Learn how to get involved with Able Athletics and our club and decorate wooden picture frames, using paint pens and stickers, with inspirational words. We will give these picture frames to Able athletes and their families.
The SHS Able Athletics Club supports—through fundraising, volunteering, and raising awareness—the mission of Able Athletics, an organization that empowers children with disabilities through athletic programming and educates and trains volunteers in the value and power of inclusivity.
ART2HEARTS provides bright and vibrant artwork to the Pediatric Units of hospitals around the world. Those involved will participate in creating pieces of art that will go directly to where children are treated in hospitals to ensure that their environment is transformed from the typical hospital setting to one that is adorned with bright colors and inviting works of art. By transforming hospital spaces, they will become more welcoming and less "scary" for the pediatric patients who are especially impacted by their surroundings. Studies have shown that exposure to bright colors and art, particularly for children, has a direct correlation to more positive mental health and medical outcomes.
Come join the Jewish Culture Club in making bracelets for kids with cancer who attend Sunrise Day Camp in Israel. Sunrise is a day camp, located in both the United States and Israel, dedicated to kids who are battling cancer, as well as their siblings. We will be writing inspirational messages with special beads for the kids to wear with pride this summer! Additionally, we will be writing notes to go along with the bracelets, so the kids feel even more appreciated!
Join us in making beaded bracelets for patients in the New York Proton Center! We will provide colorful beads, charms, alphabet beads, etc. for you to work with. Our donation will truly help brighten someone's day.
During our activity we will be making bracelets with colorful and lettered beads to give to the children at White Plains Hospital. Our activity will express an uplifting message to the children going through a difficult time in their life.
Students will be outside, by the brook, picking up trash that has accumulated in/near the water. This is important for the health of SHS’ brook, and can be a fun (and sometimes competitive) way to take care of the environment around our school. Participants will be provided with trash pickup tools, gloves, and bags.
With help from Fox Meadow Elementary students' donations, we will pack and decorate non-perishable meal bags to donate to Feeding Westchester, a local non-profit committed to reducing food insecurity in Westchester County.
The Girl Up Club is hosting a session where students create empowering collages using magazines, newspapers, and scrap materials. These collages will feature positive affirmations and uplifting messages designed to support our community. The completed collages will be hung up within our school as a way to inspire the students of Scarsdale.
Come join a hands-on service session led by the Scarsdale Lacrosse Leadership Club to raise funds for Bronx Youth Lacrosse! After watching a short documentary produced by SHS graduate Aidan Brennan, participants will assemble and decorate healthy snack bags and design bracelets to be sold at an event held later this year. All funds will go directly to camp scholarships and transportation costs for Bronx Lacrosse players.
In this session, students will be able to decorate cupcakes not just for fun, but for a truly important cause. These cupcakes will be sold later that day in order to raise money to be donated to Sanctuary for Families, a safe house/resource for victims of domestic abuse.
We will make pouches and/or bracelets to donate to the Pleasantville Cottages. The Pleasantville Cottages provides a supportive home to children with educational, behavioral, and emotional challenges.
During this session, participants will decorate donuts from Dunkin’ to donate to first responders. First responders—like police officers, firefighters, and nurses—do so much for our well-being, and this project is a way to give back. While decorating, participants will also learn about the history of donuts.
Ready to dive into democracy? Join our session to explore free speech and civic discussions! We will do Free Speech case studies and understand who is in the right and why. Discover how your voice shapes our world and learn essential skills for civil discourse. Engage in fun activities and lively discussions – your perspective matters!
Join us to learn, create, and give back! You’ll hear from guest speakers from the Alzheimer’s Association, the leading nonprofit organization for Alzheimer’s care, support, and advocacy. Afterwards, you’ll take action by making your own aromatherapy pouch for patients at local care facilities. Help bring calm and care to those who need it most!
The Midnight Run club invites YOU to learn about, and participate in, helping the homeless. Through our session, guided by both students and guest speakers, you will become more knowledgeable about homelessness and what it means to be an active member of a community!
Experience history firsthand from a Scarsdale Firefighter who served on 9/11 and the days that followed as they recount their story of bravery, sacrifice, and resilience on the day that changed everything. Following an open Q&A, students will have the opportunity to write letters to local first responders to show our appreciation for all they do for the community.
Join Us for a Life-Saving Choking Rescue Session! Learn essential choking rescue techniques with Marc Guthartz, a trained EMT and SVAC volunteer! This interactive session will equip you with real-life, life-saving skills that could make the difference in an emergency.
In Letters of Love, we collect and deliver uplifting handwritten letters, made by students with materials we provide, to children in hospitals. By sending messages of hope and kindness, students will help bring joy and emotional support to kids facing hardship.
Help fight hunger in Westchester by making and packaging meal kits for the hungry, to be distributed to Community Service Associates in Mount Vernon. This includes making sandwiches and bundling them with a beverage, treat, and a note of encouragement, written by the students.
NOTE: In signing up for this session, you are agreeing to bring sandwich making supplies.
Join us to learn how to administer Narcan to people who have overdosed. We provide some background on Narcan, teach students how to administer Narcan, allow them to practice administering it, and then give them kits to take home. NOTE: THIS SESSION IS ONLY OPEN TO 10TH AND 11TH GRADERS.
We will be leading a tutorial to make paper flower bouquets, but anyone is welcome to explore any origami designs they want. The origami products will be gifted to residents of nursing homes through Origami For Good, a nonprofit that sends origami to soldiers, youth, seniors, patients, and more in order to inspire creativity and appreciation for Japanese art & culture while combatting loneliness around the world! 🏮
Love books and making a difference? In this session, you’ll create engaging reading lesson plans to be used with elementary school students. You’ll brainstorm key themes, discussion points, and activities to bring different books to life. Afterward, we’ll print and donate your lesson plans to the Las Hermanas Mirabal School’s after-school reading program to support elementary students’ literacy.
Learn about the refugee crisis from the Human Rights Club through a short informational slide show and quilt-making activity. Student-made quilts will be donated to the Wrap the World in Quilts organization.
In this session, students will make soap bars with the designs, colors, and scents of their choosing! These bars will then be donated to 914 Cares, a nonprofit organization with the mission of ending poverty in Westchester.
Put your conflict resolution skills to the test in our ultimate escape room challenge! Sarah Farber and Coco Wen from the Association of Conflict Resolution will kick off the session by teaching key strategies for handling disagreements, improving communication, and working through challenges as a team. Teams will then race to build a tower to “escape the room,” earning supplies by solving conflict scenarios and answering questions. But beware—unexpected obstacles will test your teamwork, patience, and problem-solving skills along the way. Will your group rise to the challenge and escape first?
Come have fun while walking the track in support of the Women's Sports Foundation. There will be baked goods sold–the proceeds collected will support the Women’s Sports Foundation.
Along with with the City Meals on Wheels program, The Linguistics Club is running a workshop where we'll write cards, in their native languages, to isolated elderly people, many of whom don't have anyone to see regularly.
If you know Chinese, Russian, Spanish, Korean, French, German, or Italian--your skills would be greatly appreciated and will be a great comfort to seniors who may rarely communicate in their native languages.
English speakers are also more than welcome to come help; we also need letters in English!
Just last month, the New York Times ran a headline asking "Who's Against Banning Cellphones in Schools?" The story focused on the reaction from some parents to Governor Hochul's proposed "bell to bell" ban on cell phones in public schools but there are other constituencies - students, teachers, school administrators, mental health professionals - whose views should matter as districts throughout the state work to develop their own plans for implementing the Governor's ban. Join us for a double session to further explore this "Hot Topic."
Prior knowledge not required. All you need to join is an interest in the topic and a desire to engage with your peers in conversation.
NOTE: SIGNING UP FOR THIS PERIOD MEANS THAT YOU ARE COMMITTING TO BOTH PERIODS 1+2.
Learn how to get involved with Able Athletics and our club and decorate wooden picture frames, using paint pens and stickers, with inspirational words. We will give these picture frames to Able athletes and their families.
The SHS Able Athletics Club supports—through fundraising, volunteering, and raising awareness—the mission of Able Athletics, an organization that empowers children with disabilities through athletic programming and educates and trains volunteers in the value and power of inclusivity.
ART2HEARTS provides bright and vibrant artwork to the Pediatric Units of hospitals around the world. Those involved will participate in creating pieces of art that will go directly to where children are treated in hospitals to ensure that their environment is transformed from the typical hospital setting to one that is adorned with bright colors and inviting works of art. By transforming hospital spaces, they will become more welcoming and less "scary" for the pediatric patients who are especially impacted by their surroundings. Studies have shown that exposure to bright colors and art, particularly for children, has a direct correlation to more positive mental health and medical outcomes.
Join the National Art Honor Society to bring inspiration to young readers by designing and decorating bookmarks for local elementary schools and libraries. Reading has the power to spark imagination, open doors to new worlds, and motivate lifelong learning. By crafting colorful, uplifting bookmarks with fun decorations and inspirational words, you’ll share the gift of reading with young students in and around our community. No artistic experience is needed, just a desire to brighten a child’s reading journey, one bookmark at a time.
Come join the Jewish Culture Club in making bracelets for kids with cancer who attend Sunrise Day Camp in Israel. Sunrise is a day camp, located in both the United States and Israel, dedicated to kids who are battling cancer, as well as their siblings. We will be writing inspirational messages with special beads for the kids to wear with pride this summer! Additionally, we will be writing notes to go along with the bracelets, so the kids feel even more appreciated!
Join us in making beaded bracelets for patients in the New York Proton Center! We will provide colorful beads, charms, alphabet beads, etc. for you to work with. Our donation will truly help brighten someone's day.
The Spanish Club is partnering with Centro Hispano to make bracelets for young Hispanic students. There will be a short info session about the Centro Hispano organization, followed by fun bracelet making!
During our activity we will be making bracelets with colorful and lettered beads to give to the children at White Plains Hospital. Our activity will express an uplifting message to the children going through a difficult time in their life.
Come join members of the A-school in creating art bags for hospitalized children and their siblings. First, you will hear from a speaker from Friends of Karen to see where the work that we do will be going. Then, we will pack the art supplies for the children to give them something fun to do to keep busy in the hospital. We will also be making cards with inspirational and uplifting messages and drawings to go along with the supplies!
Come join a hands-on service session led by the Scarsdale Lacrosse Leadership Club to raise funds for Bronx Youth Lacrosse! After watching a short documentary produced by SHS graduate Aidan Brennan, participants will assemble and decorate healthy snack bags and design bracelets to be sold at an event held later this year. All funds will go directly to camp scholarships and transportation costs for Bronx Lacrosse players.
In this session, students will be able to decorate cupcakes not just for fun, but for a truly important cause. These cupcakes will be sold later that day in order to raise money to be donated to Sanctuary for Families, a safe house/resource for victims of domestic abuse.
During this session, participants will decorate donuts from Dunkin’ to donate to first responders. First responders—like police officers, firefighters, and nurses—do so much for our well-being, and this project is a way to give back. While decorating, participants will also learn about the history of donuts.
Students will take a bus to the Bronx River Path entrance in Scarsdale Village in order to spend time outside, picking up trash that has accumulated near/in the brook. This is important for the health of the Bronx River brook, and can be a fun (and sometimes competitive) way to take care of the environment in our town. Participants will be provided with trash pickup tools, gloves, and bags.
NOTE: SIGNING UP FOR THIS ACTIVITY MEANS YOU ARE COMMITTING TO PART OF COMMUNITY TIME AND PERIOD 2.
Ready to dive into democracy? Join our session to explore free speech and civic discussions! We will do Free Speech case studies and understand who is in the right and why. Discover how your voice shapes our world and learn essential skills for civil discourse. Engage in fun activities and lively discussions – your perspective matters!
Join us to learn, create, and give back! You’ll hear from guest speakers from the Alzheimer’s Association, the leading nonprofit organization for Alzheimer’s care, support, and advocacy. Afterwards, you’ll take action by making your own aromatherapy pouch for patients at local care facilities. Help bring calm and care to those who need it most!
The Midnight Run club invites YOU to learn about, and participate in, helping the homeless. Through our session, guided by both students and guest speakers, you will become more knowledgeable about homelessness and what it means to be an active member of a community!
Experience history firsthand from a Scarsdale Firefighter who served on 9/11 and the days that followed as they recount their story of bravery, sacrifice, and resilience on the day that changed everything. Following an open Q&A, students will have the opportunity to write letters to local first responders to show our appreciation for all they do for the community.
Join Us for a Life-Saving Choking Rescue Session! Learn essential choking rescue techniques with Marc Guthartz, a trained EMT and SVAC volunteer! This interactive session will equip you with real-life, life-saving skills that could make the difference in an emergency.
In Letters of Love, we collect and deliver uplifting handwritten letters, made by students with materials we provide, to children in hospitals. By sending messages of hope and kindness, students will help bring joy and emotional support to kids facing hardship.
Join us to learn how to administer Narcan to people who have overdosed. We provide some background on Narcan, teach students how to administer Narcan, allow them to practice administering it, and then give them kits to take home.
NOTE: THIS SESSION IS ONLY OPEN TO 10TH AND 11TH GRADERS.
We will be leading a tutorial to make paper flower bouquets, but anyone is welcome to explore any origami designs they want. The origami products will be gifted to residents of nursing homes through Origami For Good, a nonprofit that sends origami to soldiers, youth, seniors, patients, and more in order to inspire creativity and appreciation for Japanese art & culture while combatting loneliness around the world! 🏮
Love books and making a difference? In this session, you’ll create engaging reading lesson plans to be used with elementary school students. You’ll brainstorm key themes, discussion points, and activities to bring different books to life. Afterward, we’ll print and donate your lesson plans to the Las Hermanas Mirabal School’s after-school reading program to support elementary students’ literacy.
Learn about the refugee crisis from the Human Rights Club through a short informational slide show and quilt-making activity. Student-made quilts will be donated to the Wrap the World in Quilts organization.
In this session, you will learn about what Epilepsy is and how to treat someone who is having a seizure. You will be trained in Seizure First Aid and Response training by a Neurologist and learn why it's important to be able to do so.
In this session, students will make soap bars with the designs, colors, and scents of their choosing! These bars will then be donated to 914 Cares, a nonprofit organization with the mission of ending poverty in Westchester.
Put your conflict resolution skills to the test in our ultimate escape room challenge! Sarah Farber and Coco Wen from the Association of Conflict Resolution will kick off the session by teaching key strategies for handling disagreements, improving communication, and working through challenges as a team. Teams will then race to build a tower to “escape the room,” earning supplies by solving conflict scenarios and answering questions. But beware—unexpected obstacles will test your teamwork, patience, and problem-solving skills along the way. Will your group rise to the challenge and escape first?
Pet therapy dogs, make dog toys (that will be donated to SPCA Westchester) out of old t-shirts, and learn about the benefits of therapy dogs and how students can get involved in training them!
Come have fun while walking the track in support of the Women's Sports Foundation. There will be baked goods sold–the proceeds collected will support the Women’s Sports Foundation.
Along with with the City Meals on Wheels program, The Linguistics Club is running a workshop where we'll write cards, in their native languages, to isolated elderly people, many of whom don't have anyone to see regularly.
If you know Chinese, Russian, Spanish, Korean, French, German, or Italian--your skills would be greatly appreciated and will be a great comfort to seniors who may rarely communicate in their native languages.
English speakers are also more than welcome to come help; we also need letters in English!
Come with us to the Middle School to bake sugar cookies with Mrs. Tenzer and some of her middle schoolers!! These cookies will be donated to the people who live at Pleasantville Cottages. Come to our activity to bake, have fun, and do a good deed!
NOTE: SIGNING UP FOR THIS ACTIVITY MEANS YOU ARE COMMITTING TO BOTH PERIODS 2+3.
The sessions on Non Sibi Day focus on what we can do for others–in order to implement this effectively, it is important to spend time with and strengthen the bonds in our own high school community. During this time, there will be activities and games set up in several locations around the school as well as an opportunity to purchase food and other goods from various clubs – all proceeds will go to a charity of the club’s choosing. Specifics will be sent out closer to Non Sibi Day. Please use this period to spend time with your community—join in the games and activities, relax, browse the club fundraiser fair, and chat with your classmates and teachers.
The SHS Choir will travel down to Fox Meadow Elementary School to engage the 3rd grade students in game songs and ice breakers. The Choir will also perform for the 3rd graders from their Spring Concert. [ONLY CHOIR]
High school students team up with fourth graders from Ms. Lipez’s class at Fox Meadow for a powerful Narrative 4 Story Exchange on kindness and Non Sibi (not for oneself). Through sharing real stories and listening with heart, students will discover how empathy and small acts of service can make a meaningful impact.
NOTE: SIGNING UP FOR THIS ACTIVITY MEANS YOU ARE COMMITTING TO BOTH PERIODS 3+4.
**ALL HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS MUST BRING THEIR SCHOOL ID.
Spend a short amount of time (15 minutes) explaining to the 5th graders about what Lifting Up Westchester is. Then spend the rest of the time (45 minutes) decorating and putting together snack bags for underprivelaged kids in westchester. [ONLY CLUB OFFICERS]
Join us for a fun and meaningful event! Help us whip up some delicious, healthy granola bars free from common allergens, which will be donated to local food pantries. It's a great way to give back to the community while learning to make inclusive, nutritious treats. Come together with others to make a positive impact and spread some kindness—one granola bar at a time!
ART2HEARTS provides bright and vibrant artwork to the Pediatric Units of hospitals around the world. Those involved will participate in creating pieces of art that will go directly to where children are treated in hospitals to ensure that their environment is transformed from the typical hospital setting to one that is adorned with bright colors and inviting works of art. By transforming hospital spaces, they will become more welcoming and less "scary" for the pediatric patients who are especially impacted by their surroundings. Studies have shown that exposure to bright colors and art, particularly for children, has a direct correlation to more positive mental health and medical outcomes.
Join the National Art Honor Society to bring inspiration to young readers by designing and decorating bookmarks for local elementary schools and libraries. Reading has the power to spark imagination, open doors to new worlds, and motivate lifelong learning. By crafting colorful, uplifting bookmarks with fun decorations and inspirational words, you’ll share the gift of reading with young students in and around our community. No artistic experience is needed, just a desire to brighten a child’s reading journey, one bookmark at a time.
Come join the Jewish Culture Club in making bracelets for kids with cancer who attend Sunrise Day Camp in Israel. Sunrise is a day camp, located in both the United States and Israel, dedicated to kids who are battling cancer, as well as their siblings. We will be writing inspirational messages with special beads for the kids to wear with pride this summer! Additionally, we will be writing notes to go along with the bracelets, so the kids feel even more appreciated!
The Spanish Club is partnering with Centro Hispano to make bracelets for young Hispanic students. There will be a short info session about the Centro Hispano organization, followed by fun bracelet making!
During our activity we will be making bracelets with colorful and lettered beads to give to the children at White Plains Hospital. Our activity will express an uplifting message to the children going through a difficult time in their life.
Come help us sort and package gently-used clothing for Sunrise Association, which offers gratuitous day camps, year-round programs, and in-hospital recreational activities for kids undergoing cancer treatment and their siblings.
The Girl Up Club is hosting a session where students create empowering collages using magazines, newspapers, and scrap materials. These collages will feature positive affirmations and uplifting messages designed to support our community. The completed collages will be hung up within our school as a way to inspire the students of Scarsdale.
The Red Cross Club will be hosting a session to teach students how to perform CPR and respond to critical emergency situations using real CPR equipment. Come learn this vital skill to potentially save a life!
Come join members of the A-school in creating art bags for hospitalized children and their siblings. First, you will hear from a speaker from Friends of Karen to see where the work that we do will be going. Then, we will pack the art supplies for the children to give them something fun to do to keep busy in the hospital. We will also be making cards with inspirational and uplifting messages and drawings to go along with the supplies!
The Model UN Club will be hosting an interactive debate where they introduce you to a topic around the value of "non sibi." This year's topic is debating the Trump tariffs. In this workshop, you will be introduced to the topic before being split into teams and trained in Model UN style debate to advocate for your position. The period should be fast-paced and fun!
During this session, participants will decorate donuts from Dunkin’ to donate to first responders. First responders—like police officers, firefighters, and nurses—do so much for our well-being, and this project is a way to give back. While decorating, participants will also learn about the history of donuts.
Students will take a bus to the Bronx River Path entrance in Scarsdale Village in order to spend time outside, picking up trash that has accumulated near/in the brook. This is important for the health of the Bronx River brook, and can be a fun (and sometimes competitive) way to take care of the environment in our town. Participants will be provided with trash pickup tools, gloves, and bags.
NOTE: SIGNING UP FOR THIS ACTIVITY MEANS YOU ARE COMMITTING TO PART OF COMMUNITY TIME AND PERIOD 3.
Join us to learn, create, and give back! You’ll hear from guest speakers from the Alzheimer’s Association, the leading nonprofit organization for Alzheimer’s care, support, and advocacy. Afterwards, you’ll take action by making your own aromatherapy pouch for patients at local care facilities. Help bring calm and care to those who need it most!
Guiding Eyes for the Blind breeds, raises, trains and provides exceptional guide dogs and services completely free of charge to those with vision loss or impairment. Guiding Eyes for the Blind is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization with all services provided completely free of charge.
Students will learn about this organization from the time the puppy is born through their training. Students will hear from Cheryl Apostle who works directly with the puppies and dogs at the Guiding Eyes for the Blind facility in Yorktown. Additionally, students will learn from a fellow high schooler how teens/students can make an impact and support the organization with their time.
Students will have the opportunity to meet dogs in training to be seeing eye dogs. Lastly, students will make fleece chew toys for the young puppies at the Guiding Eyes for the Blind facility.
The Midnight Run club invites YOU to learn about, and participate in, helping the homeless. Through our session, guided by both students and guest speakers, you will become more knowledgeable about homelessness and what it means to be an active member of a community!
Friday May 23, 2025 10:20am - 11:00am EDT Little Theater
Join Us for a Life-Saving Choking Rescue Session! Learn essential choking rescue techniques with Marc Guthartz, a trained EMT and SVAC volunteer! This interactive session will equip you with real-life, life-saving skills that could make the difference in an emergency.
Join us in a creative session to brighten someone’s day! First, we will get write and decorate cards with kind messages for patients at the Burke Rehabilitation Hospital. Then, we will paint inspiring designs on kindness rocks to be placed in gardens around our local community, in places including the Scarsdale Library. Come to spread joy, encouragement, and positivity, one card and one rock at a time!
40% of our neighbors in the Bronx (20min from SHS) are food insecure and 1 out of 3 Bronx kids are hungry. Help pack food for the Jamaica Benevolent Fridge where people can access food 24/7. Learn about ways you can volunteer and get involved to reduce hunger and food waste.
In this session, we will pack meal bags for the Jamaica Benevolent Community Fridge in the Bronx, watch videos to try to understand people's lived experiences with food insecurity, and write notes of caring to be included with the meal bags.
Join us to learn how to administer Narcan to people who have overdosed. We provide some background on Narcan, teach students how to administer Narcan, allow them to practice administering it, and then give them kits to take home.
NOTE: THIS SESSION IS ONLY OPEN TO 10TH AND 11TH GRADERS.
We will be leading a tutorial to make paper flower bouquets, but anyone is welcome to explore any origami designs they want. The origami products will be gifted to residents of nursing homes through Origami For Good, a nonprofit that sends origami to soldiers, youth, seniors, patients, and more in order to inspire creativity and appreciation for Japanese art & culture while combatting loneliness around the world! 🏮
In this session, you will learn how to create a few origami classics. Additionally, we’ll write notes for a children’s hospital. At the end of the session, we will donate both our origami creations and notes.
After a brief presentation about pride flags, you can begin to make bracelets based on different pride flags or bracelets with different pronouns on them. These bracelets will then be donated to Center Lane, a safe space for LGBTQ+ youth!
Join us to create vibrant rangoli designs, traditional Indian art made with colored powders, to brighten the day for seniors at Atmiya Adult Day Care in New Jersey! You’ll learn about rangoli’s cultural significance, design your own patterns, and contribute to a meaningful service project. We’ll send these rangolis to the day care to share joy with the elderly. No art experience needed—just bring your creativity!
In this session, you will learn about what Epilepsy is and how to treat someone who is having a seizure. You will be trained in Seizure First Aid and Response training by a Neurologist and learn why it's important to be able to do so.
In this session, students will make soap bars with the designs, colors, and scents of their choosing! These bars will then be donated to 914 Cares, a nonprofit organization with the mission of ending poverty in Westchester.
Imagine a table set for Shabbat—but with empty seats, symbolizing the American hostages still held captive since October 7, 2023. In this powerful session and art installation, you’ll learn about their stories, reflect on the impact of their absence, and take action by writing letters of support to their families. This is more than just a discussion—it’s a chance to stand in solidarity, raise awareness, and make a difference.
Note: We are hopeful that we will also be able to hear from a member of the Hostages and Missing Families Forum. Depending on their availability, the session will run either with this speaker or without.
We will be using old t-shirts and transforming them into tote bags. These tote bags will then be donated to Lifting Up Westchester! This activity is an example of a solution to fast fashion, which will also be talked about during the session.
Come have fun while walking the track in support of the Women's Sports Foundation. There will be baked goods sold–the proceeds collected will support the Women’s Sports Foundation.
Along with with the City Meals on Wheels program, The Linguistics Club is running a workshop where we'll write cards, in their native languages, to isolated elderly people, many of whom don't have anyone to see regularly.
If you know Chinese, Russian, Spanish, Korean, French, German, or Italian--your skills would be greatly appreciated and will be a great comfort to seniors who may rarely communicate in their native languages.
English speakers are also more than welcome to come help; we also need letters in English!
Join us for a fun and meaningful event! Help us whip up some delicious, healthy granola bars free from common allergens, which will be donated to local food pantries. It's a great way to give back to the community while learning to make inclusive, nutritious treats. Come together with others to make a positive impact and spread some kindness—one granola bar at a time!
ART2HEARTS provides bright and vibrant artwork to the Pediatric Units of hospitals around the world. Those involved will participate in creating pieces of art that will go directly to where children are treated in hospitals to ensure that their environment is transformed from the typical hospital setting to one that is adorned with bright colors and inviting works of art. By transforming hospital spaces, they will become more welcoming and less "scary" for the pediatric patients who are especially impacted by their surroundings. Studies have shown that exposure to bright colors and art, particularly for children, has a direct correlation to more positive mental health and medical outcomes.
Join the National Art Honor Society to bring inspiration to young readers by designing and decorating bookmarks for local elementary schools and libraries. Reading has the power to spark imagination, open doors to new worlds, and motivate lifelong learning. By crafting colorful, uplifting bookmarks with fun decorations and inspirational words, you’ll share the gift of reading with young students in and around our community. No artistic experience is needed, just a desire to brighten a child’s reading journey, one bookmark at a time.
Come join the Jewish Culture Club in making bracelets for kids with cancer who attend Sunrise Day Camp in Israel. Sunrise is a day camp, located in both the United States and Israel, dedicated to kids who are battling cancer, as well as their siblings. We will be writing inspirational messages with special beads for the kids to wear with pride this summer! Additionally, we will be writing notes to go along with the bracelets, so the kids feel even more appreciated!
The Spanish Club is partnering with Centro Hispano to make bracelets for young Hispanic students. There will be a short info session about the Centro Hispano organization, followed by fun bracelet making!
During our activity we will be making bracelets with colorful and lettered beads to give to the children at White Plains Hospital. Our activity will express an uplifting message to the children going through a difficult time in their life.
Students will be outside, by the brook, picking up trash that has accumulated in/near the water. This is important for the health of SHS’ brook, and can be a fun (and sometimes competitive) way to take care of the environment around our school. Participants will be provided with trash pickup tools, gloves, and bags.
Come help us sort and package gently-used clothing for Sunrise Association, which offers gratuitous day camps, year-round programs, and in-hospital recreational activities for kids undergoing cancer treatment and their siblings.
The Red Cross Club will be hosting a session to teach students how to perform CPR and respond to critical emergency situations using real CPR equipment. Come learn this vital skill to potentially save a life!
Come join members of the A-school in creating art bags for hospitalized children and their siblings. First, you will hear from a speaker from Friends of Karen to see where the work that we do will be going. Then, we will pack the art supplies for the children to give them something fun to do to keep busy in the hospital. We will also be making cards with inspirational and uplifting messages and drawings to go along with the supplies!
The Model UN Club will be hosting an interactive debate where they introduce you to a topic around the value of "non sibi." This year's topic is debating the Trump tariffs. In this workshop, you will be introduced to the topic before being split into teams and trained in Model UN style debate to advocate for your position. The period should be fast-paced and fun!
During this session, participants will decorate donuts from Dunkin’ to donate to first responders. First responders—like police officers, firefighters, and nurses—do so much for our well-being, and this project is a way to give back. While decorating, participants will also learn about the history of donuts.
Guiding Eyes for the Blind breeds, raises, trains and provides exceptional guide dogs and services completely free of charge to those with vision loss or impairment. Guiding Eyes for the Blind is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization with all services provided completely free of charge.
Students will learn about this organization from the time the puppy is born through their training. Students will hear from Cheryl Apostle who works directly with the puppies and dogs at the Guiding Eyes for the Blind facility in Yorktown. Additionally, students will learn from a fellow high schooler how teens/students can make an impact and support the organization with their time.
Students will have the opportunity to meet dogs in training to be seeing eye dogs. Lastly, students will make fleece chew toys for the young puppies at the Guiding Eyes for the Blind facility.
The Midnight Run club invites YOU to learn about, and participate in, helping the homeless. Through our session, guided by both students and guest speakers, you will become more knowledgeable about homelessness and what it means to be an active member of a community!
Friday May 23, 2025 11:05am - 11:45am EDT Little Theater
Join Us for a Life-Saving Choking Rescue Session! Learn essential choking rescue techniques with Marc Guthartz, a trained EMT and SVAC volunteer! This interactive session will equip you with real-life, life-saving skills that could make the difference in an emergency.
Join us in a creative session to brighten someone’s day! First, we will get write and decorate cards with kind messages for patients at the Burke Rehabilitation Hospital. Then, we will paint inspiring designs on kindness rocks to be placed in gardens around our local community, in places including the Scarsdale Library. Come to spread joy, encouragement, and positivity, one card and one rock at a time!
40% of our neighbors in the Bronx (20min from SHS) are food insecure and 1 out of 3 Bronx kids are hungry. Help pack food for the Jamaica Benevolent Fridge where people can access food 24/7. Learn about ways you can volunteer and get involved to reduce hunger and food waste.
In this session, we will pack meal bags for the Jamaica Benevolent Community Fridge in the Bronx, watch videos to try to understand people's lived experiences with food insecurity, and write notes of caring to be included with the meal bags.
Join us to learn how to administer Narcan to people who have overdosed. We provide some background on Narcan, teach students how to administer Narcan, allow them to practice administering it, and then give them kits to take home. NOTE: THIS SESSION IS ONLY OPEN TO 10TH AND 11TH GRADERS.
Stories are at the heart of who we are as individuals and as a community. Participants are invited to tell stories about uplifting moments when they either were the recipient of kindness or engaged in an act of service. These stories will be shared in an exchange based on Narrative 4 protocols. Students will leave not only feeling seen and heard but also inspired knowing that we matter and that we make a difference. Our session will conclude with a celebration of our shared stories with cookies. Prompts will be shared beforehand, so individuals can come with a story in mind.
Participants will create these kits with oral hygiene supplies after Craig Russell, OpSmile's international programs manager, speaks to students. Craig will give a broad overview of OpSmile, as long as more information about their amazing programs, giving students experience in the medical field.
We will be leading a tutorial to make paper flower bouquets, but anyone is welcome to explore any origami designs they want. The origami products will be gifted to residents of nursing homes through Origami For Good, a nonprofit that sends origami to soldiers, youth, seniors, patients, and more in order to inspire creativity and appreciation for Japanese art & culture while combatting loneliness around the world! 🏮
In this session, you will learn how to create a few origami classics. Additionally, we’ll write notes for a children’s hospital. At the end of the session, we will donate both our origami creations and notes.
After a brief presentation about pride flags, you can begin to make bracelets based on different pride flags or bracelets with different pronouns on them. These bracelets will then be donated to Center Lane, a safe space for LGBTQ+ youth!
Imagine a table set for Shabbat—but with empty seats, symbolizing the American hostages still held captive since October 7, 2023. In this powerful session and art installation, you’ll learn about their stories, reflect on the impact of their absence, and take action by writing letters of support to their families. This is more than just a discussion—it’s a chance to stand in solidarity, raise awareness, and make a difference.
Note: We are hopeful that we will also be able to hear from a member of the Hostages and Missing Families Forum. Depending on their availability, the session will run either with this speaker or without.
We will be using old t-shirts and transforming them into tote bags. These tote bags will then be donated to Lifting Up Westchester! This activity is an example of a solution to fast fashion, which will also be talked about during the session.
Come have fun while walking the track in support of the Women's Sports Foundation. There will be baked goods sold–the proceeds collected will support the Women’s Sports Foundation.
