at 3:00pm. Let's GO GREEN Cheyenne!
French Club
Faculty Contacts: Jaime Rice & Henri Ndaya
You can be a member of this club if you are taking French, have taken French, speak French, or if you have an affinity for the French language and culture. There will be a language or cultural event planned once a month in which any member may attend and participate. Activities might include attending movies, plays or concerts, going to restaurants, learning to cook French food, have “tastings”, conversing in French, and inviting francophone guests to speak to the group. Dates will be posted and announced in French classes and outside the French classrooms.
German Club
Faculty Contact: Douglas Philipp
German Club meets at least once a month in room 107. Meetings are announced in advance and more than one meeting a month may be held. The goal of the German Club is to enhance the understanding of the German culture and to provide a venue for students to interact with each other while enhancing their knowledge of things German.
Mock Trial
Faculty Contact: Bill Zuckerman & Chris Kilroy
Mock trial provides students the opportunity to learn legal techniques and language through regional, state and national competition. They learn through simulation of a case in front of a judge and in a courtroom. All students are welcome to participate. Meeting times are arranged with the team and the lawyer/coach. There are no fees.
National Honor Society
Faculty Contacts: Douglas Philipp & Angela Bohcali
The National Honor Society promotes and recognizes accomplishments in scholarship, character, leadership and service. Juniors are eligible who have a grade point average of a 3.85 weighted, and 3.6 unweighted. Students must also demonstrate strength of character, strong leadership skills and be committed to academic community service work. The National Honor Society meets at least once a month. There is a $20 fee for supplies, and students must show evidence of 20 hours of community service since the end of the sophomore year. Many of the activities for NHS are based on academic service, such as tutoring. Applications are available during the spring semester of a student's junior year and eligible juniors must apply at that time. Induction is late April/early May prior to a student's senior year. Only students whose grade point averages
improve by the autumn of their senior year are eligible to apply for membership in the senior year.
Riding Club
The Cheyenne Mountain Equestrian Team is a scholastic organization that competes in equestrian competitions. We form a team, with practices at the Morley Ranch in Fountain, and then compete at Interscholastic Equestrian Association (IEA) events throughout Colorado. The purpose of this club team is to provide an opportunity for Cheyenne area equestrians to compete for the school in sanctioned events, as well as to prepare for the intercollegiate equestrian competitions. Riders have the chance to compete in english riding, both flat classes and jumping. The trick is that one must compete on a borrowed horse with very little time to practice. This tests a rider's ability to quickly adjust to different horses. If we qualify, we then move onto the Zone and National competitions. During the school year (fall, winter, and spring) , we hope to
compete at approximately 5-6 local shows and qualify for the National IEA Finals. Competition in Colorado is with such teams as Fountain Valley, Lewis Palmer, Palmer Divide and others. Our coach is Tracey Powers and the school sponsor is Mrs. Ruth Gibson. To find out more, please visit the IEA web site at www.rideiea.com and contact Tracey Powers at 332-4256 or Mrs. Gibson (475-6110 Ext. 178)
Faculty Contacts: Lisa Benhammou-Osur & Joe Fletcher
Students and Teachers Aiding Humanity (STAH) provides opportunities for students and teachers to aid humanity through community service. It is open to all. There are weekly meetings in room 29. There are no fees. Students can earn a letter with 100 hours of service that include 12 hours contributed through STAH organized activities. STAH activities include Senior Aid Day (lawn and house care for elderly in the community), Trick or Treat for canned goods, Toy Drive for One Nation Walking Together, and Cheyenne Canyon cleanup and maintenance.
Thespians
Faculty Contact: Jodi Papproth
Thespians are an international honorary society for students that participate in their high school theatre program. The Cheyenne Mt. HS Thespian Troupe #3811 does not have a specific meeting time, but many Thespians choose to participate with CMHS Drama Club and attend festivals and play performances with Drama Club Members. In order to become a Thespian, students must acquire 10 points which is equal to about 100 hours of service to their school's Theatre program. Points are determined by a scale created by ITS (Int'l Thespian Society) and coincide with size/length of play production, size of role, leadership positions for crews etc. Students acquire points by performing in Cheyenne productions, technical theatre work on Cheyenne productions (lights, sound, costumes etc.) and through participation with some CMHS Drama Club activities,
(ushering, attending festivals and workshops, attending shows at other high schools, etc.). Students are inducted into the Troupe each May at the Drama Awards ceremony and remain lifelong members of the Thespian Organization. Students may continue to earn points for various titles (Honor Thespian) and are eligible to audition for colleges and scholarships at Thespian Festivals at the state and national level. Thespians are often able to attend other High School productions for free by showing their Thespian Badge/ID Card.
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